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dllit/SlOvVLl Alt LI Official Papor of ^utamu County. KBLCiOOO. 3VIS: Clio Daio ak lu the city by :*r- rler 50 coot* month. Daily moyear.. Dally, -is months Dally, hroe mouths Weekly, oue year. .... Weekly, «m month*.... If we estimate the relative strength upon the basis of the total number of battleships, armored cruisers and scouts—that is to say, all warships above 1,000 tons displacement—that are actually completed, we find that Great Britian comes first with a total of 201 ships completed, of 1,510,000 tons displacement France second with 06 ships, of 570,000 tons displacement Germany third with 73 ships, of 388, 000 tons displacement Russia fourth with 43 ships of 315,000 tons displace ment United States fifth with 35 ships, of 295,000 tons displacement: Italy sixth with 38 ships, of 259.000 tons displacement and Japan seventh with 31 ships, ot 206,000 tons displace ment. All of these navies, however, have a large building programme in hand and taking them in their order, the names of the countries and the total tonage of ships under construc tion are as follows: Great Britain, 451,000 tons United States, 322,000 tons France, 180,000 Russia, 139,000 tons Germany, 118,000 tons Italy. 10,000 tons and Japan, 10,000 tons. Now it is evident that if these new ships could be completed at once, there would be a great change in the relative standing of the navies, for the United States has under constrution a larger aggregate of tonnage than that of the whole of her completed navy as it stands today. The relative order of strength in such a case and the lotal tonage displacement would be as follows: Great Britain, 1,867,000 tons: France, 756,000 tons United States, 616,000: tons Germany, 506,000 tons Russia, 499,000 tons Italy, 329,000 tons: Japan, 253,000 tons. It will thus be seen that the United States moves up from fifth to third position, with a long lead over Germany.—Scientific American. The death of Senator Hanna rc aooves tne most prominent and effici ent character on the stage of the pre sent time in the United States. He had developed, by energy and capacity into the real leader of certain stren ous forces that dominated the poli tical, and to a certain extent the commercial affairs of the nation in a broad way. Senator Ilanna began life as a business man and his business training was his greatest help in the immense success he made of his per sonal undertakings in other fields. He grew into a broader and more of a national character as he became older and disclosed greater abilities than appeared at first. He discussed the complicated questions between capital and labor from a statesmen's stand point and had the advantage of hav ing been himself both a laborer in a minor capacity, and an employer of labor on a large scale. Whether his views are agreed to or not. his grasp of the practical bearings on public mat ters was probably not exceeded oy any other man in the country. He is said to have never had a labor strike in his own large business career and to have been gaining in influence with the labor leaders of the country, as they grew to more fully understand his sympathy with their general position. There is no one at present prominent as a successor to Senator Hanna in affairs of the country or party. A recent number of a farm mort wage paper says that one Chicago firm 15 years ago bad loaned in North Da kota $6,000,000. At the present time less than $1,0^0,000 remains, the loans having been paid off 'oy farmers with out the loss of a dollar. The remark able increase of deposits in the banks of this state show the gain in the financial condition of the residents generally. Eastern capitalists are realizing the real resources of North Dakota, as they never did before. The initial number of the "Univer sity Bulletin," a quarterly magizine publisned by the State University and School of Mines of North Dakota comes to hand. It is neat and well illustrated containing cuts of the 'various buildings and that of Senator W be to he it is ad re (i JO 00 I BO ao .75 STRENGTH OF WAV Vt l'OWKKS. The navies of the world are in a state of such progressive development, that it is difficult at any given time to state exactly what is their relative strength. In case of two rival powers which have a number of battleships and armored cruisers under construc tion, it is quite possible that the bal ance of strength between the two de pends entirely on the forwardness of the vvoric on these. new vessels. One nation may be building upon a meth odical plan, which insures the delivery of so many vessels each year, while the other may be building in a desul tory fashion in the one case the new ships may be within a year of com pletion, in the other they may be two or three years behind time. "The Love of Knowledge an Heride tary Trait" which he delivered be fore the students at the convocation exercises on October 10, last. Real estate men note that the let ters of inquiry about North Dakota continue to come in, which gives pro mise of arrivals in the spring and continued sales of land. The heavy snow fall through the northwest will put land in good shape for spring farm work. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Today, the twelfth of February and Abraham Lincoln's birthday has be come a legal holiday in nearly every state in the union. It was created a legal holiday in the state of North Dakota by enactment of the fifth legislative assembly of this state in the year 1897 and has since been ob served as such by all government, state and county officials, schools and the like. Abraham Lincoln was the seven teenth president of uhe United States and was a Alrginian by birth he hav ing been born in Hardin county in 1S0!. He was named for his great grandfather who was a Kentucky pioneer and was killed in 1781 by the Indians. His mother died in 1818 when he was but a lad of nine years and a year later his father took an other wife. His first leaving of home was as a deck hand on a flat boat in which he made a trip to New Orleans. After his return the family moved to Illinois where the boy did his rail splitting and erected the home from logs. He made a second trip by llat boat to New Orleans, and was a cap tain of a company of soldiers in the Black Hawk war, was defeated for a seat in the legislature and was ap pointed as postmaster at New Salem. He did surveying, guiding his work by a treatise of the work which he bor rowed. He also borrowed law books and devoted his spare tim« to the study of law and was addmitted to practice in 1836, two years previous to which he had been elected to the Illinois legislature and succeeded him self four times. He moved from New Salem to Springfield in 1840, was elected to congress in 1846. Ilis first protest (that is on record) against slavery was made in the legislature in Illinois during his last term in that body. He was nominated for the Presi dency by the republican party at the convention hela in Chicago on May loth, 1860, on the third ballot in opposition to William H. Seward. He was elect* on November fith of the same year and inaugurated March 4th 1861 at Washington, D. C. On April 15th, 1861 he called for 70,000 militiamen and on the 4th of the following month made a further call for 64,000 soldiers and 18,000 sea men to enlist for a period of three years. On September 22, 1862 he issued the famous emancipation proc lamation. ne secured the passage of a joint resolution for the thirteenth amendment to be proposed to the states for the abolishment of slavery and secured the ratification of it by three-fonrths of the states, the num ber required. The demand for soldiers was greater than the volunteer enlistments could meet and a riot was caused in New York on July 13th 1863 by the passage by congress of a measure ordering the drafting of more soldiers. On October 10th he made a further call for 300,000 soldiers and on Novem ber 19th of the same year made his celebrated address at Gettysburg. He was assisinated at Ford's theatre Washington, April 11th. 1865 and died next day and thus ended the life of the nation's greatest chief. WILL VOTE ON TREATY. Washington, Feb. 15—The senators in executive session today agreed to vote on the ratification of the Panama canal treaty treaty on February 23. The FREE Homestead Lands of Western Canada •re tba Star Attractions for 1904. Millions of acres of magnificent Grain and Grazing: Lands to be bad as a free gift, or by pur chase from Railway Compan ies, Land Corporations, etc. The Great Attractions gr»y, 4etl|MfM ell* MkMl pcrfket Htlal NMItlui, etecytlMal railway t«gn, wealth aa4 ae«alrMl eaalljr. The population of Western Canada increased 128,000 by Im migration dnrlnz the past year, over 50,000 being Americans. Write to tbe nearest author ised Canadian Government Agent for Canadian Atlas and other Information or address Superintendent laalmMr Ottawa, Canada^- 6ml Ms, 1,0. N O A O A Grand Forks (Fargo Forum)—B. O. Seymour of the East Grand Forks Courier has gone east to purchase more extensive equipment for his printing plant and will then move to the west side of the river to begin the publication of an evening paper. It is said that the paper will be changed to a morning issue when the campaign opens and that it will be anti-Hcrald in tone. Fort Berthold—Strike Enemy, a noted Arikaree chief, is dead at the age of seventy-three. Grand Forks(Herald)--The republi can city