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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

WANTED BY two adults 2 com
Portable unfinished down stairs
rooms, walking distance from G. nj
round house preferred. State locar
ton and pr'ce. Lock Box lis Ryder.
N. D. y
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

va ( < l. J. 4. +
Owing to THO cold westher Mon
day evening. Miss Norrenbers. the
Harvest Queen. was not crowned
on the street. but instead in the
opera house. where me Coronation
ball was held later She was &C
companied BY two little maids. one
q whom carried her train and the
other : pillow, On which rested the
sceptre. Attorney Schulz made the
coronation address.
State Of North Dakota. County Of
Ward, IS.
In District Court, Eighth Judicial
District.
L. e. Johnson vs.. First National
Bank Of Cassopolis.
The State Of North Dakota to the
above named Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to
the complaint in this action and to
serve a copy Of your answer on the
subscriber within thirty days after
the service Of this summons upon
you exclusive Of the day Of service;
and IN case Of your failure to appear
or answer judgment will be taken
against you by default for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated this 9th day Of August, 1908.
w. A. Guilfoyle,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
ONCE and Post ONCE address,
Sherwood, N. D.
To the above named Defendant:
You will please take notice that
the above entitled action Is brought
for the purpose Of quieting title to
lots 20-21-22 In block % In the orig
final townsite Of Sherwood. Ward
county, In this plaintiff: that no per-
sonal claim Is held against the de-
PENDANT, that the complaint in this
action IS now flied with the clerk
OF the District Court Of Ward county,
N. d.
Dated this 9th day OF August, 1908.
w. A. Guilfoyle,
7 4 - 4
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

LOT ,BAkGAIN-2 blocks of North
side Mill, 5Ox170, level and first class,
$l25.M. This is a snap and on your
own terms. Lyman Land Co., 2O3 e.
First ST., Tel. 256. t.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

A safe place to trade at Minot
Furniture Company. j. G
Hoff. Prop. If
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

1. NJ. and Lawrence Questad have
purchased the Norden Cafe. taking
charge Of it this morning. The name
Of the place has been changed to the
been changed to The Arlington and
make some important improvements.
Regular meals will be served as we'll
as quick lunches night and day. The
Scandinavian reading room which
has proved to be very popular. will
be continued, and at all times a
nice line Of Scandinavian news
papers. periodicals. and books will
be found in the reading room. which
is free for all. Tie Questad Bros.
are good business men and ought to
make success OF the undertaking.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08
3. p. HAGEN.
Hurd. Bottineau. N, u.

P. s. Any one interested in auction
sales will either write or wire me at
my expense. Ny charges will not be
as much as your local auttoineer and
my many years time spent In auction
schools and In the actual work ought
to help you realize good prices.
FRANK H. HYLAND.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08

Remember we make more pho
tographs and carry the largest
and best selected stock of picture
frame mouldings west of the
Twin Cities. We please others
why not you /?
Moore's Picture Shop,
tf Minot, N. D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08
Hurd, N. D. July IS. 1903.

Hurd, N. D. July IS. 1908.
This IS to Certify That:
Frank H. Hyland Of Devils Lake.
North Dakota did on the 9th day
Of March 1908 conduct most salts
factory auction sale for me, amount
ing to about $500. Of farm imple-
ments and stock and did not get
started until nearly two o'clock and
finished before s o'clock and / was
very much pleased with the result.
and number Of the oysters remark
ing while the sale was going on. that
he was the best auctloneer that had
ever been up IL this part Of the coun-
try. I can highly recommend him
to any one who contemplates having
an auction.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-08
TOR sAIlU- Registered Short
Horn bull two and one-hal& years
old. Inquire 1t Grow Clothing Co.

Gail at Stoltz's lumber yard
and get prices on all kinds OF
building material. Hard and
soft coal. C. 81. Rudd, agent.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
KILLED BY ROBBERS.
Prosperous Negro Merchant Found
Dead in his Store.

