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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-04-02
new ALDERMEN
Successful Men Entitled to Feel Jubi-
LIANT Over Their victories--Sone
Mere Absent.

Fargo was fortunate yesterday in
securing a good board Of aldermen,
and even the men defeated have good
reason to be proud OF the way their
friends turned out, Landlord Cole
was down in Mississippi Alderman
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-04-02
CHIEF NADE'S
Fine REPORT
SHOWING OF THE DE-
PARTMENT DURING THE ELEv-
EN- MONTHS IN WHICH THE
PRESENT OFFICIAL HAS HAD
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Under theleity ordinances 1T becomes
incumbent upon the chief of police to
make an annual report to the mayor
and city council, but for some reason
it has not been done for several years.
Chief Wade decided that he at least
would not neglect the matter and he
has set precedent. The following is
a text of the report for the eleven
months ending March 81, 1907, which.
was submitted to the city council Mon
day night:
To the Honorable, the Mayor and
city Council of the City of Fargo:
Gentlemen:
Il herewith submit the annual report
of the police department for the year
ending April /, 1907. This department
consists of the chief of police, one, cap
tain of police, one desk sergeant and
eight regular patrolmen. | desire at
this time to call your attention to the
efficiency of the department. in refer
ring to the following summary you
will note the record for the past year
| shows a comparative small number
Of crimes committed, which record we
are willing to put up against any po-
/ lice department record of similar sized
cities in the country. l can say with
out fear of successful contradiction,
| that the present force consists OF as
4 fine and efficient men as ever travel
ed a beat. ] also wish to refer you
4 to the matter Of fines collected through
| this department during the eleven
| months, just closed The fines collect
ed amount to $6,471, and if this amount
/ were credited to the police fund, as ii
properly should be, the appropriation
from the general fund would be less
than half the present amount appropri-
ated.
II have tried to administer the af-
fairs of the department as economical
lily as is consistent with efficient SER
vice. A new system Of keeping the
Irecords has been inaugurated, which
will enable the mayor or any corpora
tion officer to inspect this department
any day and determine its exact status
THE following statement shows the
expense of the department for the elev-
en- months ending March 81, 1907:
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-04-02

necessity of purchasing patrol wagon
for the use of the department The
town is spreading out and it is abso-
lutely necessary that you take this
matter up at your earliest convenience;
i wish to recommend the installing
of another police patrol box at the COR
ner of Second avenue and Third street
north.
"In making this annual report wish
to thank the mayor and city council
for the uniform courtesy you have ex-
tended to me. during the past eleven
months. E
"Following is the summary of police
service md an inventory of all props
erty in my possession. Total number
of arrests made in the past eleven
months, 712, viz: Assault and battery.
6; burglars, 6; drunks, 319; disorderly
conduct, 13; forgery, 81 gambling, 49,;
indecent exposure, 1; keeping houses of
| i'll fame, 1O8; keeping rooms for inn
| moral purposes, L; grand larceny, g..
petit larceny, So; resorting to rooms for
| immoral purposes, IL; riding bicycle
on sidewalk ~ riding bicycle with
out light, 10; vagrants, 113; driving
over sidewalk /; riding motor cycle
L NCAAS~c~ASNA
| weapons, 8; impersonation OF an off,
Ger. /; fast driving, 2; begging, 2; not
cleaning water tank, L.; selling meat
without inspection, Q; keeping vicious
dog, / !; robbery, /; non-support, /; MAJ
tlicious mischief, /; adultery 8; obtain
ing money under false pretenses, q;
Ipaddling without license, /. Accidents
reported, 5; buildings secured found
open, 125; burgiaries frustrated 1:
fines paid by cash, $6.471; paid by
commitment 1l0; fire alarms, s; intox-
i icated persons assisted home, 2; lodg-
ings furnished, 274 lost children re-
i stored to parents, 13; lost children taxi
EN- to station, s; meals furnished pris-
oners, 1,127; turned over to sheriff, 40;
stolen property recovered, $S15; sick
and injured persons taken home, |;
4 sick and injured persons taken to sta.
tion, 81 street lamps reported out, 1,77s
, hours
Embodied with the report is {
complete inventory of all the propert,
! in the department of police.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1907-04-02

Cummings was away because Of the
condition Of his health, but both Of
them were elected. Druggist Wiser
was sick in. bed, but had a good vote,
and Alderman McKellar was in the
northern part of the state, and made
a good record, Notwithstanding that he
had not asked any one to support him,
but had not quite enough votes to win
out The results give Fargo board
which win bring good business ability
into the conduct of city affairs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23
A Fresh Air Queen.

