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The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11
Alleged Irregularities Are Found
in County Offices by Pub
lie Examiner.
WILL GO TO The GRAND Jury
Taxpayers Assert That Officials Have
Run County in Debt to Verge
Of Bankruptcy.

st. Paul. June 6.-Severe criticism
Of number of alleged irregularities
In the Beltrami county Offices is con-
tanned In report which one of the
deputies in the public examiners de-
partment Is writing as a result of an
investigation jsst completed. Public
Examiner Anton Schaefer says the re-
port will be laid before the grand jury.
This is another chapter and may be
the elimination of long fight be.
tween some of the officials in Bel
trami county and some Of the taxpay-
ers. The taxpayers assert that the
officials have run the county in debt
so that 1t Is practically bankrupt. A
bill was passed by the last legislature
allowing them to issue bonds to pay
up the floating Indebtedness. and just
to get this bond issue delayed until
new officers are elected.
Removed and Reelected.
The trouble came to the surface in
1905, when a report of the public ex-
aminer asserted that the county COM
missioners had vote to day "unitem-
lied. unauthorized, unlawful, excessive
and fraudulent bills and claims
against the county," that in award
ing the county printing during the
years of 1903 and 1904 there was "a
manifest and utter disregard OF their
duties as related to the interests of
the taxpayers In the awarding OF the
contracts to the highest bidder and Of
ficially taking part in refusing to let
the printing to the lowest responsible
bidder; that In allowing bills for work
done under these contracts there was
"willful transportation of public
moneys to private individuals in the
allowance of bills which, were excess
siye, which facts were Known to the
commissioners" that they willfully
neglected to prosecute and collect GER
tain claims and demands due the
county, especially claim from one of
the banks; that bills were allowed and
ordered paid to which the individual
commissioners were the chief parties
In interest, and which were not proper
claims against the county"
Commissioners Removed.
The removal of County Commission.
er F. o. Sibley and West Wright and
County Attorney H. j. Loud was rec.
commended. Gov. Johnson made an
investigation and ordered the re.
moval. But in 1906 Wright and Sib-
ley ran and were again elected.
The funds Of the county had been
overdrawn $4,000 In 1905. but Mr..
Schaefer says that the floating In
debtedness now is close to $500, 900.
The taxpayers fear that II bonds are
issued by the present commissioners
to take care of this there may be
more Indebtedness run up.
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THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock Centere.

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stock centera.
st. Paul, June G. = Wheat - No.
hard. s1.33 3-4@1.34 IA; No. North
ern. $1.32 3-4@1.s3 II: No. North
,,rn. $3.50 3-491.31 IA. Corn-No. 8
yellow, 70 3-4673 lac. oats-No. 3
white. Sc 3-SG56 7-Sc.
Minneapolis, June 6. Wheat -
No. / hard. $1.33 s-4@1.34 IA; No. 1
Northern. $1.32 3-4G1.33 No. 2
Northern. $1.30 3-4G1.31 IA. Corn -
No. 8 yellow. ~ s-4673 Lac. Oats -
No. 3 white. 56 $50 Sc 7-sc.
Duluth, June 6. - Wheat - No. 1
hard, $1.32 1-2; No. Northern, $1.31;
No. Northern. $1.29. Flax-$1.77l IL.
Oats-No. white. SIC.
Chicago. June 6. - Wheat-No. 2
red. $1.50G1.55: No. hard. $500
lao. Oats-No. Q white. $4,000.
Corn-No. 2 yellow. IS 1-2d76c.
Milwaukee. June 6. - Wheat-No.
! Northern. $1.35: No. North
ern. $1.3291.34. Barley - Standard,
&c 1-2c.
Chicago. June 0. - Cattle-Beeyes,
$5.10G7.25; stockers and feeders,
$3.6006.15; cows and heifers. $2.50O
$40. Hogs-Bulk. $72507.45. Sheep
Natives. s4G6.4: lambs. &69e so.
Sioux City. Iowa, June 6. - Cattle
-Beeyes, S5.60d6.65: stockers and
feeders. $4.25G4.S0; calves and year.
lings. $3.50G375. Hogs-Range. $500
07.25.
South st. Paul. June 6. - Cattle -
Granted steers. $506: cows and
heifers. 1904: veal calves. $3.50
$50: good to choice stock steerk.
$4.50Q4.75. Hogs Bulk, 37gT.05.
Sheep - Yearlings. S6.25g7; spring
lambs, $7.50GS.
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MONTANA NEWS
GRAIN SEEDING INCREASING.
Larger Acreage Than Ever In Madi-
son County Valleys.


