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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-12-13
Damage was $4,000.

Fifty cents reward for infor-
nation leading to the return of
Pat Sullivan, the wiper who pull
ed open the throttle of the pas
senger engine and ran her into
the pit at the Minot round house.
The wiper jumped and ran when
he saw what he had done and is
probably going yet. He smash
ed the turn table all to smither-
Gems and it will necessitate get
ting new table from the east.
In the meantime twenty engines
are tied up in the G. N. round
house for there is no way of get
ting them out. One railway COM
pany usually charges another
fifty dollars a day for the use Of
an engine, so it has been figured
up that adding the cost of the
wrecked engine to that of the
putting the twenty engines out
of business, the wiper put the
railway company to an expense
of twenty thousand dollars. He
has 50. IS coming from Mr.. Hill
which he can get any time that
he wishes to call for it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-12-13

Trappers are making lots Of
money trapping musk rats, the
hide of which sells from fifteen
to sixteen cents at Feldman &
Bakers hide hou sc in this city.
One hunter makes from five to
ten dollars a day.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-12-13
SAWYER Farmer Raises Corn.

R. W. Register, a Sawyer
farmer, is we'll satisfied with the
sixth crop that he took off from
his land for his wheat averaged
20 bushels and flax 13H bushels.
He had 300 acres too. Mr.. Re-
gister raised a nice lot of corn,
which averaged fifty baskets to
the acre. Five years ago he had
a bumper corn crop, getting sew
enty baskets to the acre. 1t was
the flint variety and was raised
on sod. He raises a few hogs
each year. He has three acres
of box elder, cottonwood and will
low trees which are seven feet
high. The trees already are a
great protection, keeping the
snow away from his farm build
ings. He will plant three acres
more trees in the spring.. - -
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-12-13

This is Il picture Of one Of the big
loads Of mattresses that | cot i. f,,r
my big furniture sale. This is W.
doubtedly the largest load OF mat
tressps ever seen in the city. The load
is not one bit bigger than the bar
gains which am giving at thr big
sale which closes the first of The year
have net time nor space to quote yuH
all the bargains that ! an, Offering
but it is sufficient to say that You ca''
save from twenty to forty per cent b.
buying at this sale. | have marked
the goods down right. ! want the
room Furniture has not moved like
it should. While my business is gr"a'-
er than it was last year. | bought
much heavier and must sell tile goods.
The goods are all new and the values
real. All | want is fJr YOU 70 call and
inspect the line.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27

these huts and cases can be found all
over the city.
At one point along the line Of the
railroad Chinaman in the last stages
of the terrible disease has set up his
miserable hut in a corner of the Gene
terry, where he S living out the dregs
of his existence in a most pitiable fash
ion. His shack consists of a lean-to
against tree-a, matched roof support
ed by four posts in the ground. The
walls are of discarded bits of sheet
iron obtained from structures built by
French canal workers, which have
since tumbled down. 1t has no floor
and is bare Of furniture. The China
man cooks the food which is brought
to him over the open fire, and sleeps
on pile of dirty mating. A few feet
away is picket fence surrounding a
grave, while all about him are tomb
stones. Part of his food allowance
comes in tin cans, and the empty cans
are spread about his corner of the
yard of death.
But the Republic of Panama has re-
Gently instructed the National Board
Of Health to lay out and establish a
lazaretto capable of isolating all Of
the lepers in the Republic. 1t is to
be divided into two parts, one for men
and one for women, at a considerable
distance apart. The act provides for
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
Candidare For the Rar.

A man from Texas adventured into
Arkansas on a business errand. The
town was strange to him, says a wri-
ter in the Washington Post, and he was
unacduainted with the man, a lawyer,
whom he had come to see. There was
no carriage at the station when he ar
rived so he asked his way to the house
OF Mr.. Dash, and set out to walk.
The directions he received were so
indefinite that be found himself at last
on the edge OF the town, without hav-
ing come to the house he sought. Then
he met an old man, and asked the way
again. MI. Dash'ss house. he learned,
lay about a quarter Of a mile down the
road
THE man / want to see is a lawyer, =
he said. rs this Mr. Dash down the
road a lawyerg''
He amt no lawyer thar ever heard
tell Of" answered the old man.
You're sure?
The man scratched his head in deep
thought Then a gleam Of remem-
branee lighted his eye.
Now | think Of it, boss be said.
pears Ike I do ricollect he ran for
lawver one tlme.n
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27

