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Putnam patriot., 1910-10-14
 No Mystery About it.

The other night after Harker was safe In bed there came mysterious tapping below his window Harker slipped out of his covers and cautious ly raised the sash
 Whats wantedT' he demanded, bis teeth chattering
 'I just wanted to tell you" came muffied voice. that there's a hand moving around just inside your cellar window"
 With visions of burglars Harker picked up his revolver and slipped through the halls in his pajamas. Cautiously he searched the cellar with lighted candle. but 1t was empty. Outside on the sidewalk stood the stranger
 "I don't see any burglars down here" called Hnrker nervously.
 ..who said anything about burgiarsr laughed the stranger.
 "Why. didn't you call me out of bed to tell me that there was hand nov ing around near the cellar windowT
 Sure. It's the dial on the gas meter. It works while you sleep phia Times.
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-14

raiiroad.Nlighting. telephone and
 business, other industries a-s lS,. ' 1ier be soon injuriousIy affected bv sas 10 pleatlon of similar principles T.s modern economic conditions. cor,...s. ,,'.s1 tion ceases to be an effective or ,s'-sl- a wholesome regulation of f.ria.e "a services. Many great indastrias - . " are inevitably coming 10 be ef,,.-.., - os by more or less complete n,o,,,e'.'sssa ,,sss'ea Germany has already begun fba ..,.ass .'..'s of regulation of industries bv ..sacs e-a price of potash and limiting tba a-.-s .-..as of the chief producers. O-sa'at Unless l wrongly read the sf~. the times, the progressive rnova-r. VI is sure to spread the world over I-s Connecticut be ready with a sane .ss- constitutional method of applying ,-.s' n-.s ciples of justice to the reguIstior :. aa. ls all monoplies. 1 again ask inc tss-I VI ing men of this State to ron-sslr carefully the idea of establisbi.a-il Court of Commerce, which K6aI s..s the independence, impartialsfv .ss s ability which we are accusfornas v in our courts of law. and win s., V plete simplicity of procedure. hea, sas give judgment on all controyersias '" volving intricate commercial consids,- ations, including complaints agaiss, excessive charges or unfair or fsn1.x service by railroad companies ans others who serve the general nublsa
 Yours truly,
 c. s. MELLEN
 PresidAnt
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-14
That's the Way They All Do"

An enthusiastic citizen bout to FisIt Europe was rejoicing ever the fact and the pleasure to come.
 How delightful il will be. he saia to his wife. Ito tread he bounding 6iE iows and inlGlle the invigoralti= eSy- gen of the sea. he sea the huundiess sea. l long to see tito hreafhe ID great drafts of life giving aif Siah want to stand every moment esi me prov of the steamer with 1As Heutn open
 You probably will. dear" inIsFrupt- ed his wife encoura gingly hits the way all the ocean traveisfs uo' Detroit News-Tribune
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-14
President Mellen and Public Commission
In response 10 further inquiry hy the

In response to further inquiry by the officials ot the Connecticut Editorial Association, President Mellen says:
 The most vital question which un- teries your inquiries is. in substance. whether l object in principle 10 the creation of tribunal to hear and effectively pass upon complaints about railroad charges and railroad service
 Ii understand this question aright. agree that it ought to receive a frank and unequiyocal reply My answer is, catagorically No. l do not. But respectfully submit through you 10 the people of this State-Frst. That such a tribunal ought to have the independence. impartiality and ability which for many generations have characterized our courts of jus tice, and Secondly. That such tribunal ought not to exercise func- tions which are properly legislative in their nature. but ought on the other hand to decide without arbitrariness between the parties to each contro- versy. according to justly established principles and rules of law.
 You invite a discussion by me of the trustworthiness Of the General Assembly of Connecticut If may be frank without giving offense, I have to confess that In private have often exercised the American citizens privilege of finding fault with Ameri- can legislaturee, have privately said that there are % many individual members in any American legislature who are mcre or lees prejudiced asainst railroad corporations. that is is often extremely dinacalt for such corporation to get . fair hearing be fore it
 Here in Coneeticut . great disturb ance is eomeetweo made oecAuse of what seens te ua n entirsay Feaapnr able re0usst. for lpgislaston for the ben- eat of our 6u6to6eA NhicA Q eeaceAed to be the IarUeot Ouolneos cf this 1 9tAte. n dp1te of all Argunsos oSem 1 our pafs. sueo EeN1eots hT - arc ncro ofsen refuoeA tAnA not. sDA havS |! somcfimee bssA ref0ss1 vhea pre cisely efUllAf reQueotD WA1e by f otAers have o1oo oetoally gronsea Cor | heir he0a1< oHtAo oame oeaG4oa.
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Putnam patriot., 1910-10-14

