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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-12-13
Vincent N. E. Church Dedicated.

The new Vincent Methodist
Episcopal church will be dedicat-
ed next Sunday, December 16,
1906. There will be three SER
vices held:-11 o'clock in the
morning, 3 in the afternoon and
8 in the evening.
The notable divines present
will be Rev. DR.. Montgomery,
pastor OF Fowler NJ. f. church.
Minneapolis, and Rev. DR.. Rob-
ertson, President Of Wesley COL
lege, Grand Forks, N. D. DR..
Montgomery will preach morn
ing and evening. He is the
greatest preacher in the Metho-
dist church in the northwest. and
in the pulpit and in the platform
has few peers in American Meth
odism. DR.. Montgomery will de-
liver his famous and popular lee
ture on Monday p. m, Dec. II,
at s O'Clock in the Vincent
church, entitled, "One-Sided
People"
This lecture is said to be elo-
quent, witty, and numerous. 1t
will be a rare treat for a Minot
audience.
DR.. Robertson will preach at
the afternoon service. He needs
no introduction to a North Da-
kota audience. At the close Of
the service the sacrament Of the
Lord S Supper will be admins
tered
There will be a large choir and
special music at all three ser
vices. Rev. f. P. Lawrence, pas
tor OF the Presbyterian church,
and his choir, will assist in the
afternoon and evening services.
The public are cordially invited.
Paul Rode Shot.
Paul Rode, the fourteen year
old son of J. w. Rode Was badly
injured at school Tuesday by the
accidental discharge of a % cali
bre revolver which was in his hip
pocket. Paul has a great liking
for firearms and purchased a
small revolver for a. pastime.
He took it to school to show
his comrades and while playing
at recess, some Of the boys were
showed against him, dlscharging
the gun. The ball went down
ward, struck the knee and fol-
lowed the flesh to the ankle
where the bullet lodged. Paul
was taken to a doctors office
where the bullet was removed.
The lad stood the ordeal with.
out flinching.i
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-12-13
Pendroy Gets $3.50 Damages.

L. B. Pendroy, a prominent
Towner citizen whose automobile
was run into by a Great North
ern train last summer and smash
ed, was awarded $3.50 damages
by the jury at Towner this week.
He asked for $105O. The case
was tried in district court before
Judge Goss.
The plaintiff was represented
by Palda & Burke of Minot and
Donnelly & O'Conner of Towner.
c. j. Murphy and Arthur Le-
Sueur G. N. attorneys represent
ed the Great Northern. The
case was very hard fought.
Pendroy's daughter was injur-
ed in the wreck and was confined
to her bed for several weeks.
Miss Larson, cashier at Small
woods grocery, was taken sud-
denly ill Wednesday of appendi-
citus.
Herman Troutmiller, who was
operated upon for appendicitis at
Austin, Mimi. is recovering nice
ly and expects to return home in
a few days.
The Keavin Department store is
running a sale worthy of special
mention. Mr.. Keavin has one Of
the most beautiful and largest
stocked stores in the city. Read
his message to you in a tasty
page ad. in another part Of the
paper.
Save your money-by attend
ing our great clothing sale. The
reductions are genuine, the goods
being marked in plain figures
and after you have seen the bar
gains we offer. you will be sur
prised. If you live a hundred or
more miles from Minot, it will
pay you to make the trip. Grow
Clothing Co.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
TO PUSH LOCAL OPTION BILLS.
Anti.saloon League Expects to Win Fight
BY Legislation
rBy Telegraph to The Tribun. ]

