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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-03-18
WEBB is RELEASED.
Judge Cowan Grants a Writ Of Habeas
Corpus.

Williston, March 18.-Ocer Webb
was released from Jail by order OF
Judge Cowan, sitting and acting on
the written request Of Judge Goss of
Minot The release was secured on a
writ of habeas corpus secured by At
torneys Dwyer and Bessie after Jus
tice Poe heard the case and bound
Webb over to the district court on a
charge of perjury.
The case had been fought out i'm
Poe's court, and every contention of
States Attorney Brown was agreed to
by Justice Poe. 1t developed at the
preliminary that Webb had been ar
rested by a number of men headed
by Mayor Wegley, and was brought
before Police Magistrate Mitchell on
a charge of gambling. Webb took a
change of venue from MitchelPs court
and the matter was taken before Jus
tice Leonhardy, where it was dis
missed.
Then States Attorney Van r. Brown
stepped into the breach and a COM
plant was filed against Webb for
maintaining gambling house. This
was dismissed when it was before
Justice Poe when Attorneys Dwyer
and Bessie appeared for the defendant
Then Mayor Wegley caused a war;
rant to be issued by Police Magistrate
Mitchell, charging Webb with perjury,
the alleged offense having been com
mitted in the making of the affidavit
before Magistrate Mitchell for a
change of venue.
1t is stated that the evidence dis
closed that Mayor Wegley did not
swear to the complaint upon which
Magistrate Mitchell issued the war
rant, and that this was the first thing
taken up by Judge Cowan at Devils
Lake. Judge Cowan held that no war
rant should have issued He held
with the attorneys for Webb on every
that there was no legal right to bind
Webb over, and that Sheriff Lampman
should Immediately release him.
There is talk of all kinds of damage
suits, one of them being against Police
Magistrate Mitchell on his bond, but
nothing has been filed today.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-03-18
Machinery Men Look for
a Prosperous Season

rosy hued future ahead Many indica-
tions point to very prosperous trade
for the season of 1907, and although il
is a little early yet to tell definitely
there seems to be little doubt that
there will be a decided increase In
trade over the past year
In the western part Of the state vast
tracts of new country are being
opened up for settlement Railroads
are laying plans for a number OF
branch lines and new towns are
springing up in many directions. Al
this and the rapid influx Of new set
tiers Is making more business
Another hopeful sign which would
indicate that there is to be good
crop this year Is that more land was
plowed last fall in this vicinity than
for many years previously. the weather
being favorable for such work In
consequence the land IS in good con-
dition for the planting of this years
crop,
The heavy SHOWS, too. will undoubt-
edly prove beneficial The SHOWS fell
early. protecting the ground SO that ii
Is not frozen very deep. Spring IL
coming slowly instead Of with q rush
and the snow is melting gradually and
soaking into the ground in place oi
melting all at once and causing oi
floods, Altogether the outlook for good
crops is a very bright one, and ma
chinery and implement men ais well as
farmers are rejoicing accordingly.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-03-18
ONE LONE MULE THE CAUSE OF THE
WAR IN CENTRAL AMERICA

Washington, March 1S-One mule, a
mule belonging to Senor Erenio Sal
gado, was the chief object Of dispute
between Nicaragua and Honduras
when they began the quarrel which
finally ended in the war that is threat
ening the peace of Central America,
according to the official communica-
tions exchanged by the ministers of
foreign affairs for the two republics,
copies Of which communications have
been received in Washington
The controversy began when Senior
Augusta c. Coello, the Honduran MIN
lister for foreign affairs, wrote a note
to Senot Jose ID. Gomez, tn eNicar-
aguan minister for foreign affairs, on
Jan. 2S, protesting against the theft Of
a mule from Iranio SaIgado by thirty
five Nicaraguan cavalrymen, who were
charged with entering Honduran terri
tory.
In reply Senior Gomez said the Mic
araguans did not quite enter Honduras,
although they passed near to the little
town Of Los Manos in that republic.
The taking of the mule was
not denied, but Senior Gomez
Insisted in his letter that Salgado was
not Honduran citizen, but Near
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aguan, who had to leave that country
because of the part he played in a
revolution two years ago. Consequent
ly Nicaragua maintained that Hon
dhras had no right to fly to the defense
of Salgado's mule.
This note brought spirited reply
from Honduras the minister for for
eign affairs announcing that Irenio
Salgado, The Nicaraguan refugee. was
living in Tegucigalpl, happily engaged
In trade there, while n man by the
same name, most reputable and re-
spected farmer, Honduran of un-
questioned citizenship, lived at Los
Manos and owned the much mooted
mule.
Nicaragua replied that it was true
that Col Juan l. Rocha who COM
manded a party of cavalrymen, took
a mulc near Los Manos but reiterated
| that the animal was not taken i'm Hon
duran territory Dispatches grew
longer as the controversy waxed
warmer, Other questions arose. Then
the arbitration tribunal was opened
and finally the break came when Pres
ident Zelaya OF Nicaragua withdrew
his member OF the board of arbitra-
tion and war between Honduras and
Nicaragua actually began.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-03-18
SWEET TOOTH
FOR HORSE FLESH
PARIS HAS NO PREJUDICE TO
HoRsEFLEsH.
Forty thousand carcasses Are Con-
sumed AnnualIy--Doctors Are in
League With Horse Butchers to En-
courage Eating HorsefIesh.

