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leaving for Norfolk until he had entirely
recovered He said he was feeling pretty
we'll. but was little tired from his long
road trip and retired early. Bob still
carries that pleasant smile. though, and is
popular with his teammates.
For the first time since the team re
ported here ten days ago and the weather
has permitted, the morning practice was
cut out today. The temperature was not
entirely what McAleer had hoped for, and
as many of the boys We're a little stiff
from their eXertions of this week, Mac
informed them after breakfast there
would be no show this morning. The
team will go out this afternoon, though,
and do the usual hour and a halfs work.
Mac says he will put Groom through
little exercise this afternoon. but Will
not allow him to do much work at the
start. Groom looks light in weight.
IL may not be known generally. but
there are some vocalists among the
Nationals and they are making a rep
down here. To pass away the time this
morning, Bob Unglaub. Conroy. Gessler.
Groom. Yohe. Killifer and Milan crowded
into one corner of the lobby and opened
mp their pipes Talking about harmony!
Wei, that article there good and
strong. and when they took breath to
get ready for another selection the young
lady at the telephone exchange sent out
a special messenger to ask them to keep
IL up. The next selection was that old
familiar song. when Boy l Used to
Dwell"
Killifer and Street are now under the
special care of Trainer Quirk on account
of a slight trouble with their right an
kles, which were put through the baking
process last night. The injuries have
improved little. but Quirk will not
park for the next two or three days. He
says they will probably be all right
for the game with Norfolk Saturday.
Hovlik is expected today or tomorrow.
McAleer has not been able to locate
Forman. the young pitcher who worked
with the Nationals in few games last
season.
Texas Yohe says Mac will not split
up the squad for a practice game be-
cause he's afraid the Yangans will wal
lop the Regulars. 'I'H bet all the coin
i have. we can beat en- said Yohe.
Mcbride predicts that Washington will
make a much better showing In the
American this season than ever before
We have a better hitting team and a
better inheId. not to say anything about
the strong pitching staff" said Mcbride
There's no reason why we should not
play an important part in this seasons
race.
Nearly every member of the Norfolk
team has reported now, and all are
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Hovlik is expected today or tomorrow.

McAleer has not been able to locate
Forman. the young pitcher who worked
with the Nationals in a few games last
season.
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the squad, Mac cannot hide the fact
that he is pleased with the condition OF
his players and the manner in when
they are entering into their prellmnafJ
work. Since the arrival of Schaefer,
Conroy. Unglaub and ReislinS he has
worn very much satisfied look, anu
the veterans are doing ali they can to
help get the best results out of the
spring training.
When the boys started in for the bat
ting practice Yesterday afternoon they
went ny against the real goods for the
first time since the arrival in Nor1olk
Dolly Gray and Dixie Walker had orders
from the manager to shoot EN- over, ana
they did it to the limit That pellet sim
ply smoked as it was handed up by each
OF the husky twirlers and the batters
had mere difficulty in landing on the
ball than they have had before. II was
just the thing that Mac wanted. though,
and he feels that it has done both the
pitchers and the batters much good
After the practice Trainer Quirk took
Gray and Walker in charge and t1ayed
their arms until there is no possibility of
any great soreness following their eXer-
lions on the mound. Quirk looks after
the boys like a hen looks after her chicks,
and they are all convinced that he knows
Just what he is doing. Quirk humors the
PLAYERS as much as possible. but when it
comes to business there is no foolishness
with him. The players all realize this,
too.
Quirk has weighed the players again
and he is satisfied with fhe reductions
that have been made. The weights of
the men who arrived here ten days ago
and who were put on the scales at that
time are as follows: Mcbride. 159; GRAY,
1621a; killifer. les: Lelivelt. 165: Street,
III.
Gabby'' Street is bothered slightly with
lame ankle and he is at a loss to
know what caused it. He can walk
short distance and then it suddenly gives
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Mac says he will put Groom through a
little exercise this afternoon, but will
not allow him to do much work at the
start. Groom looks light in weight
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
HUGHES GOES ON BENCH
Named as Associate Justice Of
the Supreme Court

