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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
NURENBERGER
CASE DROPPED
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT Push
PROSECUTION AGAINST OLD
SOLDIER WHO WAS CHARGED
WITH CONSPIRACY TO pEFRAuD
UNCLE SAM.

II Is said that the government mas
decided to drop the case against
Frederick Nurenberg the former Rich
land county farmer who was charged
with defrauding the United states
government,
Nurenberger at op time owned
EARN, in Richland township, Cass
county He went from here to WARD
county where he took homestead
and Il Il said that after short resi-
dence in Ward county he hit upon g
yot rich quick scheme that promised
great results.
He was an old soldier who was
former resident of Ohio and he Went
hack to Ohio and induced a lot OF ms
old friends there, both women and
men. many of the. latter being old
soldiers like himself, to come out g
ward county and take up honesteads
IT was tho contention OF the govern
ment that Nurenberger made q con-
tract with these people whereby ne
was to pay their filing fees and then
he was to get a deed for their land
1T u certain price after they proved up
Nurenbergcr was tried on this
charge about three years ago, was
convicted and sentenced to serve
long term III prison and to pay 2
heavy fine "A stay or Judgment and
new trial was granted and now tbs
government is said to have decided tt
agop further prosaausibn Of the cases
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
IMPORTS LOWER;
EXPORTS HIGHER
BUREAU or STATISTICS ISSUES
PRELIMINARY BULLETIN
FOR 1908.

washington, Dec. 1s:.Lower prices
for imports and higher prices for ex7
ports were characteristic of the foreign
trade of the United states during the
fiscal year 1908, according to pre-
liminary bulletin Of the bureau Of sta
tistics This deduction, 1t is stated
applies especially to manufacturers
materials imported and food stuffs ex-
ported.
In manufacturers materials, whether
raw or partly manufactured. the aver
age prices for the year were materially
lower than for the preceding year, and
we're also much lower at the end OF
the fiscal year than at the beginning
OF the year To this falling of in
prices. 1t is stated, is due the decline
in the total value of imports, though
In many cases there was shown to have
been an actual decline in quantity.
Regarding foodstuffs, the bulletin
states, that they do rot as rule
share in the decline in values. either
as to imports or exports, suffered b,
manufacturers materials.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
Divorced Wife Collects Alimony
Just the Same '-
DECISION OF ST.LOUlS COURT
DIVORCED WOMAN MY TAKE
HER HUSBANDS EARNINGS
4. EVEN THOUGH: HE HAS MAR.
RIEp AGAlN--WILL EFFECT
SCORES OF MEN. Az ts

st. Louis, Dec. ia decision that
a divorced woman may take her for
mer husbands earnings and property
to enforce the payment Of alimony,
even though he has married again
was handed down by the st. Louis
court OF appeals today.
Lawyers say the ruling, will affect
scores Of men by making them re-
sponsible for the support of two fam
lilies. Miles Anderson, a clerk, refused
to pay his former wife SIS month
as decided in divorce which she had
secured from him on the grounds that
he had married again and that hard
ship would result If he were compelled
to keep up the payments. 3.
First Mrs. Anderson. garnisheed his
salary and won the case in. the lower
court an appeal Of Anderson resulting
in an affirmation of this finding
Judge Bland, who read the decision
today, said the hardship, If any, w1a
not created by the law, but was
brought about by the defendant
therefore he cannot complain. "
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
BRYAN STUNG BY
A FRANK FRIEND
j. 3. COREY ANSWERS LACK OF
PATRIOTISM KEPT HIM FROM
WHITE HOUSE.

a, Pittsburg, Dec. 19.-WilIiam ]. Bry-
ans efforts to learn from his friends
in various parts of the country what,
in their minds, was responsible for his
recent defeat, met with an unexpected
response when he addressed J. B. Cor
ey of Braddoch Pa, a wealthy coal op-
orator and uncle of William Ellis Cor
ey, president of the steel trust.
Mr.. Corey has been an admirer of
Mr.. Bryan, and a factor in the democ-
racy OF Allegheny county. In his reply,
he says:
Il assign the cause of your defeat
to lack of true patriotism. The means
used, to a familiar figure of speech,
was the refusal of the intelligent
American voters to burn their hands
second time on the same red hot
iron-that of electing hungry demo-
cratic Office seekers to displace repub-
ican salary grabbers and. treasury
looters This, Mr.. Bryan. strikes ms,
as perhaps the leading cause.
ITO have elected William J. Bryan
in either OF his three candidates., es-
pecially the last, would have been to
jump out Of the frying pan into, the
fire."
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
Pennsylvanians VIII Scramble
~ >~' for the Toga
HALF A. DOZEN MENTIONED
ACCORDING TO OLD ESTABLISH
~. LtsHED CUSTOM, kNox's suc-
cEsoR wlGL COME, FROM TIE
a WESTERN PART OF STATE
LEGISLATURE MEETS JAN. 20.

