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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
TRAFFIC is DEM0RALIzED
Washouts in Montana Badly
Cripple Railroads.

Butte, Mont, June 9.-The Oregon
Short Line is the only railroad operat-
ing trains out of Montana from this
point, though the Northern Pacific
soon will have three trains in from
the East. The washouts at Jefferson
Island had been repaired and all was
in readiness to send trains over the
line into Butte, when d rockslide oc-
CURED almost within sight of the city,
blocking the line for a number of
hours
Further information from the West
is to the effect that five miles of
track of the Northern Pacific are out
between Butte and Missoula, and ma
rooned passengers at Drummond Will
not be able TO get out OF that place
before a weeks time, according to the
railway people.
Missoula and Great Falls from all
reports have been the heaviest suffer
ers. and both cities are now cut off
from the outside world so far as rail
road transportation is concerned. The
Boston and Montana smelter at Great
Falls is flooded. The machinery is
damaged and The smelter cannot re-
sumo operations for at least a month.
More than 1000 men are employed in
the smelter. In Northern Montana
several small towns are reported par
TALLY under water.
The total death list from drowning
will probably be at least twelve or
fifteen when all reports are received.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
NEGROES THREATEN TO BOLT
Angry Over Treatment by Republican
National Committee.

Chicago, June S.-Threats to bolt
the Republican party for a new col
bred organization and violent attacks
On the Lilly White" delegates of the
South, William HI. Taft and Frank
Hitchcock, his campaign
were made in over a dozen churches
In Chicago. More than 10000 people
stood up and cheered the score of
speakers who addressed them. Reso-
lutlons asking the Republican party
to see that the negro was given his
constitutional rights and the full priv
ileges of national delegates were
adopted. The resolutions stated that
the appeal would be directed to the
Republican national convention and
asked the people to aid the colored
voters in securing their rights when
1t came before that body for consider
elton.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
New Battleships Named.

Washington, June S.-Secretary
Metcalf has announced that the two
new battleships authorized at the last
session of congress will be named
Florida and Utah, respectively. He
said that the next battleship author
lied would bear the name Wyoming.
The name of the monitor Florida will
be changed to that of some city in
that state. This announcement was
made after a conference between the
president and secretary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Fatally Injured in Sham Battle.

Brookings, S. D., June S.-Robert
Watson, a student of the South Da.
kota state college, was so seriously
injured in a sham battle at the col.
lege that death has resulted. Wat
son was captain of one of the militia
companies 81 the college, which were
entertaining e~Xcursionists with a
sham battle. His company was seal
Ing a ten-foot wall and in alighting he
fell upon an upturned bayonet which
penetrated the intestines.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
CHARGED WITH ARSON.
Man Accused of Setting Fire to Two
Hotels.

Hotels.
Charged with attempting to burn
up a hotel in which twenty people
were sleeping, Alfred Gordon was
bound over to the district court at
Flaxton.
Gordon, who OWNS the Pioneer no.
tel, is charged with attempting to
burn the Flaxton hotel on the night
of May s.. At that time there were
twenty people sleeping in the hotel,
and n of them, the cook, was nearly
~suffocated. 1t is alleged that Gordon
poured kerosene on the back Of the
kitchen door and set fire to it. Quite
a blaze had developed before the fire
was discovered, and extinguished with
difficulty. The cook was unconscious
when found, and if the discovery had
been made a few minutes later there
would have been several fatalities.
The theory is that he attempted to
burn the hotel so that the occupant
would rent his hotel. Later an at
tempt was made to burn the Pioneer
hotel, and Gordon is charged with set
ting fire to that also.
A bottle of kerosene and a candle
set fire to an old mattress in the gar
ret. Shortly after this fire was set
Gordon left town, and was later ar
rested in Bowbells. The fire in the
Pioneer hotel was discovered in time
to put it out before serious damage
was done. There was a mortgage of
$3.50, past due on the Pioneer hotel,
and there was $3.50 insurance on it.
The theory of the state was that after
failing to burn the Flaxton hotel, Cor.
don then set fire to his own hotel, so
as to get the insurance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
MS COURSE UPHELD
President and Secretary Taft APP
prove HitctcOck's Methods.
TOLD TO MAKE NO CHANGE
Those Now Falling at Chicago Have
Been Making Wa on the Ad-
ministration.

