12538. First National Bank (Pembina, ND)

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Bank Information

Episode Type
Suspension → Closure
Bank Type
national
Bank ID
3438
Charter Number
3438
Start Date
December 25, 1897
Location
Pembina, North Dakota (48.966, -97.244)

Metadata

Model
gpt-5-mini
Short Digest
a233ea5f

Response Measures

None

Receivership Details

Depositor recovery rate
82.0%
Date receivership started
1898-01-19
Date receivership terminated
1907-09-18
OCC cause of failure
Losses
Share of assets assessed as good
54.7%
Share of assets assessed as doubtful
32.3%
Share of assets assessed as worthless
13.0%

Description

The bank's doors were reported closed in late December 1897 and a U.S. bank examiner placed in charge; problems traced to valueless securities accumulated under President L. Booker (described as fugitive). The comptroller appointed William J. Kennesaw receiver in mid-Jan 1898. No article describes a depositor run; sequence is suspension (closure) then receivership.

Events (5)
1. January 20, 1886 Chartered
Source
historical_nic
2. December 25, 1897 Suspension
Cause
Bank Specific Adverse Info
Cause Details
Bank had accumulated valueless securities (about $20,000) during presidency of L. Booker, who became a fugitive after defaulting his bond for other banking frauds; stockholders hoped to make up deficiency but bank closed.
Newspaper Excerpt
The doors of the First national bank of Pembina, N. D., were closed, with liabilities of $95,000.
Source
newspapers
3. December 29, 1897 Other
Newspaper Excerpt
The controller of the currency received information of the failure the First National bank, of Pembina N. D. The bank has a capital of $50,000 ... Bank Examiner Anheiser been placed in charge. Mr. Coffin, the acting controller ... has called attention to ... retirement ... of national bank notes ... the voluntary retirement has reached this amount this month. After a week of conference ... the condition ... was examined by an agent dispatched to North Dakota to investigate the condition of the First National bank of Pembina. The bank wants to resume and the comptroller wants reliable information before deciding the matter.
Source
newspapers
4. January 19, 1898 Receivership
Source
historical_nic
5. January 19, 1898 Receivership
Newspaper Excerpt
The comptroller of the currency has appointed Mr. William J. Kennesaw receiver of the First National bank of Pembina, N. D.
Source
newspapers

Newspaper Articles (23)
1. December 23, 1897 Daily Kennebec Journal Augusta, ME
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by a troney car at Newark. N. J., Wednesday. The police think it was a case of foul play. as loud voices and a scuffle were heard in the neighborhood. and from the appearance of the body. the county physician thought the man was dead before he was struck by the car. The steam saw mill and factory of the Townsend Furniture Co. at Townsend. Mass., was totally destroyed by fire, Wednesday morning. with a loss of $15.000. The property was not insured. The factory furnished employment for about 25 hands. who are not only thrown out of employment but who also lost all their tools in the fire. A special from Pembina, N. D., says: The First National Bank is in the hands of a United States bank examiner. The bany had accumulated $20,000 in valueless securities during the presidency of L. Booker. who is now a fugitive from justice. having defaulted his bond for other banking frauds. Stockholders hope to make up the deficiency and open the bank. Richard Arthur Price, who assassinated Wm. Terriss, the actor. outside of the Adelphia theatre at London, on Thursday, last, was brought up on remand at the Bow Street police court. Wednesday. charged with the crime, and was again remanded. The court was crowded with theatrical people. Emperor William, while visiting Grandenz, Tuesday, said to the burgomoister: "My solicitude for your town aims at seeing it more fully equipped as a fortress, in order it may be able to withstand any pressure in the future. I hope, however. that it may never happen, for our Eastern neighbor is a dear. loyal friend of mine, and has the same political views as myself." The steamer Kaiser Wilhem Der Grosse arrived at quarantine, New York, at 12.40 P. M., Wednesday. from Bremen, Southampton and Cherbourg after a very stormy passage. She left Cherbourg. last Wednesday. at 7.50 P. M., and reached Sandy Hook lightship at 11.20 this morning, her time being 164 hours and 20 minutes. She covered a total distance of 3050 knots at an average speed of 18.56 knots per hour. The day's runs were 338, 440, 342, 400, 401, 394 and 528 to Sandy Hook.

2. December 25, 1897 The Diamond Drill Crystal Falls, MI
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35,565,000 bushels; corn, 38,539,000 bushels; oats, 14,282,000 bushels; rye, 3,645,000 bushels; barley, 4,605,000 bushels. The internal revenue receipts for November amounted to $13,959,296, an increase as compared with November last year of $1,257,927. The makers of book paper in Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio have formed an association to stop the cutting of prices. No appointments will be made by the president during the holiday recess of congress except in case of emergency. The United States supreme court has djourned to the 3d of January. The consolidation of the three great cracker companies of the United States is now an assured fact, its capitalization being $55,000,000. John Osborne, 12 years ola, and Erwin Warren Oelm, 16 years of age, were drowned while skating on thin ice at Buffalo, N. Y. The Christmas money order business of the New York post office this year greatly exceeds that of any previous year. Leading cotton planters met in Memphis and formed an association to mainrain prices. J. A. Hanway, receiver for the defunct National bank of North Dakota. was arrested in Fargo on a charge of being short $10,000 in his accounts. The Golden Rule dry goods store was burned at Danville, III., the loss being $100,000, and Miss Mary Reed, a clerk, perished in the flames. Three schooners of the Gloucester (Mass.) fishing fleet with 49 men were given up as lost. Mrs. August Radke, of Oshkosh, Wis., gave birth to a 19 pound baby, breaking the record for weight in this country. The exportation of raw cotton from the southern states to Japan is practically double what it was last season. Freezing weather has greatly damaged the orange crop in California. The Southern Express company's office at Columbia, S. C., was robbed of $10,000. Fire destroyed the business portion of Doniphan, Mo. A report as to the penitentiary scandal in Nebraska discloses irregularities aggregating $537,871.87. The Auditorium theater and the Auditorium hotel in Kansas City, Mo., owned by Alexander Fraser, were burned, the loss being $300,000. The Hide and Leather bank in Chicago went into voluntary liquidation and the assets were transferred to the Union national bank. The doors of the First national bank of Pembina, N. D., were closed, with liabilities of $95,000. Leda Charland. 13 years old, George Morin. aged 15, and Frank Waterman, aged 18, were drowned at Gardner, Mars., while skating on thin ice. Three young persons were drowned while skating on a creek at Tonawanda, N.Y. Mrs. Ann Kelly. aged 65 years, and Miss Mary Baird, aged 80 years, died in Plainfield, N. J., from drinking wood alcohol. Engineers J. S. Hodson and L. B. Horton were killed in a railway wreck at Cayuga. Ind. Miss Leila Herbert, aged 30, daughter of ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert, killed herself while despondent over ill health by jumping from a high window in Washington. Twenty-year-old Peter S. McMahon, crazed by cigarettes, shot and killed himself at Syracuse, N.Y.

