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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
FACE CHARGE OF MURDER
Winnipeg Man and Neche Boy Ac'
cused of Killing Insane Man.

Two men are in Jail charged with
the murder of Phillip Worrall, the in
sane man who disappeared from Neche
in October, 1909, and were arraigned
before Justice Frank Howard of Bath
gate.
E. A. Stewart, former immigration
agent at Neche, was brought from
Winnipeg to Bathgate and is now in
Jail there, while ]. c. Gymm, accused
as his accomplice, is in Jail in Penn
bina.
Stewart, who, it is first understood,
would make a fight against ~eXtradition,
decided to return to the United States
without a fight. He has refused to
make any statement to the authori-
ties and has not seen an attorney.
Gymm, charged with completely in
the case, is only twenty years of age
and is the son of a Neche woman.
He has a sister who is employed in
the p~ostofice there. The young man
will not talk concerning the case.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
LUSK ADDRESSES BANKERS
st. Paul Man on North Dakota Pro-
gram at Fargo.

gram at Fargo.
The North Dakota state bankers
held a two days session at Fargo.
In addition to routine proceedings en-
tertainment was provided by a local
committee. The wives of local bank
ers also arranged to entertain the
visiting women.
A demonstration of the gas produc-
ing possibilities of Ignite coal was
given. A complete model plant was
constructed, under supervision of w.
s. Snyder, until recently superintend-
ent of the Hebron sub-station. Mr..
Snyder also delivered an address be-
fore the bankers.
President Mcdowell of Marion called
the association to order. Following
the invocation by Rev. j. M. Walters,
Mayor Lowell welcomed the %financiers
and response was made. by Mr.. Craw-
ford of Sentinel Butte.
Addresses were made by President
Lusk of the German-American Nation
al Of st. Paul, President Phelan of the
Bowman National bank, President
Graves Of the James River National
bank of Jamestown and Vice Presi-
dent Corwin of Wells-Dickey company,
Minneapolis.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
STATE wANTSMOR
Commercial Clubs to Meet at Minot to
Plan Campaign.


Secretary F. L. Sherman of the Mi
not Commercial club issued a call for
representatives of all commercial
clubs of North Dakota to meet in Mi
not on July 13 and IA for the purpose
of forming j federation of commercial
clubs of North Dakota.
The purpose of the federation is to
stem the tide of immigration to Cana
da and the Pacific Northwest and to
secure as many settlers as possible for
North Dakota. Secretary Sherman
says that North Dakota is losing
thousands of settlers every year be-
cause of the failure of the people to
advertise the states %esource and
possibilities. He says:
There is no question that North
Dakota is not getting it's share of the
homeseekers as against Canada, Mon
tana and other Western states and the
reason is lack of cooperation. We fail
to let the people know what we have.
Thousands are passing through u
state every year for more remote dis
tricts, where the profits of agriculture
must be less. 1t is to overcome this
situation that we hope to form the
federation of North Dakota CONNER
cial clubs.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Intense HEAT IS
FATAL TO MANY
Forty eight Victims in Chicago
in Thirty-six Hours.

Chicago, July 4.-Chicago sweltered
in its hottest day of 1911 and the hot
test July 3 in the history of the
weather bureau.
Following the hottest night ever ex-
perienced in Chicago the temperature
climbed steadily and at 2:45 o'clock
the thermometer in the weather bu-
reau tower officially registered 99.5
degrees, while at the street level the
temperature officially was recorded at
103 degrees.
Twelve deaths and one suicide
brought the list of heat victims of the
last thlrty-six hours up to forty-eight,
OF which number twenty-eight we're
babies.
New York, July 4.-The siege of op-
pressive hot weather continues
throughout New York state. In this
city the maximum was SO.
Ten persons died from the heat,
while the prostrations officially re-
ported ran upward of a score.
At the Cornell weather station in
AIhoSd q ClApCI oIulS VI lUl u0SIG0S,
the highest since the station was es-
tablished thirty years ago, was official
ly reported.
Boston, July All heat records of
the weather bureau were shattered by
the hot wave which encircled New
England.
Beverly, the summer capital, swell
tered in a temperature of 1O8 degrees.
Three deaths and more than fifty
prostrations were reported in Boston
and its suburbs alone, while scores OF
persons in other parts OF New Eng
land were overcome.
Pittsburg, July 4-Twelve deaths
were reported for the day, six of these
from exhaustion caused by the heat
and six by drowning, while one woman
was found wandering the streets de-
mented.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
SENATOR KENYON
Says PERJURY
Intlmates Prosecutions May Re-
suit From lorimer Case
EDWARD HINES ON THE STAND
Chicago Lumber Magnate C~ontradicts
Evidence Given by Witnesses
Who Preceded Him.