Queen Victoria, of Spain, must be
congratulated upon her persistence in
the English belief in the virtues Of
fresh air, and condoled with upon the
difficulties she finds in putting the
sound principle into practice. No few
er than sixteen of her ladies were in
capable of attending upon her the 9TH
er day, in consequence of chills caught
from windows opened by her majesty's
orders. Imagination may have assist
ed; the case of a short-sighted old
gentleman who caught cold from a
shut window, simply because the eX-
panse of clean glass looked more like
no window at all than the diamond
PANIED affairs he had been used to, is
historic In time the continent may
be educated up to this elementary
point in hygiene, but, as every one
knows who has taken part in one of
those perennial quarrels about the open
window in an European train or hotel,
it will be a long, stern fight
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23
TWO CHURCHES MEET,
The Presbyterian General Assembly
Works Toward ITnion


Works Toward Union.
| There were two features of the open-
ing sessions of the 10th general assem-
| bly, OF the Presbyterian church. which
convened at Memorial Hall in Column
| Gus. Ohio. One was the annual sermon
" Rev. DR.. Ira Landrith of Nashville
moderator Of the last Cumberland Pres
| byterian assembly. which took place in
the afternoon. More than 900 dele
gates answered the first roll call. and
| several thousand visitors looked on at
| the opening sessions. The election of 4
moderator was reduced to a formality
| by the withdrawal of all the candidates
except Rev. William II. Roberts of
Philadelphia. who was chosen by accla-
nation. The keynote of DR.. Landriths
sermon at the devotional service in the
| morning was an appeal for concerted
| effort toward the complete union of
the church.
In his plea for extension of the
the hope that the church ultimately
would be united with the Southern
Presbyterian church.
The war is over" said DR.. Land
rith, Southern Presbyterfanism. with
out our cooperation. can never over
take the Presbyterian possibilities and
demands of the South in general and
the Southwest in particular. The
southern church will welcome our CO.
operation. and it will hasten the con-
summation SO devoutly to be wished
the ultimate union of the two
churches
Touching upon the race problem in
the South. DR.. Landrith said:
The certain remedy for all racial
ills lies in the direction of good schools
and churches-good but racially separ.
ate schoOls-in which children are
taught the dignity and as far as posi-
Bile. the arts of honest toll and good.
but-fOr the best interests of all con-
cerned-racially separate congrega-
tions, in which Christianity, and not
the murderous prejudices of racial and
sectional hatred, are preached"
The forty seventh annual general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church in
the United States (Southern Presbyte-
rians) opened at Birmingham, Ala. DR..
Allen G. Hall of Nashville called the
assembly to order. DR.. J. r. Howerton
of Montreal, n. c.. was elected mod
orator. He delivered the opening ser
mon.
A quorum of commissioners of the
general assembly of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church went from Dick
son, Tenn, to Bethlehem church, which
stands on the site of the old Meadow
log cabin, the birthplace of the church,
and there formally constituted the sew
enty-seventh session of the general as
sembly. Rev. ]. L. Hudgins, retiring
moderator, preached a brief sermon On
returning to Dickson the general as
sembly was constituted and Mr. Hudg-
ms delivered the opening sermon He
made most vigorous and caustic ar
raignment of the leaders responsible
for the union of the church with the
Presbyterian church.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23
Summer Treatment for Furs

Furs that are not likely to be wanted
until the autumn should be slowed
away far from the Vaccinations of the
marauding moth, and to the end that
safety may be secured boxes made of
camphor wood are being sold. Moths
are creatures of well-defned likes and
dislikes, and a detestation of certain
scents is one of their characteristics.
Naphtha crystals are anathema to
them, but the odor is also disagreeable
to human nostrils, an objection scarce
ly to be applied to camphor wood.
A still more certain retreat from the
moth pest is the frozen atmosphere Of
the ice rooms in which the great fur
riers store their customers peltry, after
beating it well to remove every atom
of dust, a process that should be ap-
piled to every square inch Of any kind
of fur that is to be put by for the
summer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23
Health and Beauty Hints.