3. December 28, 1897 Lincoln County Leader Toledo, OR
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EHI 10 EVENTS CURRENT Comprehensive Review of the Importa Happenings of the Past Week Culle From the Telegraphic Columns. No appointments will be made the president during the recess of gress except in case of emergency. spite the announcement of this fact the number of visitors at the Whit House are unusually large. The long-continued cold and heav snow of the past month are beginning LO have a serious effect upon sheep Wyoming, and it is feared that, unles there is a break in the weather the losses will be heavy. Sheepme report that a number have alread: perished. The controller of the currency received information of the failure the First National bank, of Pembina N. D. The bank has a capital of $50, 000, and, according to its last state ment, had deposits aggregating $95, 000. Bank Examiner Anheiser been placed in charge. Mr. Coffin, the acting controller the currency has called attention to fact that the retirement of national banl notes during the first 20 days of Decem ber reached the sum of $3,000,000 This is said to be the first time during the last 10 years that the voluntary tirement has reached this amount month. euo AUB After a week of conference in ton, Justices Putnam and King, commissioners for the United State and Canada, respectively, in the tration of the Behring sea claims, have completed their work for the present and it is understood will soon the preparation of their reports to thei respective governments. The first meeting of the Nationa Building Trades Council was held St. Louis, and was marked by a scath ing denunciation of the American Fed eration of Labor for having passed resolution at Nashville opposing the formation of the national council. The Federation of Labor opposed the organization as tending to create a fur ther division in the ranks of labor. Fireman Martin J. Oakley was killed at a fire in a five story tenement or East Forty-fourth street, New York city. Oakley was suffocated by smoke and escaping gas. Assistant Firemar Thomas Head, James Davis and Peter Connelly, of the same company, rendered unconscious by inhaling smoke and gas, and were with diffi culty revived. They are in hospitals and their condition is serious.

4. December 29, 1897 The Ely Miner Ely, MN
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THE WEEK'S NEWS Happenings of the Past Seven Days in Brief. ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD Casualties and Fires, Personal and Political Notes, Business Failures and Resumptions, Weather Record. INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS DOMESTIC. The consolidation of the three great cracker companies of the United States is now an assured fact, its capitalization being $55,000,000. John Osborne, 12 years old, and Erwin Warren Oelm, 16 years of age, were drowned while skating on thin ice at Buffalo, N. Y. The Christmas money order business of the New York post office this year greatly exceeds that of any previous year. J. A. Hanway, receiver for the defunct National bank of North Dakota, was arrested in Fargo on a charge of being short $10,000 in his accounts. The Golden Rule dry goods store was burned at Danville, III., the loss being $100,000, and Miss Mary Reed, a clerk, perished in the flames. Three schooners of the Gloucester (Mass.) fishing fleet with 49 men were given up as lost. Mrs. August Radke, of Oshkosh, Wis., gave birth to a 19 pound baby, breaking the record for weight in this country. The exportation of raw cotton from the southern states to Japan is practically double what it was last season. Freezing weather has greatly damaged the orange crop in California. The Southern Express company's office at Columbia, S. C., was robbed of $10,000. Fire destroyed the business portion of Doniphan, Mo. A report as to the penitentiary scandal in Nebraska discloses irregularities aggregating $537,871.87. The Auditorium theater and the Auditorium hotel in Kansas City, Mo., owned by Alexander Fraser, were burned, the loss being $300,000. The Hide and Leather bank in Chicago went into voluntary liquidation and the assets were transferred to the Union national bank. The doors of the First national bank of Pembina, N. D., were closed, with liabilities of $95,000. Leda Charland. 13 years old, George Morin, aged 15, and Frank Waterman, aged 18, were drowned at Gardner, Mars., while skating on thin ice. Three young persons were drowned while skating on a creek at Tonawanda, N.Y. Mrs. Ann Kelly, aged 65 years, and Miss Mary Baird, aged 80 years, died in Plainfield, N. J., from drinking wood alcohol. Engineers J. S. Hodson and L. B. Horton were killed in a railway wreck at Cayuga, Ind. Miss Leila Herbert, aged 30, daughter of ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert, killed herself while despondent over ill health by jumping from a high window in Washington. Twenty-year-old Peter S. McMahon, crazed by cigarettes, shot and killed himself at Syracuse, N. Y. Burts Scrafford and Charlie Clifford were blow to pieces by an explosion of dynamite at Clearwater. N. Y. The United States training ship Alliance has arrived in New York after an extended cruise. Mrs. Barney Picker, aged widow, died in want at Lima, O., and the administrator found over $10,000 in cash and $6,000 in notes secreted in an old bonnet. In Milwaukee Walter C. Sanger broke his own world's indoor bicycle record for half a mile, unpaced, riding the distance in one minute flat. A loss of $150,000 was sustained by a fire which consumed the A. H. Andrews corapany's furniture factory in Chicago. Postmaster-General Gary has decided to order a special issue of stamps commemorative of the holding of the transMississippi exposition at Omaha the coming year. The school board of Iron Mountain, Mich., has forbidden its teachers to attend dances or parties on evenings preceding school days. The reciprocity negotiations between the United States and Germany are practically suspended. A train struck a stage coach at a crossing near Passaic, N. J., and 20 persons were injured. three fatally. Charles E. Stubbs has been sent to this to encour-

