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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-04
STORY OF
PRINTING
Crookston Journal Tells How
The Trick Was
Turned.

The main business. brought up be-
fore the board of county commission
ers today was the letting of the county
printing which was advertised for
some time ago. There were in all five
bids submitted for the county print
ing which were as follows:
W. G. Stoughton, of the East Grand
Forks Valley View, ten cents per folio
for the first insertion for the first in
sertion of financial statements and
five cents for subsequent insertions;
eight cents per folio for official pro-
ceedings.
G. T. Hagen. of the Crookston Press,
put his bid at twenty-five cents per
folio for the first insertion and twelve
and one-half cents for subsequent In
sertions of all matter.
There was q bid from combilna-
:tiOn made up of Lanman, Mckenzie,
Foss, George, Hole and Stoughton
: which was as follows: For delin-
Quent tax twelve and one-half cents
Sceedings and all other legal matter
!. seventy cents per folio for the first
and thirty-five for subsequent inser-
lions. s,sssg II I'M
There was also q bid from the same
combination except that C. r. Hole.
OF the Mentor Herald, was dropped
4 and the price a. q result dropped con
4 siderably. The bid offered Is print
the omcial proceed ings 81 dfty-Aye
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-04
N. D. CROPS
ARE GOOD.
Report Shows That the State
Has Broken the
Record.

s The final report on the acreage. pros
.Sduction and value Of the principal
farm crops of the United States for
bureau Of statistics, U. 8. department.
Of agriculture 4 and the figures 1relat-
I ing to North Dakota are Of particular
interest. II
The first thing noted in an analysis
Of these figuresNis that North Dakota
raised more wheat than any other
state. Kansas and Minnesota. which
have beaten us for years. were COM
PEELED to take a back seat both Ii
the average yield per acre and total
production.
IN the production Of oats North
Dakota stands seventh, though only
one 81 the Six states leaGinE III total
productions had q higher average yield.
IN the production Of barley North
+ Dakota ID third. Minnesota and Cali,
4 fornia leading. both having q lower
average yield.
It a IA the product ton Of fiax that
North Dakota particularly excels. pro-
II ducing more than three times 40 much
I % her cOmpetitor Minnesota. RI, The
4. total product Ion of the United states
is 28.477.76a bushels, OF which Il, 748,-
y 1S4 ;bushAis.s of B4.8 per cent. was
3 grown tn this state. III
Following d the total production
nth total farm value on Decenber 4,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-04
Special BARGAINS

One Second Hand Upright Piano ;. $4,000
One Second Hand Camp Piano $500
One Second Hand Emerson Piano $4,000
One Second Hand Hinze' $1,000
One Second Hand Steinway sI45.oo
One Second Hand Chickerin6 sl4Ooo
One Second Hand kmbal, regular price $500 $1,000
One Shop Worn kngsbuy regular price 500 s225.oo
One Odd Stock j. s H. Grand regular price $3.50 $4,000
SEVERAL SQUARE PIANOS
HAND PIANOS
One An9elus Player, used regular price $500 $4,000
One Angehs Player Shopwom regular price $500 sl25.oo
One Ages Player Shop-worn regular price $500 $4,000
One Kmban Player Second Hand regular price $500 nO.oo
One kimball Player used regular price $500 $4,000
One Kmbal Player Shopwon regular price $500 10000
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-04
state Politics.

The slow race for gubernational
honors between Senator Lord. Trea7
snrer Block, Merchant Schultz and 9TH
ers is, likely to take two step time any
minute The entrance Of, say Frank
Eddy, into ,theskirmish would make
the corporations a little uneasy, and
IL Joel Heatwole would get busy one
corporation we know of would imme-
diately set up and take notice. AS the
game stands now no one will roll in q
barrel and the sweating Of salaries
render the careful process adopted
by the present administratio lon will be
sufficient for all purposes. II \.
Il si5sss:. Bemidji Sentinel.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-04
Of the various grain crops grown in

IN the following table Is given the
production and value Of | the above
crops for each man. woman and child
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-04

cents per folio for the first insertion
and thirty-five cents for subsequent
insertions. In this the Thirteen
Towns was named as the official
paper OF the county and it was this
bid that was accepted. The Journals
bid offered to print the financial state
ment at thirty-five cents per folio for
the first and twenty for the suisse
quent insertions and other official pro-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-04

B North Dakota is the land Of plenty
and prosperity, as shown by these
figures.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-04

The new senator from Oregon give]
a sample of what is now expected
from public Officials by paying hi1
fare to Washington instead of using
passes.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-04

ceedings at twenty-five cents fold
all the matter to be printed in thu
Erskine Echo also = Crookstol
Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
SWALLOWED PIECE OF FELT;
BALL IN A cows STOMACH
Animal Killed in Warren County
Was Apparently Entirely
Healthy.

