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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
WINS LAND SUIT.
Homesteader's Entry Application 10
Upheld at Washington.

Melvin A. Gunderson has o his
suit for a $4,000 quarter section of
land located near Aneta, and after a
prolonged contest with the Northern
Pacific railway. The decision is
handed down by the interior depart
ment at Washington.
Judge Amidon last spring cancelled
the patent issued to the heirs of Lars
NJ. Holland and the Northern Pacific
hallway Immediately afterward applied
TO the Devils Lake land Office to scrip
the tract. This application was made
before the commissioner of the land
office had formally opened the land to
entry. On the day the quarter was
opened to entry and notice to the eff
feet was sent to Devils Lake, Gunder-
son filed his application and a contest
was on between him and the railway
company. The Devils Lake land Of
flee rejected the Northern Paciflc's
entry and suspended that of Gunder-
son. Both appealed to the department
at Washington.
The commissioner of the general
land office decided in favor of Gunder-
son, holding that upon the cancella-
tion of a patent by the United States
courts the land does not become sub
ject TO entry as homestead land until
the department of the interior has
acted on the decision and reopened
the land to entry.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
GcMPERS ON INJUNCTION.
Tells Why He Will Not Comply With
All Its Terms.

Washington, Jan. 25.-Although en-
Joined from making any reference to
the controversy between the American
Federation of Labor and the Buck
Stove and Range company President
Samuel Gompers, in an editorial in the
current issue of the American Fedora
Zionist, comments on Justice Gould's
recent decision at great length and de-
clares a purpose not to comply with
all it's terms.
at is an invasion of the liberty OF
the press and the right of free
speech" declared Mr.. Gompers. I'VE
would be recreant to our duty did we
not do all in our power to point out to
the people the serious invasion OF
their liberties which has taken place"
Mr.. Gompers states that the serv-
ices of some of the foremost lawyers
in the country have been secured and
that the case will be carried to the
United States supreme court.
The action against the Federation
of Labor and it's officials was brought
in the supreme court of the District
of Columbia on the ground that the
publication of the stove company in
the 1--WE Don't Patronize" list in the
American Federationist was in the
nature of a boycott.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED.
Several Baroes Wrecked During A
lantic Coast Storm.

Philadelphia, Jan. 27.-Belated re-
ports to the Maritime Exchange bring
information of mishaps to barges,
with the probable drowning of eleven
persons Off the New Jersey coast dur
ing last weeks storm. The barge
Gwennie, from Norfolk for New Bed
ford, is missing and it is believed she
foundered and that her crew of five
went down with her.
The tug M. E. Scully reported that
on Friday while trying to make the
Delaware breakwater with the barges
White Band and New Jersey a hawser
parted and the barges drifted away in
the heavy sea. Later the New Jersey
was picked up with her crew safe, but
the White Band was found sunk about
ten miles off the New Jersey coast.
The captain of the tug reports that
the crew of four men, with two wo-
men, are doubtless drowned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
ROOSEVELT TO BLAME
Union Pacific Official Discusses
Reduction Of Forces.
SEES DULL TIMES AHEAD
Declares "Retrenchment and Economy
Necessary as Long as Reform
Activity Is Kept Up"

Omaha, Jan. 25.-The reduction of
working hours of Union Pacific shop
men is to be followed with a reduc-
tion of working days from six to five
a week. At the headquarters of the
Union Pacific it is stated that Omaha
will not be the only place affected and
that there soon will be a general re-
duction of the mechanical force of the
road along its entire length. This re-
duction probably will affect several
thousand men, either by reduction of
working hours or final dismissal.
The World Herald quotes Vice Pres
ident Mohler as charging the reduc.
ton to president Roosevelt's mania
for reform" and indicating that his
company would work with a reduced
force so long as the presidents activ-
fly against corporations continues.
"You may say that the Union Pacific
is only cutting down because it has
to-" he said, "and not because it is any
pleasure to the company to throw
thousands of men out of work. The
public will be in no way affected by
the reduction in force and all the COM
forts to travel will be preserved just
as before.
ut is this Roosevelt prosperity that
makes this step necessary and it dis
gusts me to think that his mania for
reform should make the working class
thus suffer. This retrenchment and
economy will be necessary just as long
as this administration keeps up it's
reform activity and so 1 am unable
to say how long it will be before the
old working time and the rest of the
working force will be reinstated."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
GREAT SECRECY MAINTAINED
Mrs. Eddy Removed From Concord, N.
H., to Brookline, Mass.

