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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-12
Comet
Discovered In The Heavens
By A Preacher

Cambridge, Mass, August 11-Dis-
covery of comet by Rev. Joel H. Met
calf at Taunton was announced at the
Harvard College University today. The
discovery was made yesterday in right
ascension 16 hours, 10 minutes, declin-
alton Is degrees, 20 minutes, moving
southwest. Position estimated.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-12
READY FOR CHAM
PIONSHIP REGATTA

Washington, q. G., Aug. 11--Boat
crews and individual oarsmen from
many points in the United States and
Canada are arriving here to take part
in the thirty-eighth annual regatta of
the National association of Amateur
oarsmen, which is to be rowed over
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-12

Master James Tishe and Master
John Rogers went to Waterford Thurs
day morning TO spend several days
with their aunt, Mrs, Kirby,
MIR. ana Mrs. Clinton Mckinley left
this afternoon for Buffalo and Niagara
Fails, N. Y.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-12
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: OBITUARY :
Robert D. MurphY

Robert ID. Murphy died at his home
at five-thirty o'clock after several
days Illness He was one year old
and was the son of Mr.. and Mrs. AL
bert Murphy. The funeral at the house
Friday morning at eleven o'clock. In
terment at Calvary cemetery.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-12
Ralph w. Rine

Ralph, the nlne-months-old son of
MIR. and Mrs. Stephen Rine, died at
the home of his parents on East Gam
bier street Wednesday afternoon, af-
vived by his parents.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-12

Every time we hear that We should
love our enemies, it makes us mad;
we don't accept the doctrine. You
don't; no one does,
The new hobble skirt is the extreme
opposite. Of the hoop skirt. Also it's
an eye'opener
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-12
Benner-Vernon
Wedding

Word was received in the city
Thursday of the marriage of Mr. Will
liam d. Benner to Miss Minnie Rach-
ell Graft, daughter of Mrs. Della Yer
non Graft which occurred at Canton.
O.. on Wednesday, August 10. The
bride is former resident of Mt. Yer
non and has large circle of friends
here. She was former teacher in the
Mt Vernon public schools. Mr.. and
Mrs. Benner will reside at Canton!
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-12
Entertain
With Dance

With Dance
The members of the Beta Phi fra
ternity entertained with a dancing par
ty at the Hiawatha Park dancing pavil
ion Tuesday evening. About thirty
couples were in attendance and a
splendid time was enjoyed by all. The
out of town guests were the follow
ing Miss Curry of Iowa, Miss Helen
Critchfield of Columbus, Miss Jordan
of Greeley, Col, Miss Helen Wright,
Miss Frye and Mr.. Harry Doolittle of
Gambler, Miss Loney of Norwalk, o.,
Miss Cargill of Springfield, MissAgner
of Cynthiana, KY, Miss Reeber of
Sandusky, Ohio, Miss Rowley of West
erville, Ohio.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-12
RECOVERY


Aoboken, Aug. II Mayor Gayuor ut
9:43 o'clock this mornins passed tha
iShour crisis,
No indication Of septic Io,soning
was apparent and it was said at ST.
Mary. hospital The patients recovery
rs now believed practically assured.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-12
C0ciety
~ News
Entertained
Young Folks

Mrs. II. F. Hitner of West High
street delightfully."- entertained num-
Der of the boy and girl friends of Mas
ter John Hitner on Thursday after
noon, the occasion being in honor of
his seventh birthday anniversary. A
very pleasant afternoon was spent
and refreshments were served.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-12

II, legally speaking bleached flour
is admteratod, what shall be said Of
20 pvroNide blonde?
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-08-12

BANNER WANT ADS PAY
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
AGED MAN IS INJURED
Sutfragettes Attack Chief Sec.
rotary for Ireland.

london, Nov. 24.-The rioting of the
suffragettes, which began with an at
tack on Premier Asquith, continued
throughout the night. Driven from
one district 20 many of the women as
escaped arrest would gather at an.
other point and renew the battle.
Advancing under cover of the fog
a militant band circumvented the pc
lice and stcrmed the Asquith residence
in Downing street. They hurled
stones and metal weights at the house,
breaking the glass in all Of the lower
windows.
Earlier in the night the women
smashed the windows in the homes of
Secretary Grey of the foreign office,
Lewis Harcourt, secretary of state for
the colonies, and Winston Spencer
Churchill, the home secretary.
Augustine Birrell, the veteran chief
secretary for Ireland, was the victim
Of the most vicious and serious as.
sault. AS a result Of injuries from
blows and kicks the aged statesman
is confined to his bed and under the
care of physicians. He has been com
PEELED to cancel all immediate private
and official engagements.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
CRIPPEN IS EXECUTED
Hanged in London for the Muir.
der Of His Wife,

