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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
CRIMINALS AND THE INSANE
Judge Amidon Favors Putting Them
to Death.

Judge Charles Amidon of the United
States district court for North Da-
kota would put to death the profess
sional criminal. He would do the
same to the nopelessly insane.
He advocated this in an address in
Fargo Congregational church and said
substantially that a man who is a pro
fesional criminal, who had lived a life
of crime, should be executed.
He took the position that it costs as
much to keep a man in the peniten-
tiary as it does to educate and keep
a man in any university of the coun-
try, and the reason that we'll behaved
young men should not be deprived of
education by expenditure of public
money in keeping a naturally bad mar
under lock and key.
He believed it better to protect the
innocent from the criminal by the
destruction of the criminal before he
had the chance to murder, than to
wait until the murder If some good
man for the death of the criminal.
He wouldn't hurt either the pro-
fessional criminals Or hopelessly in.
sane, but would put them to death in
a humane manner, and relieve them of
their power to work evil in the one
case and put them out OF their misery
in the other.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
LABOR Men GET WRIT
Federal Supreme Court viii Re-
view Contempt Case

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE supreme
court of the United States granted the
petition for a writ of certiorari in the
contempt cases of Samuel Gompers,
Frank Morrison and John Mitchell,
officers of the American Federation OF
Labor. The effect of the decision will
be to bring the entire record in the
Buck Stove and Range company case
against these men to the supreme
court for review.
Before the supreme court attorneys
for the federation will ask to have
dismissed the original anti-boycott in
junction issued by Judge Gould in the
Buck Stove and Range company case.
Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and
Frank Morrison, the officers of the
federation, who are now under a con-
tenpt of court sentence for violating
the Injunction, are also parties to the
appeal.
This move, in short, puts it up to
the supreme court of the United
States to decide if the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor's boycott of the Buck
Stove and Range company in its Off
cial organ, the Federationist, was a
lawful procedure. The court of ap-
peals of the District of Columbia has
held that it was not and with some
notifications has sustained Judge
Gould's injunction.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
DRIVER HEIR TO A FORTUNE
Minneapolis City Engineers Nephew
Hears of LEGACY,

Fred Rinker, bus driver for a Bis
marck hotel, received news of the
death of an uncle, Casper Yackel, at
Sank Center, Mimi, and in the same
telegram was notified that he had been
left a deed for a 260-acre farm with all
stock and equipment. The farm is
valued at 100000.
Young Rinker, who is a son of the
Oldest locomotive engineer of the 500
line and nephew of City Engineer
Rinker of Minneapolis, arrived in Bis
marck fifteen months ago and worked
for EN- months as brakeman on the
500. Since then he has been driving
bus to- and from trains.
He had lived with his uncle for nine
years until ten years ago., but did not
get along with him and was much sur
prised when he heard of his good for
tune. He is holding onto his job.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
Nicaraguan Representative al
Washington Dismissed
NEAR TO STATUS OF WAR
Dispute PeriIousIy Close to the
Stage Of Hosti|ities.

Washing on, Dec. 2.-Secretary OF
State Knox has returned the passports
of Felipe Rodriguez, charge d'affaires
of TIE N%icaraguan legation, with q
letter s%cathingly d%enouncing the Ze
laya administration of the government
of Nicaragua.
The letter is definitely declared tc
represent the views of President Taft
and is about as plain spoken as any
thing emanating from the state de
partment in /. any years.
The extraordinary feature of the
letter is that it seems to evidence an
intention OF the part of the United
States to hold President Zelaya per
sonally responsible for the alleged
torture and execution of the Ameri
cans, Cannon and Groce, and exhib,
its the unique situation of one gov.
eminent holding the chief executive
of another practically as a common
malefactor.
Zelaya is branded as a violator OF
solemn international conventions, q
disturber of the national and interna
tional peace, a tyrant whose admin.
~istration has been a blot upon the
name of good government.
Secretary Knox virtually announces
the recognition of the Nicaraguan rev.
ol%utionists, declares it to be the con.
viction of the United States that the
revolution represents the sentiments
of a majority of the Nicaraguan PEG.
pie and that there is evidently no re
sponsible government with which the
United States can deal. He therefore
announced that all parties will be
held accountable for their actions as
affecting the interests of Americans
and the peace of Central America.
He further informs Senior Rodriguez
that, while he has lost his diplomatic
quality. he may still serve as an "un'
official" channel of communication
with the faction which he is regarded
as representing.
This brings the crisis as near tt
the status of war as it could be
brought by executive action without
a definite declaration by both houses
of congress, which will convene next
Monday.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
Little Freight Moving in the
Affected District
FEARED TROUBLE MAY SPREAD
Said Other Railway Employees
Want Increase in Wages.