Albany. Jan. 1.-THE fight which the Anti
Saloon League waged last year for local option
will be resumed tomorrow night when Senator
Tully and Assemblyman Wainwright will intro
duce a bin providing for local option by resi-
dence districts. Later in the session measure
will be presented providing for local option by
cities as a whole. officers of the league have
been making al active canvass among the leg
islators and they feel confident that their meas
ures will be passed this year.
The bill which will be introduced Tomorrow
is practically the Wainwright bill of last year,
which passed the Assembly. but was killed in
the Senate. The measure was drawn after
conference Of the Anti Saloon League with many
church societies and civic organizations held at
the Hotel Chelsea, in New-York, where the sub
jects OF local option and a revision OF the Raines
law were taken up. This bill is about the same
in its provisions as the Brannock bill, now a law
in Ohio, which, the Anti-Saloon people say, has
succeeded in banishing saloons from about half
of Columbus, and the greater part of Toledo,
Dayton, Cleveland and Cincinnati.
Thomas II. Reed, of the Anti Saloon League
who has been here in the interests of the or
ganization, says that many legislators are
pledged to the support of the bill. He feels that
the chances for its passage are very favorable
He said:
The league used its influence IN the last cleo
ton and we helped toward the election Of about
twenty members of the Assembly. Also we
used our influence to prevent the return Of one
or two members whose attitude last year was
unfayorable to our measures. We shall have
with this session the efforts of all those
whom helped, and from our observations we
think that most of the up State members are in
favor of this bill You see, their supporters in
the country districts feel very differently about
the saloons from the people down in New York
City. All the churches are behind us in this
tight.
The measure provides that on the application
by formal petition of 40 per cent of the residents
In certain well defined district the proper off,
Gals shall hold a special election to decide
whether the sale OF liquor shall be allowed in
that district. The result Of affirmative or tie
vote on the question is the prohibition of the
sale of liquor, save by druggists on the pre-
scription of registered physician, for two years.
If the vote is in the negative, the question may
not BIS raised again IN that district for two
years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
FOR FURTHER INQUIRY.
Some Phases of Insurance Testimony
Mou Be Investigated.

Albany, Jan. 14-According to the best in
formation obtainable, it will be several weeks
/ before the report Of the insurance investigating
committee is presented to the legislature. With
the report will come the bills drawn to remedy
the evils shown at the hearings of the Arm
strong committee in New-York. This legisla-
ton, it is expected, will be the most important
of the session. So important is it regarded here
that Speaker Wadsworth in making his COM
nnittee assignments placed on the Insurance
Committee all the Assem- blynnen who had served
on the investigating committee, with James L
Rogers at the head of the committee.
The report is being prepared by Senators Arm
strong and Tully. It will be long, taking up in
great detail the remedies conceived for the con-
ditions existing in the insurance companies and
the Insurance Department No arrangements
have been made yet for printing or distributing
this report, which doubtless Will be widely
sought.
With the presentation of the report various
efforts will be made il is expected, to take Up
certain phases of the testimony brought out by
the Armstrong committee. Senator Elsberg has
indicated a lively curiosity to know what became
OF the money said to have been spent III infiu-
encing legislation, and Senator Bracket. speak
ing on his resolution requesting the resignation
OF Senator Depew because of his connection with
the Equitable Life Assurance Society, said that
he was determined TO find out whether any Of
this money was paid to members of the legis-
lature If any resolution looking to such an end
is introduced, the debate will be Of great inter
est. some Of the Legislators think.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
LIFE SAVERS LONG TRIP.
Sandy Hook CresU and Auto Boat
Sent to did Cherokee.
by Telegraph to N. Tritune.l

Sandy Hook, n. j., JAN 14-Under orders TO
take off the passengers and crew OF the Chero-
kee, Captain TreVonian Patterson and the crew
of the Sandy Hook Life Saving Station put on
at II O'Clock to-day In their new auto" lifeboat'
towed by the tug Catherine Moran.
The men were all in the boat with life pre-
servers strapped on. so that when they arrived
at the wreck no time would be lost The man
mast was stepped and a hood rugged to protect
the crew from the tremendous seas Whlch
dashed over the boat. The observers along the
beach could see the lifeboat rise and sink. Only
the top of the mast to be seen at times, and
the craft was often below the line Of vision so
long that the observers feared she would never
reappear. at one time the Moran had to slow
up More than thousand feet of hawser was
paid out astern so the lifeboat might ride easier
No sail was set as long the boat was in sight,
but It was expected that further down the
coast a sail would be set to steady her.
Captain Patterson and his crew were due OF
Brigantine Shoals about p. m The weather
was icy cold, and after the gale the seas ran
with terrific force The Sandy Hook crew IN
cludes Chester A Lippincott, Edward J. worth.
Samuel Vandeveer. Harry Smith, Elwood But
ler Lauren Tilton, Thomas Gaskill and Captain
Patterson
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
POLICY PUZZLES LAWYER.
attorney for Insurance Company
"jStung" by Another, He Says.

