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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
IN NORTH DAKOTA
News Of the Week From vari-
Gus Parts Of the State.
ONE KILLED and one HURT
Accidental Explosion of Dynamite ir
the Vicinity of Fargo Proves
to Be Disastrous.

One killed, n seriously injured and
n rejoicing oven his marvellous es-
cape, is the result Of a catastrophe in
which two pounds Of dynamite were
accidentally exploded by the connec.
ton of an electric current with the ex-
plosive.
The three men concerned in the
catastrophe were working on a well
three miles south of the city. A large
boulder in the bottom of the we'll on
the Cummings farm south of Fargo
was to have been blasted and the men
had taken the dynamite from it's
packing and were thawing it in a shed
nearby. 1t had then been taken near
er to the well and the men were max
ing the connections with the battery
preparatory to lowering the outfit into
the we'll when the unexpected hap
pened.
In some manner the switch connect
ing the battery was turned on and
the explosion followed. Roy Robbins,
aged twenty-four, and Frank Folsom,
aged forty-two, were blown a distance
of fifty feet. portions of their clothing
being blown 200 feet. Both sustained
serious injuries and were taken to the
local county hospital, where Folsom
died from the shock.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
FARGO MAKING BIG STRIDES
Wonderful increase in Manufacturing
and Jobbing in Last Decade.

Fargo made rapid strides in develop
ment the past decade. It's advance.
ment along man. lines exceeds it's in.
creas in population. While the lat
ter has been about SO per cent the city
has done better than that in most re.
spects.
It's manufacturing business in.
creased 354 per cent. It's jobbing
houses are 400 per cen more numer-
GUS than ten years since.
The bank clearings are 81 per cent
greater, the mileage of the telephone
wires is LOO per cent greater, the
number of telephone users 273 per
cent more, and the increase in the
number of operators is 220 per cent.
Attendance at local colleges and
schools varies from 20 to Ala per cent
in the different places.
The stamp sales jumped 1913 per cent
and the postofice money orders issued
increased 214 per cent. There are
many other increases along different
lines.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
NOTES SOME IMPROvEME NT
Commissioner Laid Tells of Ice
Cream Factories.

The states ice cream eating popu-
lation is not too particular as to con.
ditions surrounding the manufacture
of that product, says Commissioner e.
F. Ladd, in announcing the scorings
of the factories of the state. The pub
lie, he says, is not careful enough in
making inquiries into the condition Of
the factories to determine whether
they are turning out a safe product
for family use.
In the past year there has been ma.
terial Improvement in the condition of
the states ice cream factories, but
Commissioner Ladd says there is still
room for improvement.
Out of a group of fifteen factories
ten scored sperfect on ventilation sand
light, with eight as the lowest per.
centage. The possible or perfect per.
centage is ten. Only one factory
showed perfect floors, walls and fix.
lures, with two scoring as low as four
points. Three plants showed perfect
tools and machinery, with nine show.
ing a perfect score in cooling room ia.
cilities.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
BRANDS REPORT
UTTERLY ABSURD
Roosevelt Has Not Declared for
Taft in 1912.

New York, Dec. 29.-Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt has not declared for
the denomination of President Taft by
the Republican party in 1912. Colonel
Roosevelt made this fact most en-
phatic at his Office here.
"All of this talk about me support
ing Mr.. Taft in 1912 is utterly absurd -
Mr.. Roosevelt said. There has been
nothing like that discussed by me with
any one at any time.
And so far as the statements are
concerned that Collector Loeb has be.
a Taft dispenser of patronage
in New York in order to ecu the
state delegation for the presidents re.
nomination in 1912, 1 know nothing
more of the matter than what l have
read in the newspapers. So far as !
know there Is nothing in it,"
The statement followed the publica.
ton of a dispatch from Washington
setting forth that Collector Loeb OF
New York had been appointed helms.
man of the Taft political fortunes as
regards 1912, that Colonel Roosevelt
had made overtures of peace with Mr.
Taft and that these overtures had been
welcomed at the White House.
The Washington dispatch laid con
siderable emphasis on the statement
that Colonel Roosevelt had promised
President Taft that he would in nc
way, shape or form permit his owl
name to be used in connection with
1912. The story appeared to the colo
mel rs having been inspired in the
White House, hence the promptness
and ~terseness of his denial.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
CHIEF POOR WOLF IS DEAD
Last of Old Chiefs Expires at Ripe
Old ACE. ~

Poor Wolf, the last of the old chiefs
of the Fort Berthold Indians, is dead.
He was ninety-one years of age.
Poor Wolf was born in one of the
five villages at the mouth of the Knife
river in 1920. In 1874 he was one of
about a hundred Indians who came to
the old Fort Berthold village and
helped to build a trading post. They
put up a stockade around the post,
drawing the logs from the forest with
rawhide lariats over their shoulders.
They had left the Knife river country
because timber was scarce and the
Sioux and Blackfeet were plenty and
troublesome.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
Medical Men Organize.

