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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12
temple Given His Sentence
This Morning.
NEW TRIAL DENIED FELLOW
Andrew Layton Will Serve One Year
for Brutal Assault Committed
on Charles Ballard.
From Fridays Daily.

When the district court convened
this morning, Edward Temple and An
drew Layton were brought in for SEN
tence. When temples case was call
ed, his attorneys moved for new trial
on the usual grounds, alleging errors
in the rulings of the court and insult
ficiency of the evidence. S. B. Will
son answered the argument on behalf
of the state, and the court very
promptly denied the motion.
temples attorney then announced
that they would appeal the case and
wanted stay. MIR. Wilson opposed
delay in passing sentence and moved
that sentence be pronounced imme
diately.
The court granted the motion, and
sentenced Temple to serve nine years
in the state prison at Saltwater.
Layton was sentenced to serve one
year at Saltwater for the assault that
he committed upon Charles Ballard.
The jury cases having all been dis
posed of, the jurors were excused for
the term. They put in twentysix
days.
The calendar of court cases was call
ed at two o'clock this afternoon.
temple is much improved in his
mental and physical condition, and the
physician who visited him yesterday
found his pulse and temperature nor
NAL. He had spell yesterday after
noon, but was quiet this morning.
As to whether Temple was playing
OFF, or not was zone of the matters
first taken into consideration by the
physicians when called to attend him,
according to the statement made by
one of them today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12

Company IL will go into camp at
Lakeview on July Is. About fifty men
will be assembled.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12

The St. Peter team shut out the
Springfield team yesterday. Score: St.
Peter 2, Springfield Q,
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1907-07-12

One day only and return each . days.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
WANTED TO GET HER BABY
Woman Walked From Valley City to
Chicago for Her Child.

Eighteen months ago Mr.. and Mrs.
George Webster were obliged to leave
their six-months'-old baby with Mrs.
James Smith, 3140 Indiana avenue,
Chicago. When the mother went on
foot from Valley City to Chicago to
get her child, it was refused her, &C
cording to the story which she told
Judge Mac in the juvenile court in
that city.
For a year and a half the parents
have been saving so that they could
have their child with them. They
lived sparingly and have even walked
ties to save money, Mrs. Webster
said, and when the husband obtained
steady employment in Valley City, she
started to Chicago to get the baby,
now two years old. But when she ar
rived Mrs. Smith would not give the
baby up and SO the mother appealed to
the juvenile court.
The court decided that the mother
could have the baby If she could show
that her husband had a paying posi-
ton in Valley City. Meanwhile he
allowed Mrs. Smith to keep the child.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
CONVICT SEEKS PARDON.
Was Given Heavier Sentence Than
HE C~onfederates.

HE Confederates.
G. H. Bradford, who was sentenced
by Judge Cowan to serve nine and
one-half years in the North Dakota
penitentiary for assisting in flim-aam-
ming a farmer out of $25 on a Great
Northern train, has written States At
torney j. B. Wineman at Grand Forks
that he has come to the conclusion
that he has been in prison long enough
and has been punished sufficiently for
his offense and will apply to the state
pardon board to commute his SEN
tence. Bradford was sentenced two
years ago last December. He was de-
Tended by Attorney Bennington of Sioux
City, Ia, who took the case away from
Grand Forks county, alleging that the
court, newspapers and people general
~ were prejudiced against his client.
Foster of Minneapolis, an accomplice
Of Bradford, and Hicks of Kansas City,
another confederate, were tried in
Grand Forks county and got off with
lighter sentences than Bradford. In
view of the fact that it was Bradford's
first offense and he had no bad record
States Attorney Wineman will recon-
mend his pardon.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
HILLS CAR is WRECKED.
of Great Northern Railway
Has Narrow ESCAPE,


While the private car Of President
Louis Hill Of the Great Northern rail-
way was standing in front of the pas
senger depot at jamestown, waiting
to be attached to the jamestown
Northern branch train, an extra
freight On the Northern Pacific main
line crashed into the magnate's car,
completely demolishing the platform
and rear portion of the car and break
ing the windows.
President Hill and his hunting
party, who were en- route to the Ben
ton county fields, were severely shaken
up, but no n was seriously injured.
When the engineer of the passenger
train saw the oncoming freight he
started to back his train in an effort
to couple on to the Hill car and take
it out of the way.
The freight engine hit the Hill car
and drove it thirty feet ahead, where
1t met the Jamestown-Northern line
train filled with passengers.
A number of the passengers received
slight injuries.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Grand Forks Woman Was En- Route to
Minnesota Fair.

