davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
News Of the Week From Varl.
Gus Parts Of the State.
BURKE REQUESTS an OPINION
Wants Supreme Court to Deter
mine Validity of the Pres
ent Hanging Law.

There are three prisoners In the
state p%enitentiary at Bismarck under
sentence of death; R. S. Noah OF
Ward county, Joe Peltier and Charles
Peltier of Bottineau county. Govern.
or Burke has filed in the supreme
court a request for an opinion as to
the constitutionality of the law re-
quiring all executions to be done at
the state penitientiary by the warden
Of that institution.
There is no question raised as to
the guilt of the three men under sen
tence. Several years ago, however,
the legislature of the state passed a
faw taking the execution of condemned
&minals out Of the hands of the sher-
III Of the county and requiring death
Sentences to be executed by the war
den Of the state penitentiary. Since
The passage of that law, the supreme
court has rendered a decision in the
case of Temperance Commissioner
Murray abolishing his Office, because
it vas said to conflict with the duties
Of the regularly elected officers of the
county, sheriffs and state attorneys.
Governor Burke thinks this decision
may be In point In the execution of
death sentences in the state peniten-
tiary, In that such a law might take
away duties sheritfs we're regularly
elected to perform.
This is the first time the section of
the law has been invoked that gives
the governor authority to request an
opinion of the supreme court as to the
suficiency of the record before a
criminal is executed. The question
involved is whether the three men
should be executed at the state peni-
tertiary by the warden or by the sher-
IFS of Ward and Bottineau counties,
respectively.
Noah is sentenced to be hanged
Oct. %. There has been one execu-
ton at the ~penitentiary already under
the provisions of the present law, that
of John Rooney, condemned for q
murder in Cass county. Rooney's
cas- went up to the supreme court of
the United States in a test of the
present hanging law, but that did not
avail to prevent his execution.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
TAFT REPLIES TO BRYAN.
Says People Rule Through the Repub-
Iican Party.

Hot Springs, Va, Aug. 22.-"The
people have ruled through the Repub-
lican party" This is William H. Taft's
answer to Mr.. Bryan's challenge,
Shall the people ruler"
The answer vas made in an address
the Republican presidential candidate
made before a gathering of several
thousand Virginia Republicans who
came to the mountains to see and
hear him and to celebrate Virginia
day." To make his point perfectly
clear Mr.. Taft referred to the first
election of Mr.. Mckinley "as one of
the most intelligent and effective ex-
pressions of popular will ever mani
tested to the world and the main
tenance Of the gold standard and a
protective tariff by the administration
was a correct Interpretation of the
peoples will. This was shown to be
so by even a greater majority for the
party in 1900 and a still greater major
ity in 1904, when Roosevelt was elect
ed, and we may we'll submit to the
country whether his administration
has not expressed the will of the PEG
pie"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
NIGHT RIDERS SET
FIRE TO VILLAGES
Attempt to Destroy Two Towns
in South Dakota.

Aberdeen, s. D., Aug. 25.-Lowry
and Alaska, two new towns on the
Minneapolis and st. Louis road in
southern Walworth county, were par.
TALLY destroyed by fire of incendiary
origin.
The buildings burned in Lowry were
the Farmers State bank, the general
store of j. F. Herman and a pool
room. The total loss there is $4,000,
mostly covered by insurance.
At Alaska the building lately occu-
pied by a bank, the plant of the Akas-
ka News, a poolroom, butcher shop,
saloon and hardware store were de-.
stroyed. Total loss $4,000, partly
covered by insurance.
Great excitement prevailed owing
to the report of a Lowry resident who
arrived early on the scene of the fire,
to the effect that he saw six horse
men just leaving town. 1t is believed
that the gang went to Alaska and
started the fire there.
Revenge for the arrest of several
suspected horse thieves is believed to
be the cause of the raid of the towns
of Lowry and Alaska by night riders.
Both towns narrowly escaped being
wiped out by fire.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
TO THE SUPREME COURT.
Primary Law Case Will Go to Highes'
State Tribunal.