Boston, Jan. 27.-Mrs. Mary Baker
G. Eddy, head and founder of the
Christian Science church, under a
heavy guard and accompanied with
the utmost secrecy, was removed by
special train, with ell her household
attendants, from Pleasant View in
Concord, N. H., where she has lived
for nineteen years, to a new house in
the fashionable Chestnut hill section
of Brookline.
The coming was unheralded and
only a few of the leaders of the Chris
tian Science church had been aware of
the contemplated change. Even the
train crew were commanded to main
tain absolute secrecy as to the trip
they were to make and the best men
in the service of the road were as
signed to the duty.
Preceded by a pilot engine to clear
the way the special train of three cars
left Concord and proceeded over three
railroads by a circuitous route to the
Chestnut Hill station on the Boston
and Albany road.
Arriving in Brookline the party was
taken to the late r. Ashton Lawrence
estate, one of the most beautiful in all
Brookline, even before 100000 had
been spent in the last four months to
remodel it, and here Mrs. Eddy was
settled in her new home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
DEFENSE CLOSES ITS CASE
All the Evidence in Favor of
Harry Thaw Submitted.

New York, Jan. 2S.-The Thaw de-
Tense closed its case with "manic-de-
pressiye" insanity as the explanation
of the death of Stanford White at the
hands of the young Pittsburg million
aire. The prosecution next will be.
gin it's evidence in rebuttal and the
case should go to the jury within two
days.
An English physician, n of three
men of medicine who testified, first
gave the name of "manic-depressive'
or 'sub-acute mania" to Thaw's men
tai condition. DR.. Sydney Russell
Wells of London made the diagnosis
during an outbreak by Thaw in Lon
don in 1899 when with a normal tenn
perature Thaw demanded that the
walls of his room in a nursing home
be torn down so that he might have
air and that twenty ton of ice be put
in the apartment TO cool it.
MIR. Littleton's hypothetical ques-
ton, which vas answered by the three
experts, was a complete resume of the
evidence, with the exception, as Dis
trict Attorney Jerome pointed out, OF
the testimony of James Clynch Smith,
brother-in-law of Stanford White, who
talked with Thaw for fifteen minutes
just before the shooting on the roof
of Madison Square garden. The ques-
ton contained some 10000 words.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
TURK MAY LOSE LAND.
Government Opposes Naturalization of
Homesteader.

A remarkable question has arisen in
the case of Moustafa Hammond Noun
nauar. a Turk, who has taken a claim
ten miles from Jamestown. On July
3, 1905, he filed on a claim and on
Sept. 8. 1907, made final proof. He
paid $500 for the land and took a re-
ceipt therefor, the proof being sent
to the general land office in the usual
way. Several days ago he appeared
in Jamestown and made application
for citizens papers. From the Wash
ington department an order now comes
to resist the naturalization of the APP
plicant, supposed to be a Turk.
Now the question as to what effect
this will have on his claim to his
homestead arises. If the effort to deny
his naturalization is successful and he
is denied citizenship and the issuance
of his intention was unwarranted it
looks as though Mounnauar will be
out his land. 1t is said that there
are many such cases in North Dakota
and the outcome will be watched with
interest.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
GREAT MOUNTAINS OF SNOW
About $4,000 Necessary to Clear
New York Streets.

New York, Jan. 25.-That it will
cost $150,O00 to clean the streets of
New York of the snow which fell in
the recent storm is the estimate of
the snow removal bureau. In addition
to this direct outlay by the municipal
ity it is figured that in injuries to
horses and vehicles, delays in trans
p%ortation of goods and the increased
cost of coal, which jumped so cents a
ton on account of the increased cost
of handling, the loss to citizens
through the storm will be at least as
much more.
In spite of the fact that 5000 men
are at work clearing the streets Snow
Inspector Worth expresses himself as
fearful that, barring the speedy adj
vent of a thaw or a warm rain, New
Workers will have to encounter con
siderable amounts of snow on city
streets for five or six days to come.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
WHELDREPUCNANI
Employees May Be Discharged for
Belonging to Labor Unions.
OPINION BY JUDGE HARLAN
Federal Supreme Court Decides Rail-
roads Have Right to Dismiss
Union Men as Such.

