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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
TO STOP BLOODSHED
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN
GUATEMALA AND SALVADOR
BEING ARRANGED.

Oyster Bay, n. y, July 16.-Peace
negotiations between Guatemala and
Salvador are being arranged by Pres
ident Roosevelt and Acting Secretary
of State Bacon at Sycamore Hill. The
question not yet settled is whether
Honduras will become a party to the
negotiations at this time. 1t is rea-
soned here that it would hardly be fair
to compel Guatemala TO face two for
mel foes III a peace conference at one
time. Honduras will probably agree
to the settlement arranged by the two
states primarily involved.
The negotiations. it is stated. will
doubtless be held on board the Amer
lean cruiser Marblehead, now in Guate-
malan waters.
The arbitrators on behalf CT the
United States and Mexico will be the
Mexican minister to Central America
and Messrs. Combs and Merry. United
States ministers to Guatemala and
Salvador, respectively. The date and
details Of the proceedings beyond this
have not been arranged.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
RICHEST MAN IN LONDON.
Alfred Belt, South African Financier
Dies After Long Illness.

London, July 17.-Alfred Belt, the
well known South African tinancier,
is dead. He had been in bad health
fol- some time.
MI. Belt was born in 1853 at Ham
burg. He was a life governor of the
De Beers consolidated mines, a part
ner in the firm Of Weernher, Belt &
Co. and a director of the Rand mines.
Rhodesia railways, Bechuanaland rail.
way trust, Consolidated company, Built
fontcin mine and the British Chartered
South African company. He was re-
ported to have been implicated in the
jameson raid.
Mr.. Belt, who is said to have been
he richest MAJ in London and who
controlled the output of gold in South
Africa, was at one time alleged to be
forming q gold trust" in which the
names Of prominent American nnan.
ciers were mentioned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
THREE MEN KILLED
POWDER MILL EXPLOSION NEAR
SCORE OF OTHERS.

Ashland, Wis, July ia powder
mill of the Atlantic Dynamite com
pany. several miles from this city,
blew up at s O'Clock a. H., killing three
men. Twenty others we're injured.
The dead are: j. l.. Pearce, Whining
ton, Del, superintendent OF the DOW
der mill; William Wallace, laborer,
and George Woodisil.
The neutralizing plant was totally
destroyed. The shock was terrific and
broke many windows in Ashland.
The Of the explosion is not
known. The accident occurred Just
as the men, twenty-five in number,
were entering the building for the
days work. Superintendent j. L.
Pierce OF Wilmington, Del, William
Wallace, a laborer, and George Wood
Isle were first to enter the building.
They had fairly entered when the nj
troglycerin acid let loose and for fully
a minute a black cloud of smoke hid
the killed and injured from view. Then
n by one the less injured men came
out of the pail of smoke and each
dashed back in search OF their COM
panions.
The muti!ated body Of Superintend-
ent Pierce was found where he had
fallen. inside the neutralizing building.
and close beside him We're found Wal
lace and Woodlsie torn and disfigured.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Child Kicked and Killed.

Word has reached Grand Forks of
a fatal accident in Union township,
Grand Forks county, which resulted
in the death of the four-months-ol old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Sturtz,
prominent residents of that section.
Mrs. Strutz and her sister were driv-
Ing along the highway when a dog ran
out and swapping at tho horses heels
started ii to kicking, with the result
that the child was kicked in the head
and killed and Mrs. StrutZ had several
ribs brOken.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
ENDS HIS OWN LIFE
MAN SUSPECTED OF MINNEAPO.
LIS MURDER COMMITS SUI.
eide AT ELRoY. WIS.

