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Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-11
OF
VENUE IN MRS.
WRIGHT 4 CASE
Us Almost Certain Should She be
Held for Trial

That Mrs Mary Wright will not
come before a jury in Ramsey county,
should she be bound over to the dis
trict court at the conclusion of her
hearing on a charge of murder, is a
statement given considerable cred
ence. 1t is understood that should
the woman who is charged with the
murder of her adopted daughter, Beu-
lah Cox, be held to the higher court for
trial, a change of venue to some other
county will be applied for. This
change of venue will be applied for on
the ground that the defendant could
not secure fair and impartial trial in
Ramsey county because of alleged
prejudice on the part of Ramsey coun-
ty people against Mrs. Wright.
The circumstances in this case are
SO unusual that it has attracted inter-
est in all parts of the northwest. No
matter what county the case may be
sent to, providing Mrs. Wright is held
for trial, it will be a hard task to Sc
cure a jury, as the facts in the case
have been so thoroughly reported by
the newspapers.
Mrs Mary A. Cox, of Wabash, Indi-.
ana, mother of the dead girl, who came
to Devils Lake to be present at the
hearing of Mrs. Wright, accompanied
by her friend Mrs. Elsie Clevinger,
left last week for their homes and will
in all probability come to North d.
kota to the trial of Mrs. Wright should
she be bound over to the district court
Mrs Cox expressed her sincere thanks
for the kindness shown her by the peo-
pie of Lakota and of Ramsey county.
The ordeal through which Mrs. Cox
has passed has indeed been a trying
one. During the preliminary hearing
she was constantly in attendance,
hearing the testimony relating to the
treatment alleged to have been given
her daughter by Mrs Wright 1t was
not until the testimony of the physis,
clan, who told of the post norton ex-
animation, that she was obliged to
leave the court room, she breaking
down entirely under this part of the
evidence
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-11
FIREMAN TO
GIVE BENEFIT
Home Talent Play. will be produced
in near Future \

Arrangements have been about com
pleted for the presentation of a home
talent play for the benefit of the fire
department of this city and the play
will be put ON in short time The
play will be put On under the direction
of Thos- J. Maroney OF this city and
will be unlike anything ever attempt
ed by local talent. and the people of
the city will be guaranteed a real
treat in the dramatic line by home
talent Plenty of time will be taken
for the rehearsals and the very best
talent in the city viii be used in the
play 1t is not given out just exactly
what VIII be presented, but the people
of the Lake will be assured that it
viii Se strong dramatic play and will
be the most dramatic ever ATTEMPTED
by local talent
The f1remen are taking hold of this
matter for the purpose of raising mon
ey to help defray the expense of the
entertainment of the visiting firemen
here next summer. a large sum is
needed and they are taking this means
OF securing help, not wishing to solicit
public subscriptions. The fremen's
tournament viii be held here next
year and will be the largest conven-
ton ever held in Devils Lake and it
will require sufficient sum to enter
tain the visitors and when this play
is presented the people of the city
should turn cut enmasses and ill the
armory, for it is for the best cause
that an entertainment has ever been
produced for Rehearsals will start
next week and the name of the play
will be announced later, as well as the
date for producing it.
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TOXIC NEWS
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Mrs. Graves Sundayed at .Crary.
c. D. Graves drove to Devils Lake
Tuesday afternoon.
= A. Jaqua was business visitor in
Devils Lake Tuesday.
Mrs. D. R. Chase who has been quite
i'll is improving.
Miss Kate Brennan visited at Dew
lis Lake and Crazy Saturday and Sun
day.
The Wood Lake school opened at
this place Tuesday with Miss Stella
Jaqua in charge.
A party of Greeks who have been
working on the railroad at this place
left for st. Paul Monday
The elevator at this place is re-
ceiving most of the grain that is be-
ing threshed in this vicinity.
Fred Lang is completing the manu-
facture of a well drilling outfit and
expects to handle that business in
this locality.
/ Albert blossoms threshing rig was
laid up for short time at the Narrows
last week until a new set Of fues
could be put into the, engines -.
/ John Jaqua arrived from Minnea.
polls Tuesday and will remain for
some time at TOXIC, Bert Jaqua left
the same day for Minneapolis where
he will attend school this winter.
|. A game, of base ball between the
Wood Lake Indians and Toxic teams
Sunday resulted in. victory for the
Indians by score of Is to II. The
score was tied at the close OF the first
half of the 9Th at which time the In
dams ran in two scores. =. -: !. -.
1t is reported that J. NJ. Chidister
who owns a farm about two miles
east of this place will move onto it
with his family in the near future and
farm It himself next year. MFR. and
Mrs. Chichester have many friends lin
this yiyinity who win be glad to have
them permanently located among na.s4'
Threshing achineg ia this vicinity
have been ilumming the past week,
The yield Is light but OF excellent
quality. Wheat averages about seven
bushels. oats and barley in the neigh
borhood OF ten bushels and fax .abont
three or four bushels. The farmers
are comnene cling to pillow and have
hopes of 8 big yield next year s,sas as-
count Of being able to get most 81 the
aaidg bacIaeE this fail. NV
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-11

