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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-09-08
Treasurer's Report

For Hugo School District No.
II, County of Steele, State of North
Dakota, for the year l%909-19l0.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand at the begin
ming of the school year, July
l, S1749.e 6
Total amount received dur
ing the year from the appor-
tionment of the State Tuition
Fund 3o5.9
Total amount received dur
ing the year from the appor-
tionment of the County TUT
ton 193.42
Amount received during the
year from taxes levied by the
District School Board, includ-
ing outstanding warrants re-
deemed or endorsed in the col
lection OF taxes.... 1883 s
Amount received during the
year for interest on money
on deposit lO.4C
Total receipts for the year,
including cash on hand July
l, $3618.06
EXPENDITURES.
Amount paid during the
year for School Houses, Sites
and Permanent Improvements 1852. IS
Amount paid during the
year for Apparatus, Fixtures,
Libraries, Text Books, Etc. 1900
Amount paid during : the
year for Teachers Wages 847.5C
Amount paid during the
year for services and expens-
es of School Ofdcers..... .99.1O
Amount paid during the
year for interest on bonds. 5000
Amount paid for Tuition of
Pupils sent to other districts $3.50
Amount paid during the
year for Incidental Expenses 37l.3
Amount paid during the
year for Redemption of Bonds 5000
Total expenditures during
the $780, i
Cash on hand June 30, 1910,
end of year, including amount
in all funds... 1851 Is
Grand total; expenditures
and cash on hand, to balance
above total receipts..-.. 1856 1870
RELATING TO SINKING FUND.
Amount of Sinking Fund in
Treasury July l, 1909~.....- S475.8
Amount received into and
transferred to the Sinking
Fund during the year-~--. 1871
Total $649.6
Balance in Sinking Fund
June 30, 19l0......--... $685.
DAN LEE, Treasurer O
Hugo School District No. II
Approved this 18th day of July A
D.sq9lO.
BY order of District School Board
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-09-08

RELATING TO SINKING FUND.
Amount of Sinking Fund in
Treasury July |, l909...S2516. Sc
Amount received into and
transferred to the Sinking
Fund during the year. so
Total 1851. O6
Balance in Sinking Fund
June 30, $25l7 .O6
G. NJ. PARKER, Treasurer
of Broadlawn School District No. Is.
Approved this 18th day of July A.
D. 1910.
BY order of District School Board:
Attest: WIN. HENDERSON, Pres.
MRS. j.. d. KNIGHT, Clerk.
CLERKS STATEMENT OF INDEBTED
NESS Of DISTRICT.
Whole amount of Warrants
outstanding June 80, 1910. S 236.4S
Whole amount Of Bonds
outstanding June 80, 191O.... $500. 90
Amount of Interest on
Warrants outstanding June
30, 1854
Total Indebtness of Dis
trict June 80, DID,. s274o.o2
Approved this 18th day of July A.
D. 1910.
By order of the District Board:
MRS. j. e. KNIGHT, Clerk.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-31

Greenville, Miss,
March. rs, 1910.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-31

No More I1aDgings in Kentucky
New Lay Provides for Execution of
Criminals BY Efedrocufion al Pendenhary

In accordance with the provisions
of new law enacted by the General
Assembly and signed by the Governor
the death penalty will be inflicted in
the future by means of electricity.
The law becomes effective June 10.
This means that no more scaffolds
will be erected in the state to be
used in hanging convicted men. The
electric chair probably will be Install
ed In the Frankfort penitentiary.
Back of the new law is an interest
ing story. II was framed by Jno. X.
Pflanz, with the assistance Of Judge
Carroll. of Eminence, several years
ago. IL was up for consideration at
three different sessions OF the Legis.
lature before It was looked upon with
favor.
The second time the bill was W
was when Sen. McNutt introduced IL
This was two years ago. The close
contest for U. S. Senator at that time
diverted attention from the bill. and
II died. At the 1910 session. the bill
went through both houses with prac
tically no opposition.
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Equipment to Cost $1,000.