London, Nov. 24.-Dr. Hawley Har.
vey Crippen was hanged in the yard of
the Pentonville prison for the murder
of his wife, Belle Gilmore, the actress.
The announcement of the execution
from the prison vas accompanied by
the official statement that DR.. Crippen
made no statement or confession what
soever before being hanged.
Father Carey, who has been much
with Crippen at Pentonville, remained
at the prisoners side throughout the
night and accompanied him to the
scaffold.
The condemned man, who, through
out his trial and v until Home Sec
rotary Churchill had refused a petition
for his reprieve, had maintained an
imperturbable calmness, presented a
pitiable appearance as he was literally
led throughout the short corridor from
his cell to the scaffold.
His mental anguish had been too
great to be covered up by outward
bravado and it was a broken man the
wardens were obliged to assist up the
steps to the drop, upon which, once
reached, the shrinking figure all but
collapsed.
Crippen, who weighed 140 pounds,
was given a drop of seven feet. Death
was instantaneous.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
Two Score Perish in Disaster
al Newark, N J.
VICTIMS MOSTLY YOUNG GIRLS
Twenty Killed or Fatally Injured in
Jumping From the Windows to
the Street Below.

Newark, N. j. Nov. 26.-Careless.
ness of a girl in holding a can OF
gasoline too close to a lighted gas jet
is responsible for the death of twenty.
three girls and a boy in a fire that de.
stroyed an old ramshackle factory
building in High street.
In the morgue tonight lie the bodies
of the victims, several charred beyond
recognition. In the hospitals are
twenty injured persons. several OF
whom cannot live. About twenty-five
others are missing and many say it
will not surprise them if the death list
grows to forty.
Twelve girls were instantly killed
by jumping from the fourth floor from
windows or from fire escape landings.
Eight others died later from injuries
received in the same way. The other
victims were burned to death in the
veritable furnace that, within twenty
minutes, had doomed the building to
destruction.
The fire was caused by the explosion
of a car Of gasoline on the third floor.
On the floor above were $50 women,
employees of the Louis Wolf Manufac.
turing company, makers of underwear.
1t was among these girls that most of
the fatalities occurred and not until
the roll OF surviving workers can be
taken will the exact number of dead
be known.
The flames broke out about $50
a. m. Late this evening Fire Chief
Astely, who had been on the scene all
day and had supervised the fire fight
ing and rescue work, estimated that
the death list might reach forty. 1t
will be two days or more, he said, be.
fore all the bodies can be recovered,
Nearly all of the dead are young girls.
Four of those who jumped from the
top floors were impaled on the pickets
of an open gate in front of the build,
ing
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
New Judicial District souqht.

Persistent efforts to obtain the
creation of another judicial district
in the southwestern section of the
state will be made at the ap-
preaching session of the state legis-
lature. There are at the present time
ten counties in the Tenth judicial dis
trict, over which Judge Crawford pre-
sides, and the fact that two new coun-
ties have been created out of part of
Billings county increases the number
to twelve. At this time only one new
district will be sought and it will be
made to embrace Bowman, Billings,
Slope, Golden Valley and Adams coun-
ties, together with Stark, with the
chambers at Dickinson.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
News Of the Week From vari-
Gus Parts Of the State.
TO THE POUND WEIGHT PLAN
Produce Handlers Must Change Their
Present System of Selling
by Measure.

