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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07

feud. Dr.. Cox, guardian of the
Cockrill boys, was killed.
DR.. Cox lived on the outskirts Of
Jackson. He was called from home
one night to answer personal call.
AS he entered his gate on his way
home he was shot by assassins con-
cealed across the way. Afterwards
John Smith, John Ahner and others
were accused of the crime and in a
confession made by one of the, they
asserted that Judge Hargis hired
them to kill DR.. Cox. The next to
fal was Jim Cockrill, town marshall.
But shortly after the murder of
Cockrill, when interest had been
mildly aroused, James B. Marcum,
attorney for the Cockrill boys, Great
ed a tremendous sensation by going
to Lexington and publicly declaring
that he was a marked man." and
that he had been doomed to murder
by the Hargis clan.
One morning in May, five years
ago, Marcum went to the court house
in jackson to transact business. He
was standing in the door Of the
court house, talking to Captain Ew-
en-, afterwards noted as a witness,
when shot rang out. Marcum stag
gered from the steps and fell dying,
but his assassin stepped up and, to
make sure, shot him again through
the back of the head. The assassin
was Curtis Jett, who has since con-
fessed his part in the tragedy. He
and Tom White are now serving life
sentences in the penitentiary. Judge
Hargis will be buried in casket
which he himself purchased about a
month ago. Some time ago, during
the early part of last month, Judge
Hargis went to the National Casket
company and ordered coffin, cost
ing $500.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
Good Cause For Tears.

Acertain medieval sultan had all the
mirrors removed from his palace, SO
that he might avoid the pain Of see
ing his own face. This sultan called
on his grand vizler one day and by ac..
cident happened to catch sight of his
reflection. His hideousness overpow-
cred him, and he broke into violent
sobbing. In this outburst the vizier
Joined. Finally the sultan Gained
down, wiped his eyes and got ready to
smoke and talk. But not so the vizier.
He sobbed on and on. His master, tap
ping his slipper impatiently on the
cushions, waited for him to cease. At
length the sultan got angry and ex-
claimed:
"'why do you weep longer than I,
vizier?'
"Alas,' the grand vizier replied, '.you
wept, O commander of the faithful,
because you saWsyour face but for an
instant, but see it all day and every
day."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
KILLED BY SON
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in the murder of James B. Marcum,
Jim Cockrill and DR.. Cox, but had
secured an acquittal on all charges.
He was recently forced to pay a
Judgment of $1,000 to Mrs. Marcum
in connection with the death of her
husband, a verdict having been found
against him in circuit court at Win
chester. Judge Hargis had Just dis
posed o fthis last of the numerous
cases in which he had been involved
by his connection with the Hargis-
Cockrill feud, when he paid a check
OF over $11, 900 to Mrs. Marcum.
Mrs. Marcum had sued Judge Hargis
and others for 100000, alleging that
they caused the death of her hus-
band. Though Judge Hargis was
acquitted of the charge of having
murdered Marcum. the Winchester
jury awarded Mrs. Marcum 5000
damages.
The Hargis- Cockrill feud, out Of
which grew almost innumerable
tragedies with which Judge Hargfs,
name is linked, had its inception In
a political contest. The Hargises
had long been in dominion In
Breathitt county, where they con-
Quoted a general store. were engaged
in the lumber business and were
generally active. The brothers. Jas,
Alexander and Albert, were good
business men and had accumulated
what in the mountains is considered
a great fortune.
Trouble with the Cockrils arose
when the Cockrils opposed the Har-
gises at the polls. Feeling was bit
ter when one day Ben Hargis. d
younger brother of Judge Hargis,
met one Of Cockril's boys.
There was gun play and Cockrill
killed Ben Hargis. In the fall Of
1902 came the first murder in the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
a Dubious Compliment.

at looks well, but am afraid it is:
dubious said financier, speaking Of
a proposed scheme Eyes, it is dubious.
It reminds me of the Turkish pasha
and his wife.
"a Turkish pasha lay dying. He
summoned to him the youngest and
fairest Of his forty-six wives and said
to her in a low, weak voice:
Put on your richest costume, your
most brilliant jewels. Deck your hair
with pearls and brighten your finger
tips with henna.'
The young wife blushed. Even In
her grief she was fattered.
".And why, my lord she said, do
you desire me to make this sumptuous
toilet?'
/" so that death when it comes the
man replied, seeing you SO beautiful,
may perhaps carry you of instead Of
me-"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
Nefarious Scoundrels.