Paris, March IS.-No matter what
other peoples tastes and sentiveness
are. Paris has no prejudice to horse
flesh, and partakes of it with great
freedom, and in such quantities and
SO regularly that the consumption Of
mans best friend has reached 10000
carcasses yearly. Some may have been
cart horses, some gay carriage horses
and have drawn dainty ladies through
the brilliant thoroughfares, nothing
more brilliant along the boulevards
than these self-same horses that now
serve as food for Paris needy people,
but some also for her gourmands. The
10000 animals eaten represent about
l1,000,000 kilogrammes of horseflesh, as
compared with the earlier figures of
1893, when a total of 100000 was eat
en-. The business seems to be growing
rapidly. so that the horse butcher is
assuming the position of quite a re-
spectacle competitor with the beef
butcher. Horse butcher signs, with a
gilded hOrsehead above the door, are
numerous In certain sections of the
city, and horse butchers are rapidly
pre- e-empting stalls in the market house.
1t is charged that the doctors are in
league with the butchers as they are
more and more recommending horse
fiesh for certain patients.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-03-18
COURT MARTHA.
Militia Officer Being Tried for Allowing
Sale of Booze in Armory.

Albany, n. Y, March 1S.-Capt.
Louis Wendell, First Battery. is being
tried today by court martial. on the
findings of the court inquiry, which
has been investigating the charges
against him of his control Of the First
battery armory. The court martial
was ordered by Governor Hughes on
March Z, and the following were ap-
pointed the personnel of the court:
Major Lydecker, Seventh regiment;
Major Dereise, Squadron G. Major
Buckingham, jr., First regiment; Ma
jor Carl, First regiment; and Capt.
Francis ID. Culkin, Forty eighth Sep
arate Co, Third battalion, Oswego.
Major Babcock, judge advocate Fourth
brigade Of Buffalo, is Judge advocate
of the court. Captain Wendell was ac-
cused OF taking and receiving part Of
the pay of certain employees of the
First battery; of permitting, aiding
and abetting the sale of Intoxicating
drinks at affairs in the arrmory, "in
express violation of the statute and
of detailing armory employees to per-
form labor for him at his hotel and
premises.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-03-18
ACCEPT OFFER
OF ALVARADO
MEXICAN GIVES TEN MILLION TO
ExTERMINATE YAoUIs.
Regiment of Indian Fighters Will Be
Organized and the Yaqui Indians
Will Be Driven Out of Mexico
Only Mexicans to Be in Regiment.

City of Mexico. March 18-The
yaquis are to be exterminated or
driven to other hiding places, from
whence perhaps they may hustle out
from time to time to harry hapless
settlers Pedro Alvarado of Farral
offered to give $1O,0OO,OO0 to equip and
maintain regiment of Indian fighters
to rid Mexico of the Yaquis. Presi-
dent Diaz has concluded to accept the
regiment upon condition that all the
officers of the comand shall be selected
from the Mexican army and that none
but Mexicans shall be enlisted in the
campaign. The war department wants
to disburse the funds, and this Alva-
rado agrees to, but begs Diaz not to
insist upon using none but Mexicans.
Alyarado has received offers from
many Arizona and Dakota frontiers
men to furnish a company
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implement Men Will Go
After Catalogue Houses