Before Judge G. F. Templeton in
Grand Forks the two mandamus cases
involving the constitutionality of the
requirements that candidates of any
party must get 80 per cent of the vote
cast for secretary of state in the
county at the previous general cleo
ton were taken up. A demurrer was
i%nterposed by States Attorney Wine
man, appearing for the defense, in
which it was set forth:
GAS to a return to the alternative
writ Of mandamus heretofore issued
by this honorable court the defendant
demurs to the complaint on the ground
and for the reason that the complaint
does not state facts sufficient to con
stitute a cause of action against said
defendant"
There were no arguments and the
court promptly sustained the demurrer
and notice of an appeal was at once
filed by Attorney JEFF Myers, who APP
pears for the two compliments in the
actions. 1t is expected that there will
be a speedy hearing before the SUI
preme court.
The action of the district court
brings the matter before the supreme
court.
Judge G. F. Templeton, who passed
on the case, is confident that the pri-
mary election law as it stands is un-
constitutional.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
FINDS NO TRACE Of POISON
Experts Report on Examination Of
Girls Body.

StTI 0V0ys
A pathological examination Of the
stomach and esophagus of Beulah
Wright of Derrick, for whose death
Mrs. Mary Wright is In the county
Jail at Devils Lake, showed no trace
of poison. Professor Babcock Of the
ed to States Attorney Serumgaard
after an examination. The stomach
and e%sophagus have been forwarded to
Minneapolis, and it is thought possible
that something may be found there.
There was, according to the exami-
nation, absolutely no indication Of
death by poisoning and no Indication
that the girl had swallowed carbolic
acid, with which her lips had been
burned. An examination after the
death of the girl showed her heart,
brain, lungs, kidneys, liver and other
organs to be in normal condition.
Mrs. Wright has given out a state
hent in which she asserts that the girl
had been affected by heart trouble at
various times when they lived at Lo-
gansport, Ind, and 1t was necessary
to call the doctor to treat her. This
doctor, whose affidavit will be an i'm
rortant factor in the murder trial,
told Mrs. Wright that the girl would
not live to be very old. The girl had
n of these peculiar attacks the day
she died, and 1t is asserted she gasped
and appeared faint, and finally Mrs.
Wright told her to go to bed. When
next she saw her she was dead. she
AYERS.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
SLOW TO BUY COAL.
Sales to Individual Consumers in
North Dakota Lighter Than Usual.

Despite the efforts of the newspa-
pers, the coal dealers and the railroad
representatives, It is practically i'm
possible to interest North Dakotans in
the proposition to purchase their win
ter's supply of fuel before the rush OF
the grain season. Two years ago the
fuel famine was so wildly impressed
On the people that when the coal
shipping season began last summer
many purchased their fuel months
ahead, but the warm weather last win
ter has made them forget other ex-
periences and the dealers say there
has been less coal sold direct to con
sumers for future use than in many
years.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Holds Up Seven Stages in Ye|-
I0Wstone National Park
OBTAINS ABOUT $4,000 LOOT
Over One Hundred People 0c-
cupied Coaches Stopped
by Highwayman.

Butte, Mont, Aug. 25.-One high
Eayman, wearing a black mask, held
up and robbed the passengers of seven
stage coaches in Yellowstone Park at
q point only a few miles distant from
the Old Faithful Inn, al the Upper
Basin, according to telephone advices
received here. The coaches left the
hotel in the usual order, at intervals
one after the other as fast as they
came in sight.
The highwayman was stationed at a
bend in the road where he was in.
visible from either direction. At the
point of a rifle he lined up the pas
sengers and after relieving them Of
money and valuables, allowed them to
enter the stage and resume the jour
ney. This performance the bandit
enacted times. 1t is understood
that he collected in all more than 3d.
900. The fact that tourists in the
yark are not permitted to carry weap-
n made it impossible for any of the
passengers or drivers to render re-
siStance. The robber was a man
shout fifty-fve years old, weighing
about 14O pounds. After holding up
the last coach he disappeared into the
hills and it was afterward found that
he had made his escape on a horse
belonging to the transportation com
pany.
Even Took Candy From Girls.
The last coach contained five young
ladies. The highwayman obtained
very little from them, but stopped long
enough to appropriate some candy.
In all about 125 people were held
up, but not all of these suffered
losses. When he ordered the drivers
to move on the bandit stood a few
minutes with his gun pointed toward
them and then walked down the road.
All haste was made back to Old
Faithful Inn to give the alarm. The
soldiers encamped at the Thumb sta
ton were Immediately notified and a
messenger was dispatched to the
camp of soldiers on the West Gallatin
river at the west boundary of the park.
The soldiers from Fort Yellowstone
were on the road to take up the trail
within ten minutes after news was re-
ceived.
1t is thought almost certain that
the bandit is heading for a point be-
tween Big Springs and Ashton, sta
tions on the Oregon Short Lines Vel
lowstone Park branch and north of
Idaho Springs. There are a number
Of settlers and forest rangers in the
upper and lower basins and if he
continues after reaching the main
road he cannot escape observation.
On the West Gallatin trail a squad of
soldiers is posted near the line.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
ANNOUNCED BY HITCHCOCK
Advisory Committee of Republican Ma
tionaI Committee.

