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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
Manners.

Quite a number of critics of our ma
tional life have recently assured US
that our manner are undergoing a
natural decadence.
The fact is that manners are not
deterioratlng. but are changing in con
sonance with the spirit of the age.
1t is to keep up this change that the
following hints are given:
Real ladies will no longer remain
seated in horse cars when gentlemen
IRE standing. Only in rare cases, where
the gentleman is very old or very
shabby, will this be permitted.
1t is no longer considered proper for
ladies as they sit in their club win
dows to notice their gentlemen ac-
quaintances as they pass by. This has
in the past been a source of real EN-
barrassment and should be carefully
avoided.
When you have obtained your di-
vorce it is now usually customary to
send the former partner of your sor-
rows an appropriate gift to celebrate
the occasion at the same time and
wishes for many happy returns of the
day.
1t is better when you attend the the
ater or opera to label the amount Of
your fortune in q conspicuous place,
where it can be easily seen, and then
regulate the loudness Of your talk ac-
cording to the amount. If you are
only worth a paltry million or so you
will talk naturally, allowing other peo-
pie to witness and hear the perform
ance. But if worth more than that
you will, Of course, be at liberty to
shout as loudly as your position war
rants.
In playing golf OIL Sunday it is usual
ly proper when approaching q church
to lower the voice. This is especially
true when the clergyman is preaching,
as the two voices, both likely to be i'll
the same key and dealing with the
anne subjects, are liable to produce
some confusion on the part of the au-
dience.
If the two former husbands of a lady
who has just married again are invited
to the reception it is proper for them
to go together, but it is now considered
in better taste not to congratulate the
new groom openly. A joint letter Of
coincidence, however, may be written
without criticism. TOM MASON.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
Militarism at Jamestown.

As originally planned by the late
General FitZ-Hugh Lee, the coming ex-
position at jamestown naturally called
for %pageantry Of a military character.
The site admits of a grand parade of
war vessels, something never before
attempted at our worlds fairs for OBJ
vious reasons. Great Britain was ask
ed to cooperate and would expect to
send a fleet of her crack w%arships, as
she did when the navies Of the world
contributed to the marine display in
New York harbor in honor of Column
bus discovery of America.
The spirit of the world was martial
300 years ago or exploration and dis
covery and resulting development of
new lands would not have been pos
sible. England and France and Spain
sent fighting men to guard their Amer
lean possessions and fighting ships to
convoy supplies and settlers. In those
days France, Spain and England
fought II another. In one way it
may be looked upon as a proof Of the
virtue of American civilization and an
augury of peace that nations once in
all but perpetual war take part in Il
peaceful demonstration on the shores
they were wont to approach armed for
strife. Nobody really wants to fight
today. Guns and warships and armies
are mere toys. The oftener they are put
to the use intended at Jamestown the
less inclined the nations will be to risk
their magnificent and expensive out
fits or the uncertain fortunes Of battle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
Drink as the Cause Of Accidents.