A systematic campaign of advertis-
4 ing and follow up tactics was sug-
gested as the best way to compete
with the catalogue houses of the east
in an address on Catalogue House
Competition" at the implement deal
ers' convention In Minot last week by
Fred w. A. Vesper. vice president and
manager of the Northern Rock Island
Plow Co, of Minneapolis
Mr.. Vesper used to be connected
with the advertising department Of q
catalogue house, and knew whereof he
spoke. His remarks were entirely free
from ia viii or criticism of catalogue
houses. He said that they were purely
business institutions, and that the
success they had won was largely due
Ito the employment of business prin-
Iciples.
The only way TO meet the compe-
Itition, he said, was to use the same
tactics as The catalogue houses used.
He called attention to the fact that
the catalogue houses make it a busi-
ness to keep In touch with the rural
mail carriers, sending them frequent
letters OF congratulation and endeav-
oring in every way to secure their
good Will. The catalogue houses, he
pointed out, first tried to get inquiries
from prospective buyers, and after
getting these they pursued the pros-
Ipective buyers with all possible per-
sistence.
J 1T Is matter OF record that the
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-03-18
POCOHONTAS TO
ADORN STAMPS
MEYER DOES WHAT coRTELYoU
REFUSED TO DO.
Former Postmaster General Gould Not
Find Portrait Of Idian Heroine for
jamestown Exposition Stamps and
He Would Not Use Counterfeit.

Washington, March 1S.--A counter
felt Of the face Of Pocahontas, taken
from a well authenticated picture OF
the Indian heroine will after all APP
pear on one of the stamps to be issued
In commemoration of the Jamestown
exposition. Postmaster General Meyer
has authorized 5-cent commemora-
tive stamp, which will be ready for
distribution the latter part of April
This will bear the counterfeit pre-
sentiment Of Pocahontas.
Just before his retirement from the
postoffice department, George b. Cor
telyou announced that the jamestown
commemorative stamps would be con-
fined to ones and twos, and that as
he had been unable to find a portrait
of Pocahontas. the picture OF the In
dian girl would appear on neither of
them. Afterward, in the face of nu-
merous protests received from women
throughout the country, Mr.. Cortelyou
consented to pictures of Indian girls
appearing in the corners of the com
memorative stamps, but he refused to
permit the picture of Pocahontas to
appear as the central figure of either
the one or the two
Postmaster General Meyer did not
upset the programme of his predeces-
sor so far as the ones and twos are
concerned, but he decided to authorize
the issue of a scent stamp, and he
also decided that this should bear the
portrait of Pocahontas as the princi-
pal motif.
The new five will be green Ia color;
the 1-cent stamp green, and the two
red. The five already has been de-
scribed. The 1-cent stamp will bear
a Ygnette of the late Capt John
Smith. In the corner of this stamp
will appear pictures of Indian girls,
each of whom is supposed to repre-
sent Pocahontas The 1-cent issue
viii commemorate the settlement Of
jamestown. "A landing scene is de-
picted
As heretofore stated in these dis
patches, the commemorative series will
be placed on exhibition at all post
offices throughout the United States
about the time the Jamestown expo
sition opens on April %.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-03-18

Recovering from the slack times
caused by the railroad blockade. when
business was practically at a stand
STILL the machinery trade, both in
threshing and implement lines, is
showing decided Improvement. With
most Of the houses Il Is now very
brisk for this time of the year. Rep
resentatives Of the various houses are
going out through the state getting
business which has been accommodating
for two months, but which they could
not get at before because the trains
were not running regularly.
According to the reports which are
coming I'M the great bulk of the grain
is still In the farmers hands. This Is
due as much to the storms. as much
as Ii is to the car shortage. The
heavy fall OF snow this winter has put
the roads in very bad condition for
teaming, making It impossible for the
farmers to haul their grain 70 market,
Since the break III the cold and storms
and the coming of the open and mild
weather conditions have improved
greatly Farmers are bringing In their
grain and immense quantities OF It are
now being shipped on the railroads.
As result money is circulating more
freely, and 1t Is asserted on all sides
that business Is now much better than
1t was at the same time last year.
Aside from experiencing an increase
In trade at the present time, ma
chinery and implement dealers see a
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-03-18
VALUES LIFE
PRETTY CHEAP
LESS THAN A DOLLAR A LIFE is
RATE FIXED.
District Court Decision Fixes $to3.t2
as the Limit Of Liability for the 1s3
Deaths in the Wreck of the Larch-
mont.