A dispatch from Sumter to Tne
State says Coroner S. F. Flowers re-
turned Tuesday afternoon from the
Statesburg neighborhood, where he
investigated the death OF waiter
Blanding, colored. The negro was
the owner of a store and was found
brutally cut up in his store.
No one appeared to know anything
of the affair, and Coroner Flowers
did not empanel jury. From all
appearances the murder was doue 1or
the purpose of robbery, as only 20
cents was found in the store and the
deceased was said to have been dong
a good business and to be we'll OF.
The body was terribly mutllated
with gashes inflicted with hatchel
and knife that were found near the
body covered with blood. The MUIR
der is being investigated by the
county authorities, and further light
may be thrown on this horrible al
fair
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
DIED FROM LOCKJAW.
DR.. Piesen of Chicago Diagnosed His
Own Case.

DR.. Joseph f. Piesen.E depart
ment superintendent employed by a
Chicago packing firm, regarded as a
leading authority on lockjaw, died
Thursday night Of the disease, re-
sulting from a fracture Of the nose
which occurred a week ago.
DR.. Piesen fell down stairway N
the labratory Of the packing plant.
The skin over the nose was broken
and the wound bcame infected with
tetanus germs.
On Christmas Eve the physician
was stricken with lockjaw. He dag
nosed his own case and with the aid
of pencil and paper directed his fam
ly to send him to a hospital. He then
sent for lawyer and made his will.
During his illness he constantly
ioined with the hospital physicians
in their consultations and gave it as
his opinion several days ago that he
could not recover. The immediate
cause of his death was said to be
heart failure following a convulsion.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
GROUND 10 PIECES.
Wealthy New York Lawyer Leap
cd In Front Of Train.
Financial Troubles Caused By the
Panic sEid to Be the Chief Cause
of Suicide.

Ernest G. Stedman, one Of New
York's most prominent lawyers, rated
to be worth in excess Of S7,000,000,
and brother of Edmund Clarence
Stedman, the poet-banker, last week
tragically committed suicide by leap
ing in front of local subway train
at the Fourteenth street station.
The ]. C. Lyon Building and Oper-
ating company, of which he was vice
pesident, treasured and director,
failed for several millions of dollars
last Friday when receivers were ap-
pointed and financial troubles are
believed to be the chief causes of the
suicide.
Mr.. Stedman was president of the
American Cushion Elbow company
treasurer of the Raritan River Clay
company, a member Of several prom
inent clubs, and had Offices on Broad
way, where he was member Of the
law firm of Stedman & Larkin. His
town house was at 1881 Madison
avenue.
The suicide could not have select
ed a spot where his death would
have created a greater sensation.
The uptown platform of the sub
way at Fourteenth street was crowd
ed with persons, mostly women, who
were waiting for trains, when Mr..
Stedman, who had been observed
walking up and down the platform,
suddenly darted through group OF
women, jumped to the tracks in
front of the fast moving uptown
train.
Six cars of the train had passed
over the lawyers body before the
train was stopped and by that time
the body had been terribly mangled.
In the meantime the excitement on
the platform had become panic.
Several women who had seen the man
leap to death tainted or collapsed
and for several minutes in the wild
excitement they lay about the plat
form unattended. !
1t was more than three-quarters OF
an hour before order was restored
and that tains had resumed their
normal running orders.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
LEAVES SWAG BEHIND.
New York Man Gets Queer Christ
mas Present from Burglar.

Santa Claus, in a peculiar gulse,
paid a visit to John Distler OF New
York City. In the night Distler was
aroused by a noise in the dining
room and he at once decided that
there was burglar in the house.
Rather than take any chances OF be-
ing shot Distler made a great noise
in his room for the purpose or scar
ing the burglar away.
He was successful in this and when
he went downstairs he found that
none of the family silver had been
stolen. On the contrary he found
on the table in the dinning room a
large quantity of silverware, which
he had never seen before. He be-
lieyes that the burglar tad obtain
ed it from some other houses and'
being scared by the noise ne made'
fled, leaving it behind.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
FATAL ACCIDENT
Caused by a Boy Having Dynamite
in His Pocket.

