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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
White Man and Negro Strung
Up at Cairo, Ill
One OF The BODIES BURIED
Woman Applies Torch to Funeral
Pyre Of CoIored Man.

Cairo, ILL.,. Nov. 1.-TWO men, one
a negro, the other a white man, were
lynched on the streets of Cairo by an
Infatuated mob.
Under the glare of 100 electric lights
in The center of the business section
of the city, Will James, a negro, who
is said to have made a confession of
his participation IN the murder Of
Miss Anna Pelly, whose dead body
was found in an alley last Tuesday
morning. was strung up to an im-
mense steel arch that spans Eighth
and Commercial streets, the most i'm
portant corner in the city. In his
confession James implicated another
negro named Alexander. In his con.
fession James told of his assault on
Miss Pelly and declared Alexander
had some of the jewelry taken from
her.
AS soon as the negro finished. 4
man who had climbed to the top Of
| the arch turned on the electric lights
and a rope was thrown to him. He
| dropped it over the arch and an end
fell to the surging crowd. Many wo,
men seized the end and tugged with
| the men.
While the mob was giving ven to
its expressions Of Joy at the fate OF
the wretch who was swinging from
the tall arch the rope around his
neck broke. The negro fell to the
ground. AS he lay writing there beg
ging for mercy a dozen shots were
fired. Most Of them found their mark.
The negro had been shot to death.
A woman sprang forward and max
ing her voice heard above the tumult
she cried: "Rurn him."
Negroes Cody Is C~remated.
A hundred men seized the rope still
attached to the Negroes neck and he
was dragged through a mile Of Cairo's
principal streets to the scene of the
murder. Here an immense bonfire
was built and the body thrown onto
the flames.
Here the woman once more was t.
the front. 1t was her hand that ap
piled the match to the pyre. The
flames lighted up almost in IN in
slant. The mob of men. some women
and many boys of tender years
watched and cheered and eXulted as
they saw the body Of the unfortunat"
negro burned to a crisp.
Then, drunk with the sight Of blood
and with the realization Of its own
power. the mob, reinforced by this
time, moved again on the Jail. Pos
session was easily gained.
Henry Salzner, a white man. &C
cused of the murder Of his wife. wai
dragged from his cell. He pleaded
for mercy and protested his innocence
but the spirit of fury was in the mob
Salzner was taken to 4 nearby tele
graph pole and hanged.
Soon afterward the local militia was
ordered ont and with the coming Of
the soldiers the streets began to clear
The lynchings in Cairo. horrible and
brutal as they were, are the first ir
the state of Illinois since the race
riots in Springfield a year ago last
August. I.aw-abiding citizens are
paralyzed at the audacity and the
blood thirstiness of the mob. They
are doing everything possible to re
store order, but the mob is drunk nov
in moro sn1cea than onA
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
INDICTED FOR CONSPIRACY
Former Sugar Trust Official Is Under
Arrest.

Arrest.
New York, Nov. 13-James F. Ben
dernagel, now identified as one of the
men higher up" in the sugar trust
scandal and reputed to be the chief of
the big Six" was arrested following
an Indictment accusing him of con-
spring to swindle the United States
government in connection with the
weighing of sugar. He was released
on $4,000 bail.
In addition there were other devel-
opments as follows:
New indictments by the federal
grand jury against Oliver Splitter.
Thomas Kehoe, Gene M. Voelker, Ed
ward A. Boyle, John R. Coyle and Pat
rick j. H~ennessey, all employees of the
American Sugar Refining company,
charged with conspiracy to defraud
the government. These men await
trial on another Indictment.
The government is about to bring
suit against the Arbuckles for $685.
900 alleged to be due in sugar duties.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
rowner County Is First.

The state seed grain contest has been
brought to a close by w. G. Gil.
breath, commissioner of agriculture
The entries came from t~wenty-eight
counties, and the awards went to the
following: Towner, 10; Richland, 10;
Emmons, 8; Williams, s; Sargent, Bot,
tineau, Pierce, Grand Forks, Adams
Griggs, Wells, Ramsey, Dickey, Nor
ton, Burleigh and Pembina, 1 each
The exhibits will be entered at the
national corn exposition in Omaha.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
Old Tax Case Settled.

