The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-06
COLE SPOKE OUT
Fargo Hotel Man Assailed Enforce
ment and Friends of Prohibition.

L
FARGO. N. zD.-Attendants at the recent
democratic convention are having some run
over the recollection of the speech made by
E. E. Cole, proprietor of the Metropole Hotel
! In Fargo. 1t was during the fight on the re-
submission resolution. Cole was "a warm ad-
| vocate of the plank and made a warm speech,
| in which he said resubmission would have
/ passed some years ago had it not been for the
! bribery methods of an East Grand Forks
saloonkeeper with whom ministers and w. C.
T. U. members hobnobbed. Cole also asserted
| the prohibitory law worked in the interests OF
| the druggists and stated that the Fargo drug
stores sold whisky In open violation of the
| law.
| He further said the father of the North
Dakota prohititory law, the grand mogul of
| the whole movement" knew whisky was be-
| ing sold here, and knew that other people
know. His remarks created 10 sensation from
the fact that Judge Pollock. who is on the
bench in this district and who is generally
credited with drafting the prohibition law.
sat in the rear of the hall.
! It-was afterwards reported the Judge would
issue a subpoena and compel the presence Of
Cole to testify to some Of the charges regard
ing liquor sales in drug stores, but SO far
nothing has been done.
| Chairman Hanna of the state republican
committee has postponed the, meeting called
| for tomorrow. The state board of equaliZa-
|
nees are attending the session that the central
committee meeting has been postponed till
| Aug. &C. At that time conference of the
members of the committee and the candidates
will be had. in the meantime arrangements
are being made for opening headquarters here
| and getting preliminary work under way.
| Allie Cleveland, the young man who was
shot in the head some time ago by the acci-
dental discharge of a weapon carried IN a
valise by a stranger, Is out, and the physl-
clans say he will recover unless complica-
| tions set in. The bullet Is in the back of
Cleveland's head and does not seem to cause
him any inconvenience. The wound has
healed completely.--The death of A. M. Car
ter city engineer of Fargo occurred after a
brief illness, Of pneumonia. lie was married
less than two years ago to Miss Hattie Magill
Of this city, and some months ago removed
here from Winston, n. c., his former home
The city tax levy has been made and the fig
ures are SIT 1926, or S. 675 less than a year ago
and as this is on a slightly increased assessed
valuation, it will make the percentage OF taxes
Itsome smaller. Mayor Sweet had plans for an
extended reduction, but the council refused
to consent to some of his efforts at economy
HoUGHToN MICH. -
The Guaranty Farm and Land company
of Minneapolis is selling hundreds OF acres
of land in lHoughton county to settlers. The
company is advertising the ceunty's agrlcul-
tural advantages and is bringing IN many
families-Fred Vogel, Jr., of the Phster
Vogel company paid visit to Houghton last N
week with view to looking into the timber
resources and purchasing hemlock.L.Iwc
cases OF smallpox in mild form are receiving
treatment at the county detention hospital
Yesterday the county ambulance went to Lake
Linden, where q young woman is suHerlne
from the disease. The house was quaral!-
ttined, the members Of the family vaccinated
and with this the, officials believe there Is
small chance Of contagion
+ Mrs Alfred Champion, a we'll known resi-.
dent Nof Calumet has disappeared. severa
days prior to her departure Arthur Solomon
| a we'll known musician, left saying he woulc
be gone month and leaving no address. Al
! the womans husband has brought suit fol
, $40, 900 damages against Solomon for allenat
! absent pair are connected in gossip.