Minneapolis, July 12.-Nathan NJ.
Riggs, the Omaha conductor accused
by the local police Of numbering Miss
Mile Ellison of Ellsworth. Wis, at
the National hotel in this city Tues
day afternoon. committed suicide in
Elroy. Wis. at l2:15 Thursday morn
ing.
After his arrest Riggs asked tina, he
be permitted TO visit his wife and
daughter on q farm neal Elroy and
he was permitted TO go. An officer
accompanied him, but because OF his
cheerful bearing and absolute denial
OF knowledge OF the National hotel
tragedy no fear was felt as TO his
safety.
Riggs returned TO Elroy early in the
evening. He c~onversed with scores
OF acquaintance and seemed TO be at
ease. Shortly after midnight, while
awaiting arrival OF the train to take
him back TO this city, the prisoner
asked the officer in whose charge he
was for permission TO so into the
closet at the railroad station hotel.
This was readily granted and a mo-
nlent later a pistol shot was heard
in the closet and when the officer en-
tered he found Riggs dead with a
bullet in the temple.
Proof of Riggs Guilt.
The local police have established
beyond any possible doubt hat the
M. j. Wilson" who registered at the
National hotel about the same time
as Miss Ellison went there was Con
ductor Riggs.
a search Of Riggs residence on
PillSbuTy venue resulted in the find,
ing Of Miss Ellison's suit case in the
room usually occupied by Riggs. In
the furnace were found a pair of stock
ings belonging to the dead woman
and also some underwear belonging
to her. Other links which went to
make the connection between Wilson
and Riggs certain were 9 bottle Of
medicine bought at Ellsworth and an
atomizer known 10 have belonged to
the dead woman. The gray suit which
"NEilson' wore at the National hotel
was also found in Riggs Dom.
On the advice Of the county attor-
ney Riggs safe deposit vault was
forced and over $1,000 in cash, in
Guiding two marked 81, 900 bills paid
TO Miss Ellison three hours before the
murder, were discovered.
Riggs and Miss Ellison have beer
intimate friends for more than ten
years and although the man had a
family in Minneapolis it is said he be-
came engaged to the Ellsworth woman
and her relatives there say she left
home Monday of this week with the
intention of marrying Riggs and going
to Washington state to reside.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
ITEMS OF A WEEK FROM vAR,o,,e
PARTS OF THE STATE.
Republicans in Convention Nominate
a State Ticket Headed by e. Y.
Sarles of Trail County
for Governor.

With the outcome a %foregone cuucl,
sion, because OF the decisive pre.cou
vcntion victory of the machine" over
the "insurgent' faction, the North Da
kota Republican state convention was
called to order at jamestown by l. II
Hanna, chairman of the state central
committee.
The first test of strength came ON
the vote on temporary chairman, when
the stalWarts elected e. A. Williams
OF Bismarck over r. M. Pollock Of
Fargo, the insurgent candidate, by ,
vote of 306 to 100. After forming a
temporary organization the conventions
adjourned until 2 o'clock. The reso1u.
lions adopted in the afternoon indorse
President Roosevelt. Congressman
Gronna and Marshal, Governor Sarles
and the other state officers.
Senator McCumber in an address TO
the delegates said the pressing prob.
lem of the Republican party in the fu.
fTra is that of controlling the trusts
and securing an equitable distribution
of wealth.
Owing to the large working majority
Of the stalwarts there was little ey-
element. The following ticket was
nominated:
Congressman, Y. +. Marshall. Dickev.
and a. j. Gronna, Nelson: governor.
e. Y. Sarles, Trail: lieutenant gcv.
ernor r. S. Lewis, Cass; treasurer,
Albert Peterson, Sargent; auditor, ii.
L.. Holmes, Pembina; secretarv OF
state, Albert B%laisdell, Ward; iusur-
ance commissioner, z. c.. Cooper,
Grand Forks: commissioner of agri.
culture, w. c. Gilbreath, Morton at
torney general, Thomas F. F. McCue,
Foster; superintendent Of public in
struction, w. l.. ~Stockwell, Walsh,
railroad commissioners, Erik Etafne,
Richland; Chris. Diesem, La Mourc.
Simon Westby, Pierce; judges 81
nreme court, six years, d. e. Morgan.
four years, John Knauf.
The convention adopted a resolution
favOring the enactment of a primary
law for the nomination of all state,
legislative. judicial and county officials
and an expression Of preference by the
people for the position of United
States senator.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19

Twelve Student M]aIcontents and Two
Soldiers Killed.

Teheran, Persia, July IA sharp
street fight occurred here between the
troops and a procession of student
malcontents in which twelve of the
students and two soldiers were killed.
The activity OF the authorities has
tended somewhat to restore public
confidence with the result that the
shops were r%eopened. The mullahs,
however, are still in the great MOSQUE.
The opinion prevails that the true
state Of affairs is hidden from the
shah.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
ASKS s25o,ooo DAMAGES.
ct. Louis Plumbing Company Sues Al.
ieged Trust.

St. Louis, July 14.-Suit for $3.50, 900
damages and reasonable attorney fees
was filed in the circuit court by the
Coyne Bros Plumbing company
against the Crane company, the l.. E.
Rumsey Manufacturing company and
the n. O. Nelson Manufacturing com.
pany. The petition alleges hat the
three firms sued are a trust and that
they refused TO sell plumbers sup.
plies to the Coyne firm because it was
not in the Master Plumbers soc
lion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
TWO THOUSAND CASUALTIES.
Guatemalan Forces Defeated by Sal.
vadorean Army.

