Newspaper Page Text
Dally mmt W—fcly A tort. W—fcly E«UblUMd.H7» Pally E»t«MIli i7« THE GLORIOUS FOURTH Jamestown Celebrated Independence Day In a Be fitting Manner—Over Five Thousand People Witnessed the Grand, Free Program of Events Given by th$ City. The celebration of the Fourth of July In Jamestown was one of the most •ucissfull events' in the history of the city. The attendance was fully 5,000. Every thing was absolutely free and the program carried out was a credit to the city and the members of the comimtitee who so successfully made the arrangements. Fiom dawn until midnight there was someth'ng to interest and amuse and all who attended were pleased. At sunrise there was the usual sa lute of guns to mark the beginning of the celebration and at 10 o'clock the magnificent parade occurred. It was pronounced the best Fourth of July parade ever given in James town. It consisted of the band, fire department, Company H, floats repre senting business houses, mechanics, citizens, machinery displays and other interesting features. Following the parade there were interesting foot races on Main street west. The following is a list of the races and the winners.: Boys under 14, $1 to first, 75c to second, 25c to third. Earl Wood,first Victor Maxime, second John Good man, third. Boys of 18 and under, $1.50 to the first,81 to second,50c bo third. Gram, first Havelick, second Hamilton, third. Girls under IS, #1.25 to first 75c to second, 50c to third. Ruth Wanner, first Gertie Jones, second Carrie Glandin, tliird. Boys under 12, '75c ito first, 50c sec ond, 25c third. Dor ranee Frieze, first Frank Tracy,, «econd Gerald Fitzgerald, third. Girls under 12, 35c first, 50c second, 25cc third. Gertie Jones, first Mary Brady, second. Leona Dinehart, third. Boys under 16, #1 to fiist, 65c to second, 35c to third. Hamilton, first Bucbmeir, second Maxime,'third. Men's race, 10 to .first, $5 to sec ond. Earsley, first Campbell, second. At 1 o'clock itftere were hArse races in the park. The Attendance was large. Tne results wer In the half mile tuotting race, best two out of three, 820 to first, 815 to second. Victor,owned by .1 H. Crum won and George Game's horse was second. The half mile running race, 810 to first and $5 to second vwas won by Lrimpy Dan and Hateful Kate was second. The half mil* pony xace, 810 to first and $5 to second, was won by W. Allen's horse, John Fergus second, money. I The gentlemen's half mile road race was yon by C. B. Buckley's horse, Horace Picard and John Mil sted getting second and third places .'respectively. The ladies' half mile running race was won bj Mrs. Dougherty. I In a half mile exhibition trot be-1 tween John Severn's Harpooner and Harry Past's Albino, the latter won.- The automobile race was won by, Joe Logan with A. J. Smith's auto moile. Anton Fried was second. The ball game between Jamestown and Tower City followed the horse races. The game was intensely inter esting and for some time the result. was in uoubt. Jamestown finally won b.v a score of 10 to 7. Jamestown scored Wertz in the second,' Shuman, in the third. Lang worthy in the1 fourth and Wertz in the sixth. In the seventh Nierling made a fine hit and made a home run. bringing in Boyle and Hoffman. Wertz also scored. In the ninth Hoffman and El rod scored. The Tower City team did not suc ceed in making a score until the sixth inning. They made up for lost1 time then and Ludwick, Burnham, Cowan and Clement scored. Cowan, made a home run in the eighth and brought in Burnham and Miller. There were few errors on the part of the Jamestown players while the Tower City team made a number of costly ones. Elrod pitched a veryj satisfactory game andWertz.as catch-, cr, was in the game all the time, VOL. XXVI. JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JULY The Tower City team line-up was as follows: Boyd, p: Walker, F. Mllfely2nd Miller, 1st Burn ham, 3rd Crawford,ss Mosher, cf Cowen. rf CI ment, If. The Jamestown team was lined up: R. tloffman, Is D. Elrod, H. Nierling, 2nd C. Wertz, G. Langworthy^ sf W. O'Donnell, 3rd bi J. Fox, cf W. Boyle, rf W. Snu man, ssv The ball game oetween the Cassel ton high school and the Jamestown Juniors, was won* by the Juniors by a score of 10 to 5. The uniors found the Casseiton pitcher easy, while Biewett held the visitors down very nicely. Crawford was the catcher for the Juniors. In the evening there was a band concert ar.d the best display of lire works ever seen in Jamestown was given by the city. A bowery dance continued until midnight and was one of the very enjoyable features of tne day's pro gram. At perhaps a few minutes after twelve the dance was over and the celebration of the glorious uly 4th was concluded. CELEBRATION NOTES. The painters and decorators were right in line in the parade and made a fine showing. They were attired in neat white suite. Jim McNulty of the state hospital drove the first 'carriage in the .pro cession and set the pace for those .fol lowing. The Chase Grant Company .and J. H. Cram .