The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-03-17

IpuDl1c, especially the society portion ot
lit, was much pleased when ii read the
announcements that Mrs Mamie Lang
horne Shaw was engaged to Waldorf
IAstor, the son of his father, who is SO,
Iaristocratic and such a trrf-hunter, that
HE expatriated himself in order to touch
Ithe outer garments of British aristocracy
land gain favor in the eyes of England's
king. Nevertheless, the young man is a
lnlan Of merit, with no frills, and alto.
lgether a likely parsonage just suited
i'm qualities and standing for his bride
ito-be, Walo is one Of the noted sisters:
iwho posed for Charles Dana Gibsons
| 1 Gibson Girls possessing beauty and all.
1.-THE graces of young woman of the
lfifst class. She comes from Virginia,
mot merely the mother of presidents,
| but the state where our natural, old coll
| ionial aristocracy took root at the first
land has for many years furnished the
lWorld possesses. The remarkable sue.
lcess of the artist Gibson is a matter of
lpride to all New Workers They con-
lsider him as having reflected honor on
1.-THE city. Whatever may be thought of
William Waldorf Astor, the father, this
lmuch can be said, that he marries off
Ibis children well, his daughter having
la good husband, and his son will have.
| a wife who will set off his mansion and
Ihis wealth, to the greatest advantage.
iIti is marriage one would naturally ex-
lpect All Virginia honors the Lang
Ihorne beauties. All New York thinks
Waldorf Astor is a greater man than.
1 his father. ..5
The papers. have been teasing Mr..
Heroine with the charge that he has been
sleeping at his post, with cobWebs tie
ling UP his limbs, and slurnber settling
IdoWn heavily on his eyelids. They.
Thought he was overlooking the insur
lance frauds, and one paper openly
lcharged that he never would dare to take
Ihold of the big rascals, but only attack
led the poor culprits. But he has given
lthenl surprise, for he has had the of
Ulcers of the Mutual Reserve life insur-
lance company indicted and held, without
1.-THE newspapers getting an inkling of it,
1 The Mutual Reserve has been a weak
Ibrother in the, insurance ranks for these
lrnany years, and the public will breathe
fnore freely now that its mischief-mak-
ling career has received a check In the
Mutual Reserve there has been a chance
j for the insured to lose money, but there
lis no chance of their so losing. in the
ithree big companies that have been so
vigorously attacked and brought to-
! Itheir. knees. Mr.. Jerome has been quiet
Ily investigating the Mutual Reserve for
some time, but has so covered his move
lmer1ts that he led the newspapers to
Think he was slumbering, SO he has the
laugh both on them and on the guilty
i officials he has nabbed How fa. he has
Igone in the cases of the other insurance
lmen nobody knows. He seems to have
Istrings on Hyde and McCurdy, who
sIhave promised to come back if wanted.
land there has dear old Andy Ham
lilton, called the Judge, come, back to
toWil. There is no place like New York
land even the worst criminal longs to
Iconle back to the great city, and back
lhe will come too, even If he has to risk
conhnenert. Well, Mr.. Hamilton's re-
Iturn was not expected, except by Je-
rome. 1t sent a chill down the back
Ibones of senator's and assemblyrnen Of
1.-THE New York legislature and insur-
lance men that fairly froze the spinal
Imarrow, for Hamilton's field has been
1.-The expediting of the Legislative business
iof the life insurance companies, and
Iron the amount of money charged to
Ihim he must have corrupted legislators
Iby the cord Well, none will pity them,
Iforof all despicable creatures he is the
IloWest Wlio-7as alegislator sells his vote
land influence as he would a cord of wood
Tor a ton of coal In lowering himself
The has dragged the whole fabric of the
state in the niire, and lowered the tone
iof morals throughout the entire CONF
InlonWealth.
The manner in which the police force
LIN certain portions of the city IS shown
iup BY the disclosures made. BY that
Iw-etched girl. Bertha Claiche, in her
confession following her trial, and the
Testimony of the women from the ten
/ derloin. sheds all awful light upon the
Inastiness prevalent in the police ranks
lin certain sections. 1t appears from
this testimony that the guardians of the.
public peace and morals use their all-
Ithority with the lcwd women of the
ltenderloill to rob men, and even to MUIR
1 der them. The authority Of law is thus
Iturned topsy-tliryy and is used to de-
spoil victims whom the police should
rescue from their assailants. Their in
Idiscretions placed them in the power
LOT these wretched women, and the POI
lice instead Of rescuing them help the
ldesnoilers.
/ No crime equal to that ever came
fdoWn to lis from Rome in its most cor
Irupt age. This IS the worst shock the
l community have received even in such
a time as this, when half the columns
lof the daily press are crowded with stor-
Iies of dastardly and foul crimes until
1.-THE reader sickens as he glances through
/ the much and hopes for something de-
cent and comforting to read and reflect
tupon Some policemen will Be brought
to the dock il, this matter, but il must
lhe remembered that they do not repre-
sent the police force at large. There.
Iare as many worthy men on the police
lforce as there are III any body of equal
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