If the nose is shiny use boraX water
or wash it with cornmeal instead of
soap.
For hoarseness beat up the white of
an egg, flavor with lemon and sugar
and take some occasionally.
Hay, sprinkled with a little chloride
of lime and left for an hour in closed
room will remove the smell Of new
paint.
There can be no health without ex-
erciSe and a system of exercise should
be practiced that will bring in play
all the muscles of the body.
For feet that perspire too freely put
tablespoonful of vinegar in the foot
bath; the soles of the feet may also be
rubbed with spirits of camphor.
For corn or bunion paint over every
day with the following solution: Colo
dion, one-half ounce; sodium borate
One-half dram; extract cannabis, one
half scruple.
An air cushion or hot water bag
partly filled with air, placed under pill
lows in the go-cart, will prevent the
Earring of the baby's spine, of which
the doctors complain of in the use of
gO-cartS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23
" omen in Proverbs.

In answer to a question as to the
standing of a woman in the estima-
ton of the various peoples of the
earth, a German paper says: '"The fair
sex plays an unenyiable part in many
lands, as you may see by the we'll
known adages. The Spaniard saws
Women and mules will do our bid
ding more readily when we stroke than
when We strike Them 'Woman's tears
are worth much and cost Iittle;' The
fox is sly, but a woman who loves is
more So The Arab says: Mans
beauty is his soul-woman's soul is her
beauty ASK your wife's advice and
then follow your own Judgment In
India they say: The coQuette is like a
shadow; follow it and it fees, fly from
it and it will follow In China woman
is looked down upon, and one of the
oldest adages says: The tongue of a
woman is dagger which is never al
lowed to grow rusty The soul of a
woman is like quicksilver and her heart
is like wax To the question, What
is woman? the Turk answers, "A pris-
oner;' the Persian A slave the Ser
Wan, "A servant; the Bulgarian, "A
companion the Greek, "A queen 1t
will surprise most people to know that
even the Frenchman is unkind to wom-
an in his adages. Thus, he says: WON
en- and fools never forgive;' Woman
laughs when she can and weeps when
she pleases;' What the devil cannot
accomplish, woman cam The good
women are in the church yard"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23
e waist they are quite charm

pinafore waist they are quite charm
| ing.
Plaid broadclothS are growing more
popular even than when they first ap-
peared in the autumn, and are very
effective in lighter combinations for
summer wear.
Crochet buttons of silk and linen are
extremely smart and are to be had in
all coloringS. Buttons of tortoise end
other shells, enriched with gold or mock
jewels, are fetching.
Directoire coats are much seen, both
in plain and striped effects. In cloth
suits seen recently the lines of the
jacket ran perpendicularly, while those
on the skirt were diagonal.
The expression of the figure is car
ried to a fashionable perfection when
the waist is small and the shoulders
wide, and to obtain that result all
smart gowns are fashioned.
Plain voiles and those in Pekin or
striped patterns constitute a majority
of the more pretentious costumes seen,
and narrow black and white stripes are
most favored. These are made up over
white Innings, as are almost all voiles
of whatever color, and are elaborated
in many ways.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23

