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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
News Of the Week From Vari.
Gus Parts Of the State.
ELECTION DECLARED |LLEGA!
Grand Forks Must Again Vote
on Bond Issue.

The special election recently
held by the city of Grand Forks.
by which an issue of bonds fol
municipal waterworks, light and paw
ing improvements were authorized
was illegal, according to the opinion
of Attorney General Miller, because
the amount of such bond issue was
not stated specifically.
Such was the information conveyed
to the city council at it's adjourned
meeting through a communication
from City Attorney Feetham. This
will make necessary the holding o.
another election before the sale of the
city bonds can be negotiated. Ar
engagements had been made with the
board of university and school lands
to take the bonds if satisfied of theil
legality.
The attorney generals Office makes
an examination in detail of all securi
ties offered the board, and negotia
lions for securities are not completed
by the board until it has the attorney
generals approval thereof.
After hearing the communication OF
the city attorney, the mayor was au
thorized to call another special cleo
ton for Feb. IA to vote again on the
issue of bonds.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
GOVERNORS End CONFERENCE
Next Meeting to Be Held at One of the
State Capitals.

Washington, Jan. Platter perfect
ing concrete plans for future con
claves the conference of governors
adjourned to meet at one of the state
capitals OF a date between Thanks
giving and Christmas Of the current
year, the exact time and place to be
determined by a committee which was
appointed.
The final sessions of the conference
were marked by a divergence of views
among the governors as to the wis
dom of the state executives as a body
passing resolutions for or against any
given proposition. Several governors
maintained that the greatest good
would be accomplished by a courage
u and definite stand upon great puk
lie questions. Eventually all resolu-
tons calling for a formal expression
OF opinion by the governors as a body
were left in allegiance.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
SWEEPING OVER COUNTRY
Boycott on High Priced Food Extends
to Many States.

Chicago, Jan. 22.-The boycott on
high food prices started in Cleveland
a week ago is growing rapidly. Hi
nois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ne
braska and Michigan now are included
in the ranks of the crusaders in the
West, while in the East Pennsylvania,
Connecticut and Delaware are lifting
their voices in feebler protests.
Ohio, however, still is the strong
hold of the movement. The Cleveland
boycott has extended to Canton, where
the Central Labor union has adopted
a mo meat" resolution and petitions
are being circulated with surprising
results at Columbus, where a strong
boycott has been organized, and To
ledo, Akron and other cities of the
state.
The crusade in Ohio has found en-.
couragement in the publicly expressed
belief of Governor Harmon that a
food trust is gobbling excessive profits
somewhere between the producer and
the consumer. He has called on the
legislature to hunt the trust out OF
the woods and exhibit it to the PEG
Dle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
DID NOT STOP CELEBRATION
Wounded Bridegroom Joins in the
Festivities.

An accident intruded itself upon the
nuptials of Anton Stanislawski and
Julie Matelski at Minot. The accident
happened as the bridal party was 60
ing from the church to the home of the
brides parents.
In the sleigh with the bridal couple
were a number of friends making
merry and among the number was
Joseph Kiedroski, youngest son of
John Kiedroski. His method of cele-
brating the event was by frequently
firing off a revolver he had with him.
He had discharged the weapo five
times in the air, but the last cartridge
did not explode, so he lowered the
gun to his lap and proceeded to ex-
tract the unexploded cartridge with
his knife blade. The revolver went
off, the ball tearing through one of
his fingers and into the back of the
bridegroom, who sat directly in front
of Kiedroski.
Stanislawski was taken to Minot
for treatment and a doctor found
the ball had entered the mans back
and passed between the ribs. Stanis-
lawski was able to be on his feet AMI
went to the home of the brides par
ents, where he remained throughout
the night and Joined in the festivities.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
MEET Death
Victims Of Explosion Are Ter
ribIy Mang|ed.

Fishkill Landing, N. Y, Jan. o.
Fifteen men, three of them Americans,
were killed by a premature explosion
of nitroglycerin in a tunnel which is to
form part of the great aqueduct which
will carry water from the Ashokan
dam in the Catskills to New York city.
Five were terribly mutilated, but were
SO near the mouth of the tunnel that
they were rescued alive. The other
fifteen were found beneath a mass of
rock and debris, literally hammered
by the force of the explosion into a
bleeding mass of heads, limbs and
torsos.
The cause of the explosion has not
been ascertained, but it is believed
that one of the workmen, carrying a
torch, tripped and fell, igniting a fuse
and setting off a series of charges OF
nitroglycerin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
SAYS BANKS ARE IN COMBINE
Holding CompanyControIs Many North.
western Institutions.


