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6 1 . ♦ 7 *«>»««»>»*• i'iiinttt»"»*"«'«»«»"Mnni **i> > -' - - ■'- -- - '^"z-ir^ . , ... . >.. > . . , . --1 -~~ > \ . --. >- . I'!*'-:- .Z. t\ n ORTH DAKOTA is divided into ■Nil tnree parts naturally, of which II \J the Red River country in the eastern part is a perfectly level prairie. This section is de voted almost wholly to the rais ing of, wheat, and is the home of the bonanza wheat farms. The west ern part comprises the grazing lan^s for tho large herds of cattle, horses and sheep. The central, and by far the richest, comprises the few coun ties In the state ihat are by nature fitted for diversified farming by reason of great fertility of soil, abundance of pure water, shelter provided by the natural timber growth and the gently undulating surface of the country. In this last division, and in the best part thereof, is located La Moure county, 60 miles west of tbe Minnesota Btate line and 24 miles north of the South Dakota state line. It is without the i. of the devastating hot winds ■ 11 within the rain bet. Tlii- average rainfall in La Moure < i uu;\ has exceeded 17 inches during ihi c rop period, The county comprises 32 full govern ment townships, or 737.250 acres, or Garms <>rico acres each. Nearly all of this is arable, the small amount Of broken hilly land making excellent pasturage. This, when fully and care fully cultivated for mixed Canning:, i-s «. pable of sustaining a population of people. The county received its Jirst settlers in I*Bo, and now has a population of about 8,000. Taxes in La Moure county are low, running from $8 to $16 on a quarter Beet ion, the amount depending upon the value of improvements. Market facilities are the best. The Northern Pacific railway traverses the county east and west and north and south. Th- Soo and Milwaukee also run short distances in the county, making a total Of miles within the county, with Btores ami elevators everty few miles. The fuel Question does not assume the seriousness here usual in prairie countries. The finding of vast deposits of lignite, a soft coal, within the west ern and central portions of the stat? has released the people of this state from the grasp of ihe coal trust. Lig nite coal is delivered in La IfOUre county at a cost of $3 and $3.25 per ton, wood and hard coal cost about the Bame as at St. Paul and Minneapolis. The juice of land is rapidly increasing. If you Intend buying, come now while prices are lower than they ever will be again in this country. Farm lands run from $15 to $30 per acre, and will not stay this price long. Soil The prairies of La Moure county are covered with a rich dark drift of allu vial loam from one to four feet deep, under which is a clay subsoil, which has the property of holding moisture to a wonderful degree, and giving it out as needed for the growing crops. It contains! a practically inexhaustible Bupply of soil ingredients most valuable for agriculture, namely: Soluble silica, lime, potash soda, phosphoric add, nitrogen and vegetable humus. There is no better soil in the world for gen ual farming purposes, and none any 1» tter adapted for the raising of wheat and other small grains. It is easily pul verized, and after the prairie is once broken cultivation is done with com paratively little labor. Water La M<mre county is well supplied With the very best water in the world. The Janus river traverses the county north and south; besides, there are a number" of creeks ami many natural springs. Wells <»f pure .old water may } secured at a depth of from fifteen to forty feet. All the water secured in this county is as pure as any in the world. In the rivers fish abound in great quantities. Stock Raising and Dairying Within the past few years the farm ers of La Moure county have been gradually turning from grain raising in diversified crops, dairying and stock raisins. No section in the northwest has better natural conditions for such farming', and that La Moure county will soon become famous in this line se< ins to admit of no doubt. There were but 6.068 cattle in La Moure coun ty in 1895. and In 1001 the number had increased to J4.77. ri. Horses, sheep and hogs havp also shown large Increases, and at this time La Moure county pos- Besses more good horses, cattle,'sheep find hogs than most any agricultural county in the state. During the year 1901 sales if live stock brought to the county $100,000. Those who have turned to stock raising find it profitable because with the nutritious native grasses growing in abundance, upon which stock will graze and thrive in winter as well as in summer, there la but little cost in maturing it. Dairy ing, is profitable for the same reason. There are several creameries