This is the story Of an attorney for a life in
surance company OF this city. who has been
''stung" by another insurance company to the
amount OF 5000
This member of the legal profession learns now
that there are some things in the ntricacies OF life
insurance that even he in his long connection with
the concern for which hs IS counsel did not know.
This $4,000 lesson he VIII charge 10 his legal sduca
ton account
About twenty years ago. when it was hard
scratching to meet the premiums" he said
yesterday, he took out tontine policy. in one of
the large companies. His eloquent benefactor, the
agent who wrote his policy, assured him that he
would receive $4,000 at the expiration of twenty
years.
pany which said that The figures were compiled
1T is all down in black and white in that safe,'
said the lawyer yesterday.
The policy Is payable il two weeks, but the COM
pany has already, in answer to the attorneys in
quiries informed him that the policy is worth only
IS 600 instead of $1,000 The accunulative dividends.
it is explained, are only 5000, instead of 5000
per the promises In the safe.
The truth is" he, said, we lawyers, are not
much figures and I can't understand the ex-
PLANTATION. I asked the company to send g man
here TO talk the thing over, and they sent a deaf
man. so just sat back and listened.
Sue? What's the user l am too busy protect
ing insurance interests
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
LOCOMOTIVE TURNS TURTLE.
Rails Spread on Curve-Twelve Slightly
Cut by Flying Glass.

Elizabeth, N. j, Jan. IA (SpeciaD.--A railroad
wreck here tonight resulted in injuries to a
dozen persons. cut by flying glass No one how
ever, was injured sufficiently to require hospital
treatment. Most of those cut bound up their
own wounds before physicians reached the
scene. Two women who tainted We're the only
ones cared for by the ambulance surgeons. and
that only for hysteria.
The train in the wreck was the Roselle and
Newark train due at Elizabethport at 7:55
o'clock. The wreck was at Broadway after the
train had left the main line and was going
around the curve. Apparently the rails spread.
The engine bit into the earth and turned over.
The first of the two passenger coaches tore itself
from the truczs. and the glass on one side was
smashed by lungipg against the wrecked engine.
The fore trucks OF the second car left the rails
but the unhurt. Those who were cut
were in the first car. Charles Foster. the engi-
neer. jumped when he felt the engine start to
go over. Thomas Cavanaugh the fireman, tried
to do but was too late, and was hurled
through the air, but landed In mud puddle and
was slightly bruised about the face and hands.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Immense Gro5oth of Uncle SANS
Country Nail Service.
From The Triouns Rureau.I

Washington Jan. l4-Fourth Assistant Post
master General De Graw has Just issued state
rnent showing tho rapid and extraordinary growth
of the rural free delivery service, in which it is
shown that on June go 1905 the service was in
operation 82.12 rural routes, from 1859 dis
trfbuting Offices From the reports OF rural carriers
which have been compiled in the Division Of Rural
Delivery it is shown that more than one billion
pieces Of mail were handled by the carriers in the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1905, or. to be more
exact, L387057.7u
The number OF pieces Of mail delivered and
collected. OF the various classes, the value OF
stamps cancelled the value Of stamps sold, ana
the number of money orders sold. by rural carriers
is indicated IN the following statement: Regis-
tered mail pieces delivered and collected. LGSz5;
letters and postals delivered and conecss1 4031h-
2s; newspapers and periodicals. delivered and col
lected 231: circulars delivered and collected,
121 7u 40; packages 4SS3 Grand total 1,SSI057
I'll Value of stamps cancelled. IS. 421s57 Oh; value
of stamps sold $685. All q; number Of money orders
The average number of pieces of mail delivered
by each carrier each month throughout me 9hS ts
total average of 36SS pieces handled by carrier
II the pFsT0as s sa year the monthly average
The number Of routes above given includes those
on which service was established in the year On
those routes which we're IN Operation e fGT ts ee
the increase in the amount of mail delivered was
SO cent and the decrease in the a9a9t Of
% per cent The average cost for each piece OF
The total amount paid the 32n55 carriers in the
service June 30 1906 in that year was $40 G3 $50 81
Of this amount there was expended in the state
of Nevada with one carrier in the service. SI2O.
and in the state Of Illinois. with 25S6 carriers in
the service, S1,675.O64 70. ..
The total value of cancellations mail originat-
ing on rural routes in the fiscal year ended June
so 1906 was g. 21 So OIL deducttng this amount
from the amount paid carriers, the approximate
net cost Of carriers for that year was Sl6SH,f35 20
The average cancellations to a route each month
was SO 81 20 less than the average canceIla,
tions TO route each month for the previous nScaI
year.
The average monthly salary of rural carriers in
the service June 80, 1905. throughout the United
States is $50 CO. and dsducting from this the average
value of stamps cancelled on mail originating on
rural routes $40 81, the approximate average cost
to a carrier on account of salary is siS 25
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
BEST THING TN GRAFT"
Lincoln Stefens Discusses Reform
ers Before Vest Side Y.'M. G. Il.

