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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

Between walls rising almost perpen.
dicularly sometimes 500 feet above
them, ships will sail through the Guile
bra section of the Panama canal. A
canyon five miles in length and hun.
dreds Of feet deep will be built. At all
events, ships must pass ten miles be-
tween the lofty perpendicular walls, ex-
cluolng two-thirds Of the sky from
view. on their way between Colon and
Panama. Through this artificial can
yon half of the oceanic commerce Of
the world must find its way, the Guile
bra mass standing in the midst of it as
a monument to American enterprise
that may survive the memory Of ma
tons.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

After Russia. Germany is the rich.
est country in children. For every
10000 inhabitants there are 1853 living
births year, as against only 226 in
France. Hence the increase of popu.
la1on IN Germany is correspondingly
crest. In the course of the 18th cen.
fury the population within the pres.
ant territory Of the empire has much
more than doubled. in spite Of the con.
siderable numbers Of Germans who
haye emigrated during this time. In
ass there were 24.300, 600 souls in the
g1es14tory Of the present empire. whi!s
10y $4,000 there are $1,000. 600,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

To the average man who racks l1ia
brain to make domestic ends meet on
e2 OF e3 week there is some;
thing startling in the light recently
thrown on the life and habits of Mr..
Samuel Dunlap, of England, the octo7
genarfan millionaire, who died few
weeks ago. Mr.. Dunlap's housekeeper
declares, among many other strange
things, that during 40 years this own-
er Of millions only purchased one suit
OF clothes, cheap pair of grey trou-
sers, and two overcoats; while four
straw hats, at a shilling each. were all
the head.covering required for 16 years:
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Saved the Man.

Oakea-Leonard johnson, assistant
station agent on the c. & N. w. Ry.,
was the means Of saving a mans life
in the freight yard here, while in the
performance of his duties, getting the
numbers of some cars on q siding.
johnson found an intoxicated tramp
lying under box car with his neck di-
rectly across one Of the rails He hur-
riedly called for help to carry the man
to safe place as the man was unable
to stand. The Northern Pacific after
noon train was just pulling in and in q
moments more would have backed in
the switch and decapitated the man as
neatly as if the work had been done by
an axe.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
THE ARMlsTIcE.
Text of Terms on Which a Cessation
of Hostilities May Be
Arranged.

Mukden, Manchuria, Sept. 14.-Gen.
Fukushima, representing Field Mar.
shall Oyama, and Gen. Ovanovski, rep.
resenting Gen. Linevitch, met at
Shaboth station, north of Chantufu
at ten o'clock Wednesday morning.
They probably will take several days
to arrange the details of the armistice.
London, Sept. 1.-THE Japanese le-
cation Wednesday evening gave out the
text of the Russo-Japanese armistice
protocol as follows:
1. A certain distance as zone of de-
marcation shall be fixed between the
fronts of the armies of the two powers
in Manchuria, as we'll as in the region
of Tumen river, Korea.
2. The naval force of one Of the bellig-
erents shall not lombard territory be-
longing to or occupied by the other.
3. Maritime captures will not be sus-
pended by the armistice.
4. During the term of the armistice
new reenforcements shall not be dis
patched to the theater of war. Those
which are already on their way there
shall not be dispatched north of Mukden
on the part of Japan or south of Hardin
on the part of Russia.
5. The commanders of the armies and
fleets of the two powers shall determine
in common accord the conditions of the
armistice in conformity with the provi-
sions above enumerated.
6. The two governments shall order
their commanders Immediately after the
signature of the treaty OF peace to put
the protocol into execution.
The protocol was signed by M. witte,
Baron Rosen, Baron Komura and NJ.
Takahira.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

Public interest has recently been ex-
cited by remarkable dinner party
given in London, at which "a people
sat down and which cost $4,000.
Some high-class chefs who know the
deepest mysteries of their business are
inclined to say that this was really
nothing after all. It could have been
made to cost much more II it had been
necessary, and that in a quite legiti-
mate manner. The most expensive
soup that can be served is Chinese
birds'nest soup, which can hardly be
done at less than 15s an ounce, which
means e7 los for a moderate plate.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

OF all strange occupations followed
by men in the picturesque west, re-
mote from railroads and other evi,
dences of civilization, that of profes,
sional wolf hunter, or "wolfer," is
most unique. The wolfer is product
OF the wilderness. It is his business to
shoot, trap or poison the huge, gaunt
wolves that deplete the focks of thu
sheep men and the herds of the cat
tie owners on the plains and in the
mountains. Never numerous, the
wolfers are becoming less and less in
number every year. The difficulties
OF the calling are great.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Old English Gold.

