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MINISTERS MEET ]

Grand Forks, Feb. 22 werty eight
Norwegian Lutheran pastors are now
lin attendance at flle semi zagiiilal three
days session of the Red River Valley
Pastoral conference held at the Zion's
Norwegian Lutheran church of the
United church, Chestnut street and
Fourth avenue.
werty-six Of the ministers who are
present taking part ii the deliberations
|of this free conference are members
ofs the United church This conference
|is for tlae special instruction and edi4
ilcatioii Of the minis IRIS; but the even
Ling sessions ate of ail evangelistie ma
|ture. with special reference to the needs
of flle people ii large.
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CHAMPION CHICKEN
THIEF WAS ARRESTED

Bowling Green, O., Feb a2.--Sey-
lrnour B. Van Buskirk, alleged champion
Eicflics,en fifief of Ohio, apparently be-
came so infatuated with his profession
that he practiced henpecking, on his
wife and now the police have him. The
worm turned. 49,. i
Mrs. Van Buskirk delivered him to
the police. Her husband, she says, fore
ed her to accompany him at night in
a trap over the country to rifle neigh
boring chicken coops. Then he would
pick chickens the rest of the night and
carry, them to- Toledo to market early
next morning. ar -
Twenty-Five fowls were found in the
house when the man was arrested.
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DEATH OR DIVORC CE.

@ New Castle, Pa, Feb. 22-Be-
- heving her husband, from whom
q she has been separated for twelve
81 months, was attempting to enter
81 the home Of her father, where She
~ lives, Mrs. Mary HanTIorne, 23
g years old, summoned the police at
10 midnight
s9 Mrs. VanIorne says that her,
q husband called on her two weeks
~ ago, demanding az divorce and
81 threatening her life if she did not 4
81 permit it. The same day, she says
~ a stranger left a message with her
80 niece, which said Mrs. VanHorne
50 would be killed unless she allowed
9 the divorce. u:
a "a rs "a "a Ss "a s SS Is Is <sS ;> q <S q
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Bluebeard Hoch Has at
Last Given Up all Hope

Chicago, Feb. 22. For the fourth
ltinle since the conviction of Johann
Hocf, preparations were today COM
rnenced for his execution
Hoch appeared TO be in good spirits
but said that HE had lost hope and ex
pected to die
81 feel fine, he said, sbut guess
that will have 10 die tomorrow This
Is the fourth time I have been near
death and guess this Is tfe last time
II haven't any hope, but still I feel pfet-
III good.
Hoch was told that there existed ID
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YOUNG MAN CURED !: II
HIMSELF OF DYSPEPSIA

St. Louis, Mo, Feb. 22.-Atl iriyesti-
CATION by the police has disclosed that
the man, who yesterday committed sui
eide at Colorado hotel by shooting, was
Charles w. Beers, jr., of Philadeiphia.
Instructions were, received today by
telegram from his father, Charles w.
Beers, living at Manitowoc, Wis, to
ship the body there. 1t is believed
that Beers took his life while suffering
from chronic dyspepsia.
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many quarters an opinion that he in-
tended to cheat the gallows BY commit
ting suicide. He laughed heartily at
the suggestion.
3 Me take my own life ?g he asked,
why, do You know what that would
n1eans It would be an absolute con-
fesion Of guilt on my part. | am all
old soldier and why should | not BE
brave and drop foin the scaffold when
a am innocent. &
Late III the day Hoell was removed
froni his cell to the death chamber III
the jail and the death watch was set
over him.
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INDOOR, SWIMMING.

= New York, Feb. 22-The indoor
championship swimming contest of the
Amateur Athletic union of the United
States will begin in the natatorium OF
the New York. Athletic club this aft
ernoon. Many of the best swimmers in
the country are entered for the various
contests, among them H. J. Handy, OF
Chicago, and G. M. Daniels OF New
York. @s#
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POL1TENESS PAYS.

o Owensboro, KY, Feb. 22,-The Q
Q will OF James Weir, president of Q
Q they National Deposit bank, was Q
o admitted to probate Monday. Q
@ One Of the bequests was $Ioo 9
9 to be paid to Leo Ferguson, Q
9 conductor on a street car, because @
o he was polite to him and respect Q
@ ed old age. 9
@ In the codicil this bequest is an Q
o nulled because the conductor bor- 9
9 rowed $1o from the testator and Q
Q did not pay it back. .
n a
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GOES TO ALBANY ~.
WITH INSURANCE REPORT