New York, Aug. 22.-Chairmar
Hitchcock of the Republican national
committee has announced the appoint.
ment of the following men as mem
bers of the advisory committee: Rich.
ard A. Ballinger, state of Washington;
Cornelius N. Bliss, New York; Powell
Clayton, Arkansas; w. Murray Crane
Massachusetts,; William Nelson Crom.
we'll, New York; John Hayes Ham.
mond, Massachusetts; Franklin Muir.
ply, New Jersey; Charles p. Taft.
Ohio; Arthur 1. Vorys, Ohio.
Mr.. Hitchcock will be chairman OF
the committee and Elmer Dover will
be secretary. The committee will ad.
wise as to the conduct of the Repub-
lican national campaign, financial and
otherwise. It's headquarters will be
in New York.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
BARON srERNBERG DEAD,
German Ambassador to United States
Passes Away.

Heidelberg, Germany, Aug. "a
Baron Speck von St%ernberg, the Ger.
man ambassador to the United States,
died in the Hotel Victoria in this city.
The baroness, who was Miss Lillian
May Langham of Louisville, KY, was
with her husband at the end.
The immediate cause of Baron Won
S~ternberg's death was Inflammation
of the lungs. He was fifty-six years of
age and fought through the Franco.
German war.
When he left Washington May Is
for his home in Germany the ambas.
sador himself seemed to those close
to him to have a premonition that he
never would return.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
AFTER RED RIVER POTATOES
Buyers From Southern States Pur.
chasing Northern Tubers for Seed.

The Red River valley is being in
vaded by representatives of seed
houces in the Southwest who are after
the potatoes grown in this section to
use for seed potatoes through Kansas,
Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. Buy
ers from that section make annual
trips to the valley and secure q sup
ply for all that section. 1t is claimed
a strip of country on both sides of
the Red river grows the finest pota-
toes in the world, and that they are
the best for seed purposes as we'll as
the most palatable for table use.
The industry is a big one, several
farmers on both sides of the river de-
voting hundreds of acres to the crop
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
SAYS He is NOT GUILTY,
Former EmpIoye Accused Of Lootins
Chicago Sub-Treasury,

Chicago, Aug. 24.-C. w. Fitzgerald,
arrested on a charge of stealing S173,-
900 of United States funds from AS
sistant United States Treasurer Will
lam Boldenweck on Feb. 20, 1907, was
admitted to bail by Judge Chetlain.
Counsel for the defendant pleaded for
an immediate hearing, but the court
postponed the examination until Aug.
81 to allow the states attorney to col
lect further evidence.
The evidence against Fitzgerald
was worked up by a private detective
agency and no move was made by the
government authorities in court. A
representative of the United States
district attorneys Office, however, was
present.
Assistant United States District At
torney Davis stated that the federal
authorities had concluded not to take
part in the prosecution of Fitzgerald
unless further evidence against the
defendant is unearthed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Excitement Cause Of Death,

Worcester, Mass, Aug. 22.-General
Nelson A. Miles and his brother Dan
iel of Westminster went to Leomin-
ster to call on their sister, Mrs. Mary
Jane Merriam, who had not seen the
general for several years. The woman
vas overjoyed at the reunion and, not
being in a strong condition physically,
eXerted herself too much. After the
departure of General Miles and his
brother she collapsed and died within
an hour. Physicians say that excite
ment was the direct cause of her
death.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Murder Mystery Solved.

Baltimore, Aug. 24.-According to
the authorities of this city Mrs. Bonni
Rosenbloom and her daughter Eva
have confessed that the body found in
the trunk at Belle Mawr, near Cam.
den, N. j., on Aug. 16, was that Of
Samuel ]. Rosenbloom of Windber,
Pa, husband of the elder woman, and
that he was killed by the son, Alex
ander Rosenbloom, at their home in
Windber, Pa, on or about Nov. IL last.
The woman said the cause of the muir.
der was that her husband had beaten
1hem,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Mercer County Will Celebrate.

