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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-14
VERDICT OF GUILTY IN MURPHY CASE
Jury Surprised the public by Bringing In Conviction Aer
Everybody Anticipated Disagreement at Least

After being ont Just forty-eight
hours, the jury that heard the Grim
tnal case against Maj, John 8. Muir.
ply at Fargo returned verdict of
guilty Of forgery in the third degree.
AS soon as the verdict was read and
the jury was excused by the court,
Judge Lauder gave notice of motion
for new trial. Judge Pollock set
Jan. 8, which is the opening day of
the next term Of court. as the time
when the motion for new trial will
be argued. Pending the arguing of a
motion for a new trial, sentence was
deferred until after the motion is
heard and acted upon.
In the event that a motion for a
new trial is overruled by the court,
which undoubtedly will ethe ultimate
result, the attorneys for the defend
ant will ask the court to pass SEN
tence and then pray for stay of ex-
ecution until the case IL appealed to
the supreme court.
1t is the intention of the attorneys
for Maj. Murphy to proceed with the
preliminary hearing in order that the
case can reach the supreme court by
the March term. Attorney Lauder is
confident that the supreme court will
reverse the lower court and remand
the case back to the district court for
another trial as it is claimed that the
record contains many errors.
One of the important points to be
argued to the supreme cort in the
event that the case is appealed is the
fact that the court erred in permitting
the state to try the several transac-
tons in Ward county in the prosecu-
ton of the case. There will be large
number of errors alleged on the part
of the court and also misconduct on
the part of the prosecuting attorneys.
Maj. Murphy was tried under the
following section of the Revised Code
of North Dakota:
Section OIL of our statutes reads:
Every person who, with intent to
defraud, falsely makes, alters, FORCES
or eounterfeits, any instrument in
writing being or purporting to be the
act of another, by which any pecu-
mary demand or obligation is or pur-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-14
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Agricultural College shorthorn Wins
First Prize at Chicago. u. .l.ss

Agricultural acollsss shorthorn Wins
55 III First Prize u Chicago. u ii
There's Joy at the. agricultural coll
lege, Fargo. over the Big victory scored
by Bob ct the International live
stock show In Chicago.
Bob" is d o-year-old grade Short
horn steer blind In one eye. 4
He won first prize az the best grade
two-yearold .shorthorn steer.
Bob" also won the championship
az the best grade shorthorn steer Of
the show.
These winnings are big things for
North Dakota and for the agricultural
college.
The steer was secured from Col. J..
B. Powers stock farm at Helendale,
when mere calf and has. been under
the care of the agricultural college de-
partment of animal industry ever
since. It tost one eye in an accident
and that somewhat marred its appear
ance.
Dean Shepperd and Prof. Richards
knew he was a fit animal, but scarcely
hoped he would be able to win in COM
petition with the entire country in the
biggest live stock show held on the
Western hemisphere.
Because of the great distance. they
hesitated for a long time in shipping
"Bel" to the show, but finally con-
cluded to make the effort. The sue
cess endorses their judgment.
No small honor goes to w. Lanxon.
the feeder, who has had Bob" in
charge for almost two years and has
seen to it that the big steer got the
proper attention. Mr.. Lanxton came
to the college first as herder and
became so interested in the work that
he took course In the institution with
special attention to feeding.
A telegram from Chicago states that
the North Dakota contingent Is being
showered with congratulations over
the big victory.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-14
F,ANcEE is MISSING.

Ranehman Comes to Get Bride, but
She Suddenly vanIshes.
There is q great deal Of excitement
at Willow City over the sudden disap.
pearance Of Miss Tessie Dahl, the
daughter Of prominent farmer.
The young woman was to have been
married Saturday to a Montana ranch
man, who arrived here on Monday and
spent the that day and Tuesday at the
brides home. Wednesday he went to
Bottineau to secure the license for
the wedding which was to have oc-
Cured Thursday.
On Wednesday night the girl mys.
teriously disappeared from her fathers
home and not a single trace has since
been found to indicate what has be.
come of her.
The ranchman is inconselable.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-14
SAY HE TOOK GOLD.

