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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
FIRES OUT
REPORTS OF DAMAGE GREATLY
EXAGGERATED.
Less Than Five Hundred Settlers Lost
Their Homes-Property Loss VIII
Be Much Smaller Than at First Es-
timated.

Marinette, Wis, May 21.-All dan
gers from forest fires is past. 1t is
raining today and the wind has died
out. The loss everywhere is believed
to have been greatly exaggerated. A.
Stephenson's Co. at Wells, Mich, was
the heaviest loser and its losses will
not be more than $4,000, as most of
the buildings destroyed were of frame
construction The saw mills Destroy
ed were all small ones worth not more
than from $4,000 to $4,000. The total
loss in the burned area will not be
more than 100000.
The number of settlers burned out
has also been greatly exaggerated.
Some papers have placed it as high
as 1000 Considering the way in which
the northern country is settled it is
certain that not 500 have been burned
out and it is probable that the actual
number who lost their homes is not
more than 200 and it may not reach
this amount.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
Knights Templar Assemble.

Pittsburg, Pa, May 21.-The dele
gates to the fifty third annual con-
clave of the Grand Commandery
Knights Templar of Pennsylvania,
which will open here tomorrow are
beginning to arrive here in large num-
bers. The local members of the order
and the various committees of the cit
izens are busy receiving the delegates
upon their arrival. All day delegates
arrived at the headquarters of the
conclave to register and receive their
badges, after having delivered their
credentials. About ten thousand
knights and at least $4,000 other visl-
tors are expected to arrive here today
and tomorrow and the hotels and res
taurants are kept busy. The officers
Of the grand commandery have their
headquarters at the Annex hotel. This
afternoon an executive session of the
grand officers Will be held to arrange
for the last preliminaries of the con-
.clave. The local communicates will
hold open house during the entire con-
claye.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
HORSE PREVENTED SUICIDE.
Aged Equine Kicked Master Through
the Side of the Barn.

Pittsburg, Pa, May 21.-When John
Deyinney, an aged farmer, of Butter
milk Hollow, near Duquesne, decided
that he would end his life, he took a
stout piece of rope, went to the stable,
placed his arm lovingly around the
neck of Old Bill, horse he has had
for sixteen years. and bade him an
affectionate farewell. Then he went
behind the stall and knotted the rope
about his neck. He turned to fasten
the other end around rafter and had
a soap box ready to jump from.
Old Bill looked around just as his
master was throwing the rope over a
rafter. He scented trouble. with one
good, generous kick, he landed his hoof
on the seat of Devinney's trousers
with such force that the old man was
knocked through the weather. board
ing of the stable. He was badly hurt,
but will recover, and Old Bill Is happy,
for he saved his masters life. De-
yinney now wants to get well.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
ATTACKED A SHIP
MooRS GOT GAY WITH AMERI-
CAN FLAG.
1t Is Reported They Boarded Steam
er Flying the United States Flag
and Took Some Moorish Natives
Prisoners.

Melilla, Morocco, May 21.-The
steamer Manolita, bound from Tetuan,
Morocco, for this port and flying the
American flag. has been attacked by
the Moors, who took away some of her
passengers. The Manollta's mach
inery got out of order and she was
Obliged to approach the coast While
lying off Penon DeVelez, about half
way between Tetuan and Melilla, a
number of Moorish fishermen swan.
off from the shore and boarded the
Manolita, compelling her crew to hand
over to them number of Moorish
passengers belonging to the Benz Bar
ragul tribe.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
Death for Both Has Been
Decreed.
WERE RECREANT TO TRUST
RUSSIAN COMMITTEE, INvEsTI-
eating TWO EVENTS OF THE
LATE RUSSO JAPANESE WAR,
ARE REPORTED TO HAVE DE-
CREED DEATH OF TWO.

ST. Petersburg, May 21.-It is ru-
mored that the military court which
has been investigating the surrender
of Port Arthur and the battle of the
Sea of Japan has condemned to death
Lieutenant General Stoessel, who
commanded the Russian forts at Port
Arthur and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff,
who commanded one of Admiral Ro-
jestvensky's squadrons and who sur
rendered during the naval battle to
the Japanese.
General Stoessel surrendered at
Port Arthur, when it is reported he
could have resisted Indefinitely
Admiral Nebogatoff surrendered to
Admiral Togo with little or no show of
resistance, claiming his men refused
to fight.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
A BLOODY BATTLE
KENTUCKY FEuDlSTs HAD A
FIERCE SUNDAY SCRAP.
Seven Men Were Engaged in the Row
and There Were Three Seriously In
iured-Throat of One Was Cut
No Arrests.

