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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
Engineer Killed in His Cab.

Sioux City, Ia, Nov. b.-While sit.
ting in the cab of his engine. making
fast tine on the Chicago, Milwaukee
an6 st. Paul railroad. between Manila
and Sioux City, Join Smith. one OF
the best-known engineers on the sys
tern, was instantly killed by the break
ing of the driving rod.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
JUDGE WILLIAM ). GAYNoR.

ministration. This is more than half
a defeat for Tamnany, for the control
of the board Of estimate was one of
the principal issues of the campaign.
IL: Cleveland the reign of Tom L..
Johnson IS mayor was ended by the
election of Herman c. Baehr, the Re
publican nominee. Mayor Johnson
was a candidate for a fifth term as
mayor and tho issues We're purely TO-
cal.
IN Cincinnati the Republican nomi-
nee Of Boss Cox. DR.. Schwab. was
elected mayor by an increased plu-
rallty. He is the man whom Presi-
cent Taft wished to so home &c vote
against.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago. Nov. 8.-Cattle-Beeves,
$4.0O@1.2O; Texas steers, s3.S5@4.90:
Western steers, $4.25@7.5o; stockers
and feeders, $3.0o@5.15; cows and
heifers, $2.10@5.so; calves, $6.25@
$50. Hogs-Light, $7.45@7.95: mixed,
S7.45@S.1c; heavy, s7.50@S.12h
rough, $7.50@7.7o: good to choice
heavy. s7.7o@8.12A, pigs, $5.76@7.50.
sheep-Netive. $2.6o04.so; yearlings
s47O@s.05; lambs $4.6007.60.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
CAR SHORTAGE INCREASES
| Most Acute IN East, Middle West and
Southeast,

Chicago, Nov. Ga fortnightly
statement issued by the American
Railway association regarding thu. car
situation says:
There has been an increase of ST.
per cent in the shortages reported.
Which now total 1896 cars. The
surplus. however, shows a decrease
of only 5,C31 cars. leaving 20,S96, Of
which about onc.half are box cars.
This surplus is principally in tire
Northwest. while the more severe
shortages are in tho East, the Middle
West and the Southeast.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
Norweeians Take Farms.

A party Of thirty N~orwegians from
near Joyce, Ia, arrived at Schafer to
take up homesteads. Others are to
follow from the same neighhorhood
as soon as they car settle their at.
fairs. When all have come, they will
occupy most of the land in two town
ships Of Mckenzie county. and will
chvisten them Bristol and Fertile In
p1eMcry Of the two trey left In Lows.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
START FOR CANADIAN NAVY
Dominion to Secure Two Cruisers for
Training Ships.

Ottawa. Ont, Nov. 6.-Canada is
completing arrangements with the
British admiralty for the loan of two
cruisers. This will be the first step
toward the formation of the proposed
Canadian navy The primary purpose
is to serve as training ships. One of
the cruisers will be stationed OH the
Atlantic and the other on the Pacific
coast. They will also protect fish,
cries.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
Notorious Desperate Captured.

Galveston, Tex. Nov. 5,-Inez Ruiz.
the notorious desperado and fer many
years a terror of tho TeXas.MeXican
border, has been captured in Frio
county. Six years ago he escaped
from Mexico, where he was awaiting
execution. RIiz is charged with hay.
ing killed at least forty men.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
SHORTAGE LARGE
Railroad Official Admits Steal
ing Over Hall Million
LOST IT ON STOCK MARKET
Also Paid Considerable Sums
to BIaCknlai|ers.