Pleads Guilty to Robbins Burning
Depot at Aneta.
J. M. Halvorson, who confessed to
stealing the gold taken from the An.
eta depot the night 1t was destroyed
by fire. pleaded guilty when arraigned
before Judge Fisk at Grand Forks.
Halvorson was sentenced to eighteen
months in the penitentiary.
The gold taken had been shipped by
a st. Paul bank to a bank at Neville.
Part Of 1t was melted by the ire. Hal.
vorson hid the melted part and took
the rest. He started out to spend his
booty, leaving trail Of gold pieces at
Aneta, Michigan City, Crookston and
elsewhere, by means Of which he was
followed to Bemidji and captured.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-14
SAMPLE BALLOTS VOTED.

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Senator Crane Of North Dakota May
Lose His Seat.
Senator Maynard Crane may lose
his seat In the state legislature, to
which the official count showed that he
had been elected by one plurality. It
is alleged that three sample ballots
were voted by mistake, one Of which
was marked for Crane and the other
two for his Democratic opponent. The
ballot marked for CRANE is said to
have been counted, while the other
TWO were thrown out. ssa 4.s4 IL
Senator Crane has not determined
TO fight the contest inaugurated
against him, being rather inclined to-
let his opponent have the seat IL It ap-
pears that he is the choice Of the
voters Of the district.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-14

"The local railroads are in q con-
spiracy with the lines running east
from the Twin Cities. and are pur-
posely running short on cars in order
to force the elevators and farmers
of North Dakota to hold their grain
until navigation on the Great Lakes
closes, so that the railroads can get
the all rail haul" says F. o. Hellstrom
of the Northwest Thresher Co. at
Fargo. Mr.. Hellstrom presents a new
phase of the question. He says:
81 think the railroads are playing
a game of bluff and are not furnish
ing cars as fast as they might. do
not think it is their intention to haul
eny more grain than they are abso-
lutely obliged to before navigation
closes. It is pretty evident that the
roads here have an agreement with
those running east, and that they will
not take any more to the head of the
lakes to be shipped by boat, but will
wait until the ice stops navigation on
the Great Lakes and then take 1T
east by the all-rail route"
While there are various expressions
regarding the causes of the car short
aye and none of the others who are
familiar with the situation have ex-
pressed the identical view held by
Mr.. Hellstrom there is growing i'm
patience among the Fargo bankers
AMI machinery dealers who feel the
effects of the shortage as much as the
farmers They believe that something
should be done to remedy the difficult
ty at once. This feeling was ex-
Pressed by prominent banker when,
in referring to some articles CRITICS
Ing the railroads and to the efforts
being put forth by Congressman Mar
shall to compel the railroads to sup
ply more cars he remarked:
II see the newspapers and the poll
ticians are getting right after the
railroads about this car shortage. It
Is time they did it, too, for the rail-
roads ought to do something at once
20 relieve 1t. IS
In this connection it is interesting
10 note the results of an investigation
recently made by p. ]. Weiser Of the
,irst National Bank Of Fargo. In.
,rder to learn with accuracy the exact
condition Of affairs throughout the
tate Mr.. Weiser addressed postal
ards to one Of the officers In each
md every bank in the state On these
ards were three questions regarding
wheat conditions in that vicinity. The,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-14

The Baptists at Page will erect .
new church to replace the one recently
destroyed by fire. The new structure
will be about the same size as the
building which was destroyed BY ire,
two weeks ago and will cost about So
Oc0. 1885 Il
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-14
BODY OF VICTIM NOT YET FOUND
Young Half-sreed Suspected In
Murder Mystery.

Young Haif-ereed Suspected In
Murder Mystery.
The White Earth murder case still
remains mystery, though suspicion
centers upon young -half-breed, who
is believed to have murdered a young
half-breed girl seen in his company up
on the day the murder is supposed to
have occurred. 3s
On the night Of July 10 people liv-
ing in the vicinity Of Paulson's creek
were startled by the shrieks Of a wo-
man. apparently in mortal fear. Next
day q number Of feminine garments
were found hidden In the bank Of the
creek, and spots Of blood and ev!-
dences Of struggle also, were observ-
ed. "a day or two later as young man,
drove up ito . farmhouse and asked
to be allowed to stable his horse,
which permission was granted. He
never returned to claim the animal.
and the rug IN the bottom Of the bug
gy Is said to have been soaked with
blood. The country on Paulson's creek,
where the garments were, found, IL
Wild and hilly and 4 would not have.
been q dimcnlt task for the murderer
to have 10 secreted the body q his
victim % 70 defy the efforts of5
searchers. VA. ASS
The man under suspi cion - said to3
have been seen riding With the sirtf
the day before tho murder is supposed
Is have occurred nc 81 mi TINT sno'
trace ofi tho Sirl has sine been aeer.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-14
,4l'sroRlc u s1s.o,,o,ll IN Il AIMING,
First Volume Tor North Dakota la