Medical men of Hettinger county
perfected the organization of the Het.
finger County Medical association at
a meeting held in New England, which
was attended by practically every doc
tor in the district, One of the first
matters taken up by the association
was the fixing of minimum fees for
services and the scale will be adopted
at another meeting to be held shortly.
Officers of the new association are:
President, DR.. ]. w. Stribling, New
England; vice president, DR.. j. Ham
tlton. Bentley; secretary and treasurer,
DR.. F. T. Rucker. Mott.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
Hoxsey and Moisant Killed on
the Same Day,
HIS MACHINE TURNS TURTLE
Hoxsey Meets Tragic End at Los An.
geles-Moisant's Fatal Mishap
Occurs at New Orleans.

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. 31.-Arch
Hoxsey of Pasadena, Cal, king of the
air, met a terrible death here. While
attempting to make his famous spiral
dip and at a height of 800 feet his
machine turned turtle and dashed to
the ground, burying the daring aviator
beneath it. Death was instantaneous.
Hoxsey at the time of his death had
been in the air more than two hours,
trying for the Michelin prize for en-
durance, flying sometimes at a height
estimated at $500 feet.
After his astounding evolutions in
the air Hoxsey started to descend.
Twice on the downward trip he exc
cuted his spiral dip-the one that led
to the death of Ralph tombstone in
Denver only a short time ago. The
third time the boy aviator attempted it
he went over. A gust of wind caught
the fitting planes of his machine and
turned it completely over. There was
absolutely no hope for Hoxsey. His
machine shot to earth like a plummet
and when the dazed and fear stricken
mechanics and spectators rushed to
the spot the body of the boy was found
beneath the ruins of his machine
crushed to an almost unrecognizable
mass.
Moisant Killed at New Orleans.
New Orleans, Dec. 31.-John B. Moi
SAINT, the famous American aviator,
was killed at Harahan Station, twelve
miles above New Orleans, when his
machine turned head downward at an
altitude of 100 feet, throwing Moisant
out. He landed on his head and was
unconscious when picked up. He died
before the special train on which he
was placed could reach this city.
Moisant, in his fifty-horsepower Be
riot ~monoplane, with a special thirty
the aviation field in this city and flew
to Harahan, where special grounds
had been laid out over which the avia-
tor was to try for the Michelin cup.
Moisant circled the field twice, try
ing to find a landing place. This was
difficult, the field being on the edge of
the Mississippi river and swamps on
all other sides.
Suddenly, from some unknown
cause, the %monoplane turned it's head
downward; the Mortified watchers saw
Moisant pitch clear over the head of
the machine, and fall like a plummet
for a distance of fully a hundred feet,
landing on his head.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
SIXTEEN DIE
IN EXPLOSION
Boiler Blows Up in Massachu-
sets Ice Plant
NUMBER OF men INJURED
Over One Hundred Laborers Were
Standing Near the Building in
Search of Employment.

Pittsfield, Mass, Dec. 30.-Sixteen
men were killed by the explosion of a
boiler at the plant of the Morewood
Lake Ice company at Norwood Lake,
two miles south of this city.
Twelve We're killed instantly; one
died shortly after the accident and
three others died in the hospital. In
addition twelve men were injured, and
it was stated at the Home of Mercy
the hospital to which they were re.
moved, that it was feared that two OF
the patients would die.
About 125 men, mostly Poles and
Italians, were gathered in groups
about the building waiting employ.
ment at cutting ice.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
Woman Appeals Contest.

Final disposition of the Grand
Forks county contest for superintend.
ent of schools will come in the su-
preme court. an appeal to that tri-
bunal to be made by the contestant,
Miss Marion Wagar. Judge Temple
tons holding that the registration fea-
U of the election laws of the state
applied to men only is the decision
that she is appealing from. She con-
tends that ONE voters must also be
registered. This will put the a into
the March term of the supreme court
and in the meantime Miss Helen Prin.
devilie. the defendant, will hold the
Office.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
INCREASE IN WAGES
GIVEN TRAINMEN
Affects Seventy-tive Thousand
Men West Of Chicago.

