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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
TERRIBLE 3 BRUTALITY Y
TO ILLINOIS GIRL

Aledo, TILL. Dec. Details Of tor
ture that made men and women sh,id-
der were told by Stella Grady when
she was placed on the witness stand
to testify against Mr.. and Mrs. Arcfli-
bald Mckinney, who are on trial for
torturing the girl while She was their
ward
Trembling with excitement, the girl
told her story to the court. These are
some Of the charges she made against
Mrs. Nc Kinney:
sShe jabbed me in the back with a
|toasting fork until I tainted with the
pain.
She struck the sharp point Of the
scissors into my shoulders and sides
while screamed In agony.
She struck me over the head with a
|hairbrusf while was cleaning the
bathroom. III
She struck me iii tie left eye with 4
|broot1stick. It became black and blue.
She scratched my body until 4 was
a mass of sores.
She pounded me On the body and
hauled me about. s
She struck me Oh the right hand
with d stick Of wood and refused me
medicine for the injured hand for q
long time. 81
She made me sleep III 4 cold room
off the kitchen, with ain old qailt and
d torn blanket for bedclothes.
was compelled BY both Mr. and
Mrs Nc Kinney to tend the furnace
and shovel snow
tsy did nor allow me TO cal
enough food 4
The town Is iii state "a excite
alaert and Tie courtroom was 50 crowd
ed that AN extra defail of officers was
|necessary - keep the people back.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
THE BANKERS
ARE SMOOTH
HONOLULU BANKERS 4.
EYADED TAXATION
They Shipped the Coin to San Franz
cisco to Have II Out Of the Country
When the Tax Would BE Levied
n Sunday Returned at Once.

honolulu, Dec. 2o The Oriental
Steamship CO. IS steamer, America,
which left for San Francisco yesterday,
carried $4,000 in coin in order, il is
alleged that the money may be at sea
and beyond territorial Jurisdiction Dec.
81, when the tax of per cent is levied
3on all money held on deposit Ii is
understood this money will be returned
here Immediately 81
Deducting the charges of shipment
the saving will be oxinately $1,000.
The bankers deny .they are trying to
sevade the tax.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
BANKER ISELIN CALLED
BEFORE COMMITTEE

New York, Dec 2o.-When the leg
islative life insurance investigating
committee began its session today Ad-
rian Iselin of the banking firm OF Ise-
lin & Co. submitted the statement of
his participation in the underwriting
syndicates in which the Mutual Life
also took part. He is a member of
the finance committee OF the Mutual
Life. He was not required to testify
further today.
President John Mum OF the United
States Life was called and asked about
the agency contracts of his company.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
HIRS SCH SAYS MODERN
8. PHIL OSOPfiY is. BRUTAL

Chicago, Dec. That much liter
atufe Of the day is not worthy Of at
Istention, that modern philosophy is the
creed Of brutality, and that the new
school of snaturalisn' is undermining
the moral foundations of society, were
some Of the conclusions Of DR.. Emil g,
Hirsch in an address before the Hull
House Womari's club. 5.8
Man is much the same as he was a
thousand years ago, said DR.. Hirsch
The same elemental passions, atnbi-
tions and appetites obtain. They are
the same as those Of the animals. Sci
ence has brought Us to realize this and
our peep into the workshop Of raturs
has had a tendency to brutalize hui
manity
Cur knowledge that man IS only
one Of the company Of brutes has led
small men to teach that man in all
things is merely brute. In their de-
sire to unity the world, they have
jumped at the conclusion that man is
no different from the other creatures
that tenant the earth In their pas
sion to show him as q beast, phi!osos
piers and authors have reveled III vice
and depravity, calling it realism.
Society is drifting without com
pass. 1t is a period of transition; the
old cannons are gone and the new ones
have not yet been found The latest
announcement Of nlodsrn philosophy il
that you may do what you want to,
but dom get caugflts ait it. III You do
commit suicide. lii this philosophy 81
brutality you have an explanations for
the fact that literature always paints
life ais a struggle between the forces oi
|desire and duty.
Never before III The history of ths
world was there 50 great a need of mas
|terS men who will interpret life IL
terms Of sanity and sanctity of duty
land righteo siess. ''
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
sELBY ANNExEs COURTHOUSE