Professor E. F. Ladd's orders COM
polling produce handlers Of the state
to change their system of selling from
the old measure to the pound weight
plan goes into effect this week.
Then one of the most sweeping or
ders promulgated by the states pure
food department will be put into op-
Grafton. 1t is in line with the policy
that has been adopted by the state in
saying that full weight shall be given,
a step in which North Dakota is a
pioneer.
One direct result of the order issued
by Professor Ladd will be an increase
in the price per bushel of practically
all kinds of produce. Potatoes, here
under the order weigh right up to the
s%ixty-pound mark to be considered a
full bushel, and SO it is with a number
of other vegetables. There will be no
increase in the actual price of the
produce, as the buyer will receive
more per bushel than he did previ-
ously. AS quoted, however, a slight
advance in the price per bushel will
doubtless result.
Shrinkage is another thing that will
have it's effect on the prices of pro-
duce. Potatoes put in during the fall
Of the year, weighing sixty pounds,
will be found to have decreased in
weight by the time spring arrives by
at least five pounds. This is a factor
the handler of such produce will have
to take into consideration in deter
mining upon his new scale of prices.
Apples, too, will come under the new
regulation and will hereafter have to
be sold by the pound, as will a great
many other products. 1t will take
some little time for the merchants to
get accustomed to the new order of
things, but Commissioner Laid is firm
in his belief that the conditions re-
sulting from the order will be entirely
beneficial all around.
North Dakota about a year and a
half ago ordered that weights of the
contents of containers, such as crack
ers, etc., be stamped on the outside of
the package. AS a result of this order
several large concerns withdrew from
the state, refusing to give the true
weight of their goods, preferring
rather to lose the territory entirely
than so to do.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
DRAYToN BRIDGE REFUSED
Commissioners Decline to Authorize
Appropriation.

There will be no bridge constructed
across the Red river at Drayton for
some time to come because the
board of commissioners refused to
make an appropriation of $4,000 that
had been asked for. The board takes
the position hat to appropriate an
election must be held.
In proposing the construction of a
bridge Drayton business interests
sought to obtain direct connection
with a large district in Minnesota.
This territory could be readily tapped
by Drayton if there were proper trans
portation facilities across the Red
river, the ferry service being entirely
inadequate.
Drayton may desire to circulate a
petition for the purpose of holding an
election on the question.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
COURTS TO DECIDE ISSUE
County Commissioners at Forman
Authorize Litigation.

BY virtue of the resolution adopted
by the board of commissioners, the
much mooted question of retaining
fees paid into certain county offices
will be threshed out in the courts Of
the state. For a number of years GER
tain fees have been retained by the
Office holders of Sargent county. J. P.
Williamson of Forman is empowered
to engage legal talent with a view to
commencing action against all the
present officials who have retained
fees wherein there is claimed to be
some question as to their legal rights
in the matter. He is also authorized
to look into the question of commenc-
ing actions of a similar nature against
former officials of the county who
have been involved in the same situa-
ton.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
Illegal Voting Charged.

An inspection OF the ballots cast in
Beach on the question of dividing Bill
lngs county and creating the counties
OF Golden Valley and Slope is prom
e 1t is contended by opponents of
OF the division plan that several illegal
votes were cast and this may be made
the basis OF an action to test the cues
ton OF whether or not the new coun-
ties have in reality been created.
Beach has hope of being the county
seal of Golden Valley county, with
Yarmouth as the leading aspirant for
the honor in Slope.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
LITTLE MONEY FOR SCHOOLS
North Dakota Apportionment is Only
IL Gents Per CAPITA.

0S>Sso NPP0i eiSi'tIiOuk 10 SIly
II Gents Per Capita.
The November apportionment of
state school funds has been made and
shows a per capita apportionment OF
IA cents. The November apportion-
ment is always the smallest of the
year and while the 1910 figure is very
small it is not the smallest that has
ever been made, as in 1904 only 10
cents was the per capita apportion-
ment and in 1901 there was no appor.
tionment made in November.
The total apportionment to this pc.
riod was 2 1,849.94, and the total emu
meration was 156,071. The apportion-
ment in November has in years past
run as high as IS cents. The figures
are low this year on account of the
slow collections and the next appor-
tionment will probably be larger for
the reason that many of the deferred
payments will have been made at that
time.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
LAND DECISION REVERSED
Secretary of Interior Decides Dickin.
son Man Has Right to Claim.

secretary or interior Decides Oickin.
son Man Has Right to Claim.
A decision has been handed down in
the c. F. Merry homestead contest
wherein the secretary of the interior
reverses the Dickinson land Office and
the claimant gets his land, two miles
from Dickinson.
The contest was based on the fact
that G. F. Merry had resided in the
city during the five years of the home
stead period. He had cultivated the
Ian and had some improvements, but
the claim house at the time the con-
test was instituted was not suitable
for a winter habitation.
However, after the contest was in
stituted, the family moved upon the
claim. abandoning their house il the
city, and with their own hands broke
up nearly the entire quarter.
Their appeal set up the claim that
they lived in Dickinson for the pur.
pose of schooling their children, and
that they had made all the improve
ments required, and this appears to
be what the department wanted most.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
ILL BUT A FEW HOURS
Federal Judge TayIer Of Ohio Expires
at Cleveland,

