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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
ROBBED OF IMMENSE sum
Mexican Bank Out Three Hun
dred Thousand Dollars.

El Paso, Tex, March ga telegram
received from Chihuahua, Mex, says
that the Banco de Minero, owned by
Ambas sador Creel, has been robbed
of 100000 Mexican money. No per-
sons have been arrested. Officers
here, however, have been ordered to
watch the border closely.
An unofficial report received here
says that the $295,O0O missing from
the Banco Minero at Chihuahua was
removed m%ysteriously from one of the
vaults some time Sunday. Local
banks have received instructions from
the robbed bank to look out for new
bills in Mexican currency. The entire
SUM taken, it is reported, was of re-
cent issue.
The Banco Minero is owned by Gov
Enrique c. Creel, am
bassador of Mexico to the United
States, and Luiz Terazas, one of the
richest men of the Mexican republic.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
BOYS TO BE LET OUT.
Substitute Letter Carriers Will De-
liver Special Matter.

Washington, Feb. 2s.-Postmaster
General Meyer is of the opinion that
it is prejudicial to the welfare of
Young America" to employ him as a
special delivery messenger in the
postal service and has issued an order
to the effect that whenever a vacancy
occurs in the force of special delivery
messengers the position shall not be
filled and that substitute letter car
riers and clerks shall be employed to
effect special delivery. He states that
these messenger boys are called upon
frequently to visit low resorts and
are often compelled to travel long
distances late at night in lonely out
lying sections of the great cities, fail
ing TO make deliveries at times
through fear or WEAKNESS. The OBJ
ject OF the order is to bring about the
gradual discontinuance of the serv>
ices OF these juvenile messengers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
PRISONER GETS AWAY.
Accomplish Has Buggy Near Jail to
Aid and Is Himself Arrested.

Andy Hafstad made his escape
from Jail at Dogden with the as
sistance of G. H. Earl, an old pal, who
was much wrought up when Hafstad
was given thirty days for jumping a
board bill. He had Oscar Braner
drive his team near the temporary
Jail in which Hafstad was being guard
ed and at a signal from Earl Hafstad
made a dash for liberty. Art Reitz,
who was guarding Hafstad, saw the
prisoner make his dash for liberty and
fired some shots OF Brauer and Half
stad but they escaped. Earl was ar
rested when it was found he was inn
plicated in the plot and given a fine
of $50 and costs and thirty days in
Jail. Brauer will have his trial later.
He was intoxicated at the time and
was led into the prank by Earl.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
Uhdertakers Elect Officers.

At the business session of the North
Dakota Funeral Directors association
at Grand Forks that city was selected
as next meeting place. Following the
business meeting there was a social
session. The following are the officers
elected: President, w. M. Chandler,
Grafton; first vice president, John Nc
Janet, Minot; second vice president,
John Shelly, Lisbon; secretary, S. H.
Ashley, Grand Forks; treasurer, NJ.
M. German, Abercrombie: sergeant
alarms, Lewis Steinike, Forman;
member of the executive committee,
William Boardman, Cakes; member
of the legislative committee, H. c..
H%olbrook, Rugby; delegates to the ma
tional association, M. Norman, Grand
Forks; w. j. Holbrook, Rugby; E. W.
Gilbertson, Devils Lake; G. M. Thorn
as, Williston.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
FIVE THOUSAND OUT.
New England Granite Men and Their
Employees Disagree.

Boston, March 2.-More than 5000
granite cutters, quarrymen and 9th
ers employed in the granite industry
at Barre, VT; Montpelier, VT, and
Westerly, r. l., are affected by a sus-
pension of work due to a failure by
the unions and manufacturers to
agree to the provisions of a new wage
scale and working agreement to re-
place that which governed the indus
try up to Saturday. Although the Yer
mont and Rhode Island unions voted
to suspend operations until their de-
mands were met by the manufactur-
ers the cutters in Quincy, Mass, re-
ported for work following a vote to
submit the matters in dispute to arbi-
tration. A continuance of the present
agreement, calling for an average
wage of 37k cents an hour, is asked
for by the Vermont unions, while the
manufacturers say they will contract
for no shorter a period than three
years. The unions in Westerly ask
for a minimum compensation of 40
cents an hour in place of the 371A
cents which. they received under the
old agreement. Half a hundred paw.
ing cutters and about as many black
smiths employed in the quarries at
Westerly also struck for more pay.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
SCANDAL IN PATENT OFFICE
Affair Brought to Light by Three
Arrests.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-A scandal in
the patent office was brought to light
and three arrests were made as a
result of a investigation begun early
in February and which revolves
around an invention valued at more
than $4,000, 600.
The persons arrested are Ned w.
Barton, third assistant examiner of
the patent office; Henry w. Everding,
a patent attorney of Philadelphia, and
John A. Heany, an inventor of York,
Pa. They had been indicted by the
United States grand jury for con-
spiracy to defraud the government
and for destroying public records.
The indictment charges that the
three men, with an intent to steal
and Destroy" carried away from the
patent office certain letters, specif1ca-
tions and amendments relating to pat
ents and unlawfully and wilfully de-
stroyed them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
HELP M GET HANDS
Uncle Sam Will Act as Free Employ
ment Agent.