convention to be held cthe first week in March was decided upon at a recent meeting of the city, com mittee. E.J. Lander wi'l head it as the party candidate for mayor. Bismarck(Tribune) The new build ings at Fort Lincoln have been com pleted and are soon to be turned over to the quartermaster. They repre sent an outlay of about 8110,000. Washburn—The heavy snow which has delayed the trailic on the Wash burn road has caused many incon veniencies and one of them is evi denced in the reccnt issue of the Washburn Leader which just came to hand. Usually "an eight page all home print" and well tilled paper, it appears tbis week with but four pages which is probably due to not being able to get a supply of paper. Wimbledon(News)—The old timers have organized and have appointed a committee to prepare a big time on February 12th. Any person who can prove fifteen years residence in the is eligible for membership. Devils Lake(News)—Word was re ceived last Thursday from Congress man Marshall that his bill to open Fort Totten reservation had passed the house and that there was no doubt but that it would pass the senate. Enderlin(Independant)—At a meet ing held Thursday it was decided to organize a creamery company with a capital stcck of $4,000 and a committee was appointed to draw up articles of incorporation and to solicit stock at $25 per share. Velva(Journal) The timely warning given by a faithful watch dog was the means of saving from fire fifteen head of stock for J. A. Wilson. Wimbledon News: Over five hun dred visitors attended the "old timers" reunion here last week. EdgeleyMail: At last Edgeley is to have a real court house. The old land mark, the court house at Grand Rapids is to be moved here. WORKMAN TAKE WARNING. The North Dakota says: The su preme court of Missouri has decided in a recent A. O. U. W. case that our order is not liable on a beneficiary cer tificate where the member did not pay his assessment on or before the 28th, even though the Financier had been in the practice of accepting as sessments after that time. It was held by the court that a financial officer had no right to wave any pro visions of the laws of the order, and the fact that he had been in the practice of so doirg, did not bind the order. The Financier is an agent of the Grand Lodge, but he must act within his limits as set down in the law. There are dozens of decisions of the same nature, and members should realize that when they permit their payments to run beyond tL-e 28th, they are carrying their own risks. Do not place the order in the unpleasant position of beiug compelled to reject the claim of your beneficiary after you are dead. OBITUARY. Mrs. Elizabeth Bottsford died at her home in this city this morning at three o'clock after a short illness Mrs. Bottsford has been a resident of Jamestown since 1893 at which time they moved from their farm ad jacent to the city. She was Canadian by birth having been born in Canada September 18, 1835. They moved to the vicinity of Jamestown in 1883 and Mr. Bottsford engaged in farming which he carried on till his death a few years since. Mrs. Bottsford is well known and will be missed by a large circle of friendst The funeral will occur Monday. RUSSIAN DISASTERS. St. Petersburg, |Feb. 16—The Rus sian fleet at Port Arthur has suffered another disaster similiar to tne one in which the terpodo transport Yenisei was blown up last week. It is of still greater moment this time as it takes one of the three cruisers that were left unharmed in the naval engage ment which was recently fought. On entering the harbor the cruiser Boyarin by some mischance struck one of tbe mines of the harbor and tbe vessel and one hundred and ninety seven officers and men were lost. The vessel was a second class cruiser of thirty-two hundred tons. ilEi wxMsMi MILIUM Warden Woller of the Minnesota Prison Rasigns and Will Be Succeeded by N. P. Boucher of the North Dakota Bastile. St. Paul, Feb. 11.—Warden Ilenry Wolferof Stillwater,jprison, resigned today and the .board, of control ap pointed N. F. Boucher of North Da kota to succeed him. Wolfer is going into private business. Warden Boucher has been at the head of the North Dakota penitentiary for a number of years and was Wolfer's psrsonal selection.