No modern advertising column is
likely to contain an advertisement as
vigorous in It's language as one pub
lished in an old NewbAryport Herald
Of a century ago, threatening with
public exposure mention is made
Of prosecution-if he should repeat his
raids, the "nefarious scoundrel, void OF
either manners or breeding" who had
stolen apples from certain orchard.
Whether or not the remainder Of the
crop was spared, it is impossible not
to feel that the satisfaction Of seeing
"nefarious scoundrel' in good black
print must have proved eminently
soothing to the spirit Of the peppery
old gentleman who penned the adver-
tisement
b The disproportion between the Ian
guage and the offense reminds one of
that trial, in another old colonial town.
at which pompous Judge had dis
coursed SO eloquently on the offended
majesty Of the law and the wickedness
Of lawbreakers In general that the
plaintiff, who was simple minded, be-
gan to fear the special larceny in ques-
ton would be lost sight Of
Don't We hang him, judge?' he broke
in suddenly. mo, don't We hang him!
Mebbe he deserves it for goin' agin
the law and the prophets, but / don't
want he should forget he stole my
three biggest pumpkins! want he
should set sorrowin' in jail and remem-
Der what brung him there. Try and
forgive him his other villainies, Judge,
and Jest you jail him for them pump
kinsr'
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store summoned Deputy Sheriff Nc
Donald and asked him to round up
Duus and see what he proposed to
do about it.
Duus was found in the house of i'll
fame conducted by Marguerite Sulli-
van and from her he borrowed ~,
all the money she had in the house,
and with her pledge that she would
pay the balance to the store, settle
ment was made on that basis and
Duus was released.
When Humphreys was appraised of
the forgery he swore out a warrant
for Duus' arrest and the warrant was
placed in the hands of Deputy Sheriff
Morris for service. Morris visited,
among other places, the house of
Marguerite Sullivan, but could not
locate him. Later in the day Deputy
A. F. Mcdonald took the warrant and
found Duus in hole in the ground
under the Sullivan house, the only
access to which was small trap door
in the floor under the carpet, and evil
IDENTIFY used for storage purposes.
The story told by the Sullivan wo-
man is as follows:
II have known Olav for several
months-my, amt it awful-as he
used to come here frequently, but
never spent much money, maybe 81
or So in all. He came down Thurs
day morning and was here when Mr..
Mcdonald came. The two had long
talk and then Olav came to me and
said he was in trouble and wanted
some money to help him out All I
had in the house at the time was SIG,
which gave him, and / said would
pay the balance as soon as I got it.
They then went away-my, amt it
awful-and after a while Olav cane
back. After dinner he went out for
a while and while he was gone Mr..
Morris came and said he had a war.
rant for him. He looked through the
house and then went away.
when Olav came back little while
after Morris went away, 1 told him
I. what Norris wanted. He took small
/ bottle-my, amt it awful-out of his
pocket and said, one drop of this will
end it all, and rather than bring dis
grace on my little sister in Norway,
, will take it.
II thought he was joking, for he
| had often shown the bottle and said
it was his best friend, or words to
that effect-my, amt it awful-and
none of us ever thought he would kill
himself. Then he said:
Marguerite, if you don't hide me
until 1 can get out of this, will take
this poison and end it all; you must
hide me where they won't find me,
and he moved as though to take the
stuff. Of course didn't want him tc
kill himself and wanted him to give
me the bottle, but he refused and
hid him in the cellar"
At this point one of the men in the
room, who seemed to be part of the
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
PAYING COMPLIMENTS.
A Couple Of Historical Examples lr
the Polite Art.