New York. Nov. &C. L. Warri-
ner. until a week = local treasurer
at Cincinnati of the Big Four railroad,
one of the Vanderbilt lines, stole $643.,
600 from that company before he a
evcH suspected of being q thief by his
superio.s i'm the railroad service.
Announcement to tniS effect was
made from the Office of Albert III.
Harris, vice president of the Big Four.
whose headquarters are in the Grand
Central station.
Warriner lost the money on the
stock market and also gave largo
sums TO blaCkmailers,
This is the briei and formal type
written statement handed out by Mr.,
HARRIS.
'"The amount OF d a~falcation of c. T..
Warriner, local treasurer OF tEe Big
-Four at Cincinnati, has been ascer
Gained 70 be s%t3.O0O. Warmer has
turned oVar to the company property
amounting to more than 500, 900 and
There will be received from the Ameri-
a Surety company on his bond $50
Goo. leaving tn" net amount of the
shortage something less than $500, 600.
lie has been arrested and is now
held to avail the action Of the grand
jury AT Cincinnati,
Method Of Manipulation.
9TH matfol wnjcn Warmer adopt
ed WAS TO cover his dclalcation in the
item cash in transit. At the end of
each month there are considerable
suns of money on tEeir way to the
local treasurer from tho station agents
and other; which have not been re-
cfivrd by him. 1t was by including in
this item the moneys that he had in
fact stolen tl,at Warmer was able to
conceal his l~etalcation."
Just a week ago the general finan-
eial and auditing officers of the New
York Central system were startled to
receive from Warriner in the office
OF Nj. Harris at The Grand Central
station n full confession OF his short.
age. MARINER told Vice President
Christensen in the Zig Four Offices in
Cincinnati that he was a defaulter
"for a very lar@, amo"nt." Carsten-
sen had only a few hours before dis
covered that there was an unaccount,
able discrepancy between the actual
cash on hand in Warriors office and
that which showed on mis- books
When he called tho t%reas,lrer's at
tention to this Warmer With amaz
irg GOODNESS said tC him:
well. | guess there ought to be. 7
have stolen more NAN half a million
dollars fron the company
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
BABES CRIES SAVE MANY
Arouse Steerers in Burning House al
Milwaukee.

Milwaukee,, Nov. 5.-The cries of a
fifteen months-old hShy son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris Cohen rrohatly save
eighteen persons from death in a fir
which damaged the building in which
they live.
While every one else in the crowd
ed twostory frame building was
asleep the little child awakened TO
find his room filed with smoke.
The child's mother was awakened
by feeling the little ones hands pull.
ing at her arms and the cnild's voice
raised in screams of terror.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
KEYNOTE OF HIS MESSAGE
Taft Will Declare for the Roosevelt
Policies.

Augusta. Ga, Nov. S.-The keynote
of President Taft message 10 the
coming session of congress Will be
this statement:
This administration was elected on
a platform that We proposed to carry
out the policies Of Theodore Roose-
Welt and VIC propose to keep that
promise.
!. Tie president reserves to himself
the right to decide What these policies
are. He has said in plbiic addresses
that lle, more than any other mar,
perhaps. has been in q position to
KNOW lu@l What Roosevelt did u did
not believe.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. Nov. 8. = Wneat-Dec..
$1.r2h: May. s1.o2A; July. 951.c.
Corn-Dec, 57M@5Sc; May, $500
$3.50: Inly. 59Ac. Oats-Dec., 38M
M?SAc, May, 41ss 641Mc; July.
33Lc. Pork-Jan.. s2o.47k; May,
s1e.s7h. Butter-Creameries, .eh q
3o1zc: dairies. 24@2sc. Eggs-20h
@2sc. Poultry-Turkeys, 14c: chick.
ems, 12kc; springs. i3Hc.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
St. Paul Live Stock,

st. Paul, Nov. s.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers. s6.75@7.5O; fair to good,
s5.0oM6.i5; good to choice COWS and
kejfers, s4.25@5.25; veals, s5.5o@7.oo.
Hoss-s7.eo@7.8o. sheep-Wethers,
s4.25M4.t0; yearlings. s5.o095.5o;
spring lambs, S6.OOM7.Oo.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
destructive Prairie Fire.

A disastrous prairie fire, causing
heavy damage in the affected district.
swept from Vanville to B%laisdell, in
spite OF the heroic fight made by sew.
eral hundred farmers and people from
The nearby towns. Farm buildings.
grain. horses and machinery We're
among the items of loss sustained by
farmers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
Duluth What and Flax

Duluth, Nov. S.-Wheat-To arrive
and On track-No. 1 hard, s1.02R; No.
1 Northern, s1.o2; No. 2 Northern,
s1.0o; Nov, s1.00%; Dec. a9c: May,
S1.021z:.. FlaX-To arrive and on
track, si.71h: Nov, s1.70, Dec, ST..
CT; May, s1.6S3s.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
Flees from Prairie Fire.

With a terrific prairie fire racing
with a wild wind toward her home in
the vicinity of Schafer, Mrs. Frank
Bclgard, crazed by fright seized her
little boy and a quilt from the bed
and ran seven miles to the Graham
ranch, reaching there after dark IN
a state of complete exhaustion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
EXCEEDS ROOSEVELT PRICE
Peary to Receive SLIGO a Word for
Pole Story.

