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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
CITY May BE LOSER.
Prompt Payment of Railroad Tax Was
Not Anticipated.

Fargo is in a peculiar position as a
result of the prompt action of the
Northern Pacific in paying it's entire
paving assessment for recent work on
Front street. The action of the rail-
way company is likely to cost the city
about $4,000. The company's share
OF the paving was over $4,000. The
paving bonds were made payable in
fifteen annual installments, and not
anticipating such action by the rail
way company the city sold all the
warrants at Z per cent interest. The
railway company concluded it prefer
red to pay the entire amount now to
being bothered with the annual pay
ment and sent in it's check. 1t is now
up to the city to do something to Off
set the loss of interest. The bonds
bear Z per cent interest, while the
city gets only / per cen on deposits.
There is more trouble over the mat
ter because, under it's charter, the city
can't use the funds In general pay
ments, but must confine it to paying
paving warrants. The only solution
appears to be in inducing holders of
the paving warrants to take other war
rants and permit the city to cancel
the amount for which the railway com
pany has paid.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
MlsTREATMENT OF INDIANS
Newspaper Woman Appears Before
Senate Committee.

Washington, April 3.-Mrs. Helen
Pierce Grey, the newspaper writer
arrested last summer because of her
connection with the protests of Grow
Indians against the ann in which
the government agents managed the
Crow reservation in Montana, created
q number of sensations when she re-
sumed her statement before the SEN
ate committee on Indian affairs.
She charged that to keep from starv-
ing the Indians were compelled to eat
the meat of diseased cattle and sheep;
that they were frequently thrown into
Jail without cause and kept in duress
at the mercy of the agents; that the
children at the government reserva-
ton school we're mistreated.
She stated positively that all of
these things must have been done
with the knowledge of some of the
officials at Washington.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09

him and they declare that the Popu-
lists of Nebraska will do so to a man.
At the morning session the Nebras.
ka men made decided Roadway. They
flibustered %cleverly and with a knowl-
edge of parliamentary procedure that
several times threw the convention in.
to fearful snarls. They fought long
and hard to have Temporary Chairman
Jacob S. CoNey of Ohio made perma,
nent chairman, not because of any af-
lection they bore him, but because
they believed that they could tangle
him up and in that way stand off the
nominations. CoXey, who Is a genial,
easy-going presiding officer, begged
them to allow him to withdraw.
but they fought for him against
his will. They were beaten, how
ever, and George A. Honneck-
err of Jersey City was made
permanent chairman. Honnecker was
not in sympathy with the Bryan ele.
ment, and he was not a chairman of
the Coxey brand. He is a big man
with a bigger voice, and he fights. His
rulings were fair, but he would not be
bluffed or bullied and he talked
back" in vigorous style to the Ne.
braska men when they attacked him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
BATTLE IN COURTROOM.
One Man Killed and Five Others
Wounded,

Terre HanNe. Ind, April Sin a
brief but terrific battle With revolvers,
fought in the circuit courtroom here
following the finding Of a verdict of
guilty against Henry F. Mcdonald,
charged with dynamiting the Meth
odist church at Sanford, a suburb, on
the night of Feb. 81, 1907, Chief of
Detectives w. E. Dwyer was instantly
killed and five other men wounded.
AS soon as the fusillade began a
panic broke out in the courtroom. The
jurors and spectators rushed for the
doors, where they e met by hun
deeds of people from other parts of
the building and the streets, who had
been attracted by the sound of the
shots, and a riot followed.
Mcdonald, the prisoner, who began
the shooting, was riddled with bullets
from the pclicemen's revolvers, but it
was said at the hospital that he prob
ably will recover None of the other
men was seriously wounded. They
are: Harvey V. Jones, superintendent
of police, shot in the side; Ira Well
man, deputy sheriff, wounded in the
chin; Sylvester Doyle, city court
bailiff, shot in the leg, and a bystand-
or, slightly wounded.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
WATSON THEIR CHOICE
Populists Nominate the Georgia
Man for President
FRIENDS OF BRYAN BOLT
Nebraska and Minnesota Delegations,
Finding Themselves Beaten, Walk
Out of Convention.

