Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-02-03


he was suffering seriously from in
haling smoke.
A few papers in the western part
|of the state are boosting Cole. of
kenmare. for governor. Some peo-
pie in his home county (Ward) insist
that Cole worked against c. A. John
son. the republican nominee, ,last:year.
and was openly for Burke. and they
don't like the idea of his being a re-
publican candidate.
There is gradually becoming less
distinction between the poor and the
rich in the courts. In the olden
days the poor man went to the peni-
tentiary for stealing loaf, and the
rich malefactor who swiped a million
went free Things are slightly
different now, and it is a most en-
couraging sign of the times. Fargo
Forum.
MIR. and Mrs. Hans Moe. of Chris
tine, waited at the Milwaukee depot
at that town to welcome a son, Hem
rick, who was expected on the train
But he did not arrive. Wondering
why he had failed to come. they
went to their home. They did not
know that their boy had been killed
in the wreck of the Canadian Pacific
| flyer at the Spanish River bridge.
near Sudbury. Ontario. Friday,
Jan. 2lst. Not until the day the
body was to arrive at Christine were
the aged couple informed of the
death of the young man. whose ar
rival at their home had been eagerly
awaited. Then neighbors broke the
sad news to them. Leaving his wife
and his home in Bergen, Norway. a
few weeks ago, the young man, who
was thirty-two years old, set out for
the home of his parents in North
Dakota, in the hope that he might
Improve his condition and be near
his loved ones in the new country.
intending to send as soon as possible
for his wife and children. His
journey came to sudden and cruel
lend when the train on which he was
a passenger plunged over the Spanish
River bridge and he was carried to
a watery grave.
+. b. kitf, son of M. III. Kitf, the
wellknown prohibitionist and gen
eral merchant of Tower City. was
found dead in his bed Wednesday
morning of last week, at an early
hour, with his throat cut from ear
to ear. The young man had been in
poor health for some time. He and
his wife and little daughter occu-
pied the same room. but slept in
separate beds, the little girl sleeping
with her mother. A light was kept
burning in the room, as young kif
had to get up in the night to take
Imedicine. At an early hour in the
morning the little girl awoke. and.
4 finding the light out. she aroused
her mother. The latter arose, and,
after Lighting the lamp. went to her
| husbands bedside. He had drawn
the covering up over his head. and
| when she turned the quilts and
sheets back she found him lying in a
pool of blood He was still alive.
a but died later in the day. He had
used razor, and had cut terrible
cash. completely scvering the jugular
|vein.
1 A case of considerable Importance,
and which establishes a new ruling
| in the land office, was decided by the
secretary of the interior. recently.
John I. Anderson was appointed
postmaster at Penn, N. d., some
| time in 1906. About two months after
This appointment he filed on quar-
} ter-section of land near Wheelock
and, instead of establishing his
actual residence thereon, he relied
on the constructive residence which
follows from the act of filing; and.
being an employe of the government,
|he maintained that residence was
not necessary. In the fall Of 1905
| he made final proof, and a receiver s
receipt was issued Shortly after
ward he sold the land for S3, 100. In
the course of time the proof reached
the commissioner of the general land
office, who rejected it on the ground
i that the residence shown was in
sufficient to warrant issuing pat
ent. An appeal was taken to the
secretary Of the interior. who re
|versed the ruling Of the commission
er, and patent was ordered to issue
! inside Of thirty days.
BRADDOCK BREYITIES.