A curiosity was discovered the other
day in the stomach of three-year-old
cow by ]. w. Park, a butcher in Kirk
wood. Warren county. II consists of a
large oval-shaped ball about the size
of cocoanut. The exterior is hard
shell, very thin and dark in color. Up
on being sawed in two the interior
was found to consist of substance
very much resembling felt, such as
might be used in either hats or a felt
horse pad
The felt has been churned around
in the stomach of the COW until il is
packed extremely hard and solid. 1t
is wound and interviewer in very pc
culiar manner, the interior face of a
half of the ball showing a series of
rings, as it were, such as is shown by
log of wood when sawed in two.
The presumption is that the animal
has swallowed an old hat or piece
of horse pad. 1t proved indigestible
and impossible TO get rid of, and ma
ture provided for the removal of the
mass in this peculiar manner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
Judge Graves Rules on
Celebrated AIedO Cru
city Case.
FINDS SERIOUS ERROR
Sanity at Time of Trial Not De-
cided, Rendering Sentence
impossible.

Aledo, H.. Feb. 1G.-(SpeciaD =
Judge E. c. Graves in the circuit court
here this morning granted a new trial
to Mrs Archibald Mckinney. convict
ed at the last term of court of extreme
cruelty to Stella Grady after one of the
most sensational trials in the history
of Mercer county
The judge ruled that the verdict was
deficient in that it failed TO state
whether the defendant was insane at
the time of the trial in addition to
passing upon the question of sanity at
the time the alleged cruel acts were
committed. This. he held. was vital
and it is to decide this point that a re
trial was allowed
Could Not Sentence if Insane.
The evidence was also declared to
have been deficient in that while the
defense introduced evidence to show
that the defendant was insane at the
time of trial the state made no effort
TO show that she was not sane at the
same preiod. This, of course, gave the
jury insufficient grounds for deciding
the point and rendered it impossible
for the court to impose sentence, as he
held he could not commit an insane
person to the penitentiary.
The case will again come up during
the April term of court, Judge Graves
stating that if the Mercer county bar
has not fixed a date at the time the
term opens, he shall do so.
Attorneys Upheld.
The court in his ruling upheld the
contentious of Cooke & Macarthur and
II. \. Weld. attorneys for the defend
ant. who argued the motion for a new
trial Immediately after the close of the
first hearing. In the meantime the
matter had been under advisement
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
Funeral of Late King of
Denmark Held at
Copenhagen.
ROYALTY OUT IN FORCE
Remains Conveyed to Cathedral
at R0skilde for Inter-
ment Sunday.

Copenhagen. Feb. 16.- The body of
Christianborg church here today to the
cathedral at Roskilde, where it will be
buried Sunday among the tombs of
the Danish kings. The whole of Co
penhagen was given up to mourning.
Business at StandstiIl.
Business and work are at a stand
still. while emblems of sorrow are dis
played everywhere. Enormous crowds,
garbed in black, thronged the square
in front of the Christianborg church,
and the route thence 10 the railroad
station from early morning, standing
patiently for hours in order to pay the
last tribute to the dead monarch.
Relatives Gather.
Shortly before noon the kings of
Denmark, Greece and Norway, Queen
Alexandra. the dowager empress of
Russia. and other royal relatives of the
deceased, and representatives of the
foreign sovereigns reached the Chris
tianborg church, where brief services
were held, at the conclusion of which
the coffin, covered with the Danish
standard, was borne high by naval and
military officers to the waiting learse.
COrtege Moves.
Then, headed by infantry and cav
airy, a simple cortege formed and
slowly proceeded through the streets
to a railroad station. Bells of all
churches tolled and minute guns were
fired from the arsenal throughout the
progress of the cortege and until the
coffin was placed on the funeral train.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
Possibility of Pefumed Divans.