st. Louis, April 4.-For president
of the Unite States, Thomas E. Wat
son of Georgia.
For vice president of the United
States, Samuel Williams of Indiana.
Fhe above ticket was nominated by
the Peoples Party convention, after
two stormy sessions throughout which
the Nebraska and Minnesota delega-
lions, working in the interest of Will
fam J. Bryan, strove desperately to
bring about an adjournment of the
convention until after nominations had
been made by the Democratic and Re
publican parties. Hopelessly outnum-
bered and without any chance what
ever of gaining their object. the Ne
braska men fought desperately to the
last, and when Jay W. Forrest of AL
bany, N. Y, mounted the platform to
place Watson in nomination they with
drew from the convention, attended by
the Minnesota delegation, which on
sisted, however, of only one man, 7.
J.. Weigham. If Bryan is nominated
at Denver the men who walked out
of the convention here will support
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
rHIRTY.sIx OF CREW LOST
British Torpedo Boat Cut in Two in
Collision.

SSItIStSus
Portsmouth, Eng, April 3.-Thirty-
six men, including Lieutenant Middle
ton, the commander of the torpedo
boat destroyer Tiger, lost their lives
In a collision off the Isle of Wight be-
tween that vessel and the British
cruiser Berwick. The vessels belong
b the Portsmouth division of the Brit
fsh home fleet and were engaged in
night maneuvers in the channel while
on their way to Portland. The night
was very dark and the Berwick was
steaming slowly. When the destroyer
attempted to cross the big cruisers
bow she was caught amidships and cut
In half with knifelike precision, sink
Ing almost instantly. The deck crew,
who were dressed in heavy oilskins
and boots, v ent down with the vessel,
not having time to free themselves
from these heavy encumbrances. OF
the twenty-five men who were rescued
most of them were engineers and
stokers who, having light clothing,
were able 70 keep themselves af1oat
until boats from other ships, which
were Immediately launched, picked
them up.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
SERIOUS RIOTS AT LISBON
Seven Persons Killed and Hun
dred Others Wounded.

Lisbon, April 7.-Seven persons were
shot to death and 100 others were
wounded by soldiers after the voting
in the elections in this city had ended.
The rioting was widespread and such
was the confusion during the violent
conflict between the populace and the
municipal guard that the guardsmen,
mistaking infantrymen who had been
called out for members Of the mob,
fired a volley into their ranks, seri-
ously w%ounding three Of the soldiers.
The night was one of terror for Lis
bon, which seemed suddenly afame
with revolt. Bands of men ran wildly
through the streets, brandishing
weapons, while the sharp crack of
rifles was heard in various sections
of the city. Thousands of the most
peaceable citizens fled to their homes
just as they did on the night after the
assassination of King Carlos and the
crow prince.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
MONUMENT AT ABERCROMBIE
Statue of Norwegian Poet May Go to
Northern Town.

Abercrombie will probably secure
the statue of Wergeland, the famous
Norwegian poet. Grand Forks and
other cities have been making an eff
fort to secure the statue, which was
due to leave Norway last week. The
committee of the Sons of Norway of
Grand Forks, appointed some time
ago to look up the matter of securing
the monument, has been at work on
the proposition but has not been sue
cessful. Abercrombie has taken a
good deal of interest in the matter on
account of that city being located near
the state park, where the monument
will be placed, if it is secured. A mass
meeting was held at Abercrombie and
addresses we're made by Senator w. e.
Purcell and Professor O.. G.. Libby.
The Abercrombie people announced
their willingness to bear all the TX
pense necessary to get the statue to
that city and to properly care for it.
The dedication of the statue will be a
notable affair.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
u7TLEF|ELDvOTES NO
Only Member Of House Opposing
Employers Liability Bill.
TRUCE DECLARED FOR A TIME
Warning Republicans and Democrats
Suspend Hostilities Long Enough
to Pass Measure.

Washington, April GA truce be-
tween the Democrats and Republicans
was for a time declared when, under
suspension of the rules, the house took
up for consideration and passed the
Sterling employers liability bill. The
Democrats broke out into loud ap-
plause and handclapping when the
reading of the measure had been con-
cluded. The vote on the measure was
ayes 800, nays 1. MI. Littlefeld (Me.)
cast the negative vote.
In brief the bill established the doc
trine that the railroad companies Ell
gagged in interstate commerce are
liable for personal injuries received
by employees in the service of such
carriers. 1t abolishes the strict COM
mon law rule of liability which bars a
recovery for the personal injury or
death of an employee occasioned by the
negligence of a fellow servant. 1t also
relaXes the common law rule which
makes contributory negligence a de-
tense to claims for such injuries. A
provision, however, diminishes the
amount of the recovery in the same
degree that the negligence of the in
jured one contributed to the injury.
The bill further makes each party re-
sponsible for his own negligence and
requires each to bear the burden
thereof
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
DOWNFALL OF HANsBRoueH
Jud La Moure Declares That It Will
Occur This Year.