A Couple of Historical Examples ir
the Polite Art.
All people enjoy being complimented,
though many say they do not But this
denial comes either of affectation, shy
ness or over self consciousness. There
is no conceivable subject on which peo
pie do not take pleasure in a well
turned compliment. They like one on
their good looks, their wit or grace, the
books they have written, their touch
on the piano, the buildings or pies they
make, their babies, their sermons, their
everything, from the heavens above to
the earth beneath and the waters that
be under the earth.
. Now, there is an especial art of COM
plimenting that needs to be studied and
mastered quite as much as the art of
music or poetry or oratory. Compli-
ments should never be fulsome, never
troweled on, never open to suspicion
Of private ak to grind in the way of
currying favor. They should be purely
objective in the sense of having no
other end in view than that Of impart-
ing pleasure, encouragement and the
recognition Of cordial good will. Still,
IL only humorously couched, there may
be plenty Of badinage and exuberant
imaginative exaggeration In them, car
ried off with laughter and play Of
sportive fancy that will relieve them
from being oppressive. And yet al
ways must they have basis Of sim
certify and genuine human love.
To study the art Of eomplimenting
one needs only to familiarize himself
with recorded instances Of those who
have been past masters In the way Of
doing 1t both sincerely and delightful
~. When, for example, Turgot, that
noblest Of French statesmen and lover
Of humanity, came to Paris to greet
V0ltaire, he was so piteously afflicted
with govt In both legs as scarcely to
be able to move. "As I look on M.
Turgot," said Voltaire, II think see
the statue Of observation-disclosures" EYES, .
said Turgot, "the feet Of clay" "And
the head Of gold-the head Of goldy'
replied Voltaire Were ever govt, de-
crepitude and the glory of human vir-
tue SO deliciously and magniloquently
intermingied as in this imagery from
the book Of Daniel Of the colossal
statue Of the four Assyrian dynasties-
its feet Of clay, its thighs of brass, Its
breast of silver and its head Of fine
gold?
One more example. When Sir Joshua
Reynolds was painting the portrait Of
Mrs. Ellington, an enhancing singer
In her day, In the character Of st. Ce-
ella listening to the celestial music on
high, she took with her the great COM
poser Haydn and showed him the pic
ture. st is like" said Haydn, ''but
there Is strange mistake" "What Is
it," hastily asked Reynolds. you
have painted her listening to the an
gels. You ought to have painted the
angels listening to her. MRS. Billing
ton sprang up and threw her arms
around my neck" added Haydn. What
woman with soul in her would not
and have clinched it with a hearty
hug ?-Boston Herald.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
Good Enough to Charge For

When William Fl. Scott was man
aging clerk in the early sixties for the,
firm Of Cleveland s. Titus, a client.
came in and wanted an opinion right
away. No member Of the firm was In.
Accordingly, Mr.. Scott, with some hest
tation, wrote the opinion. When his
principal, Mr.. Cleveland, came in, he
explained the circumstances and show
ed him the opinion. Mr.. Cleveland
looked at him with a smile and then
read 1t with care. "Humph," said he;
pretty poor opinion, but 1t will do to
charge. New York Times.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
mANDAN
GLEN ULLIN
PEOPLE ENDORSE
Praise the Action Of Morton
County Grand Jury, Judge
Burke and Others

We, the undersigned residents of
Glen Ullin and vicinity, do heartily
concur, with the grand jury, in their
report to the district court at its last
session held in Mandan.
Judge Burke of Valley City, pre-
siding, assisted by Assistant Attorney
General Miller.
We further congratulate all the
above named in taking such noble
and conscientious view of all matters
that came before them for their de-
Iberate action.
Further they have our heartfelt
sympathy and prayers. For in read
ing their additional and supplemental
report in the Bismarck Daily Trib-
une Of Dec. Z, 1907, we are led to
exclaim that there is not language
enough in the English vocabulary to
do justice to them, for the magnani-
nifty shown by them in all their work.
While in their investigation they have
found that which all lovers of truth
and veracity lament and deplore.
And more especially so in regard
to the violation of the prohibition
clause embodied in the constitution
Of our great state. Yet amidst all
of their actions have been ever in
the superlative degree with their eyes
open to the nature of their paths.
And as the sun breaks up and clears
away the dark clouds and brings light
and sunshine to the earth. Just SO
heir labors have cleared up the fog
Ind mist that has covered our great
5tate for so many years in regard to
being law abiding citizens. The fog
is clearing away and men are COM
ing to the front whose word is their
bond, who cannot and will not stand
with upifted hand between earth and
heaven and swear before God and
man to discharge the duties of an Of
flee and then disregard it.
John Bu1lamore, Emil Dietrich, E.
II. Bean, H. B. Harper, A. ]. Bulla-
more, Roy Hubbard, J. ]. Cahill, Joe
Weinberger, J. X. Pettis, E. B. Pat.
ridge, L. F. Tavis, J. T. Nelson, L. W.
Mees, c. w. Pribbernow, F. v. Len
hard, T. w. Lynch, S. Bullamore
John Schultz, B. Haisch, E. Hoff, J.
G. Gloss, H. L. Bean, Peter Wines
John Oline, w. H. Norman, w. G.
Jones, Emanuel Anhorn, Joseph Fill.
PEEK, E. R. Barnes, Joseph Carter, Hen
ry Carter, ]. L. Harper, P. N. Hess
B. G. Norman, David Cannell, E. F
Green, e. E. Smith, A. w. Lidstrom
0. B. Furbush, John Tavis, Alphonse
HEM, Christ Schatz, A. E. Murdent
A. e. Muggli, T. N. Chase, C. R. Hoff
G. A. LANCE, John E. Bergen, Philip
Bergen, ]. B. Gerving, L. E. BATHS
F. G. Green, J. E. Cannell, VIM. Bahr
Gust A. Falk, A. L. Tavis, JOSEPH
Martin.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
A caustic RepIy.