DRW.F.SIHLER DRG.J.McrnTnsxza
oRs. slHLER & MCINTOSH
Physicians and Surgeons ~
'4 z
special Nurse: Miss s. e. BRAY. :; - :.
Telephone SIS. !. = 4
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Once in Brennan's Block -
oAs A'' Devils Lake
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THE cAslAL IN FOUR YEARS.

Unhappy Journalists of Paris! Miserz
able Poultney Bigelow! Work on the
Panama canal has progressed so far
that the engineers in charge are calcu-
lating the date for the opening of the
waterway for traffic
Sometimes a prophet is without
honor anywhere. Even in so inexact
a science as constructing a forecast
something tangible is necessary. The
law of probability must have a look-in.
So it was that the warnings of Paris
and the voluble Mr.. Bigelow fell in
barren fields, except SO far as they
were able to collect from their publish
ers. The sooth-sayers OF France cast
their auguries upon the basis of an as
sumption that others could not sue
coed where Frenchmen had failed.
They had the excuse of patriotism for
their poor guessing. AS for Bigelow
there isn't any vindication unless the
fact that he was working for Hearst
atethe time gives the right to plead ir-
responsibility. However, the rain
crows on both sides of the Atlantic
viii be glad to have their croakiags
forgotten.
j.. The prospects are that the canal will
be completed by the year 1912 At the
present rate of excavation vessels can
q I'm, RI Of b4
before that Last month the steam
shovels removed more than two mil
lion more cubic yards than they did in
July, 1907. The workers are finding
means of proceeding with their labor
without being greatly troubled by the
heavy downpour of rain, which in the
i; thirty-one days of July averaged lila
!, inches throughout the zone. In fact
the water is used IN no small degree
for the advantage Of the digging.
While all records for excavation have
1 been broken this summer it is possible
that better; showings will be made.
There Is still reserve. More men
can be employed without their crowd
ling one another, OF compelling the con-
struction Of more barracks and increas-
ing the feeding arrangements. More
machinery Isl on the. way to the 18TH
mus and. according to the report of the
ENGINEERS, there remains much OF the
French equipment available. - ,~*& IL
The promise is that the canal win
be formally opened within the admin
istration OF Mr.. Taft, from two TO Eve
years earlier than the first. estimates.
SIt viii be that presidents privilege to
dedicate It and to pass through this
new channel upon the first vessel,
which doubtless will be an American
sbattleship. At will be psculiarly fitting
4 the honor falls. to Mr. Taft, because
The has been SO much concerned in the
digging Of the canal and % the govern.
s1agnt OF the American strip .:.;. j
On second thought there; ID 4 way
out for the sesrs. They can proDhesy
U tion Of the Cs;ssnn dam by
Earthquake and stick 10 that soleao
i Isiade.
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Medical STAFF ReoroanIzed.