Those women who adore perfumes
may get a good suggestion from the
Chinese envoy, Sir Chentung Llang
Cheng, says a correspondent of the
New York Press. He told friends at a
reception In Washington few days
ago that In China a perfume of rare
and delicate sweetness frequently was
placed In the upholstery OF divans and
chairs. 1t 6lls the apartment with just
a suggestion of an odor. Sir ChentunG
has promised to send some OF the pow
der to Mrs John W. Foster, wife Of the
former minister to China Should
Washington approve. perfumed divans
probably will be the next fad.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
WILL NOT RESIST
Count Boni de Castellane De-
cides to Yield to Wife's
Wishes.
NO ABSOLUTE DIVORCE ASKED
But Complete Separation Possible
Under Provisions of French
Law

Paris, Feb. 16.-An urgent writ
was today served on Count Boni de
Castellane making him defendant in
the separation proceedings of his wife
This decisive step was taken after a
renewal of efforts to effect = reconcil-
iation had proved fruitless. The count
accepted service of the writ.
No Names In Complaint.
The bill of complaint was filed at
the same time. 1t mentions no names.
but particularizes certain incidents in
which the count is alleged TO have par
ticipattd and it asks for a decree for
what the French law terms "separa-
ton of body and property" meaning a
complete material separation without
a dissolution of the bonds of matri-
mony
Court Guards Secret.
The court holds the bill in strictest
secrecy. The count will not contest
the granting of the decree.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
TWO ARE HANGED
Pair of Murderers Who Slew
While Drink Crazed Die
at Chicago.

Chicago, ILL.,. Feb. 16.- John Mueller
and Robert Newcomb (colored), who
had each murdered three people. were
hanged here today at the county Jail.
Mueller wantonly killed his wife and
two young children in January, 1905.
Drink and unhappy domestic life are
ascribed as the cause for the murder.
Mueller protested his innocence, claim
ing the murder was committed by bur-
glars.
Crazed with liquor, Newcomb shot
and killed his mistress and a colored
man he found in her company. While
resisting arrest Newcomb also shot
and killed Police Sergeant Shine, for
whose murder he paid the penalty to-
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
Fraudulent Methods Held
Cause of New
Failure
OF BANK OF AMERICA
Chicago Concern Said to Have
Been Practically Looted
by President.

Chicago, Feb. 1G.- Under circum.
acter the Bank of America, an institu-
ton little more than two months old.
located in the Ashland block, was
thrown into bankruptcy last night.
The charges brought in the bill of
receivership are that the bank was
practically looted by its president, ex-
Judge Abner Smith. its vice president,
g. +. Sorrow, and a stockholder, +. T..
Creelman, a Chicago lumber merchant,
who is charged with unloading a large
amount of worthless and fictitious pa
per on the institution. Creelman is
from the south and is involved in
large lumber failure in Nashville.
Holds s3OO,OOO In Deposits.
The bank, which was capitalized at
$25O,OOO, had about 100000 in depos-
its, of which $4,000 was in savings
accounts of working people. The rep
resentatives of the bank declare that
there is 40 per cent of the cash on
hand and a large amount of paper, the
value of which is unknown. On this
paper depends the chances of the bank
liquidating in full. IL is believed no
depositor will lose anything.
Court Sits at o T.. W.
The bill asking the appointment OF
a receiver for the bank was filed in the
sce of the clerk of the superior court
after the close of business and was
heard at 9 o'clock by Judges Chytraus
and HoldOm, sitting en- banc. The COM
plainant is John f. Kavanaugh, q
broomcOrn merchant, who is interest.
ed in the bank to the extent of $4,000
The receivership was granted and
Daniel d. Healy. former president of
the county board and one of the direc-
tors of the bank, was appointed re-
ceiver.
DepOsitOrs I'm Panic.
Chicago, Feb. 1G.- A crowd of de-
positors was gathered around the door
of the Bank of America as early as
today in the hope of securing their
money. The first official of the bank
to put in appearance was Assistant
Cashier Howe, who made a speech 10
the depositors. saying in substance:
Pay In InstnIiments.
within a week you will receive 50
10 40 per cent of your money, and the
balance within a few days after that.
All depositors will be paid in full.
There is not the slightest fear that any
depositors will lose their money"
Howe said the failure was due To in.
judicious loans
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
EPITOME OF DOINGS IN
CONGRESS YESTERDAY