Aberdeen, S. D.. Dec. 20 Selby,
which aspires to become the county seat
Of Walworth county, has taken new
step to achieve its ambition by filing
the papers preliminary to anilexing a
strip two rods wide and FIVE and a half
miles long, running from the corporate
limits Of Selby to the site of Walworth
county courthouse at Bangor. Ii the
plan succeeds. Selby can claim the pos
session of the. courthouse. although it
will be over five miles from the business
center of the town. The supporters Of
Selby are said to be confident that they
can secure the county seat in this way.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
.
OF THE STATE
MEETING AT THE FORKS
ESPECIALLY INTERESTING
Nominations for Officers of the State
Association Made Some Differences
Over Points in Resolutions All De-
partments Enthusiastic. ls VI

Grand Forks, N. III Dec. 2o. The
second day of the North Dakota Ed
9ucational association eciipsed II all re-
cords in point of attendance and ifi-
terest and the visiting pedagogues and
Others interested In educational matt
tiers had a busy day Of it. he morn
ing was again devoted to hard work,
divided up into five different meetings
representing as many departments OF
educational work and there was
scarcely vacant seat for late coriers
at any one Of the meetings. While the
reading Of papers took up large
share Of the time, there were nilnler-
Gus and animated discussions in all Of
the meetings. NJ
The meeting of the association was
called to order ait 2 o'clock yesterday
afternoon and devoted the afternoon
to the consideration OF several live
topics. BY way of tertainment the
meeting listened to some! fine music
|fby a chorus Of boys from the city
schools, who with fine effect, sang the
Salute to the Flag, BY Gaynor and
stI'm Captain of the Broomstick Caval-
ry' BY G. Bond, Miss Pauline Allen
rendered superbly several vocal nulll7
sbers.
The speakers were Prof. Vernon r,
;Squiers of the State II Nelson Kelly
l:of the Grand Forks schools, President
Worst OF the North Dakota Agricul-
|tural college, followed BY a discussion
of Worst's address, led BY Miss Jose
" d. II, !, Il xln,,f ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
500 FOR ABERDEEN

Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. 2o.--For many
years the people Of Aberdeen have look
ed forward with hopefulness to the time
when the 500 road should iron its
grade between Aberdeen and Ashley,
N I. ID. That time appears to be finally
at hand. 1t is althoritatiyely stated
through a source coming directly from
the. general superintendent of the road
that the grade will be ironed and trains
will be running into Aberdeen before
January i, Ioo7. The movement is
said to have no connection with the s,lr-
veys Of M. & ST. II. engineers in this
seotion Of South Dakota.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
. BIG LAND SALE. !

3 Aberdeen, S. d, Dec. 2o.--One Of the
largest land transactions in Brown
county was consummated Thursday by
the filing by John C. Simmons of Fred
5erick, the purchaser, Of deeds to nine
teen quarter sections of land. The sell
ers are John Fylpaa and Oscar Paulson
and wife. all of Frederick. e 9-E
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
INHERIT TANCE TAX LAW. i. ~ {.
". is FINALLY HELD GOOD

St, Paul, Dec. ao The supreme court
rendered a decision in the case OF
County Treasurer Jesse Foot against
Judge Bazille Of the probate court, up
holding the state inheritance tax law
which Judge Bazille declared D un-
constitutional in connection with the
last will and testament of the late Paul
d. Furguson. Several attempts have
been made by the legislature to pass
a law which would stick. sss u
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29

/ Charles I. Yerkes was well known
in Fargo in early days. He. was the
first president Of the Dakota territorial
fair held here in 1882. He owned prop
|erty on Broadway between First, and
Second avenues besides number of
outside lots. He was one of the, or
ganizers Of the first street railway COM
par1y in this city twenty years ago.. 1t
was while a resident in this city that
he was married to his present wife in
the east. "a. >r,,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
REPUBLIC. f..
in RUSSIA
REvoLuTIoNIsTs ESTABLISHED
ONE I'm URAL MOUNTAINS
Pure Republic Formed In a Small
Russian Town Over Which the Red
Flag Flies All the Former Officials
Are Held as Hostages.