Madison, YVES, Jan. 25.-The state
commissioner of banking has. discov-
cred a new kind of trust-a combina-
ton of banks in the small towns of
the Northwest. His annual report just
given out asks for legislation to pre-
vent such a combination. The report
shows that there is a Minneapolis hold
ing company which holds the majority
Of the stock of forty banks in the
small cities of Wisconsin, Iowa, Min
nesota and the Dakotas and that other
similar holding companies are being
formed.
The commissioner believes that there
is a serious danger for the general
public in these banking trusts. Hold.
ing companies, he says, cannot pay
close attention to the individual banks
and the risk through d%efalcation of
subordinate officials, not directly inter-
ested in the concerns, he thinks, is
greater than heretofore.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
FIFTY PEOPLE ARE INJURED
Passenger Train Wrecked Near Blue.
grass.

Fifty persons were injured, several
of them seriously, when Northern Pa
cific coast train No. 7, was wrecked
neal Bluegrass. The entire train of
eight coaches and two locomotives left
the track.
The injured were taken by special
train to Mandan and Bismarck, where
they were cared for in the hospitals
and private houses.
The train, drawn by two heavy en-
gines, was running westward at the
rate of forty miles an hour when the
accident occurred. Nearly an hour
late out of Mandan the train crew
was bending every effort to make up
the lost time.
About one mile east of Bluegrass,
q small station four miles west of
New Salem, the rails spread. Both
engines left the track, followed by the
entire train of eight coaches, all OF
which turned over in the ditch.
There were about 200 passengers
aboard at the time, all of whom were
more or less injured.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
BRIDEGROOM ENDS HIS LIFE
No Motive Known for Act of a We'll
Known Druggist.

R. A. Rust, a druggist of McCluskey,
committed suicide by taking carbolic
acid. There is no known cause for
the deed.
Rust was about twenty-three years
old, was doing a splendid business in
the drug line and had the respect If
the entire city. When he was found
by his young wife, to whom he had
been married less than two weeks,
he was dying and was unable to talk.
Strange to say, they returned from
their wedding trip only the previous
day and the widow can throw no light
whatever on the sad ending Of her
husband. She says during their trip
he was pleasant, but on their return
for some. cause he appeared to be
down hearted and when she asked
him the cause of the trouble he said
there was nothing whatever the mat
ter. He was not embarrassed in D
business way.
His parents are wealthy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
Situation Desperate in Many
Sections Of the Country
IMMENSE DAMAGE AT PARIS
Property Loss in French Capital
Aggregates Millions.

Paris, Jan. 25.-The weather is
warm and it is still raining, causing a
continuation of the alarming rise of
the Seine, which is already at an I'M
p]recedented height, threatening the
city with incalculable loss.
The Seine will likely flood the road
way of the famous Place de lie Con-
corde within a few hours.
The entire city is in danger of a
water famine. Five ACCOMPLISHMENTS
are already without water, due to the
breaking of their water mains and the
contamination of the supply by sew.
age. The suburb of Ivry, with 10000
inhabitants, is completely under water.
The basement of the Louvre, the
worlds greatest art palace, is flooded.
putting the heating plant out of COM
mission. Owing to the continued
dampness pictures and plaster casts
in the Louvre are being damaged and
the loss promises to be irreparable.
Unless some way is found imme-
diately of ventilating that part of the
subway that has not yet been flooded
the entire underground system will be
put out of commission. The vilest
odors permeate the subway, making
travel in it almost impossible. Refuse
from broken sewers has been swept
into the subway.
The government is taking active
steps to prevent an epidemic of ty-
phoid, of which there is great danger.
While the situation in Paris is
alarming it is no more serious than in
the Eastern and Southern parts of
France, where 100000 are homeless
and in destitute circumstances.
Loss in Paris Fully 100000.
The loss in Paris alone is already
placed at Sc, 900, 900, with every inch
rise of the Seine adding thousands to
the loss.
In the country districts the situation
amounts to a national disaster.
The river here presents an awe in
spring spectacle. A quarter of a mil
lion people in a drenching rain throng
the stone %parapets and quays, watch,
ing the yellow tide, which is crowded
with driftWood, wine casks and other
wreckage, rushing seward. The Wa
ter is now almost flush with the arches
of the bridges.
Firemen, police and troops are work
ing like mad at all the bridges, olsen
tangling %blockades, resulting from the
floating debris, and it is hoped that
all the bridges will be saved. Traffic
on several of the Trailer ones, how
ever, has been stopped.
The tunnel between the Quai dor
say and the Quai d'Austerlitz stations
is a rushing stream.
The basement of the Palais de JUS
tice is full of water and the first floor
of the Central police station is IN
tenable.
A fourth of France, it is estimated,
is under water. Snow and rain are
adding to the floods, which are un-
precedented in the history of the pres
ent generation. The dyke at Saone
au Doubs broke, %inundating ten vii
lagos. The streets of Chalons are un-
der water and two persons have been
drowned. Hundreds of persons are
on the roofs of their nearly submerged
homes, crying for help. Boats are
being used by rescuing parties.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
EVERY HOTEL WAS W
Thousands Attended Conventions and
Shows at Fargo.

