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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
NORTH DAKOTA TOWNS THREAT
EN- TO BURN RAILROAD
PROPERTY.
ARE NOW IN DIRE DISTRESS
CHARGE MADE THAT RAILROAD Ia
NOT TRYING TO MOVE ITS
TRAINS.

Fargo, N. D., Feb. 9.-Reports of .
serious fuel famine in various towns
on the branch lines of the Great North.
ern and Northern Pacific in different
parts of the state continue to come in
One of the latest is from Sharon
This town is situated on the Anets
branch of the Great Northern, where.
on account Of the deep snow. the train
service has been very irregular for the
past six weeks. A telei,h ,ae message
received here states that the citizens
are entirely out of fuel and that al.
though two trains went through. there
yesterday no fuel was left. Growing
desperate. the citizens have threatened
to cut down the telegraph poles and
tear down the station to use for fuel
unless relief socn arrives.
At Lengion, ii the northern: part of
the state, fuel is so scarce that It; has
been necessary to close the city cleo.
trio light plan and the public schools
will have to be closed within O few
days unless supply of coal arrives.
Appeal for Aid. -.
Bismarck, N. D.. Feb. 9.-An appeal
for aid has been received from the
Commercial club Of Lansford. The coal
shortage there has reached the danger
line, and unless relief is had within
twenty-four hours suffering will be.
come acute. Many families have had
no fuel for some time and are burning
straw to keep from freezing.
Give Coal Right Of Way.
Duluth, Feb. 9. - "No box cars be-
longing to this company shall be load
ed with any merchandise except coal.
There is crying demand for coal for
commercial purposes. All cars loaded
with coal shall be given preference
over cars loaded with any other COM
modify. These orders are in effect un-
til further notice. =. ''s.|.' - :
The above order was issued last
night by E. G. Blanchard, superin.
tendent of the Lake Superior division
Of the Northern Pacific railroad.
Say Roads Are Not Trying.
Washington, Feb. 9.-An urgent ap-
peal for fuel has been received by the
interstate commerce commission from
Edinburg, n. D. A dispatch says sur-
fering there is imminent and business
places are closing and groceries are
running out of supplies. There have
been no local freights since Dec. "a.
The charge is made that the railroad
line is open, but little or no effort is
made to move trains.
Chairman Knapp has called the at
tention of President Hill Of the Great
Northern railway to the matter.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Crimes and Criminals.

Z. w. Emmons is under arrest in
Chicago. charged with swindling a
number of people through the sales oi
mining stock.
4 fine of $4,000 has been imposed
upon the Camden Iron Works compa
ny of Camden. N. j.. which was recent
ly convicted of accepting rebates on q
shipment to Winnipeg.
Charles McGill. late manager of the
defunct Ontario bank at Toronto, has
pleaded guilty to making false re
turns and has been sentenced to five
years in the peniten1iary.
Advised by his father, William Weis
miller, aged nineteen, pleaded guilty
at st. Louis TO second degree murder
and was sentenced 10 ninety-nine
years in the penitentiary.
The grand jury which has been con
Quoting an investigation into the liquor
question at Elliader, Iowa. has re
turned forty-nine indictments against
Saloonkeepers in Clayton county fol
willfully maintaining nuisances and
conducting liquor traffic in open viola
ton of the law.
Frank Frink shot and killed Miss
Bessie Newton, daughter of prOmi
nent citizen of Ponca. Neb., at hel
home, and then sent Il bullet into his
own body. He is not expected to re
cover. Miss Newton was to have been
married the following day to Edward
O'Donnell. Frink was IL rejected
snitOr
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
news Of WEEK SUMMARIZED
IMPORTANT EVENTS At HOME
AND ON FOREIGN SHORES
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Washinqton Notes.

Appropriations aggregating $685.
1S0.561 are carried in the postoffice
bill. The postoftice appropriations for
the current year were S191 ,67O,562.
A bill was introduced in the house
making Sept. % paul Jones day. in
the navy, and providing that all Amer.
lean naval vessels in United States
ports shall dress ship on that day.
Senator Hansbrough introduced the
bill recently favorably acted upon by
the house committee on ways and
means which permits small distilleries
to manufacture denatured alcohol
The omnibus lighthouse bill, carry
ing an appropriation of S1.59S,50O for
the lighthouse establishment and an
additional sum of $4,000 for add
tional lighthouse keepers dwellings,
has been passed by the house.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
TO SAVE HER HUSBAND SHE
LAYS BARE lNNERMosT Sc.
cRETs OF HER SOUL.
BLACK TRfACHtRY OF WHITE
TELLS STORY OF HOW DEAD MAN
PLANNED TO WRECK HER
YOUNG LIFE.