st. Paul, Dec. 4.-Despite the assur-
ances of railroad officials the switch
mems strike appears not to be broken.
The Minnesota Transfer is receiving
no freight for shipment.
President Hawley says he has re-
ceived assurances of support from the
Federation of Labor, by order of Sam
uel Gompers, through Secretary Frank
Morrison.
Governor Eberhart will appoint a
state board of arbitration under an old
act. of which w. H. Goetzinger of st.
Paul probably will be n of three
members, a second to be recommends
ed by employers and the third to be
appointed after consultation with these
two. The governor is taking no part
in the trouble, but his tender OF
friendly offices is open.
Vice President Whitney of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen de-
the strike as having been
called illegally, without constitutional
vote. President Hawley denies this
and says Whitney's statement is "a
lame and contemplate excuse for mel
he wants to go back as scabs."
Sixty Switch Engines Working.
Railroad officials assert that sixty
switch engines are working in all prin-
cipal yards and 80 per cent of freight
is moving; this the strikers deny or
reports from their pickets.
President Hawley declares that if
the railroads try to crush the Switch
mems union there will be a general
strike of other railroad employees and
It will be "a costly experiment." He
says that other sections are only
awaiting the word from him to strike.
The public affairs committee mem
hers of the Commercial club roundly
scored the mayor of st. Paul for act
ing as strikers counsel while holding
what should be an office on neutral
ground, for the whole people.
Two hundred additional strike
breakers arrived, all said to be real
eWitchmen, who will be distributed to
clear the yards.
Superintendent NJ. j. Dooley of the
Minnesota Transfer reports absolute
respect for company property and law
&biding, quiet attitude of strikers.
Everywhere the orderliness of the
strikers is a matter of comment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
ElGHTY-SEVEN met DEATH
Scores of Others Injured During the
Hunting Season,

The hunting season was marked by
more fatal accidents this year than
usual. the number of dead reaching
eighty-seven and the injured sixty
eight. In the previous year fifty
sever were killed; e%ighty-two in 1907
and scventy-four in 1906. Wisconsin
and Upper Michigan continue to fur
nish the greatest number of victims.
Included in this years fatal acct
dents are several we'll known men.
Victims in North Dakota were:
Shirley Wilson, killed by brother.
George Alpsty, Langdon, shot by
companion.
George Merlin, Williston, shot
through heart.
John Post, aged twelve, killed by
brother.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
STRAW IS SENT TO IRELAND
Experiments Expected to Prove That
Linen Can Be Made Here.


Linen Can Be Made Here.
The consignment of sixteen cases
of fax straw made on Oct. 4 by Pro-
fessor H. Bachelor to the Adam Nc
Meekin Cogry fax spinning mills at
Doagh, Antrim comfy, Ireland, has ar
rived at it's destination.
The straw was obtained from the
farm of August Dittmer of Lynchburg.
It is not of the best quality, but it is
expected to demonstrate that North
Dakota flax straw can be made into
linen and that it will be feasible to
erect mills in this state and manufac-
ture fabrics out of straw grown here
for seed purposes only.
Professor Bachelor has made ex-
haustive study and is of the opinion
that linen goods a be made in this
state in competition with the entire
world. The great abundance Of cheap
fuel asures this. Fuel is fully one
third of The cost of the manufacture
of linen.
The Cogry flax spinning mills have
commenced retting the shipment made
by Professor Bachelor. 1t will take
fully six weeks to do this part of the
work. The Irish method of retting
dates back 5000 years. The Belgian
method, now being used, is much sim
pier, and by recent discoveries in this
country, what takes six weeks in Ire
land can be done here in five hours.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
DEMONSTRATION is LIKELY
United States Concentrating Fleet In
N~icaraguan Waters.

