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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
A NOVEL WAY OF
COMMITTING SUICIDE

Chicago, Jan. 13.-The wife of Frank
G. Hollister. member of the typothetae.
was found strangled to death by three
strands Of fine copper wire in the al
ley at 36S Belden avenue today.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
SEVEN J !: I mel \ ARE
IMPRISONED IN
NINE
Heroic Efforts to Release Them
Have Resulted in
Failures.

Calumet, Mich, Jan. 13-Heroic eff
forts have failed to release the seven
men imprisoned in the burning Tam
arack mine. Rescuers who went in
yesterday were overcome by gasses
and their lives were saved only with
great difficulty.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13

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NATIONAL a SIS EMILY
WILL MEET IN PARIS
70 ELECT A LEAD
Err or THE RE
PUBLIC.

Paris, jan. 13. Next week the men,
bers of the national assembly, com
posed Of 300 senator's and $50 depu-
ties, will assemble in the grandiose
palace OF the former kings Of France
at Versailles, and, under the chair
manship Of M. Fallieres, the presi-
dent Of the senate, will proceed to
elect a new president for the repub-
lie for a term OF seven years.
Though the election is but few
days distant, forecasts Of the result
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
DID NOT DIE OF
se ARSENIC POISONING

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. s13.-Dr. Hews
of Rockwell City testified for the de-
sense in the case of Mrs. Josiah Pratt,
on trial for the murder of her hus-
band, that Pratt did not die of arsenic
poison. DR.. Hews attended Pratt pre-
vious to his death.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
FREE TRADE WITH
THE PHILIPPINES

Washington. Jan. 13.-Less than
twenty members were present when
the house convened Gaines of Ten
nessee spoke in favor of the Philip
pine tariff bill as being step towards
free trade with the Philippines.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
NEW YORK AUTO SHOW.

New York, Jan. 13.-Beginning to-
day and continuing through the whole
of next week the automobile is to be
the centre of interest in the metropo-
lis. Two automobile shows, both of
mammoth proportions, were opened
today. The sixth annual show of the
American League of Automobile Man
ufacturer is holding forth in Madison
Square Garden, while little farther
up town, in the new Goth Regiment ar
mory, the exhibition of the Automobile
Club of America is in progress. Be-
tween the two exhibitions, SO far as
the lay visitor is able to judge, there
appears to be little to choose. Every
thing in the line of horseless vehicle
is on display-from the lightest runa-
bout to the heaviest touring wagon,
phaetons, broughams, coupes, cabs,
and surreys, from the light delivery
wagon to a four-ton truck.
The American makers are pitted
against the foreign visitors and the
purchaser has his choice from the
greatest array of vehicles ever
brought together. Accessories are le-
gion, and everything allied to the
motor-driven vehicle in any form is
on exhibition. Gasoline vehicles ma
turally predominate, both steam and
electricity are prominently included.
One of the interesting side features
of the armory show is an exhibit of
the Aero Club of America showing
every important development in aeros-
tation of this country or abroad.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
MUST REPORT
STATISTICS
DIR. Healey Issues Circular to County
Auditors Of the State Relative 10
Laws on Health Conditions and Re-

YOFtSs
DR.. H. H. Healy, superintendent of
public health, is calling the attention
of county auditors to the law govern
ing the publication OF vital statistics
in a circular which he is sending ont
today to different county auditors.
The circular reads as follows:
County AUDITOR, Dear Sir: - -
n,aase mer fear a;9a, that you may overlook it.
70 See me 1aws to of sal Eour attsntion
vital statistics, which provides that Won S
shall publish once a week. for fnur mn
consecutive weeks. during the month
Of OF January Of each year, in at least
tam parts Of the law relating to vitaf
statistics at Please read this section. ~
!. " WoIid i also call your attention to the
1903. which provides that county a%.
ditor shall furnish each physicfan
Licensed Licensed = IN his district, names and. ad-
dresses ore OF. OF town clerks and commission-
eTs 10 Iacl1tate reporting vital statfe-,
ticsi sven II you have sent out these
oincers. you probably have soEae new
Raye st IN H HsoqHnsy Hesyy wp 6hop
superintendent Public Health
The laws are D explicit upon IT,
matter aad for fear that the same ny
be overlooked by officials Mr.. Healy
takes this means of reminding thea a.
their duties. Conditions genor6afy
throughout the state are good h na1l
there ts no alarming amount az II
ness otherwise than the usual aoadIs
incident to sudden changeo az fsv6afII
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-13
BANKS AFFAIRS WOUND UP.

