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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
Patterson Held to
the District Court
Associate Justice Spaldng Overrules Demurrer to
the Informatons Filed Against Bismarck
Sensational .Affidavits Filed

Bismrack, n. D., March 90 - In the
case of Ed. G. Patterson charged with
violating the prohibition law, before
Justice Spalding of the supreme court,
sitting as a committing magistrate the
attorneys for the defense filed de-
murreF showing defects in the drawing
up of the complaints. Justice Spaldng
promptly oyarruled the demurrer and
told the attorneys that he did not want
any information on the point as he had
examined the complaints and they were
properly drawn. Upon the refusal Of
the court to sustain the demurrer the
defendant waived examination and he
was bound over to the district court.
He was released upon his personal
bond for $500, which was the amount
fixed by the court 1t is expected that
the case will come before Judge Win
chester at the May term of the Bur
leigh county term of court.
There are Two other complaints filed
against Mr. Patterson and sthey will
be heard before justice OF the peace
tomorrow.
The opening of the legal battle on
Tuesday before Justice Spalding was a
motion made by the attorneys for the
defense that the proceedings taken in
secret session at which the facts were
procured against Patterson be made a
matter of public record. The motion
was overruIed. The defendants attor-
ney then filed an affidavit of prejudice
in the regular way and that was de-
MED. The latter action precipitated
long arguments on both sides, and dur
ing their progress the aims and objects
of the celebrated S. b. No. 4, known as
the dual officer bill, was shown in the
limelight. The bill was killed in the
house because of the charge that it
was only introduced because it had
local application. and there was no de-
fnand for the provisions only by a po-
little clique i'm Bismarck who wanted to
iegislate certain officers out OF office
| The affidavit of prejudice recited all
OF the circumstances relating to the
charge against Mr.. Patterson begin
ming with the complaints sworn to
March 0 by the two mattresses Of the
Northwest hotel. the search warrants
issued in that connection and the uiti
mate finding of no evidence The af-
fidavit Went on to show subsequent
proceedings and the issuance Of further
search warrants and the continued in
ability of the officials TO find evidence.
1t was alleged that witnesses were exv
amined In a threatening manner dur-
ing the examination before Justice
Spalding In secret before the issuance
Of the warrants against Mr. Patterson,
that they We're threatened with con-
femRt proceedings and ,penitentiary
sentences IL their answers were un-
satisfactory, Also that employees Of the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
Sensational Statements Made By the District Attorney Applying
- for a Commission in Lunacy
PRESENTED WOULD SHOCK AND HoRRlFY couR1
The Juy Thaw Excused Until Friday That
Justice Fitzgerald Hear the Testimony Regarding
Application for Commission in Lunacy.

New York. March 2O.-District At
torney Jerome today made move
which has been menace to the de-
fense in the trial of Harry K. Thaw
ever since the hearing of his case was
begun nine weeks ago by asking JUS
tice Fitzgerald to hear evidence as to
the appointment of commission in
lunacy to determine the present state
of the defendants mind. The trial was
fmmediately halted. The jury was ex-
.cused until Friday morning and JUS
stice Fitzgerald adjourned court until
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock when
he will receive the aftidavits from OPP
posing counsel and determine whether
or not a lunacy commission shall be
appointed Justice Fitzgerald called
for every bit of available Information
and went so far as to state that in the
personnel of the proposed commission
he did not wish to appoint any one who
had been consulted in the case by
either side. He therefore requested
counsel to submit to him list of all
alienists who have been in any way
connected with the proceedings thus
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20

supreme court"
Justice Fitzgerald said he would in
stitute an inquiry before himself and
not before the jury as to the present
mental state of the defendant. Jerome
said he would lay before Justice Fitz-
gerald all the information he had and
which he believed would result in a
halt in the trial. Jerome told Justice
Fitzgerald his own experts had in
formed him that Thaw is a paranoic.
The jury was excused until Friday
morning, but Justice Fitzgerald will
hold court tomorrow afternoon to hear
the testimony regarding the application
for commission in lunacy.
During the discussion Of the ques-
tion of the appointment of lunacy
commission, DR.. Hamilton was asked
by Gleason Of Thaw's counsel, If Thaw
was capable of advising his attorneys,
and answered that Thaw was not. He
said Thaw was insane now.
The taking of the testimony in
the Thaw trial was dragged over
into another day and again it
was the experts who delayed matters,
their cross examination having taken
much longer than was expected Del
mas, chief of the Thaw battalion of at
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ESCAPES FROM
THE HOSPITAL
INSANE WOMAN MAKES HER Es.
CAPE IN MINoT.
While Attendant Was Preparing Msdi-
cine Patient Left the Hospital and
Disappeared-POlice scour the coun-
try for Her.

