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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Items of a Week From Various
Parts of the State.
NAMED THE STATE TICKET
StaIwart Wing of the Republican Par
NJ ty Appears to Have Won Ma
jority of Offices.

With somewhere in the neighborhood
of a third of the counties in the state
to hear from, the stalwart wing of the
Republican party seems to have
named the state ticket, with the pos
stble exception of the supreme court
Judge, and 1t appears as though Spald-
Ing will be nominated to succeed him
self. Missing returns are not likely
to change the result materially. The
standing for United States senator
from authoritative computations based
on returns actually to hand are Mar
shall, 5000; M. N. Johnson, $500; Lit
tie. $500; Hansbrough, 1920. The
latter seems to have carried Ward
county 200 to the good. l.. B. Hanna
Of Fargo was nominated for con-
gross by at least 10000 plurality, with
CONGRESSMAN Grenna a close second
to.succeed himself. There were nine
candidates. G. A. Johnson of Minot,
stafwart, defeated Treadwell Twichell,
insurgent, for governor, by a majority
which is o claimed to be $4,000
and carried the rest Of the stalwart
state ticket with him, excepting SUI
preme court Judge and state superin-
tendent of schools, which will be close.
r. G. Cooper for insurance commits
sioner is renominated and Gilbreath
for department of agriculture. No re-
liable returns as to the legislature are
at hand.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
WRECKED BY STORM.
Many Buildings Were Demolished by
Wind Near Minot.

A heavy storm which passed
through Minot, while it did but little
damage in the city, damaged thou
sands of dollars worth of property in
the surrounding country.
At Tagps a feed mill was complete
ly demolished and many barns over
turned, claim shacks were moved in
to neighboring fields and many trees
ruined.
A tornado passed over Ryder and
ruined thousands of dollars worth of
property. The homes of Jens Raj.
shum and Theodore Jackson were de-
molished, together with contents.
Raishum was badly bruised by the
chimney falling or him, but his fam
lily m~iraculously escaped injury,
though they were upstairs when the
house went over.
Jackson and wife are both in pre-
carious condition from injuries re-
ceived.
Postmaster Byes' farmhouse was
turned upside down but the tenants
escaped injury. Dozens of barns were
demolished in Ryder.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
HGHTY-FWE ARE MISSING
Heavy Loss Of Life by Sinking
Of Spanish Steamer.

Corunna, Spain. June 25.-Latest re-
ports show eighty-ive persons miss
Ing as a result of the sinking Of the
steamship Larache. The rescued num-
Der sixty-hve. The captain sank with
his ship.
Most of the passengers on the
Larache were residents of the Argen-
tine Republic. The Larache was little
more than an old tub and she proved
a veritable deathtrap when she struck
on the rocks near Muros. She sank
in a few minutes, leaving the passen-
gers and crew struggling In the water.
The small boats on the Larache we're
either smashed Or capsized. There
was a fleet of fishing boats in the
neighborhood and these rushed to the
rescue, but the heavy fog prevailing
seriously interfered with their work.
The fishermen succeeded in rescu-
ing sixty.five persons. In addition to
the captain the ships doctor and the
first officer were drowned. The dis
aster occurred at 5 O'Clock in the
morning and most of those who were
saved are without clothing. 1t has
been ascertained that the number of
passengers and rev of the Larache
totalled $50. Sixty-five persons are
known to have been saved, but the
fate of the other eighty-five is not
known and it is feared that most of
them DeriShad.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
MERELY R TIME.
State Department Taking No Action
in Venezuelan Question.