Washington, June 30.-Intimations
that prosecution for perjury may grow
out of the testimony Of certain wit
nesses before the senate committee in
vestigating Senator Lorimer's election
and the declaration of Edward Hines
of Chicago that Clarence S. Funk, gen
eral manager of the International Har-
vester company, far from being asked
to contribute, had volunteered to help
defray Senator Lorimer's election e
penses startled the committee.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa stirred up
the talk of perjury prosecution after
Mr. Hines had contradicted several
previous witnesses, but it remained
for MI. Hines to spring the real sur
prise of the day with his new version
of the famous conversation with the
International Harvester company Off
cial.
In telling his story of that much
discussed talk with Clarence S. Funk
at the Union League club at Chicago
Mr.. Hines said he was sitting in the
club with Fred Carney of Marinette,
Wis, Charles Hall of Sault Ste. Marie
and Isaac Baker of Chicago. Mr.. Funk
approached and shook hands. The
witness continued:
"He (Funk) said, 4 am very glad to
hear of Mr.. Lorimer's election to the
senate l said | vas glad to hear him
say so. He said, 4 would like much
to have you arrange to introduce me
to Senator Lorimer. l have never met
him.
Would Like to Contribute.
"Then we walked over toward the
entrance of the club and he said: 4
understand the senator must have
been put to more or less expense for
this s%enatorship and he ought not to
stand it. The business interests ought
to take it off his hands. We would
like to contribute
Il said: L do not know anything
about that. l will see about it and
let you know"
All day Mr.. Hines was on the stand
and his examination was not conclud-
ed when the committee adjourned. His
first testimony that attracted deep in
terest was his detailed account of how
he said President Taft, former Sena-
tor Aldrich and Senator Penrose had
him exert his influence to have Mr..
Lorimer elected to the senate.
Hines said he never went to Mr..
Funk's Office to muddle his memory
respecting the Union league converse
ton following the publication on Feb.
is last of the Chicago Record-Herald
editorial charging that a Lorimer fund
of 500, 900 had been raised.
Hines further denied the testimony
of Writ H. Cook of Duluth that he
(Hines) had said over the telephone
in talking with Springfield on the eve
of Lorimer's election, that he would
be down on the next train prepared to
furnish all the money required.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Findings Of Herbert Knox Smith
Are Made Public.
MAKES NO Recommendations
Declares Restriction of Competition
Was Prime Object in Organiza-
ton of Steel Corporation.

Washington, July 1.-The long ex.
pected and much discussed report
from the bureau of corporations on the
United States Steel corporation, re.
Gently submitted to President Taft,
was made public here.
Signed by Herbert Knox Smith, com
missioner of corporations, the report
makes no recommendations and is al
most wholly narrative in form.
Mr.. Smith declares that restriction
Of competition was a prime object of
the organization of the steel corpora
ton, or so called trust"
Capitalized at $1,402, 100000 the cor
poration, he asserts, had tangible
property worth only $685., 900 900. BY
a constant reinvestment of earnings.
however, the report points out, much
of the water" in the company has
been eliminated.
The steel corporation now owns 10
per cent of the lake ores, having re-
SCuIly SOISCIll oLCu I'D * " DC
curing these properties, On this point
the report says:
Indeed, in so far as the steel cor
poration's position in entire iron and
steel industries is Of monopolistic
character, it is chiefly through it's con-
troll of ore holdings and the transpor-
tation of ore"
In his letter of submittal to the
president the commissioner covers in
condensed style practically every fea,
ture of the report.
The principal features of Commits
sioner Smiths report on the steel in.
dustry are:
Features Of the Report.
The marked development of consoli-
dation, eliminating in the organization
of the United States Steel corporation.
capitalization by the United States
Steel corporation far in excess of
property values. The bureaus valua-
ton of the tangible assets in 1901 is
1882, 00O, 900, as against Sl,400, 900 900
of issued securities.
AAh liza ia VI InO NOoI VI Ii ouU-
sequent additions to the property of
the corporation, showing a total in
vestment in tangible property on Dec.
81, 1910, of $1,1S7, 100000, as against
$1,46S, 100000 outstanding securities.
An average rate. of profit from 1901
to 1910 on the corporations actual in
vestment, as computed by the bureau,
Of IL per cent.
An almost continuous decrease in
the corporations proportion of the
output of principal steel products, but
a marked increase in it's ownership or
control of iron ore deposits.
The bureau places the value of the
ore reserves of the corporation at
$100, 900 900, while the corporation
itself places their value at $500 ,OOO,-
900.
To prevent ore from falling into the
hands of Independent producers or to
prevent the Hill interests from found
ing a rival steel business the corpora.
ton granted to the Great Northern
road the Hill leases which guarantee
the largest royalties ever known in
the ore business.
The corporation controls Is per cent
of the available ore and because of
this and its control of the transpor.
tation facilities in the ore district oc-
cupies a commanding position in the
| steel industry.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
EDWARD TILDEN ON STAND
Denies knowledge Of Bribery in the
Lorimer Election.

