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I 1 4 II 4 A CLASS OF ELEVEN. Commencement Exercises Held Thursday Evening by the High School. A Good Program of Songs, says, Recitations and tions Rendered. Mrs. F.

E. Jones Presents the Diplomas and Delivers a Parting Address. The opera house was packed Thursday evening with people in attendance at the graduating exercises of the High School claae. The stage was tastifully ted with Dags and- plants gave it a pleasing appearance. A class of eleven graduated.

Ben Russell, a member of tbe class would have graduated bad be not gone to the Philippines in tbe vice. He was feelingly referred to by Prof. Sohmidt, who spoke of the high esteem in which the young man was held by fellow students, teachers and towns people. He also referred kindly to Ralph Fromke, another boy now at Manila, who was given a certificate last year although be left school to enter into tbe eervioe of bis country some time before tbe graduation exercises were held. The followiug is a list of the ates: Nathan Goodell Burgster, Marie Frances Dailey, Alice Claire Goodsill, Arthur Edgar Kneebone, Helen May Middleton, Charles Fullington son, Blossom Eliza Waterman, Mttrv Elizabeth Cusater, Martha Augusta Elske, Alice Veseey, Willimetta Ward.

Tbe exercises opened with the chorus "Tbe Heavens are by a number of tbe puplios tbe schools. The chorus wss well render and reflated great credit on tbe talented teacher of music. Miss Florence Myrick. After tbe invocation by Be v. Hardy tbe chorus "Little Jack Horner" which was loudly applauded.

Miss Alice Willimetta Ward an essay "Gladstone Tbe Man." Tbe was bandied carefully and some exoellent points were made. She pared him witb Bismarok and told of bis superior motives. Miss Blossom Eliza Wsterman pictured Gladstone in the role in which he is more widely known "Gladstone tbe Statesman." Tbe told of bis work in parlament, bis home rule for Ireland project and bis success as a politician. Her essay showed oareful preparation and was a brilliant effort. Miss Alice Veseey's reoitation "Lasca" was rendered with great feeling and pleased the audienoe.

"Culture Through Drudgery" was the aabject of an essay by Mies Elizabeth Casator. Her delivery is good and the rather difficult subject was well pre seated. The view that no great result is accomplished without a great deal of effort was shown by tbe graphic piotnres of events depicted by the young lady. The solo of Arthur Edgar Kneebone "Irene, She alone Cbarmeth my ness" was deligbsfully given. Mr.

Kneebone has a voioe of rare power. Toe reoitation, "Virginia," a very diffisult one, was given by Miss Marie Franoes Dailey who did very well indeed. Nathan Goodell Burgster took for tbe of bis oration, "The Panama Oanal" and told of tbe probable iority by the oanal as a water route over tbe proposed Nicaragua Oanal. Charles Fullington Thompson livered an oration on "Tbe Nicaragua Oanal" and was sure that the same was the best posssible solution of a great oommeroial problem. His attitude on the stage was pleasing and he the proper spirit of a true orator.

The Character" by Mias Claire Goodsill was of a high order and some interesting points in favor of such a character were made. "Knee deep in June" one of James Whitcomb Riley's poems was given by Miss Helen May Middleton in a ful manner. Miss Martha Auguata Elske who was k.ou the program for the recitation, "Mary Queen of Scotts" was indisposed and 1 the same was omitted. A quartette consisting of Misses Minnie Hofaoker and Irma Smith, Messrs. Charles Miller and Arthur Kneebone sung "Come where the Lillles bloom" in a creditable manner.

Mrs. F. E. Joaes presented the diplomas after whieh Rev. Sheridan pronounoed tbe bsnsdiotion.

Mrs. Jones' address to tbe graduating olass was as follows: Graduates, ladies and gentlemen' I find myself promoted to great honor this evening and oan only explain the tion by recalling tbe of the tinguished German poet, who Baid, "truly, tbe ever feminine draweth on." In attemptiag to address graduates, one is confronted with the depressing tainty that nothing new can be said. How could this be otherwise, when we consider that all over the land from ocean tc ooean, June, tbe month of roses is pro-empted for tbeir special benefit, and graduating exercises are thick as leaves in Vallambrosa nevertheless, along with this discomfiting thought, another truth runs parallel that in the nature of some things, a double quality inheres, that of being old and yet ever new. When spring comes lingeriogly over the fields, we do not stay our rapturous delight to consider that her years date back to the primeval ages nor when winter passed, we oatch the first mellow noteB of the meadow lark, do we pause to refieot that at some anterior date we have beard the same thing. And so with the accessories of this occasion, the expectancy the music the flowers, all these have been before, but for us tonight, they have in them a new significance, tbe charm of a fresh creation.