Grass Lake.-While working In q
wheat field few miles south of here
in Rolette county, John Walstorm, on
whose farm the work was being done,
found sealed can, rusty and partially
decayed by age Upon opening it he
found twenty pounds Of English gold
pieces The can was of odd shape and
was evidently made for the purpose Of
carrying gold. The money was Of q
very ancient mintage and from the up.
pearance Of the box it had been in the
ground for many years No person
seems able to advance an explanation.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
FAMOUS RlTTlESAlP LOST
EXPLOSION DESTROYS THE MIX
ASA, Tooo's FLAGSHIP.
Loss of Life Is Very Heavy-Fortun-
ately the Admiral Was Not on
Board the Vessel.

Toxic, Sept 1S.-The navy depart
ment Tuesday made the announcement:
that the battleship Mikasa had been
destroyed by fire and the explosion of
her magazine, causing the loss of 599
lives, including men of other ships who
went to the rescue.
A later report says that the casual
ties resulting from the loss of the Nj
kasa are five killed, 251 missing and
343 wounded.
These figures. which total 599, indicate
that at least 343 men we're rescued from
the battleship. wounded. but still alive;
that five of the dead have been recov-
cred. and that PSI are missing. The pre-.
sumption is that the 251 missing men
either were killed by the explosion OF
drowned when the ship went down.
The fire started from an unknown
cause at midnight on Sunday night,
September 10. Before the officers could
be rescued, the fire reached the aft
magazine, which exploded. blowing q
hole in the port side of the vessel be-
low the water line and causing the
ship tn sink.
Admiral Togo was not on board the
Mikasa when the disaster to the battle
ship occurred.
The energies of the officers and men
were directed to preventing the flames
from reaching the big forward maya
zine. it being believed that the magazine
aft was in less danger Of being reached
by the flames. An hour after the dis
coyery of the fire the aft magazine ex-
ploded. blowing great hole in the port
side of the battleship. The huge craft
sank almost in an instant. Nearly all
of the men on board at the moment of
the explosion were below decks, fighting
the flames. When the explosion came
the magazine was surrounded by
swarms of men. Some of them were
killed instantly. Others were either so
badly wounded or SO completely stunned
by the conclusion that they were I'M
able to reach the deck or even a portfolio.
Many of those who were on deck and
well forward, sprang or were thrown
into the water and were picked up by
boats from the other ships.
The Mikasa was the flagship of the
japanese navy, flying the flag of Vice
Admiral Togo, the commander-ir-chief.
She was present at all the principal
engagements during the war, and was
ON several occasions reported seriously
damaged in action. At the battle Of the
Sea OF Japan she led the fleet into &C
ton, and she was mentioned in con-
nection with some Of the most STIR
ring events of this famous sea fight.
In the battle of the Sea of Japan
the Mikasa was the heaviest loser of
all the Japanese ships. having 63 killed
and wounded. She approached near
er to the Russians than any other bat
tleship.
The Mikasa was also the flagship of
Admiral Togo after the great naval
battle fought OF Port Arthur on Aug
ust 10, 1904, on which occasion the
japanese flagship also suffered the
most, but continued in the fighting
line. On that occasion the Mikasa had
four officers and 20 men killed, six
officers and 20 men severely wounded,
end four officers and 20 men slightly
wounded.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
BARON koMURA ILL.
Japanese Envoy Suffering from Ty-
phoid Fever at New
York Hotel.