One of the most interesting tax dis
putes known in the state and one that
has been pending since 1890, has been
closed by the payment by F. B. Fred
cricks of $4,000, the face value Of
taxes on property in Grand Forks for
the years 1S90-1903, inclusive. Judge
Templeton decided the interest and
penalty clause was unconstitutional,
and the taxes were settled for their
face value.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
No Hope for Several Hundred
Men Ent0mbad in Mine
at Cherry, Ill
FOUND BIG PILES OF BODIES
Exploring Parties Unable to Re-
move Them, as Fire Has
Broken Out Anew.

Cherry. ILL.,, Nov. 16.-Nothing lives
in the st. Paul mine. The shafts ana
drifts were partly explored by men
wearing oxygen helmets. They met
great piles of bodies, but were unable
to remove them.
The unsealing of the main entrance,
however, caused the fire to flare up
again in the miles of soft coal tun-
nels. The alright cover again is
over the opening and hope is dead
even in the breasts of the dazed, pray
ing women who keep alight the front
room lamps in the rows of cottages.
Jim Steele, mine superintendent,
makes the startling admission that
every man may have been alive when
the mine was first sealed after the
fire and they persisted within two
hours. A union official charges that
the sealing was done without regard
to human life.
Carbonic acid gas is to be pumped
under high pressure into the mine fol
the purpose of sitting the flames. For
the same reason that fire would cease
burning in an atmosphere of carbonle
acid gas a human being would suffo.
cate. The people OF Cherry know this
to be a fact. The proposal to pump
the gas into the mine is but n more
blow. striking hope that already was
PROSTATE.
Mine a Death Chamber.
And with this practical certainty
That the St. Paul mine is n vast
Death chamber the fear that
earlier reports of the number of vic
Inns may have been too small. 1t is
now regarded at the mines mouth as
probable that the number OF dead will
exceed 500. This is in the face of the
official statements issued that the vic
tins of the disaster numbered 80.
On Saturday night, following the
entrapping OF the men it was an
nounced that asa had been caught IL
the depths. A house to house can
vass resulted in the names OF PSI
men and boys known to be in the
mines being ascertained. But thf
payrolls show that there were 33S il
the mine when death began to rio'
there and the payrolls contain the
names only of day laborers. W. w
Taylor, general superintendent OF thu
mine. admits a fear that the dead ma,
exceed 400 and a high official of thu
mine, who is in a position to know tn
facts. told a reporter that there wer'
SIS men of the morning shift in The
mine and preparing to quit work whel
the fire broke out.
Only a few cagefuls We're taken u.
to safety.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
BOY ROBS BANK SECOND TIME
Shoots Himself When Cornered by
Pursuing Posse.

Eudora. Kan, Nov. 13.-Driven to
bay by an armed mob. Earl Bullock,
the seventeen-year-old bandit Of Law
renee, Kan, who twice within the past
month has robbed the Eudora State
bank, murdered a policeman and shot
another nan, probably fatally wound.
ed himself in an attempt to commit
suicide here.
Bullock's attempted suicide followed
his second robbery OF the bank here
and his shooting of Fred Starr. cash
Ter of the Kaw Valley State bank OF
Eudora, who was in the bank with
his days clearings.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
SAVES ALL HER CHILDREN
Woman Almost Overcome Before
Task Is Ended.

By passing her children out of a
second-story window and allowing
them to fall to the ground, one by
one, Mrs. John Frantsvoig, a Russian
German woman living near Dogden,
saved her entire family Of twelve from
death by fire.
A blaze started in some I'M in
the kitchen. cutting of escape by the
only door in the house. The woman
Immediately began letting her chill
dren out through the upper window,
and was almost overcome by smoke
herself before she saved them all.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18

when the woman suddenly darted out
from the crowd and commenced to be-
labor the cabinet member with a raw
hide. Churchill promptly seized his
assailant and succeeded in wrenching
the whip from her hands after a sharp
struggle, during which the two barely
escaped falling from the platform to
the tracks below. The trophy is now
in the possession of Mrs. Churchill
The militant suffragette was arrest
ed and imprisoned. She refused to
give her name.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
Destructive Prairie Fires.