NV York, Nov. 5.-The literary end
OF discovering the North pole is more
profitable than that of running er-
rands in Africa for the Smithsonian
institution. Commander Peary is to
get 90 per cent more a word for the
magazine story OF his achievement
than former President Roosevelt is
getting for his hunting story and, as
& rule. words do not grow as long in
the Arctic as below the equator.
MIR. R~oosevclt's plice is 81. but Com
mander Peary is to get S1.2O a word
for a story OF about 10000 words that
is to run serially in a magazine 70:
the next eight months.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
MRS. kST0R SECURES DIVORCE
Proceedings in Court Occupy Less
Than a Minute.

New York, Nov. S.--Mrs. John ia,
cob Astor was granted an intorlocu-
tory decree Of divorce by Jnsticc
Mills. All papers in the case We're
sealed and the proceedings were care
fully guarded.
The proceedings consumed less than
one minute in open court and it was
plain nothing had been left undone
to prevent any of the details OF the
divorc. action becoming known.
Neither Mr.. Nor Mrs. Aston were il
court when the decree was granted
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
COMMONS AND LORDS CLASH
Lower House Rejects Peers Amend
n,ents to Irish Land Bill,

London, Nov. BY a vote Of 2l1
to "a the house of refused
to agree to the house of lords amend
ments to the Irish land bill. On NOV
ing the refusal of agreement Augustin
Rirrell. chief secretary for Ireland, in
a ccnciliatory speech, repudiated all
desire to quarrel with the house Of
lords on the subject of Irish land and
declared he was anxious to come to
terms, if possible, as the failure of
the bill would create a il%eplorable
situation in Ireland.
Efforts will be made to arrange a
compromise between the two houses
of parliament.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
End of Murphy Cases.

The end OF the Major Murphy cases
from Ward county AND kindred actions
arc in sight. Tho states attorney OF
Ward couuty has filed a motion for
the dismissal of the Hardy suits II
the matter has been taken under adj
visement by Judge Pollock. The ac-
lions resulted from the alleged for
gely of township road warrants.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, Nov. S.-Wheat-Dec.,
s1.oo; May, s1.02a. On track-No. 1
hard. s1.02M1.027l; No. 1 Northern.
s1.n2M1.o2H, No. 2 Northern, s1.o0
@1.OOH.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
RESULTS ON THE GRlDlR0N

Yale q. Brown 0.
Drake II. Iowa IA.
Illinois s. Indiana 5.
Harvard is. Cornell ..
Princeton 6. Dartmouth 6.
Ames IS. Cornell Uowa) 8.
Notre Dame II, Michigan 3.
Chicago "a. Northwestern ..
Lafayette 6, Pennsylvania 8.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
ARMlSTICE WITH THE M0ORs
Spanish Commander Hopes to Soon
Conclude Peace Treaty.

Madrid, Nov. 5.-The Spanish com.
mandec in Morocco wires that he has
arranged for an armistice with the
Mocrs and that he expects that, as 4
result, peace in Morocco will soon be
assured
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
NICARAGUAN REBELS LOSE
Defeated in Sharp Engagement With
Government Troops,

Government Troops.
Managua, Nicaragua. Nov. 5.-Gov-
eminent troops defeated the revolu-
ttonists in a sharp engagement, many
of General Estrada's followers being
killed. wounded or captured. The gov
eminent lost fifteen men. including
General Castillo Chammoro.
President Zelaya's forces attacked
the rebel general, Fornos Diaz, at
Faso Las Lajas, capturing that point,
which had been defended by 400 men.
The rebels fled in the direction OF
Rama and were pursued.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-26
NEW BUILDING ON
PsNE STREET

Work was started this morning OF
the construction of double store
building on the block where the new
postoffice Will be erected. In con,
versation with Mr.. j. B. Merkel, the
builder, he said that he had always
believed that the purchasing of Hat,
tiesburg property was a good invest
ment and that now he was stronger of
the opinion than eyer, for no sooner
than he started the building he had
for the. places.
The building will be Of brick and
will contain all the conveniences of
any building of its kind and size.
The building will contain two stores,
each 25x70 feet and as soon as com.
pleted will be occupied.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-26
SAYS SHORTAGE
WAS TECHNICAL
Officials Start Investigation and Claim
Shortage of $1,000.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, August 25.-Be-
cause Fred G, Miller, whiie assistant
cashier of the Third National Bank in
this city, wore a large diamond and
dressed expensilely the officials start,
ed an investigation. Miller was arrest.
ed, charged with classification Of his
books to his personal gain Of $4,000
Miller's annual -alary was bu. ilSo",
and he has a family Of three. Tul,r
stated today -'a, the shortage was
purely technical and the result OF
clerical errors
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-26
IS AS HARMLESS
AS TABLE SALT
Class of Young Men Who Took Food
in which Benzoate of Soda Was
Placed Actually Fatteend on It and
Health Was Unimpaired.