in the county doing a thriving business and others are expected to be built within the near future. However, the lack of creameries has not hindered the mak ing of much butter, and statistics show that the dairying business is constantly increasing. In 1895 La Moure county STATE SHOWS HAND IN DR. KOCH'S TRIAL Continued From First Page dered dentist. They sat Inside of the railing on the opposite of the gate from Dr. Koch and his sister and cousin. Miss Gebhard is a teacher in the school for the deaf at Milwaukee, and is very refined in appearance. She will be present only during the present week. She last saw her brother in August. She stated this afternoon that she never heard that her brother, the late Dr. L. A. Gebhard, had an enemy. He never wrote to her any thing of this kind. Miss Gebhard did not attend the New Ulm trial. Opens for the State It was 2:50 o'clock when the last Juror was selected, and ten minutes later Gen. H. W. Childs began the state's opening address to the jury. He spoke for nearly an hour and a half, and the big audience of 400 people that occupied ever seat in the spacious court room listened with breathless in terest to the case that the state prom ised to make against the young de fendant. Gen. Childs' address was at times dramatic, but for the most part consisted of a narration of the evidence that different witnesses would give in the oase, and the weaving of them all together in a mesh of testimony that the state hopes will .cause the jury to return a verdict of guilty. Gen. Childs saicj: WhJ is it that almost five days have been consumed in the selection of a jury to try this case? It was because of the issue—an issue that involves a human life. What sparkling gems or bank account is there that is so precious as to be weigh ed in the balance with a human life? Therefore it wrQfi very proper that the counsel for both the state and defense proceeded most carefully. that there might be brought together twelve men of this county so far representative of its thought and intelligence as to weigh the shipped 146.8C2 pounds of Trotter: tfl 1901, 211,600 pounds. Poultry and eggs sold in. 1895, $2,916: in 1901. $4,128 North Dakota takes front rank in educational facilities, and La Moure county in this respect is not behind any other county in the state. There are eighty-five schools in the county. The s<hoolhouses are conveniently placed throughout the* county, bringing the children within easy distance. Uni form text books and the latest and most approved paraphernalia are used. The course of study prescribed by the state department of public Instruction is followed. Churches of the principal denomina tions are in this county with numerous houses of worship within, convenient distance of every section of the county. The churches are liberally sustained and well attended. This influx of new settle's is in- ■■::. ■ :- : ■ ■■.."": ■■:■■■.■■ ....... ■■■ - ■■:■■_ " , . ■ r.. '.-. >'''/.. I X '-' ■jdgHp -■ Vv*v . -jf-0^^ 1 j[.ji"^<-^||py^^s*f^ ■*■ - Cite* L*> "' a* *flW Lw^SphU ti '.... ./:j creasing in volume, and Lay Moure, the banr^er county of this peerlcaa state, hi receiving its full quota of these new and desirable settlers. Fully 90 per cent of the land sales in this county have been to men who have made fanning a science and success in their former homes. It is this class of farm ers who Increase their own and the general wealth of a community. And it is this class of settlers that will cause the value of all lands to increase in value as well as in selling price. In the summer, although the days are warm, the temperature usually goes low enough during the night to make the evenings cool and comforta ble, though not enough to endanger and retard vegetation. There are no fogs, no damp, drizzly periods, and no heavy damp air to encourage pneu monia, diphtheria and kindred ills. Peo ple suffering from throat and lung dis eases have found relief and cure by locating here. My advice to the homeseeker is to buy a ticket over the Northern Pa cific railway from St. Paul to La Mouro and look over La Moure county and you will never return. The land is just what you are looking for, and you have good schools for your children, good markets, and the best of water for youi stock, (.heap fuel and a good, rich soil on which you can raise any thing you plant. LA MOURE The county seat of La Moure coun ty, is a thrifty town of about KM pop ulation, located on the beautiful lames liver and at the junction of the Fargo Southwestern and James River and oakes branches of the Northern Pacific railway. The town was lirst settled in ihnl\ and was Incorporated in IBfc3. It has nev.r had a boom. At present it is growing rapidly because of the many new settlers