5. December 30, 1897 Audubon Republican Audubon, IA
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A WEEK'S RECORD All the News of the Past Seven Days Condensed. HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS News of the Industrial Field, Personal and Political Items, Happenings at Home and Abroad. THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD DOMESTIC. A wreck caused by a runaway freight train at Altoona, Pa., resulted in several men being badly injured and 50 cars demolished. Jack McCune, a gambler, who killed William A. Albin August 6, committed suicide in the jail at St. Joseph, Mo. The Travelers' Insurance company has withdrawn all its business from Kansas. The visible supply of grain in the United States on the 20th was: Wheat, 35,565,000 bushels; corn, 38,539,000 bushels; oats, 14,282,000 bushels; rye, 3,645,000 bushels; barley, 4,605,000 bushels. The internal revenue receipts for November amounted to $13,959,296, an increase as compared with November last year of $1,257,927. The makers of book paper in Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio have formed an association to stop the cutting of prices. No appointments will be made by the president during the holiday recess of congress except in case of emergency. The United States supreme court has adjourned to the 3d of January. The consolidation of the three great cracker companies of the United States isnow an assured fact, its capitalization being $55,000,000. John Osborne, 12 years old, and Erwin Warren Oelm, 16 years of age, were drowned while skating on thin ice at Buffalo. N. Y. The Christmas money order business of the New York post office this year greatly exceeds that of any previous year. Leading cotton planters met in Memphis and formed an association to maintain prices. J. A. Hanway, receiver for the defunct National bank of North Dakota. wasarrested in Fargo on a charge of being short $10,000 in his accounts. The Golden Rule dry goods store was burned at Danville, III., the loss being $100,000, and Miss Mary Reed, a clerk, perished in the flames. Three schooners of the Gloucester (Mass.) fishing fleet with 49 men were given up as lost. Mrs. August Radke, of Oshkosh, Wis., gave birth to a 19 pound baby, breaking the record for weight in this country. The exportation of raw cotton from the southern states to Japan is practically double what it was last season. Freezing weather has greatly damaged the orange erop in California. The Southern Express company's office at Columbia, S. C., was robbed of $10,000. Fire destroyed the business portion of Doniphan, Mo. A report as to the penitentiary scandal in Nebraska discloses irregularities aggregating $537,871.87. The Auditorium theater and the Auditorium hotel in Kansas City, Mo., owned by Alexander Fraser, were burned, the loss being $300,000. The Hide and Leather bank in Chicago went into voluntary liquidation and the assets were transferred to the Union national bank. The doors of the First national bank of Pembina, N. D., were closed, with liabilities of $95,000. Leda Charland, 13 years old, George Morin, aged 15, and Frank Waterman, aged 18, were drowned at Gardner, Mars., while skating on thin ice. Three young persons were drowned while skating on a creek at Tonawanda, N. Y. Mrs. Ann Kelly, aged 65 years, and Miss Mary Baird, aged 80 years, died in Plainfield, N. J., from drinking wood alcohol. Engineers J. S. Hodson and L. B. Horton were killed in a railway wreck at Cayuga, Ind. Miss Leila Herbert, aged 30, daughter of ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert, killed herself while despondent over ill health by jumping from a high window in Washington. Twenty-year-old Peter S. McMahon, crazed by cigarettes, shot and killed himself at Syracuse, N.Y. Burts Scrafford and Charlie Clifford were blow to pieces by an explosion of dynamite at Clearwater. N. Y. The United States training ship Alliance has arrived in New York after an extended cruise. Mrs. Barney Picker, aged widow, died in want at Lima, O., and the administrator found over $10,000 in cash and $6,000 in notes secreted in an old bonnet. In Milwaukee Walter C. Sanger broke his own world's indoor bicycle record for half a mile, unpaced, riding the dis-

6. December 30, 1897 The Saint Paul Globe Saint Paul, MN
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TINWARE. The Horne & Danz Co., Manufacturers of Tinware, Lard Pails, Cans, Etc. SAINT PAUL. J. A. Wheelock, Pres. Jacob Danz 2d, V. Pres. Wm. R. Dorr, sec. and Treas. STOMACH BITTERS. SIMON'S AROMATIC STOMACH BITTERS A family medicine for Dyspepsia and Indigestion. An excellent Blood Purifier. For sale by druggists and dealers. B. SIMON, Proprietor entered into a contract of sale with them to dispose of the tracts. It is said that investigations in the land office have shown that upon the whole tract claimed by Ireland there are not any bona fide settlers located. But there are several who are occupying the land, and the only title they have is the contract or agreement with the archbishop. This put a new light on the issues involved, and really proves that Ireland's interest and those of the settlers who are acting in good falth are in the same direction. This being the condition of affairs, and it being clearly proved at the hearings that Ireland's intentions in case his application to entry is sustained, are to fulfill every agreement with the settlers with whom he made contract some years ago, it is hinted pretty strongly today that Commissioner Hermann will so find in all instances where it is shown that the lands in question have been occupied in good faith, under the Ireland agreements. The real opposition to Ireland's claims, it has developed, comes from parties who hope to make a big thing by having the opinion of the Marshall land office sustained SO that thousands of acres of valuable land will be open to original entry, after many improvements have been made. Minnesota's two senators called together at the White house again today and although their audience with the president was brief, it was evidently very satisfactory, judging from the amicable expression of their faces when they came out. Neither would state the object of the visit. As the result of a conference between Comptroller Eckels and Receiver Anheira, in charge of the First National Bank of Pembipa. N. D., the comptroller will be notified within three days whether the stockholders decide to go into voluntary liquidation or resume. The president of the bank has gone to St. Paul to endeavor to raise funds to resume. Comptroller Eckels today gave out an abstract of the reports of the condition, Dec. 15. of the six national banks in Minneapolis, It shows total resources of $20,406,337. loans and discounts being $12,348,300, and reserve $4,262,976, of which $811.687 was gold. The deposits aggregated $8,381,133, and the average reserve held was 35.15 per cent.