Mercer county will celebrate the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the or
ganization of the county at Krem on
Sept. 5. Hon. c. A. Johnson of Mi
not, Republican candidate for govern
or, will address the public. Five hun
dred Indians from the Fort Berthold
reservation will entertain the people
with sham battles and war dances.
The parades will be one of the best
features of the celebration. This will
be n of the biggest Republican raj
lies in the state.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Death of a Prominent Mason.

Alex G. Mather, one of the most
prominent Masons of North Dakota,
died at a hospital in Grand Forks. Mr..
Mather was born in Edinburg, Scot
land, and was sixty-four years old. He
had resided in Grand Forks twenty
seven years. He vas a thirty-third
degree Mason and had been recorder
of st. Oldemar commandery since its
organization. He was grand treasurer
of the Grand Commandery of North
Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Aug. observation-disclosures,
$3.70@7.60; Texans. $3.5O@5.1O; West
ern cattle, $3.5O@5.90; stockers and
feeders. $2.65@4.60; cows and heifers,
$1.75@5.9o; calves, $5.25@7.25. Hogs
Light. $6.05@6.7O; mixed, $6.50@
$50; heavy, s6.Oo@6.S5; rough, $500
@6.26; good to choice heavy, $6.25@
6.S5; pigs. S4.75@5.75. Sheep, 1925
04.25; yearlings. $4.2505.00: lambs,
3e.50@6.0e.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
SITUATION IN MOROCCO.
Change in Rulers Does Not changs
the Problems Presented.

Paris, Aug. 25.-Oficial circles view
the situation in Morocco with a calm
spirit. 1t is pointed out that the
change in rulers does not change the
problems presented. The act of Al,
geciras vas devised to meet these
problems and is equally applicable to
the new as to the old regime. There,
fore. it is considered unlikely that it
will become necessary to summon a
rev conference of the powers, for
there appears TO be no reason why an
agreement as to concerted action can.
not be arranged through the usual
diplomatic channels.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
CIsTERN CAvE-IN is FATAL
Young Farmer Meets Death in New
Excavation.


Fred schell, aged thirty-one years,
was killed on his farm between Ojata
and Emerald when a big cistern, up
on which work had just been complet-
ID, caved in.
The mother and sister of the de-
ceased were in Grand Forks and were
guests of Louis Schell, a brother of
the victim of the accident. They had
intended to go out to visit the farm
and upon their arrival received news
Of the accident. Mrs. Schell, daugh-
ter and son left for the scene The
deceased is survived by a widow and
a son two years old. He had been in
North Dakota for two years, coming
here from Aurora, ILL.,, where the
body will be taken for burial.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
FOR THE KILLING OF ANNIs
Arraignment Of the Hams Brothers
Postponed.


New York, Aug. 24.-Captain Peter
c. Hams and his brother, T. Jenkins
Hams, wer taken to the magistrates
court in Long Island City, the former
charged with the killing of William E..
Annis at the Bayside Yacht club over
a week g and the brother charged
with being an accessory to the act
BY agreement with the district attor-
ney the arraignment was postponed
until next Friday. Captain Hams
plainly showed the effects of a weeks
confinement, but his brother seemed
u~nconcerned and calm. The brothers
we're handcufed together when
brought into the court. AS he sank
into a seat Captain Hains appeared tc
be on the verge of nervous collapse.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis. Aug. 24.-Wheat-
Sept, 9SMc; Dec, 97% @97Ac; May,
$1.01%. On track-No. 1 hard, ST.
|07M: No. 1 Northern, $1.O5%; No. 2
Northern, $1.02%; No. 8 Northern,
99Mc@s1.0OM.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Normal Plans Musical Department.

The State Normal school at VALLEY
City is arranging to develop it's music.
al department to conservatory propor-
lions, and will open the new depart
ment on Sept. %. Robert Boice Car
son, a tenor of Chicago, has been &C.
cured at a large salary, as dean of the
department and instructor in voice.
He will be assisted by his wife, who
has also recently come into promi-
nence as a singer and teacher.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Grand Review at Sydney.