Mrs. George B. Clifford of Grand
Forks, a leader in society and wife of
an investment banker, was fatally in
jured in an automobile accident west
of Ashby, Mimi, fifteen miles east of
Fergus Falls. She died less than an
hour after the accident. Her skull
was fractured when the heavy car,
running backward Gown a hill, was
overturned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford and their sons,
Ralph and Bernard, were on their
way to St. Paul and Minneapolis to
visit the state fair and Mr.. Clifford's
brothers, Fred and Joseph, who live in
Minneapolis. Ralph Clifford, who was
handling the automobile, and Mr.. Cliff
ford and Bernard escaped injury by
jumping.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
DAKOTA NEWS.
Items of a Week From Various
Parts of the State.
BOYS HEAD is BLOWN OFF
Alvin Aibertson Receives Charges Of
Both Barrels of a Shotgun
While Hunting.
-.

Holding his gun between his knees
while watching for a covey Of prairie
chicken near Minot, Alvin Albertson
accidentally blew off his own head.
His body was discovered in the buggy
headless and bathed in blood. The
horse and dog. unconscious of their
headless driver, went a short ways be-
fore they were stopped and the grue-
some sight was reviewed.
The boy. nineteen years Of age, left
home about 8 o'clock in the afternoon
and laughingly told his mother that he
would return home with a brace Of
fowl for the evening meal. A few
hours later the sad news was brought
to her that her o was dead.
While driving toward the hunting
grounds he had clasped the gun be-
tween his legs. with the muzzle fac
ing him. He kept on driving and was
thus prepared to shoot any chicken
that might rise at a moments notice.
He had just reached the top Of a
steep hill when the double-barreled
shotgun exploded the full blast In his
face. There was 40 struggle. His
head was entirely blown off and the
body fell on the side. Some people
residing in a house near by took the
body to Minot.
1t IL thought that the Earring Of the
buggy going over a rough piece of road
exploded the gun. The boy was look
ing right into the two barrels as he
drove, so received the full force Of the
explosion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
steamboating on the Red.

The transfer of the Red river line
of steamboats, to C. S. Wallace, rep
resenting the Red River Transporta-
ton company, with a capital of $780,
600, is of vastly greater Importance to
Grand Forks than at first appeared. 1t
means that Grand Forks is to have
the benefit of railroad competition for
the first time in years. The handling
of merchandise will not be commenced
until next spring. When the new
service goes into effect 1t will mean
that Grand Forks will have all the ad-
vantages that a road in competition
with the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific would bring.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
Arbitrstion Not New.

In the days Of dueling more dis
putes were settled by being referred
to a court similar to a modern court
Of arbitration than by a meeting on the
field. The 'code Of honor has been
severely ridiculed, but when its princi-
pies were lived up to it proved to be
more of a peacemaker than q promoter
Of bbodshed. According to the code,
a gentleman who believed he had been
aggrieved was in honor bound to avoid
hostilities until his complaint had been
considered by two representatives Of
his interests and two chosen by the
other party. If this board of referees
should decide that there existed no
grounds for a quarrel the matter must
end there. On the other hand, a hostile
meeting must take place if the referees
declared the quarrel just. There was
no appeal from the judgment of the
court, and the penalty for failing to
respect it was ostracism from the So
ciety of gentlemen.
1t has been estimated that at least
80 per cent of the disputes submitted
to advisers under the dueling code
were declared trivial, and hostilities
were forbidden. Not only that, peace
thus brought about was permanent.
To nourish a grudge was discreditable.
Not to go outside of the English speak
ing race, we know that such noted
E%nglishmen as the Duke of York, the
Duke of Richmond, the Duke of Nor
folk, the Duke of Wellington, besides
the brilliant Fox, Pitt, Sheridan, Hast
ings, Grattan, Curran and O'Connell,
several high officers Of the American
army and navy and the statesmen
Burr, Hamilton, Jackson, Benton, Clay,
Randolph, Clinton and others respected
the rules of the code to the extent Of
fighting duels, some of them fatal. His
tory does not record how many
quarrels involving these ~personages
were settled by arbitration" without
resort to weapons. In quarrels be-
tween nations material interests will
play the chief part, and the fixing Of
awards will be difficult. But the ques-
ton of national honor could safely be
left to disinterested and conscientious
counsel, for the principals In a cas- OF
alleged p%rovocation are, as a rule, the
worst possible judges Of the broad
merits and equities involved.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
Plans Street Railway.

