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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
News Of the Week From Vari-
Gus Parts Of the State.
PUT POISON IN THE WHISKY
Young Moline Admits That He
Killed His Father.

Full details of the poisoning OF
Frank A. Moline, a Barton farmer, by
his son, have come out through the
questioning by Sheriff Erickson of the
son, Charles A. Moline, and the boys
mother.
The elder son, Charles, told the
sheriff that on the night of the murder
his father was in Barton and was in.
toxicated. He hitched up the team
and started to drive his father to the
farm, and just after leaving Barton he
placed strychnine, purchased several
days before, IN a bottle of whisky and
gave it to his father. About a mile
and a half from town the poison began
to take effect, and the elder Moline
got out of the sleigh and insisted on
walking. Charles then unhitched the
horses and allowed them to find their
own way to the farm and he went back
to Barton and told his mother.
She and a younger son, Oscar:
twelve years old, walked out and
found the body about 300 yards from
the sleigh.
Charles and the mother lifted the
dead body into the sleigh, while the
younger son held the team. They
drove to the farm and awakened the
housekeeper, told her of the death OF
Moline from intoxication and made ar
engagements for the funeral. No doc.
tor vas called, and this excited suspi.
cion.
Mrs. Ida Moline is in custody at
Rugby, kept at a private house under
guard. Charles asked permission to
visit his mother and the sheriff ar.
ranged to be where he could SCI and
hear what passed between them. Dur
ing the conversation Charles slipped a
note to his mother. When the young
man had been returned to the Jail the
sheriff demanded the note. 1t request,
ed the younger brother to secure a gun
and some ammunition and smuggle
them into the Jail sc the confessed
murderer could commit suicide.
A thorough search of Mrs. Moline's
effects revealed two sharp knives and
she finally admitted she had secured
them to help the boy get himself out
of trouble in the easiest way. The
sheriff accused her of prompting hel
son to STAY his father and kill himself
and the woman broke down and prac
tically admitted she was back of the
whole deal.
When young Moline was arraigned
In court he had no attorney, saying
he needed none, as he pleaded guilty
to the charge. An attorney will be
appointed, however, and it is prob
able he and his mother will be tried
for murder in the first degree.
The defense in the case of the son
will be insanity. His mental faculties
are known to be none too strong, al
though he had always been considered
harmless.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
FURTHER DELAY IN INQUIRY
Probe Adjourned for a Week at Bal
fingers Request.

Washington, Feb. 5.-The congress
sional probe into the %intricacies of the
Ballinger-Pinchot episode came tenn
porarily to an abrupt end.
After an hour of executive session,
and upon receipt of a letter from Sec
rotary Ballinger, it was decided to
postpone further hearings until next
Friday, Feb. II, in order to permit
Mr.. Ballinger to secure counsel to
represent him at the hearings and
cross-eXamine l.. R. CLAWS.
The brief open meeting of the com
mittee vas marked by bitter remarks
from Attorney l.. D. Brandeis, who
represents CLAWS. He unsparingly
criticised the delay of the interior de-
partment in producing certain letters
and documents which he had asked
for a week ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
ELEVEN PERSONS MET DEATH
Terrific Explosion Occurs in a Penn
sylvania Mine.

Indiana, Pa, Feb. 7.-Seven bodies
of the eleven persons killed have been
recovered from the Jefferson and
Clearfield Coal and Iron company mine
No. 2 at Ernest, Pa, where a terrific
explosion occurred. Ten of the dead
are Hungarians and n an American.
Rescuers have succeeded III bringing
to the surface six miners who are SO
badly burned that physicians in the
improvised hospital say that they will
probably die.
The explosion occurred in a heading
where twelve workmen We're located,
and one of these, Andrew Krazcer, es-
capped by crawling a quarter of a mile
on his stomach to evade the noxious
gases. When he saw the lights of the
rescuers he moaned and tried to crawl.
He was slightly burned, but suffered
chiefly from the effects of after damp.
The positions of the bodies showed the
men had made desperate efforts to
crawl away from the heading.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
Federal Corporation Bill Intro
duCed in Congress,
MEASURE NOT TO Be PRESSED
Executive More Interested in
Other Legislation.