Washington, June S.-Any doubt
that may have existed as to whether
the administration and Secretary Taft
approve of the methods pursued by
Frank Hitchcock, the manager of the
Taft interests in Chicago, in dealing
with the contesting delegations be-
fore the national committee was set
at rest by the dispatch of a telegram
by Secretary Taft to MI. Hitchcock
directing him to make no change in
the methods he is pursuing. Presi-
dent Roosevelt does not conceal his
satisfaction at the work being done
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Found Dead in BED.

The body of John Mabin, aged fifty
years, was found dead in bed at his
home in Minot and an investigation
of the premises resulted in the dis
covery of a bottle of laudanum.
Whether 1t was Intentional or not is
not known. Mr.. Mabin, 1t is said, was
In the habit Of taking small doses of
laudanum, and it may be that he took
a larger dose than was intended.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11

In Chicago. The administration view
Is disclosed in the following utterance,
which exactly represents not only the
views of the president but of Secre-
tary Taft:
Now is the time to settle the mat
ter. Those who are falling at Chi
cago are the very ones who have been
making %unceasing war on the admins
tration for a long time and had the
tables been turned would have gone
the limit of their power to eliminate
the Roosevelt influence on the party"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, June s.-Cattle-Beeves
$4.90@7.65; Texans, $4.7O@5.SO; west.
erners S4.60@6.OO; stockers and feed.
ers, $2.60@5.50: COWS and heifers, 49,.
4o@6.5G: calves, $4.5O@6.OO. Hogs
Light. $5.15@5.55; mixed. $5.15@5.-
62h; heavy. s5.10@5.57A; good to
choice heavy. $5.25@5.57k; pigs, s4..
30@5.1O. Sheep. s3.15@4.9O; year.
lings. $4.60@5.50; lambs. $4.OO06.10.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
DECLARES HE WRONGED HER
Nurses Reason fc, Killing New York
Physician.

New York, June 8.-Sarah Koten,
the young trained nurse who lured DR.
Martin w. Auspitz to a house in Har-
lem by a false telephone call and shot
him to death after she had lain in
wait for him many hours, declared
that she had no regret for her act.
Il hot him, but did not murder
him." she said in a cell in the police
station as she awaited the summons
to appear in court. II killed him be.
Il he had wronged me and then
refused to help me. ! tried to punish
him in the courts, but found myself
powerless. My father and mother are
dead, sc | had to protect my honor
myself"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Six Dead in Mine Disaster.

silverton. Colo, June Silk men
r dead. eight others in a dangerous
condition from breathing foul air and
twenty-five to thirty more temporarily
confined to their homes from weak
ness due to contact with poisoned air
IN the Gold King mine, located at
Gladstone. The accident was caused
by a fire In the engine room of the
nine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
HILL GIVES MORE MONEY
Grand Forks Institution Will Try to
Raise $125,oo0 to Put With 1t.

Chairman J. j. Hill of the Great
Northern has subscribed $4,000 to-
ward a $150,000 fund for Wesley col
lege of Grand Forks. Announcement
of the gift was made by President E.
P. Robertson on his return from st.
Paul, where he had a conference with
the railway magnate. This is the Sec
ond gift Of Mr.. Hill to Wesley col
lege. A few years ago he subscribed
$4,000. President Robertson plans to
secure the endowment of $15O,O00 this
summer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
WILL GO UNRESTRICTED.
Maryland Delegation to Convention
in Denver.

Baltimore, June 4.-The Democratic
state convention vas held here and
delegates to the national convention
at Denver were elected and a platform
adopted. The latter makes no men.
ton of the candidacy for the presi-
dental nomination of William ].
Bryan, and his followers, who had
been demanding half the delegation
sent to Denver. count but four sure
Bryan men among the sixteen dele
gates chosen.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Mans Eyes Badly Burned.

