The Ward County Independent (Minot, Ward County, N.D.)
May 20, 1903

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I U/AAn Office and sheds, No. Ramstad St. •i+®+©+®+®+ Dn E. A. Crokat, LOANS. PINAL PROOFS. FARM LANDS. We Will Loan You Money On your land. 10 PER CENT STRAIGHT. No bonus. You get your money when you sign the papers. I We Will Make Your Final Proof IV1« D«» C* JVI.» L«» R.« C. S«» Edinburgh. Sirrgeon to Great Northern Ry Office and Residence over P. P. Lee Store. Minot, WE WILL SELL YOU LAND ON EASY a PAYMENTS. «Sueur Bradford* Minot, N. p. ©•©•©•©•©•©•s#®*®®#

COAL Hard, Soft and Lignite Coal, Hocking Valley Coal. Dry I WUvl/ vp lar and Jack Pine Tamarack, Oak. Pop- R. W.JONES ©•©•©•©•©•®#®#®4®®* •©•©•©•©•©•©•S^S* Go to the New Drug Store For Drugs, Medicines, Per-1 fumes, Toilet Articles, Cigars Telephone97. VV. 5« Hawl©y. 4^H4)i4)4KS««+®^KSfr®+t MONEY! MONEY! In the past year I have loaned more money in Ward County than has been loaned by all others on all classes of property. I charge no commission and no bonus. I will make you a loan to make proof on your claim, to buy your seed flax or for any other purpose. I will make it quietly and quickly. If you want money call on me. 2 (t J. S. MURPHY, Minot, N. D. INo. Dale McGEE COYLE, Attorneys At Law. Practice in State and Federal Courts. GEORGE A, McGEE, U. S. Commissioner. GENERAL LAND OFFICE \IInnt PRACTICE iVlinUtf LeSueur Bradford, Attorneys-at-Law. LAND OFFICE BUSINESS Minot, North Dakota. J. F. COOPER, Watchmaker and Jeweler. •Oldest established jeweler in town. "Repairing a specialty. Inspector tot •Great Northern Ry. Co. for five years. iiilroy Hetherton DMlmla Fresh and Salt MEATS, ipish, Game, Poultry Etc. in Season. 0. A. LIDSTR0M MERCHANT TAILOR Strictly Up-to-Date Styles Prices Reasonable. Get your clothes made to order and have them right. Clothes scoured and pressed. John Lynch, CLIORK OF THE DISTRICT COURT Final Proofs And Pilings All business before the Land Office given prompt attention. Insurance Written... Office, Main St., Opp." Postoffice. Minot, No. Oak, Crowd London'* Labor Market. It is complained in London that all {he emigrants from southwestern Eu­ rope who are incapable .of earning money enough to pay steerage pass­ age to the United States stop in that city. Has Faced Many Audiences. When Miss Ellen M. Stone finishes Aer lecture course this spring, begun last October, slie will have told 149 audiences the story of her kidnaping by Macedonian brigands. Barges Towed by a Chain. Barges are towed on the Elbe by means flf a chain 290 miles long, which lies at the bottom of the river and is grappled and raised by steam machinery. Much Milk Sold in London. London has over 12,000 shops for the sale of milk. First Use of Moeraohaum. Meerschaum was first used for |ipes in 1723. NORTHDAKOTA STATE NEWS. Palermo continues to grow. Milton is to have a baseball team. Walhalla wants a local telephone system. Hail insurance people are getting in their work. Esmond boasts of its fine enclosed baseball park. Donnybrook intends to celebrate the* glorious Fourth. Five gambling joints at Williston were raided. Sidewalk scorchers are in for a lot of trouble at Reynolds. Sheepmen report great success with, their lambs this spring. Efforts are being made to secure a creamery at Northwood. Steam breaking plows are doing a lot of work around Balfour. The Woodmen r\ioice over their great growth in this state. The Knights of Pythias lodge has been instituted at Edmore. Two steam plows are breaking raw prairie land near Goodrich. Grand Forkers may invest some In the new telephone company. Chris Rudd, a former Fargoan, seems deservedly popular at Edmore. Lisbon people complain of the tres­ pass of a lot of milk producers A lot of barley has been seeded in the northwestern part of the state. Efforts are being made to straighten out the history of Fort Abercrombie. The Great Northern is putting in a twenty-stall roundhouse at Devils Lake. ""John Allguire of Lidgerwood was thrown from a wagon and his leg broken. The farmers in the southern part of the state anticipate a big corn yield this year. Efforts are being made to secure bet­ ter roads'in the northwestern