New York, March ia total of
$;03.12 is the limit of liability for the
1873 lives lost in the Larchmont dis
aster, as fixed by a decision of Judge
Adams in the admiralty branch of the
United States district court The de-
cision relieves the stockholders of the
JOY line steamship company from
paying more than the sum mentioned
as damages, and means that the sur
viVors can recover, collectively, $103.I2
and no more.
Under an existing federal enactment,
the liability of a steamship company in
case Of a disaster Is limited to the
value Of the wreck. The petition filed
by the JOY line stated that the Larch-
mont had foundered in water so deep
that the vessel had never been located.
All that had been recovered, it was
stated, was one life boat, some life
preservers, all practically valueless,
and $S.12 for freight and $95 i'm cash
received by the purser. Other passen-
ger money collected on the trip had
been lost in the collision, and the JOY
company stated that it had the boat
and the life preservers and the cash,
which 1t desired to turn over to a
trustee, and asked that its liability
be limited under the law TO that sum.
Granting the application, Judge Ad-
ans appointed United States Commits
sioner Alexander Gilchrist as trustee
The petition stated that one suit alone
had been filed by one Of the survivors
asking for damages, and that others
were threatened.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-03-18
The Louisville Exposition.

Louisville, KY. March Is. - The
Greater Louisville Exposition opened
today with very large collection of
striking exhibits. The display of the
war department excites much interest.
1T consists Of display OF arms and
several pieces of ordnance. The other
departments of the government--the
treasury department, the navy depart
ment and the postoffice department
show very fine collection of articles
in their respective lines. The national
government has been very generous in
its encouragement of the exposition,
although the exposition is 'professedly
an exposition of the city alone. Much
interest was manifested when the ma
chinery began to move as the result
of the presidents touching button
in Washington.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-03-18
SCHOOL OFFICERS MEET.
Brown County Educators Hold Annual
Meeting in Aberdeen.

Aberdeen, s. D., March 1S.-The as
sociation of school officers of Brown
county closed it's annual meeting this
morning after accomplishing a great
deal more work than was on the pro-
gramme. Several prominent workers
attended the meetings, among whom
were G. II. Smith of Minneapolis; ].
Kerns superintendent OF schools of
Winnebago county, H.; p. d. Kribs,
of Columbia; Prof. G.. w. Nash, presi-
dent of the Aberdeen normal, and w
L. Cochrane, superintendent of the
Aberdeen schools. The meetings were
presided over by ole Joegensen, coun-
ty superintendent of schools, and
many interesting addresses were
heard. G. Fl. Smith of Minneapolis,
spoke on the subject Heating and
Ventilating Schoolhouses. Represen-
tative Kribs, who was chairman of the
educational committee at the recent
session of the Legislature, told of the
changes in school laws enacted by the
last session. He said that the COM
pusory education law has been
amended so that scholars must now
attend school for sixteen weeks dur
ing the year, twelve of which are to be
consecutive, and that the boards of
education of cities of the first and sec
ond class are empowered to compel
children between the ages of, and IA
years to attend school the entire year.
He also said that counties in which
there are more than seventy-fiv
schools may appoint deputy to assist
the superintndent. The meeting was
very successful and the members ex-
pect great deal of good to result in
the county.
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Governors Favor Reasonable Railroad Laws
Governor Burke and Other Governors of North Western States Give
Thar Views on The Problem Of Railroad legislation