New York, Feb. ~. Senator Arm
strong with a completed copy OF the re-
port OF the insurance investigating
committee left New York for Albany.
He will submit the document for final
signature to the rnenbers of the com
t1littee upon his arrival and will prob
ably present the report to the legisla-
ture today. .s f. ,..
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FIRE IN FRISCO
Loss WILL BE s..@.
NEARLY A MILLION
All Telegraph Wires Out of Golden
Gate City Are Out Of Business Ev-
ening Newspapers Are In Trouble
Because OF Lack OF Power.

San Francisco, Feb. a2.Fire early
this morning in the central station Of
the San Francisco Gas and Electric Co.
caused loss estimated at $75oooo. be-
sides crlppling many commercial and
manufacturing establishments All OF
the evening papers are without power to
run their machinery Nearly all the
telegraph wires leading ont of the city
are idle. ss
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LONGWORTHS WELCOMED
TO SUNNY CUBA

Havana, Feb. 22.-Tle steamer Mas
cote, having on board Mr.. and Mrs
Nicholas Longworth and Edwin "
Morgan, the new American minister tc
Cuba, arrived here today from Florida
The Longworths were given a hearty
welcome by officials representing the
government before they came ashore.
They expect to remain about week.
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RECIPROCITY
WITH GERMANY [
REICHSTAG VOTES TO
- FxTEND THE TIME
The Prohibitiye Rates Against Amer |
can Goods VIII Not DO Into Effect
Until june so, 1907 Bill Passed
First and Second Readings.

Berlin, Feb.l a2. The Reicfstag to-
day passed the first and second read
ings without amendment Of the govern
fnent's proposal 70 extend the reci-
sprocal tariff rates to the United States
until June so, 1907.
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Organization Of Mutual Companies Said to Be
Source Of Evil Report Is Lengthy and Ex-
plains Entire Work Of Investigation.

out of Jurisdiction or were disabled by
illness. Therefore the committee was
unable to trace moneys expended. Fur
ther along the report recommends that
lobbying be restricted and that the leg
islature should free itself from stigma
attached to the progress of important
Legislation. E@fs-t 30"
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE .. z
BILL IS INTRODUCED

Washington, Feb. a2.-SenatorsKnox
to-day introduced his interstate COM
merce bill. 1t broadens the house bill
and contains the provision for the re-
view by the courts of the orders of the
interstate commerce commission. 4
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WANT TO HEAR
IRELAND LECTURE

Kansas City, Feb 2e Archbishop.
John Ireland, of st Paul arrived here.
today. He will deliver a lecture in
convention hall tonight for which 2o,7
600 tickets have been sold. #
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WOLF BOUNTIES,

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 22.-The state
auditor is sending out notices calling
all wolf bounty warrants up to and in
cluding registered No. 10000. This will
interest many people in the western por
ton of the state
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HEARING ADJOURNED.

Chicago, Feb. 22. Because oil the
illness 81 Commissioner of Corpora
tions Garfield, who was to have gone
on the witness stand in the packers
case today, an adjournment was taken
until tomorrow. .t VI
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INSURANCE INQUIRY ..
r. -. WAS ADJOURNED

New York, Feb. 22.--An adjourn
5ment OF the Missouri inquiry into the
Standard Oil Co., was taken last night
until Friday, today being a legal holi-
day. The usual brief session was held
last night. IA r
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COLLEGE BURNED

Kankakee, ILL.,, Feb. 22.-St. Viateurs
college at Bourbonnais, ILL.,, two miles
north OF Kankakee, was totally destroy
ed by fire last night The loss was
$I75,ooo.
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o o 90 o o o o o o 1000 100,
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Report Of the Committee Scores
Methods Of Insurance Companies

5 o Q o o 8 90 Q o o 900 . o
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-10-29
BIG RUSH FOR GOLD
THOUSANDS OF MEN AFTER THE
CLAIMS.
Charges of Favorifism Have Been
Made-SmaII Force OF Indian Police.
men Unable to Control the Prospee-
tors--Reservation Rich in Minerals.