7. January 1, 1898 Perrysburg Journal Perrysburg, OH
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A WEEK'S RECORD All the News of the Past Seven Days Condensed. HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS News of the Industrial Field, Personal and Political Items, Happenings at Home and Abroad. THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD DOMESTIC. Burts Scrafford and Charlie Clifford were blow to pieces by an explosion of dynamite at Clearwater. N. Y. The United States training ship Alliance has arrived in New York after an extended cruise. Mrs. Barney Picker, aged widow, died in want at Lima, O., and the administrator found over $10,000 in cash and $6,000 in notes secreted in an old bonnet. In Milwaukee Walter C. Sanger broke his own world's indoor bicycle record disfor half mile, unpaced, riding the tance in one minute flat. A loss of $150,000 was sustained by a fire which consumed the A. H. Andrews company's furniture factory in Chicago. Postmaster-General Gary has decided order a special issue of stamps commemorative to of the holding of the trans- the Mississippi exposition at Omaha coming year. The school board of Iron Mountain, Mich., has forbidden its teachers to attend dances or parties on evenings preceding school days. The reciprocity negotiations between the United States and Germany are practically suspended. A train struck a stage coach at a crossing near Passaic, N.J. and 20 persons were injured, three fatally. Charles E. Stubbs has been sent to Europe by this government to encour- in age the use of the American horse the cavalries of Europe. The constitutionality of the civil service law was upheld by the Illinois supreme court. In an open_letter to the Federation of Labor Secretary of the Treasury Gage defends the gold standard. It is announced that President McKinley will send a message to congress a recommending the, establishment of department of commerce and industry. Chadwick Marshall and John McDonald, the alleged murderers of Orville Hayden at Farmington. Wash., were taken from jail by a mob and hanged. W.H. Hughes, A. H. Dolphin, John Bright and Samuel Sevier, hunters from Chicago, were frozen to death near Dawes creek, in Newton county, Ky. In a riot during a trial in the courthouse at McArthur. O., Elijah Brown and Plyly Teeters were fatally injured. At the commencement of 1898 the United States will have 184,464 miles of completed railway. A buggy containing William Pearcy and Miss Brooks, of Farmington, Ind., was struck by a train and the latter was killed and the former fatally hurt. Freight traffic through the United States and Canadian Sault canals for the year 1897 exceeds all previous years by nearly 2,000,000 tons. The visible supply of grain in the United States on the 20th was: Wheat, 35,565,000 bushels; corn, 38,539,000 bushels; oats, 14,282,000 bushels; rye,3,645, 000 bushels; barley, 4,605,000 bushels. The consolidation of the three great cracker companies of the United States is now an assured fact, its capitalization being $55,000,000. Leading cotton planters met in Memphis and formed an association to maintain prices. A report as to the penitentiary scandal in Nebraska discloses irregularities aggregating $537,871.87. The doors of the First national bank of Pembina, N. D., were closed, with liabilities of $95,000. William Gordon Prince, who was the oldest living graduate of Harvard col- 94 lege, died in Dedham, Mass., aged years. Twenty-year-old Peter S. McMahon, killed crazed by cigarettes, shot and himself at Syracuse, N.Y. Three schooners of the Gloucester (Mass.) fishing fleet with 49 men were given up as lost. Mrs. August Radke, of Oshkosh, Wis., birth to a 19 pound baby, breaking gave the record for weight in country. The exportation of raw cotton from the southern states to Japan is practically double what it wnslast season. damFreezing weather has greatly aged the orange crop in California. The Southern Express company's of- of fice at Columbia, S. C., was robbed $10,000. Fire destroyed the business portion of Doniphan, Mo. The Auditorium theater and the Auditorium hotel in Kansas City, were Mo., owned by Alexander Fraser, i burned, the loss being $300,000. The Hide and Leather bank in Chiwent into voluntary liquidation the and cago the assets were transferred to Union national bank. y Leda Charland. 13 years old, George Morin, aged 15, and Frank Waterman, Gardner, aged 18, were drowned at Mars., while skating ou thin ice. Mrs. Ann Kelly. aged 65 years, died and Miss Mary Baird, aged 80 years. in Plainfield, N.J., from drinking wood t alcohol. Samuel Sloan, president of the Delaf Lackawanna & Western railroad, $16,t ware. was presented in New York with a is e 000 Engineers golden service. J. S. Hodson and L.B. Hor- at ton were killed in a railway wreck h Cayuga. Ind. 1, Miss Leila Herbert, aged 30, daughter is of ex-Secretary of the Navy Herbert, ill r killed herself while despondent over