Cincinnati, May PA bloody bat
tie was fought at the southern depot
in Walton, KY, twenty miles south OF
Covington, yesterday and as a result
VIM. Merret lies in precarious con-
dition at his home near Walton with
his throat cut from ear to ear by a
pocket knife. The arm of George
Marchant was fractured by bullet
from a revolver and Clayton Ander-
son is suffering from a concussion of
the brain caused by several blows OF
a pick handle and others have many
hurts. The injured are recent settlers
in Walton from the feud district or
the Kentucky mountains. Seven men
We're in the fight and they were not
interfered with. The injured were taxi
en- to their homes and no arrests were
made.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
pEsERTER CAPTURED.
Fort Lincoln Soldier Picked Up BY
Police Chief at Aberdeen.

Aberdeen, S. D., May 21.-Chief Of
Police Zirbes has made a clever arrest
in the person of Charles Mcdonald, a
deserter from Co. M Twentieth u. s.
Infantry, who ran away from Fort
Lincoln, N. D., four weeks ago. Nc
Donald came to this city and has liv-
ed here ever since under the name OF
Charles Blackburn. Yesterday he
was injured while at work with a
house moving crew and at the hospit-
al, it was learned that his true name
was Mcdonald. The police made an
investigation and soon connected him
with the missing soldier wanted at
Fort Lincoln, descriptions of whom
We're sent to every city in the north
west. Mcdonald admitted his iden-
tity. A guard will be sent here to
take him back
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
LOADED DICE.
Big Seizure Made in Raid on Chicago
Gambling Joints.

Chicago. May 2I--'L Loaded" dice
and marked cards. with elaborate in
structions how to use them to cheat
In games of chance-and always wsr-.-
We're seized BY the police in three
raids on markers Of gambling para
phernalia.
In one place a book Of 800 pages re-
vealed the big and little secrets OF how
to work the suckers Part Of one
circular read: THE work is perfect
and you need not fear detection 'F,or
a pair Of winning dice we would rec-
ommend set No. 8. Let the others play
with the losing dice and play with
them yourself. but do not bet heaAily
on yourself while using them. When
the game becomes good you can use
the winning dice yourself and by tad
ing the others using the losing alca
you VIII win both ways
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21

LAND FRAUD MAN AT LAST IN
THE TOLLS.
He Had Escaped From an Officer in
Boston by a Gun Play and Was
Finally Located by Authorities in
California.

San Francisco, May 21.-S. A. d.
Puter, accused of completely in the
Oregon land frauds and who has been
hunted by the federal authorities since
he escaped from the detectives at
Boston, March 26, was arrested at Ala
media yesterday by secret service men.
Puter did not willingly submit to ar
rest but attempted to draw revolver.
The detectives quickly covered him
with their pistols but even then had
much trouble in getting their prisoner
to the police station. Puter arrived
from New York three days ago.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
OPPOSE Big SHIP
SENATE COMMITTEE MAY BALK
HOUSE PLANS.
Upper House Doesn't Want One of the
Monster Battleships Constructed
For This Country Though the Bill
May Be Passed.

Washington, May 21.-The naval
programme providing for the con-
struction of one great battleship with
a tonnage equal to any afioat or now
building. will meet opposition in the
senate. but not of such stubborn char
acter as is thought to endanger it's
passage. There are several mem
bers of the senate committee on naval
affairs, who have expressed themsel-
yes as opposed to the building of a
great battleship Of the unwieldy type
of the Dreadnaught, now being con-
structed for the navy of Great Brit
ain
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
WILL DEFY DEATH.
Aeronaut Will Sail Out Over Atlantic
and BE Picked Up.