—Fargo.Forum. POOR OLD FELLOW. In the city, or perhaps the town, of Knniskillen, Ireland, August last, I was introduced to an elderly mai naned James Daflie. "Pleased to meet you Mr. Dullie." "Sure they tell me you're from America, Mr. Jlart." "That is very true." "Were you born in that country, Mr. Hart?" "No, I was born about twenty miles up the track here in the County Monaghan," "The devil! You don't mane to,tell me that! IIow long have you lived in America, Mr. Ilart?" "Abouttwenty years." "IIow is that? iSure, they tell' me they all get killed at an early age on the railroads" He said he had two sons in America, one in Minne-1 apolis and another in Minnesota, and could I tell him if these two places were far apart, lie asked me,what part of America 1 came from. I said the West. "What sort of weather have they out there?" "Spring and summer the weather is splended. I have seen days out there when you could see sixty miles with the naked eye." "Sure, begorreh, we can bate that here for I have seen nights here that were so clear that you could see the moon." NORTH DAKOTA SHEAF. The February number of the North Dakota Sheaf, the official organ of Bishop Mann, is at hand and* has a short tho complete history of Grace church, Jamestown, written by Hon. B. S. Russell of this city one of the church's oldest andj most staunch members. He tells that on July 19, 1881, nine persons, communicants of the church, met at the school house and perfected an Episcopal organization, how St. James Protestant Episcopal Church was adopted as the name and how the proceedings were approved by Rt. Rev. Clarkson, Bishop of Nebraska and Dakota. After the organization, services were held regularly in the school house and Presbyterian church. It was found shortly after the organization that the Roman church had taken the name of St. James prior to the action of the latter organization and the name of the church was changed to Grace Episcopal church. Land was deeded to the organization by the Lake Superior and I'uget Sound Land company and on July 2uth 1884 Bishop Walker laid the corner stone in the presence of a large gathering. Rev. Buchanan was the first rector and tne church was com pleted early in 1885. Since that time a large guild room has been added and the church beautified within till it has been said to be one of the prettiest^ churches along the line of the N. P. The historical Sketch is accompanied by a fine half-tone cut of the church. TRANSPORT SUNK. St. Petersburg, Feb. 13—Admiral AlexieS has informed the admirality that a transport bearing troops was sunk yesterday in the harbor of Port Arthur by accidentally striking a mine The boat was blown out of the water and several officers and ninety soldiers were killed drowned. CHICAGO MINNEAPOLIS Edwards, Wood & Go. Main Office Manhattan Blilg. ST. PAIX, MINI*. Dealer in Stocks Brain, Provisions, Bought Mid sold for cash or carried on reason able margaina upon which a commission will chireed of on grain on stocks and !«on flax. Private Wirrs. Write for our market letter and private tele graph cipher—mailed free. ShlpYourGraln tolls PROMPT RKTCRKR. BCST FACIUTIKS, LIBERAI, ADVANCES USUAL COMMISSIONS. BRANCH OFFICE JsTOtww, Nr D, OMiUm BaaraMnt, 'PkMM do. DULUTH WINNIPEG. The dispatch from The Hague which reported his state to a Canadian paper, says that a marked change in his condition was noticed about the middle or January. The vigorous old burgher lost his grip on everything suddenly. "He is tired of life and does not ap parently care for anything which would help him to combat the effects of age and disease. He cannot talk of the outcome of the South African war with anything but bitterness. The impossibility of the Transvaal assum ing ever again anything like its old place in the world has plunged him into the blackest melancholy.,' Apparently this mood may have followed the failure of some Boer plan looking to better prospects for the scattered Boer population. It appears from The Hague item that "certain enterpries" were in limbo, and there'ore the news of President Kruger's state has been kept quiet until recently. The renew al of Boer activity for independence, in any unexpected way, would be no surprise to the outside world. Very few who know the Boer tem perament have believed that Dutch peace and English righteousness have yet settled down together in the veldts of South Africa. But South Africa is a small combi nation of words for a big territory. Now that tne Boers have been licked, the South Africans are ffnding that the Transvaal people knew more about some things regarding the management of tbe natives than the English did. Englishmen have been obliged to resort to very much the same measures of repression with the Kaffirs for which they so virtuously condemned the Boers. The Boers know bow to trek again into the wilderness of the north, if they could be induce^ to leave their beloved Transvaal. They know hnw to establish a modus vivendi with savage beasts and savage men and wild nature. Perhaps this is an e'vidence of tbe "barbarism," bat we ai more inclined to think it a sign that freedom has yet a nook somewhere in reserve for the Boer. HAPPY AND HEALTHY, Alas for poor Oom Paul. Re will A Beautiful Canadian Girl S ived From Catarrh of the Lungs by Pe-ru-na. WHS* MISS FLORENCE KENAH. Miss Florence E. Kenali, 431 Maria street, Ottawa, Ont., writes: A few months ago caught a severe cold, which settled on my iungs and remained there so persistently that I became alarmed. I took medicine without benefit, until my digestive organs' became upset, and my head and back began to ache severely and frequently. 