An ordinance granting to the North
western I%nterarban Railway company
a franchise for the construction and
operation of a street railway in Grand
Forks, was introduced in the city coun-
Gil of Grand Forks last week. The
proposed line takes in the principal
streets of the city. 1t is probable that
it will be amended to quite an extent
before coming up for final passage.
The Northwestern company proposes
to construct a line from Grand Forks
to Darlington and to use it in connec
ton with the local system.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
Farmer Badly Injured.

Anders Hanson, eighty years old,
was fatally injured at Churches Ferry
when a Great Northern work train ran
over him and cut off his legs. Hanson,
who is a prominent farmer of that Sec
ton, had been waiting at the crossing
of the railway for some time. Finally
he decided to cross underneath the
train. While he was crawling under
the cars the train started and he was
carght. He was taken to the Mercy
hospital in Devils Lake but it is be-
lieved he cannot survive.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
Slabs Himself in Stomach.

Despondent over ill health and fear
full that his disease would be fatal, A.
NJ. Moore, a farmer residing twelve
miles southwest of Stanley, stabbed
himself in the abdomen with a jack
knife. While his wife was out of the
house he went into one of the rooms,
and opening his jackknife deliberately
plunged it into his stomach several
times. His wife discovered him
bleeding profusely in one of the rooms.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
OH and Gas in Bottineau County.

For the past month oil men from the
Kansas and Indian Territory oil fields
have been in the vicinity of West
hope Investigating the oil and gas pos
sibilities. Their investigation has re-
suited in very encouraging findings.
While it is impossible for them to de-
termine the exact extent of the oil
territory or the quantity of the oil,
they are perfectly satisfied as to the
quality being similar to that of Penn
sylvania and Ohio, which is the high
est type of production. The gas,
which was struck on Mr.. W. B. Par
ker's farm, nine miles south Of West
hope, has proven a fine Illuminating
quality, and in large quantities.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
Arm Bone Is splintered.

While holding his arm over the muz-
zle of his gun on the south prairie a
few miles out of that city, Albert
Pinkney of Sawyer was shot in the
left arm. He had just got out of his
rig to shoot some game and was
standing With the butt of the gun on
the ground and one of his arms across
the muZ7le. The gun went off and
shot him in the forearm, splintering
the bone.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
Mob Whips a HaIfbreed.

Citizens of Willow City, enraged at
the obnoxious behavior of Joe Qua, a
halfbreed Indian, who for years has
been an undesirable CITIZEN" formed
a masked posse and, taking the half
breed out of the Jail, administered a
sound horsewhipping and chased the
man out of the town. Qua crowned
his years of misdeeds by beating his
wife with a pump handle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
Federal officer Arrested.

L. D. McGahan, register of the
United States land Office and a promi-
nent politician of Minot, was arrested
on the charge of attempted assault on
the erson of T. e. Fox, receiver OF
the land Office. McGahan, it is claimed,
met Fox in the Office and blows were
exchanged, with threats by McGahan
II greater bodily harm. The arrest
caused great excitement in Minot.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
Another Safe Cracked.

The safe in the store of Edwards
Brothers, general merchants at Nc.
Gamma, al blown open early Satur-
day and $65 secured by robbers, who
made their escape. The store was en-
tered through the back door, which
vas forced open.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
Burglars Escape in an Auto.

