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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
IN TANGLED MASS
Hundred and Sixty eight More
Bodies Found at Cherry, Ill
APPARENTLY DIED DAYS AGO
All But Twenty Of the Force Now
Accounted For.

Cherry, ILL.,, Nov. ALPHABETICALLY all
the bodies of those who persisted in
the Cherry disaster have been found
on a staircase at the mouth of the
third or lower level. One hundred
and sixty-eight bodies were found.
leaving a little more than a score TO
be accounted for.
The miners evidently had died in
the first rush for safety in the explo-
sion and fire On Nov. IL. The bodies
were in a great tangled mass, com
pletely blocking the staircase leading
from the third to the second vein, and
were scattered along the vein where
they had dropped before reaching the
stairway.
Black damp was the u of death,
all means of escape having been
blocked by debris falling and cover
ing t e top of the staircase. The men
had died as they tried to push through
the distinctions or in waiting vainly
for rescuers.
Two rude wooden ventilating fans,
fashioned in the same manner as
those found two days ago with the
dead in the second gallery. were at.
fixed to the shaft wall and stairway.
The men had turned these by nand in
their frantic struggle for air in the
hopeless effort to brush back the black
damp. One of the dead miners hands
was found firmly gripped about the
fan as he had died. The fans were
made of pieces of wood, hastily nailed
together and Whirled about the han
dies of the miners picks. The dinne:'
pills of scores of the men we're found
in the mass. Many of them were
partly filled.
The best figures regarding the mine
disaster are as follows:
Total number of men in the mine at
time of fire. 527; men who escaped
when fire broke out. 217; dead bodies
recovered, identified and buried, l0l;
men rescued alive from the mine.
v days after the fire. 20; rescue
party burned in cage. 10; bodies In
third vein. 1863; total death list, 80.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
CANNON PROPOSES TO FIGHT
Makes Fiery Attack on insurgents at
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Nov. 27.-That the in.
surgents who are fighting Cannon will
have a good lively scrap on their
hands is the opinion expressed by
those who heard the speakers address
before the Knife and Fork club here,
IN which he SEN a few hot shots at
the insurgents camp, attacked their at.
tempt to revise the house rules and
upheld the Payne tariff measure.
The senators and representatives
who call themselves insurgents" said
Cannon, and who voted against the
Payne bill, voted to increase or main.
a the duties on the industries and
products of their own states and sec.
tons. They are protectionists for
their w people. but were opposed to
protection for other people in other
sections"
Declaring that Cummins, La Fol-
lette. Bristow and the other insur-
gents were making the same sort of
attack on the house of representatives
n a Bryan is making, he added:
Il know of but one way to treat
them, and that is to fight them Just as
we fight Mr.. Bryan and his following"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
HORSE THIEVES TO BE TRIED
One Of the Gang Has Turned States
Evidence.


Probably no term of the district
court which has ever been held in
Williams county is attracting the a.
tention that the special November
term is commanding throughout
Northwestern North Dakota.
For years Western North Dakota
and Eastern Montana have been
harassed by an organized band of
horse thieves. In the past three
months the leaders of the band have
been apprehended and since then not
a horse has been stolen.
In the cases against Pat Cannon,
Jud Miller, Kid Trailer and Plas
Bear, the state believes it has at last
solved the system by which the whole
sale thefts took place. Bear has
turned states evidence and will be
depended upon to convict his former
partners.
Another interesting case is that
against George Sawyer, charged with
perjury. Sawyer was ordered arrested
during the trial last year of Jack Ben
ner, who was charged with robbery,
the complaining witness being H. P.
Chase of Williston. Benner was ac-
quilted.
Out Of the f%orty-seven cases on the
criminal calendar, thirteen defendants
are fugitives with small chances for
their apprehension. The complaints
in the majority of these cases are for
maintaining a common nuisance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
QUESTION COUNTY DoINGs
Grand Jury Summoned to Investigate
Charges.

