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tT* -Air.' board 4 asf ft I* Ik Soft Impachment Admitted. Third—The statement that we draw students from other states and from Canada, and get them ready to teach In the schools of our state is true, and we hope the number of such students will increase. The other states and •.Canada have cause to complain, but Strong Rejoinder From Managers of the Mayville Normal—Attendance Has Not Decreased. The board of management of the state normal school at Mayville has taken steps to correct some state ments made concerning the manage ment of the state institution commit ted to its care, and has issued the fol lowing: A statement recently appeared in the public press which we have rea son to believe emanated from a person who was formerly a teacher at the state normal school at Mayville, but whose services were no longer desired and who was permitted to resign to avoid being dismissed, and which is calculated to deceive the public and injure the institution. The statement to which we refer contained the following: First—The attendance of the school has decreased from year to year dur ing the present administration, which began with the year 1897 and 1S98. Second—That many students who attend one year do not remain to grad uate. Third—That the school is attracting young people from other states and Canada and educating them at the ex pense of North Dakota. Fourth—That the school is extrava gant in expending the state's money. .We pass over some other assertions of no particular interest to the public and invite attention to a brief reply to each of the above. As to Attendance. First—The year before the begin ning of the present administration, in 1897-8, the total attendance at. the school, including boys and girls living in Mayville, which at that time did not have a high school, was 129 the total attendance last year, which did not include local high school pupils, as ^Mayville now has a well-equipped high school of the first class, was 37(1. The 370 do not include children of the practice department, as we have an arrangement with the board of edu cation of Mayville for using the city school as a school of observation and practice. The first graduating class of /the present administration numbered three the graduating class for last year numbered twenty-six. The differ ence between 129 and 376 is a grati fying increase in attendance, and the fact that Mayville now furnishes high school education for its young people shows that the attendance at the nor mal school, while growing larger, is \ess local than formerly. And the fact that a large per cent of last year's class consisted of grad uate students—high school, college and university—still further empha sizes the fact that the school is rap idly becoming more professional. Second—it is true that many of our students who attend one year do not remain to graduate. This is true of all educational institutions, and especially so of a school that devotes its ener gies exclusively to the training of teachers in a rapidly developing state, where the demand ton teachers great ly exceeds the supply. The first year of our course qualifies our students to obtain a second-grade teacher's cer tificate, and they are subject to great pressure to accept well-paying posi tions at the end of their first year but the increase of our graduating class from three to twenty-six is en couraging and shows that a larger per JC. cent of the tota lattendance now grad uates than formerly. An important suit has been started in the United States district court at Jamestown by the Association of Man ufacturers and Distributors of Food Products, whose headquarters and principal office are in Camden, N. J., against F. B. Ladd of Fargo, pure food commissioner of the state. The suit is for libel. The complaint has been forwarded and is in the hands of the officials. The object of the suit is them to be the principal adulterators by Prof. Ladd of an article which is alleged to have caused great injury to the business of the complainant, and the sum asked for in the com plaint is $100,000. The article was published, it Is as serted, on Nov. 21, 1903, in the Com mercial Bulletin and Northwest Trade, published in the Twin Cities. It is /contended that it was false and de famatory In that it is alleged that the members of the association were un- STATE OFFCER IS SUED FOR LIBEL table to sell longer in the Northwest- sel in Philadelphia. WILL INVESTIGATE DEATHS. Nine Indians Died From the Effects of Drinking Florida Water. The agent in charge of the Indian colony near