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Connecticut western news., 1908-01-09
MERRITT IS FLOOR LEADER.
Organization of New York Legislature
 Furnishes Surprises.


 Furnishes Surprises. Albany, N. T., Jan. S.-In the organi- Zation of the assembly J. w. Wads- worth was reelected speaker by a party vote, every Democrat standing up for George NJ. Palmer. Colonel Archie E. Baxter, the choice of the combined Hughes-O -Odell and Grand Army forces, was thrown out for clerk and Ray B. Smith, the Roosevelt Wads- worth favorite, substituted.
 There were several surprises in the chairmanships. Merritt of St. Law renee heads the ways and means and will therefore be majority leader and his rival for the place, Phillips of AL legany, is chairman of judiciary, as was expected. Instead of the expected appointment of Murphy of Kings to the chairmanship of the cities commit tee, which was understood to be de- sired by Republican State Chairman Woodruff, that place was given to Hammond of Onondaga. Hammond would have had the place by reason of seniority in the committee, but Senator White, also of Onondaga, is chairman of the senate committee on cities, and it was not expected that Syracuse would get both committees. Murphy gets the chairmanship of the almost equally important committee on the codes.
 Wainwright of Westchester is trans ferred frUln the chairmanship of banks to that of railroads; Francis of New York s1cceeds him as chairman of banks. Mann of Wayne becomes chair man of the committee on insurance; Yale of Putnam of that on election, gas and water supply.
 Chairmen of the principal commit tees will be: General laws, Green of Kings; taxation and retrenchment, Chamberlain of Steuben; canals, Colne of Kings; public education, Filley of Rensselaer,; labor and industries, Par ker of Washington; internal affairs, Hubbs of Suffolk; excise, Whitney of Oswego; agriculture, Boshart of Lew is; public health, Whitney of Saratoga; !; military affairs, Hamilton of Chautau- qua.
 On the important committee on rules Merritt as leader replaces Moreland; Phillips replaces Prentice; Robinson of New York replaces Merritt; Palmer of Schoharie as minority leader replaces Oliver, and Oliver remains on the con- mittee in place of Burns of New York.
Connecticut western news., 1908-01-09
Overdue Ship CrawIs Into Port.

Queenstown, Jan. S.-The long over- due steamer Mount Royal steamed slowly into Queenstown. She left Ant werp for St. John, N. B., Dec. and had not been heard from since Dec. 20 when she was reported off the Lizard. There was great anxiety, and watch was being kept for her on both sides of the Atlantic and as far south as Bermuda. The Mount Royal had trouble with her boilers, and this was the reason she had to put ba K.
Connecticut western news., 1908-01-09
GRIM ES
 AND CASUALTIES, s,

through the ice and was drowned. In a heroic but vain attempt to save him his brother, Francis, nineteen years, willingly sacrificed his life. Nor, sad to say, was Francis the only hero ih this tragedy. Seeing the brothers struggles, Joseph Tierney, twenty years. clerk. hurried to their aid. and he, too, was drowned.
 Fifty-six persons were put to death by Judge Lynch during 1907 compared with seventy-three in 1906. Forty-nine were negro men, four white men and three negro women. There were dou- ble lynchings In five instances and triple lynchings in two. Two negro women formed the principals in one of the double lynchings and two ncg"o brothers in another. Thirty-seven vic tins of mob violence were put to death at night and nineteen during daylight hours. Eleven lives were snuffed out on Sundays. Thirty-one were hanged. seventeen shot to death. three hanged and shot two shot and the corpses burned, one tied to tree
Connecticut western news., 1908-01-09
The fight between the Southern railroads and
RAILROADS
AND THE

the state of Virginia, ''N"S North Carolina, Geor- gia and Alabama over railway rates, which has been fin the courts of the various states and in the federal courts for several months past and has been the subject of several conferences be- tween the governors of those states, is to end in an agreement fixing the ln- trastate and interstate rates in those states at practically 2Ia cents a mile.
Connecticut western news., 1908-01-09
Loab to Head Traction Company

Washington, Jan. S. President Roosevelt may have to look for a new secretary, as the stockholders of the Washington Railway and Electric company decided to make William Loeb, Jr., a director and ultimately president of the company. MT. Loeb has not decided when he will enter upon his new work.
Connecticut western news., 1908-01-09

pr. Levi Jewett, med ical director of the Grand Army, depart ment of Connecticut,
Connecticut western news., 1908-01-09