Shows at Fargo.
Every hotel in Fargo was filled to
OverfoWing as a result of the Tri-State
Grain Growers meeting as we'll as the
dog and chicken shows, the corr ex.
hibition and half a dozen minor events,
including the state meeting of the vet.
Urinary surgeons. The stock breeders,
too, were in session.
This was the eleventh annual gath.
ering of the farmers of Minnesota and
North and South Dakota. and it is es.
timated that there were fully 5000
strangers in Fargo.
President J. H. Worst of the North
Dakota agricultural college called the
meeting to order and presided at
most of the meetings. Judge Henry F,
Miller delivered the address of vel
come and Rev. S. S. Wyand led in
prayer. 7. Dexter Pierce of Larimore
responded to the address of welcome.
Professor Thomas Shaw, Professor O.
o. Churchill, Professor G. w. Randlett
and others made speeches.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
BRITISH ELECTION RETURNS
Unionists Continue to Gain Seats in
Parliament.

London, Jan. 25.-The Unionists
gained two more seats-one in the
Southport division of Lancashire and
another in the Harrow division of Mid.
dlesex. Otherwise the few results an.
nounced DO not change the party
strength. The newly elected members
of parliament now stand:
Unionist, 221; Liberals, 2O2; Labor,
ties, "a; Nationalists, SO.
With the cessation Of the stream of
Unionist gains, the Liberal leaders are
exhibiting a more hopeful spirit. Win.
ston Spencer Churchill at Poole as.
serted that the Liberals would return
to power with a majority practically
as great as Salisbury ever enjoyed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
ROOSEVELT FOR SPEAKER
Ex-President Mentioned as Successor
to Cannon.

Washington, Jan. 21.-Roosevelt for
speaker of the house of representa-
tives. This is the latest decision
reached as to what shall be done with
our ex-president?" according to a re-
port that has spread among members
of congress.
1t is even said hat Mr.. Roosevelt
has agreed to run for congress in the
First district of New York state, in
which Oyster Bay, his home, is To-
Gated. The understanding that he
will be elected to the speakership if
he runs is, it is declared, insisted on
by Mr.. Roosevelt.
Representative William W. Cocks of
the First district, according to the re-
port, is willing to step down and out
in favor of Mr.. Roosevelt.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
ANOTHER FIRM is CAUGHT
Roberts, Hall G. Criss of New York
Forced to Suspend.

New York, Jan. 21.-Roberts, Hail
were forced to suspend as members
of the New York Stock Exchange fol-
lowing the two failures brought about
by the collapse of the Columbus and
Hooking Coal and Iron pool.
Hugh F. Criss was the board men,
Der of the firm and had charge of the
Hooking pool on the exchange. He
estimates the liabilities of the firm at
$4,000, 900, but is quoted as saying
that he hoped to pay 100 cents on
the dollar unless the governors of the
exchange permit WEIGHING on the part
of other members with whom l had
contracts"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
WAC: DEMAND TURNED DOWN
Eastern Railroads Refuse Increased
Pay to Employees.