II was Herman ID. Newcomb who
introduced the bill at the last ses-
sion. He made many alterations in
the original measure. He got in touc
with officials in New York and the
state of Ohio, where the electric chair
is used, and collected data as to
the probable cost of installing the
equipment and the amount that will
have to be expended each time a
murderer pays the extreme penalty.
Mr.. Pflanz says that it will cost
about $1,000 to purchase all Of the
equipment, including the chair. Shout
the New York mode of execution be
adopted. II will cost much more than
the amount mentioned
The law does not state positively
that the scene of each execution az
ter June Is shall be at Frankfort
A clause In the bill plainly says that
the electric chair shall be placed In
"a penitentiary" somewhere in the
state, the place 10 be decided by the
rison Commission; therefore 1t may
be at Eddyville.
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the leather straps that are taxed TO
their full strength by the plunging
forward OF the victim. Two minutes
go by and again the current is shut
off.
Seldom or ever il IL necessary to
apply the current the third time. for
two shocks of 1000 volts the first
time and $500 volts the second time
have always proved sufficient. How
ever, in some instances IL has been
necessary to give condemned men
three applications before life Is ex-
tinct.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-31

- now LIVING
J. i ,o5 lbsi We P,riIna,
pcf, ,s ~ paper IN thi.
,l,.oS.dn N Kentucky
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Smith s Amberg
csS,dsh, Man ssAssA,t q Mar

Ms Florence Gholson. the wife OF
Dea Gholson, died Friday morning at
'''O O'Clock after a few days illness
" pneumonia, In Fulton. she was
Orh Sept. IS, 1857. and was at the
me OF her demise 22h years old.
She was a deyout member of the
Ohrlstian church and a member of
The WOodmen Circle.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-31
MARRIAGE LICENSE.

The following were granted II ense
TO marry In obion county last week:
t. h. whitworth and Camille King.
Ed Hampton and Lula johnson.
Nora Crous and Dather Titworth.
o. Il. Nanny and Dixie Tucker.
ID. Meadows and Nora Bell Luker.
ID. Shaw and Pearl Bell.
q. A. Payne and Fannie Miner.
Thurman kerley and Anna Wright.
Twelve people were indicted Thurs
day at Cairo by the special grand
Jury OF the Alexander county circuit
court for being In the mob which
stormed the county Jail on the night
of February II last. The offense wit
which they are charged Is not a TEL
ony. as they did not get SO far as
TO break down the Jail doors. AS a
consequence the extreme penalty ON
conviction is a fine OF not exceeding
$500 and a Jail sentence of not to ex'
coed six months Ia the county Jail.
Speaker Geo. S. Wilson has moved
from Union county to owensboro to
make his home. thereby vaeaung his
seat as representative from Union
county. In the event Of an extra SEES
sion, Il is presumed that a new speak
er Will have to be elected by the
House.
The hook worm and the hous'
cleaning microbe. are both manifest
lax their presence In Hickman.
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"Msn-kiIline" Davis

The official executioner Of New
York State is called by the yellow
journals of the East "Mankilling" Da-
Wis. He has a record for executions.
He is employed by three or four OF
the Eastern States. His fee Is $75
for each execution. and 1t is said that
he has in his time sent more than IS
men to eternity.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-31

The bank OF the Mississippi river
between wickliffe and Fort jefferson
has cayed in during the past few
days until the river now runs at the
foot OF the hill that formerly was
half a mile from the east bank.
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VIM. Yarger, Mayor.

II oil is cheaper and gives better
results, there is no good reason why
We should not use IL. The increasing
traffic on our streets is making the
dust problem one or greatest -impor-
ttance.
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LOOKS BETTER NOW.

According to a decision made by
the referee in the Geo. Hardy estate
last Friday afternoon, the farmers
who had wheat stored in the elevator
there will stand a chance to receive
a very good per cent of the value of
their wheat.
Those holding receipts for No. 3.
will receive about so per cent. and
mo grade" people will get the full a
mount, or "a cents for every bushel-
Those having No. will have to par
ticipate as general creditors, as no
fund is provided for that grade. They
stand a chance to get about 20 per
cent. we understand.
This will beat losing the whole
thing; but hereafter farmers will find
II cheaper and more satisfactory to
do their own storing" Farmers In
other sections of the country hold
their wheat until the market gets
right-why not us?
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Description Of the "chaIr."