Following close upon the recent order
by one Of the great railway lines dis
couraging the use of liquor by Its EN-
ployees, the Quarterly Journal Of Inc
briefly pursues the subject in n special
article by DR.. II. o. Marcy. To quote:
The railroad service in Germany is Il
semimilitary organization and therefore
Is more easily under discipline and con-
troll. The Prussian railway management
has issued orders f%orbidding any engine
driver. switchman or dispatcher all use
Of beer or spirits when on duty.
The order closes with the statement
that total abstainers will be given prefer
ence in the matter of promotion and per
manency Of employment. The subofficers
of divisions nave issued more stringent
rules, requiring total abstinence of all
persons holding responsible positions,
stating that no one need apply unless his
character as Il temperate man can be sls-
tanned.
DR.. Ennis of the University of Heidel-
berg has declared that over so per cent
Of all accidents occurring on the German
railroads are due to the bewilderment of
the operatives who have used stimulants
and that if total a%bstalners only were en-
ployed the expense of managing the road
could be reduced very greatly.
DR.. Marcy emphasizes the point that
1t Is not sufficient for trainmen to keep
from drinking while on duty. They
should he abstainers; otherwise their
nerves will not be strong enough 10
stand the strain of their occupation.
Most railroads do not go as far as this.
Says the writer:
The railroad authorities of the United
States are widely awake as to the dan
gers tc their various systems from the
monetary standpoint as also from a hui
manitarian point Of view. Twenty-Five
years ago the engineer and fireman upon
a train. subject to their long hours OF
exposure on duty. oftentimes demanded
for Il whole twenty-four hours of service
without sleep. kept the bottle handy in
the cab for conscientious use. This was
approved of by the authorities as bene-
fetal to the men and adding safety to the
trains in transit. Since 1t has been clearly
shown. and that by unprecedented observ-
ers In different parts of the world, hat
alcohol, even in moderate quantities, less
ems the function of all the senses-for
example, the soldier cannot march as far
or shoot as straight or nave as many
hours in the year of able service when
permitted to take, even in moderation, al
cohol-the good sense of the regulations
is shown In the total abolition Of the use
Of stimulants in the army. This is equal
ly true in the navy; not alone the army
n avy in the United States, but of the
civilized nations of the world.
Very many habitual users Of alco-
holic beverages cut them out during
business activities, especially when
they have impoI liant affairs to handle.
Employers generally give temperate
mel the preference. If abstinence be-
comes a practical question, the risks
Of accident from inebriety will be ma
terially lessened.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
DAKOTA NEWS
STEMS OF A WEEK FROM VARI.
GUS PARTS OF THE STATE.
Peculiar Hallucination of a Settler
Near Napoleon Leads Him to At
tempt to Take the Life of One
OF His Neighbors.
OF His N%eighbors.

Alleging that he had received a
message from President Roosevelt
commanding him to do so, Oscar
H~iedanen, living near Napoleon. went
10 the home of AXel Parvey, a neigh
DOR, called him to the door aud fired
tWo shots with Il revolver. Both shots
tooi effect i'll Parvey's abdomen. in
dieting a dangerous wound but not at
the moment disabling him. Parvey
san back into the house. Heidanen at
tempting to follow, but the door was
shut in his face and locked. Hieda-
zen then drove on to his house, stop
ping at another neighbours on the way
and inviting him to call and see him
the next morning. News of the shoot
ing quickly spread and q posse of
nelghbors vent to Hiedanen's house
and placed him under arrest, he max
ing no resistance. While the man is
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon, it is expected that his sanity
will be inquired into. He insists thai
President Roosevelt has been in cor
respondence with him and that he had
been ordered to kill Parvey. though
for what reason Hiedanen does not
state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
TUESDAY,, March

The %battleship Minnesota has been
turned over to the government by her
builders.
President Roosevelt has presented
Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota
with the pen with which he signed
the denatured alcohol act.
The new Transvaal ministry, of
which General Botha, commander-in-
chief of the Boer forces, is premier,
was sworn in at Pretoria Monday.
The resignation of Governor SWEET
tenham of Jamaica has become an &C.
complished fact and he will leave that
island as Don as his affairs can be
arranged.
Frank X. Fitzpatrick, a prominent
resident Of Cambridge, Mass, has
tfves on a complaint from Mobile,
Ala, that he conspired to violate the
interstate commerce regulations by
sending lottery matter from one state
to another.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
See Arm of Corpse.

The mystery surrounding the disap-
pearance from Valley City last Octo-
her of Carl Evans. Mayor Woods
%coachman, has been solved by the
finding of his dead body in the river
at a point just west of Mr.. Woods
Barn. The discovery was made by a
couple of boys who We're skating on
tie ice and discovered a mans hand
skcking up through an air-hole. On
The evening of Oct. IS, last, Evans
lad been sent with a buggy TO a place
'ome distance in the country. The
iorse and empty buggy returned to
The barn next morning, but no trace
gould be found of the driver. 1t is
supposed that Evans had fallen asleep
q the buggy and FRAT he had fallen
from the rig aid slid down the bank
into the river, the fall rendering him
unconscious and he drowned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
MAN KILLS FOUR
WEALTHY ILLINOIS FARMER MAR
ROWLY ESCAPES LYNCHING
FOLLOWING CRIME.

