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1 ri a q, tWw i*- 1 5 I I ..*! ORGANIZED A LITERARY. Courtenay people have fovmel a literary society and will hold weekly meetings Id*the school house during the winter. The society promotes liberality of views and extension of knowledge and the Gazette bespeaks a good attendanceof all interested in the society. Grtwth of Wealth aad Bi«ks. Commercial West.—Five years ago the First National Bank of Valley City, N. D., was the only bank in Barnes county. There are eleven banks today in that county. The deposits of the First National live years ago were $310,901 and there was no other banks. On Nov. 17, this year, the deposits were S6(»2,010 and there are. ten banks competing with it. Suggestions For.... Christmas.. Genuine Safety Razors. High Grade Razors.... Fine Pocket Cutlery.... Silver Knives and Forks. a vi S N Plated Ware, Skates Etc. R. L. Scott & Company Up.To.Date Hardware Men. JAMESTOWN, N.DAKOTA. FARMERS MERCHANTS STATE BANK of Jamestown, North Dkkota. (INCORPORATED) Capital $30,000 CENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TKANoAOTEB. Safety Deposit Boxes in Fire Proof Vault lor Rent. Money to Loan on Farm Mortgages. Michael Murphy, Pres., John W. Sifton, V. Pres.. C. A. Klaus, Cashie. James River National Bank Capital .... $100,ono Surplus Fund $25,000 Oi'KHliix**! 1881. Oldest National Bank in Stutsqian County Directors—E. P. Wells, Pres.: S. F. Corwin, V. Pres.: 11. T. Graves, Cashier O. L. Churchill, Geo. Lutz, H. B. Allen. Jn«. S. Watson, W. S. Trimble, Stuart Wells. BO YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS IflMDK IHMWa Dmtm COPVRMHT* *C. Anyona aendlnf akrteh and tfMOrlpUMi m»y qalcklT MMrUin our opinion fti* wMthar an invention probsbly ions •trictir oonddentuL IUMI0M onP«t«nU tent ffwToMMt uency/or,MearmciMtmt*. Patents Ukin through Mann & Ca ricelTi tpecial tuUtt, without cluje, In the Sckitific HiKricaii. A tiandfomelr llhwtrmted weekly, tennrtelr- NINETEEN ARE KILLED it WRECK ON PERE MARQUETTE ROAD RE8ULTS IN CONSID ERABLE L08S OF LIFE. Grand Rapids, Mich.. Dec. 29.— Nineteen persons were killed and thirty-eight injured in the collision oi two Pere Marquette passsenger trains near East Paris, Mich. The extinguishment of the red sig nal light at McCords Station by the high wind was the cause of the wreck. Two miuutes before the westbound train dashed by McCords Station, 1 where she was due to stop for orders, the operator says that the light was burning. When the train dashetl by the oper ator did the only thing in his power, I telegraphed for medical aid and wreck ing trains, as he knew that a collision was inevitable. The blinding blizzard prevented the engineers from seeing 1 each other and the trains came to gether at full speed. The engines were crushod by the terrible impact and the cars of both trains were- telescoped and turned over and over. On both trains together there were about 200 passengers and all who were not killed suffered some Injury. Relief trains soon arrived and the bodies taken from the wreckage. The injured were rushed to the hospitals at Grand Rapids, where several will probably die. Investigation by the coroner and railroad officials has brought out con flicting testimony. The engineer on the westbound train says that a light was burning at the station, but that it was not the danger signal and he thought that all was well. WIDELY KNOWN AS A WRITER. Mrs. Alexander Sullivan Dies of Paral ysis at Chicago. Chicago. Dec. 29.—Mrs. Alexander Sullivan, well known on both sides of the Atlantic as an author and editorial writer, died during the day after one week's illness, following a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Sullivan, formerly Miss Mar garet F. Buchanan, was fifty-six years old. She was born in Ireland, but her family removed to Detroit, Mich., when she was an infant. Mrs. Sulli van was educated in the Sacred Heart convent and was also a graduate of the Detroit, high school. She was a proficient Greek, Latin and French scholar. During Charles A. Dana's lifetime she was a frequent contributor to the New York Sun and was an edi torial writer on the Chicago Times in the days of Wilbur F. Storey. Up to the time of her last illness Mrs. Sulli van was an editorial writer on the Chi cago Chronicle. In 1896 she had a stroke of paralysis from which she recovered completely, but she was stricken again Sunday afternoon, Dec. 20. MAIL AGENT ROUSE KILLED. Passenger Trains Collide Between Pine City and Hinckley, Minn. Duluth, Dec. 29.