8. January 1, 1898 The L'anse Sentinel L'anse, MI
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A WEEK'S RECORD All the News of the Past Seven Days Condensed. HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS News of the Industrial Field, Personal and Political Items, Happening's at Home and Abroad. THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD DOMESTIC Burts Serafford and Charlie Clifford of were blow to pieces by an explosion dynamite at Clearwater. N. Y. The United States training ship Alliance has arrived in New York after an extended cruise. Mrs. Barney Picker, aged widow, died in want at Lima, O., and the administrator found over $10,000 in cash and $6,000 in notes secreted in an old bonnet. In Milwaukee Walter C. Sanger broke his own world's indoor bicycle record for half a mile, unpaced, riding the distance in one minute flat. A loss of $150,000 was sustained by a fire which consumed the A. H. Andrews company's furniture factory in Chicago. Postmaster-General Gary has decided to order a special issue of stamps.com memorative of the holding of thetransMississippi exposition at Omaha the coming year. The school board of Iron Mountain. Mich., has forbidden its teachers to at tend dances or parties on evenings preceding school days. The reciprocity negotiations between the United States and Germany are practically suspended. A train struck a stage coach at a crossing near Passaic, N.J., and 20 persons were injured, three fatally Charles E. Stubbs has been sent to Europe by this government to encourage the use of heAmerican horse in the cavalries of Europe. The constitutionality of the civil service law was upheld by the Illinois supreme court. In an open letter to the Federation of Labor Secretary of the Treasury Gage defends the gold standard. It is announced that President MeKinley will send a message to congress a recommending the establishment of department of commerce and industry. Chadwick Marshall and John McDonndd, the alleged murderers of Orville Hayden at Farmington. Wash.. were taken from jail a mob and hanged. W.II. Hughes. A.II. Dolphin, John W. Bright and Samuel Sevier, hunters from Chicago, were frozen to death near Dawes creek, in Newton county, Ky. In riot during a trial in the courthouse at McArthur. O., Elijah Brown and Plyly Teeters were fatally injured. At the commencement of 1898 the United States will have 184,461 miles of completed railway. A buggy containing William Pearey and Miss Brooks, of Farmington, Ind., was struck by a train and the latter was killed and the former fatally hurt. Freight traffic through the United States and Canadian Sault canals for the year 1897 exceeds all previous years by nearly 2,000,000 tons. The visible supply of grain in the United States on the 20th was: Wheat, 35,565,000 bushels: corn, 38,539,000 bushels: oats, 14,282,000 bushels: rye,3,645, 000 bushels; barley, 4,605,000 bushels. The consolidation of the three great cracker companies of the United States is now an assured fact. its capitalization being $55,000,000. Leading cotton planters met in Memphis and formed an association to maintain prices. A report as to the penitentiary seandal in Nebraska disclose irregularities aggregating $537,871.87. The doors of the First national bank of Pembina, N. D., were closed, with liabilities of $95,000. William Gordon Prince, who was the oldest living graduate of Harvard college, died in Dedham, Mass., aged 94 years. Twenty-year-old Peter S. McMahon. crazed by cigarettes, shot and killed himself at Syracuse, N.Y. Three schooners of the Gloucester (Mass.) fishing fleet with 49 men were given up as lost. Mrs. August Radke, of Oshkosh, Wis.. gave birth to a 19 pound baby, breaking the record for weight in this country. The exportation of raw cotton from the southern states to Japan is practically double what it was last season. Freezing weather has greatly damaged the orange crop in California. The Southern Express company's office at Columbia, S. C., was robbed of $10,000. Fire destroyed the business portion of Doniphan, Mo. The Auditorium theater and the Auditorium hotel ,in Kansas City, Mo., c owned by Alexander Fraser, were burned, the loss being $300,000. r The Hide and Leather bank in Chicago went into voluntary liquidation and the assets were transferred to the e Union national bank. P Leda Charland, 13 years old, George Morin, aged 15, and Frank Waterman, I aged 18, were drowned at Gardner, a Mags., while skating on thin ice. Mrs. Ann Kelly, aged 65 years, and t Miss Mary Baird, aged 80 years, died I in Plainfield, N.J., from drinking wood alcohol. b Samuel Sloan, president of the Delat ware. Lackawanna & Western railroad, f was presented in New York with a $16,n 000 golden service.

9. January 20, 1898 The Wichita Daily Eagle Wichita, KS
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Told in Fewest Words The comptroller of the currency has appointed Mr. William J. Keene a receiver of the First National bank of Pembina, N. D. At Adelaide, Australia, the Australians in the cricket match with the visiting English team won two innings and ten runs yesterday. Captain Murphy, who was on trial in the United States courts at Wilmington, Del., for connection with filibustering, has been acquitted. The British steamer Herbert, hailing from Leith, is foundered. The captain was saved, but It believed the members of the crew, numbering seven, are lost. The Very Rev. Henry George Liddell, the former dean of Christ church, Oxford. is dead. He was born in 1811, and was at one time chaplain to the prince consort. Frank B. Noyes, professor of art In the Industrial Training school at Indianapolis, died yesterday, aged 31. His home was in Boston, and for years he was Instructor In art at Cornell. Governor Culberson of Texas has declined to interfere in the murder case of Eugene Burt, sentenced to be hanged at Austin. Tex., next Friday for the murder of his wife and two children July 26, 1896. The Worcester Corset company was not burned out in the fire at the corner of Market and Quincy streets, Chicago. The corporation occupied a portion of the building. but sustained no loss whatever. The British admiralty has Issued 36 list of the whereabouts of warships of Great Britain in the far east. It shows Gat et first-class twin-screw armored craiser Use daunted and the twin-screw sloop AM gerine are at Klao-Chau. Judge W. B. Wells died yesterday it Battle Creek, Mich. During President Hayes' administration. Judge Wells was United States consul to Rotterdam, Hotland, and later was consul at Glasgow, Scotland. Henry E. Straight, who was arrested In Jersey City a week ago charge with swindling business people in Wilkesbarre and Harrisburg, Pa., and Baltimore and New York. escaped from the Jersey City, jail yesterday. A chattel deed of trust was filed yes, terday by M. W. Alexander, proprietod of one of the oldest retail drug houses in St. Louis, to Charles A. Wall. treasured of Meyer Brothers rug company. The liabilities amount to $17,200. The cause of the failure is not given. Justice Pryor, in the supreme court is New York City yesterday, filed the report of ex-Judge Doremus recommending that a decree of absolute divorce be granted Nellie R. Goodwin, wife of Nat C. Goodwin, the actor. Goodwin le ordered to pay his divorced wife 175 a week alimony, She is privileged to marry again is she so desires, with the right to resume her maiden name of Baker. Goodwin cannot marry again in this state. None of the testimony before the referee was made public.

10. January 20, 1898 The Indianapolis Journal Indianapolis, IN
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General Notes. WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-The controller of the currency has appointed Wm. J. Keneesaw receiver of the First National Bank of Pembina, N. D. To-day's statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance, $249,151,695; gold reserve, $162,909,102.

11. January 20, 1898 The Sauk Centre Herald Sauk Centre, MN
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Receiver For a Pembina Bank. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The comptroller of the currency has appointed Mr. William J. Kennesaw receiver for the First National bank of Pembina, N. D.

12. January 20, 1898 The Madison Daily Leader Madison, SD
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Receiver For a l'embina Bank, WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The comptroller of the currency has appointed Mr. William J. Kennesaw receiver for the First National bank of Pembina, N. D.

13. January 20, 1898 Omaha Daily Bee Omaha, NE
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Receiver for Broken Bank. WASHINGTON Jan. 19.-The comptroller of the currency has appointed Wililam J. Keenesaw receiver of the First National bank of Pembina, N. D.

