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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-10

make him answer, and he would not
pay any attention to me at all.
81 knew then something serious had
happened. I believe put my hand up
and told the cabman to drive to the
drug store-I do not know whether l
did or not. I know that was my idea.
And it seemed-oh, ages before could
get anybody to pay any attention to
me Or give me any aia at Ill s!ss. -4-...~
"And the policeman jumped on the
front of the cab and asked me what
had happened. When 7 saw hiw ] felt
relieved, and I knew he would take
care Of Mr.. Young, no matter what
was the matter with him. l lost con
troll Of myself and seemed to be dazed
in my memory from then on. I re-
member I went to the hospital and the
policeman tried to lift Mr.. Young out
of The cab and his knees gave way
under him. I do not remember how
got cut Of the cab, or anything of the
kind.
81 did not shoot Caesar Young. had
no pistol, I never saw the pistol. And
if it was in my power to bring him
back to life, would willingly sacrifice
my own life"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-10

gotten about things by that time and
will see you at the Saratoga meet
ing
''He looked at me for a little while
and did not say anything. And he
said DO you mean that, Nan?' And he
grabbed me by my hand nearest to him
and pulled me toward him.
The Struggle.
"He hurt me so that tried to pull
away, and I could not get away from
him; and put my other hand up and
grabbed away from hira in that way,
and in some way or other got away
from him. He said told him that he
hurt me-he said; If you don't come
over there, and I have to wait until
the Saratoga meeting, I may see you
in three months, or may never see
you; my horses have gone back on me;
have lost all my money, now I am
losing my girl; do you mean that?'
"And ne grabbed me with a great
deal of force, hurt me terribly-sO
badly that it made the tears come to
my eyes. tried to struggle away from
him again, and in so doing had to
pull away over, and then there was a
flash and that was the end.
The Shot.
81 heard a report, but I had not seen
the pistol. Mr. Young fell over my lap,
got half way up again, fell back, and
I thought he was having a spasm or
something. He kept twitching and
twisting, and l spoke to him and called
him two or three times, and tried to
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-10

down. He started out to give the or
der and the man came in and met him.
Then he sat down opposite to me, but
before that he stopped over and kissed
me. ,.s'si :
"He said he wished I was going
away then, and said wished so,
too.
"We had some drinks served, and
then Mr.. Young took out postal card
and wrote something on it, handing it
to me, saying: Take this-it is some
thing you might need 1t was fancy
postal card, and on the front was writ
ten, Miss Patterson. care Of Mrs:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-10
THE FAMOUS CAB TRAGEDY
Concluded from Page 9

eat and Mr.. Young and drank some
more-half-and-half it was. There was
no quarreling there, however-the only
thing he showed any anger about was
when he thought l did not want to go
over to Europe very much.
when we left the hotel Mr.. Young
was very much in liquor Mr.. Luce
went to get a cab. Mr.. Young said
s'Now, you get in and drive up to One
Hundred and Fortieth street with us
and then drive down to the hotel
said, why, | cannot do it. 1t is so
late now Mrs. Smith will be worrying
about me. l must get home. 1t is
getting light 1t is daybreak.' So that
made him very angry because 1 would
not drive up to the house with him.
said I wanted to drive down. You
can either drive down with me and
then &C. back or else | want to go
home alone
Kissed Her Goodnight.
''When Mr.. Luce got the cab Mr..
Young took me by the arm and walked
me over to it and I stopped. l did not
want to get in and l said SO. He did
not like it. He said, Call another
cab Another cab came and he put me
on the step. When he was drunk he
had great habit Of putting his hand
UP and pushing my face. He was only
playing. He wasn't rough at ALL He
was not angry. He did it that night
It did not hurt me. Then l got as far
as the step of the cab and he pulled
me over and Kissed me. The cab door
was closed and was driven away.
81 dc not think l cried on my way
home that night, but / may have,
though l cannot think of any reason
except that l was very tired and
sleepy. I did not expect to see Mr..
Young the next day, or on this side of
the water for long time. There was
no arrangement for me to meet him
next morning-the day Of his death.
The Fatal Day.
''I got back to the st. Paul hotel
about four q. m. and went directly to
bed. Next morning my sister awak
OssOSesA
Young had called me up on the phone
was too sleepy to get up, but she
called me again and ! arose. While
was, dressing the phone rang and \
was Mr.. Young. He wanted me to gel
up and dress and meet him as soon as
Icould. did so and met him.
"It was half-past seven or eight
nearer eight, when left the hotel, ant
I hurried to Fifty-ninth street ant
Columbus avenue. where Mr.. Youns
wanted me to meet him. He stood
there in front of a saloon. He swort
and wanted to know why was so LONG
getting there. He said he had hat
time to get 40 horns and have ioat
on. His hair was all mussed VI, he bat
one eye closed and showed that he ha'
been drinking.
eve went into the saloon, for h
said, 4 must have another drink HI
ordered two drinks of whisky az
drank both. Then we walked over t
Columbus Circle and got into han
som. He did not tell me where W
were going, but had no idea it was
the pier where his boat was to sail.
eve took a downtown direction
and in little while he told the cal
man TO stop at hat store. We talke
mostly about my going abroad, abor
my getting the things, and the sam
old strain he had been talking of.
did not say whether ! would go or nc
I'm
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-10
LIST OF FORMER PRINCIPALS

