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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-03-31
Commissioners
Proceedings
CONTINUED from First page)

Co.. OF Grand Forks. for five thous-
and dollars of the county sinking
fund be accepted and approved. Mo-
ton seconded by Com. Abbott and
carried, all members voting in the
Affirmative.
Moved by Com. Glein that the APP
plication for abatement of taxes OF
Percy J. Neelands be accepted for
the reason that he was not the owner
of the piano at the time o. the as
sessment, and that the auditor be
and he is hereby instructed to strike
of the tax of the piano from the tax
books Motion seconded by Com.
Abbott and carried. all members vot-
ing in the affirmative.
Com. Lokensgard moved for the
adoption of the following resolution:
Whereas, the assessment book for
township ISL, range 81, in some in
stances shows that there is double
assessment Of structures, be 1t
Resolved, That the auditor be and
he is hereby instructed to make the
proper correction on the books of all
unpaid taxes. Motion seconded by
Com. Abbott and carried, all members
voting in the affirmative.
Moved by Com. Lokensgard that
the following monthly statement of
fees and disbursements of G.. S. Rel
shus, register of deeds, for the month
of February, 1910, be approved. Mo-
ton seconded by Com. Abbott and car
ried.
Register Of Deeds Report No. g.
To the Honorable Board Of County
Commissioners:
herewith submit to you my report
As register of deeds OF Ward county.
for the month Of February. 1910: ~:
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-03-31

Postal stamps ............... $500
plat Index record -. ..... 1925
Mtge records Nos. 176, III
17s, 17e, 100 -. -. -. :. 1000
deed record No. g. -. ..... 400
2 Gross pen points 80. %. -. 1926
dozen large blotters ..... .. 40
dozen Mikado lead pencils :. As
quart black ink .............. 40
Salary including register, de-
putty and IA clerks 80. ...1,262.26
Surplus credit 80. %. 900. 1888
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-03-31

SAV OOAV Az SAAO 80 Va TYSSSsSS " -.
C. f. Truax and ]. w. Samuelson
as sureties be accepted and the chair
man be authorized to sign said con-
tract. Motion seconded by Com. Lo-
keneearu and carried.
Moved BY Com. LokensEard that the
Sawyer State Bank be allowed $500
seed grain money ~ deposits. in I'D.
dition to the $1,500O0 that they now
have, which is covered by the bond
Of 100000 now on file in the auditors
office. Motion seconded by Com.
Glein and carried.
Moved by Com. Abbott that the
board adjourn to 2 O'clock p. m.
Motion seconded by Com. Lokens-
gard and carried.
Afternoon Session.
The board met at 2 o'clock p. m.
as per adjournment. Present Com
missioners Amundson, Lokensgard,
Glein and Abbott. Chairman Amund-
son in the chair.
Moved by Com. Lokensgard that the
application for abatement Of taxes Of
Rachel 3. Runkel ON the northwest
quarter Of section 81, township 1853,
range 90. be accepted for the reason
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Moved by Com. Abbott that the ap.
plication for abatement Of taxes Of
Olaf A. Olson, on the south half Of
ss.e northeast quarter Of Sec. 3. Twp.
1855, Rye. SO, for the year 1899 in
the sum Of 81. 3S. be rejected for the
reason that said taxes have never
been paid. Motion seconded By Com
Hurd and carried.
Moved by Com. Glein that the fol-
lowing applications for trec bounty be
accepted AZ follows: Motion second
ed by Com. Abbott and carried.
Ole H. Olson, acres.
Nels p. Nelson, 4 acres.
John skordal, ~ acres.
Gust Bjorhman, 1 acres.
w. D. Brown, ~ acres.
Carl Matson, 1 acre.
Albert v. Asplund, 3 acres.
T. H. Southam, acres.
Bonnie H. Olson, acres.
Mrs. Annie Fielder, 8 acres.
Waldo Clark, acre.
johnson S. Johnson, acres.
Aria Bowen, acres.
John Laumeur, l acre.
L. A. Trudell, 1 acre.
w. S. Cook, l acre.
Thomas Rowan, 1 acre.
Anton Ness, l acre.
VIM. Strycker, l acre.
Nels Nelson, acres.
VIM. Dalgarno, 2 acres.
F.. A. Hazlett, acre.
Cora E. Stromswald, l acre.
Bonnie Breeding, 2 acres.
Arthur Getchell, acre.
Edwin X. Livingston, 11s acres.
Christ Anderson, ~ acres.
James Mcclure, l acre.
Frank Bowen, acres.
Bernhard Skordahl, acres.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
DOVE OF PEACE
Is EATING RICE
Chinese Tonss Have Agreed Not to
Xiii Each Other Any
More.