Washington, June 27.-The state de-
partment is marking time in tho
Venezuelan question. Events that
have occurred have produced a situa.
ton that promises little change for
some time, and this government is
merely awaiting the course Of
events" The gunboat Marietta will
leave Curacao for Guantanamo with
Jacob Sleeper, secretary of the Amer
lean embassy at Caracas, and Lieu
tenant Francis A. Ruggles, military
attache, as passengers. Senior Veloz-
Goitoca, the Venezuelan charge at
Washington, remains in this city, but
soon will take up his residence in the
suburbs, where he will continue to be
in Goae touch with the state depart
ment. If necessary. Nothing has been
learned at the Venezuelan legation
concerning the events in Caracas. so
that no new light could be shed upon
the diplomatic tangle involving the
two countries.
Some interest was attached to the
fact that in ordering the Marietta
from Curacao to Guantanamo no in
structtons we're given for the return
of the vessel to Venezuelan waters.
The reason given for this course was
that there was no further use of the
gunboat to ply between Puerto Cabel-
10 and Willemstad.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
ORDERS OUT TROOPS
Secretary Of War Sends Them to
Mexican Border.
BY DIRECTION OF PRESIDENT
United States Soldiers Will Endeavor
to Prevent Any Violation of
the Neutrality Laws.

Washington, June 30.-By direction
of President Roosevelt, Secretary of
War Taft has issued orders to the
commanding general of the depart
ment of Texas at San Antonio, to send
a sufficient number of troops to Del
Rio, Ell Paso and other points in
Texas to aid the civil authorities in
preserving order. This action was de-
cided upon as a result of the request
from the Mexican government that
the United States do Its utmost to
prevent any violation Of the neutrality
laws:
The request of tho Mexican govern
ment was referred to the attorney gen.
eral by the department of state, and
the governor of Texas in the mean
time has been asked to aid in COM
polling obedience to the law. The or
der Of the president sending troops to
the border is understood to have been
made upon the recommendation of the
attorney general.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
HIGH DIVER DROWNED.
While Giving Public Exhibition in the
Red River.

Harry Hemphill was drowned at
Fargo while giving a high diving ex-
hibition from one of the bridges across
the Red river. He was a steeplejack,
and four or five weeks ago gained
some notoriety by falling from a high
smokestack, striking some wires and
escaping uninjured.
Recently he had been out of en-
ployment and without funds. He Sc
cured permission from the chief of po-
lice to make a public exhibition and
there was a large crowd on the river
banks. After making a dive he arose
to the surface, swan a short distance,
and then sank before a boat could
reach him. He is said to have been
intoxicated at the time of the exhi-
bition. Hemphill is thought to have
come from ST. Louis.
1t is said the drowned mans right
name is c.. r. Davis. He jumped
from bridges at st. Paul and Duluth
two years ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
FAv0RS PROHIBITION PLANK
General Weaver to Lead Fiuht
for 1t at Denver.

Denver, June 3O.-The fight over
the anti-injunction plank in the Demo-
cratic platform is not the only strug-
gle in which the committee on reso-
lutions and possibly the convention
Itself may be involved.
1t has developed that the prohibition
question is to be brought to the front
and that a desperate effort will be
made to have q plank declaring In it's
favor placed in the platform. The
prohibition movement will be headed
by General James B. Weaver Of Iowa,
who demanded of the recent Demo
cratic convention in that state that
1t declare in favor Of prohibition. Cen
eral Weaver and his followers were
not successful in their efforts in their
own state. but nothing daunted by
their failure, have made arrangements
to bring the matter up before the ma
tional Democratic convention. They
claim, moreover, to have strong back
ing from a number of the Southern
states. which have recently passed
prohibition laws, and it is declared
confidently by General Weaver's ad-
herents that if the Democratic nation
al platform does not contain a prohi-
bition plank it will only be for the
reason that the hardest kind of fight
Ing has been unable to secure it's adop-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
FOUR POLICEMEN oUsTED
Mayor of Grand Forks Also Names
New Chief.

Four policemen were notified by
Mayor j. D. Taylor of Grand Forks
that they had been removed from Of
flee. No charges were filed against
any of them. The patrolmen who we're
summarily dismissed by the mayor
were Ed Hutchinson, Joseph Benson,
John Herrick and A. P. Halverson.
Their successors, who assumed their
duties at once, are Mart Lavalle,
James Coan, John Tracy and w. E.
Bliven. Lavalle, Tracy and Coan
were on the police force quite a while
ago and Bliven is a new man.
Odin OVERLY, the new chief of po-
lice appointed to succeed Chief Lowe,
has taken office. His appointment
was turned down by the council, but
the mayor decided to name him again.
His appointment will come before the
council at the July meeting.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
MURDERED AND CREMArED
Turtle Mountain Postmaster and His
Niece Are Killed.