Skating on Redder's pond, near Jamaica, N. Y, William Stecker, Jr.. sixteen years, fell
Connecticut western news., 1908-01-09

The unexplained arri- val of 300 Japanese in Vancouver and t h e
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
NORTH \. ]! !. !. DAKOTA ] (. !: NEWS.
Items Of a Week s. From Various
I Parts of the State.
NAMED. THE STATE TICKET
stalwart Wing Of the Republican Par
ty Appears to Have Won Ma
~s.' jority of Offices

With somewhere in the neighborhood
Of q third of the counties in the state
to hear from, the stalwart wing of the
Republican party seems to have
named the state ticket, with the pos
sible exception Of the supreme court
judge. and it appears as though Spald.
Ing will be nominated to succeed him
self. , Missing 9eturns are not likely
to change the result a,erially. The
standing for United States senator
from authoritative computations based
on returns actually to hand are Mar
SHALL. 5000; M. N. Johnson $500; Lit
tie, $500; Hansbrough, 4,200., The
latter. seems to have carried Ward
county 200 TO the good. L. B. Hanna
Of Fargo was nominated for con-
gross by ct least 10000 plurality, with
Congressman Gronna a close second
to succeed himself. There were. nine
candidates. c. A. Johnson of Minot,
stalwart, defeated Treadwell; Twichell,
insurgent, for governor, by a majority
which Ia now claimed to be $4,000,
and carried the rest of the stalwart
state ticket with him, excepting SUI
preme court Judge and state ,superin.
tendent Of schools, which will be close.
b. c. Cooper for insurance commits.
sioner is renominated and Gilbreath
for department Of agriculture. No re.
liable returns as to the legislature are
at hand. = =
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
WRECKED BY Storm.
Many Buildings Were Demolished by
Wind Near Minot.

Many Buildings Were Demolished by
Wind Near Minot.
! "A heavy storm which passed
through Minot, while it did but little
damage in the city, damaged thou
sands of dollars worth Of property III
the surrounding country.
AT 'Tagus a feed mill was complete
ly demolished and many barns over
turned, claim shacks were moved In
to neighboring fields and many trees
ruined.
A tornado passed over Ryder and
ruined thousands of dollars worth of
property, The homes of Jens Raj
shum and Theodore Jackson were de-
molished, together with contents.
Ratshum was badly bruised by the
chimney falling on him, but his fam
lily miraculously escaped injury,
though they were upstairs when the
house went over.
jackson land wife are both in pre-
oarious condition from injuries re-
ceived.
Postmaster Byes' farmhouse was
turned upside down but the tenants
escaped injury. Dozens Of barns were
demolished in Ryder. .
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
GOIInlar Bros. Circus

Gollmar Brothers, show reached
town Saturday somewhat late. The
street parade was neat and attractive.
There were no fakes or games of any
kind with the show. IVA a :%.5*s::s L
Principal among their exhibits is
the great spectacular. Fighting the
Flames This is the production that
made Coney Island famous. and it Is
5thes largest thing OF its kind ever pro-
.duced under canvass. The street IS
represented with Its hawkers, hang
5ers one, shoppers and all characters
Familiar to the ,netrop olitan + thoro.
fare. After several minutes presen-
'tation al street life IRE breaks out "a
the big hotel, Pande monium follows
iolity Flames shoot from the win
SdoWs, and Ii the response to an alarm
5ofs FIRE. fan batta Lion % flre equin-
ment drives Into the tents and around
the hipp odrorne track at q break neck
speed
s Expert pompi er-rnen, or ates
I'M the art off using the sea ling Lad.
ders Invented BY the Are mars pl5 81
Paris. scala the front Of the building,
A second later hoy INN slide dawn
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
Bids Wanted,