part of the state. North Dakota orators are in great demand for Decoration day and the Fourth of July. C. C. Dalrymple has purchased the complete interest in the Tower City telephone plant. The responsibility for some of the prairie fires in Morton county stil! •eems undetermined. Minot retail grocers are organizing, and deadbeats will have a hard time getting coffee and sugar. One of the coal mines at Willistor. is to furnish the coal for the Devils Lake deaf and dumb school. The upper part of the Red river val­ ley seems to be in better condition than for seven or eight years. Minto people rejoice over the demo­ lition of an old elevator that has al­ ways been regarded as afire trap. Minnewaukan boasts of an epidemic of tree planting and there seems to have been no effort at a quarantine. The Northern Pacific has so many Dago laborers at Jamestown that a building has been erected for their «se. The bowling alley at Velva caught fire from a pan of ashes, but the flames were extinguished without great dam­ age. The humble hog seems to be attract­ ing considerable attention along with the development of the creamery in­ dustry. The North Dakota national guard •eems to have made a good showing cn the inspection by a regular army officer. Lars Nelson and Oswald Goldner were given the usual dose at Devils Lake on the charge of selling booze Illegally. Sam Dainerd of Cando lost half a dozen head of horses several weeks ago and has just found them near Min­ newaukan. A Ward county man recently threshed a field of flax that he couldn't reach last fall. It went only two bush­ els per acre. Most North Dakota papers rejoice over the fact that this state has such a big lead in banking business over South Dakota. Now that the wheat is practically all seeded the farmers can worry ove^ drouths, hail storms, Hessian flies and things like that. The different state institution boards are up in the air as a result of the de­ cision of State Treasurer McMillan if the bond matter? The people of Lisbon are rejoicing over the possibilities of cement side­ walks since a Fargo firm has estab­ lished a plant there. Some fakirs are alleged to have been operating in Grand Forks, endeavor­ ing to mislead old soldiers regarding their homestead rights. Hillsboro has hopes of the Soo from a branch to be extended west from Minnesota through Hillsboro, Mayville, and other towns to Devils Lake. The promoters of the sugar beet in­ dustry are pleased with the results shown in North Dakota and there may be some developments in that line. It is rumored that representatives of a fake mutual insurance company are at work In some of the towns in the northwestern part of the state. A drouth in the northwestern part of the state this year would give that country a bad set-back, as the settlers need a few good crops to get a start. A creamery enthusiast insists tBat when North Dakota's his tory Is writ tea it will be recorded that true pros­ perity began with the advent of the Carrington boasts of its kid band. The armory at Wahpeton will oo3* about jpv.uOO. Bismarck reports an epidemic of baseball fever. Estray stock Is causing a lot of trou­ ble in Mandan. The country around Williston is sai'J to be rather dry. Some horses in Ward county have died mysteriously. Jamestown wants the streets sprin kled this summer. At Napoleon twelve people were re­ cently naturalized. Mrs. Cochrane, wife of the supreme court justice, is ill. Alice has received the first car load of nut coal for a year. There seems to be a rush for homo steads around Medina. There seems to be a row on at Wash­ burn about some gossips. In Grand Forks It is held that Arbor day is notH legal holiday. Improvements have been made in the opera house at Oakes. A Bottineau man may establish harness business in Dunseith. Lidgerwood is getting a lot of ad­ vertising out of the new hospital. Much Improved stock has been brought into the state this spring. Alfred Steel was elected president of the school board at Jamestown. Incendiary fires are reported in the vicinity of Rchburg, Bottineau coun­ ty- Tire big Troy farm at Tappen will seed 200' acres of brome grass this sea­ son. New Rockford people are endeavor ing to create