buying the vacant lands and improving them. Its location is ideal, the 1 land gradually sloping from the foot of the hills to the banks of the river, affording perfect natural drainage, and. therefore, healthfulness. The town is located in the midst of one of the finest agricultural and dairying sections in the noithwest. and is, there fore bound to grow largely in the next few years. The town was nearly wiped out a few years ago by fire and the new buildings give a general appearance of prosperity and modern ideas. The people of La Moure are hustlers, and bound to put their town to the front. Nothing undertaken by them is ever slighted. All the usual busi ness and professional lines are repre sented, including a bank.',an ably con ducted newspaper, a creamery, three grain elevators. Rood hotels, a fine steam flour mill. -00 barrel capacity,, several brick blocks and a number of beautiful dwellings. There is an ex cellent public school, Catholic, Metho dist. Presbyterian and Lutheran churches, societies of Masons, Eastern Star, Odd Fellows, Workmen, Degree of Honor, Woodmen, Royal Neighbors and Yeomen. Altogether La Moure has as bright prospects for a prosperous future as any town in the state. A flax fiber mill and a woolen mill would find this an excellent place to locate. The business men of the town are al ways pulling for their town, and in do ing this they are building up one of case carefully. If any juror has any spite or vindictlveness against the defendant, let him lay it aside forever, for the state is far too great to proceed'against one of its citizens with malice. The indictment charges that on the night of Nov. 1. 1904, the defendant, with a premeditated design, killed Louis A. Geb hard, a young man who a few years ago went to New I'lm to practice dentistry. Gebhard was industrious, conducted him self well and was highly esteemed. On the night of the murder Dr. Gebhard worked late. Passerby saw lights and heard the buzzing of his polishing instrument. The hour was late and everyone had vacated the block except this one worker, who was preparing for the morrow's labor. Cries were heard, an investigation made, and the murder was discovered soon after wards. The old hammer, the handkerchief and the advertising pencil were found, and bloody marks were seen here and there leading to the window on the alley, where the screen was cut and the electric light wire sagged. Hammer and Handkerchief It was a horrible murder. Who was it that did it? Who entertained such hatred against that splendid young dentist tha he would rob him of his life? New I'lm was dec-ply agitated, and every re spectable man considered that he had but one duty to perform, and that was to find and punish the murderer. Whose was the hammer that wa^ -found? Whose was the handkerchief? Whose was the pencil? No one knew. But the heavens above us have so directed things that when men commit such offenses they usually leave traces that lead to the finding of the guilty parties so that other lfves may be protected. Somebody within twenty-four hours washed out a corner of the bloody hand kerchief and there came into view "the let ters "G. R. K." Somebody whispered "George R. Koch." There was a starter. With that circumstance pointing like a pole star, an investigation was begun. Whose hammer was it? After some days it was ascertained that an old hammer had been In possession of the father of the defendant, and the one found in Dr. G*b hard's office was identified by a young teamster as the one that he had seen in the Koch barn. A young man who has lived in the Kocb family for years will say that he saw the old handle taken out and the home made one put in. A washer woman, cleaning Dr. Koch'a offi< c a few weeks before the murder, in looking for a hammer to pull a nail, found an old THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1905 the growing towns of the state. Fol lowing are a few of the leading busi ness firms of La Moure: Peisen & Franks are the proprietors of The Colden Kule. This is the larcest general store in the town and a depart ment store throughout. Size of store is MxM feet, two stories, and filled with a tine line of goods of all kinds and does the business of the town. Mr. Deistn has been in the town for 25 years and Is chair man of the railroad commission*- : North Dak Brand & Suemper are proprietors of the City meat market; have been in business fcr 20 years. Also buy and ship stock and.run a wholesale and retail business. This film does the business Of this section of La Moure county. John W. Muir is one of the leading real estate agents of the county, and Ernest Kngel is manager of the business at this point. Have been in business four years. Have about 50.000 