Dunseitli has made a re port to federal authorities on the poisoning of nine Indians, who died ''"Jpfrom the effects of drinking Florida water, and Assistant District Attorney Townsend and Deputy Marshal Hag gert have gone to Rolla to Investigate further. The drug was sold by a \&/W*rqhant at Laurent. }«$ :-'. our state Is suffering from lack of com petent teachers, and if the liberally educated young people of those older communities wish to enter our school for specific preparation for work in oun public schools they are very welcome to do so and the number of our citi zens who were born in North Dakota is so small that we are sure our policy will be supported. As a general prop osition it is a good thing to increase the population of our state and to add to it the product of the educational institutions of other states is especial' ly desirable. Misleading as to Expense*. Fourth—The statement made con cerning the expense of maintaining the school is misleading. It includes two statements from the state auditor's books—one for seventeen months, in 1898-9, and the other for seventeen mouths in 1903-4, showing what mon eys were paid to the schools during the two periods. It is asserted that the statements show what moneys were expended by the school during these two periods. The facts are these: During the former period of seven teen months, in 1898-9, the state au ditor forwarded to the normal school treasurer each month a warrant cov ering the amount of the preceding month's bills during the second peri od, during 1903-4, the auditor forward ed to the normal school treasurer, as the taxes were paid in, the balance on hand arising from the mill tax and other sources due the normal school. As the bulk of the taxes for the year are paid from January to May, in clusive, the second period in the statement from the auditor's books for seventeen months in 1903-4 in cludes the major portion of the mon ey forwarded by the auditor for two years instead of for seventeen months, as is the case in the period for 1898 99. Tlie total amount, received by the normal school treasurer from the state in 1898 was $12,120.82, and in 1903 it was $17,51C.10, showing an additional amount, received in 1903 of $5,395.28. This difference is accounted for as fol lows: Two additional teachers, $1,310 increase in salaries of the faculty, $2,416.63, on account of their greater efficiency and to keep pace with In creased salaries paid in all educational institutions increased expense for practice work, $475 and $856.46 for additions to the library, which was practically nothing at the beginning of the present administration and now comprises over 0,000 volumes addi tional expense of the summer term improvements to buildings and grounds, laboratory, electric light and water rent. In Conclusion. Ware held by a solemn oath and large bends to discharge faithfully our duties as members of the board of management of the normal school, and we conduct it on the same principles that we do our private business. We the school, and have never asked the legislature to make good any deficit. We meet regularly to authorize ex penditures and scrutinize all expense vouchers, and to transact all business that should be attended to by our board. Furthermore, no money is paid out by Prof. Carhart. or any one else without our authority and approval. Board of Management, State Normal School at Mayville, N. D. —C. S. Edwards, President. —E. Y. Sarles. —B. S. Russell. —Edward Mellicke. —Ole I. Moen. I» WWWWWWWWWVVW* ern States the class of products here tofore shipped to the markets of this section. Prof. Ladd cited the names of ofll cers of the above association, alleging the mto be the principal adulterators of food in the United States, naming such firms as the Anderson Preserving company of Camden, N. J. the Phillip J. Ritter Conserve company of Phila delphia George E. McMechan ft Sons' company, and the West Virginia Pre serving company. The above firms, it was asserted, were rarely found in the legal list, but frequently were among the list of man ufacturers of imitation products, con taining chemical preservatives and coal tar dye. The article also asserted that mem bers of the association were putting out money to overthrow the food laws of North Dakota. The association has employed Knauf & Knauf of James town, and Is also represented by coun NEW ARTESIAN FOR FORMAN. Second Steady Flow of Excellent Min eral Water Is 8truck. Joe Hobbins, an expert well digger, has just completed an 843-foot artesian well for Frank Argersinger at For man. This is the second artesian well