St. Petersburg, Dec. 2o. For a week
past Zlastoste, a town of 1900 inhabi-
tants in the Ural mountains, has been
in the hands Of the revolutionists who
formed a local republican government
and the red flag flies from over the
government arms factory, the Of
.fcials Of which are held as hostages.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
BOLLEY TO SPEAK,

3. St. Paul, Dec. 2o.-Prof. H. L. Boil
ley, agricultural school of North Dako-
ia, will be among the speakers at the
meeting of the Minnesota State Agri-
cultural society. Minneapolis. Jan. g
II. His subject will be TThe Farner's
Problem-Wt1eat, Rust and Flax Wilt"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29

extra from Minot.
Just how the accident occurred is not
definitely known but it is said to have
been due to a misunderstanding of the
orders as to which train had the right
Of way at that time. 2r !,
No. s will be six hours late out of
'Lcre. -.r
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
is CHARGED 1. r ..
WITH THEFT
SEWING MACHINE MAN. . Il.
GOT THINGS TWISTED
Former Treasurer of One of tine Big
Concerns Is Said to Have Stolen $1I,-
i GOO Worth of fJewets-Woman Made
p, the Complaint. - %s.E$A

Bridgeport. Conn, Dec. 2e.--George
w. Cornwall, until recently treasurer
of the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing
Co, and an inventor of note was ar
rested today on the charge of stealing
United States bonds and jewelry worth
ST. 1000. The complainant is Mrs. Gil
bert A. Lumpkin. Cornwall went to
Jail in default of $4,000 bail .,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29

ENGINE WAS D, ed |.
ON cHIt> 4 IND ERIE
The Engineer, the Fireman and q
Brakeman Were the Victims OF the
Accident All Three Were Instantly
Crushed to Death by Locomotive.

Huntington, Ind, Dec. BY the
derailing Of an engine attached to a
freight here today on the Chicago, &
Erie road, Engineer John O 'Brien, fire.
man iBoliver and Brakeman Fisher
were instantly killed. The wreck
caught on fire. ,.. Il
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29

Passenger Train No. 8 Hit An Extra Freight-Eng-
neer, Brakeman and Farmer Were the
Il. %~@ Victims Of the Smash

Granville, N. D., Dec. ao.-Three
people were killed in wreck on the
Great Northern here this afternoon. "
The unfortunates are an engineer,
brakeman and farmer. None Of the
names are KNOWN sab
b The accident was due to a collision
between passenger train, No. 6 and an
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
LABORERS
WERE CAUGHT
CAVE in OF EXCAVATIONS
CAUSED A FATALITY
While Laborers Were mt Work In
Cellar at Washington the Earth
caved In and Caught Several, Killing
One and IDjuring Others.

Washington, Dec. 2o--One laborcr
is dead, two seriously injured and in
hospital and several others buried un-
der the debris in the cellar next to the
Metropolitan Citizens bank building
where a cave-in occurred this morning.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
SEC. BONAPARTE WILL B. 81.
ENTERTAIN HIS CHIEF

Washington, Dec. 20. Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Bonaparte will be
hosts to President and Mrs. Roosevelt
at formal state dinner on board the
United States Ship Mayfower, Feb. g.
The dinner company will include thirty
guests n. :. 7 49, u :, -
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
TWENTY-FIVE. DROWNED.

Victoria, B. c.. Dec. 2o.--In all about
twenty-five men are believed to have
been drowned when the British bark
Pass, Of Melfort. foundercd OH the
rocks off Amphitrite Point.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
YERKES I DEAD
in new YORK
~ Mt& e. 4tW IN WW Nk H&
GREAT STREET RAILWAY q
MAN HAS PASSED AWAY


/ New York, Dec ao-Charles T. YER
kes died at 2 20 this afternoon. He had
been seriously i'll for some weeks and
was the leading street railway rlagnate
of the world. n" -.v
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
SNOWFALL " >&
is HEAVY
WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN
ARE DEEPLY BURIED
From Eight Inches to a Foot Of Snow
Has Covered the Badgers and WoI-
verines and Traffic Is Temporarily
Laid Out.