1 was advised to try Peruna, and although had little faith I felt so sick that was ready to try anything. It brought me blessed relief at once, and felt that I had the right medicine at last. Within three weeks I was completely restored and have enjoyed perfect health since. rain, slush and mild [of winter are espe cially conducive to catarrhal dcrauge mcn ts. Few women escape. Upon the first symptoms of catching cold Peruna should be taken. It fort i fios the system against colds and ca tarrh. The following letter gives one young waman's experience with Peruna: i.~.s Hose Cerbing is a popular society woman of Crown Point, Ind., and she writes the following: Recently I took a long drive in the country, aiul being too thinly clad oautrhta hud cold which settled on n'v lunpt, aud which I could not off. I had heard a grv:i! Peruna i'or colds and catni-r'i I OOM PAUL PASSING AWAY. An old and disappointed man, Oom Paul Kruger is reported to be failing rapidly in Holland. Oom Paul is eighty. He is alone in his old age—at least practically so— for his wife died several years ago and the friends and companions of his South African trials, triumphs and last bitter failures are nearly all eith er over the harbor line or separated widely from the venerable president of the Transvaal Republic. There is nothing for Oom Paul but waiting. I now have the greatest faith In Peruna." F. E. KEN AH. OMEN should beware of contract-1 bought a bottle to try. I am pleased ing catarrh. The colcl wind and that I did, for it brought speedy relief. It only took about two bottles, audi considered this money well spent. You have a firm friend in me, and I not only advise its use to my friends, but. have purch-ised several bottles to give to those without the means to buy, and have noticed without exception that it has brought al»cnt a speedy cure when ever it has been used."-»Miss Rosa Gcrbing. If you do not derive prompt and satis* factory re.-nits' from tlie use of Peruna, write 1 once to Dr. ITartiiiau, -ivin a ful! si i^r.io'itof yonr case and i"' "-HI to give you liis valuable* .-..t 7 ji- .'i:! i-:. !:•. TTiM'tninn, .I'l.-'-i' I •••ci.au Sanitarium, CY never see the day. His old eyes will close on a disunited people. lie was a good hater and a sturdy rebel. But Death is the only enemy who will meet him as an equal now.—Minne apolis Times. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. N. P. Ry. Co. to Follett- Windle Co, el 9-142-68, $720. Follett-Windle Co to Frederik sen, eh 9-142-68, $1200. Thomas Pettigrew to Mary E Smith nei 30-139-64, $1000. Thomas Price et al to Mrs II A Fair, \vi lot 14, block 33, Pingree, $50. Frank W Webster and wife to Thos. Frankson, ei 10-137-64, $2050, Thos Erankson and wife to Wm Bradley, si nwj & lots 3 & 4, 4-139-64, $2000. Thos Frankson and wife to Mary E. Bradley, ni 10-137-64, $3500. Frank Buske to N Ey Co, part ne 20-137-69, $38. William Erickson and wife to Mar shall McCartney Co, ul 7-139-62, $3913 A Stinson & Co to Stinson-Wolfe & Co, lots 9 and 10, blk 2. Kensal, $100. Fred Voght and wife to Jane S. Beer, lots 1 blk 16, orignal Jamestown, $650. Frank Lenz and wife to Anton Frederikson, si 1-144-64, $2200. N Ry Co to Andrew Fosberg, nwj 21-143-64, $400. Win. H. beck, et alto Andrew Fos berg, sw 21-143-64, $800 Thos Prichard to Fred Voght, lot 7, blk 33, orig. Jamestown, $550. Robert W Conehay to Jennie E Conehay, part of ne & part of ne 13* 139-68, $800. Same to same, si 35 all 21-139-68( $1000. Jennie E Conehay and husband to State Finance Co, part nei and part nwi 13-139-68, $1 Same to same, all sec 21 & si 35-139 69, $1. Geo Weston and wife to state Finance Co n£ of sw & sw of sw£, 24 140-65, $1. Metcalf Land Co to Mathias Kramp, sw* 35-144 63, $960. Mass Gen'l Hospital to Florence E Davis, wi of wi 19 and w* of wi 31-139 62 set 1, si of nw} 9, o| of sw} 9, n* 11, n* of set 11, ne 13, ei se 13, e* of ei 25-139-63 wj of w| 13-140-64: He 23 137-62 wj of nwi and nw of sw* 1-140 64 si of ne* 23-137-62, ne 35-137-02, se 9-144-62, si or 3-139-63, $1. BATTLfc ttEINd POUQHT. Paris, Feb. 15—The Paris corre spondent of th- Central News Bur eau wires that a battle is being tnight between the Russian and Jap uesc land forces on the north bank the Yalu river where the Russian i. rces had concentrated.