John Kennedy McGregor, 1907;
Joseph H. Chamberlin, 1924
John Brindley, 1S74-76
J. G. Davis, 1s76-SO
R. L. Reed, 1SSO-S2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-10

LOST: Gentleman's gold mounted
silk umbrella; finder will be rewarded
by leaving same at this office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-06-10
The Best Perfection Oil.

For sael by Schuester Bros, at 13
cents per gallon. 4
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
CHANGE OF OFFICERS NEEDED.
Recommendations Made by Equitable
Life Investigators.

Recommendations Made by Equitable
Life Investigators.
New York, June 3.-Liberal extracts
are published of the report made to
the Equitable Life Assurance society
directors by the Frick investigating
committee. The report consists Of
~thirty-eight printed pages. Its prin-
cipal points follow closely the outline
f~orecasted several days ago and in
closing the committee declared:
Excessive salaries, excessive COM
missions, excessive expenses and su-
perfuous Offices should not be toler-
ated.
Investments should be carefully
made and all the useful formal pre-.
cautions employed to insure the loca.
ton of the moral responsibility of the
officers who are charged with the duty
of making them.
The committee, having pursued it's
investigation of the present manage
ment Of the society sufficiently far to
convince it that the personnel of the
management should be radically
changed and the methods of conduct
ing the business of the society brought
back to sound legal and ethical lines,
begs to be relieved from further duty"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
IpREas 70 THREATENING.
Newspapers Warn Russia to Grant Dc.
Nt mands, Of the People.

Newspapers Warn Russia to Grant Do.
nands Of the People. ~
st. Petersburg, June 1.-THE imme-
date realization Of the imperial re-
forms seems the only thing which can
ave the government from the wrath
Of the populace. The truth Is nov
known to the humblest people In the
capital and will soon spread through
the empire and the m%utterings of the
people are certain to have an ON
inous effect on the army at the front.
It is feared that the revolutionaries
and socialists r planning to take ad-
vantage of the governments discom-
future by melting demonstrations and
a renewal of the strikes. AS a pre-.
oautionary measure more guard regi-
ments have been ordered back from
camp and additional Cossack rein
agreements have been brought to St.
Petersburg. The Liberals also con
stder that the government is at last in
q corper and that the time has come
to strike. Their press no longer asks
lit threatens. The Slovoe menaces
the government, boldly declaring that
II 1t does not give what the people
need the latter will take it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
JAP LOSSES IN FIGHT
rOGo REPORTS THAT LESS THAN
six HUNDRED MEN WERE
KILLED OR WOUNDED.

Fokip. Jupe, 2.-The Japanese losses
IN. the battle Of the Sea of Japan wefe
118 officers and men killed and 424
ofacers and men wounded. The COM
pletion of the revised list shows that
the losses were under the original es-
Inmates. The flagship Mikasa was
the heaviest loser, losing 6S killed and
wounded. The losses were distribut-
ed among the feet as follows:
Mikasa, 60; Adzuma, 80; Shikishi-
ma, 81; Asashi, 81; Full, %; Idzuma,
%; Nisstan, ~; Ottawa, &c; Kasaga,
Il; Tsushina, fe; Asaha, 15; Naniwa,
II: Tpkiwa, is; Yakpmo, II; Chittose.
g.; 1deumi, 10; Kdsuga, 9; Hashidate,
8; Niitaka, 4.
The casualties among the destroyers
and torpedo boats were 81.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
IN AMERICAN WATERS
THREE CRUISERS OF DEFEATED
RUSSIAN FLEET MANAGE i
TO REACH MANILA.