Washington, June 29.-His methods
Of bookkeeping and his loyalty to the
Democratic party alike were under
fire when Edward Tilden, bank di-
rector, packing house manager and
corporation man generally, appeared
before the senate Lorimer committee
to testify that he was in no way in
terested in the raising of a fund to
elect Mr.. Lorimer to the senate.
Attorneys for the committee, attor-
neys for Senator Lorimer and members
of the committee itself asked Mr..
Tilden, in almost every conceivable
style of question, if he had anything
to do, or knew Of any one that had
anything to do with the raising of a
fund for Senator Lorimer, either be-
fore or after election. To each the
witness said with emphasis that he
did not,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Two Boys Drowned.

William Henderson and Levin Nc
Dowell, both aged seventeen, ere
drowned in the Mouse river near Vel
va. The boys were in swimming.
Henderson got into deep water, Nc
Dowell tried to pull him out and both
went to the bottom. McDowell's
father endeavored to rescue the boys,
but life was extinct when they we're
brought to the surface.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
TEN MEN CRUSHED TO DEATH
Dozen Others Injured in Collapse of
Buffalo Pumping Station.

Buffalo, N. Y, July 1.-Ten men are
dead, and a dozen are injured, several
probably fatally, as the result OF the
collapse of the roof and other portions
of the Buffalo water departments new
pumping station on the lake front. 1t
will probably be hours before those
buried in the pumphouse a be
reached. The city police are being
aided in their rescue work by troops
i'm the garrison nearby.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
NEW CABINET IN FRANCE
CailIaux's Selections Approved by
President FaIIieres.

Paris, June 29.-The new French
cabinet has been definitely CONSTITUTE
ed and Joseph Caillaux, the premier,
who succeeds M. Monis, presented his
colleagues to President Fallieres, who
signed the nomination DEGREES. The
cabinet is composed as follows:
M. Caillaux, premier and minister
of the interior; Jean Cruppi, justice;
Justin G.. Deselves, foreign affairs; l..
l.. klotz, finance; Adolphe Messimy,
war; Theophile D~elcasse. marine; M.
A%ugagneur, public works; M. Couyba,
commerce.; Jules Pans, agriculture;
M. Lebrun, colonies; Renoult, labor.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, July 1.-Wheat-July,
95%c; Sept, 96%c; Dec, 97h @97Ac.
Cash close on track: No. l hard,
08%c; No. / Northern, SIN 09SAc;
to arrive, 96B@97Hc; No. 3 North.
ern. 1871 @96%c; to arrive, $685. @
S6%c; No. 3 Northern, 91h 09l%c;
No. 3 yellow corn. 60@60hc; TO ar.
rive, 6sNc; No. 4 corn. 6s059c: No.
3 white oats. 43c; TO arrive. 42Nc:
No. 3 oats, AIN 042c; barley, mating.
|''Dssc: feed. sS0s7c; fax. S2.es.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, July 1.-Cattle-Beeves,
s4.65@6.75; Texas steers, $4.50@6.O0;
Western steers, $4.70@5.75; stockers
and feeders, $3.25@5.40; COW and
heifers. s2.25@5.75; calves, $5.75@S..
90. Hogs-Light. $6.30@6.72A; mixed,
$6.30@6.75; heavy. $6.20@6.70; rough,
SC. good to choice heavy, So
S5@6.70; pigs, s5.90@6.50. Sheep
Native, $2.50@4.40; Western, S2.75@
4.4O; lambs, $4.50@7.55.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Fire Threatens New Salem.