acres of farm lands for B. F. Elliott is the legal abstractor for l.a Moure county and has the only set of Blrdseye Vkw of La Moure, IN. D. sale, running from $K>.i>o to $30.00 per acre. Thf First National bank is the lending bank. BstabUsbed as a state hank in IMS and as a national hank in 1.mi.1. Cap ital $25,000. The lank do. s .. general ie:tl ,state. collection, tilst BMN'tgagC I'an and a general banking bostoeas. Mr. Brown, cashier of the bank, has been in the county Tl years. K. <;. Houston is alisa-acler for I,n Moure county, also one of the leading real estate agents of the town; also tiist mort p:iKe loans: has SbOVt St.fM acres ><{ farm l.iini fur sale. tuiiiiiiiK fidm ll&JM to $30.00 i<i acre. Mr Houston came here in 18Jtl and was clerk of couit for six years of La Moure county. Pnweis Bros, run the up to date billiard hall, lunch counter, restaurant, tfuit. cigar ami confectionery place of the town. Have been in bawl neat ioi two years and were l>orn in Jamestown, N. D. J. \V. Johnston is one of the main dc-al i ■■< ■ f farm machinery in the town. The farmer can tiuv anything he needs on the faun at this place. Has been in busiii' at Jl years and came from lowa. £'„, ■ ~^ ■if. ■ >.;■■ V-.- x *y ■■'■... ' - ? *£ ~-'-' Edgeley Roller Mills, Edgeley, N. D. abstracts in the county. Also real estate, liist mortgage loans and insurance. HMM about M.OM acres of farm land (a running in price from $15.00 to $30.' S:\liln Brothers run the leading lumber, coal and wood yard of the town. Have been in business five years and came from Bristol. N. D. Handie all kinds of build ing material. K. A. Bennett is proprietor of I^a Moure Seed House, wholesale and retail of field seeds, noithein grown seeds, no better on earth, and do a very large mail order business. Write this house for catalogue. This house was established S years ago. The I-a Moure Creamery company runs the up to date creamery of the county, and the extra select creamery butter they ship to Montana. Washington. Idaho anil Fargo. N. D.. cannot be equaled in the state. They have over 100 patrons and turn out 500 lbs of butter per day. R X. Stone, president; David Anderson, vice president, and H. C. John, secretary and treasurer. The town should feel proud of this plant and build It up. hammer with the face battered, the claw broken and a home made handle. The hammer hung on the wall near an old lamp, where the smoke of the lamp blew against the wall so as to leave a clear outline when the hammer was removed. A few days after the murder the woman went again to clean the office and want ed to use the hammer, but it was gone and the wall had been cleaned and there was no longer any trace of the outline. Whose pencil was it? A few moments before the murder the defendant was In Holdale & Somsen's law office, and while there from Mr. Yog. I he received a pencil identical with that picked up in the blood aftt-r the murder. One of the first three people to enter the office saw It there floating in the blood, with the top part clean. The person who went through ihe screen must have injured himself, and Dr. Koch'g hands had scratches and Fores on the Knuckles. His black craven nette coat that he wore on the night of the murder disappeared. He claims that it was taken from his office three weeks after the murder, but the state will show that he did not wear it the next ilay. he then having on a brown coat. Blood on Gate Posts The state will al.so prove that eight or ten minutes before 10 o'clock on the night of the murder some one ran by Mrs. Dahm's house, which was on the direct road to the Koch residence, and the last house on Second street north be fore reaching it. Dahm has for ten or twelve years been a tenant of Koch's father. There is a private gate for a path leading through the premises, and the Koch family often • used it. The mot tiing after the murder Mrs. Dahm saw bloody marks on the posts of the gate, although there were none there the day before. Mrs. Dahm had gone to bed on the night of the murder, and was aroused a few moments before 10 o'clock b\ the barking of hoi dogs 3. She heard a" per son running by and got up and set her dogs on and they pursued the person n.p far as the gate. It will be shown that thr defendant burned his hands by some other means than in the way he claims, and that it was done for the purpose of dwtroytag the evidence contained in" his s<n ML There is usually a motive for human action, and the question naturally arises what could have been the motive that could have inspired the defendant to slay Dr. (Jelhard. Before one can say that Pearl Miller is one of the heavy dealers' In faim machinery of the town, and can supply the farmer with anything he needs on the farm. Also