The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-05-18
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Happenings Throughout the
State 1erse|y Told.

l.. j. Newell, agent OF the Finley
Farmers Elevator company In Finley
ID missing and the books reveal AN
alleged shortage of approximately
$1,000. No charges have been placed
against Newell as yet, investigation
into the accounts failing to reveal
whether the alleged shortage is caused
by embezzlement or Acknowledgement.
Newell, when last heard of, We.
Moorhead, Mimi, having left this city
April 10. Within the past few days
his failure to return excited suspicion,
leading to an investigation of the ele
vator's accounts and the discovery OF
the alleged situation. Assets at pres.
snt time are approximately $4,000,
with liabilities scheduled at $4,000,
leaving deficit of $1,000 to be car.
ried forward. The elevator has a
bond of $4,000 with the state to guar.
antee payment of storage tickets, OF
which there are large number out
standing, with nothing due the ele.
1000 bushels of wheat in the bins.
There is a personal bond of $4,000 and
the company is expected to be able to
weather the situation and reorganize.
DR.. William H. Bates, whose dra
matte disappearance nine years ago
caused sensation in New York city
medical and social societies, has re-
turned to New York. DR.. Bates, in
1902, was at the height of his fame as
q heart specialist He was found in
! London two months after his disap-
| rearance, where he was acting as as
sistant in hospital. He told of hav-
ing been carried away on board YES
sci to which he had been summoned
to perform an operation and also told
Of having left New York while suffer
ing from an acute case of aphasia
Two days later he disappeared again.
! What became of him from that time
on none of his friends ever learned
until Dr. j. E. Kelly found him quite
accidentally in Grand Forks, where he
was agair engaged in the practice Of
medicine. He has been induced to
return to New York.
Grand Forks messenger services
are being closely scrutinized with a
view to prevent the delivering" Of
liquors, the plan of delivery being
such that it is said to amount to moth
ing more nor less than blind plugging
One arrest has already been made,
that of George Bancroft. The police
say that when he received an order
for liquor, instead of making de-
livery for an East Grand Forks sa-
loon, he In fact made the delivery
therefore liable.
The inability OF 500 railroad Off.
Gals and the state railroad commits
sion to reach an agreement as to han
ding the daily passenger service on
that branch of the 500 road brought
about conference at Ambrose At a
recent meeting in Minot the state
commission issued an order that the
railroad must establish daily service,
but this the company mas 50 far re-
fused to do, and the conference was
called for the purpose of attempting
to secure modification of the order.
New, officers were elected to head
the North Dakota council of the
Knights of Columbus at the annual
meeting held in Minot This is the
third annual meeting that has been
held by the council and the officers
named are the following: State dep.
uty, J. J. Hanrahan of Fargo; state
secretary, H. H. O'Keefe of Grand
Forks; state treasurer, J. E. McKone
Of Minot There are four councils of
the knights Of Columbus in the state
4 loss of approximately $500 re.
suited from three fires at Minot
which are believed to have been set
by tramps The Minot steam laundry
burned at loss of $500; the Great
Northern wood yard at loss Of g.
800 and William Murray's barn at a
loss Of 5000. The damage to the
Great Northern viaduct, which caught
from the laundry fire, will be about
$500. There was high wind and the
D0tlro city was threatened.
Il, About twenty millers, all of whom
have membership in the North Da'
kota and Northern Minnesota Mills
association, met in Grand Forks and
laid plans for midsummer meeting
and outing to be held at some Mime
sofa lake yet to be determined upon
! The Canadian reciprocity treaty was
also discussed at length, the millers
being unanimous in support of It,
Hans Engh, resident of Crosby,
aged thirty-nine years, selected the
breakfast table as suitable place to
commit suicide, using strychnine
which he dropped into cup of coffee
drinking without warning to members
of the family, who were about Finan
cial troubles are said to have been re-
sponsible for the act
Philip V. Counts of Bottineau
burned beyond recognition, was found
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