New York, May 21.--Joseph Wart-
scher the famous German aeronaut,
shas signed contract with Thompson
&s Dundy, whereby he agrees tosascend
In hls airshin frnn Luna park, sail
several miles ous to sea, and descend
into the Atlantic, where he will be
rescued by steam yacht which will
follow his course. The feat will be
performed next Wednesday and Wart-
scher extends an invitation to six per-
sons to accompany him.
lie the trip Is successful, Thompson
Il Dundy have agreed to provide $25,-
900 to enable Wartscher "a osbuild and
equip d balloon to az fronl here III
Europe, his long-cherished analdlion.
The start viii be ma = from Luna
park In August and Wartsallar u sure
Il can make the trip In four or five
days.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
oHloAN USED GUN.
He Shot at Men Who Were Stornning
His House--One Killed.

Marietta, o., May 21.-John West
30 years old, is in the hospital with a
bullet near the heart and John Buck,
charged with the shooting. is at large
with a posse of neighbors hunting him
with bloodhounds. Buck had been tor
mented by West and a number Of
companions who pelted his house with
stones. Last night Buck lay in walt
with gun. When the stones began to
rattle against the house he fired and
West fell. Buck escaped TO the woods,
leaving a note saying that he intended
TO commit suicide.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
AGED NEGRO TO BLAME.
He Was Killed After Shooting TWO
Other Negroes.

Washington, May 21.-One negro
dead and two others injured, one of
them probably fatally, is the result Of
shooting affray which occurred in
Rosslyn, Va, across the Potomac riv-
er from Washington. "Uncle" John
Jones, colored, 70 years of age, it is
said, started the trouble. He was kill
ed by Constable Edward Vietch. Jones
wounded Terry Godsey probably fat
ally and Rastus Ransom who has a
bullet in the shoulder. The quarrel
first started in Washington between
Jones and Ransom and was renewed
in the Virginia hamlet. Jones had
been drinking.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
Lower Court Was Affirm :
ed Today.
KANSAS SENATOR DISGRACED
U. s. SUPREME COURT GAVE IT'S
o. X. TO THE VERDICT or THE
LOWER BODY AND IT'S TO THE
JAIL FOR BURTON - CAN'T
HOLD OFFICE.

Washington, May 21.-The supreme
court of the United States today. rem
dered decision in the case of Uni
ted States Senator Ralph Burton of
Kansas. The decision was against
Burton affirming the decision of the
United States circuit court for the
eastern district of Missouri by which
Burton was sentenced to nine months
imprisonment in the Jail of Iron
county, Mo-, required to pay fine of
$2,500 and deprived of the right to
hereafter hold office under the govern
ment The opinion was by Justice
Harlan. All of the points made in
Burton's interest were overruIed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
FuneraI Driven, Strike.

New York. May 21-A strike of the
funeral drivers association, local No
164, which involved the whole terri :.
tory of Manhattan below Fourteenth
street, went into effect.
The fact that twelve of the thirty.
five coach owners affected aceeded to-
the demands of the union lessened the
inconvenience. AS it was about thir-.
ty funerals had to be postponed and
those that were held were conducted
under difficulties and with greatly re-
duced carriage accommodations for
mourners.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
DRANK FoRMALDEHYDE.
Sherwood Man Mistooi< the Disinfec
tant for Root Beer.

Minot, NJ d., May 81 Mistalxing
formaldehyde for root beet, G. Keller.
an aged farmer, living eight miles
from Sherwood, died late last night
after drinking the contents Of bottle
containing poison.
Keller went to the granary on his
farm about o'clock and thinking that
a bottle near the door contained root
beer, drank the contents. Medical aid
was summoned from Sherwood, but
proved unavailing.
Keller was one of the first settlers
Of st. Paul and came to North Dakota
about twenty years ago. He Is sur.
yived by eleven children.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
SHOT AND MARRIED.
Pittsburser Married Dying Girl Whom
He Had Accidentally Shot.

Pittsburg. May Within a few
hours Of the one set for their marriage
today, David ]. Coldren accidentally
shot his fiancee, Bessie Regent, while
they were arranging the furniture in
their new home at AS Budd street.
The wound has been pronounced NOR
tai.
No sooner had the girl been inform
ed that she would probably die than
she asked that Father O'Connor be
sent for, and while she lay gasping for
breath upon cot I'm the Presbyterian
hospital the marriage ceremony was
performed. 1T was followed by the last
rites Of the church. A policeman then
arrested coldren and took him away.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
MURDERED MANS BODY.
Examination Disclosed 1t Was Crime
Instead of an Accident.