NEW YORK, Dec. 3o.-There is
peace today among the Tongs, not
only in New York, but all over the
United States. The gun men have
been ordered back to the laundry tub.
The highbinders are squelched In
New York Chinatown as we'll as in ev-
cry other city there is rejoicing.
The On Leong and Four Brothers
tongs have been at peace before, but
only temporary Today's peace is to
be everlasting and the rice cups
have been drained in celebration.
Two high officials from the Chinese
legation at Washington witnessed
the signing of the treaty of peace.
Under the terms of peace, each tong
agrees to turn murderers over to the
Chinese Merchants Association which
I will deliver the criminals over to the
J officers. Each tong will pay it's debts
and all gambling debts will be paid
promptly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
MAXINE ELLIOTT
REFUSED HIM
Actor Frank Worthins erieved Him
self to Death For Love of the
Beautiful American
Actress.
-
,ss1sSssS
HEART WAS BROKEN
Pathetic and Romantic Story is Told
of the Man Who Expired Be-
fore the Curtain Was
Raised.

NEW YORK, Dec. so.-"Poor Frank
Worthing! They say consumption
killed him, but it wasn't so. it was
love. know there is an old saying
that love never kills anyone, but it
killed Frank Worthing just the
same"
1t was one Of the friends of the
actor who dropped dead on the stage
Of theatre in Detroit who said this
at the Lambs club, and the state
ment was supported by other mem
bers of the club.
Worthing, who was one OF the best
known leading men in America, was
with Grace Georges company play
ing Sauce for the Goose" and was
stricken with a hemorrhage Just as
the play was about to begin at the
Garrick theatre in Detroit. He died
in a few minutes.
Maxine Elliott is the woman Wor-
things friends refer to.
About a dozen years ago Worthing
and Maxine Elliott were members of
stock company in San Francisco of
which r. Daniel Frawley was the
head Frawley at that time was
! known as the "Frohman Of the Pa.
cifc coast"
Worthing, according to his friends
! became deeply attached to Miss Eli
lott and it was generally believed thai
i she favored his suit. It was con
fidentialIy expected that they Woult
be married at the end Of their firs
season together.
4 Just before the Frawley seasol
closed, however, Nat Goodwin ap
peared in San Francisco and me
Miss Elliott 1t was case of low
at first sight with him, just as it ha'
been with Frank Worthing.
After the play Mr.. Goodwin me
Miss Elliott and offered her pos
tion as leading woman In his ow'
company at large salary. Miss e
lott was ambitious. Mr.. Goodwi
was the leading comedian OF tn
country, and SO she left the Frawle
t company and Joined the Goodwi
: forces Shortly after that she d.
a came Mrs Nat Goodwin No. 3. He
1 rise to stardom and her divorce froI
c Goodwin are more recent history.
9 Worthing left Frawley soon afte
}, Miss Elliott did, and the fellow men
}, bers of the company said he we
/ heart-broken. He had been despe
d ately in love with Miss Elliott witho'
doubt, and he began to drink hea
e lily. BY not taking care of himse
$, Worthing, it is declared developed II
l. disease which killed him.
n The body has been shipped to Ne
Al York and was met met by delegate
e from the Lambs club. The funer
services were held today at the u
tie Church Around the Corner"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
NEWSPAPER REPORTERS
IN THE WAR
Secretary Knox Would Like to See
War With Only the Reporters at
the Front.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.-Secretary
of state Knox was in a warlike mood.
Following a visit to the white house
he declared he was in favor OF taking
Japan on first for three fast rounds
of the bloodiest sot of fighting me
secretary had long talk with tne
president. He seemed hardly prepared
for the onslaught of the reporters ds
he reached the executive Office doors.
"Do YOU favor a war with Japan &
he was asked. The secretary smiled
grimly.
~ do favor 1t" he replied, Pro
vided. however" he added, that there
are no soldiers on either side excep'
newspaper reporters.
"Haye you an particular fayol7te'
in the profession you would IKE te
nut in the front rank some on'
asked
.No." said the secretary, = an
NOT playing any favorites. Put en-
all in the front ranks. love tnen
all"
"why did the state department SUI
nress the report of an attack on VIC
Consul Williamson BY two Japanes
and Chinaman at Dalny. Mancnn'
| "a q, asked particularly brazen youn
newspaper man.
"All / know about that" answere :
tba secretary. 'is what read in t'
No for
newspapers this morning. lnerelor
/ / don't believe it Is true
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
Death of Dan coushln in Honduras
Whore he Rad Fled to Escape
the Hands of the II
inois Law.
BURIED BY AMERICANS
Price Was Set Upon His Head Yet He
Wanted to Come Back Home to
Die In the United
States.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. S0.--Dan
Coughlin, a member of the American
colony of exiles in Honduras, is dead,
Advices to this effect have reached
New Orleans from San Pedro, Hondu-
ras. The source of information is alb
solutely reliable and there Is no aues-
tion about the truthfulness of the re-
port.
Coughlin was one of the most no
torious fugitives in Honduras. He
was wanted by the state of Illinois
and reward of several thousand dol
lars was offered for his arrest and
delivery into custody OF an Illinois
officer.
Several years ago Coughlin became
involved in a jury-ixing scandal at
Chicago and the authorities OF that
city made the situation so hot for him
he fled. He was arrested at Mobile,
Ala. but gave. the officers the slip
and succeeded In escaping to Hondu-
ras on Norwegian steamship.
Coughlin has been In i'll health for
the last year and the news Of his death
did not cause any surprise here. A
few months ago he made proposition
to the authorities at Chicago to re-
/ turn and turn states evidence on the
| guarantee that he would be granted
/ immunity from prosecution, but the
| offer was rejected.
Coughlin realized his lifc was near.
ing an end and he wished to die at
home. When his offer to turn states
evidence was rejected his health
failed rapidly until he passed away
i He died pauper Americans IN Hon
duras raised funds by subscription 10
4 pay his funeral expenses.
Z Two decades ago Coughlin was one
of the central figures in the noted
Cronin case at Chicago. DR.. Cronin
. was beaten to death and his body
was thrown into a sewer. Coughlin
was arrested ON charge of complici-
i ty in tthe crime, but was freed by
: the Illinois supreme court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
new YEAR GIFT
FROM RAILROADS
Ten Per Cent Wage increase for the
Conductors and Tralnmen on
Fifty Western
Roads.
10000 MEN MADE HAPPY
Engineers Get Their Raise Just Be-
fore Christmas and Now Nearly
Every EmpIoye is Made
Glad.