Washington, Feb. S.-The federal
Incorporation bill which was intro
duced in congress Monday is not to
be pressed for passage at this session.
If the bill should be passed President
Taft has stated his willingness to
stand as it's sponsor and to take the
responsibility for having recommend
ed it.
Further than this, the president told
several callers that he would not
make the incorporation bill an admin
istration measure. He declared he
felt he had no right to do SO and that
it did not rank with the proposed
amendments to the interstate COM
merce law, the postal savings banks
and the measures designed for the
conservation of natural resources.
These latter were promised in the
party platform upon which the presi-
dent was elected.
President Taft believes hat there
are many things in the incorporation
bill which will commend themselves
to the legislators as they study the
measure. He will not attempt to in
fuence senators or representatives in
Its favor. however. The bill now goes
to the judiciary committee Of con-
gress.
Wall Street RudeIy Awakened.
Wall street interests, inclined at
first to look upon the idea of a fed
eral charter With the utmost favor,
were rather rudely awakened when it
was learned that the president would
insist there should be included the
provision that nothing in the act
should be construed as %eXempting
corporations from the operation of the
antitrust act. A great many corpora
tions, it is said, were looking forward
To a federal charter as an indication
that past sins were forgiven, provided
there We're no more transgressions in
the future.
One of the many objections to the
bill has arisen from the denial of the
right of state jurisdiction over the
corporations, but the officials believe
that after the law has had a working
chance it may be possible to modify
Its provisions so as to make them less
Objectionable from the states right
point of view.
The proposed law does not contem-
plate supervision of railroad corpora
lions, as they exercise the right of
eminent domain.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
TURKEY PREPARING FOR WAR
Buying Guns and Horses in Various
European Countries.

Constantinople, Feb. 4.-The minis
ter of war has dispatched ten officers
to various European countries to buy
horses and guns in anticipation of a
war with Greece.
Four torpedo boat destroyers have
also been ordered from Germany.
The Third army corps, stationed at
Salonika, has been ordered to cross
the frontier the moment the forthcom-
ing Greek parliament accepts deputies
from Crete into it's membership. Such
an act, Turkey considers, would be a
reputation of Turkish suzerainty over
Crete and a sufficient cause for the
immediate declaration of war.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
THIRTY-THREE BODIES FOUND
Many Lives Snuffed Out by Explosion
in Kentucky Mine.

Drakesboro. KY, Feb. 3.-Heroic as
have been the efforts of scores of res
cuers it is believed that it will be
many hours before the Browder mine,
near this city, will yield up the bodies
of the last of the long list of men
whose lives were snuffed out in an
explosion.
OF the 100 men in the mine when the
disaster took place it is now practical
ly certain that more than a third per.
1shed. Except for the twenty-five who,
many of them mangled and some fatal.
ly hurt, were brought to the surface
within a few minutes after the con.
cussion, the relief workers have not
found a sign of life.
Through me night each lift of the
cage brought bodies to the top of the
ground, until thirty-three had been re.
covered. In the panic of grief about
the mine shaft it was impossible to as
certain the number of men who es-
capped. 1t is said, however, that no
man could have lived an hour in the
mine atmosphere after the explosion.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
Implement Dealers Meet,

The eleventh annual convention OF
the North Dakota and Northwestern
Minnesota Implement Dealers associ-
alton at Grand Forks was attended by
a large number of persons. Mayor
Taylor welcomed the delegates and
D. c. Mcintosh of st. Thomas respond
ed for the dealers. Rev. F. M. Meow
and President o. C. Olson also deliy.
cred addresses. The big auto show,
the first to be held in North Dakota,
was held at Jacks auditorium.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
TO MAKE OFFICE co AROUND
Governor Burke's Plan to Satisfy His
Friends.

Friends.
An ingenious explanation Of the sud.
den resignation Of former Senator F.
l.. Thompson of this state and the I'm.
heralded arrival of his successor in
the person of w. E. Purcell was ru.
mored around Washington, D. c.
1t is in effect that Governor Burke
has been greatly embarrassed by the
senatorial vacancies. There is a sur
plus of available Democratic timber in
the state. Four of his most influential
personal friends look with longing eyes
upon the toga.
Governor Burke, a candidate for the
state supreme court, cannot in justice
to his aspirations afford to waste any
political strength or make political
enemies.
Therefore, as the story runs, the
governor has determined to make the
one office go the round of the candi-
dates, and satiate for a time their ap-
petite for political preference.
Therefore Mr.. Thompson was sent
to Washington for a while, only to re-
sign in a few months to make way for
Mr.. Purcell. AS the report goes, Mr..
Purcell is to remain in the senate sixty
days or SO, when he will give way for
senator No. 8, and the latter in due
season is to prepare the way for sena-
tor No. 4 to have his name inscribed
upon the rolls before the legislature
elects a senator.
Governor Burke denies the story, as
does Senator Purcell.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
OPPOSED TO ANY CHANGE
President Would Retain Publicity Fea.
ture of Tax Law,