Charges.
Judge Winchester, Sixth judicial dis
trict, called a special session of the
grand jury to investigate charges
made in the report of the state ex-
aminer on conditions in the office of
the county auditor and on the county
commissioners. The session was
called at the request of Attorney Gen
eral Miller, to whom Governor Burke
had turned over the examiners report
for action.
The report shows that the commits
sioners have allowed unitemized and
unveritied bills, have bought goods for
the county without advertising for
bids and have in other ways abused
their authority. The auditor has been
retaining the transfer fees paid into
his office and there are some war
rants that have been cashed for which
no receipts can be found.
The report calls attention to care
less methods of former treasurer and
commends the present incumbent for
the way he has kept the records.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
MRS. STOKES AIDS STRIKERS.
Wife of Millionaire Socialist Helps
ShirtWaist Makers.

New York, Nov. 29.-Rose Pastor
Stokes, who before her marriage to j.
G. Phelps Stokes. the millionaire so.
cialist, was a cigarmaker in Cleve-
land, reported at the headquarters Of
the striking shirtwaist makers and
announced that she intended to lead
the striking women and girls to VIC
tory.
Accompanied by half a dozen other
women she proceeded to the factory
district. where they buttonholed strike
breakers and nonunion workers and
attempted to p%ursuade them to quit.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
THREE KILLED IN COLLISION
Great Northern Train Wrecked Near
Lind, Wash.

Lind, Wash, Nov. 26.-Three train-
men dead, two others believed to be
fatally injured, five out of six cars on
a Great Northern passenger train
completely destroyed by fire, but
every passenger safe. is the summing
up of a wreck on the Northern Pacific
railroad about a mile from Lind. Tho
accident occurred either through mis-.
understanding or disregard Of ORD ass.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02

roads entering Chicago 20 prevent the
enforcement of a reduction from 50 to
81 for switching stock cars in that
city.
About eighteen months ago the
stockmen who shipped to Chicago de.
ing carloads of stock to the stock.
yards was unreasonable. They ap-
piled to the interstate commerce com.
mission and the body upheld their con
tention, reducing the charge to 81.
The railroads Immediately took the
question into the courts and won a
decision in the lower courts. after
which it was appealed to the supreme
court
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Labor Leaders Apply for Writ
Of Certi0rari
CHANCES ARE AGAINST THEM
Records Show Few Such App|i.
cations Successful.

Washington. Nov. 27.-If a book
formances of the supreme court OF
the United States in similar proceed
ings, the odds would be about ten to
one that GomperS, Mitchell and Nor
rison, the three labor leaders, will &c
to Jail.
Application has been made to that
tribunal for a writ of certiorari on be.
half of the officials of the American
Federation of Labor to review the re
CEN decision of the appellate court
of the District of Columbia, which
affirmed the sentences of contempt
imposed by Justice Wright OF the
District supreme court.
A search {" the records of the SUI
preme court of the United States
shows that about one application in
ten for writs of certiorari is granted
The usual practice is to take such aD
plicationS under advisement for one
week.
May Review Entire Case.
Should the court decide to grant the
writ this would mean that the entire
case. involving the alleged disobedi
ence on the part Of the defendants ut
the injunction against boycotting the
Buck Stove and Range company OF
st. Louis and their sentences for con-
tempt. would be reviewed by the high.
est court in the land. The final de
cision of the court. in the event the
writ is granted, would probably not
be filed for several months.
Ii the application is denied Com
pers. Mitchell and Morrison will be
committed to Jail forthwith for terms
of twelve, nine and six months re-
spectively. In this event there re-
mains one recourse, a writ of habeas
corpus.
The suggestion that President Taft
might pardon the three labor leaders
= entirely eliminated by the reiter-
t statements of Gompers and his
associates that they will make no
a" LEGATION for a pardon and will per
mi none to be made in their behalf.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Farmer Assaults Liveryman.

Frank White, a Wyndmere livery
man, was badly beaten up at Barney,
it is said, by Bert Willard, a farmer.
who lives seven miles north of Barney.
White was taken to st. Francis hos
pital, Breckenridge, and is in a dan
gerous condition. Willard is in hid
ing. Willard is said to have attacked
White without provocation. White
was intoxicated.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Severe Storm Sweeps Kansas.

Topeka, Kan, Nov. 29.-Over a
thousand telegraph wires are down
on the Western Kansas divisions of
the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
and Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe
railroads as the result of a rain. sleer
and snow storm
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Hunters Miraculous Escape.