DENVER, Colo, August 26.-Ben
zoate of soda was the principal thing
VIII ch occupied attention today at the
convention of the Association OF
State and National Food anG Dairy
Departments. Dr. Ira Remsent deliy,
how President Roosevelt had taken up
with him the matter OF pure foods and
how he had recommended four men to
form a committee to take tests. Dr..
Russell II. Chittenden, who was one
of the four men on the board alluded
to by Dr. Remsen, told how the board
had found that benzoate of soda was
not harmful when a smalT quantity of
it was put in foodstuffs. He said that
the class of young men who were ex-
perimented with and who took food
in which benzoate of soda was placed.
actually got fat on it and were in the
best af health when they were finally
released. He said that Oenzoate of
soda was no more harmful than CON.
mon table salt He said that buckle.
berries, cranberries, pIums and prunes
contain benzoate and that no one
would be afra d to eat these in small
quantities.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-26
DEATH OE Il. &. GRAHAM.

After an illness of six weeks, Mr.
/. r. Graham died this afternoon about
2 O'Clock at his residence on River
avenue. Until a few days ago the
condition OF Mr.. Graham was as IA
yorable as could be expected and it
was thought that he would be able to
withsta the weakness and get well
but day before yesterday a relapse
came and although loving hands and
the physicians did all they could the
end came today.
Mr.. Graham leaves a wife, two
brothers and three sisters to mourn
his loss.
The funeral arrangements have ont
T'eh funeral arrangements have not
later.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-26
MOSQUITOES CAUSE
A CONFEDERATION

NASHVILLE, Tenn, August 20
| Scientists and learned physicians the
world over have attributed many
| forms of fevers and other ailments to
the mosquito, but in the domains of
the city of Nashville the fire depart
hent dug up another black mark
against the sleepdisturbing friends.
The latest reason for the mosquito's 5
annihilation can be actually figured so
as to hit the pocketbook.
Engine Company No. was sum-
moned on hurry call by phone to
200 Silver street. where friends of
Martha Douglas stated that something
big in the way of fire was going on.
About ten minutes time and a few
barrels of wa+er eXtinsuished the fire,
and then the search for the cause
was commenced. No defective flues,
overheated stoves or overturned lamps
were found as evidenced by the rec
ords in the department headquarters,
but in the column marked Cause"
appears smoking mosquitoes"
Even in broad daylight "skeeters"
were carrying on their operations and
drastic measures were necessary to
save the house and its occupants from
being carried away. A small fire,
with So damages resulted, but the
mosquitoes all escaped, not a carcass
being discovered in the ruins of the
one room.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-26
Nj KLUX kLAN IS
BUSY IN GEORGIA

DALTON, Ga, August 26.-There is
considerable excitement in Dalton anC
vicinity as a result of mysterious
visit paid this town at an early houl
Tuesday morning by band of mount
ed masked men who style themselves
Ku kluX Klan. After making inquiries
for negro preacher, paying visits to
| three prominent citizens of the town
and leaving with the editor of the
Dalton Argus a lengthy notice Of
warning, with the request that it be
published without delay, 'Tribo Til
Grand Cyclops,7 and his band of 30
or more robed and masked riders de,
parted
The note of warning is dated "Owl
Hollow, Sth moon, AK and the names
of three negroes as well as several
white men" are mentioned as being
marked for death unless they forth.
with discontinue certain practices
charged to them, such as selling blind
tiger liquor, foafing. etc. Blind tigers,
gamblers, lewd women, street loafers
and vagrants must CO. declares the
uKase, which bears the signature Of
Grand Cyciops OF the X. X. K.
The warming notice is typewriter
and certain fines are in red ink Spe-
cfai warning is given to certain young
meT WHO wear good clothes and loaf on
tie streets each night until midnight" ."
they are told to go to work or leave
the community, and like warning is !
given to 'lewd women. both black |
and white"
Not only the negroes Of the town.
out many whites are alarmed by the
visit Of the mysterious band, and last
hight the streets were noticeably de-
serted.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-26
fine DISTINCTION
IN DIVORCE CASE