Washington, Feb. 4.-The public fea-
ture of the corporation tax law is to
become operative, but is to be inter-
preted literally by the executive, &C.
cording to a decision reached by Pres
ident Taft. The president, in the
course of a conference with H. S.
Meads, secretary of the Merchants as.
ISOLATION of New York, told Meads
that he would not sanction any change
In the corporations view of the pub
licity feature of the act, which, he said,
would place at the hands of competi-
tors vital business information.
The president said that it will be un-
necessary to amend the law to avoid
this, as the extent of publicity will
come within the discretion of the de.
partment ministering the law.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
COhsIaERClAL PEACE ASSURED
Tariff War Between Germany and the
United States Averted,

Washington, Feb. 4.-Concession:
by both the United States and Ger.
many have averted a threatened tariff
war. Negotiations have been conclud.
ed between the two countries which
settle the question of minimum and
maximum rates with the exception OF
the cattle and dressed meat issue.
which was eliminated from the pres.
ent negotiations and which will be
pursued hereafter in separate diplo'
matte representation.
The result of the negotiations agreed
on is to exchange American minimum
rates for the entire and unqualified
minimum list of Germany.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
EARL B. PINNEY PARDONED
Embezzler Is Liberated by Presi.
dent Taft.

A pardon has been granted by Pres
ident Taft to Earl B. Pinney, formerly
United States commissioner at Minot,
who was convicted of embezzling
United States funds in June, 1903, and
sentenced to Imprisonment for ten
years. The president granted the par
don on the ground that the sentence
was excessive and that Pinney had
served long enough for his offense.
According to the papers in the case
Pinney embezzled money paid by set
tiers in making final proofs on land
claims. He kept the money, it was
stated, but instead of sending the pa
pers to the general land office in
Washington, destroyed them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
Meteor in Great Demand.

The large meteor which fell on the
Mowery farm nea Darlington will
soon be worth it's weight in gold, judg.
ing from the offers the possessor of the
peculiar messenger from the skies has
received for it. The stone is about
three feet at its largest dimension
and weighs about 600 pounds. Efforts
are being made to secure the meteor
and place it in the county courthouse
grounds.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
GUSTAvUS UNDER knife
Ruler Of Sweden Said TO Be
on Road to Recovery.

Stockholm, Feb. Skiing Gustavus
has been operated on for appendicitis.
The official reports given out state
that the operation was a success. The
king had been suffering from contin-
ual internal pains since early Sunday
evening. 1t was not until Monday
evening that the physician diagnosed
his case as n of appendicitis, re-
curing immediate operation.
The physicians first diagnosed the
kings illness as catarrh of the stom-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Feb. 7.--Cattle-Beeves,
s4.35@7.65; Texas steers, $3.90@5.00;
Western steers, $4.10@6.10; stockers
and feeders, $3.10@5.45; cow and
heifers, $2.2O@5.75; calves. $4,000.
rs. Hogs-Light, $8.15@S.55; mixed,
$8.20@8.67h; heavy, $8.25@8.70;
rough. $8.25@S.40; good to choice
heavy, s8.40@8.70; pigs, $7.25@8.15.
Sheep-Native. $4.25 @6.50 ~yearlings,
$7.250S.25; lambs. S6.75@8.76.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
Millionaire Ends His Life.

New Orleans, Feb. 6.-Blood drip.
ping through the ceiling led to the
discovery of the suicide of Henry H.
Schwabacher, thirty-fve years old
president Of J.. & M. Schwabacher,
limited, at his store here. Mr.. Schwa.
bacher, who Vas a millionaire, had
suffered from stomach ailments.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
ANDY JONES GOES TO PRISON
Bank Wrecker Is Taken to Leaven.
worth, Kan.