A gentleman once said to barrister,
t4That was a very good sermon Of your
fathers today" To which he replied:
Yes. He must have cribbed 1t from
some one" But the father overheard
this remark and reminded him that the
Bible says, 1.-THE OK knoweth his owner
and the ass his masters crib" This
caustic reply silenced the barrister.-
London Telegraph.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07

establishment, called Mrs. Sullivan in
to another room and cautioned her
about talking too much, and she was
heard to say: I'm going to tell the
truth about this" and she returned
and continued, though admonished
by the housekeeper that what she said
was for publication:
Sometime before o'clock-m.y,
amt it awful-Mr Mcdonald came
again and said he wanted to search
the house for Duus, / told him he was
not here, but he looked into all the
rooms and closets, under the beds and
everywhere, and then said he was
sure he was here somewhere. de-
clared he was not in the house. Then
he looked some more and finally
turned over the carpet and found the
trap door to the-cellar He lifted
this up and went down the hole with
out saying a word and in moment
had Duus, who seemed to have faint.
ed, as far as the opening, when he
called for help and one of the girls
helped pull Duus up on the floor. He
was just gasping for breath and Mr.
McDonald-my, amt it awful said
he had taken poison and to send for a
doctor, but Olav breathed his last a
moment before the doctor got here
The coroner was sent for and he took
Olav away"
Deputy Sheriff Mcdonald corrobor-
ated most of the foregoing story, but
adds that he went to the house upon
receiving a telephone message from
Mrs. Sullivan to the effect that she
would tell where Duus was hidden as
she did not want to get mixed up in
the trouble. So after supper Mr. Nc
Donald went to the house and Mrs
Sullivan told him she would tell where
Duus was but did not want him or 9th
ers to know she had given him up as
she feared he would kill her after
ward. It was for this reason that he
made the house search and the play
of being baffled for a time. Mr.. Me.
Donald said:
after searching the house went
to the front bedroom and pulled back
the carpet and found a trap door in
the floor. This raised and stuck 3
light into the hole. The ground IN
der the hole was out two feet away
from the floor and the cellar was sew
eral feet away. On some Old blank
cts in d corner of the floor Of the cel
lar saw Duus lying on his back and
heard him moan. fastened down and
dragged him to the room above with
the aid of one of the women, but he
never spoke and died just as the doc
tor arrived. probably about ten min
utes after he had taken the fatal dose
found a partly filled bottle Of prus
sic acid near him, and the people o.
the house identified the hottie as The
one often shown them by Duus."
Coroner Field went to the house
and removed the body to his mprgus
and this morning a postmorten an
inquest will be held.
The address of Duus' people in the
old country is not known but Til.
Norwegian consul at st. Paul las ',,.,.l
notified of his death. 1t was no.
known last night what disposition
would be made of the body. Practic
ally nothing is known of deceased:
family, beyond the fact that he hat
a sister to whom he seemed much at
taehed and a brother in Australia.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
The Rapid Rise Of Give.

a11 y HV StdPtU ttsSO VI ONV0sE N
The evidences Of Gives genius, said
Lord Curzon. were incontestable. In
nine years he had risen from being
poor and unknown clerk to be one Of
the most famous captains OF his own
or any other age.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
KOCH DIDN'T SKIP
Is AT HOT SPRINGS FOR HIS
HEALTH - INJUNCTION NOT
SERVED ON HIS PLACE.