John B. Johnson, postmaster at De
Lamere. whose safe was blown open
by burglars, reports his loss as $3.50 in
cash. 1t is believed that the burglars
escaped by means Of an. automobile,
rs one was noticed at some distance
from the town on the day of the rob-
berry.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
So Cheerful.

"He used to have fits of the blues,
but he cured them by changing his
business"
what did he go into?"
"Oh, he's an undertaken now"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12

Fred-I had a fall last night which
rendered me unconscious for several
hours. Enthusiastically! Where did
you fall? Fred-I fell asleep.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12

All durable medical and surgical diseases Of
ne ~, Ear. Nose and Throat. Lung Disease.
Ear,y Bronchitis. BRONCHIAL Ca
Dyspepsia. Sick Headache. Stomach ana Bowel
Troubles. Appendicitis, rheumatism, Neurai-
GA Sciatica, Brtght's Disease. Diabetes. KID
ney, Liver. Bladder Troubles. Prostate and
Female Diseases. pizzineas, Nervousness, 1ndi-
Growth in children and ali wasting 4 diseas es
IN adults; Many cases OF Deafness. sRinging
N the Ears, LossAof, Eyestght, Cataract,
Cross Eyes, etoSsAtGat lhaye, been Improperly
treated or neglectedG can be easily restored;
Deformities. Club Feets.a Curvature Of the
lepsy. Heart ,Disease,~ Dropsy;. Swelling OF he
Limbs, Open soresKP Pain I'm: the Bones. Gran
ular Enlargement sandtan %!ong.standins dis
weak eyes. .stuntedt deYelopnnent, lack OF en-.
erssy' impoys!tshed blood.hpimples blood Ard
pains. swelling. ,sore.N thfoat, ulcers, weak
back. burning. urtne.t passing urine too often.
receive searching treatment prompt RELIEF and
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-09-12
ALEXANDER MCKAY, M. D.

Physician and Surgeon.
Honor graduate of the college of physicians
and surgeons Of the medical department of the
university of Illinois.
Nicentiate of the State Medical Board of
Illinois.)
Late assistant to Hon. Alex. Hugh Ferguson,
president and surgeon in chief to the Chicago
hospital.
CLYDE, N. OAK.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
THEIR THANKSGIVING DINNER.

There was mother and her two
had a boy. and girl. Their father
to work j hard for their living. The
children did all they could Ito help
their mother along.
Thanksgiving was near, and the chill
dren said TO each other:
I'VE will have to. work on Thanks
giving; we are so poor we cannot have
a hne dinner; We Will have to have
So when Thanksgiving Day came
their mother went to work us n,ual.
noon they heard aeknock at the door.
and to their great surprise It was one
OF tl.eir little playmates, bringing them
some things for q thanksgiving din.
nor. .ssI
end cake anG everything nice ! A sn
found Thanksgiving dinner waiting
fol her. And they had as good din
ner as anybody. And they were Just
as happy as any Of the other people.
The mother went back TO work that
evening with a happy heart.
Bassett, va. RUBY OWEN.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

'Tom's going to have a Thanksgiy-
ing dinner and invited me-" said Jack
to his mother To-day is Thanksglv.
ing day. we are going TO have tur-
sert. ice-cream and cake"
m other. Is III time to get ready ~
mot quito yet. Jack" said his mother.
And Jack sat down at the table to
read. while his mother went to set his
tie and clothes. Come on said his
al y !, right" said Jack. g GOD /; by y
.,Hello!" said Jack, as he met Tom
at the door. Come in and have q
The dinner was soon ready I
Come on and sit by me-" i'd Tom,
Saint II showing hare? We'll have a
fine time making snow man after
y dinner." ..is} s;s;;2 ~! . tsf
ner was over They worked bu4ly till
the snow man was, finished: y. !,
ooh! isn't he funny said Jack.
IS so late now must 80. Good by,
Tom, what q nice time have had
GOSH IN. Eighth Street, 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
THE FIRST THANKSGIVING.