—Northern Pacific northbound and southbound limited trains, running between St. Paul and Duluth, collided head-on at Beroun, a small station between Pine City and Hinckley, demolishing both engines, badly smashing one of the baggage cars and causing the death of Mail Agent D. P. Rouse of St. Paul. All of the passengers escaped injury, al though it is possible that one other man may have met death in the wreck. NO CAUSE FOR ANXIETY. King Christian of Denmark Suffering From a Chill. Gmunden, Austria, Dec. 29.—Thd condition of King Christian of Den mark is officially said to give no cause for anxiety. The king has been obliged to postpone for several days his de parture for home in consequence of a chill. King Christian, who is eighty-five years old, has been attending the sil ver wedding festivities of the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland at Gmun den. LYNCHING IS THREATENED. Kentuckian the Principal in a Triple Tragedy. Sergent, Ky., Dec. 29.—On Big Cow an creek, in Letcher county, William Shepard entered the home of Obediah Fields, his father-in-law, and shot and killed Riley Webb, aged twenty-eight, and then shot and fatally wounded his own wife and his ten-months old baby Shepard was taken to Whitesburg jail. Lynching is threatened. REED SMOOT WILL FIGHT. Starts for Washington Accompanied by Two Attorneys. Salt I^ake, Dec. 29.—Apostle Reed Smoot, United States senator from Utah, lias left for Washington with his counsel prepared to make a hard fight in the contest which is now pend ing before the senate. W. E. Barch of Boise, Ida., and Waldemar Vancott, two of the leading attorneys of the lntermountain country, accompanied Smoot. They will have charge of bis ease. Bought Opera Noose At Valley City. Wm. Campbell has bought the Val ley City opera house, consideration $15,000. It was built in 1893 by Mar tin E. Rt-mmen. The property con sists cf two store rooms, 8 office rooms and a large hall on the third Door used for dances. It is said to be a fine pay ing property. Mr. Campbell was formerly president of the Alliance Ilail company and has made money in handling North Dakota real estate in recent years. 1 3btton Prices at New York Touch New High Record. New York, Dec. 29.—New high rec ord prices were made amid the great est excitement at the very opening of the Cotton Exchange. First prices were at an advance of 23 to 51 points. Before the call was fairly completed March had sold at 14.01, May at 14.20 and July at 14.14. The advance fol lowed the surprising stiength at Liver pool, where prices were 17 to 20 points higher at the time of the local open leg instead of a shade lower as ex pected, with private cables ascribing gains to heavy buying for Continental, Egyptian and American accounts. The early market was active and excited. There was tremendous buying for both accounts, with New Orleans sup porting just enough to add to the ap prehension of shorts, who were ap parently in a panic stricken condition. But realizing, too, was very heavy and after the call prices showed a declin ing tendency, sagging off several points from the best, during the first fifteen or twenty minutes, although the market continued very feverish and unsettled, with most of the setting by parties having profits to take. After fluctuating very irregularly for a time, about 10 to 15 points under the best prices of the morning, the mar ket turned very strong again in the early afternoon, reaching still higher prices on all the active months. The excitement was intense. There was liquidation on every fresh upward movement and toward the close the market sagged off a few points, but was finally firm at an advance of 48 to 59 points. AMID GREAT EXCITEMENT. BERLIOZ, THE UNGALLANT. HAY MAY GO SOUTH. Secretary's Bronchial Trouble Does Not Yield to Treatment. Washington, Dec. 29.—The condition of Secretary Hay remains unchanged. Contrary to the expectation of his phy sician the secretary's bronchial trou ble has net yielded readily to treat ment and Mr. Hay wilt probably leave Washington early in January for Thomasville, Ga.. for a visit to Colo nel Oliver Payne. The mild climate there has helped the secretary before and it is hoped may again prove an effective cure. Unless a decided and unexpected change for the better in Mr. Hay's condition occurs within the next few days Mr. Loomis will officiate at the breakfast on New Year's day to the diplomatic corps at the residence of Secretary and Mrs. Hay. Mr. Loomis also will be present at the president's reception in the same capacity. GOES INTO EFFECT JAN. 1. Reduction of Wages in Union Sheet Steel Plants. Pittsburg. Dec. 29.