14. January 21, 1898 Bismarck Weekly Tribune Bismarck, ND
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STATE NEWS. The trial of the Villers case has been postponed till tomorrow because of the illness of Mrs. Tromer, one of the main witnesses. The western part of the state is still furnishing many pilgrims to Klondike. The Dickinson Press chronicles the departure of another batch. Conductor Frank James of the Northern at the Brainerd an Pacific hospital Fargo from has the effects died at of operation for appendicitis. Reports from St. Paul state that the condition of Chief Best of Fargo is better than was expected, and he is probably on the high road to recovery. The death is reported of Joe Hubert, a well known traveling man who married the lady commercial traveler known among the boys as the "Vinegar Girl." The comptroller of the currency has dispatched an agent to North Dakota to investigate the condition of the First National bank of Pembina. The bank wants to resume and the comptroller wants reliable information before deciding the matter. It is interesting and gratifying to note that the prices of county warrants are are they through quoted the state in all counties picking at up, higher and and firmer prices. The payment of back taxes and prompt payment of current ones is responsible. The Williams County Press is authority for the statement that P. E. Sandli in that a bills vicinity of Lakota, recently, while lost hunting roll deer of containing $280 from his pocket. He thinks that in taking his handkerchief from his pocket the money was also pulled out. Charley Mortrude, a Barnes county farmer day afternoon. had a bad While accident windlass engaged last in Thurs- digging a well the broke away from him and the handle struck him in the face, badly lacerating his nose. The blow was so strong that he was unconfor five hours afterwards. Articles of incorporation of the State bank of Leeds, capital $5,000, have been forwarded to the secretary of state. The incorporators are N. Jacobson and Ole Jacobson of Rugby Junction; John A. Percival and E. A. Webster of Devils Lake. N. Jacobson will be president and manager of the bank. Swife retribution is meted out in some cases. The other day Merchant de Lendrecie was held up at Fargo and a a a was cars robbed gold killed watch. of by valuable the A few diamond days at Mallory, later ring tramp Minn. and and the articles have been found on his person and restored to deLendrecie. Pembina county editors are getting the migratory fever, Frawley has sold the Chronicle and goes to Minneapolis, while J. K. Fairchild has bought the Chronicle and would like to sell his Echo. Editor Wilson would like to take the gold cure at Klondike, and it it is stated that Gilpin has already sold the X-Rays to some parties from the southern part of the state. Congressman Johnson is in no happy frame of mind over the way he is being treated with reference to federal appointments in the state, according to Wash nomination the con ington of advices. postmaster Aside at Bismarck, from the gressman is opposed to that of D.C Tufts as receiver of the Fargo land office, Harry Oliver as postmaster at Lisbon, and there are others. Iu the trial of the Villers case at that sensational Jamestown, testimony, Mrs. Tromer admitting gave some she had not told the truth on former examinations, because she had been sworn to secrecy by her husband. She says that when her husband left home he had'arranged to go to California in company with Villers. It is presumed the man was murdered before he started on the trip. Judge Amidon has extended the time for J. A. Hanway filing his 85,000 bonds for alleged shortage of $10,000 in bis report as stockholder's agent o the was se Hanway North Dakota given National twenty days bank. to Mr cure on of the Trust made bondemen, the request and the extension Security was company, which will, it is said, go on his bonds on January 22. Mr. Han way is still in New York. A. A. Trovaten, formerly editor of the 'Dakota" at Fargo, and now a merchant at Kent, Minn., has been held to

15. January 22, 1898 The Washburn Leader Washburn, ND
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A Receiver Applied For. Pembina, N. D.-District court convened here. There are about 200 cases on the civil calendar and several criminal.-The weather is most delightful, more like spring than winter. There is not enough snow for sleighing.-The First National bank is yet in the hands of Examiner Anheir. It is stated that a receiver has been applied for.

16. February 3, 1898 Crawford Avalanche Grayling, MI
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News of Minor Note. Prof. Taschenberg, the entomologist, is dead at Halle. Secret societies at Denver are waging war on department stores. M. B. Goodman, clothing merchant of Texarkana, Ark., was attached by home creditors. Liabilities and assets not stated. The Comptroller of the Currency has appointed William J. Kennesaw receiver of the First National Bank of Pembina, N. D. D. M. Hough & Co., shoe manufacturers at Rochester, N. Y., have made an assignment to Granger A. Hollister. Liabilities, $38,000; assets, $48,000. Paul Felix Tallaide, the well-known and veteran French actor, is dead. He was born in Paris, Jan. 15, 1827, and was admitted to the Conservatoire in 1845. Mrs. Mary Shillito, widow of the late John Shillito, founder of the great mercantile house in Cincinnati that bears his name, died after a long illness from infirmities of old age. The United States ambassador to Great Britain, Col. John Hay, and family, will sail from Genoa on the North German Lloyd steamship Prinz Regent Luitpold for Egypt for a tour up the Nile. The condition of the health of Empresa Augusta Victoria of Germany excites comment. She will go in the spring to some Southern air cure. Her physicians still forbid her leaving her rooms. The Dominion cabinet which has had under consideration the case of Mrs. Olive Sternaman, under sentence to be hanged at Cayuga, Ont., for the murder of her husband, decided to grant her a new trial. At Holbrook, Ariz., wild dogs are causing great loss to the ranch owners by killing stock. At Ravenna. O., while walking with his sweetheart, Cornelins O. Eatinger quarreled with the young woman. Suddenly he pulled a revolver and without a word of warning sent a bullet through his brain, falling dead at his sweetheart's feet. A chattel deed of trust has been filed by M. W. Alexander, proprietor of one of the oldest retail drug houses in St. Louis, to Charles W. Wall, treasurer of Meyer Brothers' Drug Company. Liabilities amount to $17,200. The cause of the fallure is not given.