Chicago, March 1S.-The Tribune
prints kilograms from several COVER
nors giving expressions on railroad
problems. Among them are the fol-
lowing from the northwest:
John Burke of North Dakota-L Laws
regulating railroad rates should be
reasonable and determined by COM
parison of the gross receipts of the
road with the cost of operating it, in
other words the gross receipts of the
road should pay the company a rea-
sonable compensation after deducting
the cost of operating the road.
Albert B. Cummins, Governor OF
Iowa-There is no danger that the
Iowa legislature will pass any law un-
just to railway or any other kind of
property. No legislation is proposed
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that will reduce the earnings of rail-
ways below the point of absolute
safety to those who have their money
invested In stocks and bonds.
The men who hope to make for
tunes out of the manipulation of Sc
curities are the men who are at
tempting to frighten the real investor.
These are the men who have made leg
islation necessary and they are now
endeavoring to use natural business
sentiment as shield to protect their
indefensible methods
Governor of South Dakota-In my
opinion the state legislature should
not attempt to fix the maximum
freight and passenger rates by in
elastic enactments. Boards of railway
commissioners selected in some man
ner which would remove them from
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undue influence and provided with
ample means to separate the actual
and commercial value of railway PROF
erty should be given this power.
There should be concerted and uni
form action by boards Of the respect
i've states through which the involved
lines extend, harmonizing with the
action of the interstate commerce
commission in the same territory. /
heartily favor conference looking to
this end
Governor of Wisconsin, am in
hearty accord with the advanced leg
islation already enacted in Wiscon-
sin for the control Of railroads and
other public service corporations. Our
railroad commission is empowered to
fix passenger and freight rates and
otherwise has supervising authority.
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average number Of letters which the
catalogue house has to write in order
10 make sale Is three" said Mr..
Vesper, Sometimes they send five
letters. If this fails. they keep the
mans name on their books and year
later begin the campaign anew.
"The dealer has a great advantage
over the catalogue houses IL he would
even use it. In the first place. the
dealer has the advantage of personal
contact. Then he is usually person
ally acquainted with his customer. He
has the telephone and can call on his
customer without much trouble III
these advantages were used in sys-
tematic manner, ! predict that In six
years from now catalogue house COM
petition will be the least Of the
troubles OF North Dakota Dealers
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LITTLE GREEN
BUG IS scouReE.
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Chicago, March 1S.--On bull reports
from the southwest wheat has "riz' in
the market and the blame is placed
on boil weevil sort of insect known
as the aphis.
As an evidence of good faith several
examples of the chronological enemy
of the wheat have been sent to brok-
ers on change. The crop destroyer is
little green bug called the aphis. 1t
is the Industrious little insect you see
on grape vines, and which science tells
you is domesticated by the red or pic
mic ant and millxed to provide susten-
ance for the little antlets.
The result of the visit Of the aphis
delegation to the board of trade was
that lot of them took up their abode
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of extraordinary size. Mr. Hooker
carefully selected two dozen of the
largest and placed them in his inou-
bator.
This week Hooper noticed the eggs
We're pecked at both ends. Instead of
one chicken In each shell there were
two, twenty of the eggs proving
good ones. The chicks are growing
rapidly and have every promise of de-
veloping into wonders for size and as
egg producers.
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BEGIN MURDER TRIAL.
Nicholas Honyest Placed on Trial for
Killing an onondaea Indian.

Morrisville, N. " March 1s.-The
county court of Oneida county con-
vened today at Morrlsville for the trial
of Nicholas Honyest for the murder of
Elias Jacobs, an Onondaga Indian, at
Stockbridge on May 26 last. The
charge is murder in theh first degree.
Judge Durham of Oneida and ex-Dis-
trict Attorney Sem of Morrisyille are
defending Honyest and District At
torney Cushman of Hamilton will
prosecute the case. AS IL is number
of years since murder case was tried
in this county, great interest Is ex-
cited by the event.
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NeveIIi Opens in New York.

New York. March 1S.--Ermete New
ellis company opens tonight at the
Lyric theatre. Nevelli's company came
from Vera Cruz i'm February, played in
Boston at the Majestic theatre March
4. The coming week of the engage
ment of the company in America will
be played at the Lyric theatre, Phila-
delphia
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Aberdeen. S. d., March 1s.--In fit
of temporary insanity, believed to be
the result of Imaginary troubles, An
ton Straub a prominent farmer living
few miles from Ipswich, S. d.. com
mitted suicide yesterday morning by
hanging himself in granary adjoining
the stables on his farm. He was mar
ried and had lived in Edmunds county
for many years.
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THE GUM is LOADED
UP WITH QUININE.
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Racine, Wis, March 1s.--No more
Is the luscious pepsin and pepper
mint and exc the tolu masticated dur
ing school hours at ye high school.
No more do the wagging jaws keep
time with the cadence of Hiawatha's s
woolng i'm the English literature hour.
The chewing gum habit Jared one
of the teachers so much that he de-
cided to secure an antidote. OF course
he is a man, horrid man. The other
morning he handed round few pack
ages of gum and amid "Ahs" and
"Ohs" waited for results. The gum
was loaded with quinine. The pupils
tried to9beg off, but they had to chew
until they promised to do so no more