San Salvador, July 16.-Saturday
night the S~alvadorean army again at
tackled the Guatemalan forces at Pla.
tanar and obtained a victory owe
them, the Guatemalans suffering a loss
Of 1000 men in killed, wounded and
prisoners.
The Guatemalan army, which in.
vaded by way of Santa Fe, was re.
pulsed by the Honduran army.
Honduras is making common cause
with Salvador, although it is denied
that Honduras has made a formal dec.
laratiOn of war.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Ice Dealers Acquitted.

Jacksonville, Fla. July l6.-The
trial of several ice dealers In Jackson
1h1e on the charge Of combining to
raise the price OF ice, contrary to law,
resulted In a verdict Of not guilty OF
criminal intent to deiraud after one
OF the hardest lcga! fights In the his.
tory of the state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Mob After a M an,

A mob OF men and boys tried to
lynch Ed Jones at the Barnes county
fair grounds at Valley City. Jones
whipped the animal until the crowd
grew furious with rage and was only
prevented from lynching the driver by
the interference of the police and
deputy sheriffS.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
OVER 100000 is STOLEN.
immense Sum is Lost in Transit Be.
tween Alaska anG Seattle.

Seattle, Wash. July l3.-Ove, 500.
600 CONSIGNED to the Alaska Pacific
Express COMPANY here has been stolen
from aboard the steamer Ida May and
no clue has been obtained as to who
the robbers are. The shipment was
sent from Fairbanks, Alaska. and was
transferred at Nenana. The Ida May
TO transfer it TO the Sarah at
Fort Gibbons and II was there that the
loss was discovered.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Prominent Politician Killed,

karnes City, Tex, July Nv. l..
Mayheld. a prominent politician, was
shot and instantly killed here by J..
C. Goode, an attorney and banker. The
shooting was the result Of a preylons
disagreement
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. July lG.-W hcni-Julv,
7SAc; Sept, 7SMc, Corn July, 5lh
@5lMc; Sept, 5i3A M5lNc oats
July, 37%c; Sept, 3iH N3lMc. Pork
July, $lS35; Sept, $l7.3o FLAX
Nothing doing. Butter -Crenmcrics,
l5@l91@c; dairies. l5mlbc, EGGS y
6li%c. Ponltry-Turkeys, ne, chick.
ems. l2c. springs. l8Q zoe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth. July 16.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. l Northern, soc;
Nc. z Northern, 7Sc; July, SOC; Sept,
79c: Dec, 1890. FlaX-To arrive, on
track and July, $1.11M; Sept, Sill;
Oct, $l.10.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
St. Paul Union Stock Yards,

st. Paul, July 16.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $4.5OM5.5O; common to
fair, S3.5O@4.25: good to choice COWS
and heifers, $3.00@4.5O; veals, $4,000
5.25. Hogs-$G.l50G.55. Sheep-Wcth
ers, $4.75@G.0O; good to choice lambs
sc OOM675
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
VERDICT OF RENNES CAURTMAR.
TlAL ~ANNUCLED BY FRENCH
SUPREME COURT.
Decision Establishes the Entire limo.
eence Of the Accused Man and Re-
stores Him to His Position in the
Army With the Rank He Would
Be Entitled to by Uninterrupted
Service.

Service.
Paris. July lS.-Captain Dreyfus has
been completely acquitted OF the
charges on which he was condemned
as a traitor. dismissed from the army
and Imprisoned or Devils Island. and
regarding which France has been torn
Tor years by bitter political and racial
agitation. His H~indication is two-fold.
the supreme court first announcing a
decision establishing the entire inno-
cence OF the accused man and the
ministry later deciding t present an
urgent bill in parliament restoring
Dreyfus TO the army With advanced
rank, and otherwise giving PREPARATION.
The decision of the court was a fore
gone conclusion. The exhaustive in
oNiries had completely demolished
the accusation against Dreyfus, show
ing that the real culprit was Major
Count EsterhaZy. The decision there
fore annulled the condemnation OF the
Rennes courtmartial and ordered that
the acquittal .be posted and published
throughout France.
The ministers held a protracted
special session at the Elysee palace
under President Fallieres and de.
termined on their course. Two bills
were formulated to be introduced into
the chamber concerning respectively
Dreyfus and Colonel Picquart. The
object is to restore both to the ranks
they would have held if they had
served continuously in the army.
Dreyfus consequently will be nomi-
mated a major with eventual early pro-
motion to a lieutenant colonelship.
Picquart will Immediately become a
brigadier general. Dreyfus' name will
be inscribed on the list for the legion
of honor. but he Will nor be directly
nominated to that distinction.
The bills will be taken UP imme-
}iately and the ministers will e%ndeavor
% have them pass both houses at
snce. The cabinet desires to settle
the matter before the parliamentary
vacation. in order TO avoid a recur-
renee Of agitation in the country.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Gambling Paraphernalia Burned.