& Company were the on ly grocery houses represented .and both bad attractive floats. Canham & Mastin had a float rep resenting their ^plumbing and .ma chinery repairing business. KeJlyhada .fine float, indicating that be still sells .baled hay, bananas and other .goods. Cowan, the Tower City.catcfoer.in the hase ball .game, would have .help ed his side by not. allowing his tem per to get the best of him. He made a number of costly errors and Tower City's pitcher was a close second. There were lew drunks and those who were at all reasonable were .not molested. George Ku xtz as marshal of the day added much to the dignity of the 'parade. Messrs. Boynton and Goodrich as aides were also all right. The race between the Hambletonian stallion. Albino R, owned by Harry Past, and Haxjpooner, owned by J.H. Severn, on the Fourth, was a good spurt of speed. S. R. Russell was the driver of Albino and Mr. Speibuor of Harpooner.. The winner is an imported horse and fully demon strated his speedy qualities to the public. He is being kept for the season at the ham of H. Fast in Jamestown. FOURTH AT THE LAKE. There was a large crowd at the lake Saturday and Sunday and every one had a first rate time. There were no accidents or disagreeable features connected with the day although there were plenty of fire works and neccessaries. At day light tiiere was a rattling salute of cannon crackers. The camper's cottages were decorated with flags and bunt ing and in the evening rockets and candles shone brightly on the lake. Henry LaBrasche did a flourishing business with his boats and at the stand. The gasoline launch was kept busy taking the young people around the lake. In the evening a number of campers assembled at the Wallace place and had a merry time with fire works, music and games which great ly amused the kids of the party. Among the calipers who arrived last Saturd&y to spend a few days or weeks were Postmaster Mitchell and family and Mrs. Bolinger and Mrs. Kneebone. The families of Frank and John McElroy have also estab lished a camp on the G. A. R. grounds for the season or as long as the weather is pleasant. Mrs. Ly man and cnildren and Miss Folsom have taken the cottage for a few 0 Saturday while Tom Poole and Gordon Russell and Dan Wallace were crossing the latee in the Poole sail boat, the wind overturned the craft, an accident that has occasion ally occurred with parties sailing the boat. The craft will not sink but the occupants get a good wetting and have to hang on to the sides and sails until they can get to shore. A row boat, with three young fellows seeing the shape the boat was in, hastily went to the rescue of the capsized sailors, and were quite disgusted to find .that their services were not needed. Supt. of Schools Wanner, his family and relatives from Pingrec, have a camp in the north grove. A great many people from Wimbledon, Court enay and vicinity are camping or visiting the lake this year. CLEVELAND CELEBRATION. There was a great ceiebration ot the Fourth of July at Cleveland. There was an excellent parade in which a float with girls representing the states of the union was a promi nent and pleasing feature. Cleveland won the bail game with Windsor. Fireworks and a dance completed the festivities of the day and all who attended were more than pleased. BETTER THAN WHEAT. Ellendale Leader: The largest shipment of cream from this station in one day was made last Tuesday when 31 cream cans were loaded for Aberdeen and Frederick. We have been watching the shipments for the past two weeks and they tan all the way from 17 to 27 cans per day. The cans are eight and ten gallon and would average almost 86 per can. Thus we can figure that from 8100 to $180 is coming into Ellendale each day, which amounts to almost 81.000 per week. This puts wheat raising entirely in the shade. NOVEL ADVERTISEMENT. Among the novel advertisements that appeared in the 4th of July parade was a float containing a barrel of good lemonade given during the march and each cup was also given aw&y to the tpary who got a drink. The Kurtz Machinery Co gave away several hundred ..good tin cups with their card on the bottom of the in side of the cup. A HEAVY WASH. imam A I weeks, and Mrs. Fred Conklin who has been at the Poole cottage for a iew weeks returns th:s week. Geo. Tucker, the owner of the Gray place, is contemplating a num ber of improvements in his property next year. He intends to build a commodious hotel of about 40 rooms, and make it a desirable place for guests to spend a few weeks. The patronage of the lake in the summer has demonstrated that it will pay to have plenty of good accommodations. Among the improvements already put in is the rigging up of a gasoline pumping plant to pump water from one of the wells at the old barn. Sun day, the new tank was filled too full and cblJaDsed, making .an annoying and expensive delay. A surveyor has aisd been at work on the north side of the lake surveying lots which will be sold to persons desiring to camp'or build cottages. The* lots are to be 50 feet by several hundred feet in depth. 