Manila, June 3.-Rear Admiral En-
quist, who was commander of the
heavy cruiser squadron of the Russian
feet, arrived here at 9 o'clock p. m.
on board his flagship, the protected
cruiser Aurora, accompanied by the
protected cruisers Oleg and Jemtchug.
All the vessels were more or less dam
aged and there were many wounded
pen on board. Rear Admiral Train,
on board his flagship, the battleship
Ohio, with the Wisconsin, Oregon, Raj
eigh and Cincinnati, was outside Cor
regidor island maneuvering when the
Aurora saluted with thirteen guns and
the Ohio answered.
Admiral Train and his squadron &C.
companied the Russian vessels to
Manila.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
TORNADOIN MICHIGAN
hAkF A DOZEN FATALITIES aE,
PORTED AS A RESULT OF
THE SEVERE STORM,

Detroit, June 6.-Reports received
here from various points in lower
Michigan show that the Thumb" dis.
trict and the Saginaw valley bore the
brunt of a severe electrical storm,
which swept Lower Michigan late in
the day. Residences, schools and
barns in the path of the storm were
blown down and a half dozen fatalities
have already been reported. Two
children of John Smith, a farmer near
Urban, in Sanilac county, were killed,
the father had an arm broken and an.
other of his children had an arm torn
off. In the same neighborhood three
children of Edward Philpotts were
fatally injured and a Mrs. Wagner
had her back broken. AT Hemlock,
twelve-year-old Elsie Appleman was
killed by lightning. In the neighbor.
hood Of Cass City, thirteen residences
and nineteen barns were blown down
and a number Of people were injured,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
Drainage Survey.

The drainage survey in the Red
River valley under the auspices Of the
government will be made in four coun-
ties instead of six. Cass, Trail, Grand
Forks and Walsh accepted the PROPOSE.
ton to pay a proportionate share of
half the expense, the government to
pay the rest. Pembina and Richland
county commissioners refused to par
ticipate, and the survey will not be ex
tended to those counties. Drainage
Engineer Elliott of Washington has
arrived in Fargo and will begin work
as soon as possible. There is a move.
ment in North Dakota to have a small
percentage of the funds assigned to
this state diverted to drainage, and If
this succeeds something can be done
to relieve conditions in the Red River
valley.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
Tuesday, June 6.

DR.. John Williams Streeter, author
Of "The Fate of the Land" and for
many years a leading Chicago physi-
clan, is dead.
Fire has destroyed an extensive
portion Of the business quarter of
Etienne, France. The loss is esti.
mated at 100000.
Seven men were shot in a gun fight
at a Sunday picnic neal Lee City, KY.
Two were killed, two MORALLY wound
ed and three less seriously shot.
Whitelaw Reid, the new American
ambassador to England, had an audi
ence with King Edward at Bucking-
ham palace at noon Monday and pre-
sented his credentials.
General w. II. Wilson, one of the
two survivors Of the delegates to the
first Ohio state Republican conven.
ton, which was held In Columbus In
1855, Is dead from the effect of dis
ease contracted In Libby prison during
the War of the Rebellion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
FIFTY SHIPS ENGAGED
CORRESPONDENT DESCRIBES RE.
GENT NAVAL FIGHT AS SU-
PREMELY TERRIBLE.

london, June 1.-The Toxic CORE
spondent Of the Daily Telegraph sends
an interesting description of the naval
hattie from a correspondent with the
japanese feet, who describes the
scene as supremely terrible, the guns
OF nearly fifty warships firing stimuli
t%aneously.
Togoas vessels, this correspondent
says, Unanswered with perfect pre-
eisfon. For a time both belligerents
gave shot for shot, but with a hostile
squadron on each side and another
ahead Of him R~ojestvensky was prac-
acally defeated within a few hours and
was caught in the trap which had been
waiting for him since he left NADIA
Easear. He displayed hesitation in his
@ctics and this resulted in the utter
confusion of the Russian feet.
An Internal concentration of fire
reached it's zenith at 2 O'Clock Satur-
day afternoon. AS the Russians ad-
vanced In the direction of V%ladivostok
q Japanese squadron was lying be-
tween them and their destination and
the doomed Russians were
Battered on All Sides.
Between 8 and 5 o'clock in the after
noon the cruiser Admiral Nakhimoff
and the repair ship Kamtchatka foun-
dered after their upper works had been
shattered. The Russians broke in ut
ter disorder, lost their formation and
went into zigzag. The Japanese closed
In and pressed them towards the Ma
goto coast.
The fight lasted until z o'clock in the
evening. Darkness brought a glorious
night, with smooth and transparent
seas The Russians were edging
northward, with the powerful Japa,
nese feet in a horizontal line across
their bows, forming an effective bar
rler. Then, under searchlights and the
of the big guns of the warships,
the Japanese torpedo flotilla began like
locusts to sting and sink the enemy,
he Russians continuing to return the
Bunfire. At 2 o'clock in the morning
the fighting was fierce and no rest was
allowed the Russians.
With dawn of Sunday the Japanese
feet came into still closer range. All
day long the battle continued and by
evening was raging off Northern Ma.
goto. The Russians were powerless to
offer any effective resistance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
Professor Laid Gets Busy.