All who are familiar with tbe oourse of study in our eoboola will underetand it is no light task, that as graduates you have accomplished. "There is no royal road to learning it has been plodding work, a steady grind for months and years slowly, but surely, you have passed from grade to grade, until we find you tbe guests of honor, the graduates of '99. Tbe day that you have looked forward to so long with mingled feelings of hope and fear, will be in tbe future, a day that you oan look back to witb pride and pleasure. You have won to selves a good degree, and as fellow men, upon whom falls tbe reflected light of your success, we delight to honor you. Every pupil in every grade of our schools, will, we believe, feel the influence of your accomplished work, and in every home in tbe oommunity, the possibilities that are open to its members, will, we think be more fully realized.

You reoeive your diplomas near the olose of the 19th century, you will therefore, enter upon the activities of life in tbe dawn of tbe 20tb. It is a grand time to live. The dust not lowed to settle anywhere everything moves on as with tbe rnsh of mighty wings. A grand time to live, but tbe requirements are high, the exactions severe, the weak must go to tbe wall, there will be "only the survival of the fittest." Gibbon, the historian, said, ''every person has two educations, one whiob be reoeives from others, one more important, which he gives himself." In this view of tbe oase, from having been pupils, you now become teachers of yourselves. However crowded your lives may be, you will doubtless always find time to do what yon like to do, but the measure of your suooess may depend largely on your ability to do what may be distateful and even repugnant.

Some gifts and benefits come to us by birth and some by environment, but all that ie truly valuable and fitted to stand tbe ravages of time will be won by personal exertion, often at what seems fearful odds, and in tbe loneliness of single oombat. You are inheritors of tbe oommon lot you will have joys, you must have sorrows. Suooess will come at times, and alas, dismal failures, bat remember, that in and out and a-ound your lives, enfolding them like a goluen web, is tbe "divinity that shapes tbe end." You are in no way debarred, no law of God or man shuts you off from appropriating to selves, providing you have tbe requisite industry and perseverance, the best tbe world has to fame, tune. "To the victor belong tbe spoils." Ic is true that along tbe centuries, here and there, we find individuals so cently endowed that exertion seems most unnecessary to their success, but ordinarily genius is only the result of sustained effort, of work when others play, and of toil when they rest. It will be well to have this fact dearly stamped on your minds, for the result of your life work can in no way be truthfully attributed to chance, or to the action of the stars.

Tbe impulse is strong upon me to "improve tbe oooasion" to specialize, in the matter of good advice, but as we all know, the whole is greater than any of its parts. I will sum up in tbe quaint language of the Catechism: Learn to do your duty in tbat state of life unto which it ahall please God to call yon. Passing, now, from the guardianship of our schools into tbe widsr tion of the alumni, and freighted witb nur best hopes and wishes, we bid you God speed. Union's Heavy Lost. New York Stock Exohange, Jnne It is reported that Lawton lost 50 men in battle.

I VOL XXII JAMESTOWN, NORTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1899 TERRIBLE TORNADO Sweeps Over New Richmond, Wis. and the Western tion of Wisconsin. The Number of Killed mated at Two Hundred and Hundreds Injured. Details are Lacking as graph and Telephone Wires are Down. NEW RICHMOND, June Struck as by a mighty battering ram from the sky, New Richmond is all but a total ruin.

Out of about 500 houses in the town, 300 are total wrecks. In the direct path of the cyclone not so much as a single post stands upright. Everything is crushed flat. A scene of desolation, destruction and devastation to surpass it cannot be imagined. The citizens are bewildered, impoverished and bereaved.

Scarcely a home but has lost one or more members, and many still watch about hopelessly ing those who are only to be found among the increasing list of dead. Just how many lives were lost in that den whirling tempest may not be known for some days, but the most tive figures are 50 dead and 200 or more injured, while other estimates reach 200 dead. The bodies of the dead were taken to two churches, from which they were taken to the cemetery and turned over to friends and relatives, while the injured, after being cared for by the physicians and nurses who came down from the Twin Cities, were sent on the relief trains to the hospitals in St. Paul and Minneapolis. Of the fair little city only scattered fragments and burning ruins remain.

The main ness street is a smouldering heap of 6tone and ashes in which an occasional explosion marks the location of a ware store. The 4-story hotel is as flat as the lowest cottage and the whole scene is one of devastation and tion. The people are impoverished by the storm, and the supplies that were hurried down by special trains during the night and early morning were most necessary and welcome. Rescue work came first accompanied by tender ing. Then relief for the famished and stricken survivors.