The entire city of New Salem was
threatened with destruction when a
blaze was discovered in the old Min
neapolis Brewery company building,
near the Deitz & Sons Lumber COM
pany yards. The fire had gained a
big start before it was discovered, the
flames bursting through the roof and
the wind hurting cinders through the
air for long distances. The lumber
yard caught fire but was saved by the
fire department. 1t is believed the
blaze was started by sparks from a
locomotive.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Doctors Trial to Open July S.

Judge Burr Of Bottineau county will
preside over the trial of DR.. j. J.. Reil-
ly, the Milton physician, charged by
the state with manslaughter, who filed
an affidavit of prejudice against Judge
w. J. Kneeshaw. The term will be
called July s.. The trial of Nellie
Gande, the nurse, who is charged
jointly with the physician in the COM
mission of the crime and who is a
girl of scarcely more than twenty
years, will be tried Immediately after
the Reilly Ease is disposed of.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Mother Sees Chile Perish.

While Mrs. John Penner, living on a
farm near Langdon, was engaged in
boiling linseed oil preparatory to oil
ing the floor the pot of oil boiled over,
caught fire and enveloped the building
in flames. Mrs. Penner had stepped
out of the house, leaving her two
months-old baby asleep in the room,
and upon discovering the flames
made desperate effort to rescue the
child, but was driven back each time.
She saw the child burned to a crisp.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Charged With White Slavery.

William Osker, charged with white
slavery and arrested in Pembina upon
the complaint of immigration author
tiles, will be given a hearing July s.
Osker came to Pembina with a young
girl, who he said was his daughter.
The couple came from Winnipeg.
They were going to Minneapolis, to
which place they had tickets, the girl
travelling on half fare.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Verdict Ordered for Road.

Judge Amidon directed the jury at
Fargo to return a verdict for the de.
PENDANT in the $4,000 damage suit Of
J. l.. Hart against the Northern Pa.
cifc, Hart, the administrators of the
estate Of Chester B. Starr. was killed
in the Northern Pacific yards at
jamestown.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
BANKS CEAsING OPPOSITION
Accepting Establishment Of Postal
Savings Repositories.

Washington, July 4.-In announcing
the addition of fifty more postal saw
ings repositories, situated in thirty.
two states, Postmaster General Hitch
cock noted that the opposition of
banking institutions to the establish.
ment OF these repositories had almost
completely disappeared.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
STRIKE ENDS AT LIVERPOOL
Sailing Schedules to Be Resumed I'm.
mediateiy.

Liverpool, July 4.-The t%ransatlan-
tic steamship companies here and the
striking seamen have reached a set.
Element satisfactory to all.
This ends the strike on all liners
running out of Liverpool. Sailing
schedules will be resumed at once.
At Hull. where many of the fami
lies of the strikers are on the verge Of
starvation, negotiations were resumed
with prospects of settlement.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Kills Three and Himself.

Dubuque. la, July 4.-Leslie Miller,
a prominent farmer at Devon, near
New Hampton, Ia, murdered his wife
and two OF his children and then COM
mitted suicide. Domestic troubles are
said to have been the cause of the
tragedy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Confederate General Dead.

Atlanta, Ga, July AFTER linger.
ing at deaths door for nearly a month
General Clement A. Evans, formerly
commander-in.chief of the United Con.
federate Veterans, died here OF
Hrights disease.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Former North Dakotan Killed.

James Edward McKivett, a home
steader, living forty miles north of
Herbert, Sask., was struck by light
ming and instantly killed. McKivett
was hauling hay when struck. He
went to Canada from North Dakota
about a year ago.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
TO DISSOLVE TOBACCO TRUST
Thirty Days Supreme Court Allowed
for Rehearing Passed.

Washington, June 30.-The supreme
court of the United States issued an
order to the attorney general direct.
ing him to instruct the lower courts
to carry out the supreme courts de.
cision providing for the dissolution of
the American Tobacco company.
The time allowed the company 70
ask for q rehearing has expired.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, July l. Wheat = July,
89%c; Sept, soc; Dec, 92Ac. Corn
July, 6oA @6O%c; Sept, &c; Dec, 81
@61Ac. Oats-July, 43Ac; Sept, 44A
@44Bc; Dec, 1890. Pork-July,
s15.65; Sept, $15.S7. Poultry-Tur.
keys, 12c; chickens. 11hc; springs, tic
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
Brakeman Struck BY LIGHTNING.