in town, both with a steady flow of ex cellent mineral water. Hobbins will next put down an artesian well on the Belle Plalne stock farm, one mile soeth of Forman. •. Itforth Dakota 11 ubbins & Tioga had a kerosene famine. Wheatland is rejoicing over the new depot. A prairie fire burned some hay near Wishek. There were two prairie fires near Napoleon. La Moure wants another justice of the peace. Portal has a prize fight scheduled for Oct. 8. Many sections of the state report tne apples. Too much red eye at Harvey caused some scraps. The people of Havana rejoice over a big mud hole. The trade of the merchants at Nor wich is increasing. At. Coggswell a man was shot by a Minneapolis hunter. An addition is being built to the creamery at Steele. The Grand Forks filter is being re filled with fresh sand. Dickinson is in good shape and has no bonded indebtedness. Fessenden has gone through the trials of its first election. It is predicted by Foster that real killing frosts will be late. Hobos held up some Russians in Fessenden and secured $70. Around IJdgerwood the wheat is go ing from 4 to 10 bushels. A hunter at Crosby missed prairie chickens and hit a horse. At Granville the business men made some tough hobos move on. The land filings at Devil's Lake were a great disappointment. The Grand Forks city council has condemned a lot of sidewalks. The roller skating craze threatens to invade North Dakota this winter. The first wheat threshed^ around "3ranville went over twenty bushels. Capt. Hcerman has discontinued his boats at Devils Lake until next spring. There are complaints in some local 'ties that flax is ripening very slowly. At Rugby, a transient put his wood en leg in soak to pay for a board bill. Deputy game wardens in some sec tions offered rewards for illegal shoot ing. There will be a number of fine foot sail teams at the different high schools this year. It is said a great many people are shooting game without securing hunt 'ng licenses. The claim shack of a homesteader near Goodrich was destroyed by an in cendiary fire. There are said to be three blind pigs in one of the new towns on the Mo hall extension. keep within the amounts appropriated Buford wants another chance to vote by the state for the maintenance of for new counties. The infractions of the game law in Morton county are claimed to have been numerous. The unorganized country south ot A Pembina county man has an eight sen ton tombstone. That should hold him down awhile. The farmer with the real good wheat Rhould hang on to it for seed for him self and neighbors. A German and a Norwegian had a scrap at Cooperstown and the latter bad to pay the piper. A lady who formerly resided at Keehe attempted suicide in Canada by poison and shooting. Several counties in the state are agi fating the extension of the authority it the county courts. There was an exciting man hunt in Cavalier county, after a horse thief, but he made his escape. A Courtenay dog committed suicide it the opening of the hunting season by lumping under a Soo train. Postmaster Budge Is the owner of one of the new townsltes on the Great Northern Edmore extension. Miss Clara Fiering of Griggs county has been renominated for a third term as superintendent of schools. The father of a young man at Cut Bank, near Granville, offers $500 to the girl who will marry his son. County Commissioner Alderin of McLean county died as the result of in juries received while stacking hay. Hunters and farmers were involved in trouble in the northern part of the state where all the late grain had not been cut. In addition to preserving the late crops, the delay in frost is giving the range grass an opportunity to mature splendidly. Northwestern McLean county has undergone a great development and improvement within the past two or three years. Cavalier county farmers are said to be receiving orders for seed wheat from other sections of the state. Some Richland county farmers are arranging to get their seed wheat for next year from Pierce county. R. W. S. Blackwell of La Moure was touched for $100 while changing cars at Buffalo on a recent trip to the At lantic coast. At Maddock an Intoxicated man fell into a mud hole and It required a lot of scraping to get him so he could b( loaded into a wagon. Company Will Cease to Be a Mem. ber of N. D. N. G. Failure to provide an armory has re sulted in the loss of Company to Grand Forks, and orders have been re ceived to muster out the company. Armory has been talked in Grand Forks for many years, and notwith standing the fact that the council ap propriated $1,500 for armory