a lake for a summer re­ sort. Cando is to have cement sidewalks. Wahpeton seems to have rival bands. The Woodmen are reported to be di vided regarding the plan of assess­ ment. The question of a Fourth of July cei tbration at Minot is being warmly dis­ cussed. Efforts are being made to improve the grounds around the state capitol building. Several townships in the northern part of Grand Forks county are after the Soo. Dunseith is rejoicing over the estab lishment of a bank there by some Min nesotans. Souris boasts of three hanks, and the town has been on the map only three years. A sneak thief at Stanley was foxy enough to dodge some bullets fired in his direction. Some people express a fear of lack of rainfall in the northwestern part of the state this summer. Some of the Grand Forks teachvrs have resigned, and it is expected that Dan Cupid is to blame. Supt. of P*Mc Instruction Stock well seems to grow in popularity with the people of the state. "Uncle John" Russell of Valley Citi has returned from the Pacific coast after a pleasant winter. The city council at Jamestown is de termined to have some of the delapi dated sidewalks rebuilt. A. L. Martin of Sentinel Butte is re ported to have closed a land deal wine*. up $16,000 for him. The discussion Over the double tel5 phone franchise at Grand Forks seems to have resulted in some bitterness. The report that the people of Car.dc and Rolla are just dying to get to ride ia those new hearses is not believed. Hannah rejoices over the fact that the town has never had a bad fire, biu wants a fire department just the same. It is said that North Dakota has a woman who has secured four divorces and is about ready to marry the fifth victim. The peddlers claim they will bt driven out of North Dakota by the new licence law. and no one seems to mourn greatly. A Bowbells woman is after a United States commissioner who is alleged to have taken money to make a proof that was never made. Notwithstanding the faict that ex­ clusive franchises are forbidden, there is an effort being made to secure one for a gas plant at Cooperstown. It is said that Minot followed the example of Mandan. and out of respect to the presiding judge the blind pigs were closed during the court sessions. One Rolla barber was in Misouri on a visit, another died suddenly, and a third got drunk, so a Cando face-scrap er had to go up there to do the whis­ ker-pushing act. Heretofore the North Dakota pco pie have always beep strong sympa­ thizers with the employes of the Great Northern in labor troubles. This time the sympathy seems to be the othor way. The shippers and legislators seem to be awakening to the fact that they were buncoed by the Elkins law. which was entirely for the relief of the tail road companies in the matter oJ passes. It is said that the product of tht Standard Oil company is now so bad that people who use kerosene lamps are compelled to keep disinfectants In the room, and it is predicted that Rockefeller contemplates another big gift to tlfe Chicago university. It is said that one Ward count) farmer offered to sell his quarter sec­ tion for $2,000, but when a right of way agent wanted to run the road across about a thirty-acre corner the farmer asked $1,500 damages, which makes development of the country dif­ ficult. CAREER OF CRIME BLACK RECORD OF MAN WHO CAUSED WOMAN TO JUMP FROM WINDOW. RAN THE WHOLE CRIMINAL GAMUT BIGAMY, ABDUCTION, EMBEZZLE­ MENT AND POCKET-PICKING AMONG CHARGES. HAS HAD A NUMBER 6F WIVES CHICAGO POLICE HOLD HIM ON THREE CHARGES—VICTIM IS IMPROVING. Chicago, May 16. Beginning as a pickpocket ia Dayton, Ohio, ten years ago, John Lepger, alia3 Harold C. Mills, Harold C. Reed and Homer C. Reed, to escape whem Miss Laura Stickler jumped out of a third-story window in the Newport hotel, has run the gamut of crime. He is now con­ fined in the Harrison street jail under charges of abduction, attempted crim­ inal assault, and wife abandonment. Bigamy and embezzlement will un­ doubtedly be added to the charges to­ day. From Miss Florence Beale, who mar­ ried the man last October, supposing his name to be Mills, his true name was learned and also a number of facts concerning his criminal career. It