Miss Nellie de prettiest flower of all in
her white frock and sky blue sash.
Miss Liddy she lay dar swingin' in
de hammak, and Massa John, after a lit
tie, gifts up and starts for de grove, too.
Den Miss Liddy laffs and sails kinder
scornful lake: is it Miss Nell or de
grade that takes you out dar dis hot
mornin'?'
He jes laugh back at her an say:
LOB corse it's de grade, dat's my Zig
eous duty, We know, specially when dar's
a lovely young lady in de bargain
DE ole missus allus like to babe us
all come up dar too; so 1 war dar jes' as
Mr.. John got dar, an, as usual, my mis-
sus opened dat sojiers Bible an was
jus goin' ter read when Miss Nellie
saw de leetle tintype, and she gabe a
leetle cry lake, an takin' it from de
missus ham she said:
"'Oh. Mrs. Carter, my ma has got jes
such a picture, an it's hers and mine
when | was a baby Den she laid her
haid down into missus' lap an began ter
cry, an she sobbed out dat her pa was
in de wah, an disappeared an day dun
tried cherry way to fine out something err
bout him. Missus axe her what was
her pas and mas name, an she tole her
dere names war George an Lucy An
missus opened de Bible, an dar was writ
on de leaf From Lucy to George Den
she took de poah young lady in her arms,
an said: '''How wonderful are dy ways,
oh, Lord" An, my chile, dare under
all dem flowers sleeps your father, an in
this peaceful spot. He has not been like
a stranger, or neglected, so now in de
Providence OBJ de good Lord, de dearest
wish OBJ his heart is fulfilled. l trus' you
will be comforted.'
"Massa John walked erway wipin' his
eyes, an ole missus read a comfortin'
varse or two outen dat little Bible, an
we uns sang a hymn, and de decoration
was ober fur dat day, an missus said to
all OBJ us:
Let dis var teach yer lesson OBJ
faith. Do your duty, no matter how
long de way is, or how dark de cloubds'
wall, chil'en, it is time We were in yer
beds. It's jes erbout true, dis yarn.
Ebery word is as true as de gospil Vas,
Miss jimmie, dat are grade is decorated
cherry year when dis day comes aroun',
though de ole massa and missus is lynn
down beside dat young sojier boy, an
it's Miss Nellies grade now, for she dun
gon' an marr'd Massa John, an he JUS
lubs de ground she walks on. De ole
missus lubed her, too, and you ought to
a seen what care Miss Nellie dun took OBJ
de ole missus in her las sickness, fur
month afore she dun went to her reward,
and she say ODER and ober again:
"'No kind act is overlooked by de Mas
ter; an, honey, I'm gittin' my pay now
for honorin' de dead by a few flowers on
a lonely grade upon de day de nation set
apart to 'memorate dose dat FELL"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23
Mother as a Chum.

l never like the word "chum," but
that is the right word for the mother
who is companionable with her daugh-
ter. The sweetest thing in life is the
love of a mother, but how many girls
are denied this because of something
which keeps them apart from the
mother love and confidence. 1t seems
impossible that any woman should not
crave the love and affection of daugb-
ter. accepting it as the most gracious
gift ever bestowed in her life; but
there are some mothers really and
truly selfish with their daughters. fire.
quently jealous, and ofttimes very in
different to all their interests. This
is surely the irony of fate. Last win
Ter certain young girl left home be-
cause she and her mother could not
agree. The girl actually had to paw
for the fuel burned when she enter
tanned friends in the evening. The
mother charged her for washing any
clothing, in fact, she met with a board
ing house mistress instead of mother
Girls love to be petted, to have the
sympathy of those of broader minds
and experience. and they turn as nat
urally to the mother as a flower does
to the warm sunshine. Deny a girl
these surroundings and her nature
reaches out for them from some other
source. The girl who cannot sit down
on a little ottoman at her mothers
knee and tell her her school perplexi-
ties, read her her love letters and win
her confidence. is robbed of the sweet
est JOY of girlhood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23
UngaiIant Uncle Sam.