17. February 12, 1898 The Washburn Leader Washburn, ND
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of MeNider Robert per month pension- receives $50. its in Bismarck, who a balance to gain county has expects the treasury Traill other of $10,000 $90,000 before and the end of the W. at J. month. Jud Kneeshaw LaMoure Pembina, as receiver has of recommended nat which of the La Moure and is bank president. Minot Coal Co. eight. ie in trouble nine equip- acres The sheriff has seized with nine of the coal land, together teams etc. wagons, let for survey ments, Contracts, townships have been of land and in the the will northern ing sixteen part begin of Stark as soon county as spring and opens. work The state board accepted of university approved the perschool lands for have loans farm from mortagge applications school fund amount on of $24,000 dismanent the school security to Churchs proposition Ferry to isJan. 28, the vote on the of $5,500 for school the of purpose sue trict bonds will in crecting the sum a four room Normal City house. Students at playing the Valley base ball by and an the exas change school small boys are running are reported, barefooted in the Citistreets. D. E. cashier has of the resigned by J. H. zens that position Bank at and is succeeded with Farmers met Bank Anderson of St. Thomas. Williamsport exJohnson of in the filling face with plosion J. A a of painful with a gun, powder accident the accident and damaging in his his A eyesight. Minot of sidewalk, man pulled to dropped recover up a couple between quarter he of the rods he supposed he the had walk, to discover time. had the cracks it in his pocket Marquis all de Mores will of The wife of for the apprehension husband, the offer a murderers reward of her having failed to steps in the French take the any government Newberry matter. is held At Ellendale court John in the sum John of Carr, $500 to the running district a blind in pig. default of $500 for a like offense, in jail. Hillsbail, for John languishes V. Machine Brown, formerly company agent at shortage of the Singer disappeared with to a Walhalla, boro who has been traced went over the of whence $550 he doubtless publicly line. David Wallace owing of Hamilton to the fact thieves, that for announces officials that refuse reward to arrest he stealing offered arrest he county withdraw of parties $100 guilty of has recomwheat. Congressmentollowing th Johnson Dakota: postoffice Geil; Fred apmended in North A. Lincoln, John H. Krosel, pointments S. eVnby, Hastings: Alfred Lidgerwood. for bigamy Movins, George H. which May, was wanted arrested committed at Malta, there Rolla, been Sheriff after him. state at Schindler last Mont. fall, this has of week Rolette and County Deputy has held gone a at Fargo Wells, The bankers of and the elected Jamestown, officers meeting follows: E. P. A. Day, Grand Fargo, Forks, secvice treasurer. as president; president; Geo. S. H. Lyon, heating retary and lignite coal Jamestown in is hospital The use commended buildings of at by Minnesota W. A. Gates, board highly agent of the charities, who recomof special corrections visited the and institution. central will law cently The democratic test the state stitutionality passed at the purare being of last mittee the session anti-fusion and solicited funds from for democrats that powes and pose populists. of the dividend Currency of 10 per the declared Controller a second of the creditors of Grand cent in favor National Bank 30 per of cent in making to T. Forks, Second amounting in all $119,738. the Bismarck in that claims, Detcher, clerk in the senatorial postoffice H. in which states it not is said delivered telegraphic until fight were took place Bismarck. eighteen dispatches two months days before old, he came brakeman to on Mi- the Tobin, was a killed near caboose, Great was sitting into the car, not. Two Thomas He Northern engine crashed in the other men when an injuring him. without injury fatally the caboose escaped the currency has an in The controller agent of to North Dakota of the condition dispatched : investigate Bank the of Pembina. the con- The bank to First National wants to reliable resume, information and beto troller deciding wants the matter. gratifying fore is interesting and of county war- up, note It that the the prices state are all picking counties at rants through quoted in They payhigher and taxes and and ment they of back are firmer ones prices. is responsible. prompt state payment of current a the of $5,000 ave bank Articles of Leeds, incorporation capital the secretary On state. been and tors Junction; forwarded to are N. Jacooson John The Jacobson incorpora of Rugby E. A. Webster of A. N bank. Ole Percival and Jacobson will be presiDevil Lake of the and manager on hand Jan. 1, dent County had and school state, The in Rolette $17,727.87. county, township expenditures were $10,524 of funds, county for the is on year a cash basis, unpaid. not 85. the The county remaining of a single speaks warrant well for those in charge and and its affairs. board of university school The state lands recently had under con-

18. March 17, 1898 Courier Democrat Langdon, ND
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NORTH DAKOTA BANKS, Controller Dawes 1x Giving Them Special Attention. Washington-It is said at the office of the controller of the currency that no official information has been received of the arrest of the Streeters. president and cashier of the defunct First National Bank of Larimore, N. D. It is said that Special Examiner McDenald, who was recently sent to North Dakota to examine the condition of the failed national banks in that state, has probably concluded his examination of the two banks in Grand Forks and of the bank at Fargo. Up to date no report has been received from him as to the condition of these banks, but one will probably be received in a few days. Controller Dawes is at present out of the city, but it is probable that he will decide whether to appoint receivers for these banks upon his return. A preliminary report of the trust under his charge has been received from Receiver Kneeshaw, of the First National Bank of Pembina. It is probable that the first dividend will shortly be declared.

19. June 3, 1898 The Pioneer Express Pembina, ND
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Benedikt Benjaminson vs C Keeley.--M Brynjolfson; W J Kneeshaw. Christian Mager vs First National Bank of Pembina and W J Kneeshaw, receiver. -W R Garrett; W J Kneeshaw. Christian Mager vs Bank of Cavalier and J K Musselman, cashier.-W R Gar-ret; W J Kneeshaw. C N Murphy vs Joseph Maranda and Engenia Maranda.-E W Conmy J D Stack. Lester F Thurber vs Michael VanCamp et al.-Templeton & Rex; Wm Mc-Murchie. Oscar E Nash vs Frank A Willson.-Gray and McMurchie; J D Stack. Pioria Packing Co vs John Conmee.-W J Burke; D J Laxdal. Bank of Hamilton vs J M Chisholm and Wm Beaton.-Young and Burke; W J Kneeshaw.