Thorne, New, Oct. 29.-EarIy this
morning thousands of men were pre-
pared for dash into the Walker Lake
Indian reservation although the signal
for the start was not to be given until
noon. Promptly at IL O'Clock a big
charge Of dynamite was exploded and
the race for gold was on. Launches.
roWboats, automobiles, horses and
Dnrros were used to speed the pros
pectors to the place where the mineral
deposits of the reservation are located.
Charges have been freely made that
faYoritism Is being shown in allowing
certain prospectors to enter the for
hidden ground and stake out claims
before the signal Is given. Owing to
the extent of the territory TO be guard
ed the small force of Indian police
have found II impossible to keep the
thousands of prospectors In check.
Many of them have evaded the guards
and are out of reach.
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japanese School Question Is
to Be Taken Up at Frisco

San Francisco, Oct. 2s.--f4When Sec
retary Victor Metcalf arrives to in
qnire into the action taken by the
board Of education Of the city and
county OF San Francisco. In providing
separate school for Japanese chill
dren, we will meet him more than
half way was the statement OF Pres
ident Aaron Altman today.
The position taken by the board was
for the best interests of the public
schools of San Francisco and In strict
conformity with the state laws. We
believed that the best interests of
schools should be subserved by send
Ing children of Japanese parentage to
separate school. IL we have erred
and can be shown whereby we have
done so, the board will be more than
pleased to correct its mistake--if any
has been made.
Without receding from our posi-
ton, the board claims that the fault
--if any existsis with the legislative
BODY Of the state. In plain and un-
language that particular
section Of the statute under which the
board acted stated that all children
of Oriental parentage shall be placed
~ separate school. The board
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TOGUARD THE MONEY.
RUSSIANS WILL TAKE MORE
PRECAUTIONS.
Cossaeks Will Be Used to Guard the
Transfer of Money From the Gus
toms House to the 5anks--Postof-
flee to be Guarded.

st Petersburg, Oct 2s.--Extraor-
binary measures have been instituted
70 prevent such affairs as the customs
robbery of Saturday last. Cossacks
nave replaced the gandarmes as es-
corts OF the money transports and the
streets In front of the central post
once VIII In future be closed for half
an hour at noon, while registered mail
IS unloaded and cossacks, with car
Dines ready to fire, will keep pedestri-
ans ana carriages at distance. No
trace mas been found of the booty, the
exact amount Of which was $1ss, s26
or 81 the woman who carried the mon
ey away.
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Rebate Cases.

clarksburg, w. Va, Oct. 2s.--At a
special term Of the court here today
Judge Con commenced the hearing of
the indictments returned by the fed
eral grand jury against the Baltimore
& Ohia Railway Co, for alleged vio-
Iations OF the Interstate comnlerce
laws, namely discrimination against
some Of the coal companies in the
distribution Of cars and rebating. The
trials are expected to last FOR soma
considerable time as 4 very large
number OF witnesses Ii be exasnifl-
ed.
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READY FOR TROUBLE
CITY OF ODESSA HAS TROOPS
AND GUNS.
The Governor General Announces He
Us Ready to Preserve Order Tomor-
rof and Prepared to Cope With ANY
Kind of Ruction.

London, Oct 2s.--A dispatch to a
news agency from Odessa says that
elaborate preparations have been taken
IN view of the possibility of exciting
events tomorrow. -Four thousand cos
sacks are held in readiness for instant
action. quick fire guns are~posted at
dozen points of vantage, and the
streets are closely patrolled. The gov
efnor general declares that all the
preparations to deal with any outbreak
are complete and adds that the clti-
zens have nothing to fear.
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was pressed into service as a tenn
porary morgue.
Thousand at the Scene,
Thousands of persons quickly gath
cred at the scene of the disaster and
score of boats soon surrounded the
spot where the cars disappeared bnt
they were unable to render anv aid
and could only await the arrival of
the divers.
Pathetic Scenes.
AT the morgue the scenes were ma =
thetic, persons who had friends on the
lll-fated cars crowded about the room
and were with difficulty restrained
from forcing their way into the build
ing. ! .
Fifty three Known Dead.
Fffty-three persons are positively
known to have lost their lives in the
waters of the Thoroughfare yesterday.
VI this number forty seven have heen
Identified two are missing and four
yet remain in the morgue unidentified.
Ffty-one Recovered.
Fifty-one bodies have been recover
ed and one of the cars first to leave
the rails on the trestle has been
brought to the shore.
Thirty-nine bodies have been iden-
titled.
How many remain in the second car
is not known, but with the aid OF three
divers, who were brought here today
from Philadelphia, it was thought that
the second ear would be completely
soon.
The cause of the accident has not
yet been determined.
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Passengers Drowned Like Rats as the Cars
Went Through the Drawbridge Into Wate,
ne Drabrdge Had Just Been Permit Schooner o
lhough and Seemed to Be All Right Electric Train
Struck the Irese at High Rate of Speed