Washington, Jan. 2S.-The constitu-
tionality of the act of congress OF June
1, 1898, prohibiting railroad companies
engaged in Interstate commerce from
discriminating against members OF
labor organizations in the matter of
employment, was called into question
by the case of William Adair VS.. the
United States, which was decided by
the supreme court Of the United
States favorable to .Adair. The opin-
ion was by Justice Harlan and held
the law to be repugnant to the Con-
stitution.
The court held that Adair, as mas
ter mechanic of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad company, had A
right to discharge an employee be-
cause he was a member of a labor or
ganization just as it was the EN-
ploye's right to quit such employment
because of his membership in such
organization. Such a course, the de-
oiSion added, might be unwiSe, but,
regarded as a mere matter of right,
there could be no doubt. Congress
could not, under the Constitution, au-
thorize a violation of contracts under
the guise Of protecting interstate
commerce.
Justice McKenna delivered a dis
senting opinion favorable to the law,
in which he said the courts decision
proceeds along very narrow lines.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
Business Block Burns.

Fire started in Miss Catherine Pal
mer's millinery store at Grafton and
by the time the fremen responded the
fire had spread to nearly every room
In the second story, but by hard
work the fire was confined to the one
building, which is almost a complete
loss. The building was owned by
Graf & O'Rrien. Loss, $4,000; Jerry
Murphy, tailor, loss $4,000; Lucinda
Cain, $500; Catherine Palmer, mil
linery, on stock and house goods, ST.
900; A. Il. Lovejoy, confectionery and
grocery, $500. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
Risk Company Assaulted.

Insurance Commissioner E. c. Coop
Ell of the state department has cited
"The Homesteaders" of Des Moines,
Ia, to appear and show cause why
their permit to do a %fraternal insur-
ance business in North Dakota should
not be cancelled. The date of the
hearing has not been fixed. The ap-
plication for the cancellation of the
permit is made by Attorney George
A. Bangs, who sets forth that the as
sessment rates do not meet with the
requirements of the state and quotes
an actuary to the effect that the rates
are essentially fraudulent"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
scaIded by Escaping Steam.

Engineer Ohland and his fireman,
William Lake, YER badly scalded
about the face and hands and had a
narrow escape from being cooked to
death by steam when blowing out the
boilers in the plant at Cavalier. Some
scale plugged up the boiler and the
engineer tapped it with a hammer.
This loosened it and it let out steam
with tremendous force, filling the pit
back of the boilers with hot steam.
AS the two hen had no other way of
escape except to crawl over the boil
ers, the position was a dangerous
me-. While climbing over. Lake fell
back twice, but was assisted each time
by the engineer until they reached a
place of safety.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
Mr.. TAWNEY CALLS A HALT
Warns Congress That Country
Faces Large Deficit.

Washington, Jan. 24.-The urgent
deficiency appropriation bill occupied
the attention of the house to the ex-
clusion Of all other business. A sur
prise was sprung when Chairman
Tawney of the appropriations commit
tee warned the members that, the
country was confronted with the GER
tainty of a $1O0, 600, 900 deficit unless
the estimates for the next fiscal year
should be cut down materially.
A discussion on tariff revision was
injected into the proceedings in which
leaders on both sides of the house
tried to commit one another to a def
mite announcement as to whether il
successful at the November elections,
there would be tariff legislation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
NORTH DAKOTA news
Items of a Week From Various
Parts of the State.
TAFT STRONGLY ENDORSED
Republican State Central Committee
Favors Candidacy of the Sec
rotary Of War.

After strongly indorsing William H.
Taft for the presidency, selecting Mi
not for the place of holding the state
convention to elect delegates to the
national Republican convention and
May Ia as the date, the state Republi-
can central committee made a plea for
harmony at it's meeting in Fargo. This
committee is we'll divided as to stall
wart and insurgent strength.
The members ask the voters not to
lose sight of the common enemy, the
Deocrats, and SO to conduct the cam
paign prior to the primaries that the
losers and their friends can vote con
sistently at the general election for
the successful nominees. The action
of the committee has caused much ia
vorable comment. and is regarded as
necessary, as the campaign is already
inclined to be bitter and personal.
Minot had little opposition in Sc
curing the convention and Taft's in
dorsement was enthusiastic. Both
factions have gone or record as strong
ly supporting the secretary of a
The apportionment was fixed at two
delegates-at-large from each county
except the four recently created, which
get three, a delegate for each 100
votes cast for the state ticket, based
on the average of the highest and low
est. Resolutions of coincidence were
adopted for three members who had
died, and their positions, as well as
the places from the districts created
at the last session of the legislature,
were filled. Harmony and good feel
ing prevailed at the meeting.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
Escaped on a Technically.