At Charlestown, Mass, just across
the river from Boston. the condemned
man dons suit OF black the day on
which the death watch is placed up
on him. This habit Is cut after the
fashion of a sailor suit and is worn
by the convicted person two or three
days before the penalty is paid.
The prisoner is never told by the
warden of the prison just when the
execution will take place. He is TAX
en- by surprise at midnight when his
cell is opened by deputies and these
three words fall upon his ear:
I'VE are ready"
Between two men, with a priest
bringing up the rear. the march to
the chair begins. Down the long cor
ridor, their heels striking hard upon
the cement floors, the little party Of
men wend their way. Suddenly they
pass through a door and all stand In
small room with the electric chair
in front Of them.
Against the wall are six chairs.
These are for the six witnesses. The
prisoner steps forward, is given an
opportunity to speak his last words,
and next is seated in the chair. His
hands are strapped to the arms, his
4 hA Of and
a small steel cap, in which is a wet
sponge, is fitted over the top OF his
head. His trousers are slit at the
knees so that two little wires can
come in contact with the skin.
Executioneer Behind Screen.
A signal is given. The executioner
behind a screen, pulls a lever, and
the body plunges forward, strainine
hard at the straps. AS long as the
current is on the convicted man IL
elevated In the air. At the end oil
one minute the current is turned OF
and the condemned sinks back limp
lily in the leather seat. Physicians
then step forward, feel the pulse and
listen to the heart beats.
A faint flutter of the pulse and an
other signal is given. The current II
again applied and again the bod,
plunges forward. There is no SOUND
In the room except the creaking o.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-31
CHEAPER THAN WATER.

II has been ascertained that the
streets OF Hickman can be oiled
cheaper than sprinkled with water.
according TO the sprinkling rates as
charged heretofore.
We take one business house on
Clinton street for example. This firm
has "a square yards as their half of
the street In front of the building,
and pay 75c a month for water sprink
ling. making total of 1915 for the
season.
Crude oil can be put on the same
% yards for Csc per application, or
$l.36 for the season. two applications
being sufficient for the season. Or.
II. for the sake or argument, II re-
quired an application OF oil each
month. it would still be cheaper. as
II would cost only csc against 75c.
The Courier doesn't claim to be au-
thority on the results obtained from
oiling the streets, but many towns
using IL are very enthusiastic over tn
results.
| Cashier Reed, of the Hickman
Bank. wrote last week to the Mayor
of Greenyille. Miss, where oil is used
asking what he thought OF IT,. Follow.
ing Is his reply;
Greenville, Miss,
March, rs. 1910.
Mr.. w. c. Reed.
Hickman. Ky.
Dear Sir:
Replying TO yours OF the 23rd inst,
will say that about six months ago
we tried 5000 gallons No. Standard
Asphalt Road Oil on our streets and
that our city council and citizens were
so well satisfied with the experiment
that tie council contracted for five
tank cars OF Oil. aggregating about
81, 900 gallons; 10000 of which has
been received and put on the streets,
and the balance is ON the way.
Our experience is that 1t will keep
down the dust for four or five months
and think that several applications
will permanently improve the road
bed. These applications TO be made
at longer intervals as they are repeat
ed.
II takes about half gallon OF oil to
} the square yard for the first applica-
ton. and less thereafter. This oil
costs us sac per gallon {. o. b.
Greenville, and about one-fourth of a
cent per gallon TO distribute.
For the experiment the Standard
OIL Co. furnished an expert to put on
the oil. We use our water sprinkling
wagons, taking off the water sprink-
ling apparatus and using simple de-
vice suggested by the expert, which
was made and put on the wagons by
+ our local foundry. This appliance is
4 made of 4-inch pipe and perforated
{ with much larger holes than for waite
a as the oil is too heavy to flo~
{ through the water sprinkler.
The Standard Oil Co. will send an
: expert TO your city, and l have re
quested them TO do so.
Yours truly.
VIM. Yarger, Mayor.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-03-31

The federal grand jury at Chicago
has indicted the National Packing Co.
and ten subsidiary concerns for vio-
lating the antitrust law for combin-
ing to control the price Of meats.
The effect will be to dissolve the Ma
tional Packing Co., but mark our pre-
diction, the trust will be doing busi-
ness at the old stand the next time
you hear from them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-30
AFRO RAMS A PARk CART,
a1,y Driver badly Hurt. Mrs. NeC enihe
and Hee Daughter Bruised.