has been established beyond a doubt that he served a term in the Ohio penitentiary in 1894 For Picking Pockets, being sent up from Dayton, and that he has married women in various parts of the country without going through the formality of securing divorce. "The man whom I supposed to be Harold" C. Mills and my lawful husband Is John Lepger, an ex-convict of Ohio," •aid Miss Beale. "He has been mar ried to three women besides myself to my certain knowledge. I only know the name of one of these wives. He married her in St. Louis in July, 1899, and deserted her in September of the same year after securing about $3,300 of her money. She learned of his con­ vict record and secured a divorce. I am under promise not to divulge her name or address at present. He also married a young woman in Detrc.'t in 1902 And Deserted Her in less than six weeks. A trifle over six months afterward he married me. A few months ago he went through a marriage ceremony with a young woman in Pittsburg. His marriage to me and the Pittsburg marriage were both bigamous. Whether he has any more wives throughout the country I do not know." From another source it is learned that Lepger, under various aliases, formed enterprises in a number of places, principally in Ohio. In moat cases he absconded with the funds, vic­ timizing stockholders and investors. Laura Stickler, the young woman who jumped out of the hotel window, saying that Mills threatened her with a revolver in an attempt it assault, was resting easily yesterday at the county hespita} and in f«ir ^ay for speedy recovery from her injuries. LADIES IN A WRECK. Three Royal Neighbors Are Seriously Injured. Indianapolis, May 15. Two street cars, the second and third in a series bearing officers and delegates of Roval Neighbors convention, collide a? Sev­ enteenth avenue and Seventh street. A number of women were i! Mired, three of them seriously. Thi* were Supreme Recorder Mrs, Winnie Field­ er of Peoria, 111. Deputy Or.s^uizer Miss Ada Lawson of Anoka, Minn., and Mrs. J. Briggs of Sheldon, Iowa. The front car suddenly stopped at a crossing and the rear car crashed into it. The ladies in the rear car were hurled forward, many of them being bruised about the faces and chest by striking the backs of forward seats. Mrs. Lawson was carried to a hou3« near the accident, while the other in­ jured were taken to their hotels. The front end of the rear car was crushed. REGGY DODGES ARREST. Jerome Was After Him, So He Sailed for Europe From Button. Boston, May 16.—Fearing arrest or at least detention in New York on the old Canfield gambling house*charges. Reginald C. Vanderbilt and his I ride sailed from this city yesterday ou the steamer New England for Liverpool. District Attorney Jerome has been watching for a chance to arrest Van­ derbilt and force him to testify against Canfield. It was because of mis that the young millionaire was married at Newport. The couple made the Jour­ ney from Newport in Mr. Vundurbilt's racing automobile. HELD UP A SALOON. Rcbbers Get About $3,0C0 From the Till 2nd the Inmates. Helper. Fla., May 16. Four men entered Rooney's saloon early yester­ day morning and at the points of re­ volvers held up the proprietor and a number of men in the place. William Rooney, a boilermaker, was shot and slightly injured. The robbers then went through the till and the pockets of everyone present, rifled the slot machines and fled. The robbers se­ cured between 92.500 and 13,000.' RUBBING IT IN. The Maid Did Not Car* So Long as th» Books Were Dusted Some Way. Six months ago most of the books ia the library were new and had nice clean bindings. Their owner went away for his health about that time, and as none of the rest of the fan?.?