Washington, April 26.-President
Taft has received from Governor
Charles b. Hughes of New York a let
ter accepting a rendered appointment
as an associate justice of the supreme
court of the United States. Five min
utes after the letter was handed to
the president the nomination Of Gov
ernor Hughes was on it's way to the
senate. That body had adjourned for
the day, however, when the papers
reached the Capitol, and so the sem
ate did not hear officially of the desig-
nation of Governor Hughes to succeed
the late Justice David ]. Brewer.
While it is expected that Governor
Hughes will be confirmed with little
or no delay, it is understood here he
will remain as the chief executive of
the state of New York until next o.
tober and will not take the oath of
his new Office until the fall term of
the supreme court opens the second
Monday of that month.
There has been much speculation
ever since it was first intimated that
Governor Hughes would be rendered
a place on the supreme court bench as
to whether or not his appointment
would take him out of the fall cam
paign in the state of New York, where
all the Republican leaders admit he is
sorely needed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
PAY TRIBUTE to JOHNSON
Congressman EuIogize Late North Da-
kota Senator.

"A man who had confidence in
the judgment of the people,"
was the way in which the late
Senator Johnson of North Dako.
ia was characterized in the house Of
representatives, where ~eulogies on his
life were delivered. Representative
Gronna of North Dakota was the
speaker who referred to Senator John
SOL in the manner indicated.
He said that, although he had diff
fered on some questions with Mr..
Johnson, he had always regarded him
as absolutely honest in his opinions.
He had always followed his own con-
victions, he said, even if it was not at
the time the popular belief. The
speaker eulogized also the home life
and the Christian character of his for
mer colleague.
Other speakers who paid similar
tribute to the late senator were: Rep
resentatives Hanna Of North Dakota,
Martin of South Dakota, Ellis of Ore
gon, Sulzer of New York, Calderhead
of Kansas and STEVENSON of Mime
sofa.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
IN NORTH DAKOTA
News Of the Week From Vari-
Gus Parts Of the State
THREE ARE BURNED TO DEATH
Mother and Children Perish in
Mother and Children Perish in
Depot Fire.

Mrs. G. A. Kruger and her two lit
tie girls, seven and nine years old,
respectively, were burned to death in
each others arms in a fire that de-
stroyed the 500 line depot at Egeland.
G.. A. Kruger, local agent for the
500 road, is in a dangerous condition
from burns received in the blaze while
trying to rescue his family from
death. The fire is believed to have
started from an overheated stove.
The 500 line depot at Egeland was
a two-story affair, Agent Kruger occu-
plying the upper floor with his wife
and two children. The lower floor
consisted of the waiting room and the
telegraph and ticket office. The big
ball stoves, usually found in railroad
stations of this type, were located in
the waiting rooms underneath one of
the up stairs bedrooms, in which the
family was sleeping.
From what a be learned Kruger
awakened to find the room in flames
and smoke and staggered to the
stairs. Receiving no reply to his fran
tic calls for his wife and children in
the fire and confusion he tried to fight
his way to their bedside in a far
corner of the room, but was driven
back by the wind famed flames, which
ignited his clothing. He was found on
the outside of the depot by the towns
people who rushed to the blazing
building and it is believed he leaped
from the window. Although his burns
are very yer physicians say his
wounds will not prove fatal.
The bodies of the wife and her two
little daughters were recovered from
the fire. They were incinerated al
most beyond recognition They had
died almost in each others arms.
They were probably suffocated by the
smoke before the flames reached
them. The depot was a total loss,
having burned to the ground.
Mrs. Kruger was formerly Miss Ida
Gust of Cyrus, Mimi, whence her
body will probably be shipped for
burial.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
VESSELS CRASH IN DARKNESS
One Goes to Bottom, but All on Board
Are Saved.

North Sydney, N. S., April ga
collision off Fortune Bay, N F., of two
Newfoundland schooners, the Edna
Carter and the Victoria, by which the
former vessel was sunk, is reported.
The two vessels crashed in the
darkness five miles off Brunette ISL
and. For two hours they hung to-
gether with their rigging entangled
and, in the heavy sea which was run-
ming, it was feared both would foun-
der.
After they were cut apart the Edna
Carter went down. Her crew escaped
to the Victoria, but lost all their eff
fects,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
MARK twain DEAD
Famous HumOriSt Passes Away
at Redding, Conn.,
VICTIM OF ANGINA PEcTOR|s
End Is fastened by Grief and
Great Agony Of Body.