CHICAGO. H., Dec. 3o.--Fifty West. /
ern railroad systems last night pre-
sented $4,000 conductors and train
men with welcome and not entirely |
unsolicited New Years gift in the I
form of a 10 per cent wage increase. |
The raise in the wage scale, which will
cost the railroads upwards of s5,O0O,- |
600 during 1911 and in succeeding
years. came at the end of series of
conferences between the labor Of
ficials and the railroad representa-
tives. Coming as it did on the heels
OF the 10 per cent granted the loco
motive engineers the day before
Christmas, at a cost of s4000,000 an
nually, the latest wage adjustment
showed the roads in the role of
Santa Claus.
Additional significance was given to
the yielding to the demands of the
conductors in that it marked the end
| of national campaign for higher
/ wages OH the part of the Order of
/ Railway Conductors and the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen. Through
| efforts of their leaders, the men have
4 succeeded in getting total wage in
creases Of 35,G00,000 from the roads.
The agreement which was reached af-
fects the Illinois Central system and a
half hundred other systems between
d it and the Pacific coast. Negotiations
y were begun on November % and con
ferences have been held almost daily
Questions of rules at first were in
volved, but the demands Of the mer
at last simmered down to the most
potent factor-the wage increase
When the agreement WAS signed the
rules were forgotten and settlement
was made straight through on the II
per cent raise basis. A. B. Garretson
president of the Order of Railway Con
ductors, and w G. Lee, president 0
the brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
signed the agreement in behalf 0
the men, and committee of ten
headed by A. w. Trenholm, represent
ing the general managers.
Though special attention was no
directed toward bringing the Canat
ian roads into line, the Canada
8 Northern agreed to the proposition G
L the trainmen The Canadian Pacifi
: Railways representatives also wer
ready to grant 10 per cent increas'
but employees Of that particular lin'
seeing a possibility Of even more Il
= vorable terms of agreement, decline
tentatively to accept the offer.
Men affected by the increase al
= passenger and freight conductor
aagmen and baggagemen. Practice
ly every class of men ernf4oyed G
moving trains outside the mechanic
% % departments are better off by u
!, agreement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
Hoxsey Flew Over Mount Wilson, the
Highest Peak Which Towers
Over the Orange
Belt
ARMY MULE USELESS
Achievement Shows How Easy it
Would be to Transport an Army
Of Men Over the
Mountains.