David Miller of Mercer, Mclean
county, was accidentally shot while
deer hunting neal Expansion, but had
a miraculous escape from serious in.
jury. James Wilson, also out deer
hunting, mistook him for a deer and
fired at close range with a shotgun
loaded with buckshot. Three of the
shot passed through his arm and the
balance OF the charge passed between
his arm and his body, tearing away
his clothing, but not touching him.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
BURNED A BOY TO DEATH
Fund Raised at Aneta to Push Search
for Slayers,

A subscription amounting to 1925
has ben raised at Aneta and will be
used in an effort to, a%pprehend the
person or persons guilty of pouring
oil over the clothing of Kenneth Nc
Kenzie and setting fire to it on the
evening of Oct. 16. The boy died a
few days later after suffering terrible
agony.
The rumor was first circulated that
the men who attacked the boy were
enemies of his father because the lat
ter had fought blind piggers so Wig
orously. Mr.. Mckenzie, however, is
of the opinion that the slayers of his
boy were drunken transients, who
thought it would be sport to take the
lantern the lad was carrying, pour
the kerosene owe him and light it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
SUGAR MEN PUT ON TRIAL
Six Former Employees of Trust Face
Fraud Charges.

New York, Nov. 29.-On criminal
charges, resulting from the revelations
of extensive u~nderweighing frauds on
the docks of the American Sugar Re-
filming company in Williamsburg, six
former employees of that company
were placed on trial in the United
States circuit court here. The defend
ants are James F. Bendernagel, for
mer manager of the company's Will
liamsburg plant; Oliver Splitter, for.
mer dock superintendent, and four
checkers and weighers. Jean M. voel.
ker, who is also under indictment, ID
ill and his trial al postponed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
IN FEAR OF ZELAYA
Given Permission to Occupy Legation
BUILDING at Manauua.

Building at Managua.
Washington, Nov. 29.-The United
States consul at Managua has been
twice threatened by President Zelaya
and has been granted permission to
occupy the legation premises as being
more secure.
Dispatches received by the state de.
partment also confirm beyond doubt
the first messages describing the exc
cution of the Americans, Cannon and
Groce, with brutal savagery.
The Nicaraguan congress will as.
semble Wednesday and it is rumored
that President Zelaya will retire and
possibly attempt to escape from the
country at night by the Pacific coast.
Anarchy, it is said, may ensue. Per.
sistent rumors from various quarters
indicate that Irias may succeed Ze.
laya as president of Nicaragua.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Nov. observation-disclosures,
S3.9009.15; Texas steers, $3.75@4.80;
Western steers, $4.00@7.50; stockers
and feeders, $3.10@b.5o; COWS and
heifers, $2.10@5.66; calves, $6.25@s.5o.
Hogs-Light, $7.6b@S.2o; mixed, ST.
s0@8.30; heavy, S7.850S.36; rough.
$7.S508.00; good to choice heavy, S..
o00S.36; pigs, $6.6007.75. Sheep
Native, S2.760b.o0; ysarlnss. $3.50
'S.Se; lambs. $S.eeo7.7s.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
FIVE DIE In AUTO ACCIDENT
Two Others Are Probably Fatally
Injured.

Los Angeles, Nov. 26.-Nicholas ia.
cobs, a real estate dealer of this city.
mis- two daughters and his two sons
are dead and Mrs. Jacobs and her
tWo-months'-old baby are dying as the
result OF a collision between an auto,
mobile in which they were riding and
a trolley car on the Los Angeles and
Santa Ana line, six miles from the
city.
Two other sons of Jacobs, Peter and
John, and Miss Josephine Scion, nine.
teen years old, jumped from the auto.
mobile and escaped with slight in.
jurieS.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
VOTE AGAINST PROHIBITION
Alabama Citizens Refuse to Amend
Constitution.

Birmingham, Ala, Nov. 3O.-All in.
dications point to a majority of be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 in Alabama
against the prohibition constitutional
amendment. Chairman j. Lee Long,
who has been in charge of the fight
against the amendment, claims that
the majority against the amendment
will be fully 10000.
A significant feature of the result is
the fact that sentiment against the
amendment is SO widespread. Rural
precincts, small towns and cities alike,
for the most part, returned substan.
tial majorities on the winning side.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
PANIC OCCURS ON LAUNCH
Small Craft capsizes and Five Per.
sons Perish.