handles real estate. Came from Fargo one year ago, and to Fargo from Ohio. The La Moute Mill company was estab lished in 1904. This Is a 200 barrel mill, run by steam, and has an elevator storage of 10.000 bushels. This firm turns out those famous brand*. Pride of La Moure and Wild Kose. that you see all over the west: H. N. Stone, president and manager, and may ask and send a«lv :tisinK matter and sectional naps of the county. Write him at once. EDGELEY This is one of the flourishing towns of North Dakota, located in the south western part of La Moure county, the western terminus of the Fargo & Southwestern branch of the Northern Pacific and the northern terminus of the James river division of the Mil- H. (*. John . and treasurer. This mill is a credit to the county. James Rive* Valley l-and company is f the leading leal estate firms of the town and do a general land, leal estate. Bad insuianc. business. Several thousand acres of faim land for sail in l-i Moure. Dickey and Ransom counties, running in price from $15.00 to $30.(> ii per acre. 11. M. Jones, one of the firm, is t"nite«i Stai<s commissioner and has been in business 24 years. W. f*. Batterson is president of the council and proprietor of the swell and tip to dale livery of the town. Has ten fine turnouts and can handle parties of Si people and knows every foot of the county. Mr. Batterson is a rustler for la Moure. * La Moure County Real Estate Bureau sells faim lands for cash, on long time or cash payments. Titles to real estate ex amlnea and reported on. This company has r.n.inMt acres of farm land in I.a Moure. Hansom and Stutsman counties, running from $15.00 to $30.00 per acre. W. C. Batterson, secretary of the firm, will an swer all questions that the homeseeker waukee railway. It has a population of about 500 hustling wide awake citi zens, who are pushing their town right to the front. There are churches of the Lutheran. Methodist and Presbyterian denominations, an excellent public school and societies of several secret and benevolent orders. There is a good bank, an excellent newspaper—the Mail, published weekly—a creamery, four gram elevators, a furniture store, two physicians, a dentist, two black smith shops, four general stores, three lumber yards, two fuel dealers, a drug store, a lawyer, two farm implement dealers, a hardware store, two hotels a restaurant, four real estate dealers, a tailor shop, two livery stables, a veter inary surgeon, meat market, grocery store, millinery store, harness shop, shoe shop, two live stock dealers, a machine shop, feed mill and a barber shop. The town is located in one of a fellow man has a motive, that man must be understood. There are men so noble that they will not take a fellow man's life under any consideration. There are others who will do It for a few paltry dollars'. There are some who will do It out of revenge or jealousy. The state will show by Ole I'len that Koch re marked that Gebhard "wouldn't be there much longer." and that "somebody wmiia kill him." and that Koch asked lieu whciher he would or could Hill Gebhard. Another witness heard Koch call Geb hard a double faced The state will show conclusively by a large .-may of testimony that Koch ac tually .ittempted the life of Dr. Uebhard in the latter part of October by means of poison, mailed from Hanska The defendant left Hoidale * S<»m sens onVe just before 9 o'clock, and went to Slmetfs barber shop at 9:20. He was seen to leave the barber shop three min utes later and pass the Review office, and then footsteps were heard going up the stairs, across the hall and through Dr. Gebhard's operating room. The state can account for part of the time from 9 until 9:30 p. m.. but not for all of it. The de fendant claims that he started for home, but renumbered that he had not put out liis light in his office and went back and put ft out. The state will prove to a certainty that this is a fabrication. Saw Him Turn on Light It will prove by a lady who cannot he impeached that the defendant between H ;«nd 9:30 o'clock went to his office, turned on the light, went to the corner where the hammer was kept, put up his arm as though taking the hammer down, and then reached up and put out the light. This la«Jy was on her back porch and stood looking toward the office and saw through the window. The statf will show th3t Koch was on the Gchhurd premises when the homi cide took place. The state's case will be so strong, let the defense explain It as it may. that it will be evident to th<- Jury th;it there wis but one man on the prem ises, and that he had a mortal enmity toward Dr. Gebhard. He had the ham mer, the handkerchief, the pencil and ttrlltale marks on his hand*. The court addressed the jury and said that its work would be somewhat tiresome, but that it would be given as much exercisers possible. He cau tioned the members not to read or dis cuss the case, nor to formulate opln- the best agricultural sections of the state, as is shown by the location of an experiment farm near this village. An artesian well has been sunk, giving a large flow of excellent water for do mestic purposes, and furnishing also ample fire protection. There are also local and long distance telephone ex changes here. The town is 108 miles from Fargo. 