Prairie fires have wrought great
havoc in several sections OF the state.
Stringent state laws, together with
constant vigilance upon the part Of
Off Gals, has failed to put an end to
the fires, which occur with startling
regularity. Mountraill county has
suffered from two such fires. Several
fires have occurred in the vicinity of
Dickinson. Near Balfour the most
destructive fire that has occurred in
twenty years did immense damage.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
Sixteen Horses Burned.

Fire destroyed the livery barn of
Frank Neva at Kensal. Sixteen
head of horses were in the barn and
it was impossible to get them out. Be-
tween ten and twelve tons of hay also
burned and Neva's total loss was over
$4,000. The furniture store of ROLES
Berg was also damaged and the tele.
phone system was crippled.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
sacrison's Will Upheld.

BY the decision Of the supreme
court of this state the construction of
a charitable home for the poor people
of Torrsllog Socken, in Sweden. will
be made possible. The money de-
rived from the sale of the estate of
John Sacrison, a Richland county res
ident, will be used in the establish
ment and maintenance of the institu-
ton. The only son, who was left a
competency, sought to break the will.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
TUG FINALLY REsCUEs CREW
But Steamer Hoyt Will Probably Be a
Total Loss.

Duluth, Nov. 16.-After two days Of
fruitless endeavor to reach the steam
er Hoyt, which was driven onto a
sunken reef by the storm on Lake
Superior off Otter island, the tug
Helm finally succeeded in reaching
the wreck and took the crew aboard.
The crew suffered terribly. A gale
blew from the northeast, accompanied
by a binding snow storm, and wave.
dashed over the vessel, sometimes six
feet above her decks. With the boat
in utter darkness and pitching violent.
ly about in the breakers and with the
pillows washing over her the men
were exposed to the greatest hard.
iahiDs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
CHINESE IN BLOODY FEUD
Four Are Dead ard Fifth Dying at
San Francisco.

San Francisco. Nov. I1.-Special de.
tails of police were sem into China
town to prevent the continuation of q
war between the members OF the zee
family and the On Yick Tong, which
has already claimed the lives of four
Chinese, with a fifth probably dying.
Four victims were claimed in the
past twelve hours as the result Of the
feud. The war followed the elope-
ment of a member of the Yee family
with Be Quo. wife of an On Yick
Tong member.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Nov. observation-disclosures,
$3.9O@9.2O; Texas steers, $3.75@4.8o;
Western steers, $4.25@7.50; stockers
and feeders, $3.10@5.25; cows and
heifers, $2.10@5.7O; calves $6.25 @8 80.
Hogs-Light, $7.60@8.1o; mixed. $7.75
@8.20; heavy, 37.75@8.25; rough.
$7.75@7.90; good to choice heavy
$7.90lb8.25; pigs, $6.1007.75; bulk OF
sales $7.95@8.15. Sheep--Native,
32.90@5,25; yesrlings. $506.40: lambs.
S4.7507.60.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
Fires at Gopher; Kills Brother.

While Peter Sammes and his wife
were absent from their claim
Berg, Thornwald, their si%x-year-old
son, was accidentally shot and in
stantly killed by a brother three years
older. The children found a gopher
In the yard, and the older boy. in try
ing to fire at 1t with his fathers rife.
sent a bullet through his brothers.
breast,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
NINE. STE|NHE|L FREED
Jury Renders Verdict in SenSa-
tiOnaI Murder Case

Paris. Nov Mime. Margherita
SteinheiI. the tragic widow, was &C.
quilted at an early hour this morning
her husband. Adolphe Steinheil, the
painter. n her stepmother, Nine.
Japy.
The murder OF the distinguished
painter. Adolph Steinheil, and his
mother-in-law on the night of May 81,
1908. caused Il sensation in Paris. They
wers found strang!ed in the artists
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
HOWARD ELLIOTT ROBBED
Gold Watch and Purse Taken in a
Fargo Hotel.

President Howard Elliott of the
Northern Pacific was robbed at Far
20 of his gold watch and some cash.
He and Vice President Hanaford
stopped there over night to attend the
Commercial club meeting and to start
on a tour of branch lines in this state.
They had rooms at a hotel and while
Mr.. Elliott was taking a bath the
thief entered his room and secured
his watch and about 5000 in cash. Mr..
Elliott priced the watch highly, as It
was a present from his wife.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
DENIED BY C0URT0 OF APPEALS
Application for Stay of Sentence in
Labor Cases.