The medical and surgical staff of
the LAWRENCE SANATORIUM of
Minneapolis, has recently been reor-
ganized and with Dr. Asa Wilcox at
its head, is prepared to successfully
treat all chronic diseases and difficult
operations Incurable cases are not
received but all cases are frankly
diagnosed, hence the high reputation
of the institution throughout the north
west
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-11

BURKE, MiDDAuGH g. cuTH5ERT
Lawyers &C.
Practice In State and Federal Courts
and before U. s. Land ONCE =
Phone "a Devils Lake
~ ~. 49, +.
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Or. w. Z. HOOKING
Dentist - =
Once in Bangs Block
Phone 972 D.rs,.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-11

OR. MAuDE n. WILLIAMS
Physieian and Surgeon
once Across From New Catholic r.hprss>
Phone $50. nau,,. r.ps
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Or. w. ). 5ROWNLEE, -
Dentist
oouate rom Unfversity OF Minnesota
Once in Brennan's Block
-A" Ga" Devils LahS
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-11

LOST-Pocket book containing $4,000
in bills, on R. F. D. No. 4. Lost last
vik or this Office and receive a $1,000
reward.
Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-09-11
TREASURER's REPORT.

For Lake School District No 5, County
Of Ramsey. state Of North Dakota, for
Receipts.
Cash on hand at be- ginning Of
school year, July /. 1907. :..s 1861
Total amount received during
the year from the apportion-
ment OF the state tuition
TotaI amo,,nt rece;ved d,,r;n1 ''''-
the year from the apportion-
n1ent Of the county tuition
Amount received during the
year from taxes levied by
the district school board in
Guiding outstanding warrants
redeemed or endorsed in the
collection Of taxes. 3233.52
Total receipts for the year, in
Guiding cash on hand July l..
expenditures.
Amount paid during the year
for teachers wages. ........ 1873
Amount paid during the year
for services and expenses of
school officers -... 500
Amount paid during the year
for interest of bonds and
Amount paid during the year ~
Tor incidental expenses. 574.19
Amount paid during the year
for redemption and refunding
Amount paid during the year
for purposes not before men,
toned NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2i.nO
Total expenditures for the
year 3921-51
Cash on hand June 30, 1905. i60.4i
Grand total. expenditures and
cash ON hand, to balance
above total receipts .-......s 1885
Andrew Rutherford
TREASURER Of Lake School District No. ).
Approved this l4th day of July, A D.
1908.
By order Of the district school board.
Gus Furstenau.
President
Attest: Albert Roberts. Clerk
Clerks Statement OF Indebtedness OF
District,
Whole amount Of bonds out
standing June 80, 1908. 2Oe.73
Whole amount of bonds out
standing June so, 1908. 100000
Total Indebtedness Of district
Approved this 18th day of July. A. D.
1908.
BY order of the District School Board.
Albert Roberts. Clerk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23
Needed Legislation.

The Jackson Board of Trade is
making an earnest fight for an
act to declare Pearl river navi-
gable and also an act to enforce
railroads to pay claims on de-
mand. Both are good, and it is
to be hoped the legislature will
pass the needed measures. The
opening of Pearl river to navi-
cation would be of great benefit
to the western border of Rankin
and to Jackson. whose growth
will help all the surrounding
country, which either sells or
buys there, as the larger Jack
son grows the better market for
country produce. The railroads
should be made to pay claims
for actual shortage on demand.
They take only cash for freight
bills, but make the receiver of
the goods wait an indefinite time
for possibly a shortage of one
fourth of the amount shipped
and called for by the bill of
lading. They not only refuse to
pay promptly for the goods short
but collect freight on that portion
which is short. 1t is wrong; the
people long have suffered and it
should be speedily remedied.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23

A card to the public written
by Attorney w. N. Etheridge,
ST., of Meridian, scoring Judge
Cochran, brings that spectacular
official into lime light again. He
seldom needs advertising by 9TH
ers, as he attends to that bust
ness himself, with the result
that the knowing ones predict
Buckley's appointment to the
judgeship held by him. He is
said to be a sober man, but one
could be more charitable if it
was certain that red liquor had
caused some of his wild utteran-
ces and acts that a sensible and
sober man ought not to have
been guilty of. If his ways on
the bench and off are normal,
they are too theatrical, and If
caused by the talkative fluid,
Smiling Ed will do the rest
and a long rest.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23
Senator McLaurin's Relief Meas