With the sight Of one eye lost and
the other badly injured, George Will
son was taken to Fargo from Leal.
Something went wrong with his acety-
lsne gas tank. He thought the gas
vas all out and crawled inside to in
vestigate. He struck a match, causing
an explosion, which badly injured his
eyes and burned his face. Specialists
say there is a chance to save the sight
of one eye.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
GUILTY OF MANsLAUGHTER
Boy of Fifteen Is Sent to the Reform
School. j

In the district court at Grand Forks
Earl Nelson, fifteen years old, entered
a plea of guilty to the charge of man
slaughter in the second degree and
was sentenced to the reform school
at Mandan until he comes of age.
Nelson shot Rudolph Waxvik while
lourishing a revolver in Demars ave-
nue. a few weeks ago. The shooting
was accidental, but the coroner's jury
found that Nelson should be held for
manslaughter. He has led other boys
in many wild escapades.
At the time of the shooting the lads
were on their way to the Red river
bank to attack a fisherman who had
driven them away from his lines.
They had four revolvers and Nelson
was handling two of the weapons.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Former Husband Held for Crime.

Appleton, Wis, June 8.-The Jury
in the Mrs. Minnie Grunert case re-.
turned a verdict to the effect that the
woman met her death by being struck
on the head with some blunt instru-
ment and then strangIed by a rope
placed around her neck and fastened
to a hook in a clothes closet and recon.
mend that Paul Krause, the woman's
former husband. be held for the crime.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Condition Still Critical.

New York, June 6.-Oliver H. P.
Belmont, who has been dangerously
ill for several days with appendicitis
at his summer home at Hampstead, l..
L., is reported to be a little better.
His condition, however. is still regard.
ed as critical.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Thrown From Horse and Killed.

William MARBLE, a young herder
residing near Buchanan, north of
Jamestown, was thrown from his
horse while driving cattle to pasture
and was almost instantly killed. The
pony became frightened at something
in the road and careened wildly,
throwing the boy to the ground. The
horse stumbled and fell with the rider
and rolled upon him, crushing the life
from his body.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. June S.-Wheat-June,
91kc; July, S5% @S5Ac; Sept,
SAVE; Dec, $3.50. Corn-July, 66kc;
Sept. 65%@65kc; Dec. $3.50. Oats
July. old, 1850; July, 41%c; Sept,
$3.50. Pork-July, 1885; Sept, $13..
921hc. Butter-Creameries, 19@23c;
diaries, 17@21c. Eggs-14c. Poultry
Turkeys, 14c; chickens. 1Ohc;
spring chickens, 20@23c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Caught Under Falling Window.

Mary Bozt, aged thirteen, was killed
at Foxholm by a falling window. The
young girl had closed the door of the
church in which services were being
held and then tried to get back
through an open window. Just as she
was climbing in the heavy window
fell, catching her chest. The girl
choksd to deathibefore help arrived.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
ST. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, June S.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, s6.O0@6.75; fair to
good, $5.O0@5.75; good to choice COWS
and heifers. $4.50@5.5O; veal calves,
S3.75@5.O0. Hogs-$5.25@5.4O. Sheep
Good to choice wethers, $4.25@45O;
good to choice lambs, S4.50@5.0O.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Bubonjc PLAQUE in Trinidad.

Port of Spain, Trinidad, June g.
There have been two cases of bubonic
plague here, both of which proved IA
tai. No new cases have been report
ed and every p%recaution is being taken
to prevent a recurrence of the disease.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Neck Broken by Fall.

Charles Smith, a laborer on the
farm of w. H. Brown, seven miles
southwest of Bisbee, fell down stairs
while going to breakfast and broke
or dislocated his neck. and lies paral.
yzed. He is dying.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Honor Worst and Winters.