Dean Shepperd of the state agricul-
tural college is in receipt of a letter
from the United States department Of
commerce and labor offering to assist
farmers in particular, and employers
generally, to secure help.
This offer to the employers of the
Northwest comes as a part of the de-
tailed effort on the part of the gen
eral government to distribute the vast
stream Of aliens more equally through
out the country. 1t is believed by the
department of commerce and labor
that immigrants stay in the large
cities chiefly because of ignorance of
where labor may be obtained, and the
department is making every effort to
bring good employers and willing en-
ployes together.
Those interested may secure infor-
nation blanks free by writing to the
department of commerce and labor at
Washington. The department will aid,
to the extent of its power, any en-
ployer seeking help.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
ARRESTED FOR KIDNAPPING
Sensational Disclosures Are Promised
When Girl Is Recovered.

Lawrence Crow was arrested for
kidnapping a sixteen-year-old girl
north of Bismarck. Several days ago
the daughter of John Haas disap-
peared from her home, and no trace
of her could be found until it was
learned that Crow had taken her to
the railroad station and put her on a
train. Haas arrested Grow, and after
he was put in jail he confessed. Older
heads had employed him to induce her
to go to Kansas City, the money being
furnished by a mar and wife, who
will be arrested. The only object
that can be given for kidnapping the
girl is that it is the result Of a neigh
borhood row running for some time
back. Sheriff McGills has deputized
Haas as a deputy, and he has gone to
Kansas City to recover the girl. TIL
case will be racy when it reaches the
court.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
NORTH DAKOTA news
Items of a Week From Various
Parts Of the State.
BAD FIRE AT JAMESTOWN
Machine Shop and Part Of Roundhouse
Belonging to the Northern Pa
cific Destroyed.

Damage of 100000 was the result
Of a fire in the Jamestown roundhouse
OF the Northern Pacific, the machine
shop and middle section of the round.
house being destroyed. Two locomo-
tives and the tanks of two others and
a wrecker and derrick we're badly
damaged before they could be pulled
out of danger. A rotary pillow was
slightly damaged.
A queer feature of the fire was that
the whistle on one of the burning To-
comotives kept blowing an alarm at
intervals until it melted off. The
Northern Pacific fire department was
badly crippled, as the fire centered
around the boiler room.
The company carried $4,000 insur-
ance on the roundhouse and machine
shop. Arrangements already have been
made to rebuild.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
TO RESCUE WATERWAYS.
Commission Would Save Them From
Railroad Control.

Railroad Control.
Washington, Feb. 27.-President
Roosevelt's letter of transmission to
congress of the report of the commits
sion on inland waterways, appointed
by him last summer, places him on
record behind every project and find
ing by that body. The commission
wants action to rescue the waterways
from railroad control and cooperation
with all carriers to bring about proper
relations between rail and water trans
portation, one as supplemental to the
other. 1t wants the rivers improved
with an eye at once to transportation,
power, irrigation, reclamation, purif-
cation of water supplies, conservation
OF resources and national defense.
President Roosevelt, in indorsing
the commissions report, really reit-
crates a policy he long has stood for
and often explained.
The commission wants a permanent
national commission tokake charge of
this work in place of the several bu-
reaus of the government which are
now in charge. 1t would have a thor
ough investigation along all these
lines and of the monopolization of wa
ter power rights.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
HAS TOO MANY WIVES.
Young Travelling Man Is Arrested on
Investigations of Last Wife,