Larger Acreage Than Ever In Madi-
son County Valleys.
A careful estimate made by the
Commercial club OF Twin Bridges Of
the acreage seeded to grain in the
Beaverhead. Big Hole. Ruby and JET.
ferson valleys within Madison county.
shows decided increase over that OF
any previous year. From Jefferson
island TO the Ruby canyon there Is es-
timated to be nearly 10000 acres in
oats. 1.100 acres In wheat. so acres In
barley and 1000 acres planted to DO.
tatoes. From Twin Bridges to Point
Of Rocks. fourteen miles. on the Dill.
Ion, road. the estimate is 2,170 acres
of oats and sos acres OF wheat. With
in a radius of ten miles of Twin
Bridges the estimate OF the acreage
is 5000 seeded to oats and 600 seeded
to wheat.
Estimating the average yield OF oats
at forty-five bushels to the acre and
wheat at thirty. both OF which are
very conservative. the total yield in
the aforesaid valleys will reach 1885,
600 bushels. Last year there was
threshed In these valleys not to ex-
coed 100000 bushels OF all kinds of
grain.
With only tenth part of the lands
OF these valleys under cultivation, the
above figures are enormous. With the
Influx OF settlers prepared to cultivate
the thousands Of acres lying idle
which can easily be reclaimed by irri-
cation. Madison county will become
one OF the leading grain producing
sections OF the entire Northwest.
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SWEDEN.

The statistical bureau has given
out q report as 10 population which
contains the following interesting in
formation: The total population OF
Sweden ut the close OF 1908. was s..
429.G0O. which is an increase OF 81 .ss7
people duri,sg the year. The relative
and actual increase in population Ii
greater for the year than any year
since 1898. OF the whole population
l.332.037 live In the cities. The popu-
lation Of Stockholm Is 339.5s2. with
an increase OF 2.122 during the year.
During the year the percentage OF In.
crease Of population was s.33 per
thousand. and In the cities 1916 per
thousand. During the year emlgra-
ton fell on from the 2e.s78 OF 1907 to
I2.277. OF all cities OF over 10000.
Sundsvall alone shows a decrease, re-
porting 60 less population than a
year ago. The proportion OF women
and men Ia 1.o45 OF the former to
every 1000 Of thu latter.
The will Of the Stridbeeks. of Karls-
krona. provides for the following
phiianthropic donations: TO Pauvres
honteux Of the city. 10000 crowns: 10
the home for incurables. 5000 crowns;
to the common boys school. 1000
crowns. the rent Of which Is to be
used to help needy students: to the
orphans home. 5000 crowns: to the
churches 1t Aspo and Hassio. 5000
crowns. the rents to b used for the
rehef Of the poor widows and chill
dren. 10 the Lund and Danielson
funds. 1900 crowns. the rent 70 b.
distributed annually among the poor.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11
Louise Arbogast Indicted for
Brutal Crime by Grand
Jury at st. Paul.
DtftNst MAY Be INSANITY
Mother Believed to Be Named ID
Secret lndictmeat Also Re.
turned BY Jury.

st. Paul. June 5.-Louise Arbogast,
the pretty daughter OF Louis Arbo.
CAST, the West Seventh street butch.
er. now stands formally charged with
the brutal murder OF her father at
their home at 4 o'clock in the morn.
Ing OF May 10. and 1t is believed that
her mother also Is held answerable,
to some extent. by the Ramsey coun.
ty grand jury.
An Indictment charging Miss Arbo
CAST with the murder was returned
by the grand jury at 4 o'clock yester-
a secret indictment was returned,
which. 1t is rumored I'm police circles.
is against the mother. who Is now at
the family homc under the care of o
trained nurse.
Keep Watch on Mother.
Ever since the murder the police
have kept a close watch on the Arbo-
CAST home. and when Mrs. Arbogast
was taken to the city hospital for
treatment for the burns she received
In the burning of the bed upon which
her husband lay when murdered, tho
police had several long conferences
with her. Since her recovery to such
an extent that 1t was possible to take
her back to the home. II is under.
stood the police have continued their
surveillance of the house, so that tho
arrest may be delayed until Mrs. Ar
bogast RECEIVERS completely from the
burns.
Defense May BE insanity.
The returning OF the indictment
against the daughter Louise. who has
been under arrest at the county jail
for some time. probably will result In
an immediate Investigation as to her
sanity. II is known that she has been
subject to a nervous ailment for some
time. necessitating her treatment at
sanatoriums several times. and 1t has
been generally understood that II she
should be indicted the defense would
be insanity. Miss Arbogast probably
will be arraigned this morning, and 1t
is probable that the first steps will
then be taken toward the appointment
of board to examine into the sanity
question.
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MYSTERY IN Hts DEATH.
Coroner at a Loss TO Fix Fate Of Ham.
iIton, Montana herder.