the examination of suspected lepers
and enforces their confinement at the
lazaretto if the doctors find that they
are suffering from the disease. A
physician is to visit each patient at
least four times a month, and an I'M
dergraduate physician is to maintain
residence at the lazaretto.
Colombia also realizes the grave dam
ger which is in store for the country
if leprosy is not checked, and the
United States Minister at Bogota has
forwarded the Marine Hospital Service
copy of new law establishing lazar-
ettos in each department Of the Re-
public. One is already being operated
in the Department Of Antioquia at an
expense. so far, of more than 100000
pesos
SUPERINTENDENT Wyman of the
United States Marine Hospital Service
has selected an area approximately a
mile square as the leper settlement on
the island of MoIckai as The site OF
the hospital for lepers authorized az
the last session Of Congress- This
hospital is declared by the act 10 be
for the treatment of such lepers as
may be legally committed TO it by the
Territory Of Hawaii, and for the sci
entifc study of the disease. If ills
purpose il carried out, there Will be,
for the first time in the forty years.
history of segregation in the Hawaiian
Islands, continuity of study Of the
disease from scientific standpoint
The life in the settlement is that OF
the ordinary Hawaiian community.
The lepers live in cottages provided
for them by the Board Of Health,
which has charge Of the settlement
They are provided with ratlons OF pol
fish, meat and ten. New York Tribune
The fastest and most sumpsuously
equipped ocean steamships in the
world IRE now built X Germany.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27


For the first time in the history OF
Shoshone County a jury composed en-
tireIy of women heard the evidence in
case, says a Wardner Gdaho) dis
patch to the Chicago Inter-0cean.
Mrs. Fannie Vancuren was charged
by her neighbor, Mrs. Sarah Flint, with
striking her with her fist. Both wom-
en- told the court that they preferred
to have a jury composed of members
of their own sex.
The array of women subpoenaed as
jurors was young and good looking.
Mrs. Flint, after many Interruptions
and objections, related the following
story of the difficulty:
Last Sunday afternoon / heard a
noise, and looking out from my house
/ saw Mrs. yancuren tearing down
rock pile / had built. went out and
ordered her t, stop. She answered by
striking me in the stomach with her
closed fist
The jury was locked UP in the
judges office for fifteen or twenty min
utes, and then brought in verdict ac-
quitting Mrs. Vancuren.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27

versalfy used, there would be no more
runaway horses. This driving-bit con-
tains the ordinary jointed mouthpiece,
with rein rings attached, the rings
and mouthpiece being pivoted together
to curved snaffie Tar The snafie
bars meet at the centre under the
lower jaw of the horse, and are hinged
by rivet, the overlapping ends Of the
snaffie bars being recessed to form
a smooth joint An overjaw check
guard, consisting of a curved chin bar.
connects to the snaflie bars An over
draw check bit passes through slots
In the upper end Of the check guard.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
PArTIsoN,s BRAIN TAILS.
Doctor Says Ohio Governor is Incapa
BILE of Sustained Thought.

Doctor Says Ohio Governor is Incapa-
BILE of Sustained Thought.
Columbus, Ohio. In the Common
Pleas Court here DR.. E. 7. Wilson ties.
tilted that Governor pattison. because
of his bodily illness, is incapable of sus-
timed attention on any subject. In
answer to a question put moment
later he said that the Governor was
sane, but that he was so " eakened in
brain and body that he could not give
to any subject continued thought.
The testimony was brought out in
habeas corpus proceedings instituted
for the release of Charles G. Carrano.
The proceedings were based on the
proposition that the Governor did not
in person sign the papers IGNORING the
requisition, Gnc- that therefore they
were not legal
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
.l,he Eield 81 SPORTS.