Washington, Nov. 15.-The court of
appeals of the District of Columbia
denied the application for a stay for
Samuel Gompers. John Mitchell and
Frank Morrison OF the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. sentenced to jail for
contempt.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
POWDER MILLS BLOW UP
Three Killed ane Seven Injured by
EXPLOSION.

Wilmington, Del, Nov. 11.-With a
deafening report and 4 shock which
caused the whole city and much Of
the surrounding country to tremble a
press mill and a grinding mill at the
powder works Of the Du Pont com.
pany west Of Wilmington exploded.
Three workmen we're killed and seven
injured.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
ST. Paul Live Stock.

st. Paul, Nov. 15.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $6.75@7.5O; fair to good,
s5.00@6.75; good to choice cows and
heifers. s4.25@5.25 veals, $3.50; @6.75.
Hogs-s7.50@S.OO. Sheep-Wethers,
s4.50@5.0O; yearlings, $5.25@6.oo;
spring lambs, se.50@7.05.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Nov. 15.-Wheat-Dec.
$1.O7h; May, s1.05%; July, 97Ac.
Corn-Dec., 6Okc; May 61Hc; July.
61%c. Oats-Dec., 39hc; May, 40
42Ac; July, 39%c. Pork-Jan, $21.62;
May, $1,000. Butter-Creameries .26A
May, $20.50. Butter-Creameries, 26A
Poultry-Turkeys, Ice; chickens
1910; springs, 1870.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Nov. 15.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, s1.0S1A; Nc.
! Northern. s1.075s; No. 2 Northern.
s1.05%: Nov. sl.o6%; May. s1.05%.
Flax-To arrive and on track, s1.s33s;
Nov, s1.s17s: Dec, s1.7S%; May. 81
1872.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
Closes successful Season.

The North Dakota university foot.
ball team has closed its season and
disbanded. The organization had q
successful year, never being beaten
and being scored On only once.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
ATTACKED BY SUFFRkGETTE
Winston Churchill Lashed by Whip in
Hands of Woman.

Bristol, Eng, Nov. ia wild eyed
~suffragette armed with a horsewhip
attacked Winston Spencer Churchill
here and it was only after a struggle
that she was restrained. Churchill and
his wife had just arrived by train
and We're leaving the railroad station
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
MUCH POULTRY DESTROYED
Eleven Thousand Chickens Perish | in
Kansas Fire.

Hutchinson, Kan, Nov. 11.-Eleven
thousand chickens were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed the
plant OF the United States Packing
company here. LOSS. $4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Minneapolis Wheat

Minneapolis. Nov. 15.-Wheat-
Dec. s1.o511.o51s; May. s1.05M;
July. s1.06. On track-No. l hard,
s1.07A 0I.O2A; No. / Northern, s1.o7
@1.o7A; No. ? Northern. s1.o5@
1.06M.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18
RESULTS ON THE GRIDIRoN

Lawrence 5 Beloit 0.
Chicago 6, Cornell 6.
Yale II, Princeton 0.
Missouri %, Drake 6.
Carleton IL, Hamline s.
Shattuck 16, st. Johns O.
Notre Dame 46, Miami 0.
Harvard IL, Dartmouth 8.
Minnesota "a. Wisconsin 6.
Macalaster S. st. Cloud 81.
Illinois IS, Northwestern 0.
Michigan IL. Pennsylvania 6.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-18

Hunter Accidentally Killed.
George Marlin. = ferryman on the
Missouri river. was shot and instantly
killed while hunting IN Mckenzie
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-03