Bloomington, Ill.,, Feb. ..3.-Thomas
Baldwin. a rich farmer and former
merchant OF ColfaX. shot and killed
Charles Kennedy and Wife and MIS-.
Sim lIisman and daughter Cora. FAD
win was arrested.
Baldwin. who is siX1y-eight wears
old and a widower. is under bond
charged with criminal assault ON Cora
Eisman, who was but fourteen Years
of age. He had settled with the girls
father for a sum of money, but was
subsequently arrested and blamed the
kennedys and Mrs. Eisman for the
prosecution.
Baldwin narrowly escaped lynching
at the hands of angry farmers. He
surrendered to a deputy sheriff at
ArroWsmith and was brought by train
to Bloomington.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21

In the natural order of things, all
men being equal, their common voca-
ton is manhood. and whoever is we'll
trained for that cannot fulfill badly
any vocation connected with it. Whetl-
er my pupil be destined for the army.
the church or the bar concerns me but
little. Regardless of the vocation Of
his parents, nature summons him to
the duties Of human life. To live is
the trade l wish to teach him.-Rous.
seau.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
THAw cRiTlcIsEs JEROME.
Hands Statement to Newspaper Men
in Courtroom.

New York, March HAIRY K.
Thaw enlivened an extremely dull SEES
sion of his trial in the supreme court
by giving out to the newspaper men a
brief statement in which he accused
District Attorney Jerome of having
made unprofessional remarks in court,
asserted that his wife's testimony was
absolutely true and in conclusion de-
clared that Mrs. Thaw's natural real
goodness" WAS above the comprehen-
sion of the prosecuting officer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
eUssE NAMED FOR MAYOR.
Chicago Republicans Nominate a City
Ticket,

Chicago, March 2.-At the Repub-
lican city convention the following
nominations were made without op-
position: For mayor, Frederick A.
Busse; city treasurer, Edward c.
Young; city clerk, John R. McCabe.
The platform adopted is based
largely upon the traction proposition
and favors the ordinances passed by
the city council several weeks ago
over the mayors veto.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
The Scene Of "Evangeline.o

The more the legend Of the AGA
dams which formed the basis Of
"Evangeline" is studied the less noble
and picturesque appear the people
whose woes are depicted so captivat-
ingly by Longfellow. Americans have
recently been asked to contribute funds
for a LongfelloW memorial at Grand
Pre-, Nova Scotia, as a companion to
"Evangeline" and Acadian memorials.
Longfellow was never personally iden-
titled with Grand Pre- at all and got
his suggestion for the famous poem at
second hand. 1t was a good idea. and
the incident of the deportation of the
Acadians by the English was about all
of the real history that enters into the
romance.
Longfellow's fancy and art made
"Evangeline." Goethe before him had
produced a notable work on similar
lines, having for it's characters the vic
tins Of religious prosecutions in Eu-
rope. Readers Of "Evangeline' who
visit Nova Scotia find that the poets
local color Is good and naturally asso-
ciate Longfellow with the scene that
he made memorable. So to them a
memorial Of him at Grand Pre- may not
seem out Of place. Whether his u
trymen in the main are sufficiently
taken with the scheme to help put one
there is another matter.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
Friday, March i,

House-Ship subsidy bill passed by
a vote Of 155 to 144, after having been
defeated by a vote of 1874 to 161. Fa-
vorable action was reached by a mo-
ton to reconsider. AS passed only
four lines are subsidized and all these
sail for South America.
Senate Denatured alcohol bill
passed by vote of IS to /. This action
was taken after the committee amend
ment requiring the presence of a gov,
eminent storekeeper wherever alcohol
is being manufactured had been de-
feated by a vote of AZ to 16.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
WORK OF CONGRESS-
Thursday, Feb. q

House-Ship subsidy bill under dis
cussion almost the entire day. Ugly
charges of attempted coercion and
corruption to secure votes in commit
tee for the measure We're aired in the
curse of a long and at times heated
debate.
Senate-Bill passed extending gov
eminent aid TO the Alaska-Yukon-Pa-
cific exposition to be held In 1909 at
Seattle. Denatured alcohol bill dis
cussed for several hours without
reaching any conclusion on the meas
ure.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21

1t depends on circumstances whether
the big family plan is practical. For
instance, just now in China millions Of
people are starving and children are
sold at So a head.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21