SsosSS III TIOCI vi
N~icaraguan Waters.
Washington, Dec. 2.-That there will
be an immediate and vigorous military
demonstration by the United States
against President Zelaya of Nicaragua
and what is left of his government is
practically certain. Eight hundred ma.
rines at League Island navy yard at
Philadelphia have been ordered to sail
on the cruiser Prairie at once. In adj
dition the Prairie will carry two 3-inch
field pieces, 1900, 900 rounds of
munition, tents, camp stoves and other
field supplies. At Panama the Buff.
falo is ready to leave for Nicaragua
with the 400 marines who have been
doing duty on the canal zone. Later
in the day the protected cruiser AL
bany and the gunboat Yorktown were
ordered to proceed at full speed from
Magdalena bay to Corinto, on the Pa
cifc coast of Nicaragua. The gun
boat Vicksburg already is riding the
waters in the harbor at Corinto and
the g%unboat Princeton is on her way
from the Bremerton hayward for the
same port.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
News Of the Week From vari-
Gus Parts Of the State.
RESULT OF SEVERE STORM
Rail and Wire Service Both
Seriously Crippled.

A general snow storm, attended by
zero cold, ragged throughout the state
for a day and a night. A paralysis OF
railroad transportation and a weaken
ing of all lines of communication tc
interior places followed and railroad
men predicted a long blockade of traf
fic, the relief of which would be de
layed by the prevailing strike of the
switchmen.
Owing to disturbances in the
weather, telegraph lines were down
between Bismarck and Western North
Dakota and Fargo and Grand Forks
since early last week. The storm
caused still greater ravages on this
service and perfect communication
will probably not be restored for sew
eral days.
The storm visited it's highest force
on the northern end of the Red River
valley, its center moving thence south
ward toward GAINESVILLE and Fargo
piling immense drifts in the thirty-six
mile wind and pulling down the Their
mometer to Z below zero.
Reports received by telephone from
all parts of Northern North Dakota
indicated a general BLIZZARD to the
Montana border and the movement OF
mail carriers and other persons who
travel the country highways was al
most completely checked. On the
level, wind-swept prairie, roads were
obliterated and drift-covered houses
were indistinguishable from hay
stacks. 1t is not believed there will
be great suffering to stock. The pre-
valence of warm weather up to this
time made possible preparation fol
their shelter.
The railroad officials anticipate lit
tie trouble in handling the snow. AT
Fargo six and a half inches of snow
fell. The w%estbound trains on all the
lines were a trif1e late. The wires
went down on the Casselton and the
southwestern lines, indicating a gen.
eral storm throughout Southern North
Dakota. The railroad officials at Far
go ordered out snow plows on all the
branch lines.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
TWO HUNDRED DIE IN STORM
Many Vessels Wrecked on the Coast
of Great Britain.

London, Dec. 4.-Shipping circles
are alarmed over the constantly grow
ing list # wrecks from the storm that
has been whipping the British coast
for three days. The storm is slightly
abated, but is still raging in a manner
tnat promises to send still more YES
sells to the bottom.
1t is now believed the number of
drownings will run over 200, seventy,
two of which were from the steamers
Thistlemore and Ellen Vannin, botl
of which were sunk. Nine cargo
steamers have been either lost or
greatly damaged, several are missing
and it is feared they have gone down
and at least 100 sailboats are lost or
missing.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
WiIIiston to Have Library.

Williston will soon have a public
library, as a result of it's being made
the benefactor in the will OF the late
D. Willis James of New York. 1t is
of Williston known by that name that
Mr.. James has provided for the cree
ton of a library there, his second
name being adopted by that city. The
amount set aside for the library is
$4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
CON- IONS CENsuREs LORDS
Resolution Adopted Regarding Rejec.
ton of Budget.

ton Of Budget.
London, Dec. 2.-Premier Asquith's
resolution declaring that the house of
lords rejection of the budget constitut.
ed a breach of the constitution and a
usurpation of the rights of the house
of commons was carried by a vote Of
349 to 1874. Tremendous cheering
greeted the result. After the vote was
announced the house adjourned.
Prior to this action Premier AS.
quith announced that the government
had advised King Edward to dissolve
parliament, and that his majesty had
accepted the invitation.
The premier added that if the Liber.
ais were returned to power the first
act of the government would be the
re-enactment of all the taxes for which
provision was made in the budget re.
jected by the house of lords.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Dec. 6.-Cattle-Beeves,
$4.O0@4.25; Texas steers, $3.80@4.9O;
Western steers, $4.25@7.5O; stockers
and feeders, $3.15@5.30; COWS and
heifers, $2.15@5.70; calves. $4,000
$50. Hogs-Light, $7.85@8.35; mixed,
$7.9o@8.50; heavy, $s.O0@8.55; rough,
$8.00@8.20; good to choice heavy.
$8.20@8.55; pigs, $6.80@7.85. Sheep
Native. $3.00@5.20; yearlings. $3.50
700; lambs. 3b.26071k
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
Severe Storm in Kansas.