Andy l.. Jones, who was convicted
of wrecking the First National bank
of Rugby, of which he was cashier.
last week was taken by officers to the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan.
Jones bonds were fixed at $4,000 for
the purpose of appeal, but he could not
raise the amount and had been in the
Cass county Jail since Judge Amidon
of the United States court imposed
the ten-year sentence more than two
weeks ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
MINE DISASTER IN MEXICO
S~ixty-eight Men Killed and Many In
iured by Explosion.

Laredo, Tex, Feb. 3.-One of the
greatest disasters in the history of
Mexican coal mining took place in the
Palau mine at Las Esperanzas. The
toll of human life, which paid the pen
atty of negligence on the part of some
miner, is officially placed at sixty
eight, while the list of injured num-
bers nearly as many.
The explosion occurred in the No. 3
shaft of the coal mine of the Esperan-
a Mining company and is attributed
to the ignition of gas from the flames
of a cigarette of a Mexican, who was
smoking contrary to the rules.
The victims were principally Mexi-
cans and japanese.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
Ward County Man Safe.

A mysterious disappearance that
puzzled Ward county officials since
September was solved when a let.
ter was received from R. L. Kruger, a
Ward county farmer. Kruger visited
Minot to buy repairs for his engine
and his departure for home was the
last seen of him. The letter was from
Minnesota and said the missing man
was on his way home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
Must Settle or Show Cause.

A writ Of mandamus was issued at
Minot by Judge Goss at the request
OF Assistant States Attorney Linde of
Mountrail county, compelling the com.
m%issioners to show why q settlement
should not be made between Ward
and Mountraill counties. The bone OF
contention Is the Interpretation Of the
statutes regarding public property.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, reb. 7.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, $1.11A; No.
1 Northern, $1.10B; No. 2 Northern,
s1.O8%; May, $1.10B; July, s1.1OA.
Flax-In store, on track, to arrive and
May, $2.15h; Sept, $1.6S.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
SEVEN MEN BLOWN TO ATOMS
Motorman Ignores Warning of Exca.
walton Foreman.

Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 7.-Heedless of
the warning Of a foreman in charge of
~excavating operations along the line
of the private motor road from Kelvin
to the Ray copper mines, the motor.
man Of a gasoline car containing six
passengers ran his car close to a sput.
tering fuse Of a heavy charge Of dyna.
mite and the car and its eve occu.
pants were blown to atoms.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Feb. 7.-Wheat-May, ST..
O9%; July, $1,000 @1.00%; Sept,
96Ac. Corn-May, 65% @65Ac; July
65% @65kc; Sept, 65%c. Oats-May.
46c; July, 43hc; Sept, 40A @40%c.
Pork-May, 1920; July, $22.02k. But.
ter-Creameries, 24@28c; diaries, %
@26c. Eggs-19@2Sc. Poultry-Tur.
keys, Tic; chickens and springs, Ice.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
PARIS RAPIDLY RECOVERING
City Fast Approaching Its Normal
Appearance.

Paris, Feb. 5.-The fall of the River
Seine is more rapid. The appearance
OF the city is approaching the normal,
but the subway system is still mop
erative. Water still remains in the
tubes, which, after they have been
emptied, must be cleansed and disin-
fected. The progress toward the
restoration Of the lighting, telephone
and telegraph lines is slow, but no
ticeable.
The work of disinfection and other
precautions against an epidemic of
typhoid fever has been so thorough
that some Of the newspapers predict
that Paris will not only escape con-
tagion, but will emerge from the flood
cleaner than ever before in her his
tory.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
St. Pau Live Stock.

st. Paul, Feb. 7.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $6.75@7.5O; fair to good,
$5.OO@6.75; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $4.25@5.25; veals, $5.50@7.25.
Hogs-$8.10@S.40. Sheep-Wethers,
$5.S5@6.25; yearlings, s7.0O@7.75;
spring lambs, $S.O0@8.50.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
Would Extradite McTier.

Assistant States Attorney McMullen
and Sheriff o. G. Hanson have gone
to Montreal in an attempt to extra.
dite Archibald McTier, formerly OF
Grand Forks. McTier is charged with
obtaining $1,000 from Hatcher Bros
under false pretenses.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, Feb. 7.-Wheut-May,
$1.10A @1.1O%; Sept, s1.O9%@1.1O.
On track-No. 1 hard, Silly M1.12R;
No. 1 Northern, S1.11h; No. 2 North
ernn, $1.09@1,10; No. 8 Northern, ST..
04@1.09.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
UNION LOSES DAMAGE SUIT
Manufacturer Awarded Judgment
Against United Hatters.