Arthur Moore, a young travelling
man, who has been making Crookston
his headquarters for several months,
was arrested there on a charge of
bigamy. After his arrest he con-
fessed that he has two wives.
Moore has been living we'll in North
ern Minnesota of late, moving in the
best society, and his arrest has caused
a sensation at Crookston and at Ada,
where his last wife lives. She is a
Miss Woodbury., and is one of the
most prominent young women of that
city. She was married to Moore about
a month ago.
A few days ago Miss Woodbury's
suspicious were aroused by her sup
posed husbands actions, and an in.
vestigation was started, which result.
ed in his arrest. He confessed when
arrested that he had a wife and child
living at Williston. N. D., and it is
said that he will plead guilty to the
charge of bigamy when arraigned.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
REPUBLICAN CHOSEN.
Former Governor Bradley Senator
From Kentucky.

Frankfort, KY, Feb. 28.-Former
Governor William O. Bradley has been
declared elected to the United States
senate after an exciting joint sitting
of the general assembly. receiving
four Democratic votes in addition to
the votes of all Republicans present.
1t had been held from the beginning
of the contest over six weeks ago that
a majority of a quorum was sufficient
for an election and with 1876 members
present it required sixty-four votes
to elect. The votes of four Democrats
who have steadily refused to vote for
former Governor Beckham were trans
ferred from the various Democrats on
whom they had sought to make their
party associates unite to the Repub,
lican caucus nominee and his election
promptly followed. Z,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
"Wednesday, Feb. 2s.

House-Mr. Dalzell (Pa.), recog-
nized as foremost protectionist in the
country, spoke at length in defense
of Republican policies. Army appro-
priation bill read for amendment.
Senate-Penal code bill passed and
the emergency currency bill advanced
to the position of unfinished business,
which action has the effect Of giving
it unquestioned right Of way. Speeches
on the currency bill were made by
Senators Culberson (Dem., Tex.) and
Nelson (Rep., Minn.).
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
Furniture Dealers Unite.

At a meeting of the North Dakota
Furniture Dealers association ?
Grand Forks, a committee of three.
consisting of e. Johngaard of Botti-
neau, John Thomas of Williston and
T. G. Kenelly'o Mandan, was appoint
ed to formulate a plan for a co-opera-
tive auxiliary with the object of CO.
operating in the purchase of goods
and in meeting the opposition of cat
alogue houses. The committee COM
menced it's work by going to Mime.
apolis to look up the situation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
sEvEN1Y.sIx pERIsHED.
Terrible Explosion Occurs in a Mexi.
can Mine.

Terrible Explosion Occurs in a Mexi.
can Mine.
Monterey, Mex, Feb. pa special
dispatch from Musquiz to the News
says: Details of the explosion in the
La Rosita mine, near San Juan de Sa-
binas, mention of which was made in
previous dispatches, have been re-
ceived and indicate that the explosion
vas more disastrous than at first, be-
lieved. -Seventy-six men were killed
by the explosion, which occurred a
few minutes before 6 o'clock in the.
morning, just as preparations were
being made to change the shifts. The
disaster took place in what was known
as Shaft No. 3, and in which most Of
the laborers were Japanese. Fire
damp is believed to have been respon-
sible.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
Stole From His EMPLOYER.

II. D. Lee, who resides lear Sarles,
and who is spending the winter with
relatives in Iowa and Kansas, left
James Leitch in charge of his stock
during his absence. Shortly after
Lees departure Leitch began market
ing grain at Sarles and Hansboro. He
had sold in the neighborhood of $500
worth, and appropriated the money
before being detected by neighbors
Then he succeeded in escaping to Car
ada. 1t is also charged against Leitch
that he allowed two horses belonging
to Lee to die for want of proper care.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
JUST AND FEARLESS
President Praises Judge Whitley Of
American Court in China,
NO GROUNDS FOR CHARGES
If Jurist Is %lmpeached Be%neficiaries
Will Be the LaWbreakers of
the Far East.