Mrskegon. Mich, Nov. 26.-Five
persons drowned in Muskegon lake
when the pleasure launch Olga, carry
ing a party of nine young people, cap
sized as the result of a panic follow
ing a gasoline explosion. Four of
those who lost their lives were mem.
bers of one family. The dead are:
Oscar Carlson, aged ~twenty-eight;
Hulda Carlson, tw%enty-four; Anna
Carlson, twenty; Jennie Carlson,
eighteen; Ann Saunders.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Falls to His Death.

Ole Peterson, sixty-nine years old.
who settled in Hope township of Cav
alier county seventeen years ago., met
death when he fell down the back
stairway at the Great Northern hotel
at Langdon and broke his neck.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
NORWAY OPENS NEW ROAD
King Gives Banquet Commemorative
Inauguration of Project.

Christiania, Nov. 27.-The new rail.
way running between Bergen and
Christiania was inaugurated with a
grand banquet, at which King Haakon
was a guest. The line completes the
system OF communication between
Christiania and Bergen and the North
sea-. 1t has occupied fifteen years in
construction and is considered the
most important economic national
work Norway has yet achieved.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Mimic Man Shoots Himself.

George Carrick of Mimic committed
suicide at his home by shooting him
self through the heart with a thirty
two caliber revolver. He was about
forty-ive years old and leaves a wife
and a child about eight years old.
Family troubles are supposed to be
the cause of the rash act.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
SIX HUNDRED MARINES SAIL
American Force Starts for Central
American Points.

Philadelphia, Nov. 26.-With the Ma
rine band of Washington playing mar.
tial airs and in the presence of the sec
rotary of the navy and a staff of dis
tingished officers a battalion of soc
marines from the barracks at the
Philadelphia navy yard boarded the
transport Prairie and steamed away to
some Central American point neal
enough to Nicaragua to punish Presi,
dent Zelaya for the execution OF two
Americans.
There a a grand review OF all the
battalions at the navy yard n the
staff OF soldiers, including Rear Adj
miral Harris. commandment OF the yard,
prior to the sailing.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
ST. Paul Live Stock.

st. Paul, Nov. 29.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers. $6.75@7.5O; fair to good.
$5.00@6.75; good to choice COW and
heifers, $4.25@5.25; veals. $5.50@7.O0.
Hogs-$7.75@S.10. Sheep-Wethers,
s4.25@4.50; %yearlings, s5.00@5.50;
spring lambs, S6.00@7.00.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Freed Of stabbins Charge.

After being out nineteen hours, the
jury in the case of the state against
Charles Harvey returned a verdict of
not guilty. Harvey was charged with
stabbing James McNett in a drunken
row in Bottineau, several bad knife
witness.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
RAILROADS WIN CASE
Interstate Commission Cannot
Fix Switching Charges.

Washington. Nov. 29.-The right OF
to fix charges made by railroads for
terminal facilities was denied by the
United States supreme court. The
decision was rendered by Justice
Brewer in the case brought by the
Chicago Great Western and other rail.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
PLUNGEs FROM A HAY LOFT
Farmer Accidentally Killed in a Barn
at Leeds.

Lars Reinthon, who had farmed in
the vicinity of Leeds for several years.
accidentally killed himself. He ap-
pears to have gotten on a spree and
wandered into the hay loft of Filing
sons livery barn at Leeds. A theory
has been formed that he mistook the
loft door for the one on the bottom
floor and stepped through it, only to
meet his .eath on the cement walk
below.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Attempted to Bride.

William H. Wood of Overly was
convicted at Bottineau of an attempt
to bribe Justice of the Peace j.. Ban
ward in an action touching the sale
Of liquor contrary to the statute.
Wood was sentenced to a year in the
p%enitentiary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
PRESIDENT TAFT ATTENDS
Unique Service Held at Catholic Cathe-
dral in Washington.

dral in Washington.
Washington, Nov. ga unique
service-a Pan-American Thanksgiv-
ing celebration--at St. Patrick's cathe.
dral, was attended by President Taft,
most of the members of the cabinet
and a large proportion of the diplo-
matte corps.
Cardinal Gibbons came over from
Baltimore for the service and a num-
Der of other high Catholic prelates
were in attendance. including the
apostolic delegate, Mgr. Falconio.
After celebration of mass the presi-
dent and a number of other distin-
guished guests were entertained at
luncheon by Rev. Father William T.
Russell at st. Patrick's rectory.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Blind Pisgers Plead Guilty.