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The State Historical y Society Of
North Dakota. established III 1896 and
reorganized III 1908, has q attained q
membership of $50. Incorporated nm,
der the laws OF the state and support,
ed by 2 small annual appropriation
therefrom, the society IS BY law the
state repository for historic al material,
books. charts and papers. 4,
The society represents splendid
work on the part Of the oficers.
Among others, mention may be made
Of Charles +. AElidon, federal judge,
president OF the society. and Prof. o.
G. Libby of the University Of North,
Dakota, the enthusiastic and indie
fatigable secretary. DR.. Libby has
given the state yeoman service in
tracing olt and preserving antiquities
which az time passes will be Of inestk
mable value for the writing of the,
history Of North Dakota. Already &C.
cumulations have been made for which
Eastern universities would give
prtncely sum.
lie Aims.
The purpose Of the society is two
fold:
First-To maintain state deposit
tory at Bismarck where vault and
rooms have been reserved in the CAPT.
toll for the use Of the society.
Standardization: The gather
ing of materials illustrative Of the life
of the Indians and the earliest times;
to prepare and to publish accounts of
these remains with maps and pictures;
to prepare a history of towns, counties
and communities, which latter work is
of especial interest and difficulty owing
to the exceedingly varied character of
the foreign populations. There are
no fewer than twenty-five languages
spoken and used by the residents Of
North Dakota.
The society has in press the first
volume containing sketches, addresses
and articles covering the archeologl-
cal discoveries within the state. This
work Is largely matter of voluntary
contributions, made because Of state
pride. Other achievements of the So
ciety are:
First-A collection Of the newspa.
pers Of the state. It is the purpose to
receive, bind and preserve complete
files Of all the newspapers Of North
Dakota.
second-The collection Of thousands
Of photographs, maps and charts illus
trating the early life Of the state, the
Indians and the enterprises Of settle
ment and discovery.
The society is making every effort
to work in conjunction with those
whose profession brings them into con-
tact with the materials for history and
those whose touch with the actually
history Of the present time.
Pupils in high schools ought to feel
q pride in this work and gather and
collect material while it is fresh.
All Phases Of Life.
North Dakota has here communities
representing the aboriginal hunting
life Of the. Indians, the pastoral life OF
herder and ranchman, all phases of
agricultural conquest Of the soil, and
a rapidly developing city and indus
trial life. All this the historical socie-
ty can record and note the blending
and interlocking of the various stages,
part Of which will soon have disap-
peared forever.
Every loyal citizen Of North Dakota
should help in this work which will be
the glory Of the commonwealth to
have done and an irreparable loss to
neglect. "a
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-12-14
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a skating rink IL wanted Il sarles.
]: =. Twseten KILLED wolf near Ro-
'lette. 4 Il s7s y
Tho Leeds opera house i 70 be Inn
proved.
Firemens' balls are being given over
the state.
Al Edgely, rancher has removed to
There was marriage epidemic at
Valley City.
!, -
Mandan schools were closed be-
cause Of measles.
There was case Of diphtheria at
Asbon-mild type.
Cavaliers new skating rink is about
ready for business.
The Great Northern round house at
Antler was burned.
The Williston schools have been ad-
vanced to the first class.
The sidewalks at Valley City must
be cleaned, says the mayor.
There is the same old difficulty of
securing rural mail carriers.
The blacksmiths will insist on some,
needed legislation this winter.
Rural mail carriers had strenuous
times during the snow storms.
Binford is to have a wrestling match
between Gratias and Halvorson.
! At Towner there were twelve Grim
inal and 1O4 civil cases on the calen-
dar.
It's poor section of the state that
can't spring a candidate for the speak
ership.
The Williston Commercial club is
doing some strenuous advertising of
the town.
Walhalla rejoices over the reduc-
ton of freight rates - in and out Of
that town. @
Thirty.six potatoes on display in
Dickinson real estate Office fill BUSH
ell basket.
Crosby has a new hall completed
and is planning lot of amusements
this winter.
Rev. Mr.. Clapp, the evangelist of
Fargo, is known as the railroad con-.
ductor evangelist"
With 100000 bushels of fax
raised this year, North Dakota still
Keeps the leaQ IN CnaL crop.
There will be more educational leg
islation at the next session of the leg
islature than for many years.
Supt. Stockwell. and Deputy. Taylor
of the state educational department
have their work well in hand.
The four-year-old daughter of Hyp-
notist Fait, formerly of Glendale, was
killed by street car in San Fran
cisco.
The voters in many counties in the
state demonstrated at the recent cleo
ton that they did not believe in coun-
ty fairs.
Some sections of the state show
great interest in the state drainage
convention to be held in Fargo Dec.
II and IL.
A man at Great Bend broke his leg,
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and went eight days before he would
consent to have the fracture set by
physician. ss
This is the time Of the yesr that the
man who ties his horses for long hours
in the cold is getting lot Of we'll de-
served roasts. 4. 81
: s Is
with grand Jury called at Minot
ana another wanted in Valley City
there may be some excitement during
the rest Of the winter. 81
On bad days at Grafton school is run
from o'clock to without intermis-
sion 30 the pupils won't have to make I
! second trip through the snow.
Frank Ware. formerly . crack bail
player, ana later an abstract clerk at
Lakota, was Gently married to Miss
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Thomas Idso, who lives on the All
son farm joining the townsite Of
Heaton, had the misfortune to have
two Of his horses stolen. The suspect
ID q tall man with dark mustache, who
drove over from Cathay about 4 p. m.
and put his team into the feed stable
ana took supper and lodging at the ho-
tel, leaving an order to be called at 10
o'clock, at which time he hitched up.
shis team and started north, and It is
thought that he took the horses Of
MI. Idso with him or secured them by
means Of an accomp lice. 10 two teams
passed w n. Thurston's shout y
O'clock. Il; 553.i
NJ Investigation among the Indians Of
Standing Rock yencsy va made dur
ling my AZ Dr. Ciilletts Who spent
veral ssks smong ths Dakota In-'
96iansI.s III ink this inysaz q forths.
31lta4e Hist rfcal soci sidss col.
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Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-10-12
STATUE OF VERDI TODAY
UNVEILED IN NEW YORK