purposes, one-half the amount being already col lected in taxes, there seems to be no more of a chance for an armory build ing than before. The Dick bill, under which the state militia is now operated, makes an arm ory for each company a necessity, and there was nothing "to do but to order the company out. A letter to Capt. Ryan from Adjt. Gen. Miller explains the situation: William H. Ryan, Captain First In fantry, N. D. N. (}., Grand Forks N. D.: Sir: I have the honor to inform you that I laid your letter of the 8th inst. before the governor to-day, upon his return, and he has instructed that your company be mustered out and the men discharged, as it cannot be con tinued under the "Dick" bill we are working under. You will prepare the muster roll and the discharges, whicli I send you to day have all the equipments collected in and the officer will be there on Wednesday, the 21st day of Septem ber, 1904. to muster out. I am, sir, yours respectfully, —E. S. Miller. Adjutant General. Bismarck, Sept. 13. CLOSE CALL FOR HUNTER. Load of Shot Lodged in His Side, but He Is Rapidly Recovering. Jerry Dooley, deputy postmaster l'ot L-eeds, met with a very painful acci dent a few days ago while hunting ducks on Lake Ibsen, two miles south of town. He and a companion were in a small boat both were standing. Dooley shot, at a duck, and in turning around rocked the boat, causing the man who stood just back of him to lose his balance and l'ali out. of the boat. By some means the gun the lat ter held was discharged, the entire load of shot passing tlvough Donley's left. side, front near the spine to a lit Ue in front of the hip hone. Some other men hunting near saw the accident and the wounded man was placed in a spring wagon and brought to town, where his injuries were dressed by Doctors Warren and Dillon. The wound fortunately was not deep enough to cut through the abdominal wall, and it is improving nicely. It. was a pretty close call for the victim. The doctors say all dan ger of a serious turn of the injury is passed and the speedy recovery of the natient is assured. Dr. Warren, who has been at. Har per, Ontario, returned to Leeds Sat urday last. He was at the bedside of his father, who died since the doctor returned. KILLED BY EXPLOSION. Young Man of Havana Is Dead as a Result of a Gasoline Explosion. While lighting a tire with kerosene. Alvine Carleu ot' Havana was killed in an explosion. He was one of the most popular young men of the city, was 24 years old and secretary of the Havana Lumber company. It. is thought the can contained gasoline. .,, Serious Charge Against Two Men. Albert. Franz and Joe Kemper, Ger man farmers, residing fifteen miles east of Donnybrook. and aged respect ively 51 and 35 years, were brought to Minot and lodged in the county jail on a charge of rape, preferred against them by Miss Katherine Bruner, a spinster, aged 35 years, residing in the same neighborhood. They had a hear ing before a justice at Donnybrook and were bound over to the district court. The complaining witness, Miss Bru ner, charges that, while she was gath ering eggs in a barn the men entered and by threats of great bodily harm compelled her to submit to criminal assaults. This, she recites, occurred about two weeks ago, and she explains her silence until recently with the statement that the men threatened to Uill her if she told of their conduct. The accused tell an entirely differ cut story. They state that, the wom an had been imprudent with a number of men in the neighborhood for some time past, and that, a few days ago, with her full consent, she was caught in a compromising position with one of the accused, the other standing near by, and to shield herself from disgrace she swore out the complaint, charging Franz and Kemper with criminally assaulting her. DRUGGISTS ARE NEXT IN LINE. Ladd Said to Have Them on His Little List. It is probable that Pure Food Com missioner Ladd will go after the drug gists after he gets through with the violators of the pure food low among the meat market men. He has been analyzing port and blackberry wines, put up On prescriptions by physicians for persons recovering from typhoid and other fevers. In some of the samples' there was not a trace of blackberry wine, and the port wine was of such grade that it is criminal to deal it out to a convalescing patient. The association which has brought a suit against the commissioner has been holding it over his head for months, and recently offered to send him on a trip to California. On his declination the action for $100,000 damages was beguj» TO MUSTER