ilton, Montana herder.
The verdict OF the coroner's Jury In
the investigation OF the death Of James
Hamilton, herder. who was found
dead in his tent ON David Anderson's
ranch, about thirteen miles from Eka-
laiia. May %, has Just been received
Mt Miles City through the return OF
Coroner Grey and In that the man
came to his death by gunshot wound
at the hands OF himself or persons UNI.
known.
DIR. +. O. Colvin found gaping
wound, which broke the right frontal
bone. but the bullet could not be To-
Gated. The flesh was powder burned.
Five loaded shells and an empty one
were In the revolver. the hammer of
which was down on the empty. The
wound might have been self.inflicted
or made by another.
The dead man was nephew OF
James Hamilton. a prominent wool
grower of Tee Dee. and had been In
America about five years.
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CALLS BOY OUT; KILLS HIM.
Preachers Son Says Dead Boy Talked
About Him.

Nashville, Tenn. June 6.-Shortly
after s o'clock last night sixteen-year-
old Edgar Serber was called from his
home in West Nashville and killed in
the street by fiiteen-year-old Jesse
Mcpherson. The slayer used re-
repeating shotgun and fired twice,
blowing off the top of his victims
head. Mcpherson, who is the son OF
Elder Joseph Mcpherson, minister Of
the Church of Christ, was arrested
shortly after the tragedy and is now
confined at the police station.
Talking Of the tragedy last night he
admitted that he went to Serber's
home to kill him, saying that Serber
had been talking about him.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11
aFarmer.' Road- Not for Sale.

Grand Forks. N. D.. June Cit Ia
stated on good authority that the 500
railway made an effort to purchase
the Farmers railway. running north
from Devils Lake. with Q view to
building a line to connect the Ken
mare and Minot lines. The Farmers
road could not be purchased. how.
ever. It is operated In connection
with the Great Northern.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11
PRINCES IN DEATH CLASH.
One Slapped In Face Stays Aggresso
With Dauqer.

Tif1is, June 6. - A fatal encounter
between the representatives of two
princely houses occurred at a formal
dinner given at Tifis last night.
Prince Bagration, a descendant Of
Prince Peter Bagration. the Russian
general, who served with distinction
In the Napoleonic wars. considering
himself insulted by remark made by
Prince Eristoff. struck the latter In
the face. Prince Eristoff drew the
long dagger always worn by Caucas-
fans and killed Prince Bagration on
the spot.
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Attempt 10 Free Farmer.

Albany, y. Y, June 6.-Ccntending
that his wife. Mary Farmer. In a con.
fession given In the death chamber at
Auburn prison. Just before she was
electrocuted on March rs last. exon.
Grated her husband from completely in
the murder OF Sarah Brennan at
Brownsville, Jefferson county. coun.
sci for James D. Farmer. who was
jointly convicted with his wife. asked
the court of appeals to set aside tine
verdict and granted q new trial.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11
WILL NOT PLEAD INSANITY.
Mrs. Emma Kaufman Will Stand on
Aer TesAinnonu In Former Trial

Mrs. Emma Kaufman Will Stand on
Her Testimony In Former Trial.
Flandreau, S. D., June 6. - 1t has
been said that Mrs. Emma Kaufman,
the Sioux Falls woman who is on trial
here on the charge of murder. in con.
nection with the tragic death of her
sixteen-year-old maid servant. may
plead emotional insanity, but this re-
port is wholly without foundation.
The defense in the new trial will be
conducted along the same lines as at
the first trial of Mrs. Kaufman two
years ago. when she was convicted OF
mans1aughter.
Mrs. Kaufman may take the wit
ness stand and tell of her relations
with and treatment of the young
girl.
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Mother Of Many Children Dead.

Mrs. Lucinda Phelps. aged sixty
three years. died at her home at Mis-
souia OF cancer of the stomach. She
has been a sufferer for several
months. Mrs. Phelps had been resi-
dent of Missoula for the past twenty
three years and had reared sixteen
children to maturity In this communi-
ty. She was preceded in death by her
husband. about two years ago.
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"rrustyr ls Missing.

Bismarck. N. D.. June .. Tom
Burke, farmer. sentenced to the
penitentiary from Stutsman county
and having only a short time still to
serve on his sentence. Is missing. He
has been a trust. engaged In herding
the cattle OF the institution.
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NORWAY.