Primping among the women employees
of the government printing Office must
cease. An official order has been is
sued removing all mirrors from the big
building In times past many of the
floors had forty to fifty mirrors upon
the walls in convenient reach of women
employees when ready to go to lunch
or to leave for the day. Each mirror
belonged to a particular beauty or to
a congenial group, and the utmost har-
mony prevailed.
Vow" aoalplain the girls, "there is
but &C &---e mirror left and that in
the main dressing room. 1t is impos-
sible for hundred or more women to
gather around one mirror at one time
and get any satisfaction out of the
proceeding. Consequently, we have to
dash on our hats. guess at where our
faces need washing most and saunter
out on the street perfect frights'
THE women waste too much time in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23
Sparks from the Wires.

Fire, supposed to be incendiary. de-
stroyed the business section of Barnes
boro, Pa. The loss is estimated at 500
900.
Following allegations of corruption in
the Kansas City, Mo-, police department.
an investigation having the approval Of
Gov. Folk probably will be started at
once.
The submarine boat Lake, in her off
cial trial off Newport, showed speed of
SO knots an hour in cruising trim under
the power of her motors and gasoline
engines.
negro who attacked the 12-year-old
daughter of a farmer of Marion county.
South Carolina, was chased into a swamp
by posse, and is supposed to have been
lynched.
The house Of Robert Woodson a negro
of Henry county. Virginia, was wrecked
by an explosion of dynamite, but all the
inmates escaped.
\ negro believed to be Jesse Coe, want
ed in indianapolis for the murder of Po-
liceman Charles Russell, was arrested
at huntsville, Ala.
Count Otto Won Walderstein. who was
reported to have been killed at Willows,
Cal. few days ago, is alive and well
at Klamath Falls, Ore
Alleging that there exists a fertilizer
trust, iniquitous in its operations. in Ala
bama, a legislative committee has be-
gun work TO investigate it.
Captain John T. Davis shot and killed
DR.. Wayne Mccoy. who he found in COM
pany with his wife at his home near
Ironton, Ohio.
John Shelton, a negro was hanged at
Spartansburg. S. c., for the murder of
ALI Briggs, his father-in-law, in Novem-
Der. 1905.
Captain William II. Thompson, for
thirty years identified with the oyster in
dustry of Baltimore, committed suicide.
He was 90 years old.
d. Smith Rose, 60, well-known citi-
zen of Hamilton, Ohio. committed sui
eide by shooting himself in the neck and
afterward hanging himself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23


whom the Mayor selected to admins
ter its affairs upon the lines demanded
by the public. The capitulation of the
Mayor is complete. He transferred to
writing his authority, tantamount to a
power of attorney.
Following Ruef's story to the grand
jury, which barred all details of big
bribery and Doodle plots, and, it is de-
clared, accused the head officials of
public service corporations, a move
ment was started to force the Mayor
10 resign and to install Frederick w.
DOhrmann, prominent wholesale mer-
chant, in the Mayors chair. 1t was re-
ported that the grand jury, before adj
JOurnment, voted new Indictment
against Schmitz and also indictments
against four high officials of the Uni
ted Railroads Company.
1t is said that Ruef himself told the
grand jury that he pocketed SCI 900
as his 'fee" out of the 100000 bride
fund paid by the United Railroads. and
$4,000 went to Schmitz. The rest of
the money, $4,000, was divided among
eighteen supervisors, sixteen of them
getting $4,000 each, one $4,000. and
one $4,000. The foregoing information
as to the testimony given by Abe Reuf
to the grand jury is given by Special
Agent Burns
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-05-23
WarIil<e EngIisEyvOme

Saddening is the picture of the
Twentieth Century woman that a
magistrate in a London police court has
just drawn. AS he sees the women of
to-day they are almost as warlike as
peace congress. Woman nature is
undergoing considerable notifications,
he says. ",rhe gentleness, the spirit of
dependence and the sweet unreason-
ableness' that used to distinguish the
sex are giving place to love of ad-
vertisement and a taste for unseemly
scenes of rowdyism and violence. The
doves are changing into eagles. Even
the hatpin designed for innocent pur-
poses is becoming in the hands of
women as much a weapon of damage
as the stiletto. These changes in the
nature of women are forced upon my
attention in court" But remember,
that is in England. Perish the thought
that Uncle Sans daughters are travel
ing the same path.