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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
STRIKE RIOT IN CLEVELAND
MODS Attack Cars With Rocks
and Dynamite.

Cleveland, O., May 19.-Trivial riot
ing, a deadlock in arbitration propos-
ais, car service largely restored and
the refusal Of the traction authorities
to do anything until disorder and VIC
lence cease marked the third day of
the strike of the conductors and motor
men on the Municipal Street Railway
company's lines.
The company succeeded in operat-
ing all lines with but q slightly inn
paired service, considering the diff
culties. While no special effort was
made to send cars into the suburbs,
yet in the city proper cars were run
on an average schedule Of nine min
utes. This is but four minutes below
normal.
There was a marked decrease in
the severity of the violence reported.
In several instances car windows
We're broken by stones, cars were
stopped and %nonunion crews We're as,
saulted. No fatal injuries We're re-
ported.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
CONDEMN M LAW.
County Auditors Pick Flaws in Elec.
tion Statute.

County Auditors Pick Flaws in EIec.
ton Statute.
That the North Dakota primary
election law is bad was the conclusion
reached by the State Association of
County Auditors at Fargo. They
picked many flaws in the measure,
among other things being the fact
that no provision was made for the
number of signatures necessary in the
five new counties which have never
held an election. The auditors also
condemned the law which required
counties to pay $500 per year for each
INSANE patient, alleging that it was
double taxation, as the state asylum
is supported by the taxation of the
people of the entire state. Minot was
selected rs the place for the next an
nual meeting, and the old set of Off
GERS was reelected.
T~wenty-one county auditors attend
ed the meeting. The chief feature of
the first day was the address by Pro
fessor Boyle of the state university
on taxation. He advocated a state
tax commission and cited instances in
many counties where lands were not
assessed at more than Is per cent of
it's selling value.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
RESULT OF ENLIGHTENMENT
Allegheny National Bank of P%ittsburg
Closes Its Doors.

P%ittsburg, May is. - Following
lengthy meetings at which a thorough
discussion of Cashier William Mont
gomery's peculations was held the Al
legheny National bank has suspended.
The following notice was posted on
the door by National Bank Examiner
William L. Folds:
CLOSED by the order of the comp
troller of the currency and placed in
charge of William L.. Folds"
For days it has been apparent that
the cashiers alleged misdeeds had
seriously crippled the institution and
the actual suspension caused little or
no excitement. Quite a number of
depositors We're gathered On Fifth ave
nue. opposite the bank and when the
order of suspension vas posted all
read it and then quickly disappeared.
While M~ontgomery's populations are
officially placed at 1894, 900 it is said
the banks shortage is close to So
00o, 600. Montgomery is held in $685.
600 bail.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
ENDORSE FAV0RITE SON.
Minnesota Democrats instruct for
Johnson for President.

st. Paul, May 14.-The Democratic
state convention at the Auditorium in
this city was in complete control of
the Johnson men and Minnesota's
governor was endorsed for president
and the state delegation to Denver in
structed to vote as a unit for his NOM
ination. Supporters of William j.
Bryan attempted to add the following
amendment to the resolutions, but
failed:
Resolved, That in pledging our ad-
herence to the candidacy of Governor
Johnson we do not %disparage or over
look the great service to the party,
the nation and the world of that great
commoner, brilliant orator and fear
less reformer, William Jennings Bry-
II, and we instruct the delegates from
Minnesota to the national Democratic
convention in Denver that, in case the
nomination of Governor Johnson be-
comes impossible, to vote for William
]. Bryan without variation or eXcep-
ton until a candidate is nominated"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
MISS WOOD ON STAND.
Testifies in Her Suit for Divorce
AGAINST Senator Plat.

New York, May 1S.-Mae G.. Wood,
the Omaha girl who is suing United
States Senator Thomas c. Plat for
divorce, alleging that the senator for
mally entered into a marriage con-
tract with her on Nov. 9, 1901, gave
testimony in the suit now on trial
here. The young woman was smartly
attired and self-possessed. She iden-
tilted copies of several letters, which,
she said, were received by her from
Platt. They were mainly of an affec-
tionate nature, but in several there
were interesting sentences on other
affairs. In n communication was
the phrase: "Your letter has cheered
me up so that l am almost reconciled
to Odell's election" A picture of the
senator was shown, upon the back of
which was written ITO my little wife"
Telling how this was written Miss
Wood said:
We'll l was sitting on his lap.
Part of the time he held my hand and
part of the time | held his hand. We
wrote it together. The words little
wife were written by him, | think"
Senator Platt was not in court.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
THIRTY DEAD in STORM.
Two Hundred Others Injured b,
Southern Tornado.