Cleveland, Nov. 27.--Judge Robert
W. Tayler, United States district
Judge for Southern Ohio, who SEN
fenced Cassie Chadwick to the peni-
Tertiary, is dead.
Judge Tayler was suddenly stricken
while attending an entertainment and
died within a few hours after being
taken to the hospital.
Tayler's death occurred ON his fifty
eighth birthday. He first entered poll
tics in 1894, when he was elected to
congress from the Eighteenth Ohio
congressional district, being three
times reelected and nominated a fifth
time, when he retired to engage in the
practice of law.
While in congress Tayler handled
the prosecutions of the Roberts 90
lygamy case, winning thereby a ma
tional reputation.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
Criminal Action Not Possible.

BY claiming that criminal action
could not lie where partnership money
was concerned, Lewis N. Benedict, the
president of the Interstate Produce
company of Wahpeton, was dismissed
from custody and the charge of en-
bezzlement preferred against him by
Hermann A. Boettcher was withdrawn.
Boettcher charged that Benedict had
not been entirely honest in certain
dealings, but when the defendant came
up for hearing in the justice court he
was successful in securing dismissal.
1t appears that Boettcher had fur
nished more or less cash in the enter
prise, and he said a part Of this had
been taken by MI. Benedict as salary.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
Breaks Neck Hauling Grain.

Instant death was meted out to viii.
mar Gray, aged twenty-five years,
when he fell from a wagonload of
grain near Thorne. The young man
a stood up on his load to put on his
overcoat, when the wagon struck a
rock in the road. The jar threw him
from the wagon and he fell in such a
manner as to break his neck, causing
instant death.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago. Nov. 2S.-Cattle-Beeves,
$4.50@740; Texas steers. $4.25@5.4O;
Western steers. $425@6.60; stockers
and feeders. $3.30@5.60; COWS and
heifers. $2.20@6.30: calves, $7.25@9..
rs. Hogs-Light. $6.70@7.10; mixed,
$6.75@7.15; heavy. $6.75@7.20; rough,
$6.75@790; good to choice heavy. &c..
90@7.20; pigs, $6.30@6.9O. Sheep
Native, s2.25@4.25; yearlings, $4,000
5.25; lambs, $4.25@6.60.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
Life Saved in Novel Manner.

New York, Nov. 27.-A druggists
wife overheard a woman in a tele,
phone booth telling a friend on the
wire that she was going home to com
nit suicide and mentioned her ad,
dress. The druggists wife notified
police headquarters and police and
ambulance surgeons entered the
Brooklyn home of Mrs. Anna Hane.
man, a young widow, in time to snatch
a gas tube from between her clenched
teeth.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
Michael cudahy Dead.

Chicago, Nov. 29.-Michael Cudahy,
founder of the packing firm bearing
his name, died at a hospital here of
double pneumonia. He had been ill
five days. Mr.. Cudahy was born in
Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland, Dec.
2, 1841. He came to the United States
with his parents in 1849.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
JeWeler Routed by Fire.

"A serious fire occurred in the Jew
elry store of b. A. Arhart at Lis
bon. 1t started in the basement and
before the alarm was sounded it had
gained such Roadway that the main
foor was burning. Prompt pon
by n fire department saved the build
ing from being totally destroyed, but
the jewelry stock was almost a com.
plete loss owing to damage done by
water and chemicals. The loss is esti
mated at from $4,000 to $4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
IOWA COUPLE DIE IN FIRE
Perish When Flames Destroy Their
Residence.

Mount Pleasant, Ia, Nov. 27.-The
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mabe-
us, near Denova, not far from this
city, was destroyed by fire, the couple
perishing in the flames. A revolver
lay by the body of Mr.. Mabeus and
neighbors say they heard pistol shots
shortly before the fire broke out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
Countess ToIstoy is M.

st. Petersburg, Nov. ga news
dispatch from Tnla says that Count
ess Tolstoy is i'll. having a tempera-
ture of 1929. The will of the late
Count Tolstoy makes his daughter
Alexandra the legatee of his unpub-
lished works.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
AGED MAN AND WIFE SLAIN
New Jersey Minister and Spouse the
Victims of Burglars.