New York, Sept. 14.-Three physi-
clans who are attending Baron Ko-
mura, the chief of the japanese peace
ENJOYS, decided Wednesday that the
baron has typhoid fever.
His intended return trip to Japan
via Seattle Thursday was postponed
and nurses We're hastily summoned to
his apartments in the Waldorf.Astoria
hotel Wednesday.
DR.. Delafield was called from his
summer home at Hot Springs, Va, to
treat the envoy.
Baron Komura is a slight, frail man
and the ravages of this disease, in his
case, are greatly feared. 1t is an
nounced most of his suite will start
for Japan as originally planned.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

One of the familiar tests by which
a chemist recognizes the presence Of
arsenic is the odor of garlic given of
when one of it's compounds is heated
in the blowpipe fame. The same smell
OF garlic is produced when certain
fungi grow or substances containing
arsenic. And it is interesting to note
that one species of fungus is found to
accomplish this feat of chemical analy-
sis more effectively when it is grown
in connection with yellow algal cells
IN other words, when it forms the
plant association known as lichen.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

The artificial eyebrow is the latest
aid to beauty OF the applied" order.
Such eyebrows, sometime made singly.
cost from $3.50 to $3.50 per pair, ac
cording to the grade of the work Of
construction, the work being always
necessarily Of fine order. And any.
where from eight to twenty pairs may
be annually needed by the beauty
seeker who would thus remedy ma
lures defects in the matter OF eye
brows. But the game is we'll worth
the candle for most of the faces 80
improved.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Shooting AFFAIR.

MeKinney.-This place. was :he
scene of q shooting affair in which os-
car Lindblom was shot in the left arm
and the member broken by the bullet
from revolver in the hands of Joe
Richardson, young man of unbal-
anced mind. who has always had q
mania for life among the cowboys and
to flourish gun. He had recently
returned from Montana, where he had
led strenuous and wild life ON the
plains. The first act of the drama was
enacted when he got the idea into his
head that he was to watch and spy on
the movements of Oscar Lindblom,
postmaster of Mckinney, and by some
insane fancy Richardson, at the point
of a 45-caliber revolver marched Oscar
into town from the residence of John
Richardson.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Flagship Which Caught
Loss Of
FIGHTING IN THE CAUCASUS.
Thousands of Lives Taken-areat In
dustries Paralyzed-Loss Put at
s.+ sec, 100000

London, Sept. 11.-Fierce fighting
still continues at Baku. the very
southernmost point of Russian land in
Europe. Tartar and Armenian and
soldier of the car are in hourly con-
flict. More than 5000 lives have been
lost in the battles. The loss In prop
erty and business is estimated at $780,
100000. Incendiary fires have DESC
lated region miles in extent, and
crowded with costly industrial plants
The working people are starving. Mel
Their bread or water ia obtainable.
st. Petersburg, Sept. IA holy
war has been proclaimed in the Cauca-
sian districts of Zangezur and Jebrail,
where Tartars are massacring the
Armenians without distinction of sex
or age. The country is swarming with
bands Of Tartars under the leadership
Of their chiefs. Many thousands of
Tartar horsemen have crossed the
Perso-Russian frontier and Joined the
insurgents in destroying Armenian viii
lagos.
At the village of Minkend 800 Ar
AAASAA0AS "SAO 0l0u6ASClSu. DlSpdlCuOS
say that mutilated children were
thrown to the dogs and that the few
survivors were forced to embrace Is
lamfsm in order to save their lives.
st. Petersburg, Sept. 13.-The latest
advices from Baku say that firing con-
tinues in the outskirts of the black
town" quarter, and that the rioters are
committing acts of incendiarism and
piunder at Balakhan. Many factories
in the Volga provinces have already
been closed, owing to lack of fuel. The
workmen there are very much excited
and disorders are anticipated.
Tifiis, Caucasia, Sept. 12.-Many
social democrats were killed or wound
ed Tuesday in conflict with Cosascks
at the town hall and many were tram.
pied to death in subsequent panic.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
EARTHQUAKE KILLS MANY.
Cities and Towns in Province of Gala
bria, Italy, Destroyed-Loss
Over 400.