Dan Bradley, the 16-year-old son
of a widow at Pratt City, Ala, died
Thursday as result of injuries re-
ceived in lan explosion of dynamite
at a Christmas party. The boy car
ried a piece Of dynamite in his coat
pocket. While on the porch he was
:;arred, and the dynamite exploded.
The boys right leg was torn on
and his body was thrown violently
through window into the parlor
where the guests were assembled.
Several boys and girls were knocked
down. and others were badly shaken
up by the explosion and by the boy
stricking them. The house was pad
lv wrecked.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
Blind Tiger Whiskey.

A dispatch from Greenwood to
The State says the only report OF
anv Christmas fatalities in that
county reached the city Of Green
wood on Friday. According to this
report seven negroes were badly
shot at a hot supper Thursday night
given at the home Of Il negro, Press
Carter, on G.. NJ. kinard's planta-
ton, eight miles below Greenwood.
One negro. Miles Moore, is expected
to die. The others, though badly
wounded may recover. All par1les
we're drinking. Shotguns were used
and the wounded ones are we'll pep
Dered with shot.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
FOUND INTERNAL MACHINE
Dangerous Christmas Present Sent
by Mail Detected in Time.

A dispatch from Erie, Pa, says
while distributing Christmas bundles
In the South Erie sub-postoffiee
Christmas Eve an employee became
suspicious of a package, the end OF
which had been broken open, and
upon making an investigation the
package was found to contain an in
Fernal machine, so constructed that
the opening Of the box would cause
an explosion that would have un-
doubtedly killed all persons around
it, and set fire to everything in the
building.
The package was addressed to Ar
chic Carr, 2,2OS Cherry street, and
had been mailed from that city. The
box was turned over to Postmaster
Sobell, who called in Chief of Police
Wagner. The chief cut out the side
of the box and exposed bottle and
contrivances so arranged that the
opening of the lid would have loosen
ed the cork and ignited several
matches.
The following inscription was on
the inside wrapper: "You may per-
hans find the cover will catch lit
tie when you open the box. Pay no
attention to it. Merry Christmas. .
J. w. Wright, health officer and
chemist, after an examination OF the
bottle said it contained & high eX-
DlOSive.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
SHOT HIS wife
Just Before Sitting Down to a
Christmas Dinner.
DR.. Amesbury Kills His Wife in Kit
chen Of her Mothers Home just


chen of her Mothers Home Just
After Quarrel.
DR.. Walter R. Amesbury, Of Mil
ford, shot and instantly killed his
wife, Anna, teacher of music in
Roanoke College, Danville, Va, as
the family were about to sit down to
their Christmas dinner at the home
Of Mrs. Jennie Rees, Mrs. Amesbury's 8
mother, at 220 Metropolitan avenue,
Hyde Park, Mass, Christmas Day.
DR.. Amesburg .iwas placed under
arrest Immediately after the shoot
ing. Mrs. Amesbury had come from
Virginia to pass the holidays with
her sons. Walter r. Amesbury, and
Ira r. Amesbury, who live with their
grandmother, Mrs. Rees. DR.. Ames-
burg came from Milford, where he
has practiced for some time, to the
Christmas festivities with the fami-
ly.
Accdording to the police, DR.. Am
esbury fired two shots, both Of which
took effect in Mrs. Amesbury's right
side. Her death was almost instan-
eous.
After his arrest, DR.. Amesbury
declared that the shooting was acci-
dental. He would not make any fur
ther statement.
Mrs. Amesbury was 40 years old
and a native of Kentucky.
Since her marriage to DR.. Ames-
bury they had lived at different
times in Kingston and Tuxbury,
Mass, and Corsicana, Tex. Some
time ago Mrs. Amesbury went to Vir-
ginia and began tecahing music in
Roanoke College. She was an ac-
complished vocalist.
According to the police DR.. Ames-
bury became engaged in a quarrel
regarding family matters. They
were conversing in the kitchen when
suddenly the other members OF the
family, who were in the dining room
heard two shots fired.
Rushing into the kitchen the Am
esbury boys, the oldest of whom is
about twenty years Of age, grappled
with their father and threw him to
the floor. After struggle the re-
volver was taken away from him
and he was held until the arrival OF
the police.
DR.. Amesbury is forty-nine years
of age. He was formerly a surgeon
in the British army stationed III
Jamaica.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
Little Girl Burned.