Sealed bids will be received by the
board of trustees of the School for the
Deaf and Dumb of North Dakota up to
p. NJ, of July %, 1908 for furnishing
500 tons of screened Youghioheny,
more or less as may be needed and 700
tons, more or less as may be needed,
of native Ignite coal-price to be bas-
ed on so much per ton of 1000 pounds,
railroad weights delivered F. o. B. the
cars at Devils Lake, N. D. Contract
governing quality, quantity and price
will be required of successful bidder
All bids to be sealed and marked
plainly on outside of envelope Bids
for Coal" All bids to be sent to the
undersigned. The board reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
By order of the board of trustees.
D. F. Bangs, Supt.,
+ School for the Deaf,
Devils Lake, N. d.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03

the life lines, deposit their burdens of
women and children in safety, and as
cend to rescue others. While excite
ment is at its height, woman ap-
pears at top story window. After
waving frantically, she makes ready
to jump. A second later she leaps
from the window, falls into life net,
and ends clever bit of comedy that
relieves the intense situation of, the
lire scene. Then the engines with
their whistles muffled for the first
time drive out of the canvass to give
way to the rest of the show.
For two hours or more the circus
continued. Its bevy of clowns divided
honors with acrobats, riding and aeri-
al artists. After a number of aero
batic acts, ten ponderous elephants
numbered into the canvass. Eight of
these selected partners, and executed
quadrille, going through the mazes
of the dance with machine-like pre-
cision and despite their size, remark
able grace.
1t is marvellous when one thinks Of
more than twelve tons of pachyderm
flesh dancing a quadrille. But the
elephant, long a show animal, aud a
pusher and puller, has advanced.
He no longer is kept without the show
tent. And those with the Gollmar
shows proved that they have even
learned to understand the meaning of
applause.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03

Charles D. Davol, twenty-five years
old, graduate Of Harvard and son OF
q Fall River (Mass.) mill owner, has
begun work In Toledo. O., as night
messenger at the Rock Island depot at
$15 month. He started out to learn
the railroad business. When he was
transferred from the superintendent
Office in Chicago be brought an expen-
tive saddle horse which he rides every
evening, before work. He lives at To-
peka's best hotel
Exile to Siberia began soon after the
discovery Of the country, but exact
statistics were not kept before 1923.
At that time 5000 persons were trans
ported every year. This figure has
now increased to an average of 10000
A German company has just paid a
dividend which. If not unprecedented,
is certainly very rare. A company
called the International Boring compa-
n.y. which has a capital of only $780,
600, has recently announced a dividend
Of 500 per cent, -. @s. o. -.
Stephenson Of Wisconsin is the rich
est United States senator. Brown OF
Nebraska the poorest, Bankhead and
Johnston of Alabama the only civil
war veterans. Guggenheim is the sew
enth Hebrew to attain the senate,
Owen Of Oklahoma and Curtis of. Kan.
sas are the Indians OF the senate, Cur
tis and Smith of Michigan began as
5neWsboys Taylor OF Tennessee is con.
sidered the hunorist. and Paynter Of
Kentucky is consid ered the handsomest
OF the mem hers Id that body 81: 5$=q4 s555&
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
: HIGH DIVER DROWNED.
While Giving Public Exhibition in the
Red River.


Red River.
Harry Hemphill was drowned at
Fargo while giving high diving ex-
hibition from one of the bridges across
the Red river. He was steeplejack,
and four or five weeks ago gained
some notoriety by falling from a high
smokestack, striking some wires and
escaping .uninjured.
/ Recently he had been out of en-
ployment and without funds. He Sc
cured permission from the chief of po-
lice to make a public exhibition and
there Yves large crowd on the river
banks: After making a dive he arose
to the surface. swan a short distance,
and then sank before boat could
reach him. 4 He is said to have been
intoxicated at the time Of the exhi'
bition. Hemphill is thought to have
come from St. Louis. &y
It Is said the drowned mans right
name is G, r.. Davis. He jumped
from bridges at ST. Paul and Duluth
two years ago. ss.. &c.. s s
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
BUSINESS SECTION. BURNED
One Life Lost lna Destructive Fire at
ssa Taylor. a.