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 1G.-Follow-
ing is q brief resume taken from the
official records of yesterdays proceed
ings in both houses of congress:
SE:NATE-The senate began the con-
Sideration of the joint statehood bill
and for an hour and half listened to
Il speech by Mr.. Dick in support of the
measure as reported from the commit
tee on territories. Mr.. Dick did not
conclude his remarks. A bill prohib-
iting the unlawful wearing of the in
sigma of the G.. A r. and other soldier
organizations was passed. At 3.43 p.
m. the senate went into executive SeS-
sion, and at 5:15 adjourned until Mon
day.
HOUSE-The house passed bill to
increase to 100000 a year the annual
federal appropriation to each state and
territory for the support of agrlcui-
tural experiment stations and another
measure repeating the present law
granting American register to foreign
ships wrecked and repaired on the
American coast, in the discretion of the
secretary of commerce and labor. and
requiring a special act of congress to
grant such register. Mr.. Payne sought
to get through his bill for the CONSOLE
dation of customs collection districts.
but n furious opposition developed and
by a roll call Il large ma ajority voted
against considering it, An indirect
compliment was paid to Mr. LonSworth
by the house when, at 5:1S p m. ad-
journment was taken until Monday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
DOOLINC OUSTED
State Court of Honor Takes Ac.
ton Against Accused Spring,
field Officer.
lNDICTEDFOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Not Given Chance to Be Heard-Be
IieVed This Will End Fight in
Illinois.

Springfield, H., Feb. 16.-Frank f.
Dooling, under Indictment for embeZ-
element of funds from Springfield dis
trict court No. 25, Supreme Court of
Honor, yesterday was found guilty by
the supreme board of directors of con-
duct prejudicial to the society DOoling
was Ousted and .. l.. McCord of Dan
vile was elected supreme director.
Dooling appeared before the board
and denied its right to hear evidence.
He says he will appeal from the deci-
sion to the supreme body at its ses-
sion TO be held in Detroit in May. The
charges against Dooling were made
last month and Dooling is alleged to
have made remarks against certain
officials and threatened to get even.
Voted Guilty.
After the supreme board heard the
evidence a verdict of guilty was voted
and Dooling was ousted from office. 1t
is believed that this action will end
the fight in the ranks of the order.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
BURGSTON ADJUDGED INSANE
Young Man From Moline Committed
to Watertown Hospital.

Walter Burgston of Moline. aged 26
years. was adjudged insane by a jury
in county court this morning and COM
mitted to the Watertown hospital by
Judge Parmenter. Burgston was FORM
erly employed as a blacksmith helper,
but had not been so engaged recently.
The young man was arrested cou-
pie of days ago and sent to Jail for dis
orderly conduct. Recently he has had
hallucinations about his abilities as a
skater and had given to himself the
title of 'The Roller Skating Kid" He
also has had some mystifying ideas
about being a policeman. Bodily dis
eases are supposed to have affected his
mind.
William Gottsch and F. d. Schmidt
pleaded guilty in county court last
evening to the charge of keeping their
saloons open on Sunday. They paid
the schedule rate of $40 and costs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
Anthracite Demands Be-
ing Reduced to Def
mite Form.
WILL TAKE A WEEK
President D0lan Voted Out of
Office BY Pittsburg Dis
trict Delegates.

New York, Feb. 1G- The anthracite
miners subcommittee of seven, ap-
pointed at yesterdays conference be-
tween the coal operators and the union
special scale committee, today began
the work of formulating in detail the
propositions which have already been
presented in a general form to the en-
plOyerS.
VIII Require n Week.
The task is an arduous one, and it
will probably be at least a week before
the committee will have a report in
shape for submission to the sub-com-
mittee appointed by the operators.
Operators Cannot Move.
In the meantime there is likely to
be no development in the situation, as
the operators will not be able to move
until they learn specifically what the
mine workers will demand.
Row at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 16.-Amid a
scene of widest excitement and uproar
the delegates of the Pittsburg district
miners convention unanimously adopt
ed a resolution today declaring the of
fees of president and vice president OF
the Pittsburg district vacant. Presi-
dent Dolan presided and refused to en-
tertain the resolution, but it was passed
over his head. The delegates notified
President John Mitchell of their action
and it is expected he will appoint men
TO fill the Offices during the day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
TO FIGHT MILEAGE
Pennsylvania Travelling Men
Move to Stop Collection
of Refund.

Harrisburg. Pa, Feb. 1G.-On COM
plant filed by organizations of travel
ing statesmen and business men. the
secretary of internal affairs. brown. to-
day instructed the attorney general to
begin suit against the Pennsylvania
Railroad company to stop the collec-
ton of the refund on mileage books.
Each purchasers of $50 mileage on the
Pennsylvania lines is compelled to
leave deposit of SO which. the COM
pany claims, is for the purpose of pre-
venting an illegitimate use of the book.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
FIERCE FINANCE
Ohio Railway Company Floats
S5,00O,000 Stock and Bonds
on $4,000 Capital.

Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 16.-Sensation-
al charges are made in a suit filed in
the federal court by attorneys for Ru-
dolph Kleybolte, Cincinnati banker
seeking an investigation of the Miami
& Erie Transportation company, known
as the Electric Mule
The charge is, financiers of Cleve-
land, whose names are mentioned as
defendants. fioated $2,000,000 in bonds
and $3,000,000 in stock on the sole
strength of $4,000 paid up capital
stock in that company, and that the
stock and bonds being placed on the
market were taken in good faith by
hundreds of innocent investors in Gin
cinnati and elsewhere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
DEMOCRATS MEET
May II AT CAPITAL
n. NJ. Wheeler, Member-at-Larae, to
Succeed Late John j.
Feely.

Chicago, Feb. 1G.-The democratic
state central committee today fixed
May IL at Springfield as the time and
place of the next state convention.
National Committeeman Roger g.
Sullivan appointed II. y. Wheeler, of
Quincy. member-at-large of a commit
tee to succeed the late John J. Feely.
Wheeler was strongly opposed to the
conduct of the Hopkins Sullivan fac
ton of the party during the last ma
tional campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
ANOTHER SUICIDE
Peoria Again Shocked by Fate of
One of its Leading Bus
mess Men.
F. r. AVERY ENDS HIS LIFE
Treasurer and Director of Avery Man
ufacturing Company browns Self
While Insane.

Peoria, H., Feb. l6-The sudden
disappearance of F. r. Avery, treasur
er of the Avery Manufacturing com
pany, from his home in this city some
time during Tuesday night was ex.
planned yesterday afternoon, when his
body was found near Centerville, H.
Avery committed suicide by break
ing the ice in a small pond, lying down
on the bank. and submerging his head
in the water.
Avery Wednesday night tried TO com
NIT suicide in hotel at Cairo, but had
been prevented and a guard placed
over him. During the night he es-
capped from the guard.
Suicide Watched From Train.
Yesterday the passengers on a north
bound Illinois Central train that stop
ped at Centerville saw a man leave
the train, walk towards a little pond.
and lie down near the edge after hav-
ing broken the ice with his foot.
The mans strange actions were talk
ed about on the train and when it
EdSI SI. LOUIS du was
telegraphed back to Centerville. The
agent replied Avery's body had just
been found lying by the pond.
Two notes were found in the pockets.
One was written on the back of re-
ceipt and read:
To My Dear Wife: If | am found
dead it is not by my own hand. A
tough gang has me in bad
F. R. AVERY.
Planned Death I'm River.
The other note was scribbled on the
inside of a sealed envelope addressed
10 ]. B. Bartholomew. Peoria. Ill. There
was no paper inclosed, the words being
written on the inside of the envelope.
and read:
| am going in the river at st. Louis,
Feb. Is. 1906. F. r. AVERY.
Mr.. Avery left his home in this city
some time Tuesday night. He had
with him but a few dollars in change
and took no personal effects. His wife
had spent the evening at a church
meeting and had expected him TO meet
her When she went home. she found
a note addressed to her. which read:
1t breaks my heart to leave you. but
| feel that | must. My love 10 you
and the children. I feel that | must
go. but after this l will be working
for the betterment of man. Your low
ing husband, FREDERICK.
Thought Himself n Weak Link.
Another note was addressed to the
directors of the Avery Manufacturing
company. It read:
| wish to tender my resignation as
treasurer and director of The Avery
Manufacturing company. A chain is
no stronger than its weakest part. By
my going the corporation will become
stronger by the elimination of the
weakest part. F. X. AVERY.
Mrs. Avery did not tell of her hus-
bands disappearance until Wednesday
morning, believing that he would re-
turn. AS soon as the fact became
known meeting of the board of direct
ors of the Avery company was called
The books were gone over and the
accounts found absolutely correct.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-16
PAYMASTER JEWETT,
OF NAVY, Is LET OUT
Accented "for Good of the Service
Was Convicted of Irregular
Practices.

Washington, Feb. 16.-The president
has accepted the resignation of Pay
master Henry E. Jewett, U. S. ~, ''for
the good N the service"
The officer was tried by court mar
tial recently on charges of irregulari
ties in accounts. He is a nephew OF
eX-Secretary Tracy.