Shreveport, La, May 15.-Thirty
dead and 200 injured is a conservative
estimate Of the fatalities caused by
the tornado which swept through
Northwest Louisiana, destroying three
small towns and leaving wrecked
homes and ruined crops in a path a
mile wide and fifty miles long. The
dead at Gillian, which had about 200
inhabitants, number thirteen, while at
Bolinger the known death list is six.
These two towns are about thirteen
miles apart and nothing has been
learned of the work Of the storm in
the country between. At Elmore, a
small town near Gillian, several
houses were destroyed and it is not
known how many people persisted. Sew
eral of the dead were brought to
Shreveport on the relief train from
Gillian and the hospitals and SAM
tariums are crowded with injured,
several of whom will die. Only two
houses were left standing at Gillian.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
ALL RECORDS BROKEN
First Session Of Sixtieth Congress
Appropriates $l,026,0O0,0O0
BIG DEFICIENCY PROBABLE
Revenues for Fiscal Year Beginning
July 1, 1908, Estimated at Less
Than $eoo,ooo,oo

Washington, May 1S.-The Sixtieth
congress will have earned the title of
a billion dollar congress" at it's first
session before adjournment is taken
at the end of this week. 1t is esti-
mated that the total appropriations
will reach the enormous sum of ST.
026, 000, 900, which is said to be the larg-
est amount ever appropriated at a
single session.
The various items contributing to
make up this p%rodigious aggregate
are as follows: Sundry civil, $780,
100000; legislative, executive and jul
dicial, S33, 600 $1,000; army, $685. 900;
postoffice, 1921, 765, 900; pensions, $685.
100000; Notifications, $11, 500, 900; az
riculture, ST. ,642,O 600; District of Co.
lumbia, $11 ,500, 900; diplomatic and
consular, $4,000 900; naval, $122,652,-
600; Indian, $9,00O,0OO; urgent de-
ficiency, $26,o00,0OO public buildings,
$25,000,000 general deficiency, ST..
100000; military academy, new immi-
grant station at Philadelphia, relief
of tornado sufferers in the South, etc,
$1,000, 900; permanent annual appro-
priations, 1854, 00O, 900.
These appropriations are for the
fiscal year which begins July 1, 1908.
1t is too early to give anything like
an accurate estimate of the revenues
OF the government during that period
of twelve months, but members of the
appropriations committee think they
will run somewhere between $780,
100000 and 5000, 100000. This would
mean a deficit of between $685. O0, 900
and S175, 900, 900. Chairman Tawney
of the house committee warned the
house last week that the deficit would
reach $4,000 900 and if this predic-
ton is fulfilled the surplus now in the
treasury will be wiped out by June
80, 1908, irasmuch as at the end of
this fiscal year there will be a deficit
of between $50, O00, 1000 and S65, 900, 900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
LAYS SHOOTING TO NOVELS
Coroner's Jury Orders Grand Forks
Bow Held.

Earl Nelson, the twelve-year-old boy
who shot and killed Rudolph Waxvik
of the same age, was held at Grand
Forks on a charge of manslaughter.
The c%oroner's jury found a verdict
that there was no criminal intent
when Nelson fired the fata! shot, but
recommended that he be given a term
i IN the reform school. The jury scored
sellers of trashy literature, which
Waxvik had been reading, and recom-
mended strict enforcement of the cur
few ordinance requiring that children
under sixteen years must be home by
9 o'clock evenings. Nelson will be
arraigned on the return of his father
from International Falls, MINI.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
PASSES INTO HISTORY
First Conference Of Governors Of
the United States.
HARMONY is THE KEYNOTE
Opinion Unanimous That Actor
Should Be Taken to Conserve
Natural Resources.