Cambridge defeated oxford In the
annual football match; score, 3 goals
to !.
Daniel Karsner, o. Philadelphia, won
the H. Yale Dolan trap shooting tro-
ply at Palm Beach.
w. A. Tewes scored 24S1 points out
Of a possible $500 with a .22-calibre
rife at twenty-five yards
A bill to make betting within race
track Enclosures felony was intro.
duced in the Assembly at Albany.
Roland Jones, of England, won the
seventy -two-hole medal play golf con
test for professionals at Pinehurst.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27

Mrs. Potter Palmer is going to learn
to play bridge, so she can become Il
real member Of Londons smart set
Isabel Darlington, $50, has accepted
the chairmanship Of the Wellesley
alumnae committee on general en-
dowment
Nine. Simone lie Bargy, now playing
An a French play at Paris, is one Of
che most accomplished artists OF mod
ern times
Mrs Drusilla Hall johnson, WHO
died recently at Northampton, Mass,
was believed to be the oldest true
daughter Of the Revolution.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27

The payment Of $4,000 a year to Sem
ator Depew by the Equitable, the com
nittee holds, was not warranted. the
testimony as to the services rendered
by Senator Depew not appearing to be
sufficient for such payment. The COM
mittee also sets forth that it does not
appear what services were rendered by
former Senator Hill, who was paid
5000 a year In Justice 10 Mr.. Hill.
the committee says it was not able to
get his testimony upon this subject be-
cause he was too i'll to appear
OF the eight bills accompanying the
report, one is very voluminous, COM
prising about 1900 words and en-.
bodies a general overhauling of the in.
surance law. In its opening section it
extends to all employees Of the State
| Insurance Department the restriction
now applicable only to the Superin
tendent and his deputy, prohibiting
| them from receiving any gratuity from
any insurance company or having any
| interest in one save as a policy holder.
| The consent of the Superintendent Of
Insurance is required for any acquisi'
ton of real property for the home
Office of a life insurance comnany and
for the exchange or disposal of real
property owned by it.
directors anu olliceis u IN ISL.
ahce corporation are prolllulleu lloil
recelNluS Hioiie9 or Nhiuauie eoils.uela
tions, pfoctllils u aluli,s - .ns ~
corporation" and are further prohib-
tied from being pecuniarly interested,
either as principal, co-prineipal. agent
OF oenenciary III any sueh puienaSc'
SAFE Q. loan.
q vlolatloh Oh TINS section - maue .
nllsueineahor. II - slpuiatee,. n2m
ever, lhal lhls sha.l NOT Prev ~. . liic
insurance Corporation iIoin nlahlnS
ioan upon pollcy neiu tnelean ~ w
borrower y u uoes not eAceeu Tue iiet
value tnereol'
Inc otate superintendent o. ihsur-
aiice IS ulfecleu 20 examine lilto tne ~
Iaifs OF every insurance eofpafatlon
uolns BUSINESS ~ tlls elate d leas'
once IN tnree years, ana ne may exam a..
me any sucii corporatlon ~ y, oleen ~ ~
nay seen u TApeuiens. - 3 eAan' =,
ers must nv W inteIeste \. ~ ans -
suIauce Notpola.lon' ailu 'ne eAalni ns1
slon inas inSiuue .me onisea 90 ' III
asenaS u suen eoipola,'ono LII =; ~
peLsons ueelneu 20 nats inaeel "a -;
loIinaalo LesaIulnE 'Ae eoinl'aHy
pfUpelty " business. az
lns p.lFllcse now enloseu W NY
stocNnolueI " creultol oI az lnsulalc''
company y leuulle tne oupe, ..a.
en- upon swoln eonl2iaius ~ ny ~ sssi
SUE ens eoinpany e eA.eaueu ~ . p e.,
Ivy nolusL, piSyiueei, noMeses, .ne '9u'
peiinleluen. ueIieveS su u,, lntsSti5"
'iV III, 70 De WaIIan.eu " tne laets'
~, ine secllon u ene plesens t ~"
Which pronlolls sucn eAa eiilila.lon
within one seal " 'ne si,lle ol lesu
~ eAalliinal,9 ,, ~ .ie uspaitinsn. =
e.liilna seu. ne seetloL iiilli.,iis Us
lisne = . ssoeAnoi'l.l ~ eleui'oi -
conllileilce az ac'lon 70 uissolne ,' ~
niesei ins.ll anee Soliipany = 'iso oilln
lnateu. ohueF .ne present aW, ne
must opsa ~ tre eonsett u .ns 4liece
ols Vi Vi Tue superintendent u Ansul
ali u,
lile lailious section oo u tne ~
surance law, when requlres ! pones
i i u 70 oolain .ue collsent % lne AZ
actlon 70 compel the of1cers OF an IN
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
PURE FOOD BILL PASSED
friends Of the Measure Win a Fifteen
Year Fight.
Adopted in Senate by the Decisive Vote
of O3 to 4-Eaney, Bacon, Foster
and TiIIman Against 1t.