65 miles from Aberdeen and 350 miles from St. Paul. The town has one of the best equipped flour mills of the state, with a capacity of 75 barrels per day and run by steam. This mill turns out some of the best flour used in the state. The state experimental farm of 160 acres is located here and the state gives $5,000 per year to keep this going. Mr. O. A. Thompson is mana ger. A new Masonic Temple building was built in 1904 at a cost of $10,000. The James River hospital is a credit to the town. Dr. Barbour. the physi cian and surgeon, is considered the best surgeon west of the Twin cities. The schools of the town are of the best: the high school building was built at a cost of $12,500. four teachers and 150 pupils. a well organized fire department. George Bedwell, chief: gas lighted streets, and the town draws trade a distance of ten miles in all di rections. The land in this section of the" county runs in price from $12.50 to $35 per acre. Good schools and .churches in all parts of the county for the farmer and family, and the soil in this section runs the same as in this article of the county. Good water at a depth of 40 feet. Edgeley is growing very fast and the business men pull for their town and the motto is, "Keep your eye on Edgeley." Following are a few of the leading business firms: ••.?-. The Grand Pacific hotel is the leading hotel in this section and ni\<s the besl of satisfaction. This j s a twenty room house, steam beat, «<>o(i sample rooms, and $2 per day. Smith *i Sobey, prn prktois. William Ournev is the leading mer chant tailot of the town, and has been in business eight years; aim one of the town council, and has a \<.-ry large tailor ing bustoi Rowley Bros, are proprietors of the hading livery and feed Stables, have eight fine turnouts and can take care of twenty people at a time; have been in business one year. A. <". Broiltkorb is one of the proprie tors of the Bdgeley roller mills and a instler for the town. This is one of the bed nulls In this s.-i lion. se\eiity-five bar rels' capacity, and run by steam; mill storage I'.Ooo bushels; elevator storage 26.000 bushels. Ship to lowa. Rrodtkorb & Walswoith. proprietors. This firm also handles lumber, building material of all kinds, co.i]. w.i.),], salt and feed. Mannusi'ii Bros; are proprietors of a very large genera] merchandise and hard ware store, have been in business four years and have a very !;«rge trade and a tine stock of goods in each line. George Bedwell is one of the leading business men of the town and has inter ests in a number of businesses.—black smithing, farm machinery, chief of fire department, agent for the Northwest threshing machines, manufacturer of con crete work and a rustler for Edgeley; has been in business for twenty-two years. A. J. Rrodtkorb is proprietor of a gen eral merchandise store. This is a de partment Store and a fine line of goods, has been in business . ight years and in the county fifteen years. <"ame from Denmark. D. W. Waring runs one of the general hardware stores of the town and makes a specialty of builders" hardware, in busi- MM two years and came from lowa. C. J. Sturgeon, the main pharmacist of the town, lias been in business seventeen years, has full lire of drugs and drug sundries. This store uses twenty-tive lights and they are lighted by natural gas taken from the Edgeley gas well, also Is the main office for the telephone I x change of seventy-Are patrons and owned )>y Mr. Sturgeon. Jake Anderson is proprietor of the !>;kl -ing furnituiv and undertaking business of the town, also full lii;.- of pianos and organs, has been In business ftve years and in town nine yean an>l has a large trade. The Guntborp Land company of Kdge ley and Guntborp, N. 1.. ai>- one of the leading real estate firms and have about lOO.OiKi acres of faun land running from $15 to $25 per acre. Most of this land k in La Moure coonty. Charles Gunthorp, president and general manager: (). U. Bennett, secretary, and Charles H. I!