Redding, Conn, April 22.-Samuel
Langhorne Clemens ("Mark Twain")
died painlessly of angina pectoris'
He lapsed into coma at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon and never recovered
consciousness. 1t was the end of a
man outworn by grief and acute agony
of body.
Wednesday was a bad day for the
little knot of anxious watchers at the
bedside. For long hours the gray,
aquiline features lay nodded in the
inertia of death, while the pulse sank
lower and lower, but late at night
Mark Twain passed from stupor into
the first natural sleep he had known
since he returned from Bermuda and
In the morning he woke refreshed,
wen family cheerful, and in full pos,
session of all his faculties.
He recognized his daughter Clara,
Mrs. Ossip Gabrilovitch, spoke a ra.
tional word or two and, feeling him.
self unequal to conversation, wrote
out in pencil: "Give me my glasses
They were his last words. Laying
them aside he sank first into reverie
and later into final Inconsistencies.
At the %deathbed were only Mrs. Ga
brilovitch, her husband, Ossip Gabrilo-
witch, DR.. Robert Halsey, DR.. Quin-
tard, Albert Bigelow Paine, who will
write Mark TWain's biography, and the
two trained nurses. Restoratives-
digitalis, strychnine and camphor-
were administered, but the patient
failed to respond.
Was a Native of Missouri.
Mr.. Clemens first saw the light in
the little town of Florida, Mo-, Nov.
80, 1885.
His bOyhood was not unlike that of
Tom Sawyer, the character he created
to become the hero of other American
boys for generations to follow. Young
Clemens received but a scanty school
education; in fact, it is suspected that
Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer were
one.
Samuel l.. Clemens was a man who
saw only the best in life; he ever re.
fused to see anything else.
In grinding poverty, in afauence,
surrounded by a happy family, or
standing at the bier of a loved one,
Mark Twain never gave up to despair.
Few among us have known grief as
bitter as be. Few men still have con-
tributed as much to the joy of the
world.
Frontier reporter, miner, steamboat
pilot, captain of finance, bankrupt, sue
cessful author, no matter what his
station In life for the moment, Mark
Twain was always the same genial
friend and companion.
Simple funeral services over the
remains of Mr.. Clemens were held
in New York city and the body was
inferred in the family plot at Elmira
beside those of his wife, two daugh
tiers and an infant son.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
ROOSEVELT IN PARIS
Ex-PreSident Given Most Enthu.
SiaStiC Welcome.

Paris, April 22.-No reigning sover.
elgn ever received a more enthusiastic
welcome to Paris than did Theodore
Roosevelt, the former president of the
United States. He reached here at
1880 o'clock in the morning and was
greeted by the representatives of the
president of the republic and the cab
met, American Ambassador Bacon, M.
~Jusserand, the French ambassador at
washington, and a great ~concourse of
people, which the Gordon of troops
surrounding the railway station had
difficulty in holding in check.
After luncheon at the American en-
bassy, Colonel Roosevelt called upon
President Fallieres and Foreign Min
lister Pinchon, who Immediately after
wards paid return visits to the en-
bassy.
In the evening Mr.. Roosevelt was
given an ovation at the Coincide Fran
caise, where he made his first real
public appearance in Paris, occupying
the presidential box.
When Colonel Roosevelt entered the
theater between acts, accompanied by
Mrs. Roosevelt, Miss Ethel, Kermit
and Ambassador and Mrs. Bacon, the
house literally rose to it's feet, volleys
of applause bursting from the boxes,
pit and galleries. For a full minute
the colonel made no response, but as
the demonstration continued he came
forward and bowed his acknowledge
ments.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
MAKES HIS MAIDEN SPEECH
Senator Purcell criticises Taft an<
Wickersham,

In his maiden speech delivered in
the senate on the railroad bill, Sen
ator Purcell sharply criticised the
president and the attorney general.
He virtually charged a purpose of so
Transforming the supreme court as to
insure such construction Of the pro.
posed law as to %supplant and nullify
~antagonistic state laws and state con
situations.
He was dealing with the r
provisions Of the bill and, having
stated that the North Dakota state
constitution prohibited the consolida-
ton of railroad lines, contended that
under decisions of the supreme court
it had held in effect that questions of
this character were subject to state
control.
Mr.. Purcell criticised man of the
provisions of the bill.
When he concluded Mr.. Purcell was
congratulated by a number of his COL
leagues.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
Cold Wave Destroys Vegetation
in the Northwest
LARGE SECTION IS AFFECTED
Loss in Crops Estimated a
twenty-five Millions.