Thomas 0adney. a laborer IN Central
Park. VIVA loading his cart with rubbph
on the East Drive near SIXTY second
street Yesterday afternoon. An auto
mobile struck the cart with one wheel
and toppled cart. horse and GaTney
% yer a six foot terrace
The cart landed On Carney. pinning
him 20 the ground. The auto slowed
around until tn front hung over tins
terrace, hut Il did not fall.
Ths car belongod 20 Mrs, 81. T.
nc, Onihs OF IL Fast SixtlsJn street
With her was her daughter Mira. Grace
OrtOn. Both wonlen were bruised and
were cut by glass. Mrs. McConihs
| tainted.
The Overturned cart was lifted OF tbs
PROSTATE Carney by a policeman and a
park IAboT-F fs was taken to Bellovus
I Hospital with broken ribs and intsrna
INJURIES. Meanwhile Mrs McConihs had
revived. She and her daughter went
hOms in a cab. Thsir own physiciaE
was called In.
This chauffeur, c. ". Berry. was ar
rested and held by Magistrate Bresr
/ in the Yorkvills court on a charge ol
assault to await ths outcome Of 0annSy'u
| injuries.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-30
SNOWSTORMs IN THE WEST.
Trains stalled In WyosninG sandstorm
In New Mexico.

DENvER. March %. The heaviest snow
storm since last Decsmbsr has been
raging all day IN Wyoming. the fall being
nearly three feet already and the storm
still going on The gale which accom-
panles IL has filed all cuts and the rail-
roads are completely tied up.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down and u - difficult TO get trace Of
stalled trains. Two passenger trains
are snOwbOund at small stations west
Of CHEYENNE where the Union Pacific
enters the mountains
With only ON. wire working TO the
East the Western Union has hsen hAdly
crippled all day and tonight has no
company WAS crippled all day. but to-
night has good service 20 IN. Fast
The storm beRAn last night. In New
Mexico "A hurricane blew during the day
and clouds Of sand tore down telegraph
and Telephone lines so lady that last
night there was only ons wire working
bet ween Denver and santa Fe Snow
followed during the night, with snow ana
rain to-day.
Heavy rain began falling IN Denver last
night and changed 20 snow before morn
ing. Ia has heen showing Internationally
III day. and the fall ~ heavy tonight
hut IL melts nearly a. fast a. IL falls, the
weather not being cold
SALT LAKF. Utah, March a seventy
mile gale here to-day CAUSED much
damage. Great Salt Lake was very rough
and the Luchion cutoff was again dis-
a bled. Traffic on the Southern and West
en Pacific railroads WAS badly hampered.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-30
ALIAs JIMMY VALENTINE WINS.
American Piay Preduced In Looden
Audience and Critics Pleased.

.lpsetai Cabts Despatch 70 TuB SrS.
LONDON. March 2s.--AliAs Jimmy VAL
entlne' scored n big success at the Comedy
Theatre tonight. II was played by .
mixed American and English company.
Gerald Du AlAnrier in tho title ROE did
excellent work. but Guy Standing a.
Dstectirs Doyle made the hit Of the piece.
Alexandra Carlisle played Rose Lane
The audience, although somewhat pux-
lied by the many Americanisms. took
up all the points. applauding vigorously
az the final fall Of the curtain. with no
dissenting voices from pat OF gallery.
The crttlcs are unusually unanimous
In their approval. The Morning Post
says IL IL a meiodramA certainly. but q
orr ght, vivid and clever mslodFama, and
has the great quality Of beng written 50
fast that there IN hardly ever TINS Ia stop
and question the standard. Judged as a
drama IL IL open 90 every shaft Of crit
cism, but considered a. an entertainment
u IN very good fun. A wildly romantic
story II rendered attractive by admirable
little character sketches and effective
dialogue. Il will likely enjoy a long and
successful life.
The Daily 0rapAie saws IL 10 one 81
the best and most ingenious detective
romances seen in London. There have
been many complaints that American
plays are not appreciated here. but melo-
dramas as good a. this will always find a
warm welcome.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-30
HUDSON RIVER TUBES