Food Commissioner Ladd has com
menced his Investigations preparatory
to the work of enforcing the pure food
law which will go into effect July 1.
The food commissioner has secured
samples of drugs from Fargo drug.
stores and intends to start on a trip
through the state for the same pur.
pose a soon as the term at the agri.
cultural college closes. 1t is In the
pile and catarrh cures that Professor
Ladd anticipates that he will find the
greatest authorizations in the drugs Of.
fered for sale in the state and he will
pay particular attention to those
medicines. From tests that he has
made recently he has discovered that
most of the catarrh cures and many of
the pile cures contain opium or CO.
caine,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Wednesday. May 81.

Retiring American Ambassador
Choate and Mrs. Choate sailed from
Liverpool forahome Tuesday.
Memorial day was generally observ-
Cd in all the cities and towns Of the
country with appropriate exercises.
Bishop Rev. Alexander mcdonnell.
Roman Catholic bishop of Alexandria.
died Monday at Montreal, Can, aged
Eeventy-two.
The executive committee of the
Panama canal commission has resolv-
ed to reduce the working of mechanics
and laborers to eight hours.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt's IN.
nual memorial day tribute to the
memory of the late President McKin-
ley was a wreath of pink and white
roses.
w. L. Davis, vice president of the
closed Canton CO., State bank, and
Corwin ID. Bachtel, cashier of the bank,
have been arrested on charges of en-
bezzlement.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
BOMB FOR ALFONSO
ATTEMPT TO KILL SPANISH KING
WHILE DRIVING THROUGH
STREETS OF PARIS.

Paris, June IAN attempt to as
sassinate King Alfonso of Spain was
made at midnight. AS his majesty
drove with President Loubet from a
gala performance at the Grand Opera
House a bomb, thrown by an anarchist,
exploded with deadly effect near the
royal carriage. AS if by a miracle,
both the king and president escaped
uninjured, but fragments of the mis-
sile seriously injured five persons,
killed or MANNED a number of cavalry
horses forming the escort and knocked
out a child's eye.
The bomb had been thrown with too
great force and passed over the royal
carriage and struck the shoulder Of a
cuirassier and then fell to the ground,
where it exploded, fragments Of it
striking the horses of the soldiers,
causing them to bolt and throw their
riders. Captain Schneider, who was
riding at the right side of the carriage,
and Captain GARNER, who was on the
left, were both thrown. Fragments of
the bomb struck five persons-a ser.
geant, two policemen, a woman, who
was seriously injured, and a child, who
was struck in the eye. One horse of
the escort was killed outright and six
others lay about manned and bleed.
ing.
The force of the explosion was terri
fc and caused a arrangement of the
electric lights, which were all extin.
guished, adding darkness to the scene
of confusion. Women and children
screamed and a panic was for a time
threatened in the vast throng until the
police succeeded in restoring order.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08

SUCCEEDS PAUL MORTON
Charles J. 5%onaparte to Becono. O.
rotary Of the Nayv. wv

Washington, June 1,-pros,s.-
Roosevelt during the day autbo ,aea'
the announcement that char1oa
Bonaparte Of Baltimore would W. y
pointed secretary of the navv ~ W d. sp
coed Paul Morton, who earlier !, S a.
day stated he would retire INV ue
take charge of the plans for tho nv "
struction Of the New York snb .vu,
system for operation in connoo.,a!
with the surface lines. The nrov,
dent aslo authorized the state raoss
that no other change in the personns'
Of the cabinet was likely to take n1ass
In the near future. Secretary shsH
already has indicated his intention ",
retiring pom the cabinet, probablv
next February. Rumors of the ratiro
ment of Attorney General Moody how.
been published, but 1t is understood
to be his intention now to continue IN
the cabinet for a year and a half. and
perhaps longer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
RuoolANs KILLED IN NAVAL EN-.
oAGEMRNT PLACED AS HIGH
As NINE THOUSAND.
LARGE NUMBER CAPTURED
NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND MUS.
eoVITES FALL INTO HANDS
OF THE JAPANESE.