Pleasant Hill. Mo-, May 21-The
body of man about 80 years old at
first supposed to have been killed by
a train, was found yesterday morning
near a Missouri Pacific bridge a short
distance west of here. Before the
coroners jury, DR.. Prentiss, local sur
geon for the Missouri Pacific, after
having examined the wounds, gave it
as his opinion that 1t was case of
murder. The verdict OF the jury has
been withheld.
There was nothing on the body to
aid in Identification except a Pacific
Express Co. receipt on a grip sent
from Sedalia to Kansas City issued
to John Walker" The grip was sent
down from Kansas City and opened
before the coroner, but 1t contained
nothing that would help in identifying
the body
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
VoLIVA CUT EXPENSES.
Dowie's Successor Told How Financial
Conditions Had Been improved.


Chicago. May 21.--W G. voliva, the
present head of the Christian Catholic
church, announced to his followers in
Zion City Sunday that between Jan.
15 and May 19 he had reduced to the
financial department of the church
from $4,000 per month to 1882 per
month. A saving has been made al
SO in the ecclesiastical department
that will amount to seventy thousand
dollars annually. Overseers who had
been receiving 5000 per month were
reduced to $50. The pay of others was
cut in proportion. His own compensa-
tion under the new adjustment Voliva
said, is 500 per month. These facts,
he said, were some of the details Of a
report which he made Saturday to a
committee appointed by Federal Judge
Landis to investigate the condition of
the industries in Zion City.
The condition of John Alexander
Dowie was said TO be practically un-
changed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
Russian Assassin Got in
His Work.
%
j. S: OFFICIAL WAS VICTIM
THERE WILL BE SOME TROUBLE
BETWEEN THE u. 8. AND RUS
slA OVER THE ASSASSINATION
OF THE GOVERNMENTS REP.
REsENTATlVE AT BATouM.

Batoum, May 21.-W. III. Stuart, the
American vice-consul, was shot and
killed at his country place last night.
The assassin escaped. Stuart was a
British subject and one of the largest
shipbrokers and exporters of Batoum
During the revolutionary troubles of
last fall his life was many times
threatened by longshoremen and at
Christmas deputation visited
Stuart's Office and practically COM
PEELED him to give them s1,5OO under
the guise of a holiday gratuity for
the dock laborers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
ROW WAS AVOIDED
EMPERoR's REFUSAL WILL
CREATE NO TROUBLE.
Lower House of Parliament Got to
Work on the Aararian Question and
ignored the Turn Down of it's Dele
cation by the czar.

st. Petersburg, May 21.-The threat
ened storm over the emperor's refusal
to receive the delegation from the
lower house of parliament. appointed
to present to him its reply to the
speech from the throne. has been
avoided. The house this afternoon
adopted a resolution to proceed with
the regular order of business and the
discussion of the agrarian question
began.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
HIS SISTER
GIRL SHOT WHILE BAKING HER
WEDDING CAKE.
Brother Did the Shooting and the
Family Claims it Was an Accident
Officials Believe Shooting Resulted
From a Quarrel.

Wheeling, w. ", May 21.--Rosa
Wisnich, was shot and killed at Ben
wood yesterday by her brother, Paul.
while she was making cake for her
own wedding. The girl was to have
been married today and the police be-
lieve the killing followed quarrel. al
though the brother and other relatives
declared it was accidental.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
NEW 500 TOWN.
One to Be Established Between Mis-
HEX and Ashley in Mcintosh.

Wishek, N. d., May 21--A new town
is to be established on the 500 line
between this town and Ashley. N. ID.
1t viii be built by John J. Doyle, d
capitalist and promoter lie purposes
opening a large department store and
an elevator and possibly lumber yard
in the new town. In addition, he viii
build several houses for his employees.
Ashley and Wishek are twenty miles
apart and there Is believed TO be room
for the new town half way between
the two. A name has not yet been
selected.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
COLONEL WAS WOUNDED.
Bomb Thrown at Russian Official
Who Escaped Death.

Kaliszk, Russian Poland, May 21.--
Count Keller, colonel of the dragons,
was severely wounded by an explosion
Of a bomb which was thrown at the
officer while he was returning from
review today. His horse was killed
and his orderly was injured. The
would-be assassin d young man, fes-
capped. Count Keller had been prom
inent In suppressing the disturbances
here and In this vicinity.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
Almost Asphyxiated.

