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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07

Sargent county bids fair to become
one of the most important railroad
centers in North Dakota. It has been
announced that the Milwaukee road
has decided to extend its line from
Sisseton, s. D., through Sargent coun-
tv. This extension has been talked ut
for some time past and has been sur
veyed. The proposed extension will
run through Roberts and Marshall
counties in South Dakota. and through
Sargent county in this state. The
line will strike Zeblen and Rutland,
and the division point will in all prob.
ability be Minor.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
LIVE If KNIFE DOES NOT KILL,
Mans Arm Cut of, Hip Crushed and
Skull Fractured.

Mans Arm Cut OF, Hip Crushed and
Skull Fractured.
There is q man in the hospital at
Minot who. according to all rules Of
surgery, ought to be dead, but who
clings persistently to life and now
seems likely to survive. The man is
Amundson johnson, who last week
was run over by a switch engine.
When picked up. johnson was III
such terribly mangled condition
that the surgeons at the hospital gave
him only few hours to live. His right
arm was attached to his body only by
a thread of flesh; his right hip was
ground to pulp; three ribs were
broken on the right side and his head
was gashed in a number of places.
Thinking death inevitable, the sur
geons postponed operating upon John.
son, and sought to make his end as
peaceful as possible by the injection
OF saline solutions and alleviating
drugs.
To the surprise Of the attendants
the, man was still alive next day, and
after a consultation the surgeons am
patated his arm. While under the in.
fluence of anesthetics his injured hip
was. examined and 1t was found that
the socket was completely crushed.
Johnson stood the operation upon his
arm well and seems to be improving
daily. This week. IL the man still con.
tiuues to improve, his hip will be ope-
rated upon, and IL he withstands this
operation, his skull will be operated
upon for the removal Of crushed bones.
If'he lives through this the surgeons
say he will recover.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
LEAvss JEwELs IN CAR.
Fargo Woman Forests Property Worth
Five thousand Dollars.

Fargo Woman forgets Property Worth
Five fhousand Dollars.
An honest colored porter and the
prompt use Of the telephone were the
means by which Mrs. Robert Jones
wife Of the president of the First Ma
tional Bank Of Fargo. recovered pos
session of a case containing $4,000
worth OF her jewels, which she had
left under her pillow in the sleeping
car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones left Fargo one
evening last week, and the latter car
ried with her her jewel case. Upon
retiring she placed it under her pillow
In the berth, and when leaving the
car in Minneapolis forgot all about the
precious case.
Shortly after arriving at their rooms
In the West hotel Mrs. Jones discov-
cred her loss and notified her husband.
He instituted quick search through
their belongings and then telephoned
the Milwaukee railroad officials in st.
Paul. When the train pulled in a
group of st. Paul detectives and rail-
road men boarded the train and began
a systematic search for the missing
Jewel case.
They had but q short search, as the
porter came forward from the Fargo
sleeper with the case in his hand. He
had discovered it when making up the
bed shortly after Mr.. and Mrs. Jones
had left the train in Minneapolis, and
as he remembered who had occupied
the compartment he had safeguarded
the Jewels until they could be called
for. In company with one of the rail-
road officials he returned to Minneapo.
lis and presented the valuables to their
owner at her room In the West hotel.
Mrs. Jones complained after the in
cident was closed that she has been
through many thrilling events and be-
lieves she is unlucky. She has been
the victim of several thefts and bur.
glaries, and at one time was confront
ed by two armed men. The case lost
and found contained many valuable
gems presented by her husband, and
besides several much-treasurcd gifts
and keepsakes.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
crevasse in Louisiana.

Terre Haute, Ind, Feb. 24.-Follow.
ing the raid of an alleged ''blind Pig
liquor shop at Sanford by sherif"s
posse, two stores and the Methodist
church at Sanford have been dyna-
mited, the buildings being completely
wrecked.
Sheriff Horsley and detectives OF
this city are working on the case.
Sanford citizens allege that the dy.
namiting was perpetrated out Of re-
venge for the raid. Further trouble, q
feared,
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
College Closed by Fever Opens.