Father Degian'i Story. It is difficult to get a concise account of the fearful catastrophe. Rev. Dr. Degnan of the church of the Immaculate Conception tells the best story.

He says: "I was standing in the porch of my house, which is some three blocks west of the Omaha station. My little nephew was with me. Pointing to the ening clouds I said to him: 'Those clouds are That was about 6:30. Then I heard a fearful sound. It was like the panting of 50 tives on an up grade.

I said to the boy: is the In the west was a great swishing black cloud, cone shaped, the apex on the earth, the funnel in the sky. "Already far ahead of the center the air was full of flying debris, splinters, boards, feathers, bedding and thing. I told the boy to run and warn the people in the houses between us and the track. From all sides the people came running, begging assistance. I took them and some people from the parish schoolhouse and hurried them into the cellar of my house.

They begged for absolution and I knelt down and gave it to them. Even as I praysd the great black cloud of destruction was upon the village. Out of the general and terrifio war I could hear the ing and hissing sound as house after house collapsed. I ran out and was struck twice by pieces of flying plank. Then the storm was gone.

It had come from the southwest. It struck and stroyed all the residences lying between it and the Omaha tracks. The depot was right in its path as it crossed the track there it went right up the main street of the town Destroying Every Building in the business center. I immediately began the work of rescue. It was ful.

God keep me from seeing the like again. Everywhere women's moans and shrieks and calls for help were heard." Father Degnan hastened to the center of the town where the loss of life had been the greatest. was hard to tell where to begin work. The people who ad escaped turned out with tools, wagens and horses to the work of rescue. It was done systematically.

Groups of excited, distressed and broken-hearted men were detailed to different buildiugs. Wherever a cry for help was heard the suffering was warned to keep still for fear of displacing some mass that would crush him. The dead were genorally taken to the Catholic and 1 WEEKLY gregational churches, but many were taken to private residences. The moans of the injured were mingled with the cries the living as they found their dead. The seriously injured received the first attention the four doctors ot the The doctors' instruments and medicines been lost in the storm.

The rudest bandages were used. The doctors were overwhelmed by the more than 150 injured who were ered in the first few houses. Some of the wounded were not found until morning, and the ruins yet cover manydead. Reports are yet to be received from the country, the jiath of the storm being at least 25 miles long. It is estimated that 150 houses were destroyed in the village on the west side and 100 on the east side, in tion to about 50 business structures.

Reports from the country tell of scores of farm houses crushed. About two hours after the storm, fire broke out in the ruins of stores and are still burning. Explosions of cartridges and tion and liquor barrels began and still continue, making the search of the ruins difficult. At 11 o'clock p. in.

a relief train arrived from Stilwater and was of vast assistance. At 5 a. m. other came from Chippewa Falls and during the forenoon two more arrived from St. Paul and Stillwater.

The policemen from St. Paul were of much assistance in arresting drunken men and thieves who were early at work. They also scoured the town, bringing in wounded and dead. A fire engine from St. Paul rendered great service in fighting the fire.

All day hundreds of people have wandered lessly through the street, staring at the inconceivable ruins. The residence section of the town on either side of the direct path of the storm escaped with little injury, and left asylums for the wounded, whose number can not be mated except by the hundreds. SOME OF THE CASUALTIES. Partial List of Thtxie Killed and Wounded In tbe Cyclone. MINNEAPOLIS.

June Journal special from New Richmond gives the following partial list of dead and wounded: Partial Uit of Dead. William Callahan, farmer. Mrs. John Gtllan. Mrs.

J. M. Shady. Shady, boy. Walter Farrell, 8 years old.

Unknown man, burned to a crisp, wore black and white striped common shirt, heavy sandy moustache. Unknown man, head completely ered, supposed to be a circus man, wore two pairs of cheap trousers with wide yellow stripe. William Bixby. undertaker. Mrs.

G. Herd of Boardman. Charles Reed of Boardman. Thomns McHoe, 18 years old. Ole Gunderson, farmer.

Mike Heffron, farmer. Brockhardt and three children, Bernard, Josie and Essie. Cora Butler. D. M.

Barrett. Millie Hawkins. Evangeline Hawkins. Mary Hawkins. Wiliard Wells, citr marshal Jillen M.

Urath. George Stacks, bridge builder. Thomas McCabe, teacher. Farrell, son of Thomas Farrell. Vernie Lambden.

Unknown laundry girl. Jelmer Johnson. Rose Brooke. Mrs. Rose Brooke.