Washington, May 16.-The first con-
ference of the governors of the states
of the American Union has ended.
The accomplishments of the confer
erce cannot be set forth with mathe-
NAUTICAL precision. That its immediate
results are o than ample is the X
preston of President Roosevelt, who
Brought it about, and of the governors
who participated.
Tho printed record of the confer
ence, which will later be available to
every American home, will be a com
pilation of facts, startling in their
meaning, convincing in their univer-
sal conclusion that the states must
act, and that the states and the nation
must cooperate to the end that to
the whole people of the nation may
accrue the lasting benefit of its nat
ural resources.
Besides the compilation of facts by
the experts and the freely expressed
opinion of the governors, the confer
nee leaves as its permanent record
1000 words of declaration" Not a
Tdeclaration of independence" but a
"declaration of cooperation"
Perhaps greater in importance than
all else was the determination of the
governors of the states to perfect d
permanent organization whereby a
heretofore unknown intimacy may be
deVelOned among the executives of
the forty-siX sovereign states, made
strong by a common purpose, and
made potent by announcements which
may not lightly be disregarded.
In brief, the declaration is to the ef-
feet that the natural resources of the
country are threatened with eNhaus-
ton and that measures should be
taken for the conservation of the
natural wealth of the country.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
MAY BE STEPHEN ROBBERS
Men IN Grand Forks Jail Suspected of
Being Looters of Bank.

The Grand Forks authorities are
convinced that Thomas Payne and Joe
Miller, under arrest there, are the men
who robbed the Marvel store of G. b..
Colosky and they think possibly the
men had a hand in the Stephen bank
robbery. George Simmons, who is be.
lieved to be an accomplice of Miller
and Payne, was arrested in the woods
half a mile from Oslo. Payne's leg is
badly discolored, evidently by powder
black.
Payne was arrested while skulking
along the road three miles from Grand
Forks. AS he went across a field he
was thought to have dropped some
plumber, and Deputy Sheriff Johnson,
accompanied by a p~ostoffice inspector,
went over the field and found some
postage stamps and stamped envelopes
that never had been used.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
SAYS THAW is INSANE.
Opinion of Superintendent of Mattea.
wan Hospital.

Poughkeepsie. n. Y, May 15.-Dr.
Amos I. Baker, superintendent of the
state hospital for the criminal insane
at Matteawan, testified in the Thaw
case that in his opinion Thaw is in
sane.
DR.. Baker said that in his opinion ii
would be dangerous TO public safety
to have Thaw go 1t large.
While DR.. Baker was on the stand
reading a typewriter statement of
his conversations with and observa-
tons of Thaw the prisoner, sitting by
the side of his attorney, made notes of
the doctors testimony.
DIR. Carlos F. Macdonald, the alien
list, testified that, in his opinion, Thaw
is an incurable paranoiac, whose CON
tinement is demanded by considera-
ton of public safety.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
Farmers Lose Buildings and Stock.
Woman Seriously Burned.

During q severe electrical storm,
the farm buildings of John Aippers-
bach, north Of jamestown, were Struck
by lightning. A barn burned to the
ground and six horses therein were
instantly killed. The loss is estima1
ed at $1,000.
Frank Dupfe, a farmer residing
eighteen miles north of jamestown,
was also a heavy loser. Six horses
We're burned and killed by lightning,
and a large barn recently completed
was entirely destroyed.
The farm buildings on the John Tho
mallc farm were also struck. In en-
deavoring to I'VE a number of setting
lens in a burning chicken coop, the
clothing of Mrs. Thomallo became ig-
n1ted, and she sustained burns, SO Sc
rious that for a time her life was de-
SPARED of.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
Suicide Is Feared.

c. B. Bowers, employed as delivery
man for Dixons' dairy at Grand Forks,
has disappeared and his wife and
friends are at a loss to understand
whether he has merely gone away or
has committed suicide. His wife re-
ceived a letter in which he enclosed
a check for 500 and told her to EEK
clise me for doing such an act" and
good bye little girl" He also adj
vised her to take good care of herse,,'
Bowers was a faithful worker and
lived happily with his wife, whom he
married a year ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
LIABILITIES 900.
Reserve Trust Company of Cleveland
Makes Assiqnment.

Cleveland, May 1.-THE Reserve
Trust company has made an assign
ment to the Superior Savings and
Trust company. The liabilities of the
concern are about S2,7OO, 900. Inabil-
ity to realize on outstanding loans is
said to have precipitated the failure.
Officers of the bank say depositors will
be paid in full.
The American Savings bank, small
concern, closed it's doors following a
run of Withdrawals. 1t was stated
that an attempt was being made to
have n of the large financial insti.
buttons of the city tide the bank over
its troubles and that it was hoped it's
doors could be r%eopened very soon.
The capital of the bank is $4,000. 1t
has deposits amounting to 100000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
OIL NEAR WEST O P
Find Causes Great Excitement in That
Section.