New York. Feb. S.-The defense of
Harry X. Thaw under the direction of
Attorney Dolphin NJ. Delmas of Cali
fornia began to assume definite shape
yesterday, and when an adjournment
was taken testimony had been placed
before the jury to the effect that STAN
ford White had been heard to make a
threat to kill the notwithstanding
the threat with the display Of re.
volver; that Thaw's actions following
the killing OF White on the roof OF
Madison Square Garden was consider
ed by several eye-witnesses
To Have Been "lrrational;"
that an uncle of the defendant was ill.,
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
SAVED A PICTURE FIRST.

When Trotter Came To He Entered
Burning House and Rescued Family.
Des Moines, Feb. 8. - Leaving his
wife and seven children surrounded by
flames in his home at 1 a. m. yester-
day, Taylor Trotter grabbed an expen-
sive oil painting of his mother and
rushed out into the snow. The cold
upon his bare feet aroused him, and he
rescued his family with great diff
Guilty. He was badly burned on the
hands and head.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Accidental Happenings.

Fire destroyed ten store buildings at
Mound Valley, Kan. causing q loss OF
$4,000.
The Imperial porcelain works at
Trenton, N. j.. burned. The loss is es.
timated at 100000.
An engine exploded at Lexington.
KY, killing switchman and fatally
injuring two trainmen.
Antoine Felix Garbe United States
consular agent st Bena, Algeria, was
killed by falling from a bridge.
The woodworking plant of the Willis
Veneer company at Plymouth. N. g..
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $250000
A dozen wholesalers and commission
merchants We're burned out in New
York. The total loss was about $780,.
600.
A six-story building in Chicago, oc.
cupied by several manufacturing con.
Germs, practically was detroyed by fire
last night. The damage was estimat
ed at $4,000.
Miss Bertha Goothell was instantly
killed, Stewart Sherman was probably
fatally injured and George Morris. a
.hackman, was seriously hurt when a
cab was struck by freight train at
Long Branch, Nj.
AS result of sleeping. intoxicated.
in an ice house all night when the
thermometer registered 2 degrees lie
low zero out doors, Henry Franzan, a
pioneer tailor of Minnesota and Iowa.
is lying at the point of death at Iowa
City. Iowa. Both feet are frozen on
and gangrene exists.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
of that girlhood at sixteen years q
Ruined by White.

Ruined by White.
1t was the story of her meeting with
Stanford White. the story Of the
sumptuous studio apartment, to which
she had been enticed by the carefully
planned strategem of her betrayer-
the story of glass of champagne, Of
black, whirling sensations and Of mir.
rored bedroom walls. In short, she
told all the story of how her ruin was
accomplished.
Don't scream; 1t is all over; it Ii
all right"
And this was Stanford White?''
The question came from Dolphin NJ.
Delmas, now conducting the defense OF
Harry Thaw.
Yes, sir"
Harry Thaw Weeps.
The stiffness of the great crowd was
its tribute to the effect of the girls
story. Into the narrative there entered
nothing of the woman of the world.
Thaw. with his head buried in his
hands. handkerchief covering the
eyes, bent over the table as he sobbed.
Mrs. Thaw was still on the stand,
her direct examination uncompleted
when the day was done.
Letters Introduced.
Once during the afternoon she was
excused for an hour while Lawyer
Frederick Longfellow was sworn to
fix the date of certain letters written
to him by Harry Thaw subsequent I'd
the revelations Miss Nesbit had made
to him in Paris.
The letters which eventually were
offered in evidence after much object
ing by Mr.. jerome are regarded as cor.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
York;.