Thomas Carey, druggist. Anton Segard, tailor. M. Hollenbach, agent of the Omaha road. Cumberland.

Patrick Wells, farmer. Kate McKinnon, daughter of the prietor of the Xicollet hotel. Timothy Noonan of Stillwater. Mianlng: John Pafcton, druggist, and over 100 others. Some of the Injnred.

E. X. Taft. scalp. J.

B. Hurley, Wisconsin Central agent, foot crushed. Mrs. Cosgrove, 84 years old, bruised and cut. Mrs.

Josephine Roschein, slight. Mrs. Cora Roschein, slight. Frank Jennings, legs broken. Fred LePoint, both legs broken.

Mrs. Brockbank. hip crushed. John Wells, severe, temple and head. Oscar Obrase, arm broken.

John Wells, a farmer, back hurt. William Lavell, leg broken, head cut. John Ryan, stone mason, back hurt. Mary McGritw, slight. George C.

Hough, scalp. Mrs. George C. Hough, severe. J.

L. Rutty, face and head, slight. Mrs. J. L.

Rutty, slight. Hall, ribs broken, severe. James Phillips, serious. Bridget Phillips, serious. Stephen Hawkins, hand crushed.

lJr. Knapp, slight bruises. Mrs. Knapp, slight. Charles Wells, leg broken and body bruises.

John Gillen, collar boneand arm broken. Mary Gillen, serious. Charles Gillen, thigh broken. John Gillen, severe. I'artial Uat of Horned O.

W. Winter, jeweler Xicollet hotel Manufacturers' bank Odd Fellows hall John Opera House block: Par- on Fourth 1-1 WHISTLED AND DIED. Two of the North Dakota Boys Smiled and Died Came. Another Fought Fifty Filipinos Alone and Held His Position. An Englishman Surprised by The Coolness and Bravery ot the Boys.

Frederick Palmer, tbe Manila pondent of tbe New York World, has the Following in last Sunday's World: Manila, P. April, was fourth day after Gen Lawton a force had lsft Manila on its dash into Laguna. VVe were approaching tbe town ot PHete, and a squad of five of Weissenberger's sharpshooters, men from the North kota regiment, were working their way through tbe bamboo thioket. It had been the boast of the North Dakotans that they had as yet lost no men in action. Suddenly tbe squad reoeived a volley of fifty shots from an insurgent trench fifteen yards in front.

Two men were killed, one mortally wounded, one slightly wounded and the fifth unhurt. He was Slntland, big and red cheeked. He does not think be did anything markable but instead of running he dropped behind a rock, yelled for tance and emptied tbe ohamber of hie rifie tbe enemy. Ha held bis ground till assistance oame, and then he joined in the charge of our line, which smptied the trenohes. Tbat night two North Dakota men who knew tbat tbeir wounds were mor tsl were lying on cots side by side.

"Let'ssmile and die game," one said. "We might as well whistle too," was the reply. They whistled until their breath gare oat and thenjthey died smiling. "I have heard that the American unteers didn't do well in Cubs," said an £nglisbman who accompanied tbe pedition. "Damme, won't you please explain?" Major Fraine was the saddest man in the army tbe next day.

"The Major cusses ns a lot," said one of his men, "but seeing bow he took this to heart, I guess his cassia's pretty well on the surface, and he cusses mostly for our good and to cover up bis own feelin's." Tbe expedition, having spent three days in the field proceeded to eat up its ten day rations. While ic rested in the towns it ate oocoanuts and mangoes and got tbe diarrhoea. Then it went home on the seventh day. Tbe three days' work was magnificent and exhibited the endurance of our men. Before taking part in tbe final fight at Paete, the North Dakotans marobed twelve miles, carrying tion and blankets and fording streams.

This is equal to about thirty-five miles unaccourted on Broadway in August. North Dakota Chautauqua. The following is but a partial list of tbe sixteen days attractions at tbe North Dakota Cbautaqua which will be in session at Devils Lake July 1 to 16: Ottumwa Male Quartette, tbe Chicago Philbarmonio Concert company, tbe Saunee Colored Quartette. Miss Grace Walker, charming soprano from New York City. Charles F.

Craig, sonator, Chicago. Hon. Ignatius nelly, 4th of July orator, also lectures, subjects "Wit and Humor," Mrs. natius Donnelly, patriotio recitations. J.

Adam Bede, Hon E. E. Willey, Pro'. Geo. A.

McFarland, Bishop Shanley, Bishop Edsall, Congressman Spaulding, Margret J. Evans, Elizabeth J. Scovell, Cora Smith Eaton, Prof. Shaw, Prof. Bolley, Prof.