Rutland, Vt, Jan. 13.-The remain-
ing assets of the Merchants National
Bank, which failed on March 26, 1900,
We're sold at auction by the receiver
today in order to wind up the affairs
of the institution and pay the final
dividend to depositors.
The bank was closed by the govern
ment through unauthorized loans of
S145,OOO by Cashier Charles w. Mus
sey to Marvin A. Mcclure. Mussey
was sent to prison, but was pardoned
by the president on the ground of ILL
health. Mcclure is serving prison
sentence of seven years for completely
in the wrecking of the bank.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
GERMANY'S NEW TAXES.

Some account was given in these columns the
other day Of the new taxes with which the
French government proposes to assure the bal
ancing OF its budget, and it was pointed out
that they are chiefly Of a kind TO which little
objection is likely to be raised by the public
Since then the government has further COM
mitted itself TO the enactment as soon as pos
sible, OF that graduated income tax which has
been under consideration for some years and
which NJ ROuvier greatly desired to establish
This tax will not be imposed upon very small
incomes, but only upon those above q certain
figure, and its rate will increase as the incomes
increase, will be higher on incomes derived from
inherited and invested fortunes than on those
earned in industrial operations However much
it may be disliked by the rich there is no doubt
that this measure will prove popular with the
masses of the people.
Germany, on the other hand, has lust come
under the imposition of seven new taxes. every
one of which is decidedly unpopular Worst
OF all, probably, is the beer tax, which is grad
uated according to the size Of the brewery. I'm
to the first twenty five tons of materials used
(hops, malt, etc) the rate is 80 cents hundred
weight, and thereafter it increases to 81 % a
hundredweight. Although it is directly paid nv
the brewers, this tax is ultimately paid by the
consumers OF beer. to wit the whole people
Smokers, too, suffer well as drinkers through
a clSaEellt tdA OA Dig CculS u tuOuSdlu on all
sold for not more than So 20 thOusand-a 10
per cent ad valorem tax-and thence up to 50 so
a thousand ON the more expensive brands This
will materially increase the cost of cigarettes
TO consumers.
third tax is one OF s per cent on an royal
ties amounting TO more than $3.50. Another
is levied on all bills of lading ranging from
cents ton on loads Of 1--WE tons on which
not more than So - freightage is paid, up TO
3I12 cents q ton on heavier loads carried at
higher rates Another is levied on motor We
hicles. Omnibuses and cabs are exempt, being
already subject 10 a license tax but motor
cycles must pay 50 80 year each, while motor
cars pay from SO % to $50 80. according TO their
size and power. Still another tax Of 2 Der cent
Is imposed upon unissued shares of stock. while
the seventh OF these impOstS is levied upOn es
tates OF decedents. its rate ranging from 4 per
cent 10 10 per cent OF the total value of the
estate according to the neaTness of relationship
Of the heirs 10 the deceased pergon
AS we have said all these taxes are unDopu-
lar, and their unpOpularlty is increased by the
irritAtingly intricate way in which some OF
them arc computed and levied An additional
cause of offence ia found in the fact that Ger
many has a pretty high protective tariff. In
a nOminally free trade country people endure
with some patience multiplicity Of internal
imp0sts, but under a protective tariff it is not
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

sources OF noise and disorder which would
seriously disturb the remainder-the majority
-of tho community. That is the fact which
those VINO argue for zone law for air. overlook.
There is, indeed. one law for all, but it is a
law not against selling things, but against
breaking the peace of the day.
Nor Is II convincing to argue that the sale
OF liquor should be permitted on its good be.
havior. and that the police should suppress il
only when il becomes cause of actual disor-
der. just as they would raid drug store IL il
became a scene of public disturbance and seam
dal. The right TO enact preventive laws is we'll
recognized, and that includes the right TO for
bid anything well known 10 be productive
Of disorder as the Sunday sale of liquors. We
do not say that every drinking place would be
disorderly. By no means. Some of The bar
rooms in this city which are open every Sunday
In defiance Of law are as quiet and inoHensive.
as far as can be observed from the street, az
the homes Of Sunday school supcrintendents
But laws must be made TO fit the majority, and
there IS no reasonable doubt that the major
ity of baTroofns would, If they were open on
Sundays, be a cause of offence to the COM
munity. a frank recognition of that fact and
action in accordance with it would be more
profitable TO liquor dealers than idle threats of
the revival OF obsolete ''blue laws" For the
threats probably could not be fulfilled, and II
they We're the only result would be to assure,
at the earliest possible date, the unqualified
repeal of them and the re-enactment of the spe-
cial laws against liquor selling on Sunday.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
CHEAPER ELECTRICITY.