ply renting out all Of the land except
fifty to eighty acres. That several cows
must be kept on such farm goes with
out saying. not only for the monthly
income and profit, but for the manure
that is necessary to keep the soil alive.
Present sanitary requirements call
for many devices and appliances that
cannot be installed on the small farm.
but cleanliness and kindness is within
the possibilities Of any Of US. and while
it is true that to house the cows In
the same building with the horses has
some disadvantages, it also has its adj
vantages, and to build separate build
ings for both, is not only expensive, but
calls for extra help in caring for and
feeding them.
A careful study of the barn shown
In the illustration herewith will show
what we will call condensed arrange
ment, and, while the cows are In the
same barn with the horses, a good,
tight partition separates them from the
horse barn, to keep out the dust and
odors. For the same reason the silo is
located where shown, for silage, no
matter how well cared for, has an
offensive odor, that is readily absorbed
by milk.
The floor plan is self-explaining, the
'ilo is an ordinary stave structure, with
wire cables for hoops, as the cable Is
lot so easily affected by contraction
md expansion as the solid iron hoops
The crib has the foundation left out
Is shown, and the floor is Of 2x6 inch
studding, with one-half-lnch spaces be
tween. The siding is drop siding, the
same as the balance of the barn, buI
the top and lower edges are beveled
nd a one-half-inch space is left be
tween each board. This construction
allows a free circulation Of air, ant
keeps out the rain, snow and wind
The small amount of corn that drop
through the floor is eaten by the poul
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-03
PUT LINCOLN ABOVE ALL.
Hollingsworth Protests Against Honor
Paid jeff Davis.

Washington, June Memorial Day
was generally observed here yester-
day. All the government departments
and practically all the business houses
were closed in order that tribute might
be paid the nations dead. The prin-
cipal exercises were at Arlington, I'M
der the auspices of the G. A. X. Every
grave was marked with an American
flag, while flowers were strewn every
where. Appropriate exercises also
were conducted at the Soldiers Home
National cemetery and other burial
places in the city.
At the Soldiers Home Represent
alive Holingsworth, of Ohio, was one
of the speakers. He referred to the
recent discussion in the house when he
protested against placing the head OF
Jefferson Davis on the silver service OF
the battleship Mississippi, declaring
that sit would be a dark day indeed
for the republic when the name OF
Abraham Lincoln ceases to be reverec
above all other figures of the civil wal
period, or when it shall be replaced by
that of Jefferson Davis in the heart!
and affections of the American people
The thought of it is as shocking as the
first thrill of horror that followed thu
firing on Sumpter."
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-06-03
Legal Information

In Bichel vs.. oliver, 50 Pacific Re
porter, 1896, a husband and his wife,
who had no children, orally agreed
that in consideration of a girl becom-
ing a member OF their family, and
giving to them love, obedience and
service, they would leave her all their
property at their death. The girl per-
formed her contract, but the husband,
shortly before his death, conveyed the
property to a third person. The Su-
preme Court of Kansas held that, as
there were no circumstances rendering
the agreement inequitable. it would be
enforced in equity.
A statute OF New York prohibits
the use, for advertising purposes, Of
the portrait or picture of any living
person without first obtaining his
written consent or, If the person be
a minor, the consent Of his guardian.
In Wyatt VS.. Wanamaker. ITO New
York Supplement, 800. plaintiff alleged
minority and that defendant had been
using her name and portrait without
permission Defendant alleged that the
picture had been taken In considera-
ton OF a reduction in price granted to
professional actors under an agree
ment that such pictures might be sold
by the photographer, and that plaintiff
was known as a professional. The
New York Supreme Court held these
defenses insufficient. saying that the
statute requiring written permission
could not be evaded thus.
Plaintiff had been adjudged insane
by the Supreme Court in New York.
ordered committed to an asylum. and
later the court appointed a commit
tee OF his person and property. Sub
sequently he escaped. and took up his
residence in Virginia, where he was
adjudged sane. He instituted an &C
ton setting up the decree Of the Vir.
ginia court and demanding damages
from his committee in New York for
conversion Of his property. Defendant
alleged in the main action that petit
toner was insane and that the Vir
ginis judgment was void. Petitioners
presence was necessary at the main
trial in New York, and, as he was
in danger OF being incareerated there
he asked for an order protecting hin
while in attendance at trial. In Chan
Ter VS.. Sherman. 1872 Federal Reporter
10, the United States Circuit Cour
Of Appeals. referring to the peculiar
predicament in which petitioner Il
placed, and that unless relief is grant
ed he must either abandon his actor
for a quarter Of a million dollars o.
run the risk OF losing his liberty. in
structed the Circuit Court to issue
writ OF protection prohibiting az
prehension Of petitioner during tn
time necessary for him to attend trial