When asked in reference to
the bill introduced by him on
December 9 TO relieve" the
present money stringency and to
prevent it's recurrence, Senator
McLaurin said he thought his
the best bill on currency offered
at this session Of Congress. He
thought the present money
stringency ''due to the insatiate
greed of national banks in New
York. They engendered the
stringency and then specialized
on the distress they had created.
Business men Of the cotton-pro-
ducing section of the country
shipped cotton to liverpool, sold
it for gold, transferred the gold
to New York and when they de-
manded it of New York national
banks were refused their own
gold, but were told that they
could buy their own gold from
New York banks at a large
premium. This gold had been
purchased in Liverpool with
cotton to relieve the money
stringency in the south, for
while the government was piling
money into the New York banks
that were responsible for the fl
|nancial difficulties, it pointedly
refused to aid New Orleans or
other southern banks. Millions
of the money piled in the New
York banks to be sold to custo-
mers at a ruinous premium had
no other basis of security to the
government than state or mu-
nicipal or railroad bonds. In this
state of the case offered a bill
to require the, treasury to issue
the par value of the bonds to
any person depositing in the
treasury United States bonds,
thus giving every one an equal
footing with the national banks.
Suspend the interest of the bonds
and charge 3 per cent on the
money issued on government
bonds, thus fastening the return
Of the money, and redemption of
the bonds as soon as the furry
is over. Also until the furry is
over, say February |, 1909, issue
70 per cent on the value of cotton
insured and deposited by the
cotton producer without interest.
1t is not necessary to charge lin
terest on this issue to hasten the
return of the money to the
treasury, because the producer
would want the other 80 per
cent, and this would be a suffi-
Gent incentive to hastily return
the money. In times of ordinary
money circulation cotton farmers
would not resort to this means of
raising money, but on stringent
occasions, as the present, it
would be an inestimable benefit
| to the cotton farmers and to
|every other business in the
country. Had such a law been
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23
Death of Little Verna kersh.

The eighteen months old girl
Verna of Mr.. and Mrs. r. M.
Kersh died last evening at 5:45
o'clock, at their home east of
the depot. The child had been
teething and constantly suffering
for some time until Friday after
noon when the end came.
The funeral took place at 3
o'clock this afternoon, interment
in the Long Bea CHI cemetery.
The Sun extends it's heartfelt
coincidence to the parents in their
grief. Long Beach Sun.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23

Inspector Of Police, E. S.
Whitaker, attended by four of
his policemen, made a cowardly
attack on J. M. Leveque, editor
Of the Morning World, of New
Orleans, in his office last Thurs
day night firing two badly aimed
shots at him, because of just
criticism of his official conduct.
1t doesn't pay to even try to kill
an editor because he writes like
he had hair on his teeth. A
dead one makes a poor funeral
and those left alive will write
the killer into the pen or make
life a living death.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23
in effect last October, $500, OOO,-

in effect last October, 5000, 0OO,-
900 from this source alone and, I
believe, would have been put in
to circulation by the first of De-
cember, and with the money
that could and would have been
put into circulation from issuance
upon United States bonds, the
stringency would have let loose
and all fear of a panic dissipated
as mist in the summers sun
shine. The proposed issuance of
money to farmers upon the basis
of cotton security has been ridi-
culed as the 'subtreasury scheme
of the nineties.' 1t is not so.
Money scarcity made it i'm
portant that some scheme be de-
vised to procure money. Cotton
is far better security than that
accepted from the national banks
of New York. During the
stringency money could not be
realized at home or abroad ex-
cept by New York banks from
the national treasury upon state,
municipal or railrord bonds, yet
at the same time any amount of
money could be realized in
Europe on cotton. But for the
good sense, judgment and cool
ness of the business people of
the country, a panic would have
been precipitated, compared
with which all former panics
would have been inconsiderable;
yet during all this time the New
York national banks were sport
ing above the volcano, and filling
their capacious maws with gain
corruptly gotten from those who
were trusting them. | intro
duced a section to impose a Sc
we're penalty to dealers in cotton
futures. The cotton futures
gambling has hurt cotton pro-
ducing farmers more than can
be estimated. 1t has run cotton
down or up at the bid of the
gambler in futures, and gener-
ally it runs cottons.down while. it
is in the hands of the farmers
and up when it gets out of the
farmers hands. 1t also hurts
the small merchants and, indeed
all legitimate business men. If
cotton is made a security for the
issuance of money, Congress will
have jurisdiction to punish those
who, by their gambling in
futures, affect the security.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23