q Though the Pilgrims had suffered
many hardshlps. after a year the land
to thank God for 1t. In autumn, after
the grain had been harvested and stored
for thsGwintar, they held a great feast
which they called 1.-THE First Thanks
giving King Massasoit and ninety
PnErims. among them Miles standish
who would rise and. Are the sunrise
gun. was up to p1eet the In dians. who
came yelling and waking the settlers.
Soon the rating OF drums was heard,
and the W llgrllns had morning prayer
% know what they had1 Well. there
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
4 RAan1r CHASE

Once there was little dog who was
going along the road. He came upon
a rabbits track. He followed 1t to
a corner of the fence, where q hole
was. He waited and waited for a
long time. Presently he heard lit
tie noise. He looked! When the rab-
bit saw the dog he ran just as fast
as he could go, the dog after him.
They had long srun. The rabbit ran
into hollow tree. There tho dog
stood and barked and barked. The
1t down. He got the rabbit out and
cooked II, for his dinner. And that was
the last OF the rabbit.
BY JOHN r. WINN. JR. +
ia N. Fifth Street, Richmond, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01

were cold meats. turnips, porridge and
cakes made of Indian meal, After
breakfast all went to see some military
drills under Captain Standish. His
with the English Hag over them The
Indians were both surprised and de-
lighted by the marching OF the SOL
oilers. This wonderful feast was COM
pleted on the third day by dinner
that all remembered.
FRANK METZGER.
1918 Seventh St., Fulton.
Richmond, Va.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-01
al Christmas Talk and '. Fl
Legend Of Christmas Tree
sDAr childrei, Of sts Grub: n.

Dskr childrei, 81 shs rclub: fftii sfEi
promised that n would talk. to YOU
tits week about Christmas. and that
III promise easy to keep, for the
tjeme Ia one on which the mind 1lbvcs
II dwell. The day, Oh 1t ts Kept With
,s, dates back TO- about tho middls OF
the fourth cantury, when Pope Julfus
Established tho festival at Rome on
pecember 25th. Before that time var!-'
bus Christian communities had kept (h1
day on different dates. ~ 81
\ I asked you last Sunday to toll me
lall about the holly, the ground pine and
\ the nistletoe. and their association
\ with the most Joyful festival OF the
niHcance In the language OF lowers
and why they had come 10 be the ON.
blems OF love and good Will. l. told
you what the December col0rs were ana
asked you to translate their meaning
for ma. recalled TO your minds the
good cheer OF December fires, and sug-
gested to you to describe the pleasures
OF the December hcarthstone around
these blazing Ares. And by these pre-.
llminary considerations have brought
you to the further consideration OF the
to 1t.
Now. am not going to restrict your
condolences about Christmas. You can
write and draw and make UP puzzles
about II, Just as you like best. But
] shall be glad II some member Of the
club should feel inclined to tell how
the Yule log was brought In on Christ.
mas Eve In old English and Virginia
homes. and how the flames roared and
danced up the wide chimney while It
was burning. and how song and Jest
a kn
Christmas tree, that WIS also lighted
on Christmae Eve.
Do you know the origin Of the Christ.
mas tree? There Is such pretty To-
gend accounting for II that ] must tell
you about It. This legend says that
st. Wilfr!d. Bishop OF York, England,
and born In the year 634. stood once
in the midst OF a group OF converts TO
Christianity and hewed down q giant
/ oak which had formerly been the object
OF their Druldici worship. As 1t fell
backward like q tower. II split asur-
der in four pieces. and there stood just
behind 1t, unframed BY the ruin. a
young ar tree. pointing u green sptre'
toward the stars.
Wilfrid let the Ak drop. turned to
the converts. and said: This little tree,
young child OF the forest, shall be
your holy tree Tonight. 1t Is the
wood OF peace. for your houaes are
built of the ar. 1t 10 the sign OF an
endless lie. for Its leaves are ever,
green. See how II points UP to heaven!
Let this be called the tres OF the
Christ-child. Gather about II. not In
the wildwood. but in your own homes:
there II will shelter only loving gifts
and rites OF kindness"
hope. therefore, that Christmas. as
you embody II on your page. will reject
the real meaning Of the hrst festival.
'the Christmas in tbs year 1. with
carols By the choir OF heaven. and
Gods own Son. the Saviour OF the
world. coming as Christmas gift for
all mankind"