College Closed by Fever Opens.
Class work has been resumed at
Grand Forks college, which was closed
a short time ago because of an cpl
demic of scarlet fever. At present
there are only five cases of the disease
and these are isolated. The college
buildings have been thoroughly fumi-
gated and it is believed that al! danger
Of the spread of tie contagion Is past.
Those now sick with the fever are
making good progress and it is not
believed that any more Of the cases
will terminate fatally.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
Bridegroom Of Seventy.

bridegroom OF seventy.
With step as sprightly as young
man just Of age, Christopher o. Clark.
aged seventy years, stepped into the
county court at Grand Forks and
asked for a license to wed Harriet SUIT.
clife, aged sixty-two, and the marriage
later was solemnized at Larimore.
Mrs. Sutcliffe has lived at Larimorc
for years. Mr.. Clark came here re.
Gently from Iowa, and, in Mrs. Sut.
cliffe met a sweetheart Of years ago.
Beth have homes at Larimore AMI
both have grown children.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
Hermit Hanos Self.

Bookings, s. d., Feb. 22.-Charles
Gustaffeson. farmer living in the
northwestern part of this county, com.
mitted suicide by hanging. Gustafte.
son was bachelor and lived alone.
No motive for the deed is known.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
Gets Dominion Office.

Duluth, Feb 22.-Word has been re-.
ceived here that Jacques Bureau. for.
merly well known attorney in this
city. has been appointed BY Premier
Laurier to the important d@ce Of 10.
licitor general of Canada.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
Gets s1o1 for Los. Of Beard

Gets S1UI tor Loss OF Beard.
WeIlston, Ohio, March 2. - Samuel
Beatty has been awarded damage OF
$101 by the circuit court against the
Southern Ohio Gas company for the
loss Of luxuriant growth of whisker7
burned off in gas explosion.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
,,.,s, Of Fail Down stalrs.

Mason City. Iowa, Feb. 24.-Mrs. w.
g. Ingersoll died from the effects Of q
fall down stairs. She missed her foot,
ing at the top of the stairs, tumbling
headlong and injuring her spine. She
WAS sixty. eight
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
wt,I vnvelI statu, In May.

VIII Unvsil Statue In May.
The NcQollan statue commission,
composed q Secretary Taft, Senate,
Wooemore and General Horakio G
King, hae axed the time for the IN
ve0iae ok the statue in Washington Is
Nay nASs
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
Dies TO ESCAPE. Smoke.

Pittsburg, March at. NJ. Taylor,
aged thirty-tive years. Instructor in
chemistry at the $lQ,00O.000 Carnegie
Technical schools. committed suicide
yesterday to escape the smoke Of
Pittsburg. -
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
HUNDRED DEAD ARE FOUND.
Bodies Of Miners Taken From Mexican
Coal and Coke Mine.

Eagle Pass, Tex, Feb. pa dis.
patch from Las Esperanzas, Mexico,
says that 100 dead bodies have been
taken from the coal mine of the Next
can Coal and Coke company, in which
an explosion Of gas occurred four days
ago. There are known to be twenty.
three men still entombed in the shaft,
and it is practically certain that all
are dead.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07
Prosecuted by Wife; in Jail.

Anoka. MINI, Feb. 24.-Daniel Lee,
! saloonkeeper. was arrested on CON-
nlaint Of his wife for assault. He
pleaded guilty and was fined SIS and
cnsts OF twenty days. He vent to
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07

At Rolla all children not vaccinateo
were ordered excluded from school for
twenty days as a result of smallpox
scare.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07

A girl is sure to be interested In a
man who pays her attention IL her
father finds the man Objectionable.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07

The Woman's Club of Cakes is de.
termined to have the town cleaned up.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07

W. F. Lorin was elected superinten.
dent Of schools In Morton county but
failed to secure the necessary certifi-
cate from the state superintendent
and the commissioners will have to APP
point q man for the position. Prof.
Mentally may be selected.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-03-07

do business on larger scale than
formerly when it was merely a rural
line.
The sportsmen of the northern part
of the state insist on the appointment
of Clarence Hale as game warden
regardless of the difference of politics
between the man wanted and the gov.
ernor.
CLAUS Bendixson of Bowbells, who
has been i'll for some time, was ar
rested and taken to Minot on stretch
er. When Judge Goss heard of the
condition of the man a release order
was issued.
The rural mail carrier out of Gran.
vile agreed to resume his old job pro
vided the patrons of the line woul,
collect an amount sufficient to bring
up his remuneration to SIS per month.
This includes the pay for himself and
the team.
The railroads of the state have beer.
roasted this winter for burning the
old railroad ties instead of permitting
the people to use them for fuel. In
two or three places over the state
stacks of new ties mysteriously dis
appeared during the fuel famine.
.
AT Williston the agent has been
given complete control of both the
depot and the yards.
The plan to kill OF the publication
Of school treasurers' reports will prob
ably fail.
Times-promoter., 1907-10-18
NEGRO BAPTsTS RIOT.
Two of Them Are Badly Hurt and
Three White Men Injured.