E .2e~., Taylor. .. 49,
y A $4,000 fire destroyed the business
portion of Taylor, twenty miles east
Of Dickinson, and killed w. w. Brook.
ings, a clerk in DR.. Henning's drug
store, where a fatal explosion took
place. The proprietor was badly
bruised, but made his escape by q
window. The fire spread west, burn
ing the Spring Valley land company
office, and to Joseph r. Christens
store and the public hall The frame
store was destroyed in a few minutes
It contained $4,000 in stock, insured
for $500. East of this was the big
Baker & Son store, in the brick-ve-
neered bank and postoflce building.
The store contained $4,000 in stock.
and very little was saved. The books
Of the Taylor State bank, other than
money and the contents of the vault,
were taken out, as was everything in
the postoffice.
The village had absolutely no fire
protection, and the residents soon be-
came panic-stricken. The Dickinson
fire department was taken down on a
special train. and by stationing men on
the roofs of buildings across the street
the residence portion and the Baker
hotel were saved. 9
The body of Brookings could not be
taken from the drug store, where he
fell. He was forty years old, single
and resident of the county for TWEEN.
ty years.
The cause of the explosion is r.
known. The property burned was in
sured for about so per cent of Its
value.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
FOUR !. POLICEMEN 0usTED
Mayor Of Grand Forks Also Names
Y New Chief. q % .s.; ~. r."

t5: x y Y Il. New Chic. $s III -, -
-Four policemen were notified by
Mayor J. .. Taylor of Grand Forks
that they had been removed from OF:
dee. No charges were filed against
amy of them. The patrolmen who were
summarily dismissed by the mayor
were Ed Hutchinson, Joseph. Benson.
John Herrick and "A. Halverson
Their successors, who assumed their
duties at once: are Mart Layalle.
James Coan, John Tracy and wv. y.
Bliven. /. Layalle. Tracy and Coan
were on the police force quite a while
ago and BliYens;is q new man. 81 Il
Odin overly, the new chief Of 5'po-
lice appointed to succeed Chief Lowe,
has taken once. His appointment
was. turned down by the council, but
the mayor decided to name him again.
\ His appointment Will come before the
council at the July meeting.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
WHAT MAKES
GRAIN CENTER
Chicago Correspondent Gives His
Views on Subject

d
Center" is answered in the annual re-
port of the Chicago Board of Trade
for 1907-just completed-by Secre-
tary Stone who said it was, in a large
measure, the weighing department of
a city's grain exchange that was re-
sponsible. The statement is made in
connection with the facts that AGE, 00O,-
900 bushels were handled by the
weighing department of the Chicago
Board and that the clearances jumped
from $43,4S0,450 in 1906, to $1O6,586,-
119 in 1907. THE weighing depart
ment," says Mr.. Stone, has maintain
ed its reputation, not only in this mar
ket but in the chief grain markets of
the world, for efficiency and accuracy
in weighing grain, seeds, etc. The
certificates of weight ISSUED by this
department are unquestioned. To the
excellence of the work of this depart
ment may be ascribed in large mea-
sure the pre-eminence of Chicago as
grain center The more dramatic in
terest of the warfare between the
bulls" and bears" on change has
eclipsed the equally important facts
concerning the enormous amounts of
actual grain handled in connection
| with the transactions of an establish
, ed grain exchange. The bucketshops,
of course, merely use stolen quotations
as a gambling device, no actual pur-
chases being made on the floor of any
exchange, although their advertising
makes alluring mention of private
wires" and memberships" Because
of this, the Chicago Board has spent
thousands of dollars each year in fight
/ ing the bucketshops. The volume of
transactions on the Chicago Board this
year, because of the crop prospects
promises to surpass the total of 1907
Old Lake Michigan's ravages may
make necessary the building Of a
breakwater similar to the one at Gal
weston. This is partly a result of the
strong suction of the drainage canal
through the Chicago river, which is
believed by engineers to make the lake
storms more damaging. The new wall
a mile and half long may be built
entailing an expenditure Of about
100000, in order to protect from
ravages by the lake big sewer which
cost 100000. City Engineer Eric
son has ordered an immediate survey
to find what Is necessary to be done
The federal government may be asked
for data showing all the lake currents
which affect. the shore line. In the
question as to whether the city shall
pay for this or the, Illinois Central
Railroad-which tempted the lake
front for it's use and wrung an ease
ment from the city years ago-an in
lteresting legal point has arisen. In
the easement between the two corpora
1 tions nothing was said as to which
! should pay for such improvements
! Engineers have asserted that Chicago
should take lesson from Galveston
land use sea wall with the slipping
4 face, although it will cost much more
/ rather than the old style of a straight
wall once considered adequate protec
4 ton against the lake. a. = =. =.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
MURDERED AND CREMATED
Turtle Mountain Postmaster and His
Mace Are Killed,