Chicago, Dec. 31.-Conductors and
trainmen on fifty railroads running
granted a flat increase in wages of 10
per cent. The increase was granted
after a months negotiation and affects
$4,000 members of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen and the Order of
Railway Conductors and will mean an
added exiense of SIS, 1000, 900 a year to
the railroads. The increase becomes
effective al once
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
TURN DEAF EAR TO OFFICER
Two Arrested for Refusing to Assist
Sheriff in Making Arrest.

Two charges are lodged against
Charles Brown of Ross, n being that
Of violating the prohibition law. the
other is that of resisting an officer.
Two other men have also been ar
rested in connection with the case,
Edgar Crowder and Andrew Burs-
man, tho fact that they refused to as
sist the sheriff in making the arrest
getting them into trouble. When the
two men refused to assist the sher-
if he used the butt end of a revolver
on Browns head to place him under
control. All will be tried in the dis
trict court.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
THREE DEAD IN ST. PAUL FIRE
Another Woman Succumbs to the In
juries Received.

st. Paul, Jan. Mrs. Rose Moore,
forty-ive years old, victim Of the fire
in the Concord flats, is dead at st.
Joseph's hospital, bringing the total
death list to three.
Mrs. Moore is the woman who, after
being burned from head to foot in the
hallway on the second floor of the
apartment building, rushed to the bal.
cony and cast herself over the railing
to the ground. Her death was due to
the burns she received. to the shock
of her fall and to the exposure.
Rescuers, thinking her dead, left
her on the sidewalk while they en-
deavored to ave others who were ap-
pealing from every window for help.
Mrs. Moore is said to have lain on
the sidewalk nude for twenty minutes.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
MACHINE DROPS FIFTY FEET
French Aviator and His PASSENGER
Are Killed.

French Aviator and His Passenger
Are Killed.
Observation-Disclosures, France, Dec. 20.
M. Laffort, the French aviator, and
nj. Pola. a passenger. were instantly
killed when the formers machine fell
from a height of fifty feet.
Laffort was preparing to start for
Brussels in competition for the Auto
mobile clubs prize for a fight with a
passenger from Paris to Brussels and
return.
A big crowd was present when,
both to entertain the spectators and
test his machine, Laffort circled above
the aviation field several times. Sud-
denly the steering gear damned and
the aeroplane dropped to the ground.
The occupants were caught in the
Wreckage and were dead before aid
could reach them.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
CHocTAW CHIEF is DEAD
Head Of Indian Tribe Passes Away in
Oklahoma,

McAlester, Okla, Dec. 29.-Green
McCurtain, governor of the Choctaw
Indian nation and a prominent wit,
ness in the Gore-McMurray alleged
bribery investigation, is dead at Kill
ia, Okla, according to a telegram re-
ceived here.
In the recent congressional investi-
cation into charges by Senator Gore
of Oklahoma that politicians attempt
ed to bride him to approve the sale of
Indian lands McCurtain testified that
he had received large amounts of
money for inducing tribesmen to sell
their lands to the McMurray sSndi.
cate.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
SPECIAL TERM OF COURT
Old Courthouse at Wahpeton Is Pro-
nounced Safe.

-tLE4gta
The special term of the district
court with Judge Allen of Lisbon pre-
siding, convened in Wahpeton Jan. 8.
There r seventy-two civil cases and
forty-seven criminal cases to be tried.
The majority of the criminal cases
are blind pig cases and will be dis
posed of rapidly. The term probably
will extend into February.
The county commissioners recently
appointed a committee of expert build
ers to Investigate the courthouse to
determine whether or not it is strong
enough to withstand the weight of the
crowd that will be attending court.
After a careful inspection the building
was reported safe and court will be
held in the usual place. 1t is probable
a new courthouse will be erected in a
short time.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
FOR REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN
Said John w.. Weeks of Massachusetts
S.. Will Be Chosen.