st. Paul, April 25.-Bearing down
from Northeast Canada, flashing the
Great Lakes to fury and crossing the
Northwest states into the Central Mis-.
sissippi valley with destruction to
early vegetation, the storm that began
Friday increased in violence on Sat.
urday and continued until Sunday
morning, when it began to abate. Els.
Inmates of damage running into many
millions are reported from the Dako.
tas, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and
the states further south. The early
fruit crop has been badly injured and
in many places is a total loss.
Losses aggregating $25, 0OO, 900 are
probable in Minnesota and the Dako,
tas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Mis-.
souri, and Kansas as a result of the
blizzard. The situation in the North
west states may be summarized as
follows:
MINNESOTA - Probable damage
close to $4,000, 900 from injury to early
poisoning fruit trees. Possible dam
age much greater, depending upon *
tent of injury to potatoes and corr
that was seeded early in some por-
lions of Southern Minnesota. Re-
seeding probably necessary in many
cases.
lowa's Loss Very Heavy.
lOWA-Damage estimated between
$S,000,000 and $4,000, 900. Cherry,
plum and apple trees in blossom badly
injured and the crop a total loss i n
many places. Early vegetables frozen
in some localities.
kANSAS-Estimated losses to early
fruits and vegetables $50, 900, 900. Win
ter wheat damage uncertain.
NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA
Damage to fruits and vegetables prob
ably $1,000, 900. Spring wheat and
early sown oats, barley and winter
rye crop affected, but not believed to
have been injured beyond possibility
of recovery.
WIsCoNSIN-The cranberry crop
has probably escaped serious damage,
but losses in the state are placed at
more than $1,000,0OO to small fruits.
Early vegetables have been killed in
many portions of the state.
ILLINOIS, MISSOURI AND NE
BRASkA-Probable damage $5,0OO,-
900.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, April observation-disclosures,
$5.75@8.50; Texas steers, $4.75@6.25;
Western steers, $5.00@6.8O; stockers
and feeders, $3.S0@6.70; COWS and
heifers, $2.S0@7.40; calves, $685.
SO. Hogs-Light, $9.25@9.55; mixed,
$9.25@9.60; heavy, $9.25@9.6O; rough,
$9.25@9.35; good to choice heavy, &c.
81 10000; pigs. $9.0O09.5o. Sheep
Native. $4.500S.35; yearlirgs. $3.50
$50; lambs, S7.5009.65.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
FORTY-ONE MINERS PERISH
Every Man in CoIIiery Dead as Result
OF Explosion.

Birmingham, Ala, April 22.--Not
one of the forty-one men imprisoned
by the explosion in the Mulga mine
of the Birmingham Iron and Coal COM
pany is alive. Twenty-six bodies have
been recovered. They were so badly
burned and mangled by the force of
the explosion that Identification was
difficult.
Inspector Hillhouse declared that
never in the history of mining in Ala
bama has such damage been wrought
by an explosion in a mine. He de-
clared that as yet he was unable to
state the exact cause of the explosion,
but it is believed to be the result of a
windy shot"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
ONLY SEVEN ESCAPE ALIVE
Explosion Kills Eighteen Miner" at
Amsterdam, o,

Steubenville, O., April 23.-The
lives of eighteen miners we're snuffed
out in an explosion in the Youghio-
gheny and Ohio Coal company's mine
at Amsterdam.
I Seven men, bruised and burned,
were rescued from the mine, and their
escape from death is regarded as mi
raculous. The interior of the mine
was wrecked and all ventilation shut
off. The cause has not been deter
mined by the state mine inspectors
and mining experts, who are conduct
ing the search of the wrecked work
ings for the bodies Of twelve victims
who have not yet been located.
The mine had been inspected but
two days before the explosion by
Deputy Inspector Thomas Morrison.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
BATTLE IN A PENITENTIARY
Two Convicts Killed and Three Others
Wounded.

Canyon City, Colo, April 26.-Two
convicts were instantly killed and
three others were fatally wounded
while attempting escape from the
state penitentiary here.
The battle took place in the corridor
of the cellnouse. The five convicts
had escaped from their cells and were
preparing to dynamite their way to
the penitentiary yard when they were
met by Warden lyman and his guards.
One of the convicts was armed with a
others fought desperately to overcome
the officers,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
BRIDEGROOM IS RECOVERING
"Deathbed" Marriage Promises to
Prove a Happy One.