• >7 bert. eastern manager and general agent. J. K. Kipi> is the leading dealer in watches. Jewelry, sewing machines and bicycles of the town, also repairing; In bu-im-ss two years and came from New York. Shiels & Weaver are one of the leading real est.it> and Implement firms of the town. This firm has over 30.000 acres of l-i Moure county farm land for sale l tinning iti price from $12.00 to $20.00. They are also agents for the Carrington <v Casey Land company. This firm has been in business for 16 years, and Mr. Sheils is mayor of the town. The State Hank of Kdgeley is the lead- Ing liank. with a capital of 110.000; sur plus $2,000. Does a general collection, first mortgage loan and general banking business. Incorporated In IS*2. William T. Martin, president, and A. J. Kesler, • ashler. j. H. Kesler has been in business S.I yc-ars and is proprietor <>f a leading gen eral merchandise store and a Hue line of dry goods, hats. caps, cinthing. shoes and choice groceries. Mrr Kesler came from Grand Rapid*. Mich., and is a pio neer of the town. Herman E. Sox is manager of the North Dakota I^and company and does a general real estate, loan and collection business. Has 50,000 acres of farm land running in price from $15.00 to $25.00 per acre, and knows every foot of T,a Moure county. For any further information of this county if you will write Mr. Sox he will glarily answer all questions and will Send yon advertising matter and sectional maps of the county. ions or to discuss it among themselves. Yesterday a story was circulated that a farmer living near Mankato stated to a resident of this city that on the night of Nov. 1 last he was in New Vim and was near the scene of the crime. He | stated further that he saw a man leap from the window of Dr. Reineke's of fice, seize the electric light wire and slide to the ground. This man he thinks was the murderer of Dr. Gebhard. The farmer told his story to a resident of Mankato who later told County Attor ney Wilson. It Is not likely, however, that the farmer will be called to the witness stand, as it is not thought that he can throw any light on who the per son was that he saw. It seems strange that at this late day the farmer should come forward with his sensational tale. Typewriter Suit Ends WASHINGTON. April 24.—1n an opinion by Chief Justice Puller, the United States supreme court today or dered the dismissal of the bill in the case of Wyckoff, Seamans & Co. vs. Howe Scale Company and others, in volving the right of the Howe com pany to use the word 'Remington" as a trademark on typewriters manufac tured by it. The controversy grew out of the transfer by E. Remington & Sons to the Howe company and others of the right to manufacture the Rem ington Standard typewriters and the association of some of the Remingtons with the Howe company. The pur chasers sought to enjoin the use of the name of Remington or of even the name "Rem-Sho," but the court held that this petition could not be granted in either case, thus reversing the lower courts. Mines Resume Work CALUMET. Mich.. April 24.—The Osceola Consolidated Mine company re sumed operations today in its North and Kearsarge mines, after an idleness of three weeks, due to a strike of tram mers and miners. All the men are working under the same conditions that existed before the strike. A Magnificent New Train ~- ■ ■*■■ ■' ■ Interior of New Parlor Buffet Library Observation Cars. Lighted by PintschGas. Booklovers' Library Station "THE WINiPEGIITED'' THE FAST MAIL TRAIN BETWEEN St. Paul, Minneapolis and Winnipeg IN A NEW DRESS Parlor Buffet Observation Cars. Palace Sleeping Cars. Dining Cars (Meals a la Carte). Comfortable Day Coaches. WILL BE PUT IN SERVICE BY THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY SUNDAY. APRIL 20 Leaving St. Paul Every Day 5:15 p. m. Arriving Winnipeg 7:30 a. m. Returning, Leave Winnipeg 5:20 p. m. BSBpPffPSS! I For Further Information Address Cily Ticket Officss |jij|lg fpffii Fouftfl and Robßrt S!s" Stl Pauj ' Mjnn- Jftnv^rinaMnWl and co!'B' ye< ' Minneapolis, Minn, H k K9^^PF]SrT '/ ■ VS or to — W'?aß^^"^^™^'^" Passenger Traffic Manager, St. Paul, Minn. STRAIN 18 TOO MUCH FOR NAN PATTERSON Alleged Slayer of "Caesar" Young Nearly Collapses in Court XEW YORK. April 24.