While standing on the platform of
the caboose of a freight train at Far.
go, Tom Kirk, a brakeman, was hit by
q bolt OF lightning. He was picked up
In an unconscious condition, but will
recover.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
st. Paul Live Stock.

st. Paul, July 1.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers. $5.50@6.10; fair to good,
s5.00@5.5O; good to choice COWS and
heifers, $4.50@5.25; veals, $5.25@6.25.
Hogs-$6.25@6.45. Sheep-Wethers,
S3.25@4.00; yearlings, s3.00@5.0O;
spring lambs, $4.00@6.25.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1911-07-06
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, July 1.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. l hard, 9SAc; No.
l Northern, 97Ac; No. 2 Northern,
94A @95Ac; July, 97Ac; Sept, 97%c.
Flax-On track and to arrive, $2.O6;
July. $2.06.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-08
INEFFICIENCY AND GOOD HEALTH

The Cochise County institute Dou in progress at Bisbee has started a discussion on the EFFICIENCY oi the present day school system and efficiency seems Go be getting swat letween the eyes It is contended that the high school graduate uses bad grammar, atrOcious spelling and has only a smattering of things. For which the SYSTEM is blamed as well as the fact that many teach CTS only take a flyer into school wcrk as a stepping stone 10 marriage or other lines because of the small pav, and consequent small induce. ment to STAY with the profession
 Right here we want 10 say tha5 the boy with bad grammar and atrocious spelling, if he has GOOD LUNGS. DEVELOPED LIMBS and AMBITION, is a pretty safe bet in the industrial race against any oi the literary lights or the school - Douglas Dispatch.
 Which IS all quite true but also quite apart from The Reviews re- cent criticism of the public school system. Many man has succeeded in life. though deprived of all SO called educational advantages in his youth. Many have smassed fortunes and now and then, one like the Learned Blacksmith" or the ~Et' trick shepherd" has gone far into tba fields of science and literature.
 Boys Of whom such msn come would do well under any schooi system. They would progress in spite Of the inefhciency Of teachers and SO. perhaps. any boy would have done, who. in spite of his handicap has attained any considerable meas ure cf success as man.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-08
INDEPENDENTS MAY
 GET OH THE BALLOT
An Opinion by Attorney GeneT- al Wright

During the agitation about pre-. cinct officers being shut out of the approaching party primaries. it oc- cared to District Attorney Benton Dick. Of Pima county, that inde- pendent nomination papers would offer a solution to the problem and he investigated the matter. He found that the election law of 1901 provides for such nomination. Re ferring the matter to Attorney Gen eral John B. Wright, Mir Dick re. ceived confirmation of his own opin- isn in the following letter:
 Hon Benton Dick, District Attor-
 ney, Tucson, Arizona:
 Dear Sir: Replying to your in- quiry as to whether a person can be placed upon the official ticket at the general elections to be held in Arizona on December 12th, on an ia- dependent nomination paper, and, if so. how such paper is to be prepar- ed and filed. have to say:
 That the primary laws of Arizona. 1909, in Sec. ?. provide that all can didates for elective offices can be nominated GD by a primary held in accordance with the act; @ by independent nomination papers, signed and filed as provided b. existing statutes.
 Election Ordinance No. 2 of the constitutional convention. in sub. division o, of Sec. thereof pro. yides that such independent nomi- nation papers may be filed with the proper authority. at any time not more than fifty nor less than twenty days before the date of the election.
 The existing statute OH independ- ent nomination papers is paragraph 2320, of the revised statutes of 1901. The method of obtaining such nom nation papers would be by certifi cate of nomination. containing the name of the candidate for the Of fee to be filled, and shall be signed by Eoters residing in the political division in which the officer is Co be elected, to at least one per cent of the entire vote cast at the last precedi.g election in such political division for which such nomination is made. The signatures need not bo appended to one paper, Each voter signing the certificate shall add his place of residence. The certificate, when so executed. shall bs filed within the time above de-
Bisbee daily review., 1911-10-08
EarN chrlstian Burial.

There is an old saga of Thorhnn Ko-Isefne which shows that tong after Christianity was introduced bato the north it was the practice 10 bury the dead in unhallowed ground on the land where they died. and that a stake was set uD over the grave. When .he priest sttorward came" says the sage. the stake was pulled up and holy water was poured into the hole. and they sang over the body. even though ft was long afterward" Some of us might like tu believe that this early Christian custom may have giv. en rise to burial al cross roads-the pious instinct of placing pariahs up. der the shadow of the cross.