What at first was believed to have
been a deathbed marriage at Des
Laos may turn out to be a chap
py-ever-after" affair as a result of the
change that has come in the physical
condition Of Hagbardt Halvorson,
welded last week to Miss Minnie Lar.
son.
At the time of the ceremony, Hal.
vorson was ill, and it was feared he
would not ecover. Arrangements for
the wedding were made, Judge Murray
of Minot performing the ceremony I'M
der peculiar conditions.
Within the past few days Halvorson
has gained rapidly, and 1t is believed
he will recover.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
Shoots Brother With Arrow.

Leslie Duncan of Neche, aged five
years, suffered intense pain while his
elder brother crudely extracted an ar
row from his eye. Later the boy
was taken to physicians and the eye
removed. The elder boy was shoot
ing with a bow and arrow, the little
fellow running out and bringing the
arrows back. One Of them struck
him in the eye Just as he turned to.
wards his brother.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
Child Dragged to Death.

The five-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs Clark Buck was accidentally
killed near their home at Linton. The
lad climbed upon an improvised seat
on a harrow and was thrown off when
the horses became frightened and a
away. A compound fracture of the
skull resulted when the child was
dragged by the teeth of the harrow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
BLAMED FOR PRAIRIE FIRE
Rud Jennison, a Farmer, Is Convicted
and Fined.

Rud Jennison, the Glencoe farmer
who was charged with starting the
prairie fire that did so much damage
in the vicinity Of Bismarck the first
of this month, was tried before Judge
Pierce, found guilty and was fined $50
and costs, which will bring the pay
ment made by Jennison to more than
5000, as there were a large number of
witnesses called in the case. This is
the first time that such punishment
has been melted out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
PATIENT SCALDED TO DEATH
Insane Man Gets Into Tub Filled With
Hot Water.

John Severson of Grand Forks coun-
ty, a patient at the state insane hos
pital at Jamestown, got into a bath
tub filled with hot water and was so
severely scalded that he died soon
afterwards.
He was left for a moment by an at
tendant, who upon his return found
the patient still in the water and Sc
verely burned. The physicians be-
lieve the insane mans death was due
to shock as much as to the scalding.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
Horse Steps on chiId's Face.

The three-year-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Howell Of Joliettem
was the victim of a terrible accident.
Falling over the dashboard of a buggy
her face was crushed horribly by the
horse, which stepped back suf1 GENTLY
to crush the little ones head under
its hoof. There is some chance of her
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
NATIVE MODS BURN VILLAGES
Situation in Human Province, China,
Reported Critical,

Hankow, April 23.-The situation in
Human province is reported as critical.
Women and children are fleeing for
their lives from Changsha, the capital.
A number of villages near that city
have been reduced to ashes by native
mobs. The country is placarded with
threats to kill all foreigners.
Many Chinese have been killed. In
one instance a technical school was
set afire and thirty students were
burned to death.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
HUNDREDS Die in BATTLE
Severe Fighting Said to Have oc-
CURED in Albania,

Constantinople, April 26.-The Al
bantam revolt in the sanjak of Pres
tina has broken out again with re-
doubled fury, according to admissions
made by the war department.
The fighting has been the heaviest
yet reported, with approximately TO-
900 Albanians and 5000 Turkish
troops engaged. Hundreds have been
killed. The government is now rush
ing reinforcements to the scene.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
PROPOSES FURTHER CHANGE
Congressman Fowler Would Have
House Elect All Committees.

Washington, April pa further
proposed by Representative Fowler of
New Jersey, n of the progressives,
who introduced a resolution providing
for the selection of committees of
the house by election. 1t was referred
to the rules committee without the
fight which was expected when Repre-
sentative Hardwick of Georgia called
for a quorum in view of the impor-
lance of the subject.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1910-04-28
Aged Man Badly Frozen.

After seeking shelter from the cold
during the last storm in a deserted
building neal st. Thomas and becom-
ing i'll, John Mueller, forty-five years
old, was unable to seek help till the
storm abated. He was then taken
to st. Thomas, both feet badly frozen
and in bad physical condition.