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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-27
ARREST . ! ! ! | !; 5 OF
!. BANK ! ! !. !. HEAD
CHARGED With ARSON
SALE OF BANK TODAY
The Press of a Chicago Bank Arr
rested ~ ,liciousiy Burning a
Factory 70 snk consolidates
win Another.

+ Sts
the National Bank OF Nssfh America
by the Continental National, was. am
nounced late last night after meeting
Of the directors of both institutions and.
is effective at once. The action comes
as climax to the charges connecting
the names of President Perry of the.
National Bank Of North America with
the felonious burning of the Chicago
Car and Locomotive Works at Hege-5
wich, Oct. q, which has become the
subject Of many sided Investigations
with sensational results. Corpora
ton Counsel E. B. Tolman, Of the city
law department, gave out statement
which says: g.s
THE evidence II 80 beyond any
doubt that the fire was of ineendiary
origin. The testimony of the engin-
eer in charge of the building, together
with that Of the former superintendent
of the company, amounted to direct
charge that Isaac NJ Perry, president
OF the National Bank of North Ann
erica, had become the owner OF the
property through a sale under bank
ruptcy proceedings, that he had pro-
ceeded to manipulate the books and
inventories for the purpose Of making
{ & largely increased showing as to the
value .ll,s OF the plant, that ne had ordered
the !. insurance, then about $Ioo,ooo 10
pc increased to $2oo,o 600; that he had
ordered that all cars, locomotives and
other property OF the company be
stored within the shops; that he had
succeeded N obtaining access to the.
shops alone unaccompaflled upon a
sunday afternoon and that within an an
hour thereafter flre had broken out IN
tour tour OF the fye buildings and resulted
IN the destruction OF two OF them.
@ continuing Mr. Iolinan,s statement
says "a Perry's attorney claimed
that me- Ferry had been the victim OF
conspiracy, that It being known that ne
necessarily spent y Sunday at this plant
the stlre was planned to take place at
time when ne should be present and
al the circtirls taltial EVIDENCE would
connect him with y its origin ! ne at at
8tofiley aIso oifered 60 snow that an
arrangements was practicaily COM
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-27

BISHOPS
Gathering Of the Heads Of the Meth
odist EpiscopaI Church for Inn
portant Consultation.

New Haven, Conn, Oct. ~. Gath
cred from all parts Of the earth, over
a score Of bishops Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, assembled here for
the semi-annual conference. The ses-
.sions are expected to last four days.
The bishops present include Joyce,
.of Minneapolis, MINI; Moore, Port
land, Ore; Mcdowell, Of Chicago;
Nicely, OF Buenos Ayres; Coburn, Bonn
bay, and Hartzel Of Madeira Islands.
Confronted by vast amount Of bust
ness, the bishops today laid out their
plans for the coming sessions, devot-
ing the afternoon largely to general
discussion of the needs Of the church
and the best way Of meeting them
With Bishop j. Walden of Cincinnati
as permanent secretary, the sessions
will be under the guidance of The yari-
|otis bishops in turn
Among the most important duties
will be the naming Of several com
missions TO which will be delegated the
duty of considering questions which
for some time have been fruitful Of dis
cussion, chief Of these being the con-
solidation Of the vast enterprises ,siIi
which the church IS interested and
which are now stib-divided into vari-
Gus branches.
The leading plans are for consoli-
dation of the benevolent organizations
of which there are nearly q d0zen
whose contributions annually reach into
hundreds of thousands of dollars and
|1f.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-27
PHILIPPINE REDUCTIONS.

Washington, Oct. 27.-Advices have
reachedthe insularsbureau that by leg
islation contained in one OF the appro
priation bills recently passed at Ma
Mia the strength OF the Philippine con-
stabulary has been reduced at one
stroke by I,2oo men. The reduction
will take effect at the beginning Of the
next fiscal year, leaving the strength
Of the force at 5000 men.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-27

The government has refused, them per.
mission to coal in Spanish waters.
The Spanish warsiiips Marques de la
Victoria and Vasco Nunez de Balboa
are keeping watch along the coast.
( The authorities have ordered that all
fishing boats shall fly the national flag
in order to avoid a repetition of the
.Dogger Bank incident.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-27
DETERMINED TO HAVE SATISFACTION
FOR THE OUTRAGE.
The UItimatum Stage Not Reached in the Negotia-
tons Careful Investigation of the Russian
Report Fleets Are Made Ready
for Immediate Service.

the Russians to coal the squadron, but
have limited each vessel to 100 tons.
The squadron expects to sail tomorrow
morning, presumably for Tangier It
lis evident that some of the vessels of
the feet are not in the best of condition
to undertake the long voyage and any
fighting at the end.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-27

ST. PAUL COURT ASSESSES "."
$l4,322 so DAMAGES
Physician of St. Paul the Defendant
In an Important Case for Mai
practice on the Ear of One of
His Patients.