Lincoln Steffens. the author OF THE Shame or
the Cities" was the speaker yesterday afternoon
at the meeting held in the Majestic Theatre unoer
the direction of the West Side Branch OF tne
Young Mems Christian Association 1t was one
Of a series OF "ant-graft" meetings that are be-
ing held on Sunday afternoons. and Mr.. SteHens
subject was THE Best Thing That Know ABOUT
Graft The best thing In question Is the man
who fights graft" and the speaker gave ruhhlr.s
account OF notable struggles that have been maze
In various American cities against poliucai cor
ruptton. Speaking of the present situation IN Cfl-
cago. he said:
yet not by a great deal But they have got demo.
least And the people fee, new interest N their
y end in the Things that that 0eSRg Over to the q be
settlement Of the railway problem It Is not Bt o o1s
Hf they hR SSvs are s96n5
real sense that the streets belong TO the city ana
n Sard to Of 5ne coupo w mey p and so
determined to take away that pr1vnege; And tla 81
make progress / don't care so much whether the
city will make success Of rqnn0g pbass
the question We should meyer yer g Ee thing TO dc
is to find where the source Of corr9ption is fs
then set to work to remove it. And Il the + ran
the real centre Of corruption this city. then We
want to take those franchises away.
Mr. Steffens spoke of the personal characteristics
and careers OF some of the leading reformers Of
the day, including the late Sam Jones' Of Toledo;
George e Cole. OF Chicago, and Governor Folk.
He said that he regarded H. H. Rogers as victim
the existing system Of political corruption just
as clearly a victim as ward heller. In speak
ing of the recent of the Republican State
boss in Ohio. he said that Of the most effective
factors in It was the Anti-Saloon League.
State Senator Colby. the New-Jersey reformer.
will address the meeting next Sunday. and Mayor
Fagan Of Jersey City will be present 80.
ing at an early date.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
PROF. GUNTON TALKS.
Says Former Wife Vas Regularly
SerUed and Wou1dn't Appear.
rBv TeIegrapb 10 The tribune. J

Columbia s. c, Jan. 14.-Professor and Mrs.
George Gunton who were served with papers IN
two suits in New-York last week, when
process server threw the papers into all auto
mobile in which they were riding, are guests at
the Hotel Park in the Pines, at Aiken, s. c.
Professor Gunton said tonight that his first
wife Mrs Amelia r. Gunton knew of the South
Dakota divorce proceedings which she now seeks
to have declared void.
She was fully advised and requested TO ap-
pear" he said. The statement that she re-
ceived no service is wholly untrue She was
personally served and the writ regularly re-
turned, and she declined to appear. And as
proof that she was fully informed, she had a
long letter written TO Judge Bennett, the trial
Judge in South Dakota, asking him not to grant
the decree, refusing TO appear IN person or by
counsel. She never wrote line nor suggested
a line. Moreover if her life depended on II she
could not write page. 1t might have been well
when advising her friends TO talk TO have IN
formed them that she has been divorced three
times.
Mrs Amelia r Gunton is also suing Mrs.
Rebecca Lowe Gunton, Professor Gunton S pres
ent wife for the alleged alienation of the atfec-
lions of her divorced husband. The present Mrs.
Gunton, who was Mrs. Rebecca Lowe, OF AT
lanta, was twice president Of the General Fed
Grafton Of Women's Clubs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
FREES RAID PRISONERS.
Magistrate Says He Could Have Been
Arrested on Same Flimsy Evidence.

