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1 r* fclght. A •Y VA^ SjPTlVA »"&\W^* "T FIRST SECTION VOLUME 7. NUMBER a3 'wind was quite strong early in the evening, and it was believed that the •caffold would weather thru all right. High Scaffold Blown Down 130 Foot Structure at New Catholic Church Blown Over Friday Night—Roof of Building Damaged—Lom $500—Loud Crash With a thundering crash that ceuld be heard all over the city, the scaffold iter the 130 foot tower of the aew Catholic church tu blown down In a stiff gale Friday night near mid- The workknen had Just com* dieted Jie scaffolding that evening, ^havlnc ly arduous work gotten It ISO would hare :ffeet in the air, and it 'stood an ordinary wind. In (act the However, a strong wind from the Miss Kulaas' Wonderful Mrs. T. P. Kulaas Minot Young Lady Entirely Cured After Being Afflicted Her Entire Life—Work of a Boston Surgeon va£d daughter "Mi. have returned from Boston, Mass., where Miss Gertrude was operated upon very successfully for trouble with the bones of her feet. Ever since birth, Gertrude has been troubled with her feet, it being ne cessary for her to walk with braces. Mrs. Kulaas first went to St. Paul 'where she was sent with Gertrude to Boston, and the surgeon, a famous That man Gillen, who conducted Mlnot's first market day, leaving without paying .the auctioneer, H. H. Hecht a red cent, played the same kind of a game on the auctioneer and clerk out at WilUston, but when he reached Culbertson, Mont, he was placed under arrest. Gillen is a grafter of the first water, and ought to be branded as such all over the country. He promised great things, but about all that he cares tor is to pocket the subscription money and dig out, leaving the market day to A Wise Woman. (Norwich woman, who seems to vbe using a liberal amount of excel lent Judgment at the present time, -said to a Minot merchant the other r:'|day, "I have had Just one complaint /J to make about you merchants. I ||have never been able to see your ad vertisements In the paper that I have •been taking. First, we took the .weekly Optic, and when we saw that 'most of the merchants were adver tising in the Reporter, we exchanged for that paper. After a while, we no "Ttlced that the merchants were doing most of their advertising In the Inde ^pendent, so we subscribed for that JL^"' paper the otter day. We take the \*lr\ paper not only for the news, but we to see what bargatos€,you me? ll"/* .chants »re offering." h:W^4 This is a point that the merchants .cannot well afford to overlook. .There ,4 *are hundreds of people every week \|f who scan the advertising columns of ''the Independent looking for bargains. $ The wise merchant will carry a liber al sized spiace In this paper and make cA money by it^|' .1 Sheriff Lampman and fiarty from ^Wmiston have started on a drive across the country to (the Yellowstone Park.. They will be gone six weeks. The four men will ride horses and the ladles will ride In the wagon. The party will camp out on the way. FOR SAL'S ORTRADB—-A span of three y*ar oud geldjsjg*." Would trade fcr good jura* oattle. D* If. Howker, f. D. W a A Grafter Who Started the First Market Day for Minot, Ar rested at Culbertson, Mont for Neglecting to Pay Auctioneer and Clerk Si-ifi WARM 5™ j.» northeast, caught the scaffold fairly, blowing it a twisting msss ot timbers to the lion root below. The roof was very damaged, there being numer ous holes in TO* timbers are al most total loss, only a comparatively few of them being worth anything except for. kindling. The bride work on the bass Of the large steeple was broken and the tinning was ruined. The loss will reach *500 or more. Once before a scaffold on the new church was blown over in a gale. and one by the way, guaranteed a com plete cure. It required but an hour and a half to perform the very dill cult operation, and Gertrude can now walk as well as anyone. It will be some time before she will be real strong, but the cure Is sure and per manent Gertrude is pleased beyond expression and so are her many friends. take care of itBelf.' Gillen was ar rested on the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, but re fused to return to North Dakota with out requisition papers. Owing to the expenses that the county would put to, he was let