"S sSA
Jud La Moure, merchant, politician
and for a quarter OF a century the
chief of the Republican forces in this
state, is confident that May IL will
see the last of Senator Hansbrough as
a factor in North Dakota politics. On
Republican convention to name dele.
gates to the Republican national con-
vention and the gathering, he says,
will sound Hansbrough's death knell.
The convention at Minot is to be a
test of strength between what voters
in. the state term the insurgents Or
so-called progressive, and the stall
warts or old wing of the party. 1t is
with this latter wing that Jud La
Moure is identified and it is this wing
that is now so industriously seeking
Senator Hansbrough's scalp. Hans
brough, the stalwarts say, seeing the
fate that awaits him and hoping
against hope, has made a defensive
and offensive alliance with Tom Mar
shall, the accepted senatorial candi-
date of the insurgents. 1t is this al
legged alliance that La Moure says has
made him and his followers all the
more determined to end the official ca
reer of Senator Hansbrough in North
Dakota.
No one hates H%ansbrough more cor
daily than Jud La Moure, and his re-
view of the situation must be taken
with that fact in mind.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
UNEMPLOYED ASK AID.
Two Hundred Thousand PhiIadel.
phians Out of Work.

Philadelphia, April 6.-The city
council will be asked this week to ap-
propriate not less than $4,000 to re
lieve the distress among the unem-
Noyed and their families, according to
action taken at a meeting of unem-
ployed. A committee was appointed
to go before the council finance com
mittee and impress that body with the
fact that more than 100000 persons
are out of work and that at least $780,
600 is needed to prevent women and
children from starving.
Though Mayor Reyburn has an
nounced that he had issued a call for
a meeting of the citizens permanent
relief committee TO consider the prob
lem of relieving distress delegates at
the meeting expressed themselves as
being of the opinion that the relief
committee would not appropriate sufi-
Gent money to help the majority of
unemployed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
NEWSPAPER s~usPENDs.
Grand Forks Evening Press Expires
for Want at Patronage.

The Grand Forks Evening Press an
nounced in its issue Of March 81 that
with that issue 1t ceased to exist. The
Press made a similar announcement Of
dts intention to cease publication Feb.
%, but quite a number of Democrats
If the state were anxious to continue
the publication, it was stated, and it
was decided to run until such time as
1t would be known just what they
would do in the way of financing the
newspaper. While the result of the
canvass of the situation has not been
announced, it is said that the Demo-
Gratis of the state did not respond as
had been expected, and 1t was up to
the present management of the news
paper to continue to run the publica-
tion and stand whatever loss there
might be.
Just what will be done with the
plant has not been decided. It has
been offered for sale, and it is consid-
cred likely that it will be purchased
and shipped to some other city.
The Press, the second Oldest news
paper in the state, was established in
1879, and has been under many diff
ferent arrangements since that time.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS|
items of a Week From Various
Parts of the State.
WEALTHY FARMER is SLAIN
Christ johnson Murdered by Two
Men on His Farm South of
Kenmare.

Christ Johnson, a wealthy farmer
who lived five miles south of Ken
mare, was murdered and r. S. Noah
and Patsy Coyle are in Jail charged
with the crime. Recently Johnson
employed Noah to work for him and
in a few days the latter reported in
Kenmare that Johnson had gone to
Sweden and had left him and Coyle,
who is said to be an %ex-convict, to run
his farm in his absence. They COM
menced to sell grain and stock from
the farm, and neighbors, becoming
suspicious, made a search and found
the dead body of Johnson, bearing un-
mistakable evidence of violence, in
the cellar, where it had been pitched
through a trapdoor.
Noah and Coyle were arrested and
deputies were sent from Minot to
guard the Jail because neighbors of
Johnson made threats to lynch. Later
the prisoners were taken to Minot.
r. S. Noah made u complete confess
sion of the murder of Johnson at
Kenmare. He says the shooting was
accidental, following a spree. He was
about to leave the country when
caught.
Johnson's body was found in a cor
ner of the cellar behind a potato bin.
His head was curled down toward his
feet. 1t is thought Johnson was muir.
dered on his return from his neigh.
boris place and that the body was
thrown into the cellar in the hope that
1T might be concealed until the per.
petrators of the crime had gone away.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
BLOW TO C. O. D. LIQUOR
Senate Committee Agrees on Bill Req
ulating Shipments.