at first aud tho little beasts did some graAt
tugging. but Il was hard going. sir
Ernest didn't elaborate much on that
pha... % it, but you could spot trouble In
the pictures. Ono by one the ponies
dropped into crevasses or died from one
thing or another. until the men had 20 do
all the pulling.
The great glacier that showed them n
pathway through the mountains was a
find az fr~t They called IL tho Golden
Pathway whan they first found IL, but
they called IL other thing. lator. IL was
full Of CreVassss. 80 bad that on ono day
they made only en- yards. Up the glacier
they mounted steadily To q height OF 1900
feet. The only square meal they had Tor
days was ON Christmas Day. and that.
said Sir Ernest. only lasted thirty minutes.
lWlt was on that day too that he reAlized
he couldn't make the pole. He put the
problem up to his three followers. They
were gam" enough to say they were will
ing To take u chance. but they agreed that
the attempt would be suicidal.
They decided to keep on until january
y. and On THAI day they planted the Union
Jack that the Queen Of England had en-
trusted to Sir Ernest on u point that was
about as near ~ - south IN Instruments
could determine. They were 50 starved
going back that they thought Of nothing
bat things to eat. They found the body
of one of the ponies. and although u was
in ND condition to touch they had to eat
from IL. For eight days. on account OF
that pony. they were laid up very SICK
men.
For the most Of tho time. day by day.
they had thr.e-aneriers q = renntktn
Of pony meat and four biscuits. When
ever anybody dropped a crumb six pairs
Of eyes would gsAm frrociously AZ the
bit OF biscuit and never a cruEnb was
lost. Sometimes u had to he picked up
by mointening a finger.
II was great when they made the first
depot and had a square meal. and greater
still when they tramped weakly into
winter quarters and had a good gorge.
The rest OF tho story described their
reception az Dover The audience laughed
at the solsmn Mayor making a speoch-
the kinetoscopo machine showed him In
all his plumaee. surrounded by the adj
hiring British public and az Shackelton's
fused manner as he replied and called
up his companions to be introduced.
We had 60 listen to each other. you
know said Sir Ernest.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-30
KLEIN DIDN'T GO TO PRISON
TittsiBurg's Confe@sinE CRATER Gets n
stay Grand JuFy's Days Work.


SLAP Grand JuTy's Days work
PITTsBuRo. March 20 Pittsburg's brib-
cry scandal took a humorous turn this
evening when Councilman John Klein re-
fused 10 60 % Riverside Peniteniiary to
begin his sentence OF ~ years
On request Of District Attorney BiakeIey
the commitment for Klein was made ready
by tho Court. but Klein. displaying much
temper. declared he was being imposed
on. list he had been promised that b.,
would bs protected and not sent n River
side Immediately after his confession
In some way klsin managed u get the
commitment st ASIDE ard 10 ~ announced
that hs will not % sent 70 Riverside unit
after the graft Grand Jury finishes it,
work.
Councilman Charles stewart reappsareC
AZ the Grand Jury door. having bsen sen
for by District Attorney Blakelsy. 4
was almost tw o hours before Stew art cam
out Ills face wAs bioodless and he rssss,,
a. he walked. being supported out %
the court house on the arm Of a friend. ]
" said that Stewart with the threat OI
| Nenty year sentence hanging over hin
told the name OF the Pittsburg man " h,
handed him tbs brtbe money At the Hote
Imperial. Nov YORK
0ffIcers OF the wOrkingmsn's Saving
\ and Trust Company we're grillsd 10y tn
| Grand Jury to-day Attorney Will
McsrOOk, u direOtor. and President Emit
| Winter wsre before the jury A. W
Mellon. Pittsburg . richest man. a membe
| oi the directorate. n an Europe.
| The unusual bail Of 5000 was de
manded to-day by the Court for Council
man Hugh Ferguson.
/ The Civic Voters League to-day sen
out S,OOO invitations 10 business men q
meet In the Opposition Building next Fri
day night "a further The move Of cleaning
! Ptttsburg morally.
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N-SCTENTIST FOUND DEAD.
4 Healer sG Her FAIth DiseoNered BscV q
NJ Pnrusm @maz- Called M Doeter.

Mrs. Margaret Candy. 20 years old. was
found dead in her apartment At 5i0 West
Thirty eighth street yesterday morning
by Morgan l.. Bloom. q Christian ScisnOs
practitioner. who was one q her dodgers.
Bloom told the police that he found Mrs.
Candy on the hal! floor a little after mid
~ ght and carried her into her Eoosa. Sss
appeared "a he M. A. Mrs. Candy was a
Christian Scientist also he did not call a
physician la the afternoon he went 20
Mrs CAnby's room TO Sc how she was and
found her dead.
Coroner's Physician Schulazs investi-
gated the case and signed a death ceFtif-
cate He said death was caused by pneu-
MONA.
reported the death To the police.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-30
Murdered MANS VIE Called BefoS'
CSFsssT's I=sy.

CHICAGO. March -. Detsctives we're
sent 90 ~. Charles. H.. to-day from
the Office 81 Coroner Hoffman 20 get Peter
Peterson or Reilly. formerly goodman
for Congressman william J. Monkey. 70
answer questions in connection with ths
murder % Alexander Moody. secretary
- the Moody 4 Waters COmpany. with
ar-..nic on February 20
-ubBrna also has bssn issued for
Mr. Moody. widow Of ths murdered man
- apI.-1r b"fOT" the cOroner's jury April
~