The Federal Grand Jury at it's
recent session at Vicksburg
failed to indict O. B. Crittenden
and others who were charged
with peonage. The jury was
composed of both whites and
blacks, and was unanimous in it's
conclusions that the United
States law had not been violated,
in either Negro or Italian cases;
at least not to the extent that a
petit jury would convict.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23

J. H. Harper and Tom Smith,
the Hattiesburg men who looted
the First National bank, of that
city, of a large amount, were
brought back from Vancouver,
B. c., are now in jail in
Jackson. Fast living and &C
commodating supposed friends
was the cause of their downfall,
and for which they must serve
time in a federal prison.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23

1t is probably true there was a
daring anarchist plot to blow up
some, or all of our big fleet in the
Rio Janerio harbor, and had it
not been discovered, the loss of
life and vessels would have been
appalling. 1t was said when our
fleet reached the Pacific it would
remain there forever to guard
our western coast and Eastern
possessions. 1t may remain, but
under the water possibly. Bet
ter sell those islands.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23
The tennessee Mule.

Maury County, Tennessee is a
great mule growing district, the
fame of her four-footed products
extending around the world.
The Columbia Herald tells us
that Tennessee has a big source
of wealth in mule growing.
There are very few mules, it
says in the states of the north,
none in the New England states,
and the greatest number are
found in the former slave states.
There are only two states that
produce more mules than Ten
nessee, and they are Texas and
Missouri, in the order named.
On January LIST of last year there
were 631, 900 mules in the Lone
Star state and 315, 900 in Mis-
souri,. Tennessee had 275. 900
mules. Although this state had
40, 900 fewer mules than Mis-
sour, the value of the Tennessee
mules was almost equal to that
of the. Missouri mules. Ten
nessee mules bring more money
than the mules of any state. On
January l, of last year, the aver
age farm value per mule in this
state was SLIP, while the aver
age farm value of the Missouri
animal was only $104. The
Texas raised mule on that date
was worth on the farm only 1913.
Next to Tennessee, Kentucky
raised the highest priced mules,
but they are worth an average
of So less than the animals of
this state. The total value of
the mules of this state on the
LIST of last year was approximate
ly $31, 10000 1t is probably a
million more at this time. Mules
reached their lowest price in 49,
81. The average farm value
per head at that time was SAL. 66.
Every year since there has been
an increase. In 1893 the price
was $43.88; in 1899, $54. Sc; in
1900, $63. 55, and the following
year $40 more. In 1902 the gain
was only 81, and during the xext
year the price increased but
S., but from 1904 to 1905 there
was gain of nearly $40 and
during the following year the
increase was almost S11. The
greatest advance ever made in
the prices of mules took place
in 1906, the price per head being
$14 more on January l, 1907, than
it was year before. The farm
value of the mules of the United
States was almost $780, 900, 600
more on January l last year than
it was a year previous to that
date, being $428, 063,613.
The aggregate farm value of
the mules of this country was
less in 1897 than it was during
any year since 1869. On January
l, 1897, the mules of the United
States were worth only $92, 000,-
600. Ten years thereafter they
represented in the farmers
hands $428, OOO,O an increase
of 500 per cent. 1t is small
wonder that the farmers of the
south are prosperous.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23

Many of the day laborers
thrown out of work by the stop
page of railroad construction and
the shutting down of the lumber
mills will go back to the fields,
thereby increasing cotton acre
age this year. Plant largely of
corn and other food crops. Cot
ton will go down if too much is
raised.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23

Jno. w. Gates, of New York,
and Chicago, millionaire stock
exchange operator, race horse
owner and turf speculator, and
an all round plunger in real
estate, or anything else which
strikes his fancy, has located in
Port Arthur, Texas, which he
practically owns and where he
has declared himself a citizen.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1908-01-23

The citizens of Paducah, KY,
presented the United States Gun
boat, Paducah, with a beautiful
silver service last Saturday at
New Orleans; it being necessary
to make the presentation in that
city as the Paducah could not
proceed to the city whose name
she bears.