New York, Oct 12.-As evidence of
the high esteem in which the works
of that famous composer Giuseppe
Verdi, are held by Americans, and as
tribute to the memory of their dead
countrymen, the Italian colony in the
United States recently decided to
erect a monument to Verdi's memory,
and today, with great pomp and cere-
mony, the unyeiling took place. The
idea was first put into practical shape
by Cheyalier BarsOtti, editor of II
Progresso Italo Americana" who
raised by popular subscription funds,
said TO amount to $4,000, for this
new ornament to the metropolis and
tribute TO the great Italian. The
sculptor was CheYalier Pasquale Ci-
yiletti of Palermo, and in his studio
there his work was approved by a
committee appointed by II Progresso
ltalo Americana, comprising VIM.
Henry Bishop, American consul at
Palermo, and Professors ETnesto Ba-
sile and Giuseppe Damain, architects.
The granite shaft on which the fig
ure of the composer stands rests on
a square base of some dark stone,
and surrounding the central column
rests smaller figures IN Carrara mar
Bile. representing some creations Of
Verdi They are "Othello," aida"
"Falstaff' and La Fora del Des-
tino." At the unyeiling ceremony to-
day, 10 which Americans and Italians
We're brought together by a bond OF
their love for the operate genius, a
novel feature was the childrens Choir
us Of 1000 voices
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-10-12
MINERS MEETING MAY
AFFECT PRESENT LAWS
Important Recommendations
to Result From Miners
Congress at Phoenix.
Special to The Evening citizen.