Sydney, N. S. W., Aug. 24.-There
was a grand review in Centennial
park here in which 400 men of the
royal navy, 5000 men of the Amer
icar fleet, 1000 Of the naval and mil
itary forces of New South Wales and
1000 cadets took part.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
st. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Aug. 24.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $6.OO@6.75; fair to good,
$5.G0@5.75; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $4.00@5.00; veals, $9.75@5.25.
Hogs-s6.00@6.50. Sheep-Wethers.
$3.75@4.25; yearlings, $500 @4.5O;
spring lambs, $5.0O@5.5O.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Binder Manales Farmer,

Thorwald Strand. a farmer living
near Warwick, was knocked down by
horses and a binder pulled over him.
His right hand was cut off, head bad
Iy cut, back and shoulders severely
injured and his abdomen punctured.
He may die.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. 24.-Wheat-sept.,
93c; Dec, 93H @94c; May, CSC. Corn
Sept, 76hc; Dec, 65%c; May,
63% @64c. Oats-sept., 1880; Dec,
48kc; May, sos @50kc. Pork-sept.,
$14.17h; Oct, $14.30; jan, 1855.
Butter-Creameries. 19@22kc; dair-
les, 10000 Eggs-18kc. Poultry
Turkeys, 15c; chickens, 10hc;
springs, 15c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Arm Badly Cut by Sickle,

While driving a binder for Anton
Solberk who lives about nine miles
northwest of Hillsboro, Gust Melum
was thrown of the seat onto the plat
form of the binder. and the flesh Of
one arm was badly torn and cut by
the sickle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27

Dublin, Aug. 24.-Richard Croker
has become an honorary burgess of
Dublin. He signed the roll and re-
ceived from the lord mayor a certih-
cate granting him the freedom of the
city.
The role is limited to distinguished
persons who have rendered service to
Ireland or to the cause of liberty at
home and abroad and the names of
three Americans precede that of Mr.
Croker-General Grant, Edward Pot
ter, captain of the ship Constitution
which brought relief to Ireland in
1880, and the late Patrick A. Collins
who was at M time mayor of Boston
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Burglars Make Rich Haul.

The Zealand department store at
Minot was b%urglarized last week.
Burglars entered through a window,
and, cutting the screen, opened the
safe and secured s14S In cash and
chApks and a large amount Of msr-
oAax0ss. The thieves escaped.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
Cholera Continues to Spread.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 19.-The center
of v%irulence in the cholera epidemic
has been transferred to kostov-on-Don,
where t%hirty-one new cases and ten
deaths we're reported on Aug. II. From
the province of Astrakhan sixty-one
new cases and twenty-one deaths were
reported on the same day. The chol.
era is now working its way down the
Black sea along the Caucasus coast.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
NUMBER OF PERSONS PERISH
Two Thousand Houses Destroyed by
Fire at constantinopIe.

Constan-inople, Aug. 24.-Fire In
the Stamboul quarter of Constantine
pie destroyed more than two thou.
sand houses. The homes in that sec.
ton were mostly built of wood and
proved easy prey for the flames, car.
ried by the high wind.
A number Of firemen and women
and children are reported to have been
burned to death. The homeless prob.
ably number 1000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Duluth Wheat and Flax

Duluth. Aug. 24.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 Northern, S1.OS;
Sept, 99%c; Dec, 97c. Flax-To ar
rive, s1.29A; on track, $1,000; Sept,
$1.2SA; Oct, $1.27; Nov, $1.27; Dec,
S .24h.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-08-27
A BIG POTATO CROP.
Hoopie TilIers of the Tubers Planted
Large Acreage.

Large Acreage.
Farmers in the vicinity of Hoople
have taken up diversified farming in
no mean way this year, departing from
the all-grain farms and raising pota-
toes. Hundreds of acres have been
planted in potatoes and the yield, it
is stated, will be fair, considering the
dry weather that has prevailed. Nels
Folsom has just completed the con-
strEction of a concrete potato elevator
in Hoople, the capacity being 10000
bushels.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-05-07
A Belated Skull Story.

Mr. Editor:-In regard to the
Index skull. l think all your writers
are wrong in regard to the owner.
In my Judgment, this man must
have been Charles Joseph Emmett,
who left this city many years ago
in quest of fortune by taking
Horace Greeley's advice, and came
to place called Farenough. There
he died, buried himself. arose a
gain and at last becoming tired OF
life died to stay dead Al old Ger
man -amed Steinwert dug up the
skull. and knowing the dead man
name to have been Emmett, decid-
ed the proper resting place for the
bones of Charlie Joe would be in
the town that bears his name. and
there they were taken. May no
one disturb his rest. p. S. The
writer is getting along in years,
but after reading The Index for
sometime he wishes he could call
back some of the years and move
to Emmett.
+. b. MUNDAY. Cedarvale.
Kan.