—Notices have been sent out from the headquarters of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers that the vote of the sheet lodges on the propo sition to reduce the base of the wage scale from 3 to 3*4 cents, thereby cut ting wages 10 per cent, has been ac cepted. The new rate will go into effect on Jan. 1 and it is believed this decision will result in the starting next Monday of a large number of union sheet steel plants that have bee? idle for a long time owing to the inability of the independent manufac turers to meet the competition of the nonunion sheet mills of the American Sheet Steel company. For Over Sixty 1'ears. An Oi.i and Wkix-Tuied Kemkdv Mrs. Wiuslow'a Soothing Syrup lias been u»el for over sixty yearn 'jy inill.ons of mothers for their children while teething, with nerfect success. It soothes the child, softens the Bums, allays all pai J, cures wind colic, and is ilie best rem edy for Diarrhoea. It is pleusant to the taste. Soin by druggists in every part of the world. Twenty-live cents a bottle. Its value is incal culable. Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslou's Soothing Sirup, and take no other kind. HAS NO "KICK COMING." Andrew Fosberg worked on the Jim River bank building as a laborer in 18S2. He afterwards went to the vicinity of Pingrec and took a claim. He was in town yesterday to pay off the last mortgage on his 880 acres of land and begins to realize that he is well off. He has been otiered $12,000 for his farm on which there are good buildings, but refused. The last few years he has dor,e very well in farming and stock raising but has seen hard times and has got along with very little money in some years. He and his faithful wife have stuck to the farm and the reward for their work is evident to themselves as well as neighbors and others. Mr. Fosbcrg lives east of Jim lake. He sold a car of fat stock this fall and has head left and 10 head of horses, with all the necessary farm machinery. lie says he has no kick coming on North Dakota. CLIMATIC COKES. The influences of climatic condi tions in the cure of consumption is very much overdrawn. The poor pa tient and the rich patient too,can do much better at home by proper atten tion to food digestion, and a regular use of Get man Syrup. Free expector ation in the morning is made certain by German Syrup,so is a good night's rest and the absence of that weaken ing cough and debilitating night sweat. Restless nights and the ex haustion due to coughing, the great est danger and dread of the consump tive, can be prevented or stopped by taking German Syrup liberally and regularly. Should you be able to go to a warmer clime, you will iind that of the thousands of consumptives there, the few who are benefited and regain strength are those who use German Syrup. Trial bottles 25c, regular size 7nc. At all druggists. What the roiiipoatrr Wrote In Atlc IIim l*Mttl'n Alltuni. Mine. Aili'lina I'litii at 11n* height of her ivlebrily kept an album in which all tiu notable people of her acquaint ance were oxpeeU'U to write or paint or sketch or compose some little tellinji fragment. Berlin/, had already refused a down times to have any tiling to do with the volume. One evening, however, seeing that he was in an unusually genial frame of mind, she went up to liim, book in hand, and sugared her request witli a bribe. "Master, if you will write one little thing in uiy album, a line even, I will give you your choice of two rewards. You shall either have a kiss or you shall have a wonderful pate le foie gras which lias just been sent to nic from Toulouse." Berlioz smiled and was silent for a moment. Presently lie said, "Give me your album." Instantly lie was pro vided with writing necessities. Then ho wrote. "Oportet pate." '"What does it mean?" asked Mine. Patti, puzzled. "It means, my child, 'Bring the pate,' answered lielioz sweetly. Mine. Patti pouted and then fetched the promised pate.-— Annates. Clever Caterpillarx. Caterpillars accommodate themselves Wonderfully to circumstances and dis play at critical periods of their devel opment very high powers of instinct, which may seem akin to reasoning. IIuber describes a succession of proc esses by which one of them constructs most complicated hammock for its approaching change into chrysalis form. lie found that a caterpillar taken from its hammock and put in another nest at an earlier stage of construction did not seem puzzled, but took up the work methodically as he found it and carried it to completion from that point. If, however, a caterpillar was put in to a hammock that had been carried .o later stage than its own had readied, Instead of feeling any benefit from work thus done for it, it became em barrassed and would go over the al ready advanced work from the stage with which it was itself familiar be fore it could complete the task. I-'rom these facts we may gather that each condition leads on in definite order to the n.