Section.
A water we'll driller on the Blaine
Trimble farm, one mile from West
Hope, struck oil-bearing-shale at 1926
feet and has gone through $50 feet of
the same shale. The showing of oil
is very strong. Oil men on the ground
are greatly excited over the showing.
The driller will go to 1000 feet in an
effort to strike the main body or pool.
The Great Northern Oil, Gas & Pipe
Line company has started to build a
drill nine miles south of West Hope.
S. Breckenridge of the breckenridge
Oil company is on the ground and is
convinced that the West Hope oil and
gas field is as good as any yet discov-
cred. There is great excitement in
the city, where men are trying to or.
ganize a local company to run the
Trimble we'll.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
WORK OF CONGRESS
Wednesday,, May 13.

Senate--Further consideration of
the Brownsville affair postponed un-
til Dec. 16 next. This decision was
reached after an extended exchange
of views among senators.
House-One-half of the fve-hour
session was spent in roll calls on the
various propositions presented. When
the days work had been concluded
the agricultural and postofice appro-
priation bills had been sent to confer
ence and a number of bills passed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
Will Meet Next in FARGO.

Fargo was selected as the next
meeting place of the North Dakota
Medical society by the meeting at
Grand Forks. Officers were elected
as follows: President, H. A. Beau
deaux, Fargo; first vice president,
DR.. j. A. Countryman, Grafton; second
vice president, DR.. John D. Taylor,
Grand Forks; third vice president, DR..
R. A. Beak, Lakota; secretary, Dr..
Rowe, C%asselton; treasurer, DR.. John
Taylor, Minot; councillors, DR.. H. M.
Wheeler, Grand Forks; DR.. F. R.
Smyth, Bismarck; DR.. George Carpen-
ter, Fargo.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
Monday, May 18.

House-General deficiency bill, the
last of the great supply measures,
passed. The bill was put through un
der suspension of the rules.
Senate-Short legislative session
held, nearly half of which was con.
sumed by Senator Hepburn in a fill
clustering speech against a conference
report on a bill to increase home.
steads on non-irrigable lands from I60
to $40 acres, which, he declared,
would apply to the richest farm land
of Idaho.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
FRENCH FIGHT ARABS.
Former Lose Thirteen Men Killed and
Sixty-five Wounded,

Algiers, May 15.-The French force
under General Vigy lost thirteen men
killed and ffty-five wounded during a
fierce engagement with the fanatical
Arabs. The engagement lasted the
greater part of a day and Boudenid,
the stronghold of Mulai Hassen, was
~bombarded. Three officers are among
the French killed. The Arab losses
are described as heavy.
This engagement was preceded May
13 by a battle in the vicinity of BENZ
ouzian, which also lasted all day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
Thursday, May IL.

House - Vreeland currency bill,
agreed upon by the Republican eau
Gus, put through under a special rule
by a vote of 1874 to 145. Fifteen So
called insurgents of the majority party
voted with the Democrats, who went
on record solidly against the measure.
Senate-Sundry civil appropriation
bill, carrying about $780, 600, 900,
passed. This measure is the last of
the large supply bills.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
UPH0LDs THE PRESIDENT
Court Says He Had the Right to Dis
miss Negro Soldiers.

New York. May 15.-The right of
President Roosevelt summarily to dis
miss a negro soldier of the Twenty
fifth infantry for alleged participa-
ton in the riot at Brownsville, Ten,
was sustained by Judge Hough in the
United States district court. Oscar
W.. Reid, a discharged soldier, sued
h government to cov $122 as
wages from the date of his dismissal
to the expiration If his enlistment.
District Attorney Stimson contended
that the president had a right to dis
miss the soldier. Judge Hough sus-
tanned this contention and directed a
judgment in favor of the government.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21

owner of the death farm, after he had
examined the specimen brought to
him by the coroner
A new grave has been found on the
Guinness farm about forty rods from
where ten bodies were dug up. The
ground was soft, and when a pipe was
pounded into the earth evidence was
given that a body had been buried
there. Two other suspicious places
have also been located and will be eX-
caNated.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, May 1S.-Wheat-May,
$1.O0M; July, 89Ac; Sept, s5M @86c;
Dec, S6#c. Corn-May, 76c; July,
65Ac; Sept, 63% @63Ac; Dec, $3.50.
Oats-May, old, 54Ac; May. 53kc:
July, old, 46M @46%c; July, 45hc;
Sept, 31hc. Pork-May, $685.; July,
$3.50; Sept, $13.77k. B~utter-Cream-
cries, 16121c; dairies, 15@19c. Eggs
-151.c. Poultry - Turkeys, 14c;
chickens, 1lac; broilers. per dozen.
s2.25M5.50.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
Position for Admiral Evans.