NEW Jersey MUNSTER anu spouse the
Victims of Burglars.
Trenton, N. j., Nov. 25.-Rev. An,
drew L. Armstrong, eighty years OF
age, pastor of the Presbyterian church
at Dutch Neck, ten miles east of here,
and his wife were murdered at their
home by burglars.
The burglars, it is believed, being
detected, Immediately shot the minis.
ter and his wife.
The shooting was heard by Mrs.
John Sears, ar aged woman who had
been for years housekeeper in the
Armstrong family. She was upstairs
when the shooting occurred and was
SO afraid she might be shot that she
hid under a bed until the arrival OF
her son, who also lived in the house.
Meanwhile the burglars ransacked the
house and carried away jewelry
money and other articles.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
QUIET PREVAILS IN MEXICO
Passengers Reaching FL Paso Report
Conditions Tranquil.

CohuIt1ons 1ranquI1.
FL Paso, Tex. Nov. 27.-Passengers
arriving on the International railroad
train from Mexico report everything
tranquil between here and Mexico
City.
Wire reports bring no reports of
disturbances anywhere and state that
all towns where there has been trou-
BILE have again assumed their normal
condition.
General Lauro Villar, commanding
the Northern division of the Mexican
troops, is awaiting orders from the
capital to return his soldiers to their
barracks. He has reported to his gov.
eminent that the revolt has passed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
SUFFRAGETTES CHOOSE JAIL
Riotine English Women Decline to Pay
Fines Assessed.

London, Nov. 25.-All the suffra-
gettes who were charged with assault
and the willful damage of property as
a result Of their rioting of the last few
days were found guilty in the Bow
street police court and sentenced to
pay fines of $40 to $25 or to spend
two weeks or a month in Jail, accord
ing to the seriousness of their offense.
All of the prisoners elected to go to
Jail.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
NEW YORK GROWING RAPIDLY
State Has Population of Over Nine
Millions.

Washington, Nov. 24.-The popula-
ton of the state of New York is g.
1929, according to statistics of the
thirteenth census. This is an increase
of 1,S44,3S5, or 25.4 per cent, over T.
268,8 1894 in 1900.
On the present basis of apportion-
ment New York state will gain eight
or nine representatives in the lower
house of congress.
The population of the state of Ohio
is 4,767,121. This is an increase of
609,567, or 14.7 per cent, over 4,157,-
545 in 1900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-Wheat-Dec.,
1850; May, 95k@95%c; July, 92M@
92Mc. Corn-Dec., 43Ac; May. 46%c;
July, 47hc. Oats-Dec., 30%c; May,
33Ac; July, 33Ac. Pork-Jan., $16..
S7h: May, $3.50. Butter-Creamer.
les, 24@3Oc; diaries, 23@27c. Eggs
1914 oslo. Poultry-Turkeys, 10000
chickens and springs. 10c.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
Auto Driver Is Killed.

With his neck broken Julius Manske
was found dead near Enderlin. He
was a Ransom county farmer and
had been in Enderlin to see his father.
Flo started home In an automobile and
had NO light. In the darkness his ma.
chine an of the grade and was over.
turned,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
FOURTEEN MINERS KILLED
Explosion Reported in Asphalt District
of Oklahoma.

McAlester, Okla, Nov. 29.-Fourteen
miners have been killed in an explo.
sion in the Jumbo asphalt mine of the.
Choctaw Asphalt company, fourteen
miles northwest of Antlers. according
to a message received by r. W. Church,
state mine inspector.
The cause of the explosion is un.
known.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-12-01
BUILDING COLLAPSE is FATAL
Four Persons Dead and Ten Injured at
Cleveland.

Cleveland.
Cleveland, Nov. 24.-Four dead and
ten injured is the toll of the collapse
of the rebuilt Kock & Henke furniture
store.
Four bodies have been recovered
from the mass of concrete, iron and
brick which buried the home of Simon
Frutkin and demolished the house of
William Stein and it is believed the
eight persons taken out alive and the
two injured by falling bricks represent
the entire list. The dead are Mrs. J.
E. Jackemy, Mrs. Simon Frutkin, Ro.
salind Frutkin and Thelma Frutkin.