Minot N. D., March 20. While her
attendant was busy in another part
of the room preparing the patients
medicine, Mrs. Harrith, who had been
sent to Minot from Columbus, left the
Ward county hospital and no track has
been found of her.
THE woman was from all appear
ances at the time of entering the hos
pital suffering from insanity and it was
for this trouble that she had been sent
to Minot from her home In Columbus.
The authorities here had postponed ex-
animation for few days while the
doctors were watching her symptoms.
An attendant was in constant watch
over her, but the woman evaded ner
care and succeeded in slipping unno-
ticed from the door.
AS she had been allowed to wander
about the halls at will little attention
was paid to her absence from the room
until in the evening, when it was dis
covered that she was nowhere in the
building. Mrs. Harrith was dressed in
a gray skirt and waist, was about 80
years of age, slender, five feet ten
inches, and had on no coat or hat at
the time she left the hospital.
Her relatives at Columbus have been
notified and every effort is being made
by the authorities to find her
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
WORKMAN met
sudden DEATH
ED FOX FATALLY INJURED NEAR
VALLEY CITY.
Was Loading Gasoline Engine on a
Sleigh When It Fell on Him, Frac-
turing His skulI-Died "a Few Min
utes Afterward.

Valley City, N. D., March 2O.-While
assisting in loading a gasoline engine
at Alta, in the camp of Winston Bros,
Northern Pacific contractors. Edward
Fox was pinloned beneath the machine
and sustained a fractured skull.
The crew at the Alta camp which is
being broken up by the Winston Bros,
who have heavy contract on the cut
off work, were engaged shortly before
noon yesterday in loading a gasoline
engine onto sleigh to bring 1t to the
city. The engine had already been
placed on the sleigh by means of skids,
when in an effort to remove them, the
engine was tipped off. The ends of the
skids were under the engine and in
prying it up to get them out, the en-
gine toppled over, and in falling out
caught Fox. who was standing on the
opposite side of the sleigh, beneath IL,
and fractured his skull at the base.
He was brought to the city, reaching
Platou's hospital at / o'clock and dy-
ing twenty minutes later.
Edwrad Fox was about so years Of
age and leaves wife and a grown son
and daughter at his home at Waterloo,
la. Mrs. Fox Is here with her hus-
band. 1t is expected that the remains
will be inferred here.
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torneys, hoped this morning to finish
his side of the case early in the day.
One report current was that Jerome
would today call new witness, said
to be Miss Ida Vera Simonton. Miss
Simonton has been abroad for several
months, but it was stated was to have
arrived today. Miss Simonton met
Miss Nesbit in Paris, ii has been said,
when Miss Nesbit was there with
Thaw, and it is stated that her tes-
timony would corroborate certain por-
tions of the Hummel affidavit
Delmas called DIR. Allen McLane
Hamilton as the first witness and Jer-
ONE objected to DR.. Hamilton testify
ing at this state of the Thaw case, and
proceeded to argue the point. When
Delmas accused the district attorney
with trying to shut out the truth, Jer-
ONE withdrew his objection, saying
that he was ready to reopen the entire
Thaw case SO that all the truth might
go in. Jerome wanted Delmas to stip-
ulate that the cross examination OF DIR.
Hamilton in the Thaw case should not
be limited to the rebuttal testimony.
When Delmas refused Jerome re-
newed his objection to DR.. Hamilton
testifying. An argument proceeded.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
Various Committees Are
Elected Today
Big SENSATION is SPRUNG
THE PEASANT LEADER OPENLY
CHARGES THE GOVERNMENT
WITH STEALING MONEY IN
TENDED FOR RELIEF OF FAM
INE SUFFERERS.