Oscar Olson, who has charge of the
Charles Koch place, wishes the state
ment corrected that Mr.. Koch had
departed for parts unknown for the
reason that Mr.. Koch is at the present
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
Will Exchange

One of the finest hardware furni-
ture and harness stocks in the state
of North Dakota, for good tract of
land and some cash. Write owner.
e. ]. SCHARF.
Dickinson, N. D..
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
Valentines

At the Fair store you can see a
fine line Of Valentines from 1c to
$3.50 each. Comic Valentines. 2 for
1c. See window display.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
His Early Struggles.

TELL me about your early struggles,
grandpa
"Oh, never had no early struggles,
Johnny. allus took things Jest as
they come. y" Louisville Courier-J Jour
nal.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
Reasonablv aure,

She-Iois writes for the magazines.
He She'll get 'em II she sends the
price.Judge.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07

He scolds best that can hurt the
least Danish Proverb.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07
RalIoonlsts, Crime

The following advertisement an.
peared in the Kreisblatt, newspaper
published at Hoechst, near Wiesbaden:
"Can any one favor me with the names
Of the balloonists who, while passing
over the village of Ried last Thursday
evening, dropped bag OF ballast down
my chimney, and completely ruined q
fruit tart which was cooking Julia
Schmidt. IA Britzelgasse. Red"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-02-07

Grammar a Ia Mode.
What is the future Of II
sove," Lulu?
Chicago Child divorce.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-06
CONVERT TO HOSPITAL.
Disposition of Present Cam
ty Court House.

Agitation of the probable DISPOSE
ton of the present court house when
the new building is completed is now
working uppermost in the minds of
the county commissioners and 1t may
be that the question will be settled
at the next meeting of the commits
sioners on the goth of this month.
The principal object of the next
meeting will be to name the utiliza-
tion of the building following the
erection of the new court house and
as the majority of the citizens of the
county desire that it be converted
into a county hospital, the commits
sioners will no doubt decide the ques-
ton in favor of the hospital contin-
gent Realizing that adequate public
hospital facilities are imperative,
there will probably be little opposi-
ton to the hospital movement.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-06

cial to the SpokesmanReyie from
Deer Park says;
THE business portion of Clayton,
six miles from here, is in ruins as
the result of fire which broke out
there at $50 this morning. The loss
is estimated at 100000 and there is
not a store standing in the town.
The heaviest loser is the Washington
Brick & Lime Co. the main build
ing of its plant and the bunk house
being burned.
AZ visited Hosmer. where the fire
destroyed the new steel tipple of the
Canadian Pacific coal mines, to be
opened in January. Four tons of
dynamite stored on the nearby hill
sides blew up, wrecking windows and
doors Otherwise only a few houses
are burned.
MANY men are still missing from
Fernie logging camp Up to last
night 2 bodies had been found in the
town and 33 persons are still miss
ing. Logging Superintendent Fred
Waters of the Elk Co. fought his way
through the flames. Many of the
foreigners were panic stricken and
some of them must have persisted"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-06
Athletic Folks
Have Lively
Session

SHELTER, Aus 5.-The Steptoe
Valley Athletic association tonight
enjoyed a smoker program that gave
great deal of pleasure to upwards
of IS members who assembled to en-
joy the occasion at the elnh rooms OF
the association.
The principal event on the program
was a boxing bout of six rounds be-
tween Berry and McAlduf. heavy
weights. Both men delivered goods
that had high merit. a draw being
declared at the finish.
4 clog dance BY Mr.. Jennings and
impromptu numbers by several men,
bers. along with speeches and much
general iollity filed the evening to
the full with pleasure Adjourn
ment was taken at a late hour until
Wednesday evening of next week,
when another excellent program will
be had. II will be opened with foot
race between Bouse and Russell. on
the outcome of which 500 is NJ on
each side.
The association membership Il
steadily gaining and is expected with
in the next week to cross the hun
dred mark At meeting of the di-
reetors last night instructions were
given to at once order a considerable
amount Of gymnasium apparatsu.