roborative of Mrs. Thaw's testimony.
They also were offered as tending to
show the state of mind of the de-
PENDANT just after he had heard from
her own lips the story of the girl he
loved and her relations with the man
1t is claimed he killed as q result OF
insanity inherited in part and induced
by stress of circumstances.
Fridays Proceedings.
New York, Feb. 10.- Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw again yesterday was the central
figure at her husbands trial.
Picking up the threads of her life's
story where she had dropped them the
evening before, she brought the nara
tive down to her wedding In Pittsburg
on April 4, 1905. and their return to
New York following honeymoon trip
in the West. She declared she had
heard White call to her on the street
once after this, and that on another
occasion he had followed her in cab
White Tried to Kiss Her.
Mrs. Thaw declared yesterday that
Stanford White. during the year which
followed her experience in the room OF
the mirrored walls, repeatedly sought
to have her visit him alone, and on
one occasion had attempted to kiss
her.
i told Harry" she said, that MIR.
White had begged me, had pleaded and
cried and scolded and done everything
he could to make me come to see him
alone. refused and told Mr.. White
| did not care to trust him."
After her return from Europe and
during the months she would not see
Harry Thaw. because of the dreadful
things Mr.. White and his friends told
about him." she declared Thaw &C.
cused her of improper relations with
the architect.
Il told him it was a lie and that !
had hot" she testified. -
The defense had Mrs. Thaw tell OF
another incident which has been cited
in her life-her acquaintance with
Jack" Barrymore, the actor.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14

Barrymore Proposed Twice.
II thought him very nice," she said,
land one day at Mr.. Whites studio
he said. Evelyn, will you marry me?'
said, I don't know He asked me a
second time, and again I said, I don't
know Mr.. White told me l would be
very foolish to marry Mr.. Barrymore,
and my mother said SO. too, and we. all
quarreled and the upshot of the whole
thing was that Mr.. White said ought
to be sent away to school, and l was
sent to New jersey"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Personal.

Daniel Osiris. the philanthrcpist
who in 1890 presented Malmaison 10
the French nation. is dead at Paris.
g. ]. Grammer. vice president. of the
New York Central. died i'll Chicago aft.
or an illness lasting several weeks.
Mrs. Drusilla Morrell, whose hus
band fought in the War of 1915. is
dead in Brooklyn at the age of 102.
N. Diment, the we'll known race
horse owner and millionaire lumber
man, died at Barrie, Ont, after a
short illness.
Patrick Crane. the oldest railroad
man in Maryland. died in Cumberland.
He never used eyeglasses and could
see to thread the finest needle up to
three months ago.
Former Governor. Preston H. Leslie
died at Helena, Mont. aged eighty
eight He had the distinction of hav.
ing been governor Of Kentucky and Of
the territory of Montana.
Brig. Gen. S. B. Holabird, retired,
one of the Oldest and best known army
officers in the country and former
nuartermaster general, died in Wash.
ington after brief illness.
Rev. Seymour A. Baker, one of the
founders of the Republican party, pro-
slavery agitator, Presbyterian minis
ter and editor of note, died in his
home in Kansas City of pneumonia.
Prof. William C. Pickett, one of the
best known medical authorities in the
United States on nervous diseases and
q member of the faculty of the Medico-
Chirurgical college Of Philadelphia. is
dead.
John ]. II. Kelly. late of the Fifth
infantry and veteran of the Sitting
Bull and Chief Joseph Indian wars,
died at the breakfast table at Spring
field. Ill. He won a medal of honor for
conspicuous bravery in action.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
TOO Much Local caior

TOO MUCH Local Color.
1u1old Knutt had unfolded a hard
luck tale Of an unusually narrowing
nature and was waiting for results.
that's the kind of story l should
naturally expect. you to tell,' said the
unsympathetic man of the house. eye
ing him with every indication of in,
credulity.
What's de matter wit it?". asked
Tu6old Knutt.
1T won't wash"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
FIRE Rours STUDENTS.

eoarders Flee In "Niehties" From
Burning House.
Cedar Falls, Iowa. Feb. "a fire in
boarding house on Normal Hill
caused a wild panic among twenty
students who were boarding at the
place, and number of them jumped
from the windows clad only in their
night garments. Beyond a few frost.
bitten toes and ears. however. none
were seriously harmed.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
| NORTHWEST IS IN
BLHzARD'S GRASP
ALREADY BAD CONDITIONS ARE
MADE MUCH WoRsE-TRAlNs
BLOCKED.
LONG, HARD FIGHT FOR ROADS
WINTER HAS BEEN LONG eLiZ.
zARD- DEATH AND SUFFER-.
ING IN DAKOTA.