st. Petersburg, March 20.-Witholh
any further allusion to the ministerial
declaration of the policy, the lower
house of parliament today began the
actual work of the session with the
organization of the committees which,
in Russia, are elected instead OF APP
pointed. The committees on budget,
on audit, and on general finance. will
be elected tomorrow, indicating that
the discussion of the budget will be
first in order. The proposal to appoint
a special committee TO organize a fam
inc relief led to prolonged and animat-
ed debate in which the various groups
participated. Judge Constantine Kak-
lugin. deputy of the left party from the
Don region, said that the famine had
spread even to the Cossack districts,
and that many Of the Cossacks were
destitute and begging for relief. The
peasant deputy boldly charged the gov
ernment with stealing money intended
for famine relief. and referred TO Asa
sistant Minister of Interior Gurko. who
is alleged to have been involved in the
Lidval grain contract scandals, as an
example of the corruption In high
places
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20

defendants hotel were summoned and
testified to being sent out to different
blind pigs for liquor at the request
of guests, but the names of the parties
who sold the liquor were not ascer-
tanned
The affidavit recited the manner of
telephoning for Justice Spalding to
proceed to Bismarck and sit as COM
mitting magistrate and that all of the
surroundings go to show the conten-
tion of the defense that the prosecu-
tion is merely one for political pur-
poses. That Mr.. Patterson's opponent
as candidate for mayor is prominent
.democrat. that the candidate for city
treasurer is private secretary to the
governor and politically opposed to
Mt. Patterson.
1t was urged that Justice Spalding
and the supreme court were being us
ed for political purposes and he was
appealed to to protect the dignity of
the court, which was threatened by the
present proceedings Judge Spalding is
said to have frequently interrupted the
counsel, to the extent of stating that
he did not consider their remarks
proper, that he concluded TO act as a
magistrate upon the requests made of
him and which he considered to be Of
Sufficient reason for his acting in the
case, and that it was not his duty to
give further reasons TO anybody
One of the affidavits submitted by
the defense set forth the fact that The
Fargo Forum of last Thursday-the
same day Judge Spalding left Fargo
for. RiSs1larcl< cnntainad j, tifa,,, ~ ~, =,
effect that the judge had gone to Bis
marck to commence proceedings relat-
Ing to charges against e. G. Patter-
son for alleged violation of the prohi-
bition law, and it is reasonable to sup
pose that The Forum must have got
ten its information from Mr.. Spalding.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20

far. Thaw, who had appeared pale and
tired when the days session of his
trial was begun, turned crimson dur
ing the exciting scenes which attend
ed the adjournment of court on Jer-
ONES motion for a lunacy commission.
He bit his nails, fidgeted about in his
chair for awhile, and finally assumed
an attitude of dependency. His coun-
sci table was deserted, all the attor-
neys being inside the rail at the
judges desk, arguing and consulting
among themselves.
Justice Fitzgerald ordered the
jury to withdraw while the
counsel continued to discuss the
stipulation under which DR.. Hamilton
might possibly testify. In addressing
the court District Attorney Jerome de-
clared that if he could legally present
to the court all the facts he had, 1t
would be shocked and Mortified. I'VE
have no right to be trying this de-
fendant in d court of law. So bitterly
do l feel about this" he continued,
that have served notice on counsel
that If they have knowledge of the
facts | believe to be in their posses
sion, | will call the matter to the at
tention of the appellate division of the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
Assaulted White Woman
and Children
TAKEN FROM THE GUARDS
coLoREo WOMEN USE RAZOR
WITH PROBABLY FATAL EFF.
Feet ON WOMAN AND HER
DAUGHTER AND KICK SON, A
SMALL CHILD, ABOUT ROAD.

Memphis, Tenn, March 2O.--The
Commercial Appeal this morning pub
lished the. following special from
Stamps, Ark: Charged with having
used razor with probable fatal ef-
fects on Mrs Ella Rheton, a white
woman, and her daughter, and kicking
her son, small child, about the road,
two colored women were shot to death
at McKamie. near here, last night by
a mob. According to the statement OF
Mrs. Rheton, she and her two children
were attacked by the negro women
while walking along the public road
yesterday. she and her daughter re-
ceiving knife wounds which 1t is fear
ed may prove fatal. The women were
arrested and placed under guard at
the schoolhouse, the town Of McKamie
being without Jail, from which place
they were removed by the mob at
late hour last night and shot to death.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
REMOVE FURNITURE.
Church Committee Withdraws From
EvanseIistic Meetings.