The well known missionary, Skrefs.
fud. has suffered stroke OF paralysis.
and is in a helpless condition at San.
| thnhstan.
Four hundred thousand barrels OF
| frozen herring, valued Mt 100000
crowns. have been exported from
Haugesund to England and Germany
during the past season.
Rev. Christensen of Stavanger, who
Is married TO a sister of Bjornstjorne
Bjornson, has handed In his resigna-
ton as pastor OF the "Domkirken"
congregation. He was born In 1898.
A company now being organized at
Bergen win engage In business and
engineering pursuits in China. II will
assume the business OF the "China
General Engineering Co.," of Shang.
hal.
Some OF the representative men of
Bergen have sent n petition to tho
church department. asking that the
government devote 10000 crowns to
the restoration and decoration of
Haakonshallen.
The committee in charge of the
plans for the great exposition of 1914
Ii holding regular meetings and
shows spirit OF earnestness that
augurs well for the ultimate SUCCESS
OF the ambitious undertaking.
Specimens of flint tools and weap-
ons. like axes. arrows and knives, etc,
supposed to have been used $500
years before Christ. were recently
found near tho home for boys mt
Garnes, near Bergen. The Bergen
museum Is excavating In the hope of
making further discoveries.
A dispatch from the Hague says
that the court OF arbitration. To which
was referred the adjudication of the
Grisebaa boundary dispute between
Norway and Sweden, will make n
journey to the scene of the disputed
territory next July and hence Will not
render n decision before August.
Three hundred Russian school
teachers will visit Finland. Sweden
and Norway the coming summer. In
Norway they will make trips to Trend.
HEM, Gudvangen. vossavangen and
Christiania. and win be given royal
welcome ut each place. They will not
travel In one body. but In groups OF
fifty.
Director Meldahl OF the mechanical
works Of Fredrikstad. a competent
engineer. Ia working out plans for n
tunnel under Glommen between Krak.
ernen and Fredrikstad. The idea OF
attempting such tunnel has aroused
deep interest and the authorities of
Fredrikstad have asked for further
particulars as to the matter.
Tho receipts OF the national railway
OF Norway In February. 1909. were
i.255.622 crowns. as against i.272,a07
crowns In February. 1908. The total
receipts from April /. 1908. to March
!. 1909. were 16.407.e2s crowns, as
against 15.463.337 crowns during the
same period tho preceding year. The
traffic on tho new Bergen railway has
Increased rapidly.
The number OF emigrants from
Norway that have sailed from Trend.
hjem during the FIRST quarter OF the
year 1909 10 2.124. which Ia nearly
three times as great as the number
that left from the same point during
the first quarter OF 1908. The prIncl.
pal reason for this increase Ii the
return OF prosperity In America. The
panic OF 1907 kept ever so many Nor
wegians from leaving for the New
World In 1908.
-
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FEAR DISASTER TO 500 MEN.

Combination Of Ice Floes and Storms
Give Rise to Concern.
st. Johns, N. r., June 6.-To the
great anxiety felt here by ship own
ers and the relatives of the 800 men
comprising the crews of twenty fish
ing schooners a week overdue at this
poort from Bonavista bay because OF
Ice in menacing proportions. has
been added the fear OF disaster from
a combination of Ice foes and storm.
During Wednesday night and Thurs
day morning heavy storm conferred
over the region between here and
Bonayista bay. distance of fifty
miles.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11
MouRNEo AS DEAD, LIVES.
Man Learns That Brother. Missing
Since November, Is Alive.

Man Learns That Brother, Missing
Since November, Is Alive.
T. L. Heath of Litehfield. N. D..
who arrived In Helea. brought news
that his younger brother, Harry
Heath. a mining man OF UniunYIlie.
Mont. who WAS supposed to have
been lost in a blizzard last November
and since mourned as dead by wife
and children. is alive at Caspar. Wyo.
The last that Mrs. Heath saw OF her
husband was on Oct. 8. when he set
out for the Dearborn country to hunt
big game.
One week ago Mrs. Heath received
a letter from caspar. signed by q
ranchman named McWilliams, who
told her he had news of her husband.
who has been In a sanitarium at Min.
neanolis.
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WILL NOT PLEAD INSANITY.
Mrs. Emma Kaufman Will Stand on
Her Testimony In Former Trial.

Mrs. Emma Kaufman viii Stand on
Her Testimony In Former Trial.
Flandreau. s. D.. June Q. - II has
been said that Mrs. Emma Kaufman.
the Sioux Falls woman who is on trial
here on the charge of murder. In con.
nection with the tragic death Of her
sixteen-year-old maid servant. may
plead emotional insanity, but this re-
port Is wholly without foundation.
The defense In the new trial will be
conducted along the same lines as at
the first trial OF Mrs. Kaufman two
years ago, when she was convicted Of
manslaughter.
Mrs. Kaufman may take the wit.
ness stand and tell OF her relations
with and treatment OF the young
girl.
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Land ONCE Does Record BUSINESS.