Rome. Sept. 9.-All Italy is suffering
from terrible depression because of the
news from the south, where one of the
worst earthquakes ever experienced oc-
Cured Friday. Although the earth-
quake was felt all over Calabria and to
q certain extent in Sicily, the worst
news comes from Pizzo and Monteleone
and from % villages which are said to
have been completely destroyed. Ac-
cording to the latest news received. over
400 persons have been killed and injur-
ing nearly GOO. 1t is as yet impossi-
BILE to even estimate the property losses.
The shock was felt at 1855 o'clock in the
morning. 1t lasted for Is seconds at
Catanzaro, and soon thereafter was felt
at Messina, Reggo. Monteleone, Marti-
rano, Stefaconi, Piscopio, Triparni,
Zammaro, Cessaniti, Nadia, Olivadi and
other points.
Rome, Sept. 11.-Further details of
the earthquake show that the damage
is far greater than at first supposed.
There are probably more than 1000
persons killed and several thousands
rendered homeless. At Regis di Cal
abria the shock lasted 30 seconds. All
the surviving residents are camping in
the streets and public places. The viii
lagos of Drapia, Francica, San Floro,
lonadi. Daffira and Lonzione are COM
pletely destroyed. Dead and wounded
are being dragged from the debris. All
the principal roads near Monteleone
are full of refugees. This town was
almost completely destroyed. All the
members of one family of II persons
we're killed. Many have become insane
through fear.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Juggled It's Statements.

New York. Sept. 13.-Selling $500 900
in bonds one day and buying them
back the next but one. holiday inter-
vening. in order to keep within state
ments made in the New York Life In
surance company's report to the SUPER
intendent of insurance. was the sensa-
tional disclosure made Tuesday at the
session of the legislative insurance in
vestigating committee.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Nelson wins Great Eight,

San Francisco, Sept. lin fight
that will long stand in a class of it's
own in the history of ring contests,
Battling Nelson, the sturdy little Dane
from Illinois. knocked out James Ed
ward Britt, of San Francisco, at COL
ma Saturday afternoon. The end came
in the eighteenth round and was a
clean-cut. fairly won victory. From
the very first moment of the fight un.
til Referee Graney finished the count
of ten seconds Nelson forced the fight
ing.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Peculiar Devices.

Fargo-The present season has been
productive of the greatest variety OF
grain cutting contrivances Of any on
record. People are cutting grain with
everything from the primitive scythe
to the self binder driven by gasoline
power. And from present appear
ances 1t 10 likely that there will be .
number Of spirited controversies AZ to
who originated some of the ideas
which have been put into practice. Al
ready several claimants for the honor
Of inveDting motor appliances have
appeared, and one man claims to have
a patent covering everything in this
line which has been done.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Tragic Death.

Fargo.-Gunder Arnston, a timer,
met q most tragic and mysterious
death. He went to the basement of a,
residence to get some tools he had left
and put his hand to an :ordinary drop
electric light. Instantly he fell to the
floor crying: "Mv God, this is awful, :"
dying in few minutes. Whether he
was electrocuted or lightly shocked
and died of heart disease is not known.
Arpston came here from Red Wing
two years ago, and had moved his fam.
lily to this city only two weeks ago
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Show an Increase.

Washington, Sept. 14.-Postal re-
ceipts for the so largest cities in the
United States, compiled by the third as
sistant postmaster general, aggregated
for the month of August $5,S19,13l.
against $5.334.917 for the corresponding
month in 1904. or an increase of 907 per
cont
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Wife Kills Husband.

Butte, Mont. Sept. 12.-William
Frost. mining promoter from Battle
Creek. Neb.. was killed Monday by his
wife after he had tried to cut her
throat with razor. The woman blew
his head from his shoulders with two
charges from shotgun. Frost had
been drinking.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

Alaska may have its drawbacks as
to winter climate, but every baseball
loving boy would certainly like to live
there in summer. With daylight every
minute Of the "a hours and the most
popular time for playing the national
game from s o'clock in the evening to
midnight, and nothing in the way of
work to prevent, everybody is free to
go to the ball game. And most every.
body promptly and enthusiastically
does go.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Veteran Editor Dies.