New York, Jan. 21.-The thirty-tTo
railroads c%entering in New York re-
fused the demands made by their 20O,-
600 trainmen and conductors for an
increase in wages and a shorter day.
They asked for a conference between
the managers of the railroads and the
union men, giving the railroad men
the right to name the date of the con-
ference. AS yet no date has been an
nounced. A compromise without the
necessity of a strike, it is believed,
will be the outcome of the future con
fe-enceS.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
AWAIT PRICE RISE
Grain Is Held From Buyers Until Bet
ter Offers Are Made.

The independence of North Dakota
farmers is shown by their action in the
past few days in storing their grain in
elevators, following the slump in
prices. The high prices which have
been prevailing of late caused the
farmers to rush their grain to the mar
ket in large quantities, but with the
break in prices this movement has
stopped and North Dakota farmers are
simply waiting for the price to go up
again before they put their grain on
the market.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27

o'clock. Then he uisrobed and re-
tired. When a guard passed the cell
a few minutes later the ex-banker was
sleeping peacefully.
When the convicted banker was
shown his cell he asked several ques-
lions about the rules governing his
Incarceration.
Gust tell me what to do and l will
do it," he said. eff l violate any rules
I assure you it VIII be through ignor-
ance Only.'
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
Held on Murder CHARGE.

Frank Mikl of Perth township, a
Bohemian accused of numbering his
wife and child on Christmas day, was
bound over following a preliminary
hearing at Grafton. Only states ev.
idence was introduced and the de.
PENDANT waived an examination. At.
torney Samson for Mikl says the doc.
tors testimony leaves no room for
doubt, as to the cause and method OF
death. Mikl strangled his wife and
baby, he says, and slept with the dead
bodies two nights. The defense will
60 on the theory of insanity.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
City Aroused Over Brutal Murder,

Ishpeming, Mich, Jan. 25.-Richard
Warcoe, an old and highly respected
resident of this city, was foully MUIR
dered in the street by two intoxicated
men. He was stabbed twice with a
pocket knife. James Scopacasa and
James Donate, Italians, were arrested
charged with the crime and are said
by the police to have confessed. The
population of the city is aroused over
the murder and the prisoners are be-
ing closely guarded.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Jan. 24.-Cattle-Beeves,
$4.10@7.50; Texas steers, 5 3.80@4.85;
Western steers, $4.0O@6.0O; stockers
and feeders, $3.00@5.50; COWS and
heifers, $2.10@5.40; calves, $4,000.
rs. Hogs-Light, $S.1O@8.45; mixed,
$8.20@8.55; heavy, $S.25@S.6O; rough,
$8.25@S.40; good to choice heavy, 49,
40@8.60; pigs, $7.10@8.10. Sheep
Native, $4.00@5.90; yearlings, S6.75@
500: lambs. $6.2508.76.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
WALLS FALL ON FIREMEN
Two Have Remarkable Escape From
Death,

The Gladstone flour mill was COM
pletely swept by fire while the work
men were at dinner. The stock and
machinery were destroyed.
A wall of the building, which was a
stone structure, fell, partly burying
two firemen, John Hughes and William
Hiser. Both were extricated, however,
after a narrow escape from death,
with no more injuries than numerous
bruises.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
Liveryman Fatally Injured,

John T. Hickey, liveryman of Shell
don, was fatally injured while attend
ing the grain growers convention at
Fargo. He had just stepped from the
Grand Family theater when he was
jostled by the immense crowd into the
oellarWay of the new North Dakota
Improvement company building. One
arm and several ribs were broken,
and, it is believed, his skull was frac-
tured.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat,

Minneapolis. Jan. 24.-Wheat-May,
$1.12k @1.12%; July, $1.1Oh @1.1O%.
On track-No. 1 hard, $1.13h @1.14A;
No. 1 Northern, $1.13A @1.13A; No. 2
Northern, $1.11@1.11A; No. 3 North,
ern, S1,09.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27

c. French of Natchez, by his secre-
tary and Joseph E. Bell, an Indian
apolis attorney, who was in the party.
Taggart was struck by a load Of
shot from Norton's gun. The shot
took effect in his face, shoulder and
arm. DR.. French declares that the
wound, while not serious unless COM
plications set in, may cause the loss
of the sight of the right eye. The
shot will not be removed until Tag
CART reaches his home.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
Jones Gets Ten Years,

Andy Jones, wrecker of the First
National bank of Rugby, was SEN
fenced by Judge Amidon at Fargo
to ten years on each Of the thirteen
counts of which Jones was convicted.
However, as these terms run concur
rently, the sentence is only ten years
in length.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
State Tax Association.