Toccoa, Ga.--As result Of fighting
yesterday among negro members OF the
Lula Baptist Association, which is
holding meeting near here, two ne
groes are in jail badly injured and three
white men are wounded.
It is said the negroes were drinking
and began shooting. The sheriff was
called on to restore order and arrested
Rich Harber, negro, who was badly
beaten by the officers before be could
be subdued. Thomas Browner, another
negro, is reported to have taken pos
session Of the home of John Cope, q
farmer. Cope summoned his neighbors
and fusillade of shots were exchanged.
The negro was finally captured, after
being badly beaten. Three Of the
white men were painfully injured in
the fght.
Times-promoter., 1907-10-18
MAY ANNOUNCE CANDIDACY.
Rtyen Will Visit Washington az
Fixed Entry.

Washington. William Jen-
nings Bryan comes to Washington he
will cQmc as an ayowed candidate for
the Democratic nomination for presi-
dent. This Ia the belief of men who
are we'll advised of Mr.. Bryau's inten-
tions.
The Democratic leader viii be in
Washington from Nov. 20 to Is. This
will be close to the time for the assem-
bling Of congress, and many Democratic
members OF the house and senate will
be here then, with whom Mr.. Bryan
will have the opportunity to confer.
While here Mr.. Bryan will deliver
three addresses. It has been said that
Mr.. Bryan will have an important an
nouncement to make here, but it was
later learned that he will make this be-
fore he comes TO Washington. The an
nouncement viii pertain to his candi-
dacy, and there is strong Impression
that he will signify his willingness to
lead bis party in 1908 IL he is deemed
the best available man for the task.
Times-promoter., 1907-10-18
BABY WASTED TO SKELETON.
In Torments with Terrible Sores on
Face and Body-Tore at Flesh
Cured by Cuticura.

"My little son, when about a year
and a half old began to have sores
come out on his face. They began to
come on his arms, then on other parts
OF his body, and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. At the
end of about year and half of suf-
ferirg he grew so bad I had to tie his
hands In cloths at night to keep him
from scratching the sores and tearing
the flesh. He got to be a mere skele-
ton and was hardly able to walk.
sent to the drug store and got cake
of Cuticura Soap and box Of Cuticura
Ointment, and at the end OF about two
months the sores were all well. He
has never had any sores OF any kind
since, and only for the Cuticura Rem
edies my precious child would have
died from these terrible sores. / used
only one cake of Soap and about three
boxes of Ointment. Mrs. Egbert Shell
don, r. F. d. No. /. Woodville, Conn,
April 20, 1906
Times-promoter., 1907-10-18
RHEUMATISM RECIPE
PREPARE SIMPLE HOMEMADE
MIXTURE YOURSELF.
Buy the Ingredients from Any Drug.
glst In Your Town and Shake
Them In q Bottle to
Mix This.

A well-known authority on Rheu.
matism gives the readers OF large
New York daily paper the following
valuable, yet simple and harmless
prescription. which any one can easily
prepare at home:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Mix by shaking well in a bottle, and
take a teaspoonful after each meal
and at bedtime.
He states that the ingredients can
be obtained from any good prescrip-
ton pharmacy at small cost, and, be-
ing vegetable extraction, are harm
less to take.
This pleasant mixture, II taken reg.
ularly for few days, Is said to over
come almost any case OF Rheumatism.
The pain and swelling, II any, dimin-
ishes with each dose. until permanent
results are obtained, and without In
iuring the stomach. While there are
many so-called Rheumatism remedies,
patent medicines, etc., some Of which
do give relief, few really give perma-
nent results, and the above will, no
doubt, be greatly appreciated by many
sufferers here at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores OF even
the small towns elicits the information
that these drugs are harmless and can
be bought separately, or the druggists
will mix the prescription IL asked to.
Times-promoter., 1907-10-18
GREAT BATTLE IN WHEAT PIT
Wheat Jumps Two Cents in Two
Minutes, and Pit Goes Wild.