washington, d. C.-After fifteen
years Of more or less serious consider
alton Of tha suhieo4 +be Senate ,asse5
-. -, ~,
oou "iA' ~ 'A-S usSlsisS WY
Oh 10 to 4. me vote was taken after
a day devoted almost exclusively to
4 debate of \ desultorv character on the
n,oo s,,,o co..o,.., seea,,4. . 80
/ ~ n'f'ue
! 70 amehu the plll, ana the clmmlttee
accepted number of suggestions. but
only those thus accented were moor.
porated IN the hin as nassed
THE bill makes If q nisdamaanor to
MANUFACTURES or sell aduJterafed or mis-.
branded foods drugs medicines or II.
uuors in the District of Columbia the
! Territories and the insular nossessions
of the United States. and prohibits the
! Shipment of such goods from one State
to another or to A foreign country. II
also prohibits the recent of such goods.
Punishment by fine of $500 or bv i'm
prisonment for one wear. or both. is
prescribed. In the case of corpora
lions. officials in charge are made re-
sponsible. The Treasury Department
and the departments of Agriculture
and Commerce and Labor are REQUIRED
to agree on regulations for the collec-
ton and examination of the articles
covered by the bill. but no specific
provision is made for investigation ex-
.ept by the Department of Agriculture.
The investigations by that department
are placed in the hands of the chief
Of the bureau of chemistry, and if he
finds that the law has been violated,
the Secretary of Agriculture is required
TO report the facts to the United States
District Attorney, who in turn is re-
CURED to institute proceedings in the
federal courts. The bill also defines
foods. drugs, medicines and liquors
and the standards for them. There is
an exemption for dealers who furnish
guarantees against adulteration and
misbranding.
The important amendments adopted
were the following: Providing that no
official notice of a finding against any
article shall be given until after the
announcement of the final judgment Of
the court before which the case is
heard; providing that when in the
preparation of Good products for ship
ment they are preserved by an external
application applied in such a manner
that the preservative'is necessarily re-
moved mechanically or by maceration
in water or otherwise, the provisions of
the act shall be construed as applying
only when said products are ready for
consumption requiring that mixtures
or blends containing alcohol or opium
shall be branded or labelled so as to
show that fact and changing the pro-
vision regarding the misbranding of
liquors so as TO make = read: sit shall
be deemed misbranding if it is blended
or rectified or consists Of an admixture
of different grades of the same liquor
or contains OF Is mixed with the sub
stances, and the word blended .recti-
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
Plumbing, Timing. Steam
and Gas Fitting

at their OFFICE. Al Mill street, tele-
phone 2S4-l, or at the store of William
q. Hibler, South street, city.
The Senior member of this partner
ship, JOHN J. CARROLL, has been
plumbing in this city for twenty-nine
years, and his reputation as plumber
is too well known for any furthercom-
ment. 253S.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
Iohann Hoch Hanced.

Johann Hoch, the notorious blga.
mist, was hanged at Chicago for wife
murder at 1.34 p. M, after frantic efl
forts had been made by three lawyers
to save him, or at least secure anothes
respite by an appeal to the Federal
courts. He confessed to marrying thlrl
teen women.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
Court Refuses Bank Wrecker's Offer.

The court having refused to accept
plea of guilty and the restitution 81
$17S,000 by Thomas M. Casey, wrecked
of the Salmon & Salmon bank, at But
Ter, Mo, on condition that a sentences
Of only five Years be imposed, Casey
attorneys filed an afildavlt disqualify
ing Judge Denton, The trial Judge, OF
the ground that he was prejudiced
Judge Gray will preside.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27

Ellsworth Defrance has been re-
leased from prison at Sioux Falls after
twelve years confinement Defrace
robbed a Nebraska mail carrier and OBJ
tained only one cent. He was SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment. Presi-
dent Mckinley committed this to
fifteen years. and good behavior cut Off
three years. He was eighteen years
old when sentenced.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
Actress Jokes. is Shot.