st. Paul, Feb. >. The Northwest,
from Wisconsin to Montana. is in the
grasp OF a cold wave and an accompa
nying blizzard that is doing nue., To
make already bad conditions much
worse. No extreme cold is recorded.
although in the Dakotas, Montana AMI
Western Canada the range is far be-
low zero. The high winds from the
northwest and the snow tiur.ies add tn
the discomfort. The range in temper
ature in the Dakotas. Montana and
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14

sane: that Evelyn Nesbit Thaw passed
a note to her husband during dinner at
the Cafe Martin on the evening of the
tragedy; that District Attorney Je-
rome has this note, and refused, on
the demand of the defense, to intro
duce it in evidence. i,
Threatened Thaw's Life.
The threat against Thaw's life was
made two years and a half before the
tragedy occurred. District Attorney
Jerome objected to the introduction of
the evidence, declaring the defense
was not understood by him to be one
Of self-defense.
Mr.. Delmas replied that the defense
intended to take advantage of every
legal defense allowed in the State OF
New York, be it insanity, self-defense
or any other legitimate justification OF
the taking Of human life.
thursdays Proceedings.
New York, Feb. g.. Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw told her story yesterday. To
save the life of her husband, charged
with murder, she barred to the world
the innermost secrets of her soul. 1t
was the same story she told Harry
Thaw in Paris in 1908, when he had
asked her to become his wife-the con-
fession of one who fell. There was an
insurmountable barrier to her ever
becoming the bride of the man she
loved.
In the big witness chair she appear
ed but slip of girl, and she told the
pitiful story Of her eventful young life
in frank, girlish way.
Sad Story Of Her Life.
AS the young wife unfolded the mar
rative of her girlhood and told the ear
ly struggles Of herself and her mother
to keep body and soul together; OF
how she finally was able to earn a
livelihood by posing for photographers
and artists, she won the murmured
sympathy of the throng which filled
every available space in the big court
room.
Then came the relation of the wreck
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14

T. M. Kruger, a homesteader resid-
ing twenty.one miles northwest of vii.
liston, who reached here yesterday.
stated that within a radius Of eight
miles of his home seven men had
frozen to death on their claims.
South Dakota Hard Hit.
Pierre, S. D., Feb. 6.-Reports 70.
ceived by phone from points within .
radius of fifty miles indicate that the
storm of yesterday afternoon and last
night was severe blizzard out in the
open, but luckily did not last long. So
far as known no lives were lost, but
several who were caught on the prai.
rie had a hard time to ind shelter.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Must Spend Life in Prison,

Must Spend Life in Prison.
Ireton, Iowa, Feb. 9.-Matt Baldes.
who kicked his wife to death In the
presence Of their two young children.
will have to spend the remainder OF
his days in the states prison.. accord
ing to the decision Of the Iowa supreme
court yesterday.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Hanged for Murder.

Michigan City, Ind, Feb. 9.-George
Williams, colored; who with Jesse Coe.
another negro, now a fugitive, killed
Policemen Petticord and Russell In In.
dianapolis last September, was hanged
in the Indiana state prison this morn
ing.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
.Iail II Emntx.

Fergus Falls. Mimi, Feb. 5.-For the
first time since its erection, twenty
years ago. the Otter Tail county Jail is
without prisoner the last man occu.
plying a cell having been released yes
terday.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Domestic.