At Charleston the six-year-old
of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Martin, was so badly burned Christ
mas in playing about a Christmas
tree that the child is not expected to
live, The little girl either reached
for a present. on the tree or tried to
light a candle, causing her dress to
become ignited by a lower candle,
and before the flames were exiting
uished she was fearfully burned.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
PHYSICIAN COMMITS SUICIDE
ar. Thorn, of CASTOR Shoals, Cuts
His Throat.

DR.. J. L. Thorn, of CASTOR Shoals
in Cherokee County, committed sui
eide Christmas night by cutting MS
throat. He retired apparently IN MS
usual health, but about a quarter 70
eleven o'clock he told his wife that
he was oppressed by the weight Oh
the covering. She suggested that ne
throw some of it off. He then arose
and went into the next room. Hls
wife. hearing water dripping on the
foor, asked him what was the mat, IT,,
ter. He replied, Come and see.
AS she entered the door he sank 70
the floor, dying in a few SECONDS.
DR.. Thorn was ebout forty years Oh
age, and leaves a wife and two LITTLE
children
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
SHIP HAD BAD LUCK
Reaches Frisco After Tragic Voy-
age from Baltimore.
Collided With Another Ship, Which
Was Sunk With Part Of the Grew
In Mid Ocean.

The American ship Atlas dropped
anchor at San Francisco on Christ
mas eve night, 275 days out from
Baltimore. It ended voyage made
tragic by collision Off Cape Horn
ar.ended by the sinking of another
vessel, the drowning of the ill-fated
crafts captain and the captains wife,
mutiny on its decks and death
among its crew.
On June 6, at 6 P. NJ, the Atlas
struck the Norwegian bark Viking,
Capt. Petersen, bound from Ham
burg to Callao. Both were badly
damaged by the contact, Dut the
bark Jared the worst.
In the terror of the night 19 Of the
crew of the Norwegian bark boarded
the American ship, crawling over
tangled shrouds and dangling booms.
Capt. Pearson and his wife were
not among those who made a dan
gerous transit, but it was TOO dark
to render aid though the Atlas stood
by all night and next morning the
Viking had disappeared.
The Atlas put into Rio De Janerio
for repairs, badly leaking. On the
way to this port a mutiny took place
among the crew over some trouble
with the mate, but 1t was easily
quelled.
Before the collision off Cape Horn
three Of the ships company met
death. On May % J. Schumacher
and Charles Nolan seamen, fell from
the jib-boom and were drowned. On
June Is John Hook, sailmaker, died
and was buried at sea. When the
ship arrived the captains son and
the third officer were i'll and the ves-
sci was ordered into quarantine.
The Atlas had cargo of coal for
the United States Government. The
vessel had been 102 days out from
Rio De Janerio and was overdue.
Reinsurance had been ordered at, 10
|.per cent.
The Viking was a new bark OF
2,541 tons. Nothing had been heard
of it after it began its last voyage
until, the Atlas brought in the tidings
Christmas eve night.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
NEGROES LEAVING.
They Were Told to Go and They Are
Going.

Negroes are rapidly leaving Hen
rietta. Okla, where the lyncn:ng OF
James Garden, colored, occurred on
Christmas following the murder Oh
Albert Bates, a prominent white
buisness man. The black were CIV
en- notice to leave town within As
hours. a second attack was made
on the Jail early Thursday morning
by a mob of citizens who sought a
one-eved negro named 81, Smith,
charged with melting Garden to COM
nit the crime, Sherff Robertson
however, spirited the man away from
the mob and took him to Okmulgee,
Jim Johnson. negro, who gave Gar
den rifle also was taken to Okmui'
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
Bold Robbers.