After Miss Earl Il. EIvyn, leading
woman in a Chicago theatrical com;
pany playing at Linton, Ind, had in;
troduced into song satirical refer
ence to the people of Linton, q drunker
man in the audience fired at her
wounding her slightly. He escaped.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
SUICIDE OF Neutrality-suspicious.
Only Nineteen Years Old and Was to
Have Been Married in Few Hours.

Naples, ITALY. Prince Pignatelll
Strongoli, aged nineteen, son of a lady
in waiting to Queen Helena, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself. He
was 10 have been married in few
hours to daughter of the Duke of
Corigliano. He left letter to his
father saying he killed himself because
he was sceptical about life, and am
other letter to his dancee saying she
would have been unhappy with him.
The affair has caused a great sensa-
ton, both families being among the
most aristocratic in Naples.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27

Mrs. Elizabeth Conway, who died q
few days ago at Denver, Col, aged
fifty mine, was mother of twenty live
children, and was herself the youngest
OF a family OF twenty children.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27

Fifteen damage suits, aggregating
$150,O00, have been brought BY rela-
tives Of eighteen miners killed in the
Detroit mine disaster, at Charleston,
NV. va.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
Snowfall causes Death.

Mrs. William Crosthwaite, mill
ionaire's wife was killed in a runaway
Mt Bay City, Mich, her horse having
been frightened by a SNOWFALL.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
TO PHOTOGRAPH GERMS.
Professor Ernst, Of Harvard, Dlscards
Coloring in New Process.

Coloring in New Process.
Boston--A discovery of great value
10 medical science has been made by
Professor H. G. Ernst, bacteriologist of
the Harvard Medical School, who, af-
.er three years work, has about COM
oleted his research in the use of the
ultraviolet ray in photographing bac-
terra. The new process consists in
throwing ultra violet rays. upon the OBJ
ject and then photographing it. I'm
der this new light, the germs hereto
fore Invisible until artifcially colored,
appear distinctly. Each distinct germ
is shown in the negative and its life is
easily studied.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
KRONENBERG'S
81 w A SHIN dToN ST.


When you wisht change the address
Of your paper be sure and send the
present address as well as the new one.
II this is not done it is impossible to
make the change promptly.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
notice.!

JOHN ]. CARROLL. who for years,
mas been in the firm of LooNEy s. CAR
ROLL, has formed a partnership with
his son, WILLIAM J. CARROLL, and
they are now ready to receive orders for
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
Batteries win March Across Rockies.

Two completely equipped batteries
OF the United States Army will start
from Salt Lake City, early in March,
on forced march OF 500 miles across
the Rocky Mountains to the fort at
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27

Italy's Dowager Queen to Visit Us.
The Dowager Queen Margherita OF
Italy is preparing to leave for America
in April. She expects to stop a week
in New York before beginning her au-
tomobile journey.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27

Richard Mansfield says he will re,
tire from the stage at the end OF thres
wears.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
LEPERs, LOT IMPROVES.
Panama, Colombia and Hawaii 20
Build Lazarettos For These
Wretches.

.14C5< He excellent influence Of
~ ~ American sanitary methods
g 9 newly introduced into the
Panama Canal zone is al
ascs ready apparent in the re-
solution Of the republics of Panama
and Colombia to take better care Of
their lepers than has been the custom
down there.
A recent report from Or. Claude Q.
Pierce, assistant surgeon of the hos
pital service, says that in the city of
Panama there are twenty-five known
cases of leprosy. The only thing in,
the least resembling a lazaretta about
Panama is collection of most dilapi-
dated huts on the outskirts of the city,
where lepers may go if they choose.
They are supported in a half-hearted
miserable fashion by unorsanized
charity. There never has been any
attempt to force their isolation in
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27
DRIVING BIT.

1t will be Of interest to large num-
Der of people to learn that Seattle
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-27

WANIIED- EYERAL INDUSTRIOUS pan.
mons Sons n each state to travel for honse esta-
al saeven years and with large captai' ~
md profitable line. Pertinent er,esesS,s1 IS
ssasy cash salary Of S24 and all traveinr e.
1870 .s, Aaa MOTEL blns advanced Ia caeh ssck
'.SnSs en 1 enclose selnaddreseed euveIor,e
&fA1Als a A10hA 4Sa2 Dearborn ST. c5ics ,'''a''s