9, Mr. Steel reported that he had looked up the matter of title to lots 2 and 5 and would soon have the rfiiitle clear. The following bills were allowed: •G. E. Lyman, supplies, 8.50. Western Electric Co.. lights and supplies, 89. tC. D. Shurlock, supplies, 86.50. Morris & Co., report blanks, 81.75. F. .Andre, draying, 87.75. Alert, printing, 85. W. R. Grant, engraving, 87.25. Boyd Bros., scavenger work 8.30. Action on a bill of 8108 for rent of I'oom from P. Moian for storage of stoves was deferred. BONDSMEN SURRENDERED HIM. BONDSMEN OF LEWIS FORT1N SURRENDERED HIM. Deputy Frank Eddy left Wednes day lor Pingree to arrest Lewis For tin ajid bring him to Jamestown. Fortin was put under bonds to keep the peace for assault and battery on I the persons of men named Jarvis and Hotchkiss, and his bondsmen sur I rendered him. I It is«a1d that Fortin has been causing considerable trouble of late and his neighbors have decided that his case should be tried in district court. BENJAMIN G0SP0D0R DEAD YOUNG MAN DIED AFTER A FEW WEEKS ILL NESS. Benjamin Gospodor died at the home of his father in the Polish set tlement north of Jamestown Satur day morning. He was taken ill about two months ago at St. John's Uni versity near St. Cloud, Minn., with pneumonia. On recovering sufficiently he was brought home Consumption developed and he failed rapidly. Deceased was 19 years old and was popular with all who knew him. There is universal regret over his passing away. 1903. is —N-w y0rk World. BfeARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. PROCEEDINGS AT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD. The board of education held a me'et ing Tuesdav evening, President Steel and Members Lutz, Spurling and Smith being present. A communica tion was recived from W. L. Stock well, secretary of the state high school board. He stated that the board had classified the Jamestown school as a high school of the first class and the school would receive $400 this year from the high school fund. The money will be kept in a separate fund. Last vear 8175 was received. Mr. Spurling reported that he had sold a small building for 845 and ttxnq oljl sewer pipe for 833. Mr. Lutz of the teachers' commit tee reported that the committe had engaged Miss Bessie Codding of Val ley City to teach the 4th and 5th grades, north side school, at a salary Of-850. pDhere are no vacancies now on the teaching force. Saturday afternoon, shortly before the shooting, Officer Russell was call ed to Brown's restaurant to quell a disturbance. When he arrived Brown told him that the man making all the trouble had gone to Spangler's. Russell at once went to Spangler's and found Sprague, the man wanted, standing near the bar. Before tne officer came in Sprague had been talk ing loud and threatening and seemed anxious for a fight. When the officer, who was accom panied by Ludvigson, a special officer, called on Sprague to come along he refused. Russell hit him with his billy a couple of times and still Sprague refused to move. Russell then drew his revolver and showed it to Sprague, at the same time asking the drunken man if he would not come. Sprague still refused and be coming angry attacked Russell and threw him to the floor. Russell had the revolver in his hand and as he lay on his back with Sprague on him, he threatened to shoot. Hamlin, who was standnjg nearby thought he would prevent anyone being shot and grasped Russell by the wrist. As he did so the revolver was discharged and Hamlin and Sprague were wounded. Some of the crowd thought Russell was the man who was shot and one man rushed away to get a doctor. Sprague was dragged off Russell and Ludvigson, who had been taking little part in the scrap until Sprague was down and others of the crowd beat him over the head until it bled badly. Sprague was dragged off to the city jail and later was sent to the city hospital. After being wounded Hamlin stood for a short time and then sank to the floor stating that he had been hit. Drs. iMfton and Wink arrived in a short time and the billiard hall was cleared It seeded that Hamlin had slim chances of recovery. He was taken to the city hospital within an hour after being shot and ralied to quite an extent Saturday night and Sunday it vas announced that he CLAIMS OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE PECULIAR DAMAGE SUIT STA R TED AGAINST PIEKCE COUNTY OFFICIALS. RUSSELL SHOT TWO Officer Enoch Russell Shot W. W. Hamlin and Blacksmith Sprague During a Mixup in a Bil liard Hall—Hamlin Was Seriously Wounded But it is Believed He Will Recover. W. W. Hamlin was shot and ser iously wounded in thd left