In a conversation with Mr. James Creelman,
which Is reproduced in "Pearson's Magazine" >"
Mr.. Edison expressed the opinion that the world
was on the eve of another great discovery. He
would not be surprised any morning TO wake
up and learn that some one had hit the
secret of producing electricity by direct
process" The more he thinks about it the
more confident he is that the achievement will
be recorded before he dics.
Reference is doubtless made In this enthusias-
tic forecast TO the efforts of a score of modern
chemists and electricians to devise a battery in
which carbon shall be consumed very much as
sulphate of copper was in primitive but not
utterly forgotten type of cell. 1t is notorious
that only about one-tenth of the latent en-
ergy in coal is made available by burning it in
the furnace of a steam engine Perhaps a fifth
can be utilized by converting the coal into gas
and exploding the latter in an internal combus-
ton motor Both methods, however, are ap-
pallingly wasteful. If, therefore, a chemical
process could be found which would put at the
service of man a larger share of the power
which, carbon ought TO yield, an immense inn
petus would be given 10 industry. double
economy would result from such discovery.
Not only would there be saving in fuel, but
it is probable that a good deal of costly mech
anism could be dispensed with.
Electricity is much the most convenient form
in which power can be supplied. When the
power is TO be distributed through large fac
tory for the operation of a number of ma
chine1 the losses from the imperfect electric
cOnductivity of wires are smaller than those
caused by friction between shafting and bear
ings. Being admirably suited to transmission
for long distances electricity can be applied at
places far remote from the point at which it is
generated. Finally, for certain classes of work,
such as traction and lighting, the conversion of
power into electricity is almost indispensable.
Hence the eagerness with which the search has
been prosecuted for a direct method of effect
ing it.
The degree of hopefulness with which this
endeavOr should be regarded may be estimated
in two different ways. If one were TO judge
only by the talent devoted to the solution of
the problem and by the zeal exhibited in the
hunt, he might we'll be sanguine IS Mr.. Edi-
son appears to be. If the number Of failures
which have attended the investigation in the
last dozen or fifteen years We're alone cOnsid-
cred, a highly pessimistic conclusion would be
warranted. Common sense, however, dictates
the adoption of a course between these two 1t
is evidently premature 80 cherish lively ex-
pectatiOn of success, but IT is also too soon to
despair
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
KILLINGS 1T AMERIcA.

Mr. Maxim GOrky's lampoOns upon lowly life
In New York have provoked Coroner Hamburger
TO a reply which is more vigorous than con-
ventiOnal, but which will doubtless arouse sym
pathy and approval in many minds There
can be no question that Mr.. Hamburger knows
New York immeasurably better than Mr.
Gorky does or could know it. and many will
hold that in any direct issue of veracity he
would also enjoy a marked advantage The
general opinion Of informed and observant New
Workers, and Of those" who have devoted their
lives TO work in the very quarter which Mr..
GOrky affects to portray, will be that the Rus
sian revOlutionist's tale of horrors was grossly
exaggerated, and was, indeed. little more than
the ''lurid pnantasmagoria' which Mr.. Harbur-
ger declares it to have been.
The resentment which the New Yorker feels
and expresses toward the Russian romancer is
natural and cOmmendable. Conditions in this
city are bad enough without being exaggerated
To say that they are worse than those OF any
of the slums of Russian cities is a gross ex-
aggeration. New Workers are not particularly
thin skinned, but they do not enjoy having their
city libelled. Most Of all do they resent and
are justified in resenting, sordid attacks made
upon them and their city for money by aliens
who have here sought refuge which was denied
them elsewhere or profits which they could not
elsewhere reap.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
Blue LAWS AND NEW LAWS.