OUT. mpm, HASWOLD'8 8TRENUOU3 DAY. He escaped and stole a trotting horse valued at $500 of Dan McKin non. Hitching the animal to a sulky he started for Grand Forks, where he arrived late in the afternoon. Later he visited the Ontario store, produced a bill for goods purchased two years ago and not paid for, and stated that he wanted to pay the bill and buy some clothing and furnishings. He tendered in payment a check drawn on the First National Bank of Cava lier and signed with the name of J. D. Bacon. The cashier at once questioned the genuineness of the signature, and while Haswold was being shown some clothing the police were notified. He at once confessed that, he had forged the check and later admitted he had stolen the horse at Crookstou. LESS THAN THIRD FILE CLAIMS Fort Totten Land Drawing Is Pro nounced a Fizzle. Eighty-two out of the 250 persona entitled by the terms of the recent drawing at Devils I^ake to file on Fort Totten reservation lands during five days last week took advantage of the opportunity. The filings on Tuesday were 26, Wednesday 21, Thursday 131 Friday 15, Saturday 7. The Washington clerks sent to Dev lis Lake to take care of the expected rush and the force at the land office there is considered sufficient to care for the business. Fifty names a day will be called until 1,000 person have been given opportunity to file, and then no filings will be accepted for sixty days, when any one will be al lowed to file by complying with the terms of the proclamation by making payment of $1.50 an acre at the time of filing and the remaining $2.50 an »cre in three annual payments. The Fort Totten drawing was & grand fizzle. Many of those who drew numbers low enough to insure their 'getting a claim, visited the reserva tion and returned home disgusted. Most of them assert that the land was not worth the price asked by the gov ernment. While they found some I good land, they also found that the Indians bad allotted practically all of the claims that were worth the money. BUY NORTH DAKOTA LANDS. Iowa and Minnesota Men Deal for Farms at Fairmount. Many landseekers from Iowa and Minnesota have been looking over the country around Fairmount and have made several purchases. Most of them will move here next spring. The Great Northern has purchased several acres along the Milwaukee railway crossing and has put in a sidetrack and loading station. It is understood it wUl move its sta^n from De vilfo to the crossing. The Douglass Elevator company is putting up an elevator there and a wood yard Is being established. This makes three stations for Fairmount. Another free rural delivery routs has been laid out. northwest from Fair inount, with E. M. Griffith as carrier. The Fairmount rural telephone line is in operation and is giving excellent satisfaction. Several new lines to be operated in connection with this com pany are contemplated. MEN ARE IDENTIFIED. I Jerry Thompson Picks the Men Who Assaulted Him. Jerry Thompson, the Great North ern brakeman who was murderously assaulted near Williston by two men, Identified the men at his ward in the hospital at Minot. While passing over a car loaded with logs Thompson was approached by two masked men with drawn revolvers. Commanded to throw up his hands, he turned to run. One of the men struck him on the head with his revolver, and the other shot him through the calf of the leg. Then they jumped from the car and escaped into Montana, where they were captured a week later. They are now in jail at Minot. PECULIAR MORTGAGE SUIT. Morris Loaned on Land to Which There Was No Legal Title. I A peculiar mortgage suit has just teen decided by Judge Glaspell of Jamestowto. Carl Tost purchased some Northern Pacific railroad land in Griggs county and mortgaged it to Fred L. Morris. It developed the Northern Pacific had no title to the land and Tost made a homestead en try and proved up. Morris sued him for the amount of the mortgage. The court held that the mortgage was se emed on property on which there wai no legal title at the time, and was void. Tost can not secure a refund oi the money he paid the railroad com pany for the land, as the company had gone through a receiver's hands and Morris out the amount ot his mort gage, which, with Interest, amounted to about $1,000. •M& tev With He Is Now in Jail Charged Forgery. P. B. Haswold, a brakeman on the Northern Pacific, is in jail at Grand Forks, charged with the forgery of Senator J. D. Bacon's name to a check for $100, but will probably be turned over to Minnesota authorities, having stolen a horse at Crookston. Saturday was a strenuous day for Haswold. In the night, while intoxicated, be made an attempt to break into the Northern Pacific possenger station at Crooks ton. He was arrested but was allowed to plead guilty to a charge of drunk enness and released. While the agent was at dinner he again gained en trance to the station by breaking a lock, and was in the act of robbing the till when the cashier returned. JAPANESE OPEN EIRE ON MUKDEN REPORT SAYS THEY ARE VIGOR OU8LY SHELLING RUSSIAN POSITIONS. PREPARE FOR GENERAL ADVANCt CONTEMPLATE WIDE TURNING MOVEMENT TO CUT KUROPAT* KIN'S RETREAT. MAND ASSAULT ON PORT ARTHUR INDICATIONS OF REVIVAL OP STRUGGLE FOR POSSESSION OF FORTRESS. London, Sept. 20.