Vigorous handclapping greeted the
virdict of the jury in Judge Cowan's
district court at Devils Lake when
Oswald Goldner was acquitted of sell
ing liquor IN Grand Harbor. 1t was
shown c%onclusively that Goldner vas
guilty, but his attorneys showed that
the oftense was committed in the town
of Grand Harbor, while the prosecu-
tion insisted that it was the village of
Grand Harbor. The records showed
that no such place as the village Of
Grand Harbor existed, and Judge Cow
an instructed the jury to bring in q
verdict Of not guilty.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Wheat-May,
$1.oo&; July, 97%c; Sept, 95@95Ac.
Corn-May, 617ac; July, 59b @59Mc;
Sept, 59M @5sAc. Oats-May, old,
$3.50; May, 51%c; July, old, 46Ac;
July, 44%c; Sept, 38Mc. Pork-Feb.,
$12.55; May, $13.05. Butter-Cream-
cries, 21@31c; diaries, 20@28c. Eggs
-20021kc. Poultry-Turkeys. chick
cas- and springs. 100.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
MANY LIVES ENDANGERED
Fire Destroys City and County Build
ing at Portland, Me.

Portland, Me, Jan. PA fire which
caused a property damage of $1,000
O0D destroyed the city hall and police
buildings and endangered the lives of
more than 700 persons. Although
known as city hall the building was
divided between city and county
offices, while the police building shell
tered the supreme, judicial and munic-
ipal courts in addition to the police
department.
That there were no fatalities is re-
markable, as there were more than
700 persons attending the Western
Maine knights of Pythias jubilee gath
cred in the auditorium of the city hall
when the flames were discovered.
Only a few persons were hurt, Chief
Engineer Melville Eldridge being the
only one known TO be seriously in
iured and he was able to direct the
fight against the flames throughout,
being supported by two assistants.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
Church Stands by a Member.

Superior, Wis, Jan. 27.-Having
been summoned to church on an urgent
request by the pastor, Rev. G. H.
Young, the members of the First Bap.
fist church were called upon by Mr..
Young to go on record as to whether
they believed in the integrity of H. p.
Ernsberger, a defendant in the Wood
case at st. Paul and a member and
officer of the church here. Practically
the entire membership of the church
arose in response to the call.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
WALKS INTO THE SHAFT.
Elevator Boy Killed by Fall of Three
Stories.

Oscar Braidson, twenty-five years
old, elevator boy at the Waldorf hotel
at Fargo, was killed by a fall from the
third floor to the basement. He had
taken the elevator up to the third
floor, after which the elevator went
on to the roof. Returning, Braidson
did not notice that the elevator had
moved and stepped into the space.
Braidson was hurried to the hospital
in an unconscious condition and died
soon afterwards. His parents live on
a farm neal GAINESVILLE, Mimi, and
the boy had been at the hotel about
three months.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
This World Not for preamers.

st. Louis, Jan. 27.-Louis D. Godd.
man. t%hirty-six years old, lawyer, poet
and journalist, committed suicide with
carbolic acid. Last July he attempt.
ed suicide by cutting his throat be-
cause, he explained later, he found the
world had place only for men of &C.
lion and not for dreamers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
OVER A SCORE INJURED.
Many Other Firemen Narrowly Es
cape Death in Chicago.


Chicago, Jan. 2S.-More than a score
of firemen were hurt and as many
more escaped injuries Or death after
thrilling experiences in a fire which
destroyed the Mayer building, a seven
story brick building, and the Hotel
Florence. The loss, it is believed,
will to $780, 900.
Famed by a forty-mile gale the fire
scattered burning embers about the
southern portion of the loop district,
endangering a score of structures.
Twenty guests at the hotel, which was
a four-story structure, were reused
from their beds by policemen and
firemen. All OF the inmates are be-
Iieved to have escaped.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
PORTLAND AGAIN scoRcHED
Maine Metropolis Suffers Another Dis
astrous Fire.