Seattle, Wash. Sept. 14.-Lambert
for IL years editor of the Mon
tana Stats Zeitung, published at
Helena, founder Of the Minneapolis
Freie Presse, veteran of the civil war
and survivor of the New Ulm (Minn. )
Sioux massacre. died here. aged 70
years.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Chicago Alderman Dead.

Chicago, Sept. IL. - Alderman James
c. Patterson, of the Twentieth ward,
died Monday at his residence, 43 Camp
bell park. after an illness of two weeks
Of congestion of the liver He was one
Of Chicago's efficient aldermen known
as fighter for the best the city de-
served, fearless and determined even in
the face of united opposition. Alder
man Patterson was serving his fourth
term in the council.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Three Drowned.

Newburry, Mich, Sept 14.-A party
of seven women and children, who
started out to pick blueberries, were
tipped out of small boat while cross
ing the bay near Grand Marais, Al
ger county, and two women and one
little girl were drowned.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
A Fatal Fall.

Columbia, S. c., Sept. 13-While
writing his name with piece of chalk
upon the dome of the state capitol.
Warren Scruggs, Jr., the 15-year-old
son Of Warren Scruggs, of this city,
fell from the inside dome to the marble
floor, 60 feet below. being instantly
killed. Young Scruggs had not fin
ished the name when the metal ceiling
upon which he was standing gave
way.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

An English master mariner named
Death has had his name changed. He
said, in explanation, that he was now
acting as first officer, but expected
soon to have command of ship. He
was afraid that few passengers would
care about risking voyage in q ship
captained by Death.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

President Loubet, of France, has in.
timated that he will not seek a re-
election. but will retire at the end Of
his term next year. His reasons are
said to be that the president Of
France is too much of a fgurehead,
and that second term might easily
degenerate into a life tenure, which
would be dangerous to the republic.
Besides. Mr.. Loubet wishes to give the
other aspirants a chance.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21

We pay but slight attention to the
loss of a ship these days unless many
lives are sacrificed. Therefore it is
surprising to know that in the heavy
storms Of last April 113 vessels were
destroyed, of which u were pro.
PEELED by sails and Sc by steam. In
addition, 276 suffered damages.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Death of a Veteran.

washington. Sept. 13-Gen. Law
renee Pike Graham, U. S. A., retired,
died Tuesday night at Providence hos
pital. He was an officer in the celebrated
Second dragons. and served in the SEM.
mole wars in Florida. in the Mexican
war and in the civil. His death was the
result of an injury to his hip received
last July in fall at Warm Springs, Va.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Tanner Made Commando,

Denver, Col, Sept. Corporal
James Tanner was elected command
er-in-chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic by the national encampment
Friday. A great demonstration fol-
lowed the announcement of Corpora!
Tanners election.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
The Aliddlesex hospital, in London,
has plant producing three tons Of
ice in "A hours, at cost Of 81 q ton.
against 1916 ton when purchased.

The German naval authorities have
decided to build second entrance tc
the Kaiser Wilhelm canal, connecting
the Baltic with the North sea. Both
the new mouth and the old will be
strongly fortified with heavy guns.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Took Poison.

ST. Louis, Sept. 14.-Grief-stricke
because of the death Of her uncle,
James Smith, with whom she had made
her home since childhood, Miss Georgia
Taylor, IS years old, committed sui
eide with carbolic acid in his death
chamber. The uncle, aged GO, had died
9 few hours previously.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Chief Justice Dead.

Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 13.-Judge T. ].
Simmons, chief justice of the supreme
court of Georgia, died Tuesday at his
home in this city. Death was the re-
suit of complication of troubles from
which Judge Simmons had been suffer-
ing for several weeks. He was about 65
years of age.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-21
Baby Livea

Courtenay.-A daughter was born
to Mr.. aud Mrs Thomas Suchla.
Theirs is an incident connected, with
the birth Of this child that approaches
the romantic Mr.. Suchla and her
husband went in the country in the
mornlnr to attend church and on their
way home the baby was born by the
side of the road on the grass, Mr..
Suchla being the attending physician.
She was brought home as gently az
possible and is getting along we'll.