Washington, March 3.-President
R%oosevelt's defense Of Lebbeus Will
fey, based on an analytical review by
Secretary Root of the charges against
him, has been made public. The
charges were preferred by Lorrin An
drews and have been repeated by him
before the house committee On judic-
larry as the basis of impeachment pro-
ceedings. They relate to Judge Will
f1ey's administration of the United
States court for China at Shanghai.
After disposing of each of the eve
charges by showing that neither of
them is the proper basis of criticism
against Judge Whitley Secretary Root
reviews conditions in the foreign
quarter of Shanghai, showing that be-
cause of the heretofore lax American
administration of justice there affairs
had grown disgraceful. Judge Whitley
was sent there for the express pur-
pose of reversing these conditions.
Secretary Root concludes:
The circumstances thus presented
exhibit a motive for the attempt to
drive Judge Whitley from his position.
They present a strong probability of
misjudgment, eXaggeration and dis
tortion Of facts on the part of the law
yers who have personally suffered
from the changed conditions. They
make it clear that upon no trifling'
grounds should III government incur
the public misfortune which would be
involved in putting the stamp of dis
approval on the work for decency and
righteousness that the United States
court for China has done.
"My opinion is that Judge Wiley
is entitled, not to condemnation, but
to commentator and high credit for
his conduct in office and that the
charges against him should be dis
missed"
President Concurs in Finding.
President Roosevelt's vindication is
contained III a letter to Secretary
Root. He first comments that it APP
pears that Congressman Waldo Of
New York stands sponsor for the
charges.
81 certainly concu in your finding"
he continues, (which is to the effect
that Judge Whitley is not only inna7
cent, but is attacked solely because of
the fearlessness and integrity with
which he has stamped out vice and
crime in Shanghai.
at is clear that Judge Whitley has
been attacked, not because he has
done evil, but because he has done
good. The assault on him is simply
an impeachment of decency and zeal
for the public good and if successful
would tend to COW every honest public
servant who dared to withstand the
forces banded together for evil and
would do grave damage to the honor
and integrity of u country in the
Orient. If the attack were to succeed
the beneficiaries would be every keep,
err of a house of prostitution, every
swindling lawyer, every man who
lives by blackmail and corruption in
the cities of the Far East. These are
the people whose hopes have been re-
vived by the effort to overthrow this
upright and fearless Judge, who has
already done so much for the good Of
the name of America in China. 1t is
not too much to say that this assault
on Judge Whitley in the interest of the
vicious and criminal classes is a pub.
liz scandal"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
New Armory Dedicated.

Fifteen hundred people witnessed
the dedication of the Dickinson $685. 900
armory building. The structure is GO
feet wide and 120 feet long. 1t is the
largest in the state and the first to
be erected under the new state armory
law, providing for $4,000 aid. Captain
A. ]. Osbron of Company K, who
served as battalion adjutant of the
Second North Dakota in the Philip
pines, was largely instrumental in
getting the necessary subscriptions of
local business lei Senator l.. A.
Simpson gave the address of welcome.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
Thursday, Feb. q.

Senate-Interesting debate occurred
between Senators Owen of Oklahoma
and Curtis of Kansas, both of them
part Indian. The controversy was
over an amendment which Mr.. Owen
sought to have inserted in the Indian
appropriation bill.
House-Committee on ways and
e ordered to vacate its rooms in
the Capitol building and remove to the
new Office building a block away.
Army appropriation bill discussed at
length.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
PHYSICIAN is ARRESTED.
Criminal Charge Against a Grand
Forks Doctor.

DR.. j. w. Fawcett of Grand Forks
was arrested or a charge of perform
ing an operation, which brought
about the death of Miss Lille
schmachel, a seventeen-year-old gir'
who died at a hospital in Grand Forks.
DR.. Fawcett's bond was fixed at $4,000.
He furnished bond.
The warrant was sworn out by
States Attorney Wineman. The state
will, it is believed, introduce some
new and important evidence at the
preliminary hearing.
DR.. Fawcett has been engaged in
practice. as a physician and surgeon
in Grand Forks for many years, and
is we'll known throughout this section
of the country.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
Faust's Whiskers on Fire.

Faust lost part of his whiskers in
the flames in a realistic matinee per-
Torrance at the Empire theater at
Grand Forks, in which Thomas H.
Clark OF the Fanning-Howard COM
pany took the part Of Faust. Faust
was in the act of calling upon the evil
one to come to him when his whiskers
caught fire. His presence OF mind
perhaps saved his life and a dangerous
panic. He calmly smothered the
flames and the play went on.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
ANARCHIST is Fooled
Russian Jew Tries to Kill Chi
cago Chief Of Police.
ASSAILANT SHOT TO DEATH
Slain by the Police Official After He
Had Wounded the Formers
Son and Coachman.