At Chicago five men, one OF whom
carried a revolver, robbed two other
men in the waiting room Of the La
sale street railway station in the
heart of the business section or the
CITY. Two of the robbers were ar
rested within few minutes after the
attack and a third two hours later.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
DINED AND W1NED.
Fleet Officers Guests of the Govern
ment of Trinidad.

The captains of the American bat
tie ships and staffs were entertained
at luncheon Thursday by Sir Henry
Moore Jackson, the Governor OF
Trinidad, and later were the guests
of the Governor at the horse races.
The weather was ideal, and the
race course was thronged with o1ti-
GERS and men of the fleet together
with holiday crowd from the city.
The American horses carried OF the
honors, being the winners in nearly
all the races, and the visitors gave
over to applauding these
victories.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
Labor Trouble.

According to a statement issued
officially the recent encounters at
Iouioue, Chilli, between nitrate strlA-
ers and the police resulted in the
killing of 21O men and the woundina
of about fifty. During one or the
encounters the troops fired particu-
1arlv at the leaders of the Strikers
bnt their aim was poor and the men
vere not hurt.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
NEGRO BURGLAR
Enters the Home of MFR. WeIIbOrn,
of Anderson.
FIGHT IN A BED ROOM.

Burglar in His Bed Room Christ.
mas Eve Night and Has a Thrill.
ing Experience in Hand to Hand
Battle With the Thief, who Has
Been Lodged in Jail.
The Peoples Advocate Of Ander-
son, says Will Guyton, colored, has
been lodged in the county Jail charg-
ed with most serious offense, the
penalty for which is from five years
to life sentence.
Between ten and eleven o'clock
Christmas eve, Mr.. and Hrs. Will
Wellborn, who reside in Garvin
township, seven miles north of the
city, were awakened from theil
sleep by footsteps in their bed room
Thinking at once that burglar had
entered the house, Mr.. Wellborn
jumped out of bed to get his trous.
ers, which had been hung on chair
near the bed.
He had marketed a beef on the
afternoon before and had about $40
in his trousers pockets. The negro
who was ascertained later to be Will
Guyton, also grabbed for the trous,
ers. Mr.. Wellborn and the negro
clinched and a fight ensued.
The fight continued in the bed
room for some time. The darky sue
ceeded in freeing himself and start
ed for the kitchen, which adjoins Mr.
Wellborn's bed room. Mr.. Well
born followed and the fight was re-
sumed in the Kitchen
The darkey finally got loose and
went out in the yard, where he gath,
cred some rocks and began throwing
them through window in the bed
room. One of the biggest OF these
rocks crashed through the window
names and fell in the cradle where
the baby of Mr.. and Mrs. Wellborn
was innocently sleeping. Luckily II
did not fall on the babe and there
fore the child was unharmed.
Some of the neighbors of Mr. Well
born arrested Guyton the next morn
ing and sent for Deputy Sheriff Scott
who carried him to jail.
Guyton claims, so it is said, tha1
he was drunk, and that he does moi
remember entering the house. 1t IS
also said that Guyton owed some
money to person whi asked him fol
it on Tuesday afternoon.
1t Is said that he told the man
that he did not have the money then
but that his employer, Mr.. Wellborn
had it and that he would get it from
him that night. 1t is said that the
darkey knew that Mr.. Wellborn hac
sold some beef on the afternoon be-
fore and knew that he had the S4l
in his room.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
Fatal Burning.

Henry Meiser and Antonia Ober-
lin were burned to death and two
?,ther men seriously injured Thurs
plav in a fire which destroyed the
home of Andrew Baltow at BRADFORD
pa The origin is not known.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-02
SorroWful Occurrence.

AT Clinton Mr.. +. A. Dorrity's lit
tle son was burned to death Christ
mas eve. The mother was dressing
the children to go away for Christ
mas. She went out few minutes
and when she returned the little fel-
low was in flames.