LOS ANGELES, Calf. Dec. 30.-
Arch Hoxsey, holder of the world
aeroplane altitude record--11.74O feet
flew over Mount Wilson, the high
est peak of the range that rims the
valley in which Los Angeles, Pasade-
ma and the towns of the orange belt
lie. Under ideal weather conditions
he scared 1O,005 feet, and cleared the
crest of Mount Wilson with 1900 feet
to spare.
Lieut.. Vernon Boiler and several
other army officers predicted the
early relegation of the army mule as
an essential in scaling heights. Lieut..
Boiler said thousand biplanes could
transport an army Of 10000 men
across mountains as high as the Alps
! in day.
Hoxsey used heavy Wright BIZ
plane, equipped for passenger service,
and he made the journe.- from the
/ field to a point beyond the mountains IN
one hour and twenty-eight minutes.
The distance is estimated at thirty
four miles. He passed over the Carne-
gle Solar Observatory.
ut was fearfully cold" said Hox-
sey, rand when ] got to point just
1 above the summit / found that the
haze, which obscured the mountains
from the aviation field, was heavy
4 pail OF yapcr filled with fine ice par
ticles that stung my face. am Ger
: tain the temperature was far below
zero
Just before the close of the after
noon events Hubert Latham, the
French aviator, nearly lost his life II
: an attempt to save Glen Martin
the California novice, when the lattel
lost control of his machine and wa'
blown into fence by twenty-mil'
wind.
Two or three thousand men and wo
men were within few feet of MAI
tin when he dashed into the Wir
l fence. The Frenchman caught hold 0
the machine and tried to turn it ava
: from the fence, but he miscalculate
its speed and vas dashed to tn
1 ground. The running gear, whic
d weighs 900 pounds, missed Latham
: face by few inches. Martin was hur
Z ed over the fence, but got up unlnJu
ed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
VAUGHN TRIAL
CALLED MONDAY
kirksviIle Murder Case May go on
Trial at Lancaster Next
Week

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. Dec. 30.-Dr. F.
P. Young of Los Angeles who pre-
scribed strychnine tablets for Prof.
J. I. Vaughn, has returned to Kinks
Vile for visit with relatives and to
testify in the Vaughn-Hall murder
case, should it be called next Monday
at Lancaster.
DR.. Young's deposition was taken
last fall by attorneys for the defense
but he probably will testify in person
if the trial begins while he is in this
section of the country.
Adair county officials say they have
served no subpoenas for witnesses
for the state, indicating that the at
torneys expect a continuance wheI
Judge Shelton convenes the adjourn
ed term, January 3
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
Reyolutionaries Have Begun Their
Campaign for Terrorist Out
break all Over the Cold
Country.
.ABoR IS RESTLESS
The Real Leaders Are Keeping Out
Of the Hands of the Police While
the Coming Trouble
is Brewing.

ST. PETERSBURG, Via Frontier,
Dec. 30.-The reyolutionaries who
took steps recently to work up ter
rorist outbreak out of the widespread
manifestation of discomfort which fol-
lowed Count Tolstoi's death, have be-
gun their campaign
Workingmen all over Russia are
presenting grievances to their en-
ployers and demanding increases in
wages. together with shorter hours
and better working conditions. The
movement is too general and is ap-
pearing in too many places at once
to leave any doubt that there is
single central influence behind it.
The true explanation is that the
revolutionaries appreciate that they
are numerically too weak to act ef-
fectively unless the working classes
generally cooperate with them. 1t is
evident that they have secured pledges
/ of cooperation from the workingmen's s
leaders, though the rank and file may
not appreciate the seriousness of the
! struggle upon which they are enter
ing.
Accompanying the demands made
upon each employer is threat Of a
strike in the event of noncompliance
4 and inasmuch as it is certain that
| nine-tenths of the employers will dis
regard their mems demands, there is
sure to be an epidemic of walkouts.
1t is at this point that resort to
terroristic tactics is expected. The
revolutionists are believed to have
made all arrangements for supplying
the strikers with arms and explosives
together with experts in their use, tc
take the lead in the work of destruc
ton The genera impression is thai
the intention is to strike a desperate
blow for the actual overthrow of the
present government
There is no question that the author
tiles are much alarmed. Arrests arr
being made by wholesale in st. Pet
ersburg, Moscow, Kieff. Odessa AM
!. dozens of other towns, but apparentl.
the men who are really wanted ar
keeping out of the way with re
markable cleyerness. Apparentl
their policy is to advertise the revol
as widely as possible in advance
partly as a means of exciting the pee
pie, partly by way of harrassing tn
police and partly for the purpose c
driving the government to repressiv
measures which will anger tn
masses to the extent of making thel
easy for the revolutionists to urge int
acts of violence.
The conspiracy has thus far bee
the most ably engineered and prom
ises to be the most formidable VII
which the car has ever had to dea
Not only do the city working classe
9 seem likely to rise almost TO ma
but discomfort is also reported amor
9 the peasantry of the rural als'rlc
and if the revolt becomes serious, ~
J; land and Poland are sure to JOIN IT,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
CAN UNDERSTAND
MOVING PICTURES
New Plan to be Tried on Missouri
Legislators to Make Them
See Properly.