then starved. What we got to eat was so bad that It was suicide to eat il. Then if we decided to eat 1t WAS only to keep alive long enough to catch small pox, typhoid, diphtheria or some other disease. 1t was . bad place.
 aWhen the news came of the arrival of the truce boat some of our men went crazy. They thought they were surely going 10 get out and be taken north right away. Instead something else happened.
 "Before the news had got well around there came an order for all the captains 10 report in one of the lower rooms. This, following so closely up- on the arrival of the truce boat, looked good to Us, you may believe. We all thought we were going To get out of the prison alive, an idea that most of us had given up.
 "ln answer te the order we captains filed down Into one of the big lower rooms in the prison. We were march. 
 rather high ceiling, The walls, like those everywhere in that prison, were wet and slimy. There was n little dim light coming in through the two win- dows al one end.
 "As we filed into this place, T2 of Us, old and young, some of us sick and others not SD sick-we saw three or four officers standing in the middle of the room near table. We were form ed all around the walls in hollow square, facing each other and the men near the table.
 "rhen one of the officers, a man we l found out afterwards was the com mandant of the prison, stepped out of ihe bunch at the table and looked at us--s2 of us with our backs 10 the walls.
 This man after he had taken good lock at us, cleared hts throat couple of times and then started in to teil as that he had very painful duty to per. form. IL seems that General Ninder, provost general of the Confectionery, had handed the commandant an order to put us through kind of a lottery 10 see who would be hanged for the two Confederate spies. that Burnside had made way with n while before.
 .'So this was what the commaudant told us--that we must draw lots to see which of us should he hanged
 "A fellow stood up near the table and began to read oil our names. As he read 'em oti every man answered till the roll cali had gone a+l around the room from one end to the other Then the names were written on pieces of paper and thrown iate box on the table, then the commandant asked us how we would draw the lots.
 "During all our time tn the prison there had been just one man that never seemed to lose courage or take down. hearted look at our chances. This man was . chaplain by the name of Brown, an old. old man who had been with the Fifth Maryland Infantry.
 "He had done more than any o men to keep up our spirits up ther tn the prison and everyone hked him. So l we told the cemmandant that we l wanted the chaplain b draw out the l names.
 s.Chapsaia Brown came down into the roosn and took his plsce by the sab,s. The c6snnandanti pacAed up the box end shsok the slips q paper around silt tAsy we ail mixsd up. Thea he put ske box hsck on shs table anA sAe old chaplain paeasd ons ths | aamee.
 al1s gos bosh q tho arss grab. The nasa shss Aseu tho pstsps wvse Sspeain Asmty ". 0awyes q sAe l3e Nov jes. ~ Cavalsy aD1 Capealn jeAn D.
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-14

Film of the 9th Indiana Infantry. All but these two men filed back up- stairs and the drawing was over.
 "When the authorities of our govern ment heard about the sentence of Saw yer and Film they ordered General Fitzhugh Lee and Captain Winder, son of General Winder, who were then Confederate prisoners, into close con. tinement, and the Confederate authori. ties were notified that 1T Sawyer and Film were executed Lee and Winder would be hung within hour of their death. When the Confederates got this message they lost courage and stopped the preparations for hanging Film and Sawyer. Later both these men were paIoled along with the other prisoners, 50 that as matter of fact the death lottery didn't amount 10 as much as il was planned to-"
 Captain Warner, now man - years old, was captured after he had been left wounded on the field at the lihie Lees army invaded Pennsylva- nia.
 He was one of the moving spirits in the Libby prison tunnel enterprise. Owing to the fact that those in the se- eret were divided into squads of 70 and he was in the last squad, he didn't get chance 10 make use of the tunnel. While he helped to dig 1t a score of other men got the benefit of it.
 After his Civil war career Captain Warner engaged in business and was active up to few years ago, when he retired. He makes his home in Wash ington, but is at present visiting his sister, Mrs. Edward A. Alard, in fairhaven. Captain Warner is a slightly built man with grayish hair.
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-14
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Putnam patriot., 1910-10-14
The Wizard.