Washington, April latter extend
ed hearings and exhaustive arguments
by the members of the senate commit
tee on judiciary that committee has
agreed upon a bill dealing with the
shipments of liquors from one state or
territory to another state or territory.
The measure will be reported by Sen
ator Knox, who was chairman of the
subcommittee which conducted the
hearings. 1t is comparatively simple
in form, providing that there shall be
no collect on delivery" packages OF
liquor shipped in interstate commerce
where fictitious names are used and
that the name of the consignor and
consignee shall be stated plainly. The
provision is designed to eliminate the
practice of railroad and express agents
acting as agents for liquor houses.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
JEALOUSY THE MOTIVE.
Aged Pittsburg Man Kills a Young
Girl and Himself.

Pittsburg, April Jealous of a
seven een-year-old girl, Samuel L.
Gardner, aged fifty-nine years, a prom
ineat civil engineer residing at Nc
KEGS Rocks, a suburb of this city,
shot the young woman, Miss Dorothy
Yost, through the heart, causing in
slant death, and then fired a bullet
into his mouth, dying three hours
later in a hospital without having re-
gained consciousness.
Gardner, who is a married man with
several grown children, lived next
door to Mrs. Bradney, the girls moth
er. Both Gardner and Miss Yost's
families are prominent and had up to
the time of the shooting been on the
best of terms.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
Station Agent in Tolls.

w. N. Vergowa, station agent on the
500 at Kenmare, was arrested by
Sheriff Hankey and brought for trial
before H. A. Ball, justice of the peace
for Walsh county. The charge was
grand larceny and alleged the theft of
fourteen suits of clothes valued at
$218.7b from a freight car that was
sidetracked during the tie-up of the
road in 1907. Vergowa pleaded not
guilty and was bound over to the dis
trict court on a cash bond of $500,
which was promptly furnished.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
Large Sum for Schools.

County Treasurer Mcdonald of
Grand Forks received $81.12O.4O in
cash from the sales Of school lands in
Grand Forks county and the pur-
chasers will pay an additional $50, 900
as interest on deferred payments as
soon as their contracts are made out.
The sale was the largest in the history
of the state and prices averaged high
er than ever before paid for school
land in the state. AS a result of the
sale over 100000 will be added to the
states school fund. Following the
completion of the sales the unoccupied
remaining school lands were offered
for lease.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
LONG TIME ON THE WAY
Young Woman Nineteen Months in
Journey From Russia.

Madeline schowe, aged eighteen
years, arrived in Grand Forks after
being a year and seven months in max
ing a trip from Russia to Grand Fork.
She was detained in Germany for a
time on account of her eyes, and fin
ally reached Baltimore. There she
was kept in a hospital and her father
was obliged to pay $31 per month for
her treatment, or she would be deport-
cd. Her eyes passed the examination
taet in time, for Schowe's funds were
Exhausted. Friends raised the money
to pay her last months hospital ex-
penses and fare to Grand Forks and
she Is again with her folks.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
Eriday. April 8.

House-Democrats resumed dilatery
tactics and kept 1t up throughout the
day, Notwithstanding the committee
on rules brought in a rule applying the
gag law to general debate on the Dis
trict Of Columbia appropriation bill.
which was in order for consideration.
The rule was adopted amid great dis
order and only after the Democrats
had exhausted every parliamentary
move which they could make to OBJ
struct it's final disposition.
Senate-Not in session.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
WORK OF CONGRESS
Wednesday, April I.

House-Subject of peonage in South.
ern states cause of lively discussion,
during which Mr.. Clark (Tla.) bitterly
attacked Attorney General Bonaparte,
declaring he was unfit for the posi-
ton of head of the department of JUS
tice.
Senate-Bills for reinstatement of
negro soldiers of Twenty-ffth infantry
adversely reported from committee,
but MI. Foraker asked that they be
placed on the calendar.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
DAMAGE SUIT DISMISSED.
Woman .Testifies That Her Affections
Have Not Been Transferred.