breast Sat urday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, in a mixup in Spangler's restaurant. The shooting was done by Officer Enoch Russell. A transient black smith named Spragbe was also wounded in the foot by Russell. Papers in a peculiar suit have been tiled in the United States lO.irt at Fergus Fails, the action being brought by Mrs. Mertie Ogle of East Grand Forks, against Nei* Jacobson. Benj Frankson and B. Shuman, members of the board of health, and John Rattler, sheriff of Pjerceeounty, N. D. The complaint 'alleges that the plaintiff's husband was confined in the county jail at Rugby, N. D., for maintaining a nuisance, and while in custody the authorities per mitted a deputy sheriff who was suff| ering from smallpox to wait upon him,and he soon contracted the same disease. He was then turned loose and sent home and the plantiff and her five children contracted smallpox from him.Their sufferings are duly set forth and the Dlantiff states that a cnild was born to the plantiff "while she was ill.and died from lack of prop er nourshment. She claims that the defendants were familiar with all the circumstances of the case and asks for damages in the sum of $15,000. FOR MRS.MONTGOMERY. Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette: A very pretty affair was an afternoon tea given Saturday by Mrs. L. E.Wil cox at her home in Central Park. Thirty-five ladies were entertained with delightful hospitality in honor of a sister of the hostess, Mrs. Montgomery of Jamestown, N. D. The guests enjoyed an informal visit J«—low I In HMn$ olto at tlw J—i Blvr Valley «t Nortfc Dakota. NUMBER 48 might recover. The shooting was witnessed by a number from outside the^city. After it occurred a great crowd gathered in front of the billiard hall and some favored the lynching of HwkII. Considerable feeling in favor of the proposition had been stirred up when Alderman Kurtz appeared and made a brief speech in which he entreated the crowd to take no action in the matter and leave it to the law. His talk had a good effect and the crowd soon afterward dispersed. The bullet with which Hamlin was wounded was located easily. It had passed through his body aiid was lodged in the flesh near the backbone. The bullet was removed Sunday morning. Hamlin had recovered sufficiently Sunday to give an account of the shooting. He told about being in Spangler's when Sprague came in and raised a disturbance. He went up stairs and notified Spangler and the latter came down at once. In the mix up which followed the entrance of Officer Russell a few minutes later he had taken part as has already been stated. ""Hamlin is a recent arrival in the city from Chicago. He has been in the employ of the Northern Pacific as laborer for some time and is of a quiet disposition He is about 25. years of age and is unmarried. He has a sister, Mrs. Maud Brodheeg, 227 Belden avenue, Chicago. His parents are dead. Sprague is a blacksmith who arriv ed not long ago in Jamestown. He worked a few days for Smttfr and Ross and also for P. Mason. He is reported to be quarrelsome and wnen drunk is considered a hard man to do anything with. Officer Russell went to the court house after the shooting and cave himself up to Sheriff Eddy. He gave up his weapons, which included 44 and 38 calibre revolvers. He then appeared before Justice Peter Pearson and gave bonds for his appearance in court Mondayafter- noon at 3 o'clock to answer' to any. charge that might be made against him. Russell was arraigned in court Mon day p. m. charged with shooting with intent to kill. States Attorney Rose being busy with a case in dis trict court the hearing was |oslj-»n• to next Mondav. chatting, and listening to an im prunptu piognwn of songs and j»ia..o music, in which Mrs. Wilcox i.tr three little daughter*. Mrs Mont gomery and Mrs. Ilardin took part. Refreshments were served in the dining room, where the decorations were \ellow and white The two colors wire used in the menu also as far as possible. Mrs. Montgomery presided over a punch bowl, from which fruito was served. A chain: ing occasion was concluded at 6 clock. WOULD NOT BUY GIRL S FATHER DAD WANTED $50 FOR CONSENT AND LOVER SIDE STEPPED. The recent wedding In Jamestown of a couple of non-resi ients of the city was made doubly interesting by the troubles the bridegroom had, a few brief months ago in his attempt to wed another young woman. He applied tor a license and was inform ed that as the girl was under the le gal age the consent of her parents would be. necessary. The mother of the girl consented and the father re fused at first. After some time he stated that he would give'hls consent on payment of 850. This the lover angrily refused and gave it out tnat he did not want his friends to say that he bought his wife. He soon found another of more mature age, who did not need the consent of pa rents and the marriage was duly cel ebrated.