go. It is safe to say that he will never put foot in North Dakota again. He claimed that he had forgotten to pay the auctioneer, but his arrest didn't seem to refresh en his memory much for he didn't send the money. ,, Dennlson vs. Skinner. An action at law has been Instig nated by Dennlson against John Skinner for alienating his wife's affections, breaking u*p his home and illegally securing possession of much of his (Dennlson's) property. The damages are claimed to amount to $10,000 for which amount Judgment is asked against Skinner. F. B. Andrews represents Dennlson's inter ests in the case, while Palda & Burke, of Minot have been retained by Skinner to fight the case. It has been known by the public for a long time that all was not har mony in the Dennlson family and some of the neighbors has accused Skinner with being the cause. The filing of the suit was no surprise to manyy acquainted with the facts, and It is claimed some sensational testi mony will add spice to the case when comes to trial.—iFlaxton Times. Rev. Mr. MacMullen of the Baptist church, has returned to Minot' after a six weeks' absence. He supplied the First Baptist church at Grand Forks for five weeks and spent a week at his first charge, Langdon,, N. D.. Mr. MacMullen received many flattering compliments upon his good work in the eastern part of the state. paper correspondent in every city in Wtad- County of ,over 500 population.- Good pay. For ipaijLi^jus. address O. B. Bex MBS, Klost, N. D. w« T^i ir /M graphic connections, it was hard to The following taken from the Dog den News sounds nice, but we be lieve that the old girl who wrote it, didn't know whiat she was talking about:- Fat men get all the good things of life. They are conducted to the best tables at restaurants, they get the corner seats in the theatre and always seem to have enough money to get along without worrying. G. L. Bickford, candidate for state treasurer on the Republican ticket, arrived in Minot Saturday morning, and entered a plea of guilty to shoot ing prairie chickens out of season and was assessed $40 for his little fua at poaching. Dr. Doe of Bow bells accompanied Bickford and pleaded guilty to the same charge, IN GASSMAN .COULEE. The bride to be has flown, (moral.) I wtill warn all young men who are contemplating matrimonial car eers, to always consult the girls mother. This Tittle Incident Happened in the shade of the big bridge. There happened to live nearby a certain young bachelor. Lonesome .was he, so by chance or otherwise he fell in wtth a young school ma'am who had often met and conquered Just such easy marks as he. Lo and behold, the bachelor dreampt of the happy days in store for him, provided he could caipture the dove, but alae, he committed a serious mistake, he ne glected to consider thai the dove had a mother, and one with a determined will, and who for reasons untold, ob jected to her daughter marrying tih.ls lovesick swafln on the 2nd day of September, as planned. The dove controlled by the angry mother, to her indulged her secret, that the groom would not ask the con sent of any mother for her daughter. This being too much for the mother, and planned to make the bachelor's quarters more lonesome than before, and this you may Judge for yourself, whether she succeeded or not. Jim Hill furnished transportation for the mother and daughter to a distant v$i The Independent has the Largest Circulation of any Weekly Papur in the State of North Dakota?--5300 Copies Each Week Lawrence, the ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Antony Mortenson, died Sunday night at the home of his uncle, Lawrence Larson, near Bow belts from summer complaint. The lad was ill but a few days, and so suddenly did he grow worse that the father, who has been at the head of a house moving gang at StaatoBr Mont., could not be notified of the illness. In fact, owing to poor tele MINOT, WARD COUNTY, NORTH DAI OTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1908 LAWRENCE MORTENSON DIES E O I I S W O N BICKFORD PLEADS GUILTY and was' $* w*mv •, get rord to him at all, and in con sequ nee, it was necessary to post pou the funeral services until Fri day, when they were held from the Bap st church of this city, Rev. Mr. Mac lullen officiating. The remains weri interred in Rose