The State Of New Jersey is just now passing
through one Of those fits Of agitation over the
enforcement Of so-called blue laws" which are
periodical in a number of commemorative The
prOvOcatiOn is, usual, the rigid enforce
ment Of the law against the sale OF intOxicat.
ing liquors on Sunday The liquor dealers, or
some Of the less judiciOus of them. reply with
a threat TO enforce the old blue laws" in all
fheir stringency, so as to shut up cigar stores.
candy stores, drug stores and all other places
OF business and even stop the sale of Sunday
newspapers and the running of railroad trains
on the first day Of the week. Such threats they
seem 10 think. will frighten people into con-
senting 10 a relaxation of the liquor laws.
We have not heard that anybody has been
seriously frightened at the prospect of such
revival Of blue laws" and we must doubt il
those who make these threats really expect to
fulfil fhem- New Jersey never had, we believe
"blue laws" comparable in strictness with those
Of Virginia. Connecticut and Massachusetts,
and there is a radical difference between such
as she may have had century and more ago
ana those which have been enacted i'm recent
years 10 meet modern conditions and which in
many cases specifically supplant the ancient
laws. Nor is 1t so illogical or unjust as some
thlnk and as might appear at first sight. 10 dis
ciminate against the liquor traffic ON SUNDAYS
The objects OF the Sunday laws are tyofold
One is 10 assure 70 working people one needed
day Of rest in each week. II is expressly for
that purpose that the French government is
now formulating one OF the most strict and
sweeping Of Sunday laws The other object
which In this country is generally the major
one. is 10 assure that Sunday shall be a dav
Of peace and quiet in accordance with the de-
won't sentiments Of those who form the maiori-
ties Of most communities. II is for this latter
object that laws against the sale OF intoxicat-
inE liquors on Sunday are enacted
For there is a radical difference between the
sale OF liquor and the sale of other commodi-
ties. Now and then some one tries 10 argue
that man has good q right TO sell liquor
on Sunday as TO sell milk or candy or news
papers. That might be so II only the act OF
sale were under consideration. But that is a
superficial view OF the case. The results OF
The sale must also be taken into account The
object OF the Sunday law IS not 10 prevent COM
insfce, but TO prevent disturbance. The sale OF
many articles Oh Sunday does not break the
peace OF ihe day, excepting 10 those actually
engaged In fle transactions But nfOrtIl-
nately tie sale of liquor does often cause
oiEturbehee. II drinking places were open on
Sunday al Of taen: would be potentially and
S-a1y of them would be actually centres and
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
PERSONAL.

Miss Carrick Moore, a grandniece OF Sir John
Moore, the famous soldier of COrunna. has pre-
sented TO the museum of the Royal United Service
Institution. whitehall. the Imperial Ottoman Or
for his services in Egypt in 1901 she had already
deposited IN the collection the ouneF ORDERS anu
decorations Of her illustrious relative
King ssowath OF cambodia has been giving the
Paris press mis- views Western customs. He has
been particularly struck with the ridiculous Euro
the most absurd heaGgear that ever designed.
1t is intensely ugly and terribly uncomfortable, and
altogether inferior 70 the soup plate straw hat OF
his own country The boots are worse still. He
doesn't know how they be worn. they are so
stiff and straight and hard. His majesty wears the
soft Chinese boot composed entirely OF felt He
thinks the people OF Paris are ossEaIsssee, alI
large sums of money wearing apparel But his
was his most pleasant experience in France be re-
piled: MY arrival; and the saddest the day
ieave.''
An English weekly says that the Duke OF North
cumberland can ride across England from sea 20 sea
without leaving his estates. Truth" denies this.
The duke owns more than 10000 acres In Northurl-
berland and he has estate OF 5000 acres IN the
North Riding OF Yorkshire and smaller property
IN Durham. In the South of England he has val
liable estate In NIiddlesex and about 4Oo acres in
Surrey. Similar statements have been made from
time TO time. and with more plsusibilitys as re-
CARDS Scotland where the II Duke of ,, ia ms
easily ride from coast TO coast on his own land
The Duke OF Bucceuch also possesses some +6n.un
acres across which he might. in some directions.
ride from 10 sea-
Paris recently did honor TO famous surgeon.
Dr. Pozzi, on the twentieth anniversary OK his
professOrship at the BrOca Hospital The whole
OF the scientific world OF the French capital was
present with the dean OF the faculty at his head
and the occasion was further graced by the pres
ence OF NJ Clemenceau. who had won real dis
tfnctiOn in medicine before proceeding TO pegn Uhe
ACQUISITION of eInfnence first in Journalism and
then In politics. The assembly took place IN the
great surgeons operating theatre and there pre-
sented 20 him golden book OF famous sigma
lures and commemorative gold medal
Professor Adolph Harnack and probably Dr.
Koch will be among the Germans 20 visit the
United States in 1907 guests OF the Carnegie In
stitute. Of Pittsburg. at the opening OF its main
building IN April Many distinguished foreigners
expected TO be present.
Bishop Warren A Chandler, OF Atlanta Is
about to start for the Orient be present at the
Methodist conferences in China. COrea and Japan
Alfred S. Miles, who has been made judge by
Governor Warheld Of Maryland. was born in York.
Penn. in 1860. He Is a graduate OF Princeton has
practised law in Baltimore for many years and
for two years was dean OF the Baltimore Law
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
INDICATED.