.If's a remarkable rhing.- said old Brightboy al tea time. but ean pusn my saucer through the handle of ny cup"
 The others glanced al the small DAT de and gave the speaker wHbenns look
 T can." persisted Brightboy.
 Do 1t. then" they challenged
 Calmly taking up bis spoon Brisns. boy passs-d it through the handle v the cup and then pushed the sauea with It.
Putnam patriot., 1910-10-14

Doa't les tho baby sufier from ecze- na. aDsse cr any itching Of tho skin. OoaDs Ointment glvss tnseaus relief, eustD quickly. ReF11eely cafe for chil. 4sea. All dfuegtsss ell it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-07
Chief Justice Fuller Dies Sud-
denly at Sorrento, Me-
HAD BEEN IN GOOD HEALTH
Although Seventy-eight Years CT Age
There Were No Indications That
Death Was So Near.

Bar Harbor, Me-, July 5.-Chief JUS
tice x Melville Weston Fuller of the
United States supreme court died Of
heart failure at his summer home in
Sorrento.
The death of the chief justice was
entirely unexpected, as he had been in
apparently good health lately and
there had been no premonitory symp-
toms of any kind of trouble. Sunday
he attended church as usual and when
he retired at night he was to all ap-
p%earances in his customary health.
Death came about 6 o'clock in the
morning. His daughter, Mrs. Nathan
iel Francis, and Rev. James E. Free
man, who was a guest of Justice Full
Ter at his Sorrento cottage, MAIN
stay" were with the jurist when he
died.
The funeral services will be held at
Sorrento and the interment will be at
Chicago.
Chief Justice Fuller was in his sew
enty-eighth year.
For many years the chief justice
had spent his summers at Sorrento, a
summer colony located on French
Mans bay, five miles from Bar Harbor.
Third in Length of Service.
To Chief Justice Fuller fell the
honor of third rank for length of serv-
ice as presiding justice in the highest
tribunal of the American government.
For twenty-five years he was chief
justice of the supreme court of the
United States, but Chief Justice Mar
shall presided owe the court for thir-
ty-four years and Chief Justice fancy
for twenty-eight years.
The nomination of Mr.. Fuller as
chief justice was followed by a
memorable contest in the senate.
The judiciary committee, with it's
Republican majority, to which the
nomination was sent April 80, held up
the appointment until July 20. Then
the committee reported it to the SEN
ate without recommendation" For
three hours that body debated in ex-
ecutive session whether to confirm or
reject the nomination. The attack6n
Mr.. Fuller was led by Senators Ed
munds, Evarts and Stewart. Sena-
tors Cullom and Farwell defended him.
Finally, by a vote of Al to 80, his
nomination was confirmed. Through
out his service Justice Fuller was
noted for the dignity with which he
filled the position. Although small of
stature, not more than five feet seven
inches, his wealth of silvery hair and
classic features made him a command
ing figure wherever he appeared.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-07
SLASH IN RAIL Rates
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Orders Reductions.

Washington, June 3O.-Deci5ions
were handed down by the interstate
commerce commission countrywide in
Importance. They affect freight rates
both class and commodity-on all
transcontinental lines operating be.
tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The decisions are of what are known
popularity as the Pacific coast cases,
heard last autumn by the commission
on it's six weeks trip to the Pacific
coast and intermountain territory.
In every instance reductions in the
existing rates complained of were
made and in some instances they
amounted to nearly SO per cent. The
commission found, through it's inquiry,
a remarkable rate situation existing
on the Pacific coast and even a more
remarkable n in the intermountain
territory. This is notably true of the
rates to and from Spokane, Wash.
and Reno, New.
In the Spokane case the commission
decided that present freight rates are
unreasonable and excessive. Just and
reasonable rates on both class and
commodity freight were established
for the future. q
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-07
SCORE DEAD IN WRECK
Several Other Persons Injured,
Three Fatally.