Aberdeen, S. D., May 21.-Through
alleged carelessness in turning on an
old valve attached to gas meter, one
of the inmates of lodging house in
this city was nearly asphyxiated yes
terday. His condition was discover
ed just in time to save his life. The
victim is Andy Barnes homesteader
who has claim few miles north of
here.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
muRDERous INsULTER.
When Called TO Account He Shot
Husband of Injured Woman.

Bluefield, w Va, May 21.- Charles
Brown, travelling salesman, who was
shot three times by Henry McNew, at
Witten's Mill, Va, and who was
brought to Bluefield hospital on a spec
ial train, Is dead. 1t il alleged Me-
New insulted Browns wife and when
Brown called on McNew to explain
his conduct MeNew opened fire. Nc
New escaped to the mountains and a
sheriff's posse Is now searching for
him.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
TYPHus BACILLUS.
Long Sought Germ Has Been Found
BY Mexican Physician.

Mexico City, May 2l.-In a treatise
on the typhus bacillus. submitted to
the academy of medicine. DR.. Peristo
says that he has found the long
sought and elusive bacillus OF typhus
fever which abounds in cephalus IL
auid more than in the blood OF typhns
patients. DR.. Priesto is now searching
for an antidote for the disease.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
RATE REGULATION
FIRST MEASURE STARTED BY
THE CHANGERS.
Some Early History About the Con-
troll of Railroads and Transportation
Rates-origin of Movement Great
ing Interstate Commerce Commission

y Washington, May 21.--Whlle the In
T.t of the general public is focused
0, 81 rate bin just put through the
sen, G.t vii be pertinent to recall
the \ Y which led up to the enact
ment ,Ce original interstate COM
merce a o 1887
That la, DNs the logical outcome
of the soe II granger movement
which started &way back in 1868. Six
years after its inception, this move
ment had attracted 100000 followers
There was great depression in the
farming interests at the time, which
the grangers insisted was due to ex-
orbitant freight rates. In the east the
farmers complained that the freight
rates from ST. Louis, Chicago and
other grain centers to the Atlantic
were less than the local charges for
200 miles and brought the high priced
farms of the east in direct competition
with the cheap, virgin land of the
prairies. Out on the prairies the local
rates to Chicago and st. Louis were
so high that for a number of years
the use of corn for fuel was common.
The subject of interstate commerce
came up in congress and the railroad
members and railroad attorneys con-
tended that congress had nothing to
do with 1t.
First Rate Regulation.
In the meantime the legislatures of
several states undertook to regulate
rates. In Illinois the state railroad
commission fixed a maximum rate for
passengers of 3 cents a mile In No
vember, 1876, in the case of the Peo-
pie VS.. the Chicago & Alton Railroad
Co, the United States circuit court
affirmed the constitutionality of the
law under which this was done. In
several of the granger cases the su-
preme court affirmed the right of the
states to regulate railway charges.
During the period of railway agitation
three things caused great public dis
satisfaction:
First-Unequal charges for the same
service, accomplished by secret rebates
to favored shippers.
Second-Unequal charges caused by
higher rates for the part of a distance
than for the entire distance
Third-The destruction of competi-
tion by pooling receipts and dividing
them according to percentage agreed
upon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
Hail at Kent.

Kent, Mimi, May 21-The rain was
very heavy here Sunday and last night
and considerable hail also fell, but 1t
was too early to do any special dam
age to crops. Early last week there
was a genuine cloud burst here, which
flooded everything.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
ORDERS FOR soLskY.
Answer of Upper House To Be Sent
Gar by Minister.

ST. Petersburg, May 21-Count Sol
sky president of the upper house of
parliament, has been notified in the
terms identical with the reply to Pres
ident Mouromtzff of the lower house,
that the address of the vice president
of the house should be presented to
the emperor through Baron F'reder-
ick's minister of the imperial house.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
Must Resinn aat onoe.n p

Washington, May 21-If Senator
Burton does not resign sat once" as
a prominent senator puts it, a resolu-
ton will be introduced to declare his
seat vacant
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1906-05-21
Steamer Unknown.

Washington, May 21.-The marine
registers do not refer to a steamer
named Manolita.