The thirty-third degree in Masonry
was conferred at Fargo on two candi-
dates, ]. H. Worst, president of the
North Dakota agricultural college,
and w. F. Winters of Langdon. They
were elected at the biennial session
Of the supreme council in Washing
ton last fall.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, June S.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive-No. 1 hard, $1.OS%;
No. / Northern, $1.06%; No. 2 North.
ern, s1.02$; July. S1.o4A; Sept,
SSAc. FlaX-To arrive, Oh track and
July. S1.21N; Sept, $1.20R; Oct,
S11Q
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, June S.-Wheat-July,
$1.03A @1.0aM; Sept, S7sc. On track
No. l hard, $1.10; No. / Northern,
$l.0S; No. 2 Northern $1.05h @1.O6;
No. 8 Northern. $1.01@1.O4.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Sixteen Workmen Killed.

Vienna, June 6.-Sixteen workmen
we're killed and seventeen others more
or less seriously injured by an explo.
sion In a celluloid factory at Of
:akring, a suburb of Vienna.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-06-11
Pardon for Murderers.

The state board of pardons granted
a pardon to Albert K. Knutson of
Pierce county, sentenced for man
slaughter, and who has served nearly
five years of his term. The state
board also pardoned Bert Benedict of
Williston, who was sentenced to IF
teen years Imprisonment for man
slaughter. Benedict gave morphine
to a woman at Williston and she died
from the effects. The woman was a
morphine tiend, and Benedict was par
TALLY under the effects of morphine
and whiskey when the drug was adj
ministered. He has served four years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-05-15

ion and philosophy in each of the diff.
ferent tongues.
Previous to Miss Colton's new rec
ord the most accomplished linquist
known claimed knowledge of only
SO languages.
Miss Colton's list, moreover, in
cludes long roll of different tongues,
which are numbered among the most
difficult in the world to learn and
which include Chinese, PAIL Avestan,
Sanscrit, Hebrew, Syrian, Assyrian,
Arabic and Persian.
While this now famous American
woman was following the occupation
of a vocal teacher at the Pennington
Comm Seminary for Girls, number
of years ago she first became inter-
ested in the Oriental languages
through having been brought in con-
tact with several pupils from the far
east Her intense interest became
passion, and in the interval since then
she has devoted nearly all her time to
the mastering of the different
tongues. Many years ago she became
fluent user of the romance languages,
such as Italian, Spanish and French.
The greatest tribute to her wonder
full memory lies in the fact that the
roots of the different numerous east
ern languages which she has learned
are all entirely different from those
of the western tongues. II the pres
ent-day colleges throughout the world
separate courses are held in such Ian.
guages as Hebrew, Sanscrit and Per-
| sian, and to obtain a working knowl-
edge of any single one is considered
difficult task.
When Miss Cotton first took up the
| study of the eastern langues she was
| located not far from Yale college, and
1t was there that she acquired her ele-
mentary training in these different
tongues. Within short time the
| young woman had come to be looked
upon as a prodigy among the most
learned Yale professors.
| Miss Cotton and Prof. Spooner have
been on the borderland of Afghanis-
tan, among the mountains, where the
first articulate speech is supposed to
have originated. q
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-05-15
WAS SAVED BY LINCOLN.
Strange Case of Franklin w. Smith
Of Boston.

That an innocent man could be ar
rested in Boston on false charge,
committed to a fortress without
hearing, tried by court-martial, though
a civilian, found guilty against the
evidence produced and sentenced to
Imprisonment, seems hardly possible
to the present generation, who asso-
ciate such things only with the pages
of fiction.
Yet this was the experience Of
Franklin w. Smith, one of the found
ers of the Boston Young Mems Chris
tian association, now resident of
Washington. But for the timely inter
vention of President Lincoln, Mr..
Smith might not now be following his
present profession as an architect;
indeed, he might have worn out his
life in a dungeon cell, like some un-
happy victim in the infamous prison
of the Bastile under Louis XVI. of
France.
Mr.. Smith suffered from a conspira-
cy that could have existed only when
the country was disturbed by war,
says the Boston Globe. BY this cabal
his innocence was made to appear in
the eyes of the government officials
who dealt with his case as the black
est guilt.
The conspirators were contractors
dealing with the government, with
whom Mr.. Smith had clashed, and they
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-05-15
More Troops Are Called Out.