Sedalia, Mo, July 1.-THE para
phernalia Of a gamblinghouse here
that had been confiscated at the in
stigation of Rev, ]. Murdy, pastor of
the First Christian church, was
burned in the principal street of the
city in the presence Of an immense
crowd of persons.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Will Meet at jamestown.

At h final business session of the
ton at Grand Forks, jamestown was
selected for the next annual conven-
ton, and Rev. Herbert Tilden OF Far
go was selected to preach the annual
sermon.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, July 16.-Wheat-July,
1870; Sept, 7S% @78hc; Dec, 79A@
79Ac; May, S2M M83c. On track-No.
] hard, 8 1sc: No. ! Northern, SOhc;
No. 2 Northern, 1880; No. 3 North.
ern, 7GM @77Ac.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Million for Temperance Cause.

London, July 1.-THE will of John
Crowle, "a well known merchant of
London. gives 81, $50. 600 for the pro.
motion Of temperance in England, un
der the direction of the Wesleyan
Methodist conference, conditioned
upon the church's raising a like sum
within five years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
MAY AVERT A CRISIS
OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT IN
RUSSIA MAKING TO STAVE
OFF OPEN RUPTURE.
LaWlessness Now Chronic Throughout
the Empire Not Expected to Sub
side, but the Leaders of the Lower
House Hope 10 Secure a Constitu-
tional REGIME Without Resortina to
8 Revolution.
8 Revolution.

S''S S'''S N'S -
Revolution.
St. Petersburg. July 13,-The out
look for the passage of the summer
without a great %upheava, in Russia
is considerably brighter and every
thing making for the delay increases
the possibility OF a constitutional
regime without q civil wal. Lawless-
ness. which is now chronic throughout
the empire, is no expected to sub
side. but the most powerful influences
in opposition TO the government are
temporarily seeking to stave of a cri-
sis. Unless the government BY a stu
pid blunder forces all the parties 10
make common cause the crisis, which
all feared was imminent, Will be post
poned until the fall. The Constitu-
tional Democrats have Z sober sense
OF the responsibility and power viii,
which they firmly believe they Will
soon be charged and are interested
IN pouring oil on the troubled waters
and the nor conservative wing Of
the Social Democrats, numerically
che strongest ~proletarlat organization
In the country. seems 10 have succeed
ed in convincing the more radical wing
that the time is net Vet ripe for eX-
IRENE measures. They are
Especially Anxious to Prevent
the formation at present OF a council
Of workmen, similar TO the one which
directed the outbreak last fall, and
plan to have all the extreme organiza-
tions later elect delegates TO such a
council, which at the proper time Will
coalesce with the group of toll in par
lament. setting up a provisional mod
crate wing. The Social Democrats
argue that the mere creation OF such
a council now might prematurely PIE
cipitate matters. They insist on a
postponement until the agrarian
movement has been extended and a
considerable proportion of the army
is ready to line UP on their side. If
the government now takes advantage
of the lull TO make terms with the
modeIates in parliament there is still
a chance of a peaceful! settlement. but
a continuation OF the present tension,
in the opinion of the best judges. can
only destroy the prestige OF the mod
crate elements in parliament. solidify
all the oppositional forces and render
q conflict certain.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
MARKET QUOTATIONS.,
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards

Chicago. July Observation-Disclosures,
s41oM6.20: COWS and heifers, $1,000
$40: stockers and feeders, $1,000
40 Hogs-sG.70M6,SO. Sheep, $3.1O
$500; lambs, $4.7568.O0.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Boy Hangs Himself.

Ralph Lawrence, seventeen years
old. hanged himself in II sheep barn on
the Adams farm, twelve miles south
west of Wahpeton. 1t Is believed he
was temporarily insane.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Farmers Wife a Suicide.