Atlantic City, N. j., oct. 29-As the
details of yesterdays terrible wreck on
the electric line of the West Jersey
q Seashore railroad developed during
the night, the disaster became more
appalling.
The Dead.
The number of persons, whose lives
were snuffed out almost instantly. is
probably sixty-six with nearly a score
of injured, several of whom 1t Is
thought will die
Bodies Recovered.
There We're ninety-one persons on
the train, fifteen passes and seventy
six fares
Twenty five of this number have
been accounted for which with the
bodies recovered, brings the total to
seventy three
This leaves eighteen not accounted
for and who are supposed to have
been drowned.
May Not Find All.
1t is possible that some of the bodies
fioated through the broken windows
and were carried by the swift current
out into the Atlantic
Many Unidentified.
At police headquarters this morning
1t was stated that effects found on the
bodies We're not sufficient to permit of
the identification of more than six, and
that identification will have to made
by personal inspection.
Where it Occurred.
The wreck occurred at the draw
bridge which spans the Thoroughfare, |
q small waterway about one mile out
side of this city, just on the eastern
edge or the Meadows, and was directly |
due to the draw falling to work prop |
Afly.
Schooner Passed Through.
The fishing schooner, Sinbad, which
was recently wrecked off the winter
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Get Quake Pointers.

New York, Oct 2s--Three Chilean
engineers on their way to San Fran
cisco to study the reconstruction OF
that city arrived on the Umbria They
We're G. Hoernig, D. Cavlo McKenna
and Fl. Del Canto, all graduates of the
University OF Chill, who have been
abroad for the last eight weeks at the.
expense Of their university. Immed-
lately after the earthquake at Valpar-
also, the young men were sent on their
mission Of investigation After q short
stay IN San Francisco. they win re-
turn to Chilli
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quarter shoals light, a short distance
from the Delaware breakwater, had
Just passed through the draw.
AS the schooner was entering the
draw the electric train hove in sight
and started across the meadow from
the direction of Pleasantville.
Into the Water.
Before the draw had swung into po-
sltton three cars, which were running
at high rate of speed, dashed into
the trestle
With a lurch the forward car left
the rails and dashed into the guard
rail, the other two cars following.
At the point where the cars jumped
the track the top of the trestle is
nearly twenty feet high
Cars Submerged.
The first two cars were instantly
submerged. But the third car of the
train caught on an abutment and re-
mained suspended 1t was this car
from which nearly all Of the injured
escaped.
Work Of Rescue.
The news of the disaster was quick
ly telegraphed to this city and in less
than an hour the work of rescue had
been. begun.
At the time of the accident the
tide. which rises about ten feet, was
running in and the work of the divers
was necessarily slow.
Cars on End.
When the two sars struck the bot
tom of the waterway they stood al
most on end and the first men to de-
scend reported that the victims were
packed in the lower ends of the sub
merged cars tightly so it was difficult
to move them.
Bodies Carried Out.
One by one the bodies were carried |
% the waiting train and laid side by
side, later to be borne to this city and |
placed in the Empire theatre, which |
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Double Anniversary to Be
Celebrated.
PUBLIC GIVEN A WARMING
THE ANNIVERSARIES OF THE Es.
CAPE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY
FRoMA WRECK AND THE MAN.
IFEsTo GRANTING A coNsTITu.
TloN TO BE CELEBRATED