Topeka, Kan, Dec. IA drifting
snow storm that is sweeping over
Kansas is causing much suffering
among unsheltered stock, Between
Hutchinson and Dodge City all wire
connections are lost. No attempt Is
being made to run trains on schedule
time. Street car service here Is bad.
ly demoralized.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE
Captured by Mob, Bound With Chains
and Fired.

Cochran, Ca, Dec. John Har-
ward, a negro preacher. who shot and
fatally injured Will D. Booth two
miles from this place, was captured
by a mob of enraged citizens five
miles from there and burned at 4
stake, more than a carload of light
wood, it is said, being heaped abous
the body.
Harvard was given ar opportunity
to pray, after which he was securely
bound with chains to an improvised
stake. The fuel vas piled high above
his head and the torch applied.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
SEATTLE YARDS C0NGEsTED
Some Freight Moves but General Traf.
fc Is Tied Up.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 4.-The strike
situation in the Pacific Northwest con-
ainues interesting. Both the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific rail
ways have several switching crews at
work here and also have a number of
green men under instruction.
Although there has been some move
0ent of freight the congestion in the
yards has not been entirely relieved
and the embargo against the receipt of
freight from shippers has not been re
moved.
The action of the Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen in ordering its
nembership back to work in the pas.
Senger service has enabled the roads
10 get their transcontinental flyer out
On time.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
TO BE HELD in CALIFORNIA
Fight Between Jim Jeffries and Jack
johnson.

New York, Dec. 3.-The fight for
the heavyweight championship of the
world between James j. Jeffries and
Jack johnson will be held in Califor-
MIA, in the vicinity of San Francisco,
on July 4, 1910, and will be staged by
"Tex' Richard of Nevada and John
]. Gleason of San Francisco. Their
bid of SOL, 900 and two-thirds of the
moving picture privileges to the con
testants was formally accepted dur
ing a stormy meeting at Hoboken, N.
j., and the final articles will be drawn
up and signed there. 1t is believed
than any other fight in the history Of
the prize ring.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
New Town Started.

A new townsite has been located on
the Milwaukee railroad between New
England and Mott. The town is %
miles east Of New England and will
be known as Indian Creek. 1t is ten
miles from Adams, five miles from
Horswill and ten miles from Mott.
The country surrounding is of the fin
est quality and the town is certain to
become the center of a great farming
district.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
Langdon Church Dedicated.

The new Methodist church at Lang
don al dedicated with appropriate
services and crowded to the doors at
all services, morning, afternoon and
evening. Bishop Mcintyre presided
and raised the church debt of $4,000.
The building cost $11, 900 and was
built to replace the one destroyed by
the tornado on May 20, when the pas
tor and his family narrowly escaped
death.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09

torneys for a %rehearing of his appeal
from the sentence of District Judge
Anderson.
simultaneously the court announced
that Walsh would be held by the mar
shall until such time as his attorneys
shall file with the court a motion for
a writ of ce%rtiorari, specifying Jan. L
as the last day on which this action
could be taken. Walsh was turned
over to Marshal Hoy in the court
room and walked out a crushed and
detected man.
The opinion denying a rehear;ng
was delivered by Judge Grosscup and
was concurred in by Judges Seaman
and Baker. 1t was oral, merely deny
ing the %rehearirg motiol
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
Fire at Churches Ferry.

An early morning fire, supposed to
have been caused by a defective stove
pipe, destroyed the G. P. Olson livery
barn at Churches Ferry. Olson lost
all his buggies and harness and two
of his horses; George Ingebretson lost
q horse, harness and buggy and George
Chaffee a motorcycle. 1t required
strenuous work on the part of the
citizens to save the town from a more
serious co%n1agration. The losers had
no insurance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
GREAT STRIKE IS PROBABLE
tario Is Railroad Unions Want an In.
rease in Wages.