KANSAS CITY. Dec. 30 -Stereop-
tican lectures by experts as substi-
tute to written messages is part OF
Gov Hadleys plan of enlightening
the state legislature as to the needs
OF state institutions.
He says experience has proved that
written messages are not very Ell
fective, the legislature not being IA
miliar with what the requests for
money mean and are not appreciated
Il have concluded he says, that
the best way is to have the men who
are doing the work appear and tel
the legislators about II. ] have sug
gested that they appear and tell o
their work, using moving pictures
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
Richard Garfield, King of Gamblers,
Has Quit, Just Because His Lit
tile Daughter Asked
Him To.
CANNOT BE TEMPTED
Nothing Stronger Than Bridge Whist
Now For the Man Who Bucked.
the Tiger for Many
Years.

NEW YORK, Dec. o0.--The title OF
.King OF Gamblers, once held by
Richard Garfield, may be had by any
one for the asking. The throne has
been abdicated by Canfield-who
never again will seek to regain his
crown. He is through with games OF
chance, forever, and is not going to
Cuba, Mexico or any place else to
open a gambling place-frequent
newspaper reports to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Il am not to receive a gambling
concession from President Gomez,
nor would accept one from there or
anywhere else, even as gitt,' said
Garfield a few days ago.
The limit of his operations now is
to take hand at bridge. He is con-
! tent to spend his time with his family
| in Providence or in New York
where he may BE seen almost any
day at Delmonico's.
| Whoever the Americans are that
want a concession to run a Monte
| Carlo in Cuba, Garfield is not one O
/ them. There is no question that he is
really through with gambling. He is
rich enough to have everything he
wants, and long ago tired of taking
4 chances with the law and being con
stantly before the public as law
\ breaker,
4 There was time when Canfielt
thought of embarking in his own pect
, liar business abroad, but he has NJ
, such thought now.
:, after the raid on my place her
in New York" said he, Il was Offer
J, ed salary of $4,000 a year to mar
: age a gambling casino in one of th
most famous and exclusive resorts Q
Europe.
Il was sorely tempted to take it, a
my business here seemed to be killed
: and as the casino would have on it
g board of directors men whose name
: are prominent in society, finance an
j even in royal circles
.And why didn't you?' he was asl
g ed
= Because a little 12-year-old gi
y asked me not to. She thought ha
t reputation enough in that direction
,, do you mind telling who the ii
, tie girl was?'
e Certainly not-my daughter
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
MRS. STETsoN
BELIEVES IN IT
Makes Positive Statement That mrs
Eddy viii Rise From the
Dead.

NEW YORK. Dec. so.-The positive
statement of Mrs. Stetson that Mrs
Mary Baker C. Eddy will rise from
the dead to prove there is life after
daatb is expected to have serious
effect upon the cult not only IN TINS
city. but throughout the world :
NEW YORK, Dec. So.-Eugene IL.
COY Of the Christian Science churcn
- New York has issued an Official
statement saying his followers 40 nol
believe the statement of Mrs. ste'son
reyarding the appearing of Mrs. Ed
dy from the dead.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
Iowa City Liquor War.

IOWA CITY, Dec. o.-The Iowa
City Civic League will decide al a big
banquet whether to continue its
fight against the Iowa City saloons
by an immediate attack on the board
Of supervisors ruling in reference to
the petition of consent and appealing
to higher authorities, or to let the
matter go until the saloonists come
up again for re-signing the petition
when the present license expires.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
creston Liquor Men.

CRESTON. Dec. 3o.--The liquor
men here have filed suit In the district
court TO have their saloon petition of
consent re-counted Thes claim the
petition contains the names Of the ma
ioritv of the voters The board Of
supervisors and the Citizens league
are made defendants in the suit.
which comes up in the January term
Of court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-12-30
SPAIN TO SWALLOW
UP PORTUGAL
Annexation of the New Republic
Would Please the Imperial
Governments Of Europe.

LONDON. Dec. so. The annexation
of the republic OF Portugal by Spain
is imminent. Spain has massed
many troops along the border The
Marquis Savorel. former premier of
Portugal. held conference with King
George on the subject today. The
imperial governments of Europe look
with favor on any plans to crush the
new republic