/ ran to literature the books were'left to the tender mercies of a serving maid. Last week the man came home. After stopping to kiss hi3 wife and children he hurried into his library to say hello to his books. They were so changed he hardly knew them. In­ stead of the rich red and green and blue covers that smiled back at him when he bade them good-bye, he looked upon dingy cloth and leather that seemed begrimed with the dust of centuries. Without delay he called in the maid and inquired into the aged apeparance of his pets. "What did you dust them with?'" he asked. "A rag," said she. "Let's see it," said the man. The girr stalked haughtily toward the rear of the apartment, whence she presently returned w.Vi a cloth of in­ describable hue. The man command ed her to stand back. "No wonder my books are ruined," he said, "if you have been grinding dirt into them with that thing once or twice a week. Why can't you girls and library attendants in general learn that no book should be touched With a cloth that is not as soft as wool and absolutely fresh and clean, and then act upon the knowledge?" The maid dangled the cloth indig­ nantly. "I've dusted books for lots of people before I ever saw you," she said. "Quite likely," retorted the man, "but I'll bet yoij'll never dust another book in this house." An Old Lady's Discovery. Garnett, Ark., May 18th.—For 18 years Mrs. Mary Dunlop of this place has suffered with Kidney Trouble, which was so bad at times that it made her life a burden. She triad much medicine and many treatments but got no bet:er. At last, however, Mrs. Dunlop claims to have found a perfect rem-" edy, and she is so pleased at the won­ derful cure she herself has received, that she is telling all her friends and praising tho medicine to every one die meets. The name of this medicine is Dodd's Kidney P. lis, and it has done wonderful work for Mrs. Dunlop. Everybody is talking about it, ami some people are claiming to havo been cured of Rheumatism by it. A Mrs. Garretc who lives in Brazil3, this state, was at the point of death with some Cerebro-Spir.al trouble and' was saved by Dodd's Kidney Pills."" JS It is certain that no other medicine ever introduced here has done so much good in such a short time. CARNIGIE WON THE RACE. His Opponent Stopped, but He Just Kept on Running. When Andrew Carnegie's parents first came to America from Scotland they went to East Liverpool, Ohio, to stay with some relatives. Their son was about fourteen years of age at the time, and was an object of consider­ ably interest to the boys of the neigh­ borhood. He made many friends among them aifd after the family had moved to Allegheny, Pa., often re­ turned to East Liverpool to visit some of his playmates. On one occasion, when he was six teen, he went with one of his cousins to vTsit- .WiUuni a11! Fisher, who lived oil a farm about half a mile from the town, The four boys spent some time in examining the pet rab­ bits and other objects of interest, and at length when they were all standing at the top of a grassy slope William Fisher challenged Carnegie to a foot race. "Well," said Andrew, "you're a lot taller than I am and your legs are longer, and I believe you can beat me, but I'll race you, just the same." The two boys started, and as An­ drew had foreseen the Fisher boy easi­ ly outran him. The little Scotchman was by no means discouraged because the chances all seemed against him, but kept running. About half way down the slope the Fisher boy stopped, considering it useless to run farther. To his surprise Carnegie continued his pace, and arrived at the bottom far ahead of him. That's aot fair," said Fisher, "because I stopped." 4 "Yes. I know you stopped," said Car­ negie in reply, "and that's the reason I kept cn running. Have you ever heard the fable of the turtle and the hare?" —May Success. Feat of a Mighty Eater. Andy Moore, a great horse trader, who makes his home wherever his hat is off. performed the great act of suck­ ing twenty-six eggs in ten minutes Thursday night. He also ate two pounds of mixed candy, drank one glass cf beer and asked for auother glass within two minutes after eating the eg js. Such people as Mcore ought to be chained up for a few da -'3. This is true, as your correspondent bought the eg~s. etc.—Keokuk Gate City. The Sams Old Chap. First Waiter—Grouch is the same old chap he was when he used to ioine tiere years age. Second Waiter—Yep very little change.—Baltimore American. A New Term. Naggsfcy—Strange, those two glrli are so opposite ia temperament. Ona would never take them for sisters. Waggsby—Sort of antlthesis-ters, ab*

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