—It is asserted in a dispatch from Tokio to the Express that the Japanese are vigorously shell ing the Russian positions at Mukden, preparatory to a general advance, and endeavoring by a wide turning move ment to out off Gen. Kuropatkin's re treat. The Japanese armies, the dis patch adds, are disposed in the same relative positions as in the fighting be fore Liao-yang. Grand Assault on Port Arthur. Chefu, Sept. 19.—Local students ot the military -situation at Port Arthur, basing their deduction upon condi tions there are of the opinion that an other grand assault is either occurring at the present time or Is imminent. This opinion is based on the heavy bombardment, of the Russian strong hold that occurred on Sept. 16, for such a bombardment marks the usual prelude to an assault on the arrival here of important messengers from Port Arthur at a time when the run ning of the blockade Is Extremely Perilous on a recent, statement that the Jap anese siege wo-ks are completed, and on reports from Ddlny that an assault was expected to take place in a few days. These reports were received last week. In addition to the foregoing there is the common knowledge that the Jap anese realize that their continued in activity increases the resisting power of the Russian garrison and their con sequent. desire to make such periods of inactivity as brief as possible. Not Believed by Russians. St. Petersburg, Sept. 20. The re ports that Gen. Ktiroki is pushing on northeast, of Mukden are nor borne out by official telegrams that have been received here. Accord ms t' the latest advices the Japanese force/ continue occupy Bianapuza and Yen tai. A decisive advance in the direc tion of Mukden is, therefore, not ex pected to occur for some days. Mean while indications increase of the prob ability of the Japanese meeting with resistance. The Russian forces at Mukden undoubtedly are very large and every day's delay enables the commander-in-chief to perfect his de fet:s:f.. A 'egram fro::i .M'tk'K-n au kcixsrc tl.e Arrival of an Immense Train filled with convalescents returning to duty. This may be regarded a.- good evidence of a large concentration of troops at Mukden. The same correspondent, describing scenes at Tie pass, notes extraordin ary animation there. The great con course of visitors there and the fact that theatrical performances an/1 open air concerts are of daily occurrence hardly indicates that the town is ex pecting an immediate attack. Dispatches from Vladivostok and Sakhalin make no mention of develop ments there. The citizens of Vladi vostok' scout the idea of a siege and many are returning from their coun try villas. Reinforcements for Japs. Gen. Sakarhoff has reported to the general staff, under date of Sept. 17: "The Mancliurian army was no where engaged on Sept. if. and 17. The arrival of considerable reinforce ments is noticeable at the advance posts along the whole of the enemy's front, and especially near the village of Bianiupuza, and east of the railway toward the Yentai mines." It is announced from .Mukden that both the Russians and the Japanese have promised to respect the tombs and palace there. Early Developments Expected. Mukden. Sept. 20.—The armieshaT* inrr recovered from the effects of the recent fighting before Liao-yang, and early development of the situation may be expected. A mysterious move ment eastward is on foot on the part of bands of Chinese suitable for mili tary service. All the leading Chinese who have aided Russians are leaving Mukden. Keep Eyes on Junks. Shefu, Sept. 20.—Chinese, Russians and Japanese r.ll agree that the Japan ese vessels blockading Port Arthur are paying particular attention to junks, which for months past have been trying to. smuggle supplies into the fortress, and when they are caught the crews are roughly treated. The Junks generally are sunk and tlM men on board taken Into Port IMagr. '-"i /$! 1 Cs •*jj "4 $ 4 1 4T43 1 r$r" -M