Chile is going into the immigration
business too and proposes to pay the
passage Of foreigners and find work
for them Oh arrival. Each man will
be free to work for whom he chooses.
but he must first satisfy the govern
ment agents abroad that he under
stands some trade or calling useful in
Chile.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, March +.-Wheat-May,
755sc; July, 1890. Corn-May, 46h
@46%c; July, 45Mc. Oats-May,
4oasc; July, 35% @35Ac. Pork-May,
$16.12k; July, $16.32k. Butter
Creameries, 10000; dairies, 2O@2ac.
Eggs-16@161ac. Poultry-Turkeys,
1oc; chickens and springs, lie.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, March ..-Wheat-To arrive
and OF track-No. 1 hard, 79Mc; No.
/ Northern, 7S1ac; No. 2 Northern,
76ac; May, 7Shc; July, 79hc; Sept,
TIC. Flax-To arrive and on track,
$1.20A; May, $1.22; July, $1.22A;
Oct, $1.1Sh.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
Will Boom North Dakota.

Many delegates attended the real
estate convention at Bismarck. The
meeting was held under the auspices
Of the state and was addressed by the
leading men of the state connected
with immigration and the real estate
business, the governor being n of
the leading speakers. Plans were
made for cooperation of the state
realty men with the state department
in setting the resources Of the state
before the world.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
St. Paul Union Stock Yards,

St. Paul, March ..--Cattle-Good to
choice steers. S5.50@625; common 10
good, $4.00M5.00; good to choice COWS
and h%eifcrs. s3.50M4.75; veals, $4.50M
SIS, Hogs-s6.65@G.7O. Sheep-Weth-
ers, s4.75@5.25: good to prime lambs,
Sc. 50M7.2O
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
Saturday., March e

senate-Considerable portion of the
day devoted to ship subsidy bill as re-
ported from the house. The Demo-
Gratis prevented action by fil%ibustering
and the measure is considered dead
for this session.
House-Much of the session spent
in considering senate amendments to
the sundry civil and agricultural APP
preparation bills, but no final action
taken.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21

If any foreign country wants to land
the first blow in a war With the United
States all 1t has to do is to get up Il
series Of war bluffs in South America.
Our fighting ships speed south at the
first inkling Of trouble, and meanwhile
anybody that wants to could lombard
the Atlantic seaports with impunity SD
far as naval opposition is concerned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, March 4.-Cattle-Beeves
$4.25@6.90; COWS and heifers, 1850
5.25; stockers and feeders, $2.75m
4.90; Texans, $4.00@4.75; Westerns,
$6.00@7.25. Hogs-Mixed and butch
ers, $6.S0@7.00; good heavy, $4,000
700; rough heavy. $6.S0@6.90; light,
6S0@6.95; pigs, $6.16@6.75. Sheep,
$s.7505.65: lambs. $4.75@7.5O.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21

A couple Of days after New York,
two Sullivans were exposed as back
ers of a low gambling plant they dis
tributed 5000 pairs of shoes to Bowery
lodging house tenants. Great is chart
ty 10 gliding the sins of Gotham's ward
politicians!
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21

1t is not alone distressing, but dis
couraging, that, with plenty of sea
room apparently, vessels come into COL
llslon resulting in heavy loss of life.
We think the blame for most railway
collisions can be located, and there is
hope that time will lessen catastrophes
on the rail. Sea horrors have been
comparatively few during the last
twelve months. For this reason the
disaster on Long Island sound was the
more startling.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
MARKET
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis. March Wheat
May, tie; July, 1914 @7SAc: Sept,
7G5sc. On track-No. / hard, 1914
79ac; No. / Northern, 1917 07SMc;
No. . Northern, 76h@7sac; No. 8
Northern. 74m75c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21

That tunnel under the English chan
mel would go through with a hurrah if
1T depended upon the votes of every
body who has had those qualmish feel
ings when getting into or out Of Eng
land.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21

II that new submarine boat Octopus
makes good on it's name, Uncle Sam
a soon send the rest of his ships to
the scrap heap.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21

Hungary has just passed a social and
political crisis which threatened civil
war. Yet there was a record boom in
prosperity in 1905.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
Proves an Abb.

Elmer Garfield, who was arrested at
Spokane on suspicion that he was
"Rlackie," who is wanted for the kill
ing of Officer Personals in Valley City
last August, has proved an alibi and
the case against him was dismissed.
Garfield told the officers that his wife
conducted a resort at Whitefish,
Mont. and that he was there at the
time the murder was committed. In
vestigation proved that he told the
truth.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
Hay Loft Is Galloms.