Hartford, Conn, Feb. 5.-"A new
declaration of independence" is what
Attorney Daniel Davenport calls the
verdict of $222,000 rendered in the
United States court by the jury in the
suit of D. E. Loewe of Danbury against
200 hatmakers of this state. After
having been out over two hours the
jury ordered actual damages of STA
600 to the plaintiff, but as the suit
was brought under the Sherman anti
trust law triple damages can be re-
covered.
A bill of exceptions will be filed by
the defense and the case will be car
ried to the federal court of appeals
and the United States supreme court.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
AFTER A STORMY SESSION
House Committee Votes to F~avorabIy
Report Ship Subsidy Bill.

Washington, Feb. AFTER a short
but torrid open Aearing, replete with
personal disputes and acrimonious ut.
terances. followed by an executive SEES.
sion of an hour, also filled with { en-.
sion. the house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries, by a vote of 10
to 7. voted to report f~avorably to the
house the administration bill on ship
subsidy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10
MRS. BROKAW WINS HER SUIT
Secures a Divorce and $4,000 a Year
Aiimony.

Mineola, l.. l., Feb. Airs. Mary
Blair Brokaw has been granted a sep
aration from her husband, William
Gould Brokaw, and alimony of $4,000
a year by Justice Putnam of the su-
preme court.
In an opinion filed with the clerk
of Nassau court Justice Putnam held
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-02-10

ach and the matter was taken with
such little seriousness that several
members of the royal family attended
a concert Monday evening. At 10
O'Clock they were all summoned to re-
turn to the palace, where they were
apprised of the physicians intention
to operate on his majesty.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-29
No SLANG for Her.

slip me brace of cackles!" or
dered the chesty-looking man with a
bored air, as he perched on the first
stool in the lunchroom.
"a what?" asked the waitress, as
she placed glass of water before
him.
Adam and Eve fiat on their backsl
A pair Of sunnysiders!" said the young
man in an exasperated tone.
you got me, kid" returned the
waitress. 'Watcha want?"
Eggs up" said the young man.
Eggs the kind that come before
the hen or after, never knew which"
why didn't you say so in the first
placer" asked the waitress. You'd a
had 'em by this time"
well, of all things" said the
young man.
Il knew what he was drivin' at all
the time" began the waitress as the
young man departed. But he's one
of them fellers that thinks they can
get by with anything. He don't know
that they're using plain English now
in restaurants"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-29
New PROCESS Of STAINING Glass.

The art of coloring glass has been
lost and rebound, jealousy guarded
and maliciously stolen so many times
in the history of civilization that ii
seems almost impossible to say any.
thing new on glass staining. Yet a
process has been discovered for ma
king the stained glass used in windows
which is a departure from anything
known at the present time. What the
Venetians and the Phoenicians knew
of 1t we cannot tell
The glass first receives its design in
mineral colors and the whole is then
fired in heat so intense that the col
oring matter and the glass are indis-
solubly fused. The most attractive
feature of this method is that the sur
face acquires a peculiar pebbled char
acter in the heat, so that when the
glass is in place the lights are delight
fully soft and mellow.
In making a large window in many
shades each panel is separately mould
ed and bent and the sections are as
sembled in a metal frame.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-29
Had Money In Lumps.

Charles II. Rosenberg Of Bavaria
had Jumps on his shoulders, elbows,
and hips when he arrived here from
Hamburg on the Kaiserin Auguste Vic
toria. In fact, there was series of
smaller humps along his spine, much
like mountain range, as it is present
ed on bas-relief map.
The Jumps were about the size Of
good Oregon apples, and as Rosen-
berg passed before the immigration
doctor for observation, the doctor said
softly to himself, See that lump"
Then he asked Mr.. Rosenberg to step
aside.
You seem like a healthy man"
said the doctor, "but cannot pass you
until know the origin of those Jumps
on your body" "Ah, it is not sick
ness" laughed the man from Bavaria.
Those swellings is money"
Taking off his coat he broke oren a
sample lump and showed that It con-
tanned $500 In American bank notes.
He informed the doctor that he had
$1,000 in all, with which he was go
ing to purchase an apple orchard in
Oregon.
He was admitted to the country
New York Tribune.