PITTSBURG, August 22-Strictly
defining the reasons why divorces
might be given to the young and in
nocent, but should not be granted to
the old and experienced, Judge Fuller,
of this city, refused Jane Ashton Jones,
who desired to marry fifth time, a
divorce from her fourth husband,
Thomas L. Jones, of this city.
The wife is So years old and the
husband 66 years old AS the court
says, first she married A and was
divorced from him. Then she married
B; him she buried Then after A
lapse of twenty-five years from the
date of divorce she remarked A; him
she buried. Next she married Jones.
They were separated five weeks af
ter the marriage. She charges Jone,
with non-support, while he declares she
put him out, and he is willing to live
with her if she acts in reasonable
manner.
commenting on the case in his
opinion, Judge Fuller says:
When young and inexperienced
persons enter into the marriage reIa.
tion and afterwards one of them. with.
out fault of the other, develops a dis
position which makes it impossible
for them to live together, the law per
haps should afford the innocent person
at least one opportunity to dissolve
the marriage bond in order to retrieve
a Observation-Disclosures ruinons to life
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-26
FRAT. INSURANCE COMPANIES
ARE LEFT ALONE

The convention of National Insurance
Commissioners today adopted the CON-
mittee reports recommending that
fraternal insurance concerns be left
to work out their own salvation. Fred
w. Porter, of Illinois, is prominently
mentioned as a candidate for the next
presndent of the organization and
Eugene e. McGivney, of st. Louis,
is probably booked for the vice presi,
dency. Mobile apparently leads in
the race for the next convention.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-26
fine SPECIMEN OF
HOME GROWN RICE
Mr.. w. M. Conner is Exhibiting Stalks
of the Grain Raised on His Place
in This County.

Mr.. W. NJ. Conner is today exhibit
ing at his store some fine specimens
of rice which he raised on his place
in this county. Mr.. Conner says the
rice was planted by a negro on his
place who had never had the slight
est experience with rice growing, only
small plot of ground being planted
along a creek bottom and no particular
care having been exercised in its cult
tivation. The stalks which Mr.. Con-
ner brought to this city We're not es-
/ pecially selected for exhibition pur-
poses, he stated, but cut at random
from the nearest available point of ac-
cess. An one who doubts the adabpt-
ability of cut-over land TO rice culture
would do well to take a look at these
specimens, for they will convey a
faint idea Of what could really be ac-
complished by intesive cultivation
These stalks are at least five feet
high, and the grain heads are as near
perfect as could be desired, the grain
itself showing full development and
maturity. This rice was grown on or
dinary dry land. without watering, and
Mr.. Conner says that even under these
circumstances the crop would average
fifty bushels to the acre. 1t is ex-
remely gratifying that this expert
ment should prove so successful. and /
it is a pity that Mr.. Conner did not
devote more ground to this product.
1t appears from experiments which /
have been made with all kinds of ag-
ricultural products in this county that
experimentation is no longer neces-.
sary for it has been demonstrated re
that this soil will produce
anything which can be grown on the
aarth, just as much of it and as good
variety. Tobacco flourishes without
cultivation, wheat does well. rye and !
nillet can be produced in abundance. &
sugar cane does better here than in +
louisiana, potatoes take care of them Y
elves and are as sweet as sugar, a
'hile there is no variety of vegetable
nown to Burbank which viii not O
Iourish and yield abLndantly with or b
mary attention. People who have liv i,
d in this section all their lives and g.,
ave passed the meridian of life are
sounded at the revelations which are
lmost daily brought to light. Agri.
Ilture, after being so long neglected, -
compelling attention, and it is hop u
| that it will receive the considera- u
on to which it is entitled CT
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-26
ORDER IS RESTORED
IN TOWN Of MEADV|L[E

in Meadville, and that trouble is
likely to break out in the quiet little
town at any moment.
Featherstone, of the Capital Light
Guards, forming a special detail sent
from Jackson to Meadville with am
munition for the three military COM
panies, returned home last night.
Messrs. Hale and Featherstone re-
port everything quiet at Meadville, but
there is an undercurrent of uneasi-
ness among the people who seem to
feel that trouble is likely to break out
at any moment.