Portland, Me-, Jan. 27.-Fire which
several times threatened to wipe out
the business district of this city and
which caused damage estimated at
over 100000 was kept confined to
the block in which it started after al
most ten hours fighting by Portland's
firemen, aided by men and apparatus
from several outside cities.
The fire started in the wholesale
dry goods house of Milliken, Cousens
& Co. and it was in their half of the
building that the greater part of the
loss was sustained.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
GUESTS ARE TERRIFIED.
Kentucky Night Riders Take Posses
sion of Hotel.

Dawson Springs, KY, Jan. 25.-A
band of fifty masked night riders took
possession of the Arcadia hotel here
and after terrifying the guests by
shooting up the place took John
Heath, an independent tobacco buyer,
who was a guest, to a river near by
and upon threats of a "ducking' made
him promise not to sell any more
tobacco.
The riders first tried to force the
night clerk to show them to Mr..
Heath's room, but this he declined to
do. The men then scattered to all
parts of the hotel, shooting as they
went. The guests, terrified by the
shooting, rushed from their rooms into
the halls only to be frightened back.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
Thursday, Jan. %.

Senate-Much of the session de-
voted to discussion and criticism of
the action of Secretary Cortelyou dur
ing the recent financial furry. Grim
inal code bill also under consideration.
House-Urgent deficiency appropri-
alton bill under consideration. Chair
man Tawney of the appropriations
committee gave warning that unless
estimated expenditures for the next
fiscal year were cut the country faced
a deficit of $100, OOO, 900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
R FlREMEN KILLED.
Sixteen Others Injured During Blaze
at Baltimore.

Baltimore, Jan. 24.-An early morn
ing fire took heavy toll of the men,
bers of the fire department of this
city, three being dead and sixteen
others more or less seriously injured.
The list of the latter includes the
nam of George Horton, chief of the
fire department, who is in a serious
condition. He has a badly ~lacerated
scalp and internal injuries. The first
hasty examination indicated that his
skull was fractured, but a more care
full investigation showed this not to
be the case.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
Weds Austrian Count.

New York, Jan. 28.-The wedding of
Miss Gladys Moore Vanderbilt, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, to
Count Laszlo Szechenyi, member of
the Hungarian nobility, lieutenant of
hussars and hereditary member of the
Austro-Hungarian parliament, took
place at the Fifth avenue home of the
brides mother. The ceremony was
performed in the presence of about
$50 guests.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
AT ONCE SHOT TO DEATH
Leader of Haytian Revolution Is
CAPTURED,

Fort au Prince, Hayti, Jan. 25.-The
revolution has been suppressed. Jean
Juneau, the leader of the movement,
was captured at Dessalines, a little
hamlet close to Gonaives, and was at
once shot to death by the government
troops that made him prisoner. Con
aives has been occupied by a govern
ment force.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Jan. 27.-Cattle-Beeves,
$3.75@6.30; cows and heifers, $1.7O@
ATS; Texans, s3.4O@4.10; calves, $500
@7.25; Western cattle, s3.SO@4.75;
stockers and feeders, $2.70@4.70. Hogs
Light, $4.25@4.50; mixed, $4,000
AGO; heavy, $4.3O@4.62A; rough,
s4.S0@4.35; pigs, $3.7O@4.35. Sheep,
$3.40@5.60; yearlings, $500 @5.75;
lambs, $5.00@7.1O.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
by Train.

A man supposed to be Olaf Ander-
son was horribly mangled on the
Northern, Pacific railroad, between
Fargo end Dilworth, MINI The boil,
was entirely dismembered, every limb
being cut off. 1t is claimed he had
been stealing q ride.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Jan. 27.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, $1.11%; No.
1 Northern, $1.09h; No. 2 Northern,
$1.06B; May, $1.095s; July, $1.1Oas.
In store-No. 1 Northern, $1.O6%; No.
2 Northern, $1.03%. Flax-To arrive
and on track, $1.17A; May. $1.19h,
July. $1.21k.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-01-30
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paulu, Jan. 27.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.O0@5.75; fair to good,
$3.25@4.75; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $3.00@3.75; veals, $3.75@5.OO.
Hogs-$4.00@4.35. Sheep-Wethers,
$475@5.15; good to choice lambs.
$6.25@6.75.