—The third trial of Xan Patterson, accused of the murder of "Caesar" Young, began in earnest today before Recorder Goff, In the court of general sessions. Confi dent and almost smiling in the pre vious ordeals, the former show girl to day was on the verge of collapse. She became faint at the close of the morn ing session, necessitating a hurried ad journment of the court, but had revived considerably when the afternoon ses sion began. The feature of the day's proceedings was the opening address of Assistant District Attorney Rand, in which he outlined what the prosecution Intended to prove. He declared that Young never carried a pistol and that the government would prove that the re volver that killed Young was bought by Joseph Morgan Smith, the brother in-law of Xan Patterson. Mr. Rand announced that he would prove by sworn evidence that "during the year Young maintained Xan Patterson he spent $50,000 on her," that Xan Patter son and the Smiths entered into the al leged conspiracy to prevent Young from leaving this country and to avoid cutting off their enjoyment of his mon ey. Young, he contended, acted as one marked for slaughter from the time he received the alleged threatening letter in which, it is stated, Julia Smith, Xan Patterson's sister, wrote Young: Tnless you do see Xan I cannot an swer for the consequences." Mr. Rand said the prisoner's charac ter would have an important bearing in showing the motive for the crime. Now the Witnesses The photographer and architect who had prepared pictures and plans of the cab in which Young was killed Identi fied and explained their contributions to the case, and Policeman William J. Junior took the stand. It was Junior who ran to the cab in West Broadway soon after Young was shot and directed the cab driver to hurry to a hospital. His story was a repetition of that which he had twice told before. When he stopped the cab the woman was sitting on the left side and the man's shoulders were in her lap. He identi fied the defendant as the woman in tho cab. Miss Patterson told the witness that her companion was "Caesar" Young and that he had shot himself. She told him that just before firing Young had said to her: 'I am going away. You may not see me for three months and you may nev er see me." Junior asked where the revolver was and the woman replied that she did not know. He found the weapon a few minutes later in the right hand pocket of Young's coat. A revolver was pro- duced in court and Junior Identified it. Junior said that on the way to the hospital' Miss Patterson was wringing her hands and saying: "Caesar! Caesar! what have you done?" "When they reached the hospital and the doctors pronounced Young dead she threw herself on the body. Junior said he had left Miss Patterson In th<- «.iii when h»- and others took the body Into the hospital, but she followed them arid came Into the operating room a few minutes later. She fainted while in the hospital. She was then given Into the custody of another officer and taken to the police station a prisoner. Going h.-wk to the time when his at tention first was. called to the cab on West Broadway, Junior said that as the >ab approached him Miss Patter son was sitting perfectly still. Her face was white, her eyes were filled with tears and she apparently was; frightened. The witness detailed Young's position when he entered ihe hansom. Junior representing Young and a court officer the defendant. Junior said Young had his left arm just behind Miss. Patterson and al though the upper part of the body was resting in her lap, the face was turned toward the door of the cab. His right arm dangled down In front of the de fendant "Did you not ask her if the man was her husband?' asked Mr. Levy. "Yes, and she answered that ho was her friend, Caesar Young, .the book maker." Policeman Retells Story Policeman Edmund J. Quinn. who took Miss Patterson from the hospital to the police station, followed Junior on the stand. When he referred to J. Morgan Smith in his testimony the Smiths were brought in that Quinn might have an opportunity to identify them, which he did. Quinn said Miss Patterson was in a slate of hysteria during the trip t'> the station, but she became composed when the station was reached. She had been there only a few minutes when Smith came in. He went over to Miss Patterson, shook her hand and sat down beside her. When sh<* told him that Young was dead he changed color and gasped. The witness said that on the trip from the hospital Miss Patterson told him that she had nothing to live for now that Young was dead and begged him to kill her with his dub. She told him that Young had no reason to kill himself —that he had everything to live for. After several other police officers testified regarding happenings in the police station soon after Miss Tatter son was brought there, court adjourned until tomorrow. The Smiths' petition tiled by their attorneys to compel District Attorney Jerome to give up letters obtained from them by a detective in Cincinnati was denied today by Judge Gaynor. Guardian to Sue Insurance Company In order that two minor children, or phans, may bring suit in the district court against the Northwestern Na tional L.ife insurance- company. Judge Lewis, in the district court, yesterday appointed Swan B. Molandei their guardian. The children are Beatrice M. Frankenstein and Virginia G. B. Frank enstein. ;md both are under 14 years of age.