Grand Forks, N D., March 2O.-In
accordance with the decision Of the
committee in charge of the evangelistic
services that have been conducted In
the tabernacle under the auspices OF
the Baptist. Methodist and Trinity
Lutheran churches the past several
weeks, the chairs stoves and other fur
nishings with which the tabernacle
WAS equipped were removed. The ac-
tion of the committee in the matter
was governed entirely by the request
of the owners Of the property. who had
rented or donated the same to the
churches during the services conduct
ed under their auspices. and who made
a demand today that the same be re-
turned.
With the exit Of the original furnish
ings there was installed new outfit
secured by Evangelist Hunt and his
followers who announce that they viii
continue the meetings indefinitely.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN.
An Act for the Establishment Of One
in Province introduced.

Regina, Sask., March 20.-The uni
verslty act introduced by the provin-
tial government for the purpose OF
establishing and Incorporating the
university for the province of Sas-
katchewan provides for the erection
Of the necessary machinery for the
proper carrying on of the proposed
sect of learning. BY the act the uni-
versity is constituted a body polite
and corporate. BY the act no relig-
ious tests will be required Of either
professors or students. The mainten-
ance of the university is to be provided
out of the general revenues or the
province by sums appropriated by the
Legislature.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
Grand Jury Investigating
Frisco Grafters
The GRAFTERS HIRE DELMAS
SAN FRANCISCO is FLOODED
WITH RUMoRs THAT CITY Of
FicIALs HAVE MADE CONFESS
sIoNs OF GRAFT MOVES
GRAND JURY NOW IN SESSION

San Francisco, March 20.-AlI kinds
Of rumors are In circulation about the
alleged confessions by city officials of
graft moves and counter moves by the
prosecution, but the verihcation in al
most every Instance IS impossible. 1t
is reported that the accused men have
opened negotiations with d. M. Del
mas Of the Thaw counsel and that
Mayor Schmitz has been or will be
confronted with written confessions OF
the supervisors and has been promised
immunity If he viii add his confess
sion to theirs. The grand jury met
this afternoon and win. II Is said, re-
turn fifty or seventy-five indictments
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
keramic Art Club.

Jersey City, N. J., March 20-The
eleventh annual exhibition of the Jer-
sey City Keramic Art club opened to-
daX-at the Jersey City Club house and
will continue tomorrow. The ladies
of the society have. during the past few
weeks made many designs for pieces
of china for exhibition, and the dis
play is noteworthy The designs were
carried out in a color scheme of grey
and yellow or grey and pink and are
placed in a separate group
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
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DRANK WOOD ALCOHOL.
Aged Valley City Man Found Dead in
His Shack.

Valley City, n. d.. March 20.--Jonn
Weinberg, carpenter who had little
shop In the rear of one of the furniture
stores in this city. is lead from the ef-
the vicinity Of his shop had seen moth
ing of him and finally the police were
notified. They broke into the shop this
morning and found the old man lying
dead in bed with q half filled bottle
of wood alcohol beside him.
He has no relatives In Valley City
but Is said to have q family living near
Beltrani, MINI.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
5000 men OUT
IN SEATTLE
Building Operations Are
at a StandstilI
BUILDERS REFUSE DEMAND
MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION
TURN DOWN DEMAND. OF LA
6oRERs FOR INCREASE AND
ALL BUILDING IN SEATTLE
CEASES TODAY.

Seattle, Wash, March 20.-Building
operations. representing. forty-three
jobs involving more than s5.OOO,O00. AMI
affecting 5000 workers. are practically
at standstill here today The ulti-
matum issued by the master builders
association last week. refusing to pay
to common laborerss such as concrete
mixers SO instead of $3.50. The master
builders have suspended work
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
THAW GIVES 500.
Sends Check to Pittsbure to Aid Flood
Sufferers.