St Paul, Oct. 27.-A sealed verdict
was opened in district court this morn
ing in the case of Anna Mohr against
Or. Cornelius Williams, giving plaintiff
$I4,322. 50 damages against the defend
ant She sued to recover for an al
legged improper operation which de-
stroyed her hearing. She sued for SIS
coo
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-27
JAPANESE CAPTURE .-.
s y ANOTHER VILLAGE

Mukden, Oct. 27.-Fighting began at
10 last night southeast of Mukden. The
Japanese advanced to the village of
.Jerdegan which they, are reported to
have captured after a fight lasting until
morning, ,5s:., IT,. ...,.-=JJs
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-27
ARTILLERY FIGHT HAS
STARTED NEAR MuKDEN

Mukden, Oct. 27.-An artillery fight
commenced on the night of Oct. 26, on
the north shore of the Shakhe River.
The cannonading continued today and
is very heavy. The Russians are at
lacking the japanese unsuccessfully.
This fighting, it is believed, will con-
time to the walls of Mukden. IL
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-27
SHE WANTS DIVORCE.

Grand Forks, N. d, Oct. a7.- Mrs.
Gurina G. Amundson has started an ac-
ton in the district court for a decree
of divorce from Hans Amundson who
deserted her and their children four
years ago. There are three daughters
and the family lives at Larimore. S.
j Radcliffe appears as attorney for
Mrs. Amundson and the action was fiji
ed in the. district court yesterday.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-27

Grand Forks, N. p. Oct III Sec
retary Healy, Of the state board Of
health, has issued his vital statistics
report for the month Of September.
Only 20 Of tile SO counties made tel
ports, showing 24s births and III deaths.
Six cases Of tuberculosis were reported
and S deaths III cases of typhoid fever
and q deaths; ri cases Of diphtheria
and daAth cases of scarlet fever
and death case Of smallpox and
no deaths The birth and death report
by counties:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-27
THE JAPANESE ARE
MOVING SUSPICI SLY.

Mukden, OCT ai.The artillery fir
ing which began last night has spread.
south. The weather has cleared There
is suspicious movement Of the Jap
anese observed west of the railroad
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1904-10-27

igo' Spain M! lls Spanish
have glvsal petinission M
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25

teen feet long, and all one piece!
Two hunks, two stools, q half doz-
en- pegs for guns, ETC., and a small
hole cut on each side constitute
the fittings. That's getting "close
to natures heart, with a vengeance.
One could write for hours about
the country around Sequoia Mills,
but this is about enough. Just
one thing more. On July 4th at
8 p. m. the town of Sanger burnt
to the ground. A message by
phone told us what was going on
and from the top of the divide,
forty miles away as the crow flies,
we watched the flames. Talk about
your western atmosphere!
r. w.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
A Historians Reward.

On April 5, 1905, John Stow,
tailor and historian, died. His
minute and painstaking survey can
never be overlooked by any one
who wishes to know London of
the sixteenth century. 1t contains
wealth of fact and detail and has,
moreover, been described as the
most picturesque of narratives.
At the age of eighty years he was
given by James l. as a reward for
his many and useful books and
chronicles-a license to beg!
eve have been pleased to grant,"
runs the license, "our Letters Pat
ent under our great Seal of Eng
land thereby authorizing him to
collect among our loving subjects
their voluntary contributions and
kind gratuities." When the license
had been extended so as to avail
for two years; it yielded from a
single London parish the magnif-
icent sum of seven and sixpence.
John Slows monument is pleas
ing work in terra Gotta on the wall
of St. Andrews undershaft. The
fire of London that destroyed SO
much spared the efigy of Lon
don's chronicler, so that the pos
terity for which he labored might
photograph it.-London News.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25