Chicago, March 3.-Chief of Police
George Nj. Shippy, has son Harry and
his driver, James Foley, were wound
ed by an anarchist who attempted to
assassinate the police official in the
hall of the latter's residence, 81 Lin
coin Court. The desperate struggle,
In which Mrs. Shippy and her daugh-
ter Georgietto joined, was terminated
when the chief drew his own revolver
and killed his assailant.
One bullet entered the mans breast
hear the heart and another passed
through his head. The revolver
dropped from his fingers and he died
without a groan. Throughout the
struggle the anarchist had not uttered
q word, except to say in good English,
tits all right" as the chief seized
him, evidently referring to the en-
yelope which he had offered the po-
lice official.
The attack is believed to have been
ME result OF a widespread conspiracy
TO harm officials who have been active
In suppressing manifestations of an
archy in this community. Other city
officials are said to have been threat
eaed and a police spy who recognized
the corpse of the man who invaded
Shippy's home as that of a person who
regularly attended anarchist meetings,
asserted that the man was chosen by
DOT to do away with not only The chief
of police, but Mayor Busse as well.
The ramifcations of the plot are said
to extend to other cities and to be
closely connected with the killing of
the Rev. Leo Heinrichs, a Roman
Catholic priest who was shot down at
the altar of his church in Denver.
Harry shippy Severely Wounded.
Harry Shippy is the most severely
hurt of those injured in the affray.
Although the bullet from the assas-
sins revolver passed completely
through his body, just above the heart,
it was said that his chances for
recovery were favorable. His
father was stabbed in the arm,
while Foley received a bullet in the
wrist. Mrs. Shippy was kicked by the
desperate but her hurts are slight.
Following the attack, squads of po-
lice were sen into the Italian and
Ghetto districts of the city. Places
known as headquarters of secret So
cieties suspected of anarchistic ten
denotes we're raided and a score or
more of arrests were made. A coro-
ner's inquest over the body of the
anarchist was also started and States
Attorney Healy announced that the
March grand jury of Cook county,
which was convened Monday, will be
given an opportunity to investigate
anarchistic organizations in an at
tempt to fasten responsibility for the
attack upon its instigators. 1t was
also reported that Mayor Busse in
tends to issue an order forbidding all
street meetings, the allegation being
made that such gatherings, whether
of a political of religious nature, are
often made the occasion for vicious at
lacks upon the social order.
The dead man was identified as a
man named Lazerus Averbuch, a Rus.
sian Jew, twenty-five years of age,
who came to this country three
months ago..
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
johnson Is Confident.

c. A. Johnson, candidate for gov
ernor of the stalwart faction of the
Republican party, declared that he will
have the united support OF all Repub-
licans of Ward and Williams counties.
He is confid ent that he will be nomi-
mated and Elected. Harmony is his
message to all Republicans.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, March 2.-Wheat-May,
97M @97Ac; July, 93aa @93Mc; Sept,
90h @9o%c. Corn-May, 61Ac; July,
59Ac; Sept, 59hc. Oats-May, old.
62Ac; May, 51hc; July, old, 44%c;
Sept, 37m @37hc. Pork-May, SILL
20; July, $12.07h. Butter-Creamer.
les. 21@J31c; diaries, 20@27c. Eggs
-1S@1shc. Poultry-Turkeys, 12hc;
chickens. 11kc; springs. 12c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
Judge Winchester a Candidate.

Judge Winchester of Bismarck is
the first candidate to circulate his Pc
tition in compliance with the new pri-
mary law. His petition was numer-
ously signed in Bismarck and II he
does as we'll q his entire district
1t n likely he will be reelected,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-05
Chicago Union stock Yards.

Chicago, March 2.-Cattle-Beeves
$3.90D6.00; cows and heifers, $1,000
400; Texans, s3.75@4.75; calves. $500
@7.2a; Western cattle, $4.0O@4.75;
stockers and feeders, $2.75@ 4.9O. Hogs
Light, $4.35@4.60; mixed. 1860
40; heavy, s4.35@4.65; rough, s4.35
@4.45; pigs. $3.75@4.40. Sheep, $3.50
@s.5o; yearlings, $5.0O@6.25; lambs,
$5.e0@6.S5.