John Chrietien, an aged retired
farmer living a Tarsus. committed
suicide by hanging. Chrietien went
to he hay loft. climbed upon the hay
and fastened II end OF a o p to a
rafter. The other end he made into
q Moose which he placed about his
neck and then slid down the hay pile.
dropping about ten feet. His neck
was not broken and death ensued
from strangulation. No reason for
the suicide is known.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
NEWS CONVERSATIONS
Wednesday,, Feb. ~

Wcomte de la Rochefoucauld is
dead of appendicitis at Paris. He was
forty years old.
A bill cutting rates on Pullman cars
30 per cent has been introduced in the
Nebraska legislature.
At Cincinnati Frank Gotch of Hum.
boldt, Ia, failed to throw Charley OF.
son of st. Louis in fifteen minutes of
wrestling.
j. Henley Smith, who was editor of
the Confederacy, a daily paper pub
ltshed at Atlanta, Ga, during the Civil
war, is dead in that city.
Leslie Nj. Shaw, secretary of the
treasury, who will retire from the cab.
met on March 4, is to become the pres.
tdent of the newly organized Carnegie
Trust company of New York city.
An Abyssinian dispatch to the Lon
don Daily Mail says that King Meme.
nk Of Abyssinia is sending to Pres
tdent Roosevelt an autograph letter
comforting 9 royal order upon him
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21

That higher law got another boost
when Delmas took a 100000 fee from
Harry X. Thaw.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21

John d. gives millions for certain
kinds of education, but not one cent
to push the spelling Of Rokyfeler.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
His Testimony and Is Excused.

New York, March 4.-District Attor-
ney Jerome has concluded his long
cross-examination of DR.. Britton d.
Evans. the ~alienist for the defense
in the Thaw trial, who had declared
that Harry X. Thaw was suffering
from a brain storm at the time he
shot and killed Stanford White. DR..
Evans was succeeded On the stand by
DR.. Charles G. Wagner of Binghamp-
ton, N. Y, also an alienist for the de-
Tense, and his cross-eXamination was
begun.
Mr.. Jerome drew important admis-
sions from Dr.. Evans to the effect
that Thaw had knowledge of what he
was doing the night of the tragedy.
The witness, however, characterized it
piled question after question predi-
Gated upon Thaw's actions subsequent
to the shooting and asked if they did
not indicate that the defendant knew
what he was about. DR.. Evans ex-
planned that he believed that the brain
storm had cleared up Immediately
after the shooting and that Thaw's
scattered senses had begun to read
Just themselves even before he left
the roof garden.
DR.. Wagner used the present tense
In replying to a question by the dis
trict attorney as to the form of Thaw's
insanity, saying he believed the de-
PENDANT "is suffering" from symptoms
allied to two forms of insanity-one
tending to m~elancholia and the other
to dementia. Thaw's attorneys made
no move to correct the witness.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21

Divine Healer Schlatter hobs up Just
as the muck rakers uncover lots OF
jobs In his line.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
Fire at

While watching a fire at Osnabrock
Mrs. Mike Hertzel and Charles I.inde-
Ivy, driving in a cutter, We're struck by
= Great Northern passenger train.
The horse was killed. the sleigh de
abolished, but the occupants escaped
with but slight injuries. The fire
started in Armstrong; bakery and dc,
stroyed that building. as we'll as Toy.
er's harness shop, Olsen's hotel build
Ing and Flager's meat market, In ad-
dition to the household effects of
families living on the second fioor of
all the buildings, entailing a loss of
100000. with an Insurance OF about
half hat amount. A defective pipe
or chimney is blamed for the fire.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1907-03-21
Bad Blaze in MInot.

In the first disastrous fire which
Minot has had for many years, ]. NJ.
Wilson'S large clothing store was COM
pletely Quilted. The fire started at |
O'Clock at night, evidently from an ex-
posed wire. The of,ce of the Minot
Daily Reporter, next door, WAS moved
into the street. but the building was
not greatly damaged. Wilson's entire
loss will amount to 100000 on the
stock, with $4,000 insurance. Loss
on building $4,000. with $4,000 in,
Surance.