20. September 22, 1899 Bismarck Weekly Tribune Bismarck, ND
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having large white and yellowish blossoms, making a pretty sight. A threshing engine overturned near Edinburg, Walsh county, and Martin Tressing was thrown under it and instantly killed, his head being crushed. A call for $40 per share has been made on the stockholders of the First National Bank of Pembina to make up shortages to depositors, by the comptroller of the currency. Carrington Independent: Miss Luella Crawford of Dazey sold $11 worth of badges, and some thief stole the money. A person who would do such an act should be taken out in front of the firing squad and get about twenty balls in their carcass. Saturday afternoon a sad accident befell Anton Schumacher, a threshing hand, who lives some fourteen miles west of Ashley. It seems that the thresher in some way was set on fire, and Mr. Schumacher in endeavoring to help extinguish the same, sprang on the feeding table, and slipping his left foot was caught in the cylinder and horribly mutilated, making the amputation of the same necessary. The Great Northern has made a new ruling with regard to its conductors. Hereafter each one will be required to give bonds in $1,000 to insure the company in the matter of competent service and against loss from misappropriating money handled by the conductors. A bonding company has been arranged with, which takes the risks at $10 per year for passenger conductors and $5 for those running freight trains. The North Dakota school for the deaf, located at Devils Lake, will open the school term on Wednesday, Sept. 20. During the vacation many new and substantial improvements have been made on the state property at the lake. According to the Free Press about $20,000 of the $47,000 appropriated by the last legislature for additional room and general improvement has been well spent, and places the institution in excellent shape for the work it has before it. Two years ago Game Warden Bowers of Carrington ran across Horace Lowry and a party of friends from Minneapolis hunting without the necessary $25 non-resident's permit. The other day he and State Warden Bowers were out hunting for such game and ran on to the same Lowry party as of old. "Here he comes again" said Lowry as he recognized the game warden and began to dig down for the fee. The money was on hand this time and it was not necessary to wire as before. Horace is a son of Thomas Lowry. No schedule of losses and insurance of the destructive fire which visited Northwood can as yet be obtained. In addition to the fifty or more business places destroyed, three residences were damaged by the flames. However, a large number of the residents were burned out of house and home for many of them were living over their places of burlness. Inasmuch as the flames destroyed practically all of the food supply, the residents will be in bad circumstances within a few days unless some aid is extended to them by the outlying towns. They have food and shelter for the present. those who lost their homes having been taken in by those who were not SO unfortunate. but this condition of things cannot last many days. They will need food, and probably clothing. It is simply miraculous that no Lives were lost, or that no one was seriously hurt. Postmaster Ellingson, while attempting to save a portion of the mails, was cut about

21. November 18, 1899 The Washburn Leader Washburn, ND
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# NEW TRIAL. The Case of Emerling Against the Bank at Pembina. Word has been received at Grand Forks that the case of Mrs. Amelia Emerling against the First National Bank of Pembina, W. J. Kneeshaw, receiver, has been remanded to the federal district court of North Dakota for a new trial. During the period when L. E. Booker was president of the Pembina bank, Mrs. Emerling, a widow, resident of Walhalla, deposited with him for collection, a number of notes and other securities, amounting in value to about $10,000. The bank subsequently failed, and Mrs. Emerling's money and securities were not forthcoming. She had Mr. Booker's receipts for the papers, but the bank people claimed that these were given by Mr. Booker personally, and not as an officer of the bank, and that they were, therefore, not responsible. This view of the case was taken by Judge Amidon, before whom the case was tried last spring. The matter was appealed to the United States circuit court of appeals and Judge Amidon was reversed. Word has been received at Grand Forks that Limus Cutts, a man eighty-three years of age, had committed suicide at the residence of C. C. Wagner, six miles south of Larimore, where he has made his home for the last year. Very little appears to be known of the man's past, but the arrangements which he made for board, etc., were satisfactory, and his affairs were not inquired into. He had, however, frequently spoken of an old love affair, in which he suffered disappointment. At such times he had been moody and despondent, and he had, on more than one occasion, threatened suicide. While seated in the dining room he seized a knife and plunged it into his right thigh, severing the main artery. He then withdrew the knife and sat there calmly and watched the flow of blood until he bled to death.

22. January 16, 1902 Bismarck Daily Tribune Bismarck, ND
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the funds of the state which are now in suspended banks. There is a total of about $29,000 of the state funds in five suspended banks of the state, the First National Bank of Minot, First National of Pembina, Grand Forks National Bank, Second National of Grand Forks and Citizens National of Fargo. Two-thirds of the total amount is in the latter bank.

23. October 2, 1902 Courier Democrat Langdon, ND
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or sale The this county is listed and advertised in the Republican this week the date of the sale is set for Tuesday December 2nd. According to the Jewish calenader today is New Year's day 5663, and its observance commenced with the hour of the setting of the sun yesterday evening. The county commissioners will meet next week and among other things consider applications for the position of janitor of the court house for the ensuing year. Osnabrock's co-operative blacksmith shop was the cause of a scare and fire alarm last week. The 'Brock lacks adequate fire protection but the bucket brigade saved the building with only a small loss. Walhalla sports are so elated over having closed the baseball season by winning the pennant' of the Pembina county league that it is likely they will put in most of the approaching winter planning more victories for 1903. The board of commissioners of Pembina county decided at their last meeting to bring action against the bondsmen of the defunct First National Bank of Pembina for about $6,000 of county funds held by the bank at the time it went bump. two years ago. There is evident need of a reconstruction of the time schedule for stage mails leaying Langdon, either that or the mails should run on time. There's something wrong any how. Readers of the DEMOCRAT on the Trier and Mt. Carmel routes have complained repeatedly of late that the paper fails to reach them until the following week when it should arrive Saturday night. These and other outside towns, used to have a prompt and regular service and it is equally as possible to maintain it at this time as it was then. The leading place of business at SnowBake, Man., known as Shilson's store, was entered by burglars Wednesday night last week and the safe robbed of $8,000 in cash. Dynamite was used in opening the safe and the way they went about it indicated the thieves were well up in their business. Sacks of flour and feed had been piled around the safe in order to deaden the noiseand concussion. The currency was in Canadian bills of $4 and $10 each. The authorities are without a clue to identify the robbers but are making a careful search ON both sides of the line. As Snowflake is just across the line and only a few miles from Hannah the affair has created quite a sensation at the end town. A crew of drunken harvest hands invaded the camp of a party of Indian horse traders on the outskirts of Park River last Saturday afternoon. They took liquor along with them resulting in the Indians getting in an intoxicated condition and ugly. Quarrels followed both the harvest hunds and the Indian being armed a desperate and dangerous fight started and one the harvest hands Mels Johnson, was killed. Seeing the turn the affair had taken Johnson'i companions retreated, going to town The hostile redskins were finally round ed up by 11 party of armed citizens and landed in jail. His companions stat that Johns ..., the dead man, came from Wilmar, Mian. The Indians who at accompaned by their squaws and pu pooses have been trading horses an doing harvest work in the Valley O this side and in Minnesota and th blame of the fatal encounter is charge largely to the harvest hands, thoug some threats of lynching have bee made.