A splendid programme has been ar.
ranged by Secretary w. w. Felson,
auditor of Pembina county, for the
first annual meeting of the North Da.
kota State Tax association. The meet.
ing will be held In Grand Forks on
Jan. % and 20.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
Train Jumps the Track.

A passenger train on the Milwaukee
jumped the track near Wild Rice, ten
miles from Fargo. Several persons
were slightly injured, but none seri-
ously. Two hundred passengers were
crowded into three box cars and
brought into Fargo.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
Duluth Wheat and Flax,

Duluth, Jan. 24.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, $1.12A; No.
1 Northern, $1.11A; No. 2 Northern,
$1,000; May, $1.11A @1.11B; July,
S1.11k. Flax-In store, to arrive, on
track and May, s2.16M; Sept, $1.7o.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
LAND FOR THE UNEMPLOYED
lowan Donates Two Forty-Acre Tracts
in North Dakota.

Inspired by the example of George
M. Jackson of Pigott, Ark, who
recently gave 1000 acres of land
to the Hoboes' association to be
parceled out to unemployed men and
women, James Burton, a concrete
contractor of Delhi, Ia, offers to give
two %forty-acre tracts in North Dakota
for the same purpose.
He says he a procure an addition
al 400 acres in the same county and
believes there are probably 500 land
owners in the West who would be
glad to give unsettled land to the same
cause
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
Death Follows Poker Game.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Jan. 25.-H. B.
Lyons, thirty years old, Of Omaha, was
found dead in a room at the Montrose
hotel after playing poker all night
with A. Rothschild, also of Omaha.
Rothschild said he stepped from the
room a minute and when he returned
he found Lyons gasping on the floor
with a bullet wound in his temple.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
Farmers Son a Suicide.

James Sheldon, son of a prominent
farmer of Sibley Butte, committed sui.
eide by shooting himself in the
temple. Sheldon is said to have been
under the influence Of liquor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
Young Man Attempts Suicide.

Because the mother of Ole johnson,
tWenty-four years old, upbraided him
for buying a lot of household goods
after she had forbidden him to do so,
the young man secured a shotgun and
made a desperate attempt to commit
suicide at his home in Edinburg. He
is at st. Johns hospital in Fargo in a
precarious condition.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
St. Paul Live Stock.

St. Paul, ian. 25.-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, $6.0O@6.50.
Hogs-$S.00@S.30. Sheep-Wethers,
$5.25@5.75; yearlings, $6.75@7.75;
spring lambs, $7.75@8.25.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 24.-Wheat-May,
$1.09A; July, $1.00h; Sept, 96kc.
Corn-May, &c; July, 66Ac; Sept,
66hc. Oats-May, 47Ac; July, 327aa
@32%c; Sept, 41@41Ac. Pork-May,
$20.50; July, $20.55. Butter-Cream-
cries, Bic; diaries, 24@29c. Eggs
24A @34c. Poultry-Turkeys, tic;
chickens and springs, lac.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
MAY LOSE SIGHT OF AN EYE
Thomas Taggart Accidentally Shot
While Hunting.

Natchez, Miss, Jan. 23.-Thomas
Taggart, former national chairman of
the Democratic party, wounded while
hunting by his secretary, w. H. Nor
ton, has left for his home at Indian
apolis. He is accompanied by DR.. r.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-01-27
GRAHAM GOES ON COMMITTEE

r1UUSe approves oeTeCtTOH OF Demo-
cratic Caucus.
Washington. Jan. 25.-Accepting the
action of the Democratic caucus the
house elected Representative Graham
of Illinois as a member of the BALM.
ger-Pinchot investigating committee in
place of Representative Lloyd of Mis-
souri,, who resigned following his Sc.
lection by the Republican caucus and
election by the house in lieu of Repre-
sentative Rainey of Illinois.