Tokio, June Trough estimates
pade Of the Russian losses in the bat
lie fought in the Sea of Japan, ex-
elusive of nearly 1000 prisoners, vary
from 1000 to 5000. 1t is feared that
Ne majority persisted. Calculating the
compliments of the sunken and cap
Eured ships at 10000 1000 men remain
~a.naccounted for. 1t is possible that
HE ships which escaped rescued some
pf the members of the crews Of the
less fortunate ships. Many bodies
have been washed ashore on the ISL
aids and on tie shores of the neigh
boiling coasts near the scene of the
bREtle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
Masonic Grand Lodges.

The sixteenth annual communica.
ton of the grand lodge, A. F. and A.
NJ, Of North Dakota. will be held in
Grand Forks June 81 and 2S. The
officers of the grand lodge are: Grand
master, j. w. Foley, Bismarck; deputy,
Louis A. Jacobson, Hope; senior grand
warden, Grant S. Hager, st. Thomas;
junior, John Riesback, Dickinson;
treasurer, G. D. Lord, Park River; sec.
rotary, Frank J.. Thompson, Fargo;
chaplain, L. G. Moultrie, Valley City;
orator, W. l.. Stockwell, Grafton. The
grand chapter Of Royal Arch Masons
will be convened June 80, and the an
nual grand lodge meeting of the Order
of the Eastern Star June 20 and 80.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
ITEMS or A WEEK FROM VARIOUS
PARTS OF THE STATE.
Mrs. James Burrows Attempts to Kill
Her Five Children and Her
self With Poisoned Sauce
at Hankinson.

Mrs. James Burrows attempted to
kill her i've children and herself at
Hankinson last week by giving them
rhubarb sauce in which she had put
laudanum. Kenneth Burrows, aged
four, died q half hour after swallowing
the second does Of the poisoned sauce.
The mother insisted that the children
take the sauce, saying that 1t would do
them good. -Four of the children re-
fused to swallow o second helping of
the mixture, but the youngest, not
feeling any i'll effects, took some more
and was dead In a few minutes. The
eldest boy summoned a doctor from
the s%potswood hospital, but the child's
life could not be saved. The verdict
of the %coroner's inquest was that the
boy died from the effects of laudanum
administered by his mother. Mrs.
Burrows will be examined as to her
sanity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
Saturday., June 8.

Swarms of seventeen year locusts
have appeared all through Southern
Wisconsin.
Damage estimated at 100000 was
done by a fire at Oneonta, N. Y, which
destroyed two brick blocks and two
frame structures.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bayles Wheaton, for
many years affectionately styled the
mother of Wheaton Female seminary
at Norton. Mass, is dead, aged ninety
six years.
j. Montgomery Sears, the heaviest
taxpayer of Boston and one of the
wealthiest men in New England, is
dead at his summer home at South
boro, Mass.
Inspector John Journee, head of the
New Orleans police department, has
been dismissed from the service as a
result Of an Investigation of charges
filed against him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
Monday, June 5.

Former Congressman Samuel w.
Moulton, eighty-two years old. is dead
at Shelbyville, Ill.
The situation over Morocco is
viewed with no little concern in diplo-
matte circles in London.
Peter l.. Kimberly, prominent
throughout the United States and
Canada in mining circles, died at Chi
cago Sunday of apoplexy.
The employees Of the street railway
systems Of Saginaw and Bay City,
Mich, and the Interurban line between
those cities went on strike Sunday.
Confederate Memorial day was OBJ.
served Sunday with appropriate cere-
monies in the Conferedate section of
the Arlington national cemetery at
Washington.
At San Francisco Eddie Hanlon
fought Young Corbett to a standstill
during the last few rounds of a twenty
round contest and was awarded a hard
earned decision.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
EXTRA SESSION IN NOVEMBER.
Presidents Southern Trip to Begin on
Oct. II.

Washington, June /. - President
Roosevelt will start on his trip through
the South next autumn on the night of
Oct. II. This announcement was made
at the White House during the day.
Coupled with it was the statement that
the extraordinary session of congress,
which it is the present intention of
President Roosevelt to call, will not
begin until after the November cleo
lions.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-06-08
REQUIRED.

Admiral Rojestvensky Sustained Frao-
tured Skull.
Washington, May 31.-The state de-
partment has received the following
esblegram from Toxic:
"Roiestvensky's skull fractured, re.
curing operation; serious but not dan
gerous.
"Total Japanese losses to date. three
torpedo boats sunk, three officers
Killed, about 200 men killed and dis
abled."