Columbus, O.-At the request of
the sheriff and prosecuting attor-
ney of Adams county, who de-
clared that the Night Riders there
were destroying tobacco beds and
the situation was such that the civil
authorities were unable to control 1t,
Gov. Harris last night instructed
Adjt. Gen. Critchfield to order out
Company G of the Seventh infantry,
o. N. G., at Manchester, Adams coun-
ty. Adams county is Immediately
east of Brown county. where Troop
of Columbus Is now on duty.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-05-15

Notwithstanding the refusal OF May
or Johnson to accept harmony agree
ment early in the afternoon, as the
session of the convention dragged out
the tension relaxed and the nomina-
tions for attorney general and treas
urer of state were thrown to candi-
dates known to be favored by the
Cleveland mayor, and when it came to
the selection of delegates at large to
the national convention Johnson was
chosen as one of the "big four" by
acclamation.
There was fight over the indorse-
ment of a candidate for United States
senator. The name of ex-Gov. Camp
bell was the only one presented. A
delegate attempted to present the
name of M. e. ingalls, of Cincinnati,
but he was ruled out of order. Upon
a roll call being demanded. 647 votes
were cast for Campbell. There were
253 votes in opposition to any indorse-
ment.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-05-15
LINcoLN's SUPERB FAITH.
An Incident of His Trust In the
Nations Ultimate Victory.

AS illustrative of Mr.. Lincoln's su-
perb faith, / will give an instance that
have never seen in print, writes
Gen. o. o. Howard in Century.
In the largest room in the White
House, on the second floor, were gath
cred a number of officers of the army,
then of prominence by reason of the
commands that they held in the field;
many civilians who held no office, but
who had come from the north to see
Washington and pay their respects to
Mr.. Lincoln, and perhaps get contracts
essential to running the government;
and a few members of congress.
At first 1t appeared more like
large reception, where, after shaking
hands, people stayed to chat with one
another. Not far from Mr.. Lincoln, a
prominent senator, whom we may call
Senator D., in strong, deep voice.
remarked: II believe that, II we could
only do right as a people, the Lord
would help us and we should have a
decided success in this terrible strug-
gle." Mr.. Lincoln, hearing the re-
mark of the senator, with his clear.
shrill enunciation, cried out: MY
faith is greater than yours"
Everybody turned and looked at the
president, who was head and shoul-
ders above all there assembled. The
senator who had spoken then said:
How so, Mr.. Lincoln?'
81 am confident" said he, that God
will make US do sufficiently right to
give US the victory-~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-05-15

Of the board of public appraisers and as
SCISSORS. This condition, known to the
governor, was not acted upon by him
though the law adequately empowered
him to act, and 1t can be remedied only
by the passage of suitable laws safe
guarding the deposits of public money
at the best obtanable rates of interest,
and by substituting new officers for those
under whom these abuses have grown
up.
Passage of suitable primary election
laws and election of United States sena-
tors by direct vote Of the people are rec
commended and 1t is urged that appro-
priations be made at the next session of
congress for providing a nine-foot stage
of water in the Ohio river from Pitts
burg to Cairo.
Passage by congress of the Sherwood
bill granting the dollar day" PEN
sion to the surviving veterans of the civil
war is favored.
1t is declared that, implicitly trusting to
the wisdom of the national convention in
making a declaration of Democratic
principles, the state convention omits all
announcement on national issues.
The platform closes as follows:
We heartily and enthusiastically in
dorse the presidential candidacy of
William J. Bryan and instruct the entire
Ohio delegation to vote for his nomina-
ton at the Democratic national conven-
ton, in the belief that his nomination
will insure an overwhelming victory at
the polls in November.
We learn with profound regret of the
serious illness of ex-President Grover
Cleveland and we extend to him the sin
cere assurance OF our sympathy. with the
earnest hope and prayer for his speedy
recovery.