Did you ever meet Teller who got
learnin' SO big in his he'd that he
forget when you found him half
starved an gave him thirty cents
to get somethin' to eat, an now
that y on need a friend he doesn't
remember ever havin' seen you
before? [ no two or three myself
that are posin as leadin' men in
legal matters an other stuff that
were gull durn glad to get hand
out few years ago, but now they
are SO important they can't recall
the time when they bummed you for
a quarter.
Its strange, it's awful funny that
brains become so porus an punky
when ISOLATED with prosperity that
they swell up an make men look
an act like big I an a little u.
Then again, there are the men who
have prospered, who have acquired
learnin', who have won position,
who can an do wear the real stuff,
who can 60 round with more than
$2.37 in their pockets an yet they
are the same old Jack, John or
Bill as in former days. To such
men here ssuccess, an may we have
more of EN-; but to the small, meas
ly, narrow-minded, swell-headed.
high-collared an stiff-necked. [
wood toast after this fashion:
Heres to the men with beds like
5-cent sponges; may they never
absorb more public water than
they can hold. May they come to
the point where they realize that
those who started them on the
road to fortune are as far above
them as man is above a monkey"
Well, what's the use ofsayin' more
there you have the distinction
Man-Monkey.
Lovingly Yourn,
I. B. A. RUDE.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
A Great Sporting News Journal

The illustrated special sporting
section of the Sunday Chicago
Record Herald thoroughly de-
serves the attention of everyone
interested in sporting news. It is
always beautifully illustrated and
embraces four full pages, covering
with the thoroughness that salts
fees to the utmost the whole realm
of sports. Baseball news, racing
news, bowling news, cycling news,
pugilistic news, golf news, yachting
news-all the sporting news is
given with the greatest degree of
fullness and interest. The sporting
page of the daily issues is also
exceptionally POPULAR self-evi-
dent fact to those who have noted
the general voguesof the Chicago
Record Herald among sporting
men.-Adv.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
Faces and Heads.

Mr.. Edutor,
! Dear Sur:-Isn't it strange what
a heap of funny an important
people there is in the world? I
'spects they can't help it cause
they were bilt that way. Now
there's them folks with face so
gull durn long that they can't get
off a walk for fear of steppin' on it.
1 don't no which is the hardest
luck, the Teller with a long face
or the jay with face that looks
like green pumpkin with slice
cut out. They always have such a
smile on that it makes a Teller feel
like gettin' next, but when he gets
there, it's as bad as gettin' close to
a basket of green apples. l have
been tryin' for the last month to
figure out which class l belong to,
an [ have come to the conclusion
that I'm a freak. I'm half an half
l guess. The only trouble is that
my face won't stay one way or the
other. [ guess itwas bilt on the
plan of some of the art they have
down at the big fare at St. Louis
it was tended to be turned toward
the wall, but, by gum! it doesn't
want to do that. I have been
practisin' for over a year back
twice a day regular, yet will flop
round in a jiffy. It has got SO
used to the two raps of our in
ternal society here that I spect I
will never be able to brake it.
But long an wide faces amt the
only thing that makes a Teller look
funny. Now, there's the man that
looks so blame stiff that critter
wood swear that his coat was lined
with a strip of sheet iron, an if he
made bigger bend than was jest
proper that boiler plate would warp
SO that the kink woodn't come out.
[ don't no which is the worst,
coat lined with steel or one with
rag. [ hate to see Teller look as
tho he was jest hung together,
an that the first sudden move he
makes wood fall to pieces. It's
purity hard to tell which Teller looks
the worst at the evenin' party.
I spose you have been to some
pretty swell affairs. I was once
down East at huskin' party, an
one Teller in particular when he
got knock down to sum of the
old maids made bow that looked
pretty near like jumpin' jack
made of three pieces. They told
me that that Teller had a heap of
learnin'. He walked through the
public schools an then went to city
an got job as a bookkeeper at 30
a month, an the jammin' ofso much
figures in his garnet caused HIM to
get stiff back an swelled he'd.
Then there's another class that
need summer fallerin'. They are
the ones that struck out to make
fortune, rode to the first town in
cattle car, meets a friend who
buys him a decent suit of close
an gets him Job as janitor in
a, five an ten cent store, an in five
years he prospers so that he is
unable to recognize his first found
friend. I tell you rite here that
paste diamonds an stiff collars
make millionaires out of a lot of
cabbage beds. I always feel SO
sorry for cuss when his he'd swells
so punky that he forgets he. was
brought up on hay an turnips.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25