Frank Gotch, champion wrestler, de-
feated Farmer Burns in bout at Biz.
mingham, Ala.
The Tennessee house has passed
bill making it a felony to keep a place
where betting ON horse races is allow.
ed.
Gen. Booth, head of the Salvation
army, has accepted an invitation to ad.
dress the Canadian club at Ottawa in
March.
The Russian orthodox church has
decided to create a new bishopric in
the United States. 1t will be located
in Chicago.
All conductors, trainmen and yard
men of the Southern railroad are tc
receive an increase in wages aggregat.
'ng 100000 a year.
The Speer anti-pass bill was defeat
ed by the Missouri house. 1t was de.
clared by the members that the bill
was not drastic enough.
Three governors. graduates OF
Brown university. have promised to
address the Brown club of New York
at its annual dinner, Feb. II.
The Nebraska house of representa-
tives has passed a bill forbidding no
boes to ride on trains and authorizing
he conductor to arrest them.
German exports to the United States
show a remarkable growth. The total
value in 1906 was $30,0O0,00O, against
s25, 0OO. 900 in the preceding year.
For the first time in the history OF
the New Orleans United States mint
Mexican money is being coined there.
Five million pieces have been con
.racted for.
Senator La Toilette denies the an.
nouncement of the engagement of his
daughter, Miss Fola La Toilette, late.
ly made from Madison, Wis, and wide
y circulated.
BY vote of GO to 6, the Cincinnati
Congregation Of Zion, founded by
Dowie and nurtured by Voliva, has de.
termined to cut loose from the parent
church in Zion City.
Henry Bradley. an aged negro. died
in Nashville, Tenn. Bradley claimed
to have at one time belonged to Dave
Crockett. the famous hunter and
statesman.
Clear Lake, Iowa, claims to hold the
record for the greatest number of &C.
togenarians. Out of a total population
Of less than 1900 there are, by actual
count, IFS people who are eighty years
u over.
President Diaz of Mexico has ex
pressed a desire to visit Los Angeles
during the imperial council of the
Mystic Shriners in May. Local Shrin-
ers are preparing for the expected Wis.
it of the executive of the Southern re-.
public.
A curious thing happened at the
Swift poultry plant at Leon. Iowa, be.
cause of the sudden change in Ne
weather. One hundred and sixty.five
geese and sixty.five turkeys died in one
lay. Coroner Bowman examined
some of the dead and pronounced the
cause of death to be pneumonia.
A record unparalleled in the railwa,
annals Of the country is shown in the
'eport of the Duluth, South Shore E.
ltlantic. la the forty years OF its ex-
stence it has never yet killed pas.
senger.
Representative Spight of Mississippi
Introduced bill providing that Secre-
airy Shaw shall divide the cotton tax
ind among the cotton growing states
or use in pensioning Confederate sol
liers and their widows.
TIE La Crosse Tribune. started
'hree years ago, has been sold to the
publishers of the Davenport Times.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Western Canada is from to SO de
grees below zero.
Lono and Hard iEuht.

grees below zero.
Long and Hard Fight.
The railroads of the Northwest have
been engaged ever since Thanksgiving
in the biggest struggle in their his
tory. Realizing that the vast conf
merce of the country has to be moved
as promptly as possible in order to
meet the wants and needs of the PEG.
pie, the railroad officials have spared
neither effort nor expense in keeping
the lines open.
The roads have been confronted
with the worst billiards. that have
swept the prairies of North Dakota in
thirty years.
North Dakota Trains Blocked.
Fargo, Feb. 5.-What is by far the
worst storm of the winter and one OF
the worst which ever swept over
North Dakota is just subsiding after
having wrought havoc with the train
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Two Tots Are Burned,

Marshalltown, Iowa, Feb. 3. - In a
heroic attempt to save the life of her
three-year-old sister Minnie, Louise
Cagasen. seven years old, was burned
to death while the other child. was so
badly injured that her life is despaired
Of
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Enoineer and Fireman KilIed.

'0S' ~"S "S"Sh s>"'SSs
Ossining, N. Y, Feb. 10.-The engi.
neer and fireman Of the Adirondack 4
Montreal express were killed and sew.
eral passengers slightly injured when
the express crashed into the rear of
freight train,
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Fall From c.oe 1. Fata,.

Butte, Mont, Feb. 5.-Michael Null.
fins, thirty years old. was instantly
killed by falling from cage in which
he and a companion were ascending
from the 1,2OO.foot level of the Cora
lline.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Bad Blaze in House.

Minneapolis, Feb. Sc. A. Smith,
the millionaire lumberman, lost.be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 as a result of
a fire at his home yesterday forenoon.
1t is expected that the insurance will
about cover the loss.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Seven Miners Entombed.

SeVen M1nerS 1Eht6Mbed,
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. 10. - Seven
miners are entombed in No. 10 colliery
of the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal
company at Wanamje, and there is
little hope of rescuing them. Fire
broke out on the fourth lift and is
burning fiercely.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Wanamaker's Home Burned.

Philadelphia, Feb. 10. = Lyndhurst,
the handsome country home of Former
Postmaster General John Wanamaker
at Shelton Hills was destroyed by fire
last night, entailing a loss estimated
at $750,00O.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
GIFT to Build Boys school,

Oskaloosa, Iowa, Feb. 5: - BY the
will of Mrs. Zerilda A. Coke, the resi-.
due of her estate, amounting to nearly
$14 1000, is to he used to build school
for boys at Lucknow. India. in memory
of her son,
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-02-14
Burned to Dealt, by Explosion.

Burned to Death by Explosion.
Cleveland, Feb. S. - John Burke
aged twenty-five years, was burned to
death, and Mary Gardner Masterson,
aged twenty years, was seriously
burned last night by an explosion of a
gasoline lamp.