Washington, May 1S.-Secretary
Metcalf has detailed Admiral Robley
D. Evans, late commander-in-chief of
the Atlantic fleet, to duty with the
general board of the navy which has
to do with the preparation of plans
for naval campaigns for use in time
of war. After the admiral;s retire
ment in August it is possible that he
will be detailed for special duty"
with the navy department.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, May 1S.-Wheat-May,
s1.O5; July, s1.o4@1.04B; Sept, 9O5s
me0&c. On track-No. ] hard, ST.
0SA @1.0SA; No. 1 Northern, $1.06A
M1.06#4; No. 2 Northern, s1.O4A @
1.04A No. 8 Northern, 9Sc@$1.O1%.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, May 1S.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, $1.07%; No.
1 Northern, $1.O5%; No. 2 Northern,
$1.02Y; May, $1.03%; July, $1.03%;
Sept, 91c. Flax-To arrive and on
track, S1.2OA; May, $1.20A; July,
S1.21A; Sept, $1.21&; Oct, $1.20k.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, May 1S.-Cattle-Beeves,
s4.75@7.25; Texans, $4.65@5.60; West
ern cattle, $4.50@6.O0; stockers and
feeders, $3.6O@5.55; cow and heifers,
s4.o0@5.s5; calves, $4.75@6.25. Hogs
Light. s5.2O@5.45; mixed, 5000
$50; heavy, $5.15@5.50; rough, $5.15
@5.25; good to choice heavy, $3.50
$50; pigs, $4.40@5.20. Sheep, $500
@5.s5; y%earlings, $5.9o@6.55: lambs.
S5.OOM7.4O.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
CALIFORNIA FOR TAFT.
Regular Republicans Defeat Lincoln
Roosevelt Faction.

Sacramento, CAL, May 15.-The Re-
publican state convention elected four
delegates at large and four alternates
to the national convention at Chicago,
instructed the delegation to vote for
the nomination of William H. Taft for
president, adopted a platform endors-
Ing the policy of President Roosevelt
and selected a e state central com.
mittee.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
Admiral sperry in Command.

San Francisco, May 15.-Rear Ad-
miral Thomas lowered his flag on the
battleship Connecticut as commander.
in-chief of the Atlantic fleet and the
flag of Rear Admiral Charles S.
Sperry was run up at the maintruck.
The date of the departure of the fleet
has been Indefinitely postponed. 1t is
understood they will remain here IN.
til further orders.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
BANDITS SECURE S. $1,000.
Santa Fe Depot at French, N. NJ,
Looted.

Ell Paso, Tex, May 15.-Three ban.
dts broke down the doors of the
Lanta Fe depot at French, N. NJ. and
escaped with $4,000 of loot in their
possession.
The station agent and special guard
were bound and gagged and the safe
blown. The robbers we're gone be-
fore the news spread.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

ST. Paul. May 1S.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, s6.Oo@6.75; fair to good,
S5.O0M5.75; good to choice COWS and
h%eifers, s4.5Om5.50; veals, $3.75@5.25.
Hogs-s5.3O@5.40. Sheep-Wethers,
s5.OoM5.25; good to choice lambs,
S6OOM6.35.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
Friday. May is.

Standardization currency bill sub
stituted for Vreeland bill when that
measure was received from the house.
The effect is to throw both the senate
and house bills into conference.
House-Omnibus public buildings
bill and military academy a%pprobria-
ton bill passed; also S25 private pen
sion bills. Vreeland bill as amended
by the senate sent to conference.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
Earthquake Shocks in Montana.

Helena, Mont, May 18.-Three
earthquake shocks were felt percept-
IDLY in this county. At Marysville
dishes ratified on shelves and clocks
were made to strike by the seismic
disturbance. No damage was done.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
Ordered to Resume Advance.

st. Petersburg, May 15.-General
Snarski, commander of the Russian
punitive expedition into Persia, has
been ordered to resume his advance
into Persia and to punish the bandits
with fire ar sword. He will destroy
villages, but spare the m and
children.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-05-21
HELD FOR MURDER.
Slayer of Conrad Stevenson Not Al.
lowed to Give Bail,

Jefferson Whitaker was held with
out bail at a preliminary hearing at
Towner on a charge of killing Conrad
Stevenson in a quarrel in a poolroom.
Stevenson was a nephew of Congress-
mar Stevenson of Minnesota.