or the Ol0rTa NoVdut
Mountains, IS miles from rail
road and twice that distance from
civilization. There is no harder
spot in all the length and breadth
of California to reach; nor can yor
find place possessing a grande1
beauty than that same Sequois
Mills. Sixty-6ve miles over the
toughest, busiest and crookedest
wagon road in the West brings the
weary traveller to Wildwood, the
former location of the camp, two
miles over rickety railroad, on a
shaking train of fiat cars pulled by
dummy engine and three miles
more over the divide" raised and
lowered oy cable attached to the
car upon which you fearfully sit,
and there you are.
There are three ways in which
one may make the trip: Walk, take
the stage which runs twice week,
or make the acquaintance of one
of the teamsters who haul freight
for the company, and become a
passenger in his outfit. The first
is the cheapest, the seconds the
quickest, but the last is far the
most interesting. I chose the lat
ter course. Early one June morn
ing, I mounted to my place on top
of the load of assorted merchan-
disc in the lead wagon and re-
sceived my first lesson in teaming
from genial Joe Bucks. Joe was
a strange appearing person. About
5 feet, 3 inches tall, he weighed
nearly 300 pounds, the bulk of the
great weight being profanity. Joe
had received his early training
"back in old Missouri, subj" and
was eminently fitted to handle his
team of mules. That same team
was his proudest boast, and well
they deserved all his praise. Ten
big powerful mules, all dark bay,
working together like parts of a
well-oiled machine, and obeying
with equal promptitude the slight
est twitch of the long clerk line"
or a>shouted string Of cuss words,
Joe's team, wheelers, pointers,
swings or leaders, were the pride
of their owner and the envy of all
the other knights of the black
snake from Sanger to the Mills
Once each week Joe and his mules
made the round trip to Wildwood,
taking two large wagon-loads of
merchandise and machinery up
and bringing lumber down.
AS I said before, rode on the
lead wagon. Behind that was an
other, the trail wagon, also heavily
loaded. The first days travel was
uneventful. The road stretched
across the fertile Kings River bot
toms, through vineyards and or
chards, wheat fields and stock
ranches, following the line of the
big hume which floats the rough
lumber from the woods to the lower
mill and yards. Toward evening we
approached the foothills, and about
4 o'clock we drew off to the side of
the road to camp for the night In
front Of US and close at hand rose
the Sierras, bare and nearly brown,
but covered with foliage in the
distance, and with line of snow
capped peaks rising high into the
clouds. Behind us lay the broad
expanse of plain, dotted with the
farms and vineyards which have
made California famous; while
here beside us rolled fork of the
Kings River, cold as the snow
from which it flowed, and teem-
ing with speckled trout. A few of
the latter, by the way, made a
most enjoyable addition to our
supper.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
Tn The Big =
= Cree Country