Hill cemetery. Lttti Laurence was ft manly little felfc ft and his loss has nearly dis trao kl the father and mother who liavt the sympathy of everybody. a fat man enters a drawing dosen't he always get the most comfortable chair? asks the writer. Whelp his hat blows off on a windy day fdoesn't some one always run after it for him? No one expects him to |et up and give his seat to a ladyi-he would block the gangway if he did. Even his wife doesn't expect him [to stoop to pick up things when she {drops them. was assessed $25. A out for Bickford and tieeii 1V/ FOR WEDDINGS and OTHER OCCASIONS Cut Glass, Hand-painted China, Sterliif Silver, make ideal gifts. Yon set the benefit of our years of experience in baying. Quality and price will appeal to yon. 1 1 W. H. Reighart Ths Exclusive Jewsler WATCH INSPECTOR FOR & N. RAILWAY ca warrant Doe for som time, but Bickford was out of the county and did not return until Sati rday. (81 ate Game Warden Smith is no res] ector of persons, and has done his to punish all those who have guUty of poaching. town and the mother ta now content. The daughter will have ,but one to sup port Instead of two. When last seen on Jim Hill's wagon the girl exhibited a diamond ring and costly other presents. I would advise the bachelor, when meeting another dove, to tighten the strings of his pocket book and put his thinking cap on. This bachelor repents for his foolish Judgment by attempting to gain a wtlfe without the consent of her mother. JOHN MTCPFRAW. CLAIMS INDIAN SAW MURDER. -"u TOOKE The deputy warden of the state penitentiary has written Sheriff Mc Klnnon that Joe Peltier claims that Little Rising Sun has told him that he witnessed the muTder of Ed Tooke in Rolette county In 1006. He gives the name of the party who committed the murder, an Indian. Joe told the same story to eputy Sheriff Bond on hds way to Bismarck. While there is probafbly no truth, in the story, the letter has been sent to the author ities in order that they may take ac tion in apprehending the alleged murderer if they 60 desire. —-Botti neau Oonrant. 'f Ws 4: *V'\ .V v- wiiwW! 1 1 O'Brien is wanted here very badly. He escaped the police early in June when E. A G. Benyon, his alleged ac complice was captured at Fort Wil liam. Benyon was found guilty of helping O'Brien rob McLaughlin, al though he declared that O'Brien did all the strong-arm work and merely gave, him some of the money he took from McLaughlin. Provincial Magis trate McMIcken gave Benyon tiw«o years at Stoney- Mountain, and the latter will be instrumental, undoubt edly, in convicting O'Brien. Benyon'* Story. According to Benyon's story at the time of his trial he was an employee in the hotel Hamilton, at Neepawa, scrubbing floors and sweeping side-' walks when one day he got acquaint ed with Mr. O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien was a soft -spoken gentleman with the gift of Marney and he completely won over Mr. Benyon. Staying at the hotel at this time was John MoLaiiarhlin, a man past the prime of life who had oome out from Ontario with the avow ed intention of paying cash for a quarter secton of land on which to make his home. Mr. O'Brien immed iately seemed to take a deep affec tionate interest in McLaughlin. He was his companion every hour. Late April one evening, O'Bnien and Mc Laughlin got druriK together. O'Brien merely got drung. 'McLaughlin got very drunk. Then O'Brien got Mc Laughlin into the basement of the ho tel the better to hear a good story that he was going to tell him. Later M© After being frightened by a small boy on a roof throwing bottles into the alley back of Muus Bros, store, Mr. Reinke's team ran like mad thru the alley, into Ihe'Great Northern Lumber yard, and then out onto First street just in time to run down Joe Hodgins, who was driving west along the street. Mr. Hodgins had a very narrow escape from death. One of Reinke's horses jumped clear over the hone Hodgins was driving, and the other jumped up in the buggy Wheelock, N. D.