One of the most brutal crimes ever
committed in this state was perpe-
trated in the Turtle mountains. north
of Bottinead, Sunday night, when
Fred Siedel, postmaster at Somber, an
old bachelor, and well-to-do, and his
sixteen-year-old niece we're murdered
in cold blood, and their home in which
they kept a little store. was burned
over their bodies.
The girls body was charred beyond
recognition.
Some half-breeds have been prowl-
ing through the community for some
time, and they are suspected. The au-
thorities are securing the mountains
in quest of the possible perpetrators.
Robbery was the motive, as Siedel
was supposed to keep his money about
him.
He was a Finlander, and his little
niece came over only a few months
ago to live with him.
The bodies of Seidel and his niece
were taken to Bottineau and buried.
There was nothing left of the girl but
the charred trunk, the head and limbs
being all burned off. The building
was burned to the ground and her
body lay on a spring mattress on the
bed where her brains had been dashed
out. The skin and flesh had all been
burned from the skull and the bones
had dopped apart in pieces as though
her head had been battered to a pulp.
SetdeFs body was rescued from an
other part of the building before the
fire reached it. 1t lay just inside the
back door with the barrel OF his rifle
lying across 1T. The rifle was covered
with blood and the back Of his skull
was also battered to a pulp as though
he had been hit by some heavy blows
from behind. His forehead was also
badly cut. His arms and hands were
badly scratched and bruised and his
clothing was almost torn from his
body, showing he had put up a most
desperate fight for himself and the
girl.
The three suspects in the Siedel
murder case are all now safe in Jail
at Bottineau. Alexander and Charles
Peltier, cousins, and halfbreeds, and
Little Rising Sun, a full-blooded In
dian. In addition, Joe Peltier, a broth
er of Charles, has been arrested on
evidence from some of his friends that
he was the r%ingleader, though the au-
thorities were not aware of his pres
ence at the place. Another brother
of his was arrested last week in Mon
tana for horse stealing. These men
are hard characters, and no doubt a
part of the notorious horse thief gang
operating in this state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
WITH SIMPLE SERVICE.
Funeral of Ex-President Cleveland DC.
ours at Princeton.

Princeton, N. j., June 26.-Without
esulogy, sermon or song, but with the
simple burial service of the Presby-
terrain church, Grover Cleveland was
buried in Princeton cemetery beside
the ivy covered grave of his daughter
Ruth. Although President Roosevelt
was in attendance, as we'll as Governor
Fort of New Jersey, Governor Hughes
of New York, Governor Hoke Smith
of Georgia and other distinguished
personages, they did not attend in an
official capacity but as friends of the
late eX-president.
The last honors paid the dead
statesman were strictly private, both
at "Westland," the Cleveland resi-
dence, and at the cemetery, in com
pliance with the wishes not only of
Mrs. Cleveland but those of Mr.. Cleve-
land as we'll.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
TROOPS HURRIED TO SCENE
Mexican Government Fighting Insur-
r%ectionary Movement.