were WQe0l0TS anu CuOSo LII IIOut
of them pointers why clerk
line" was superior to the regula-
ton reins, and various other fine
points of big team driving.
! I was awakened at daylight by
the jangle of the mule bells, with
which all regulation mountain
teams are adorned, and rose to find
Joe busily, engaged in alternately
currying and cussing the last span
of mules before putting the har-
ness on them. Then, while the
mules were eating their ration of
oats, Joe and I had breakfast, af-
ter which we inspanned and moved
on.
Our second day took us over a
rougher road than the first; sever
al times it was necessary to drop
the trail wagon while pulling up
some steep grade. Mesquite and
heavy chaparral appeared, and
here and there punches of noun
tain quail, larger and heavier than
the valley variety, showed them
selves for moment as they ran
for cover. Mountain quail seldom
fly. Toward evening, we arrived
at the Three Pines, the first trees
of this variety we had seen. We
were then really in the mountains
Here, too, the first mountain wat
err appeared, gushing out of solid
granite rock and trickling. across
the road. AT this place we camped,
and the next morning, leaving the
trail wagon for another trip, we
started on the last fifteen miles of
the journey. Nine miles to the
top of the mountain before us
without a single piece of level road
or down grade; then six miles down
the other side to Wildwood. Here
is where L saw driving. 1 also
heard swearing. Joe did not ride
on the wagon here, but mounted
one of the wheel mules, not with
out much difficulty it is true. And
the way those mules worked! I
never tired of watching the point
ere, those brains of a mule team.
First they we're on one side of the
drag chain and then on the other,
jumping over at word and pull
ing at right angles to the rest of
the team in order to swing the
tongue. The pointers proved the
mule. to be a much maligned
animal 1t was just at the top of
this mountain that we saw the
first big trees, not really large
when compared with the giants
farther on, but greater than any
tree that ever grew outside of Cali
fornia.
All journeys must end in time;
therefore about 3 o'clock in the
afternoon l climbed stiff1y down
from my perch on Joe Bucks
wagon and after bidding that
worthy man goodbye over a small
shell of hill poison, l proceeded to
"'look round" Several saloons, a
general store and post office, half
a hundred log cabins, mostly de-
serted, a dismantled sawmill and
the little roundhouse were all [
could see. The hillsides were bare
of trees, but thickly strewn with
stumps. Truly man had made a
desolate place of this once grand
spot. The railroad which took me
to Sequoia Mills, a distance of
seven miles, is unique. It is a
narrow gauge affair, used for log
ging purposes, and has a string of
five engines. These pigmy engines
push train of short cars four
miles down the canon to where the
grade takes slant upward at
about 30 degrees, and the engines
aton namor hanra Of tha 4aa
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-08-25
all was hauled in by team, one
niece at time

RAOCO oU O GAAO.
Sequoia Mills is great camp
Six hundred mon live in this out
of-the-way logging camp and GU
down the largest trees in the world
Deep down in canon of the
mountains, men have built a saw
mill containing the largest saws in
the woodland why not, for the
trees they cut are the giants of the
forest? The scenery is beautiful
not the strange beauty of the Gar.
den of the Gods or the freaky cd.
dities of the Yellowstone, but q
grand, wild natural beauty in q
grand and beautiful country. The
snowy sides of Mt. Shasta are
beautiful, Yosemite is grand, but
not the northern mountain, MOI
Half Dome's sloping sides, neither
the three great leaps of Yosemite
Falls, nor the broad, towering face
of Ell Captain, can compare with
the scenery about Sequoia Mills.
My letters of introduction Sc
cured me hearty welcome at the
contractors camp and bed in one
of the cabins. My meals were
taken in the big dining room with
the men. The contractor ate at
the same long tables with his 400
woodsmen, and no one sat "below
the salt" They are an independ-
ent lot, those backwoods lumber
men, and claim the right to have
the best. They get it.
The Sequoia Giants are the larg-
est trees in the world, and are
found only in few spots in Cali
fornia. Here, near this place,
Sequoia Mills, the largest of its
kind has just been discovered. It
is 400 feet tall, or twice the length
Of our park, and 113 feet around
the base at distance of four feet
from the ground. The estimated
diameter is sc feet, or about as
thick as the width of the prison
chapel. This is the kind of tree
the Sanger Lumber Company is
turning into lumber. Teams can
not haul the logs, SO a donkey
engine is used to snake" them to
a runway. This runway consists
of two logs laid parallel to each
other, and is kept we'll creased.
A log is placed upon it by the
engine and the giant is
started sliding down the runway.
It is all down hill, so the journey
is a speedy one until ended at an
lake, into which the big
is dumped. These trees
do not always become lumber. how
ever, for it is not uncommon to
have one crushed to splinters by
it's own weight in falling. During
my stay at the Mills, very large
tree growing on side hill and
measuring 287 feet in length was
felled with only two breaks; the
first was ITO feet from the base.
Today you can see strip of bark
taken from this tree and placed
beside the cook house. This piece
Of bark has not crack In it; it is
lO2 feet long, 4 feet wide and
2 feet. IL inches thick at the base,
growing thinner towards the end
until it is only l foot 10 inches in
thickness. Truly, the Giant Sc
quota is thick skinned tree!
Another strange thing is to be
seen in fallen giant couple of
miles from the mill. I have seen
the stump of a Sequoia capable of
accommodating twelve couples used
as a dancing platform in Calaveras
County, and have driven through
q hole cut out of another giant In
Mariposa County, but here at Se-
quota Mills is house built entirely
within a tree trunk! The tree in