—Hail did a trem endous amount of damage in this vicinity Monday evening. Hall fell for an hour between seven and eight o'clock, completely covering the ground. Hundreds of acres of ripen ing grain were utterly mined. Hail damaged the Wheelock Ibatnk to the extent of $400. A calf, near \his Steoe had its eyes knocked out ,W* t*.b* faal i' I|' It 1 if "f I 1 4 S- 1 INDEPENDENT. A Pages 1 to 8 SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER ANNUM John Goes to Pen Young Man Former! of Chilcot, N. Dn Gets Into Trouble in Canada—Robbed a Defenseless Old Man of Over a Thousand Dollars The following story concerns*John O'Brien, who is well known to the residents in the southwestern part of the county in the vicinity of Chlloot and White Earth. O'Brien has gotten into a peck of trouble as will be seen from tile two articles taken from a Winnipeg Dally. O'Brien left here four orftat yeaas age. John 0*Bdien, alias Kid McCoy and a few other famous names, the man whom the provincial' police declare was the chief actor in the little drama in the basement of Dan Hamilton's hotel at Neepaiwa during the latter part of April, when a fanner named John MteLaughlln was relieved of $1, 214 with -which he had: Intended buy ing a farm on which to spend his de clining years, was arrested in Toronto Wednesday on instructions of Provin cial Police Acting-Chief John Mac kenzie. Charles Rooke, chief of th» mounted police in southern Manitoba, left for Toronto last evening and will bring O'Brien back with him. Laughlin woke up and went and haod dthe local police tile obituary not ice of his late roll of bill* Came to Winnipeg. Meantime O'Brien had looked up his other pal, Benyon, and instructed him to buy tickets to Winnipeg: Benyon did so, and after O'Brien had gives hint tittle money to spend, the turn departed for this city. Here they went at once to a clothing store and bought complete new outfits. O'Brien gave Benyon $100, and asked him to be a lifelong friend. Benyon, however kicked on the price of hi* llelone frendshlp. He wanted more of the coin. He explained that he was aa ex-army man and' a member of a good family in England, and that $100 did n't look good to him. Thereupon O' Brien gracefully withdraw from the landscape. Benyon got frightened at this and started for North Bay. At Fort Williams he w!as interrupted, and a few days later was tried nd convicted. O'Brien's Arrest The police began to look for O'Brien but that worthy seemed to have ob literated himself. Acting Chief Mac kenzie kept on his trail, hoiwever, and a few days ago be got the tip that O'Brien was writing to friends here from Toronto. Three days ago Acting Chief Mackenzie asked the Toronto detectives to look O'Brien up and nab him. Yesterday they did so. O' Brien was the most surprised man in •Toronto when he was arrested. He had only $280 left, and he was appar ently aggrieved and shocked to think that the police would accuse him of such a thing as stealing. He explain very definitely where he got the mon |ey. He found It, he sarid, on Main street in Winnipeg, lying just about two feet from the curb stone at the southwest corner of Rupert street. O'Brien Pleads Guilty. John 0*Bdien who was arrested in Toronto charged With having robbed Mr. McLaughlin of $1200 in the base ment of the hotel at Neepawa, was brought before Magistrate ACdMicken Thursday for preliminary hearing. He pleaded not guilty and was com mitted for trial. Later he changed his mind and pleaded guilty. The m!agdstratf 'hen sfnle f.d h.im to two years in the penitentiary at Stony Mountain. About $300 of the stolen money was recovered, besides a gold watch, some diamonds and other jewelry O'Brien bought with money. Joe Hodgins Nearly Killed Runaway Team Knocks Him from Buggy and Smashes. His Rig Into a Thousand Pieces—Team Fright ened by Small Boys Throwing Bottle* which McLaughlin's which JOG &ad been riding, smashing it to the ground. Joe was thrown out of the buggy over against the curb fifteen feet away, and the breath was knocked out of him. He was quite badly bruised up but luckily, not seriously injured. Joe's .buggy was totally wrecked, it being knocked into a thousand pieces. Every spoke was knocked from three of the wheels, a thill broken, and in fact there wasn't one whole piece of the buggy left A valuable cow belonging to L. W. Smith became entangled in some machinery near the Granite Springs Thursday night, and before anyone knew it, she was dead. Fred Almy and son Guy left Thurs day night for St. Paul, where Guy will submit to an operation for an ob straction of the nasal passage.