Turtle Mountain Postmaster and His
=. Mace Are Killed.
:. One Of ths most brutal crimes ever
committed in this state was perpe
trated in the Turtle mountains, north
of Bottinead, Sunday night, when
Fred Siedel, postmaster at Somber, an
old bachelor, and well-to-do. and his
Sixteen.year-old niece were murdered
In cold blood. and their home In which
they kept little store, was burned
over their bodies. ',-.
The girls body was charred beyond
recognition.
Some half-breeds have been prowl.
Ing through the community for some
time, and they are suspected. The au-
thorities are securing the mountains
In quest of the possible perpetrators.
!: Robbery was the motive, as Siedel
was supposed to keep his money about
him. 4t..- ~ \
Ho was Finlander, and his little
niece came over only few months
ago to live with him.. ~, -
: The bodies Of Seidel and his niece
were taken to: Bottineau and buried.
There was nothing left OF the girl but
the charred trunk, the head and limbs
being all burned of. The building
waB burned to- the ground and her
body lay on a spring mattress ON the
bed whore her brains had been dashed
out. The akin and flesh had all been
burned from the skull and the bones
had dopped apart in pieces as though
hsr head had been battered to q pulp.
,Seidel's body was rescued from an
ether part OF the building before the
fire reached It. It lay just inside the
back door with the barrel Of his rifle
lying acrossSit. The rife was covered
with blood and the back of his skull
was also battered to q pulp as though
bic had been hit by some heavy blows
from behind. His forehead was also
badly cut. His arms and hands were
badly scratched and bruised and his
lclothing was" almost torn from his
body, showing he had put up d most
desperate fight for himself and the
girl &. . i:.@ :.. ':'' 55:
The three suspects In the siedel
murder case are all now safe In jail
Of Botttneau. Alexander and Charles
Peltier, cousins, and halfbreeds, and
Little Rising Sun. 9 full-blooded In
dian. In addition, Joe Peltier. broth:
srso Charle has been arrested on
| evidence from some of his friends that
HE was the ring der. though the au-
Ithorities were not aware OF his pres
enceS at the place. another brother
ef his waa arrested last week In Mon
Itana for horse stealing. These men
ars hard characters. and no doubt a
part OF the notorious horse thief gang
operating Ii this state. 5Sa2z zS@
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
Hail! Hsil! Hail!

See Steve Jones and get your crop
insured against hail. 1t costs no more
to have it done now than it does
later on. If you don't get hailed out
you can afford to pay the premium.
If you do you will be Llad you paid it.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
. BANK / Ruralallrles pecreasp.

$s North Dakota bankers have been
much more ortunate than Ia former.
years on bank robb berries. The arrests
sand conviction off some OF the yegg-.
men had assalutary effect Secretary
MacF adden,s report shows that only
four were burglarized since the last,
annual meeting There are 56s1 banks
sin the state. AZ comp To $40 y year
ago. OF these 128 are national The
association has d rnernba rship of $685.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
Circus sflraif, IA oilislois.

1ollrnar Bros. &, 81 circus lost twenty;
four draft horses and i part tn.
train ives destroyed . haaa On col, s..5
Hlsason III :Haea Ina Al engine run
ming tWenty i've Iss "a hour col.
3sided MI eir Gus train asf
thirty miles an hosaI eone man srsss3
insurea. ,esis tent IAN. ph0 aesss5
part of two finger
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-07-03
Boy Killed BY Wagon.

aeln1er. the flfteen.y ear-old son Of
FANS Erickson of Colfax township.
met instant death while driving out
of Colfax to his home four miles south
from Golf seems that He,ner,
with two boy comp Ions, had Just,
left CoIfax with 8 team \ and wagon
when one Of the lines 81 Tipped from his.
hand. and IN his effort to- secure the
same lost his balance; falling under
the wagon and both wheels passed
ever his head.
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Dom crata start 5lpaperI,.. y I.

The Fargo News, the new Demo
cratic daily for Fargo. issued Its first
addition July i. "a. >. Reinecke, former
synnanager5 offS he Grand Forks Press,
sa managar, while r alph tchsll,
formerly OF AIi nnea Ills. III mana gfng
ediissor. ,,he Democrats have organized
Id stock comp The paper Is i
sssssning ditioi,.
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rush oss usinegsfs ha ssd oI the,
ssaaaasa crap 10 how yearIy sVssss SEQ
sggaaqa og3 the atase Han apisndia crop
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