Pittsburg, March 20.-Mayor George
w. Guthrie Of this city received a let
ter from Harry X. Thaw. in which a
check for 500 was enclosed, to aid
persons suffering from the flood Of last
week.
The mayor replied that no fund had
been raised in Pittsburg. but that one
had been raised In Allegheny, and ask
ed what disposition should be made q
the money.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20

Washington, March 20.-The Ego
club. which is composed of men born
in 1874, win give an entertainment to-
speakers WIN deliver addresses. For
mer Representative George Irwin will
speak on Henry Clay. Among other
speakers will be u M. Sinsabaugh and
Professor J.. Fraise Richard.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
ltalo- American Democracy.

New York, March 20.--The Third
Assembly Italo- American democracy
has progressed finely since 1t organ
lied its club, 400 strong. They will
keep alive the social interest by hold
ing tonight a stag party, at which they
expect to see huge crowd.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
woMAN's FORTUNE.
N. P. Engineers Wife Will Get s25,ooo
in a Few Days.

Minot, N. d.. March 20.-Mrs Mike
Hines, wife of a Great Northern engi-
neer residing at Minot, in few weeks
win receive $4,000 from a millionaire
uncle's estate in Connecticut The
uncle died about month ago and in
his will he remembered Mrs. Hines and
eight of her brothers and sisters.
Much of the wealth of the cid uncle
was. left to charity Engineer Hines
for many years has made Minot his
headquarters. and he is receiving the
congratulations Of his friends on ac-
count Of the snug little fortune that he
and his better half have secured. The
news came as a complete surprise to
both of them.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
M'GUIGAN To
JOIN HILL FORCES
.FouRTH VICE PRESIDENT OF
GRAND TRUNK GOES TO c. NJ.
Canadian Railroad Official VIII Begin
Service With the Hill Lines April I
His Title Is Not Given Out at This
Time.

St Paul. March 2o.-On April r.
III. McGuigan fourth vice president
OF the Grand Trunk railway system
of Montreal will join the Hill forces
at Great Northern headquarters here.
What his title will be, viii not be
known until j. J. Hill returns from
the east
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-20
CASHIER GONE,
50 IS $4,000
OFFICIAL OF CHARLOTTE, N c.
BANK, is MISSING.
Frank n. Jones Disappears and 1t Is
Found That He Is Short $6S,ooo in
His Accounts--Left Wife and Several
Children.

Charlotte, N. c., March 90. Frank II.
Jones, cashier OF the Charlotte Nation
al bank. is missing with $1,000 of the
banks funds Jones was active in
church affairs and leaves wife and
several children.
The oasis., 1907-02-16
EDITORIAL ITEMS.

WmEN the lineup on joint. statehood comes in the next Con- aress, the insurgents who opposed the presidential policy will miss some of the strongest men they had, and some of the democrats will be replaced by jointureites. Babcock of Wisconsin has been left at home, and Tawney of Min nesota fell down on the insurgents after the caucus. In the Senate Aiger of Michigan. has been succeed ed by William Alden Smith, an ad- ministration republican; and Clark of Montana has been succeeded by Dixon who voted for jointure in the house, as did Smith of Michi- gan. From Colorado Patterson, democrat, who opposed lointure, will be succeeded by Guggenheim who will support it. Not much consolation there. brethren.
The oasis., 1907-02-16

MONEY made in mining is hon. est money" is an assertion seen paraded frequently in the public press. Very true with regard to jhat money made digging into the ground and bringing out the met al. But the dishonest part of it comes in manipulation of stocks, and robbery of the original locat' ors and owners of properties Many mining fortune has been gained in that way.
The oasis., 1907-02-16

BRYAN declares that ''an ade- quate supply of money" is what he stands for. So do we all. But most of us fail to connect. It isn't every man who can command one hundred dollars or more per night for featuring, or can travel the world over on money earned by a newspaper with an attractive name. most of the work on which is done by others.
The oasis., 1907-02-16

WHEN will fool Arizonans cease advertising the territory by dis plays of cacti and stage robberies? Now one of the ilk wants to raise band of Yaquis or Apaches to show at the Jamestown exposition with all the murder and butchery of the past simulated in realistic ways. Propositions are to display the advance of civilization, not to depict lapses into barbarism.
The oasis., 1907-02-16

APPARENTLY the real trouble with Al. Richmond as mine manager is that he did not know which grocery store at Patagonia to go to for his supplies.