Washington, Dec. 30.-It is planned
by the leaders OF the Republican party
with the hearty approval of President
Taft, to have a special meeting of the
Republican national committee in Jan.
uary at Washington, when in all prob.
ability Representative John w. Weeks
of Newton, Mass, will be elected chair
a Postmaster General Hitchcock
who tentatively resigned as chairman
in favor of j. F. Hill of Maine, who is
acting chairman, will relinquish his
connection with the committee alto.
gether and devote all his time to the
postoffice department.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Dec. observation-disclosures,
$4.75@7.0O; Texas steers, $4.25@5.4O;
Western steers, $4.25@6.00; stockers
and feeders, S3,50@5.80; COWS and
heifers, $2.6O@6.30; calves $7.00@9..
90. Hogs-Light, $7.6507.95: mixed,
$7.6508.00; heavy. $7.660796; rough,
$7.65@75b; good to choice heavy, ST..
7507.95; pigs, s~7.30Gp8.06. Sheep
Native, $2.80@4.36: yearIings, S4.75W
$50; lambs. s4.5006.xo.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
Fargo Man Frozen to Death.

Fargo. N. D., Jan. 3.-Fargo and vi
cfuity shivered with the thermometer
at Is below zero and a high wind
blowing. Not once during the day, &C.
cording to the United States weather
bureau, did the thermometer rise
above 10 below zero. William Thomas,
aged sixty, was found dead beneath
the south bridge. having frozen to
dHath bsfcre he could Ssach his homo,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
SUICIDAL ATTEMPT FAILS
New York Banker Will Recover From
Poison.

New York, Jan. 1.-Word was re
ceived at the district attorneys office
that Joseph G. Robin, the bank direc-
tor who swallowed poison, showed i'm
provement and that the chances for
his complete recovery are now good.
Physicians said he had an even
chance to get we'll.
Robin is a patient in the prison
ward of Bellevue hospital. A constant
watch is being kept over him. The
date for his arraignment on the in
dictment charging grand larceny has
not been fixed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
RIVER NAVIGATION A JOKE
Engineers Recommend No More Work
at Fargo.

Engineers Recommend No More Work
at Fargo.
The government may cease to main
tain it's old joke that the Red River
Of the North at Fargo is a navigable
stream. For years the war depart.
ment has persisted in this course de.
spite the fact that the volume of
water grew less annually, until last
fall it became so low that a child
could wade across the river. Major
Strunks' engineers have just filed an
adverse report against any Improve
ment work on the river at that point
by the government. This may result
in the revocation of the order regard.
ing the navigability of the river.
The department forces all new bridges
to be constructed with turntables.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
INDIANA BANK IS ROBBED
Bandits Clean Up Institution With
Theft of $6,416.

Indianapolis, Dec. 31.-The State
bank at New Palestine, a small town
fourteen miles east of Indianapolis, is
absolutely broke.
When the officials arrived in the
morning they found the door of the
bank open and the safe looted.
The vault had been robbed of S.
416 during the night and valuable pa
pers were scattered owe the floor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Dec. 31.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, $1.05A; No.
1 Northern, $1.04A; No. 2 Northern,
$1.O1A @1.02A; Dec, $1.03; May, ST.
06M. Flax-On track, to arrive and
Dec, SAL; May, $2.46.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
Fargo Growing Rapidly.

There are 1862 persons living in
Fargo, according to the figures of
a directory company. A new book has
Just been issued. Eighteen months
ago the company gave the population
as 14,102. The federal census of six
months ago made it 1853.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Dec. 31.-Wheat-Dec.,
92% @92kc; May, 967s @97c; July,
93k @93%c. Corn-Dec., 46hc; May,
1875 @4shc; July, 1890. Oats-Dec.,
31Ac; May, 34c; July, $3.50. Pork
Jan, $19.65; May, $1S.S2h. Butter
Creameries. 23@29c; diaries, 21@25c.
Eggs-19h@ oslo. Poultry-Turkeys,
tic: chickens, 12kc; springs, lie.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
BOARD STARTS NEW SUITS
Great Northern and 500 Urged to Con.
meet Three Points.

Great Northern and 500 Urged to Con.
meet Three Points.
New suits will be begun by Bottineau
county against the Great Northern and
500 railroads for the purpose Of secur.
Ing the. construction of connections at
Commence, Russell and Lansford. I'm.
der the state law railroads are re.
quired to maintain "Y's," but in that
county none has been constructed
where the two lines cross One suit
has already been instituted, but the
county authorities have determined
that the best results can be had by
starting new suits. The new actions
will ask for a writ of mandamus COM
pelling the companies to do the work.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
TURKS DEFEAT BEDOUINS
Punitive Expedition Routs Tribesmen
f, With Heavy Loss.