-.'U and that results are due to a proper sequence apart from any actual calculation. IV in a iii K° Fur Coat. The artist Hans anon once painted a liussiaii prince in a magniiicent fur mantle which took his fancy so great ly that he endeavored to hit on a plan by which he mijdit retain possession of it. On sending home the portrait he omitted to return the garment, and to the letter requesting him to ilo so he made no reply. One day, when look ing out of a window, lie saw the prince coming toward his house. Hastily slip ping into the g::rl, ("anon sat down in an armcl .iir near the lire. The prince, who had '-:ne for his at. started on see ::,: groaning and trembling at the tii' -.-ie. "What is the matter with youV" lie asked. "Oil," groaned Canon, "I don't know what it is, but I feel so weak and wretched, and I can not get warm! Two days ago m.v brother died of smallpox, and 1 am a bit nervous about myself." The artist kept the coat. More Than All Others. Rome City, Ind., Dr. C.D Warner, Cold water, Mich. Dear Sir:—It gives me great pleas ure in recommending your White Wine of Tar Syrup to the public as an excellent cough cure. I have'sold over a gross within a short time and I always warrant a cure'and have never had a bottle returned. I sell more of your White Wine of Tar Syr up than all other cough remedies I keep in stock. I sold one dozen bot tles to one of my customers. Resp'y Yours, J. P. Chapman. NO RETURN PASSES Railroad agents are being notitied that after January 1, no return trans portation to livestock shippers will be furnished. Stockmen will get free transportation to destination with their stock, but not the usual return pass for themselves and employes. The railroad companies claim that othe.rs than stockmen necessary to care for stock have been taken along on trips and the roads have given free transportation where they could have collected fares to the twin cities and Chicago and return. The agreement covers roads running into the north west. MERELY A REMINDER Bear in mind that Perry Davis' Painkiller is just as good for internal as for external troubles. ^It will stop the agonizing cramps in the bowels which follow exposure to cold and wet when taken internally, and will cure strains, sprains and bruises when ap plied externally. It should be admin istered in warm water, slightly sweet ened. There is but one Painkiller Perry Davis.' SETTLED THE CASE. Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 27.—Some months ago Nels Larson was run over in the Great Northern yards here by a box car and lost his left leg at the knee and his right at the ankle. A Great Northern claim agent has set tled the case with Larson for $4,150. a 5 Established Here In 1878 WAGONS BUGGIES PLOWS I have received a full car load of am us it he a go Spring wagons, Staver Top buggies, road wagons and speed or gentlemens' pleasure buggies, J, I. Case Gangs and Sulky Plows as well as others. Disc Plows Best on earth DIMM MD VICTOR FEED MILLS Also many other implements in our line too numerous to mention Cash customers will find a snap. We will also make others happy in ^quality and price. Come and look us over whether you buy or not. We also have a few horses and cattle for sale. Will,have some fresh cows. Also a few good quarter sections of land and town property for sale. W O O I The Old Time Machinery Dealer Corner Sixth Avenue and Front Street JAflESTOWN, N. DAKOTA. Business Investments AND- Farming Opportunities The town of Medina is now established as one of the best commercial points in central North Dakota, drawing trade from Stutsman, Kidder, Logan and LaMoure counties. In the year 1902 over $250,000 worth of bus iness was transacted in the town which was started from a mere side-track in 1898 and with the surrounding country practically unsettled. The expectations for 1903 are that the above record of business will be doubled. The reason for the growth of Medina is the settlement and cultivation of the tributary country, and the raising of mixed crops of grain and the growing of stock. There are many thousand acres of land yet left for sale at very reasonable prices and plenty of good government claims open for settlement in the vicinity of Medina. It will pay homeseekers and investors to write or call and see me. Information covering all oints cheerfully furnished. W. J. DWYER, 4 1 •'•'•Sw» MEDINA, N. 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