rectionary Movement.
City of Mexico, June 29.-The inter-
nal troubles in Mexico, which devel-
oped several days ago along the north
ern border of the republic, have de-
veloped serious features. The storm
now centers around the city of Tor
reon and in the country between that
place and Jaral, where bandit bands
are operating in conjunction with the
insurrectionists. Government troops
are rushing to the scene. Already
1900 federal soldiers have reached
Torreon to reinforce the garrison
there, 200 more have reached Juarez
and in Chihuahua soldiers are patrol
ling the streets and the public houses
and jails are heavily guarded. In view
OF the latest developments Ambassa-
dor Creel, who has been here on what
promised to be a long leave of alb
sence, has been instructed to return
to Washington without delay.
1t is the belief of the Mexican gov
eminent hat the revolutionary move
ment TO- in progress was fomented
by a band of agitators who long have
made their headquarters in the United
States. On this ground, it is believed.
Ambassador Creel will appeal to the
United States authorities to assist in
apprehending some of the revolution
lists, particularly those who were con-
cerned in the attack on Las Vacos.
The request will be made also that if
any of the ~ringleaders in the move
ment are captured in the United
States they are to be tried in the
courts Of that country on charges of
violating the neutrality laws.
AT Las Vacos, where the first seri-
Gus attack was made, the government
has gained the upper hand. Troops
are now in complete control of the
situation in that city, the rebels and
bandits who composed the attacking
force having been driven back to the
mountains. They will not be permit
ted to rest there undisturbed, how
ever, as the government purposes to
make an example of it's foes as an OBJ
ject lesson to others who might join
the movement in other sections. To
this end a large force of cavalry has
been sent into the hills on the heels
of the fugitives and the chase is now
in progress.
1t is the view of the Mexican gov
eminent that Mexican citizens who
were concerned in the recent raids
are common criminals and that the
contention to the contrary on the
ground that their acts were committed
in furtherance of a revolutionary
movement will not hold.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
BUSINESS SECTION BURNED
One Life Lost in a Destructive Fire at
TAYLOR,

A $4,000 fire destroyed the business
portion of Taylor, twenty miles east
of Dickinson, and killed w. w. Brook
ings, a clerk in DR.. Henning's drug
store, where a fatal explosion took
place. The proprietor was badly
bruised, but made his escape by a
window. The fire spread west, burn
Ing the Spring Valley Land company
Office, and to Joseph F. Christen's
store and the public hall. The frame
store was destroyed in a few minutes.
1t contained $4,000 in stock. insured
for $500. East of this was the big
Baker Il Son store, in the brick-ve-
neered bank and postofice building.
The store contained $4,000 in stock,
and very little was saved. The books
Of the Taylor State bank, other than
money and the contents of the vault,
were taken out, as was everything in
the postoface.
The village had absolutely no fire
protection, and the residents soon be-
came panic-stricken. The Dickinson
fire department was taken down on a
special train. and by stationing men on
the roofs Of buildings across the street
the residence portion and the Baker
hotel were saved.
The body Of Brookings could not be
taken from the drug store, where he
fell. He was forty years old. single
and a resident Of the county for twen-
ty years.
The cause of the explosion is NOT
known. The property burned was in
sured for about so per cent of its
value. .ss
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
MAY GET A JURY TRIAL.
Court Seems Favorable to Granting
ThaW's Petition.

Thaw's Petition.
New York, June 3O.-Justice Dow.
ling of the supreme court, who pre-
sided at the second trial Of Harry K.
Thaw, denied Thaw's application to
be removed from the asylum for the
criminal insane at Matreawan to some
other institution on the ground that
Thaw is a dangerously insane person.,
not to be punished, but to be kept I'M
der restraint so that he may not in
jure either himself or anyone else.
In another phase of Thaw's effort
for freedom Justice Mills heard argu-
ment at White Plains after issuing a
writ OF habeas corpus on Saturday on
Thaw's application for a jury trial to
determine his sanity at the present
time.
The justice adjourned the case until
July Is. when further argument will
be heard, ordering Thaw returned to
the prison at Poughkeepsie in the
meantime.
Unlike Justice Bowling, Justice
Mills seemed distinctly to favor a
trial by jury to determine Thaw's
sanity. Justice Mills said after the
argument:
II believe it should be only a mat
ter of time when this man should have
a Jury trial. 1 am not prepared to
say whether it should be now or
later"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
RESULT OF CLouDBuRsT.
Five Persons Drowned by Flood Near
Wellington, Kan.