Thirty-two defendants in liquor
cases pleaded guilty in the district
court at Bismarck. All of them were
charged with failing to publish or
post their government licenses. The
cases were brought by States Attor-
ney Stevens and had been pending
for the past four months.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Nov. 29.-Wheat-Dec..
$1.O5H; May, $1.05% @1.o5&; July.
97Ac. Corn-Dec., 68Ac: May. size;
July, 60Bc. Oats-Dec., 39hc; May.
41M @42c; July, 39M @40c. Pork
jan, $1,000; May, $21.171h. Butter
Creameries, 2S@31kc; diaries, 24@
CSC. Eggs-20A @30kc. Poultry
Turkeys, 13c; chickens. 1o1kc;
springs, lie.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Nov. 29.-Wheat-
Dec. s1.03A; May. s1.053s; July, ST.
O5M. On track-No, 1 hard, s1.O6@
1.06A; No. l Northern, s1.O5h@1.-
05%; No. 2 Northern. $l.o3A @1.03A.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Nov. 29.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard. $1.07; No.
1 Northern, s1.O6k; No. 2 Northern.
$1.04k; Nov, $1.04k; Dec, SLOPE:
May, $1.O5h. Flax-In store. s1.S2A:
on track and to arrive, $1.s3A: Nov.
$1.82A; Dec, $1.79k; May. s1.s1h.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
(tsla DECEMBER 1908
Observation-Disclosures
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DISPUTE UP TO ARBITRAToRs

Knapp and Neill Hearing Switchmen's
Case at st. Paul.
st. Paul, Nov. 29.-Martin A. Knapp.
chairmen of the interstate commerce
commission. and Charles p. Neill, a
member of the commission, are in St.
Paul to act as m%editators in the con.
troversy over wages between the rail.
roads and the switchmen
The commissioners. in their apart.
ment at the Ryan hotel, met repre-.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
scalds Kill Child.

The three-year-old child of R. Rob.
erts of Page died in great agony from
burns. Another child of the family
upset a bucket of scalding water on
the child, almost cooking it's body.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Minot Wins Championship.

Minot defeated Park River for the
football championship of the state by
. score Of 80 to D.. Fargo's refusal
y Dlay gives Ainst the ~ulaisputsa
c1aAptsns1iD.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
Ria Ranch Sold.

Thirteen thousand ceres Of the for
nsr Wibaux ranch, located near Scha-
Tor. have been sold = Omaha parties
tOr SleN,oo>.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02

s%entatives from the switchmen and
later conferred with representatives
from the railroads.
The arbiters will hear only one side
at a time and several more confer
ences with both switchmen and the
railroads may be necessary before an
agreement can be reached.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-12-02
SLAYER OF SIX MUST DIE

Howard Little to Be Electrocuted on
Jan. Z.
Bluefields, w. Va, Nov. 27.-How-
ard Little. murderer of six persons,
was found guilty by the jury in Judge
Barnes court at Grundy and was sen
fenced to die in the electric chair at
Richmond. Va, Jan. z.
Little made 10 defense.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1909-02-04
WOULD RAISE STANDARD FINE /
MissOuri's Attorney General Makes
Suggestion Onfer of Oil
Company.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-. Feb. 3.-Attor-
ney General Major today filed in the SUI
speme court of the state a suggestion that
IL the court decides to have a hearing on
the motion filed yesterday by the Standard
OIL company of Indiana, that the state be
allowed to be represented, either in oral
arguments or by filing a brief. The docu-
ment does not reveal the exact stand to be
taken by the state. but 1t Is thought that
the attorney general will endeavor to have
enforced the points agreed upon in last
nights conference in the case at the ex-
ecutive mansion. These points in brief are:
First, that there must be an increase in
the fines levied against the company and
its subsidiaries II the court is disposed to
modify the decree Of custer, and,
Second, there must be some provision for
effective supervision of the oil business
by the state, whetf er along the lines sug-
gested by the companies or otherwise"
Governor Hadley and John Kennish,
who was an assistant in the original prose-
cution, agreed with me that the state
should leave the matter to the discretion
of the court" said the attorney general
today I'VE wish to be represented. how
ever, If a hearing is to be granted on the
matter
The attitude of the Waters-Pierce COM
pany has not yet been revealed here. The
company has until February Is to file a
plea.