After listening to the testimony of three de-
tsctives and examining exhibit consisting of
anonymous letter received by District At
torney Jerome which had been turned over TO
the police. declaring that gambling was going
on III house raided by the detectives on Sat
urday night, Magistrate Finn discharged four
Greeks who were caught in the raid and ar
raigned on the charge OF gambling. In discharg-
ing them the magistrate said:
Why, on such evidence as you have here you
have no more right to arrest these men than
you have to come down 10 my club and arrest
me at a game of cards, and play almost every
night
The four men arraigned were arrested on Sat
urday night in raid made by Detectives Dreb-
bin, Birge and Lowenheim. of Inspector Floods
staff, at No. II AIadison-st-
Magistrate Finn asked Drebbin what he saw
when they entered. The detective replied that
when they entered the room the men were play
ing some game of cards; what it was he did not
know. On the table was 81 70
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
KICKED TO DEATH BY VICIOUS HORSE
stableman Dies Before Reaching Hospital
Employer Hurt Trying to Save Him.

Michael Hanan. employed in the stables Of
Daniel Marshall at No. 100 South sta-st.
Williamsburg died last night while being taken
to the Williamsburg Hospital from injuries
ceived by being kicked by n vicious horse.
While trying to rescue Hanan Marshall was at
tackled by the maddened animal and had mar
row escape from death.
Marshall went to the stable shortly after
o'clock and heard Hanan crying for help. AS
he entered the building he the stabIeman
under the animals hoofs. The horse was strik-
ing at him with his fore feet. Marshall grabbed
a pitchfork and went to the rescue Of his en-
pIoye who was by this time unconscious When
the horse saw Marshall he kicked the pitchfork
from his hand and attacked him Marshall was
badly bitten in the right hand, but managed to
beat off the horse and pull the body of Hanan
from the stall
Ambulance Surgeon Lippold found that Hanan
had a fracture of the skull and that his jaw had
been broken. He hurried him to the hospital
but on arriving there Hanan was dead.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-15
MIX STILL SAYS SUICIDE.
Report in Ed1oards Case Delayed by
Other Business.
[Bz Telegraph to The Tribuns. ]

New-Haven Conn., Jan. 14.--Coroner Mix will
make his report to the Supreme Court on the
Edwards case either Wednesday or Thursday,
this delay being caused. not by a reopening Of
the case but by other Office work. He said to-
night that there had occurred nothing to make
him change his finding of suicide. The blood
stained shirt sleeve found yesterday by Thomas
4. Thatcher, a YaIe sophomore. was to-day
thought to be of no Importance clew. Mr..
Mix said tonight;
There have been no new DEVELOPMENTS to-day
or any new clews I still expect to report
cording to my first finding Of suicide. The only
new thing is the finding Of an alleged blood
stained shirt sleeve yesterday. This was found
by two Yale undergraduates who were exanin
ing the Hitler yard out Of curiosity. The sleeve
was then taken to the Yale Medical School,
where the students were told that they ought
not TO play college prank in such serious
case.
They said that they were sure they had a
valuable clew. and came to my house at mid
night last night. I agreed to meet them at the
medical school this noon, which 1 did. I put
them under oath and gave the sleeve to DR..
Bartlett, who has since reported that the sleeve
from a very Old garment, that the stains
were not from blood, and that they got on the
sleeve at least three months ago.
The discovery of the closed blinds In the
Hitler house does not affect the case in my opn-
ion I have run down some of the numerous ru-
rlors that have come out in the last few days,
but have added nothing whatever to my former
knowledge of the case.
Asked as to the reason for the delay in his re-
port, Coroner Mix said: 1--WE have lost just
three days in this affair by reason Of the An
sonia case, on which my stenographer has been
working
OF the suggestion that has gained Roadway
to-day that coroner's jury be innpanelled to
take I'D the case MI Mix did not care to talk.
The coroner's finding will be so turned over
to States Attorney Williams that the case may
Nv that Gig Vny
evidence IS found of the least value, there is
good authority for the statement that public
demand will be made from sources that are
authoritative.
Charles Hitler again denied tonight that he
had ever stated that he thought his brother had
killed Edwards, and that he had not said so TO
DR.. Metcalf the morning the body was found.