Chicago. Wheat performed the re-
markable feat OF 2-cent jump in two
minutes today, and the pit went wild
with excitement. Schwab and Patten
continued their desperate battle for
control Of wheat In the Chicago pit,
and at the close OF the day Patten and
his bull crowd had forced the price up
from 2 to 2 1-8 cents over the low point
OF the day.
The board OF trade stood by and fol.
lowed the lead of the Schwab and Pat
ten forces, every turn of the, market
showing the leadership OF the two bat
tling giants OF the pit. Every Offering
OF big proportions was followed by
sharp downward break and every big
purchase with a corresponding reac-
tion, just as sharp. The hand OF the
big manipulators was In evidence every
where, but at the end of the day Patton
and the bulls had forced prices up 2
cents on the average.
The crop shortage is now estimated
at 125, ,OOO,O 900 bushels, while the market
shortage is declared to be 225, 0O0, 900.
The bulls received assistance today,
when, for the first time in history, the
Chicago market sold feedstuffs to
Spain. An order for 1000 sacks OF
wheat for Madrid helped boost prices.
The markets of the world are now de-
manding from 100000 to 100000
bushels of wheat per week from the
United States.
Times-promoter., 1907-10-18
A REAL "Hoss" RACE.
Country Fair the Place TO See lt at
lts Best.

If you would see horse strap
ped, booted, braced and geared to
the limit, you must seek such q
track as you see at the old-time
country fair. Here comes an awk-
ward 1lea-bitten gray which never
went under $50 In his life. He is
hobbled and checked and goggled, and
hitched up sidewise. lengthwise and
cFosswise until there Is more har.
ness than horse. You wonder how
his driver ever got him into this rig
ging, and how he will get him out
again without cutting him free with
q jackknife. A farmer with q
gray beard and twinkling eye OBJ
serves to his 'neighbor:
'Last time John Martin had that
plug out on the road ] told him he
had the old cripple overloaded with
fust-aids.to-the-injured. Them straps
that was cal'lated to hoist up his
knees must ha' pulled too tight and
the critter was yanked clean off the
ground. What John was gettin'
ready for was q race for flyin' ma
chimes, not hoss trot."-From "The
Country Fair" by David Lansing, in
Outing.
Times-promoter., 1907-10-18
Not J Hit as an lmproviser.

'Did you ever hear anybody impro-
vise?" he asked.
mo-" said she. and he sat down to
the piano and improvised for about an
hour and half. At the end Of that
time he turned around, his face full
Of expression. and said to her:
''What do you think OF it?"
'Lovelyw she exclaimed. "Beauti-
full ! never heard anything like it,
But this Is what she said to the hall
boy when he was gone:
If that long, lank lunatic who i'm.
provises asks for me again, you tell
him am out"
Times-promoter., 1907-10-18
DEATH ROBES WERE READY
When Mrs. Magill Died-Defendants
Unmoved by the Evidence.


Decatur, Ill.--Fred Fl. Magill and
his wife sat before jury and a throng-
ed court today and listened without the
suggestion of blush or the nervous
movement of a single muscle to the
most damaging testimony thus far
brought out by the State in its endeavor
to convict them with having murdered,
on the night of May 30, last, Mrs. Pet
Magill, former wife of Fred H. Magill.
the banker. The testimony was more
than sensational.
Masculine curiosity-seekers gave way
to their Trailer kin today. Men gall
lantly vacated seats for the mothers
with babes in arms, for society girls,
for the wife who had left the house and
kitchen that she might in years to come
say she, had attended the most famous
of the murder cases in ali the history
of Macon county.
When the janitor opened the doors OF
the courthouse at 6o'clock this morning
TO sweep out the dust and dirt, ne found
long stream OF women In line waiting
to gain attendance.
1t was proved today that Fay L. Gra-
ham, on the morning that Mrs. Pet Ma
gill's body was laid out ready for the
shroud, produced the burial garments,
new articles fresh from one Of the local
stores, and these articles days before
had been purchased by her.
Times-promoter., 1907-10-18
Peculiar lce cave.