Middletown, o., July 5.-Nineteen
persons were killed outright, three
probably fatally hurt and half a dozen
were seriously injured in a head on
collision between a freight and pas
senger train on the Cincinnati, Hamil.
ton and Dayton railroad here. OF the
killed eighteen were passengers, the
other victim being a member of the
passenger train crew.
The trains were the Cincinnati sec.
ton of the. Twentieth Century limited
on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago
and st. Louis railroad (Big Four) and
the second section of a freight train
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day.
ton road.
The latter was attempting to make
a siding to give the passenger train a
clear track when the flying limited,
travelling at a rate of fifty miles an
hour, flashed around a curve and
crashed into it.
The Big Four train had been de
toured to avoid a blocked track on that
road at Genoa, a few miles south OF
here, caused by a freight wreck earlier
in the Cay. In addition to it's regular
crew it carried a pilot engineer of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road
A misunderstanding of orders
caused the disaster, which was one OF
the worst that this section of the coun
try has ever aynarionood
Directly behind the passenger loco
motive and the tender was a combina
ton baggage and smoking car, fol
lowed by a day coach and a chair car
All the dead and injured were in the
first two cars, there being six passen
gers in the smoker and twenty-one ir
the day coach.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-07
SOLVES FODDER PROBLEM
Dean Shepperd Issues a Bulletin for
Farmers.

With the failure of the hay crop
farmers are being urged to cast about
for some of providing forage
for the coming winter season, and in
a special press bulletin issued by Dean
J. H. Shepherd of the state agricul-
tural college, the question is quite
thoroughly taken up.
1.-THE hay crop of 1910 is very
short" said Dean Shepherd, "and
stockmen now have before them the
question of providing %provender for
next season. Fortunately, a dry sea-
son is usually followed by a rainy late
season, which gives a chance for late
sown forage crops to make a great
growth.
There is land summer fallowed
each year and all such land which has
been plowed can now be seeded to
corn Or millet and produce a good sup
ply of rough feed for carrying the
stock through the winter.
Corn and millet are hot weather
plants and will come on rapidly in
midsummer, if they have an ample
supply of rain. 1 believe it is this
years solution of the forage situa-
ton"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-07
AFTER FORESTERS' Meeting
Grand Forks Will Make Bid for Su.
preme Court Convention.

The annual meeting of the United
Order of Foresters, high court of North
Dakota, was held in Grand Forks. An
important action taken was instruc-
ton of delegates to the national meet
ing at Madison, Wis, to work for the
next supreme court meeting for Grand
Forks. The officers and delegates
named follow: Representatives, G..
R. Samuel, Grand Forks, and Robert
Mcbride, Cavalier; high ranger, G. C.
Jackson, Grand Forks; high vice ran
ger, Mrs. Emma Canaan, jamestown;
high physician, DR.. A. M. Call, Rugby;
high secretary, G. G. McMullen, Grand
Forks; high auditors, Daniel Healy,
Devils Lake, and H. G. Johnson, Fer
gus Falls; high chaplain, Mrs. Charles
Subj, Thompson; high archer, Mrs. H.
Trunn, Cando; inner woodland, J.. D.
Lord, Larimore; outer woodland, J. H.
Cook, Willow City.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-07
News Of the Week From Vari-
Gus Parts Of The State
M'CUMBER BEATS MARSHALL
Nominated for United States
Senator by Republicans.

With returns from thirty-nine out of
forty-four counties in, some of them
incomplete, but the majority of them
full, Porter j. McCumber leads Thorn
as F. Marshall for the United States
senate by a majority of 2,441, the count
showing 20,092 for McCumber and IT,
651 for Marshall. Of the counties still
to be heard from, Mckenzie will give
Marshall about 100 majority, Dickey
will give him 500 majority, Mercer,
Oliver and Billings will help McCum-
Der and La Moure will help Marshall.
McCumber's majority, when the COM
plete count is received, may be re-
duced to about 1900 in the state.
Gronna's majority over Engerud will
be about 10000, the returns on thirty
nine counties giving Gronna 21,945 and
Engerud 1850 for the short term in
the United States senate.
Brightbill and Flittie are in close
fight for state auditor, twenty counties
giving Brightbill 11,475 and Flittie
1878.
Burdick, In the same counties, has a
lead of 457 e. Sharpe for lieutenaE:
governor.
Twenty-one counties give G. A.
Johnson 11,579 votes for governor,
Buchanan having 1853 and Aaker H.
1858.
Returns just received have served
to strengthen E. j. Taylor for super
intendent of public instruction, and
they also increase the leads of Miller
for attorney general and Gilbreath for
commissioner of agriculture and labor,
as well as that of w. c. Taylor for
commissioner of insurance.
Incomplete returns from over the
state indicate that the Democrats have
failed to secure the necessary 80 per
cent of the vote cast for the Demo-
cratic candidate for secretary of state
at the last election, as required by law,
and there may be only the Republican
ticket represented on the fall ballots.
If this is true the Democratic candi-
dates will either have to run by stick
ers or fight the constitutionality Of
the primary law in the courts before
the fall election.
Chairman j. L. Cashel of the Demo
cratic state committee stated that
there was a possibility of the state
ticket having failed of nomination, but
he was of the opinion that when the
complete count was available it would
be found that Burke had secured the
necessary $500 votes for nomination.
Figures, he admitted, showed a falling
off in the vote, but hardly enough to
kill the chances of getting the ticket
on the ballot. County tickets have
suffered in several places, he said. It
rests with the western counties to de-
eide whether or not the ticket gets on,
as eastern counties have APPARENTLY
cast the necessary percentage.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-07
KlMBALL CASE is CLOSED
Woman Paid insurance Money Due to
Widow While Spouse Lives.