La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 2o.-From
eight inches to foot OF snow fell over
Wisconsin and the northern penin-
sula of Michigan today. Nearly all
trains are several hours late.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1905-12-29
BOSTON STOCK BROk ERS !
r. WENT BUMP TO-DAY

Boston, Dec. .ao,-H. R. Leighton &
Co, stock brokers of this city, as
signed today for the benefit of their
creditors. The liabilities are stated to
be 100000. 81 -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-18
REFLECTIONS
OF A KNOCKER
IMPROVEMENTS ON NATURE
BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS.

knocker. but you can't always get
them, and If through Professor Bur-
E banks efforts the poor Irishman in the
fields OF TipperaTy, or honest old 81 of
CattaTaugus can raise edible fruits in
their potato patches. so much the better
for all hands You must remember, my
dear RedfaCe. that there are sections of
the world where the fruit peddler on
the corner who provides you with all
the ripe and juicy pippins you need is
not &c be found. and as | understand it
II is to relieve the fruit stringency in
such places that Professor Burbank has
labored- As for what you say about
improving on nature, that's all Tommy
Rot That's what we're put here for
II our ancestors hadn't improved on
nature you and l would probably be Iiv-
ing in tree somewhere. eating coca
nuts and swinging from the branches
by our tails Instead of riding around
IN automobiles and hanson cabs. we'd
be travelling or shanks mare which
nature originally designed for the loco
motion of man. Instead of fine raiment
which we now wear. instead of those
lovely striped pink shirts and smoke
blue neckties and saffron colored spats
that now give us so much pleasure had
man not improved uDon nature. we'd
have been walking around in buffalo
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the pit of the stomach il seems to me
is to harbor pains. Ergo. no. more pit.
no more harbor. But IL isn't so much
what the man has already accom-
plished that find so impressive. ] can
get along without a mashed potato that
tastes like a peach. and a lifetime OF
experience with fruit stones has en-
abled me TO view with equanimity the
possible complications arising from an
over jealous pit Nor have | at pres
ent any particular desire to sit on
cactus or 10 eat its porcupinean leaves.
but IL this scientist can develop all
these things out of seemingly nnprom-
ising material. why should he not do
other things in an evolutionary line
that viii add TO the prosperity of the
world2 Why may we not hope that
aft he has developed a pumpkin that
can be ssrved as a hamburg steak, and
grown a beet that will taste so like an
oyster stew that even an oyster could
not tell the difference. why shouldn't he
go on and tsckls the animal kingdom.
and improve the beats of the field the
even old Mr.. Man himself? If chap
can turn a plain unvarnishsd every
day SDud into a luscious peach Their
isn't any reason why he should not
transform a canary bird into a church
c0Oir soprano, or a parrot into cam
patgn orator and afteT-dinner speaker.
The man with genius enough to grow
cactus that can be used for sofa
f.! cushion need not b stumped by so
simple a proposition as that involved in
developing watch dog that can tell
time, or fox-terrior that can chat
/ Pleasantly about the weather. or Osler-
! Ism. or some other topics of human in
teTest instead of wasting his unusual
! intelligence on unmeaning barks and
Seips- Why should he not evolve
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-18

robes of our own growing. with cab
bage leaves for hats. and goodness
knows what else TO keep the bitter
blasts of winter from our manly chests
You make me tired whes5 you deprecate
the achievements Of the men who i'm
prove on nature, and I'll bet you s. So
spot cash that il you had to go and live
out of doors as Adam and Eve did, YOU q
be the first to clamOr for "A steam
heated fat with al modern Improve
ments. from leak in the roof to a
bibuious jsnitor''
oh, l don't mean it that way" said
Redface- of course I'd rather live in
modern fat than under an apple
tree ] prefer the genial warmth of a
clicking radiator on a bitter winters
night to the bleak lee side of a big
boulder, but in such matters as potatoes
and fruits I say let well enough alone.
What the divvle is the good of a pit
less plum"
Well. for one thing it relieves your
vermiform appendix Of d very. pressing
danger" said the KnOcker IF All
plums were pitless no plum pits would
land IN the VerInifOrm appendix of the
rash consumer who swallows them in
adveTtentIy. Then there's the posi-
bilities it suggests. II pitless plums.
why not pitless cnerries2 Many a time
and oft when I've been taking Sunday
night tea with my best girl I've been
so embarrassed to know what to do
with the cherry pits in the preserves
that l have swallowed them to the i'm
minent peril of my interior depart
ment'
Bosh, I always throw them under
the tsbls.' said Redface- They never
bother me ! suppose you'll want a
pitIess stomach next
1t wouldn't be q bad idea" observed
the Knocker- The chief function of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-18