In the census of ex-"safe and sane" Demo
Gratis who have written their names on "The
COmmoners" subscription list and otherwise
qualified for membership on Bryan home COM
Ing reception committees we have noted the
absence of one trusted and experienced party
counsellor For some reason Professor Henry
penser of JeffersOnian philosophy. viewed the
rush for the Bryan band wagon from afar. His
trained and prescient judgment seemed TO have
recognized a flaw in the theory that foreign
travel is a complete and unfailing cure for radI-
calism, and he must have read Colonel Bryan's
famous Century" article without a thrill of
admiration or a quickening sense of philosoph-
ical fellowship. While every centre of conserv-
ative thought, save possibly Princeton, n. J.,
was bubbling with enthusiasm over Colonel
Bryan's alleged return TO sanity Professor
Nelson held his peace and awaited further re-
turns from the de lunaticO inquirendO process.
Now he has the laugh on his too gullible
conservative" associates. In THE Boston Her
ald.' through which he reaches a wide New
England public, he remarked blandly the other
day: lit is too early TO talk much of Mr.. Bryan
''or of the probable national ticket of 1908. 1t
''is sufficient to say in passing that those con-
''servatives who have so successfully endeav-
'Ored 10 believe in his conversion to their
''view must now regret the loss of effort" In
passing, but sufficient. This neat but compre-
hensive comment should greatly interest THE
Times" 1.-The World" and other snappers-up
and explOiters of neo-Bryanism. Hindsght is
better than foresight, and sometimes there fs
too much fresh paint on the back seats Of a
political band wagon.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
Inlusements.

AEETAi. CARDENs-ss2o-Tne Goveraor's Son
BRIGHTON BEAcl5 PAnK-Batlsng.
CSsISo-s:zH-The Social Whirl.
-oNEy TsFsANO-Thompson 8 Dunays Greater Luna
s-x-Dresmsand-Bostochss.
EDEN EUsEE-Ths World In Wax.
,tsNafERsTEIN's vvcToRIA-c-s: s:ls-vauGeyile
Ii LacEUAs-s.15-TSe IAon and the Mouse.
x.nIsoN soUARE GARDEN RooE $ afsmzelis
Champagne
MANHATTAN RBAcEE-s-Pain's Fireworks7o-Ricc's
Girl from Paris.
Nf-w YORK-s:I5-His Honor the Mayor
NEW YORK ROOF aARDEN-s:So-Vaudeyilis and sso-
gns New York.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

unna turally felt that the custom houses should
provide the bulk Of the revenue. People IN
Germany are thus commenting unfayorably
upon the circumstance that after submitting to
considerable increase in the cost of their food
at the demand of the Agrarinns they are now
in addition tnxed upon their beer, their tobacco,
their automobiles, their business transactions
and their nherltances, and IL will not be sur
prising If there arises a strong and widespread
demand for fiscal reorganization of imperial
affairs
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

We desire to remind our readers 4cho are
about to leaUe the city that THE TRIBUNE arilE
be sent by mail to any address in this counfrp
or abroad, and address changed as often as de.
siTed- Subscriptions mag be given TO your reg
ulOT dealer before LeGUin0, or, If more conUen-
dent. hand them in at THE TRIBUNE Office
See opposite page for subscription rates.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23
ACTING MAYOR ATTENDS oEDlcAl0'

The dedicatOry exercises in connection -. -
opeiins of the new baildinss to' ne - -, ~.
Cor Hebrew Children at ROekaway Park VIZ "a.
yesterday. Au,one those who attended Vels - =,
ing Mayor MCGOWAN. Controller Meta anu .e-e,
II schiE. The sanatorium cared for soaAe ~ >
thousand children last year. and tis ealAN :
Increased this year. The children cone e0"- -
Mondays and Thursdays Gor Two "seAs
Omen
New-York tribune., 1906-07-23

OF late years there has been great saving
In the time required for voyage from Havana %
New York When yellow fever exists ar the
former port, however. the Improvement Is or
little advantage 10 steamship passengers. Most
of them would rather spend five days at sea than
three days there and two in quarantine on Hoff-
man Island.