Mrs. John Novits. living two miles
north OF Cossswcll. while %despondenl
over III health, committed suicide by
hanging.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
WOUND PROVES FATAL.
Vice Admiral Chouknln Victim of ar
hccaecio

sebastouol. July 13.--Vice Admiral
Chouknin. commander Of the Black
sea feet, who was shot Wednesday.
supposedly by a sailor OF the battle
ship O~tchakoff, died during the morn
ing without having regained con
seriousness.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Monday, July 10.

William H. Busbey, for nearly thir-
ty years q member of the editorial
staff of the Chicago Inter Ocean, is
dead.
In the final of the woman's lawn ten
mis- tournament for the championship
of Wales Miss Sutton beat Miss Car
fit 81, 60. The American thus re-.
tains the title.
David Lubin OF Stockton, Cal, has
been appointed a member of the per
manent committee of the International
Institute of Agriculture, with head,
quarters at Rome, Italy.
Captain Grayson Willard Heidi of
the Fifteenth cavalry will wed Miss
Grace Howe Mckinley, a niece Of
President Mckinley, and for a time
mistress OF the White House.
Governor General Idc, at Manila
has advised the war department of the
death of d. NJ. Gunnison from cholera
on July II. Mr.. Gunnison was a FIRST
in the constabulary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1906-07-19
Tuesday, JULY IL.

John A. Awkward of Madison. Wis
has announced himself a candidate for
governor on the Democratic ticket.
An Immigrant train on the Erie rail.
way was wrecked in the railway wards
al Port %Jervis, \. Y. The engineer
Inc fireman were killed.
A distinct earthquake shock was
lett at FL Paso, Tex, Monday. Build.
lheS rocked and awaycd and many per.
sons He'd to the streets
William Painter, whose fame as an
inventor is national, died a, the Johns
Hopkins hospital AT Baltimore follow.
ing an operation performed July 4 for
an Internal disorder He was sixty.
eight years Of age
Perfect sanitation aad clean linen
are proving fatal to the West Indian
negroes employed ON the Panama
canal, Sanitary precautions make tho
negroes especially susceptible 10 pncu.
mont0 and other throat and lung .rcu
bles.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-05
SAYS IT WAS A JOB
NOLAN CLAIMS BATTLING NELSON
 WAS ROBBED.
Deciared That He Heard Before Fight That Frisco Sports Had Fixed Things for the Negro
 Champion.

GoldHeld, New. Sept 4.--It was an- nounced last night that the films of after the thirty-eighth round of the Gans-Eelson fight. As result the |. concluding. rounds will not be shown ,
 President Richards stated that Tths , proximately to s7s.o0o and that the aggregated f.ooo. This is the greatest amount of money taken in for a prize fight in the history of the ring.
 had instructed Nelson to pifi hit low. i Nos e
 ',No. there Is absolutely nothing in in the forty-second round as he was in the fifth. Cans was contenfing him. self throughout with loaflng and rest- ing and Nelson finally decided to do the
 Cans was all In at the time ana would not have lasted another fivo rounds. I think I have been jobbed. Ga nst nsht m n When toS iS wss s 1 believed there was a job on foot to give the fight to Cans. told you clique of san Francisco men who came here with as much Cans monsy as they could possibly get; of the res marks which I overheard that at last | they had Nolan and Nelson just where \ field man who had In his custody thous- ands of dollars tn be placed on the col-
 ored man at any old price. | "fhe significance of these things is | now explained. I don't make any 1 charges against Siler, but I know that Nelson did not foul Cans. don't care who says that he did"
 Nelson vSps dizzy when he was called | for the forty-second round. and this may have had something to do with the ] fouling of Cans.
 Neither Cans nor Nelson was stirring this morning. Nelson is so badly bat l tc~ed that he will stay indoors until he can leave town. He will not finger ably the most unpopular man who ever visited Goldfield.
 Cans goes to San Francisco in a few days to consider a theatrical engage ] ment. With the exceptions of Nelson's party. not a dissenting voice has been heard about the decision awarding tho l fight to Cans on a foul, Even losersv n 1 betting make no complaint and num- 1 bers of them called on the colored man | and congratulated him on the showing l he made.
 Cans says he was offered s25.O0o to let Nelson win but he would not say who made the offer.
 Joe Cans declares his belief that
 Nelson fouled him Intentionally, know ing that he had no chance to win. The negro says that he was compara- lively fresh when the foul blow was struck and was sure of winning. Had he not broken a bone in his right hand in the twenty-seventh round. he says he would have finished Nelson before the thirty fifth round. Jimmy
 Britt says he Is ready to meet either Cans or Nelson.