tourists DO. and we went to Mars hill
| where Paul preached, and dad read uD
or Paul. and offered to bet that Paul
could give cards and spades to any
preacher and then beat him preaching
and the next night we went to the Mace
where Socrates and Plato taught school
and some of the Greeks had watched
US pretty close, and just after dark. as
we were walking around, beautiful
woman, like Greek statue. rose I'D be-
fore US. with a white robe on. and she
went up TO dad and claimed his protec-
Jlon- as she was being pursued by rob
1 bers. and she cuddied IN 10 dad At
first we thought she was a ghost. but
when she touched dad, and clung to
him, he said she was warm all right
and was no ghost. and he told her not
TO worry, as she was under the prOtec-
ton Of the American flag. and he would
stand by her till Hades frOze over. and
ne put his left arm around her and
drew his revolver. 7 can remember the
scene as though it was last night. and
how that Greek woman chung to dad.
and thanked him, and she smiled a
smile full of teeth and red liDs and
then she looked out into the moonlight
and screamed: There they came" and
she tainted in dads arms. and then we
were surrounded by about adOzen Greek
bandits, dressed in white petticOats and
with long crooked daggers. and one fell
low that seemed to be the chief out a
crooked knife to dads throat. and dad
turned blue and said what are YOU go
ing to do, but they didn't say anything.
but took US TO Il cave. where the wO-
man got over her fainting spell and
then they dressed dad up in a white pet
ucoat, and these long socks such as
ballet dancers wear. and we all got on
TO small mules and started for the
mountains. and rode all night.
Say, dad was picture The Creeks
are small men, and they look all right
in petticOats, but dad was so fat he
looked swelled IN. and even the mule
noticed 1t, and the girl who was on
the white mule, laughed at dad. and
she could talk English, and she told
dad that the bandits only wanted his
money and they wouldn't hurt him if
he gave up a million or so. It proved
that she was one of the gang and dad
and l held a consultation. and we de-
cIded to give her letter to the Amer
lean consul at Athens, authorizing him
10 give her a carload of money for ran
som. and in the letter dad wound up
with postscript telling the consul not
10 give COMPOUNDED cent, but to arrest
her and send troops to rescue us. L
asked dad what he was going to do if
she didn't come back and the bandits
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horse that instead OF Whinnying and
alorting whatever sentiments he has TO
expr5 S.. viii be able to converse intel
ligently with his rider or driver on n1u-
tuslly agreeabl topics? They've al
ready taught so called educated pigs
to play poker and bridge whist. but as
yet they haven't bsen able to graft any
of the etiquette of any of these things
upon the creature. and I see no reason
why a man who has eradicated the pit
from the plum should be not equally
successful in giving company manners
TO Mr. Porker. and If he can do that
TO the piggy pig there Is hope that he
can do the same thing for the many
varietis of human hogs who make life
trial TO US in public places these days
That's why I think there's room for
these improvers on nature. Mr. Redtace
If Professor Burbank when he gets
through with the vegetable kingdom.
viii take hold of the animal kingdom
and improve that. he'll be the greatest
man in history. Working up from the
lower orders to man himself. we should
some day hope to have Willie-boys
with brains politicians with Conscien-
ces. statesmen with common sense, do
nestle servants with intelligence, and
a high society with a positive and sg-
gTesSive conception OF morals. More
power 20 his elbow. say I. Mr.. RedfaCe.
He's only at the beginning of a great
work and by and by when he tackles
US"
"Humph" Wen have knocker-
less Knocker. You'll b as devoid OF
point as a thornless cactus said Red
face
Good" cried the KnoCker. Maybe
then some nice girl will use me for
sofa cushion. I am more than ever de-
lighted with the idea"
Copyright. 1905, by X. H. Holmes)