The largest business the Helena
land Office has done In the month Of
May for GOOD many years ~as trans
acted last month. there being forty.
nine original homestead entries filed.
The largest number OF entries are on
bench lands In Broadwater county
and are made for former residents Of
Gallatin county.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11
I'm THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH
Cleanings Of Important Neus Of Norway, Ss0eden
and Denmark, .Oifh Occasional Comments
BY MARTIN w. ODLAND.

A company has been organized IN
Sweden for the production OF radium.
and large tract Of land where the
precious metal is supposed to be-
found In paying quantities has been
secured and work viii commence at
once. The country will watch with
interest the efforts of the company to
produce this metal, which q few years
ago was worth million dollars .
pound.
The 18th. and 10th. of June the
Schubert Mems chorus, the most not
ed Of Austria. will give concerts In
Stockholm. The chorus consists OF
$50 members from the musical and
professional circles Of Vienna. Tho
club will arrive by special steamer at
Stockholm. and win give two con-
certs. They have already appeared
In Paris. Bosnien. Switzerland and
Herzegovina. The proceeds OF their
concerts In Stockholm will be turned
over 10 the city for various philan-
throptc purposes. Adolf Kirchl IL
honorary choir master, and Prof.
Hans Wagner Ia active director. both
men being considered the most
prominent musicians OF their country.
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Satisfied With Strike.

Baltimore. Md. June 6.-Both sides
are apparently entirely satisfied with
the strike conditions In the shops
along the line Of the Baltimore q
Ohio. inangurated In the Mount
Clare shops. this city. In protest
against the introduction Of the piece
work system.
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AUSTRIAN SUBJECT FREED.
Sentenced to Life Term for Murder
He Serves Seventeen Years.

0VukGuSSo W 1HC bGTFH tut "ufuCTi
He Serves Seventeen Years.
Bismarck. June 6.-Joseph Till, sen,
fenced for life from Pembina for muir.
der, was pardoned yesterday after
having served seventeen years. Other
pardons granted:
John Saunders. Cass county, for
seven years. highway robbery.
Frank Davis, Grand Forks county
ten years. for assault.
Albert Werner. Stutsman county, ten
years. rape.
Freeman j. Weaver. Ramsey coun.
ty. burglary. one year.
Weaver has served three months oil
his sentence. Till. an Austrian. muir.
dered fellow countryman after hay.
ing been In this country eight days.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-06-11
Uriu At Washinnson's Tomb.

Washington. June 6.-yice Admiral
uriu paid pilgrimage to the tomb Of
George Washington at Mount Vernon
and placed there q wreath OF red and
white roses. tribute from Japan to
the first great American.
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VERDICT FOR 8 CENTS.

Appeal to Be Taken in Case Involving
. Minneapolis Company.
Eau Claire. Wis.,. June Gin the
United States district court In session
here a damage suit was brought
by H. L. Mccoy. Earle Hare and
Charles A. Erdmann. coparfners. un.
der the firm name OF the Oliver Manu-.
facting company of Minneapolis,
against the defendant. The case did
not so to the jury. Judge Sanborn di.
recting . verdict. An appeal will be
taken.
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Drouth 10 Broken.

Shanghai. June 6. - For two days
rain has fallen in the provinces of Ki-
angsu. Ahwei. Kiangsi. Honan and
Ehantung. where . severe drouth had
seriously threatened to ruin the crops.
As result Of the relief there Is great
rejoicing among the natives.
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ATTEMPT GRAVE ROBBERY.
Ghouls interrupted In Work at Grave
Of ;.ieh Mans Son.

0nouIS interrupted IN Work az GraV0
Of ;.ich Mans Son.
Providence, II. l., June 6. - An at
tempt to remove the body Of George
Earl Ballou, aged twenty, member
OF one OF Providenee's prominent fam.
lilies. from his newly made grave In
Oakland cemetery, is being investi.
gated by the police.
The freshly laid earth to the depth
OF eighteen inches was taken out
when the ghouls apparently quit their
work in hurry. An examination OF
the coffin showed that the body had
not been disturbed. The burial &C.
Cured Thursday.
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Engineer and Fireman Killed.

Saginaw. Mich. June engineer
John Smifa ard Fireman Reynolds
were killed yesterday when a Pera
Marquette railway engine ran into q
vashsut and tipped over. burying
them underneath.