Shepperd, Gov. Lind, of Minnesota will be present and speak during the assembly. Hon. Knute Nelson is expected to deliver the ing address. Address the Chautauqua, Devils Lake, N.

D. for full program and other formation. First Wool Received. The first wool of the season was brought in to Kirk 4 Allen by Wm. Kline today.

It was of good quality and rather dry, as the cold weather has not started tbe grease. Tbe fieeces will ran sbout ss usual. The cold weather has prevented any considerable amount of shearing. Prioe runs from 12 to ISo, not as high as last year. It is said that so muoh wool was imported into this country before tbe tariff went into effect tbat it has bad a tendency to er prioea, and that some of the old ments are now being reshipped to Enrope, ss there is profit in so.

a I 1 1 NO 47 Question of a North Road. The question of getting good roads in and out of Jamestown is an one if the merchants want to hold and increase the farmers trade. The road1, leading north along the J. N. track to the Foster county line, has been traveled for some 20 years.

It is a short, road to the towns north of tbe city, butneeds permanent location and improving and a permanent entranoe to the From time to time the commissioners have been asked to get the right of way for this road and 10 years ago or so such could probably Lave been done, with tle or no cost. As tbe price of land vances the cost of right of way may be greater and whatever is done about tbe matter may be of advantage to be done soon, both to city Bnd county. matter has again been brought before tbe board and tbe council for action. There are two north roads vest of theJim, and east of the Pipe stem which it is proposed to improve, to vide easy acoess to Jamestown for theheavy traffic to and from the Northern part of the country. One is to continue and make nent tbe present road over Capital Hilland greatly improve it.

At present thft city has no regularly laid out road from the oity limits going north to meet road that follows tbe section running east of Highland Home tery. Tbe county already has a road laid out to tbe south-east corner of theoemetery, and it is proposed that same be continued to tbe city limits and join tbe road which should be made by the city. It is said tbe oity could get in 3 or 4 acres at $10 per acre, sufficient right of way to join this regular county line. Little grading would be needed besides the already necessary ment of Capital Hill. Such a road gives two entrances into tbe oity, one over the railroad crossing at the round bouse, and one over the bridge as at present.

In driving stock from tbe north the stook yards are more easily reached by this than any other north road. It is a question also, whether tbe oounty has not already quired a title to this road by long nse. Tbe other proposed road over 6th avenue bridge and north to the Nichols farm, thence west to join tbe present county road near the oemetery. To make this a permanent road, a deep ravine will have to be filled and a amount of grading done, on the bluff where the road now runr. Eventually so it is said the oity will need a newbridge over tbe Jim at 8th avenne.

Both of these north roads are praotioaole, and one is needed as a permanent easy road. The comparative expense has not been figured. Tbe distance is said to be about same. Tbe vantages and disadvantages of each can be judged by tbe public and the oity auJ oounty have the matter to consider and act upon. Thursday'8 Wheat: No.

1 hard, per bu 64 No. 1 northern 63 No. 2 northern 59 Flax 83 Rye 40 Oats, per bu 30 Flour: per 100 lbs 2 30 "Entire Wheat," 100 lbs 2 30 "A per 100 lbs 2 20 "Golden Northwest," per 100 lbs. 1 85 "Home Comfort" 100 lbs 1 10 Bran, per ton, 10 00 ton, 11 00 Ground feed, per ton 18 00 Ground corn, per ton 16 50 Coal (at yards) per ton: Hard 9 00 Soft 6 00 Lignite 3 00 Wood (at yards) per cord Maple and birch 6 50 Oak 6 0C Tamaraok 5 00 Pine slabs 4 00 Potatoes, per bu 65 Butter, fair demand 15 Eggs, per dozen, fair demand Hay: Loose, per ton 6 CO List of Jurors. The following is a list of the jurors drawn for the term of court in man oounty to begin -luly 5: T.

F. Lowery, William Blackhnrsf, James Spaulding, William Sinclair, H. M. LaFrantz, Geo. C.

Smith, Frank Lemert, George G. Hatch, Charles S. Severn, B. F. Bigelow, B.

D. Boutch, Charles Hofacker, T. J. Jones, Geo L. Severn, John Squires, Fred W.

Smith, Henry Biohmond, A. Carriok, A. C. May field, Henry Hartfield, Henry T. Sharlow, Frank Trepannier, Gottlieb Benkert, J.

H. Sears, Alfred Lawrenoe, J. H. Crum, John A. Purchase, J.

E. McGillivray, Peter Nilaon Ferdinand Clemens, M. T. Biohards and Joseph Nogosek. V' 4 1.