A summer attraction In Colebrook,
N. H., is the ice cave In Dixvilie
notch. This cave Is formed by a fis-
sure in the ledge OF the mountain
that filis with snow in winter, and Is
protected from the SUMS rays at all
seasons.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-05-31

inst 7 could scarcely draw my breath.
For ar instant MacArdel sat as one
petrifed, and then, with a muttered
cry, he sprang owe the rail and fol.
lowed the fieeting things into the
blackness OF the o~verhanging trees.
| was after him in a bound. Run
ming with all our speed, we saw the
creatures, whatever they were, sail
majestically before us as on wings of
air until they reached the river, where,
in the full glare of the moonlight,
they vanished suddenly under our very
eyes.
When l overlook MacArdel he was
leaning heavily against a tree trunk,
gasping for breath.
"Ware!" he said, as 500 as he
could speak. THAT odor was the smell
Of the grave. There's nothing else like
1t, l tell you, man! was a coroner
for too many years and have opened
too many collins not to know It,"
He sank to the ground from sheer
exhaustion.
A moment later l heard a cracking
in the u%nderbrush not far away and,
with a shout, I dashed into the bushes,
followed by MacArdel. Suddenly there
was a glimpse of white through the
leaves, and, with a warning cry, | drew
my revolver and fired twice with care.
full aim. The object in white fell to the
ground, and we were upon 1t in an in.
slant, while the continued cracking of
branches showed that some one was
| escaping at the top of his speed.
The white object was a bundle OF
towels and odd pieces of bed linen and
the articles were permeated by the
same indescribable odor that we had
noticed as we pursued the f~leeting
creatures in white down the path to
the river.
MacArdel poked the parcel open with
a stick and spread the pieces about in
the moonlight as 1t filtered in through
the branches overhead. making bright
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-05-31

would keep his mind occupied. He
loved the old town. He saw that It
needed new life. He figured out that
there we're 6Cs farmers In the neigh
borhood. Each farmer surely spent
$50 a month somewhere for supplies.
This meant a total Of $780, 900 a month;
1850, 900 a year. Then the few hun
bred people II the town would add
other thousands to the volume OF busi-
ness. Why not build a great store and
supply the wants of the people? He
would spend some money and build
up the town. He bought half a block
on which three OF the stores stood.
He erected a large brick building, and
soon he had installed in 1t great stocks
OF goods. Other merchants In the
town shook their heads. The Public
Spirited Man was certainly crazy.
Farmers when they came to town
looked up the big building with won
der. The Weekly Mirror had to send
away for type to set up the page adj
vertisement for the new store, and to
get a new press for the printing Of cir
culars and posters.
One month after the opening OF the
store the graveyard quietness Of the
town had passed away. Streets were
lined with the teams and the wagons
of the farmers. A new elevator for
grain had been started. The railroad
placed a new switch in the yard to ac-
commodate the increased business.
The son of the old town blacksmith
~reopened the old shop closed for years
because Of no trade. New life was
rapidly being injected into the place.
There was an election. A lot OF
newcomers selected the Public Spir-
tied Citizen for chairman Of the town
board. He vas elected. In six months
the streets were paved, a electric
lighting plant was in operation, along
with a water works. The Great Store
keeper had a way of doing things. and
he did them. News of the activity Of
the town reached nearby villages, and
the people came TO see the Big Store
and to buy goods. A cold storage
plant in connection with a new om-
mission house operated by friends OF
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1907-05-31

patches here and there under the
trees. Whether because of his startled
remark that this was the smell of the
grave, or perhaps on account of the
strain to which l had just
been subjected, 1 was forced to view
this operation from a respectful dis
lance and was glad when the investi-
cation was completed.
Leaving the rags, for such they
were, strewn about as MacArdel had
scattered them, we returned in silence
to the house and reseated ourselves
on the veranda.
Mac" l said abruptly, a moment
later, do you know that we left this
place standing wide open and that
some one may be inside by this timer"
mot much danger of that" said
MacArdel slowly. whoever was
around here Is as far away by this
time as he can possibly get. Make no
mistake about 1t, Ware, those pieces
of cloth down there have been around
a corpse!"
I shuddered in spite of myself, and
we slept in the same room that night.
with the doors and windows bolted,
and a revolver under each Of pill
lows.