Woman Paid insurance Money Due to
Widow While Spouse Lives.
One Of the most peculiar cases that
has eve been docketed in a North Da-
kota court has been settled, being that
of the Ancient Order of United Work
men, jurisdiction of South Dakota,
against Mrs. Clara Kimball, and it was
started to recover from Mrs. Kimball
the amount paid to her on policies car
ried by her husband, who came back
to life about a year ago after an alb
sence of fourteen years. The terms
of the settlement have not been made
public, but the amount involved was
considerably under the original
amount paid by the insurance order
to Mrs. Kimball.
The Kimball case, as it has come to
be known, presented a number of
striking circumstances. About four
teen years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Glen R.
Kimball were residents of Deadwood,
S. D., when Mr.. Kimball suddenly dis
appeared. Search followed and the
remains of a man were found in Ne
braska, returned to Deadwood and
identified as those of Kimball, the
missing banker. Burial took place at
Deadwood, but the remains later were
removed to a town in Southern Min
nesota, where they now rest, and with
a headstone bearing the name of
"Glen R. Kimball" over them.
Mrs. Kimball, shortly after the dis
appearance and supposed death of her
husband, came to Larimore, this state.
Last July she received a strange Wis
itor, who vas Immediately recognized
as her long missing and supposedly
dead husband. For several months
Kimball remained at the home of his
wife, but in the entire time that he
was there no explanation covering the
many years absence was given. FL
nally Kimball went to Oklahoma City,
Okla, where he is at the present time.
When 1t was announced that Kim
ball had returned, the insurance COM
panies that had paid the amounts Of
policies carried by him began an in
vestigation and an action by the A.
O. U. w. of South Dakota for the re-
covery of the original amount paid,
$4,000, and interest, resulted. The
settlement just effected takes the case
from the docket and this probably
closes the case.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kimbal,, it is under
stood, will not live together again.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-07
CLARK AT TAMMANY HALL
Democratic Leader Delivers Fourth Of
July Grafton.

July Grafton.
New York, July 5.-Champ Clark,
Democratic leader in the house, who
was principal speaker at the Tam
many Hall Fourth of July celebration
here, declared the Payne-Aldrich tariff
bill as Ubiquitous and declared that the
Republican party's promise to "revise
the tariff downward" had been VIC
lated.
els it any less dishonest to secure
Offices under false p%retenses than to
obtain money in that felonious man.
ner?" he inquired.
Republican factionists are at each
Others throat in the house of repre-.
sentatives, in the senate and through.
out the land. More power to their
arms! I bring to you the glad tidings
of great joy that the Democrats in the
house are presenting a solid and unit.
ed front to the enemy. We are eager
for the fray"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-07-07
WAGE ISSUE NEAR CLIMAX
Canadian Pacific Trainmen and Con.
ductors Firm in Demands.

Winnipeg, July 5.-Negotiations con-
tinue between the representatives of
the trainmen and conductors and the
Canadian Pacific railway and while it
is stated that gradual progress is be-
ing made the men say that it is really
only progress toward a point where
they will know definitely whether
they are going to agree or disagree.
Representatives Of the men declare a
settlement remains absolutely with
the company, since from the start of
negotiations they have not changed
their demands one iota, standing
straight through for the standard
wage. rate of the territory. The dis
c%ussions have been as to the applica-
ton of these standards to the men
working under different conditions, as
to mileage, etc., will secure the stand
ard rate throughout.