The trial of the suit of S. R. Reid
VS.. B.. C. Brynjolfson to o dam
ages in the sum of $4,000 for aliena~
ton of the affections of the plaintiffs
wife came to an abrupt close at Grand
Forks when Judge G. F. Templeton
sustained a motion of defendants
counsel for dismissal of the action on
the ground that the evidence failed to
substantiate the claims made in the
%pleadings. 1t had been asserted In
the %pleadings that Mrs. Reid's affec-
lions had been alienated, while the
evidence of Mrs. Reid was to the eff
feet that she had no affection for
Brynjolfson and had resisted his ad-
vances. The motion for dismissal
came after the plaintiff had rested his
case.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
BIG STRIKE PROBABLE.
Canadian Pacific to Break With Metal
Trades Unions.

Winnipeg, Man, April 1.-The Cana
dian Pacific railroad has decided to
break with unions which have mem
bership in metal trades employed in
the Canadian Pacific railroad shops.
The company has abrogated the agree
ment entered into last September,
giving a months notice to all unions
from the Great Lakes to the Pacific
coast. While the company asserts
that no reduction in wages or increase
in hours is to follow the unions have
called a meeting from all over the
system and will appeal to the board of
Cancellation of the labor department
at Ottawa to negotiate. Thousands of
men are affected and delegates here
declare a strike probable. The former
agreement granted a nine-hour day
and 3k cents an hour wage increase.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
THAW DIVORCE CASE FILED
Referee Appointed to Take Evidence
in Suit.

New York, April 6.-Counsel for
Evelyn Neshit Thaw has filed in the
supreme court the suit for annulment
of her marriage with Harry Kendall
Thaw. The annulment is asked on the
ground that Thaw was insane at the
time of the marriage. Papers in the
proceedings were served on Thaw sew
eral weeks ago.
After receiving the papers Justice
Hendricks appointed Robert e. Deyo
a referee to take evidence in the an.
nulment suit. In his order appointing
the referee Justice Hendricks stipu.
lated that the taking of testimony
proceed within three days.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
Thursday, April 2.

Observation-Disclosures appropriation
bill, carrying $10,50s,sO6 passed after
being under consideration nine days.
Further proceedings were blocked by
a Democratic flibuster, following re-
fusal by Republicans to permit the
minority to dictate the order of bust
ness.
Senate-3ill to reorganize police
force of the District Of Columbia dis
cussed at length, but no action taken.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
Monday, April 6.

House-Employers' liability bill
passed under suspension of the rules
with only one negative vote-Little-
field of Maine. Bill appropriatipg $3.50
OOG for a naval stati6n at Pearl Har-
Dor, Hawaii, also passed.
senate-Army bill, carrying an ap-
propfiatiou of almost 100000, 600,
Rassed pEaetically as reported from 81
the commsnsittee on military affairs. Fhe
bill materially increases the pay of
officers and enlisted men of the army.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
BIG MATCH A TAME AFFAIR
Russian Wrestler ~Surrenders Title to
Frank Gotch.

Chicago, April 4.-George Hacken-
schmidt, "the Russian Lion" is no
longer champion wrestler of the
world. At Dexter pavilion, in the
presence of 5000 spectators, after
more than two hours of futile Juggling
and pushing, the Russian cried Quits"
and Referee Ed Smith gave the de-
cision to the Iowa boy amid the tu-
multuous cheering of the monster
audience.
For an hour and forty-five minutes
neither man was off his feet, except
once, when Gotch went to the mat,
but instantly bounded up again, which
made the combat anything but an in
te1esting affair.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
ZIMMERMAN RESIGNS.
British Premier Finally Relinquishes
His Office.


London, April Elm has been Off
cially announced that the king has &C
cepted the resignation Of Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman, the British
prime minister. Sir Henry's condition
remains unchanged, according to the
physicians bulletin. The king, in tele-
graphing his acceptance of the pre-
mier's resignation, conveyed an ex.
preston of his regret and esteem,
with best wishes for Sir Henry's re
covery. No further official announce.
ment with regard to cabinet changes
has been made, but the king has sum.
moned Herbert H. Asquith, chancel,
Tor OF the exchequer, and the latter
has gone to Biarritz, where the king
is sojourning.