Special to The Evening Citizen.
Phoenix, Ariz.. Oct. 12.-According
to information in the hands OF mining
men c. H. Akers. secretary OF the Arr
zona Miners association is making
preparation for the meeting of that
organization in Phoenix on October
l4th and 18th. Letters already re-
ceiyed indicate a lively interest in the
proceedings and It Is expected that
visitors from California, Sonora, Colo
rado and Texas will be present. Bis
bee, Tucson, Morenci, Clifton and
Globe will each be generously repre-
sented as well as all the other mining
centers in this part of the country.
The same program Is TO be carried
out as had been originally arranged
for the contemplated Bisbee meeting,
which was called on when il was as
certained that that city could not fur
nish sufficient accommodations for the
delegates.
Il is expected that important legis-
lation will result from deliberations
and recommendations of this conven-
tion.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-10-12
BALL GAME REMAINS A
DEAD LOCK STILL
At CHICAGO
Nationals Won Today by a
Score of One to Nothing.
Securing a Tie
THUS is EQUAL FOOTING
MADE BETWEEN TEAMS

Chicago, Oct. 12-The fourth game
OF the championship series between
the National and the American league
was played today on the grounds OF
the latter clubs, before the largest
crowd that has yet witnessed the con.
test. The disagreeable weather the
past four days gave way to some
things like normal October weather,
and it became possible to set out the
game without courting pneumonia.
The high winds which had been the
unpleasant feature of the post series,
was absent and this lent an added Joy
to the occasion. Betting is now prac-
tically even on the series.
Today's Batteries.
Battery for the Nationals is Brown
and King; for the Americans is Alt
rock and Sullivan.
Crowds are Greatest.
At o'clock this afternoon the
crowds outside the gate were the
greatest ever seen on the South side.
It is impossible to get street car
through the throng.
Reult Today.
Nationals, /; Americans, O.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-10-12
Natives Active in MOROCCO.

Paris, Oct 12.-Activity among the
fanatical nomad bands in the lower
part of Morocco is causing consider
able anxiety in French government
circles, and the appearance of M.
Jonnart, governor general of Algerias
at the cabinet meeting today was for
the purpose of explaining the situation
and of making precautionary disposi-
ton Of troops in the event of an out
break. The Reho de Paris claims to
have information to the effect that
a regular attack upon the French has
been planned at Tafileltin, southern
Morocco, under the leadership of a
relative of the sultan. Bands. it is
added, are now being mobilized
throughout the south of Morocco and
are already in armed rebellion.
The Lebaudy airship has been sent
to Chalais, in the department of
Charente, where it will be employed
as a school balloon to train crews
for Frances aerial war fiotilla.
Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-10-12
Nevada Expects Relief From
Smelter and Railway Ex-
Orbitdnt Charges.
UTAH MINES NEVER KNEW
SUCH GREAT PROSPERITY
Paral. Mexico. Reducing Mill VIII
Make Low Grade Ore Down
There Very Profitable.

Goldfeld, New, Oct. 1.-THE nu-
merous mining companies in this ter
ritory, which have long smarted un-
der the exorbitant charges for smeft-
ing and for freight rates to Salt Lake
City, are no wlooking forward TO i'm
mediate relief, for it has been an
nounced that the Tonopah party of
the Fourth Street National bank OF
Philadelphia have determined to ag-
gressively oppose the smelling trust
for the custom reduction of Nevada
ores. The Philadelphia capitalists.
who own large properties In the
Greenwater district, will be Joined by
Patrick Clark, owner of the Furnace
Creek copper concern; Charles M
Schwab, who controls the Greenwater
and Death Valley Copper company, by
many regarded as the most promising
property on surface showings in the
district; Malcolm Mcdonald, controll-
ing the Nevada Smelling & Mines cor
poration, and John W. Gates. who re-
Gently purchased two other large
groups.
ihS breenWdter copper ores anu
the sllicious ores of the neighboring
camps of Nevada all lying within $50
miles of each other form fiux for
the smelling process. In former
cases the question of ores to act as
fiuxes for the silicious gold and silver
ore has presented an insurmountable
difficulty. From time TO time small
smelling plants were projected by
several companies for the reduction
of ores from their own properties, but
no plan for smelling the ores from
the great mineral belt within the ter
ritpry has been attempted until now.
So apprehensive Is the trust of the
present project that it is said to have
made an offer of 81 a share for con-
troll of the Greenwater and Death VAL
ley concerns. with view to building
a smelter near the district. The offer
has been refused and it is understood
that the holders of property in Green
water will work together and enter
the smelling business on a large
scale. An important relief in connec-
tion with the new project is the eff
feet it will have on freight haulage.
for, instead of the present cost OF
! from $40 to $25 it is believed that the
freight haul TO the new smelter, to-
gether with the reduction charge viii
not exceed IS a ton.