Constantinople, Dec. 29.-Turkish
troops sent against the Bedouins
have driven the revolters out of the
Ell .Kerak district, in the vilayet of
Syria, near the Dead sea, after a san
culinary engagement.
Official advices received here state
in the battle the Bedouins lost $50
killed and 600 prisoners. The Turk
ish losses were seven officers and sew
enty-seven men.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
JOINT COMMISSION PLANNED
United States and Canada May Unite
on Rate Regulation.

Washington, Dec. 3O.-As a result
of a long series of conferences between
Judge Martin A. Knapp, chairman of
the interstate commerce commission,
and Hon. J. P. Mabie, chief of the
railway commission of Canada, an
agreement has been reached to recon-
mend to the governments of the Unit.
ed States and Canada the creation of
an international railroad commission
which shall have supervision over rail
way rates in effect between the coun.
tries.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
Kid Traitor Is Wanted.

Further prosecutions against Kid
Traitor. an alleged horse thief, are
promised as q result OF warrants being
sworn out in Divide county. Bringing
stolen property into the county is the
charge against TRAITOR and efforts Will
be made to sxtradite him from causaa.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
FARGOAN FROZEN TO DEATH

Thermometer Registers Eighteen De.
grees Below Zero.
Fargo and vicinity shivered with the
cold with the thermometer at 1S be
low zero and a high wind blowing.
William Thomas. aged sixty years.
was found dead beneath the south
bridge, having frozen to death before
he could reach his home. He leaves a
family Of five. two ons in Staples. two
In Duluth and q daughter with whom
he lived. He was a delivery wagon
driver.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
ST. Paul Live Stock.

St. Paul, Dec. 31.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $5.O0@5.75; fair to good,
$4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and
heifers, $3.75@4.50; veals, $6.25@7.00.
Hogs-$7.60@7.75. Sheep-Wethers,
$3.25@3.75; yearlings, $500 q 500;
spring lambs, $4.75@6.O0.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, Dec. 31.-Wheat-Dec.,
$1.02%; May, s1.O4M @1.05; July, ST.
05% @1.04M. On. track-No. 1 hard,
$1.05; No. l Northern, $1.O3; No. 2
Northern, $1,000 @1.03; No. 3 North
ern, 99c@S1.O1,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
EIGHT MINERS ARE KILLED
Coal Car Knocks Props Down in West
! Virginia Shaft,

Bluefield, w. Va, Jan. Eight
men were killed and two injured in
the Lick Fork mine of the Red Jacket
Coal company, near Thacker. when a
mine car ran away, knocking props
down and allowing thousands of tons
OF coal to fall on the victims.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
COLLECTOR LOEB rs BARRED
Refused Admission to Union League
Club at New York.

OIuU at NEW YOFK.
New York, Dec. 29.-William Loeb,
Jr., collector of the port of New York
and secretary to the former president
of the United States during the Roose-
welt administration, has been denied
membership in the Union League club
of New York city. Membership in this
holy of holies" of exclusive Republic
anism was denied him at the Deem
Der meeting of the club, held on Thurs
day night of last week.
The known opposition of the club to
Jews was at the bottom of the rejec-
ton.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
ALL CIVIL SUITS DROPPED
Government Is Anxious to Send Pack.
ers to Jail.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Assistant United
States District Attorney James H.
Wilkerson has issued a statement re.
garding his action in sweeping aside
civil suits to make way for criminal
prosecution OF the men composing the
National Packing company.
Mr.. Wilkerson says there Is but
one reason for the dismissal Of the
civil cases and that is the desire OF
the government for immediate vigor-
GUS criminal prosecution Of the pack.
Ars.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
KILLED WHILE BUYING PISTOL
cuyuga Clerk Accidentally Shoots a
Customer.

While in the act of buying a revolt
Yer in the hardware store at Cayuga,
Henry S~chuveiller was instantly killed
when the weapon, in the hands of
Louis q. Nemetz, the clerk who was
showing the revolvers, exploded. Death
by accident was the verdict of the cor.
oner's jury.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-01-05
"INDlAN LID" UP TO TAFT
President Will Take Action on Mime.
sofa Case Soon.

sofa Case Soon.
Washington, Dec. 30.-President
Taft will within a week take action
relative to the Minnesota liquor sit
uation.
Officials of the Anti-Saloon league
have been given assurances that moth.
ing will be done in the case until, they
have had an opportunity to furnish to
the president certain information re-
lating to the Indian population of the
state.