The first warning Of the flood was
when water began to seep into the
houses along Harvey and Lincoln
streets. Within an hour it had reached
its crest. Numbers of people aoated
away in their houses or on the roofs,
many of them Selling the limbs of
trees as their houses foated by and
pulling themselves to places of safety.
During the entire night men and boys
worked in~dustriously in canoes rescu-
ing people from treetops and the tops
of houses.
Five inches of rain fell within an
hour and five feet of water flowed
through town, taking houses from
their foundations.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
Sleeping Woman Walks OFF Train.

Waterloo, Ia, June 29.-While walk.
ing In her sleep Miss Jessie Shilling,
twenty years old, while en- route from
Chicago to her home in Washington
state, fell from the door of a rapidly
moving Burlington passenger train
near Dubuque and, strangely enough.
will survive the unusual accident.
though her injuries are serious. Miss
Shilling's travelling companion notified
the trainmen, who hurried back along
the tracks. where they found the girl
lying neal the rails. bleeding and I'M
conscious. She was taken to the near.
tst town and placed in a hospital.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
COMPLETE RETURNS IN.
Final Results of North Dakota Pri
mary Election.

Fargo. N. D., June 29.-Two Repub-
1ican factions in this state are taking
stock since returns became so COM
plete as to determine who is elected.
There is no longer any doubt about
any positions except men on railroad
commission. Leaving that position in
doubt, as both sides claim it, stalwarts
elected men to seven positions and in
;surgents to five. Positions won by
;stalwarts are:
Congressman, governor, lieutenant
governor, auditor, commissioner of in
.%surance, commissioner of agriculture
and secretary of state.
Insurgents won senator, supreme
court, attorney general state treas
mrer and superintendent Of public in
S%truction. s@
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
Boy Killed by Wagon.

Helmer, the fifteen-year-old son of
Hans Erickson of Colfax township,
met instant death while driving out
of Colfax to his home four miles south
from Colfax. 1t seems that Helmer,
with two boy companions, had just
left Colfax with a team and wagon
when one of the lines slipped from his
hand. and in his effort to secure the
same lost his balance. falling under
the wagon and both wheels passed
over his head.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
THREE DEAD, MANY INJURED
Santa Fe Train Goes Through Burned
BRIDGE.

Winslow, Ariz, June 29.-The west
bound California limited on the Santa
Fe was wrecked near Hardy, twelve
miles east of here, killing two train
men and a passenger and injuring
about twenty persons, only nine Of
whom are said to have required med
ical treatment.
While going at a good rate of speed
the train struck a burned bridge ex-
tending over a ditch sixty feet wide.
The engine, mail car, accommodation
car and diner were badly wrecked,
falling into the ravine, and the fire.
men and engineer we're buried under
the Wreckage.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
CHICAGO Union Stock Yards.

Chicago. June observation-disclosures.
S4.85@8.5O; Texans, $4.0O@6.6O; West
ern cattle. $4.75@6.90; stockers and
feeders. 5 2.60@5.45; COWS and heifers,
s2.40@6.30; calves, $4.75@6.50. Hogs
Light. $5.S5@6.40; mixed. $4,000
$50: heavy. s5.90@6.55; rough, $500
@6.2O; good to choice heavy. $4,000
6.55; pigs. $4.80@5.60. Sheep, $3.50
5.25; yearltngs, $4.75@5.5O; lambs.
100000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-07-02
HILL DENIES INTERVIEWS
Former Democratic Leader Saws Thew
Are Fictitious,

Albany, N. Y, June 29.-Albert e.
Hoyt, editor of the Argus, has re-
ceived the following self-explanatory
cablegram from former Governor Da-
vid b. Hill. the reference being to an
interview which was published widely
as coming from Mr.. Hill on the day
he sailed for Europe. In this inter
view MIR. Hill was quoted as referring
to Governor Johnson as "the p%oorhouse
candidate" criticising Mr.. Bryan and
saying that there is no Democratic
party"
Attention just called to alleged
political interviews in American news
papers published after my departure.
They are fictitious. 1 authorize you to
deny same through the Associated
Press and otherwise"