Chicago. Dec. 4-The Tribune says:
The United States is threatened
With the greatest railroad strike in
che history of the nation.
Practically every railroad line in
the country, East and West, is in i'm
ninent danger of being completely
Ecd up a walkout on the part of
large numbers of its operating en-
,eloyes this meath.
Officers of the organizations of en-.
7gineers, tireinel, trainElen and switch.
tnea have agree upon a uniform de-
hand OF a 10 per cent wage increase.
witho~t deviation or compromise.
=, That the crisis is approaching a D
idly was Indicated by the announce
ment at New York by, officers of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmeu
that they would present their demands
on the lit! of this month and the
wage conf rences will begin on the
18th.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Dec. 6.-W heat-Dec.,
$1.07A; May, $1.o7%; July, $3.50.
Corn-Dec., 5Sc; May, 61hc; July,
Gle. Oats-Dec., 40%c; May, 42Ac;
July, 40k @40%c. Pork-Jan., $21..
40; May, $20.70. Butter-Creameries,
26h @32kc; diaries, 24@2Sc. Eggs
-20k @30kc. Poultry-Turkeys. 15c;
chickens and springs, 12c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
M MINISTER TO CHINA
William j. Calhoun of Chicago Ac.
ceptS Post.

William j. Calhoun of Chicago Ac.
cepts Post.
Washington, Dec. 6.-Announcement
of the appointment of William j. Cal
houn of Chicago as minister to China
was made at the state department.
Mr.. Calhoun has accepted the appoint
ment. The Chinese government has
indicated its pleasure in receiving
him.
In appointing Mr.. Calhoun to the
Chinese mission President Taft has
selected a nan of wide experience and
one we'll qualified to fill that very i'm
portant post, which requires a states
man combining 10th business and dip
lomatic qualifications. Mr.. Calhoun is
a we'll known corporation lawyer OF
Chicago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
REHEAR|NC IS DENIED
John R. Walsh, Aged Banker,
Nearer Prison Doors.

Chicago. Dec. 3.-John R. Walsh,
the aged banker, has taken another
for misapplying the funds of the Chi
cago National bank.
The United States circuit court of
appeals deprived him of his personal
liberty and committed him to the Gus.
tody of the United States marshal, as
it had denied the motion of his at.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
FIRST SESSIONS ARE BRIEF
sixty-first Congress Convenes at the
National Capital.

Washington, Dec. s. The two
houses of congress convened today for
the first regular session of the Sixty
first congress, but the days proceed
ings we're in great part of a social ma
ture and practically no business was
transacted. The house session con-
tinued forty minutes. but the senate
adjourned after thirteen minutes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Dec. 6.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. / hard, $1.o7A; No.
/ Northern, s1.06A; No. 2 Northern,
s1.04A; Dec, s1.O4A; May, $1.O7.
F1ax-1n store, on track and to arrive,
s1.S1A; Dec, s1.SoA; May, $l.S1A.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
Immense Shelter Closes.

Helena, Mont, Dec. 2.-The i'm
mense smelter of the Boston and Mon.
tana company has closed down. throw.
ing 1000 men out OF work at Great
Falls. because of the inability to %.
cure ore shipments from Butte.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
Jones Again Indicted.

Andy H. Jones was indicted for the
second time by the federal grand jury
at Fargo for embezzling the funds OF
a national bank. He is already under
$4,000 bail on charges previously
made. He was arrested In Texas this
fall by a United States marshal and
brought beck to North Dakota.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
Sight Of Blood Proves Fatal.

Cleveland, Dec. 7.-Fainting at the
sight of blood, Harry T. Simmons, jan
itor in Western Reserve Medical col
lege, fell to the floor in a hospital
clinic sustained a facture of the skull
and died on the operating table, at
which a few moments before he had
been an assistant. Simmons was as
sisting DR.. Frederick G. Herrick in a
minor operation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-09
EIGHTY-SEVEN MET DEATH
Scores of Others Injured During the
Hunting Season.

Chicago, Dec. 2.-The hunting sea.
son was marked by more fatal acct
dents than usual, the number of dead
reaching eighty-seven and the injured
sixty-eight. In the previous year fifty
v e were slain; e%ighty-two in 1907,
and %seventy-four in 1906. Wisconsin
and Upper Michigan continue to fur.
nish the greatest number of victims.