st; Petersburg, Oct, 29.--on the eve
Vi the anniversary of the publication
oil the imperial manifesto to give a
constitution to Russia, oct. 30. the
pretect OF police has caused the CITY to
be placarded with proclamations ra-
calling the late General Trepoff's ia
nous phrase,
o Q Q o o o Q o o o o o o o o o o
9 DO not spare the bullets" o
g o o @ o @ @ @ O @ o o o q d A a
The public is warned that In case
OF disorders, demonstrations or even
assembling Of crowds, an armed force
Wlli De used with all vigor permissible
under the rules OF
p " @ 9 o @ o o @ o @ @ o o o o o
2 Extraordinary security" o
@ o o o Q o o Q o o o o o AMA~
Patrols already are on duty In the
suburbs and the house porters this
morning began two days special
vigil.
OHlcial announcements OF the deums
In the cathedrals and churches I'm hon
or OF the two-fold anniversary of the
escape OF the imperial family from tba
railroad wreck at Borki IN 1888 ana
'ne issuance of the imperial manifesto,
places emphasis on the first event. and
the order to the army officers instruct
ing them to attend services does not
even mention the manifesto.
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1890, sent sixty six people to q sudden
death Sunday afternoon, catching them
ike rats in a trap. Three cars of the
1880 electric train of the West Jersey
ana Seashore railroad lines, due here
at 2;3O, jumped the track on the
trestle bridge over the Thoroughfare
and before anyone could get out thew
were hurled to a watery grave. The
trestle is about fifteen feet above tha
water and the drop to the water re-
CURED several seconds, giving time for
the passengers, men. women and chill
dren, TO see and calculate their fate.
The entire city was thrown into
state or excitement as the news reach
ed town about 2:30, few minutes
after it happened. Fully 5000 people
crowded the Meadows and the trestle
many relatives and friends crying out
In despair, asking for loved ones,
Chief of Police Maxwell had a Gordon
OF police swung around the death cir
Gle, and Chief Black of the fire depart
ment called out his men on an emer-
gency call and made them police tenn
The accident was due to rail
turning In" II appears that the rail.
which was an outside one on the |
right-hand side coming down must |
have been out of plumb an eighth Of |
an inch. The sharp fiange of the cleo |
trio train caught this and twisted it |
inward. Had 1t spread instead of |
twisting inward the accident never
would have happened. This twist !
threw the first car off the track and !,
into the water.
The result was that the second and |
third car were dragged with ii and |
while the third car was descending the |
rear portion struck piece of the /
lbutment, hung for a short time, and |
hen slid into the water. But this brief
stop saved several lives. number
" men and few women leaped out
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German Church.

Chicago, Oct. 80. The new German
Catholic church of st. Nicholas was
formally dedicated at Evanston today
1t stands In Ridge avenue south OF
Main street is gothic In style and
cruciform In shape. The outside ma
terial Of the edifice Is brown pressed
brick with buff colored stone trim
mings. II cost $4,000 and win seat
$50 persons.
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LANGDON Wins OUT
HE is STILL DISTRICT ATTORNEY
OF FRISCO.
The Superior Court This Morning Rul-
ed in His Favor and the Prosecution
Of Graft in the Quake City viii Pro
ceed.

San Francisco. Oct. 29.--superior
Judge Graham. at the opening of his
court today, decided that W. HI. Lang
don was legal de facto district attor-
ney of San Francisco. He then ad-
journed court until this afternoon An
attempt to debate the question at is-
sue was overruled. Judge Graham's
decision means that the appointment
~uf r. j. Heney as assistant district at
torney stands and that the indict-
ment and prosecution of the alleged
municipal grafters will proceed.
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TWO BOYS ARE LOST
THEY WENT HUNTING ON THE
RANGE.
Searching Parties Are Looking for the
Pair Of Youngsters Who Disappear
ed While Endeavorins TO Extermin-
ate Some Big Game.

Duluth. Mimi, Oct. 90 Raymond
Witty, aged 1S. and William Williams,
aged IA, We're reported lost on the
Mesaba range last night. The boys
went hunting early yesterday after
noon and when they did not return
late last night searching parties start
ed out to find them.
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Great Food Show.

Cleveland o., oct. 29.-In Grays
armory today the sixth annual food
show Of the Cleveland Grocers' as
sociation was opened by the mayor
under favorable auspices. One of
the most interesting features of the
show will be the culinary contests for
housewives. Prominent cookery au-
thorities viii Judge the dishes of the
contestants who will be offered very
valuable prizes.