. -
= -PhiIadelphia, Dec. 19.-Early indica-
tions point TO scramble among well
known republicans to succeed United
States Senator Knox who has accept
ed theaofferfof President Eject Taft to
become secretary of state in the Taft
cabinet.
Following custom in Pennsylvania
which gives both the east and west
re presentation, in the senate, Knox's
successor will come from the western
part of the state At least half dozen
candidates have been mentioned, all
of them residing in or near Pittsburg-
1t Is believed here that Senator
Knox will not resign from the senate
until SINE time afer January 20 on
which date the legislature will meet
in joint session TO elc-t a SenatOr for
the term beginning March 4. Senator
Boise Fenrose is a candidate for elec-
tion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
HILL GETS
COAST ROAD!
Colorado & Southern Purchased
by Burlington
new OUTLET TO The COAST
INFORMATION AS TO PRICE AND
OTHER DETAILS ARE WITH
HELD UNTIL MEETING OF DI-
REcToRs-vlcToRY FOR HILL
INTERESTS. 4,

, New York, Dec. 19.-Leading inter
ests in the Colorado & Southern Rail-
way Co, including Edwin Hawley, who
is said to be the largest individual
stockholder and Frank Trumbull, pres
ident of the road, announced today the
sale of the road to the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy road
Information as to the price and other
details OF the transaction, however,
are withheld until the meeting next
Tuesday when the board of directors
of the Couorado & Southern will hold
a meeting for the purpose of complet-
ing a transfer of the property.
The acquisition of the road by the
Burlington gives the Hill system. the
Burlington being owned by the North
.ern Pacific and Great Northern. Rail :
way companies, its long desired outlet
to the Racif coast i ss, n 5 Il a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
WOMAN GETS $1,000 FOR :.
s3 ~, INVOLUNTARY ASCENSION

,Kingstos, N. Y; Dec. 19.-For her
involuntary balloon ascension at the
Ellenyille fair on Aug. 20. 1908, when
she was whirled aloft at an aeronaut-
icai exhibition through becoming en-
tangled in dangling rope, a jury in
the supreme court today rendered a
sealed verdict in favor OF Mrs. Mary
s. Roper, for $1,000. Mrs. Roper had
sued the Ulster County Agricultural
society for $4,000. n.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
SUICIDE LEAVES
DIARY OF DEATH

Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 19-Leaving
q. diary telling all his thought between
the time the idea of suicide first oc-
CURED to him last night and the time
he swallowed carbolic acid this morn
ing Patrick Dooley ended his life here
today.
His first notations written at 0
O'Clock last night were that he was
sick and homeless and was trying to
think of some way to avoid suicide.
A little later he wrote paragraph
showing he had decided to end his life,
but was in a terrible doubt as to how
to do IT.
In another notation he expressed his
complete despondency, against whisky
and evil companions, ad still later a
brief ote showed he had decided on
carbolic acid as a death agent
The last paragraph Of the diary ws
written just before he took the poison.
1t reads:
1T is going to be bigger job than
/ thought. ! hope / make a success
Of this one thing"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
H. B. Suydam Shot Down in
His Office
AsSailant Arrested After Des-
perate Struggle

New York, Dec. 1S.-H. B. Suydam
curb market broker, has been shot
and probably mortally wounded at SO
Broad street. 1t is said that the shot
was fired by A. l.. Lumson, after the
two men had been engaged in heated
argument Lumson claims that the
shot was fired in self defense.
Lumson is an inventor and it is
claimed that Suydam refused to pay
him money for an invention. Lumson
was arrested after making a desperate
struggle with Geo. a.. Downs, a young
clerk employed by Suydam, upon whom
the broker called for help when he saw
Lumson reaching for his revolver
Lumson says that he fired the shot in
self defense.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
HOLD WOMAN AS
AID TO Thief
MRS. MCDOWELL SAID TO HAVE
HELPED HUSBAND I'M A
GEM ROB Try.

PittsburE, Pa. Dec. 19.-Detective
Dillon left today for Chicago TO get
Mrs. Louise Mcdowell. arrested there
as an accessory in the robbery of sl0,-
600 worth of jewelry from store here
by Edward Grant, alias Jones, alias
Mcdowell, said TO, be her husband.
b McDowelt broke the front window
or the jewelry store and attempted
to escape with two trays Of diamonds.
He was captured after running few
squares and several uays later was
sentenced TO ten years in the pen.
The police alleged Mrs. Mcdowell
was inside the store when her husband
smashd the jewelers. window.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
Christian Science HeaIers
Can Practice in Missouri
According to the Decision Of the Circuit Court, Science Prac
cOnsrs Can Collect Pay, as There Is No State Statues
Regulating Or Prohibiting Healing by Faith.
UNITED STATES SENATOR ?

laws that make it an offense to prac-
tice, in that they treated q woman and
received $54 in pay. 8
In the arguments which proceeded
for fifteen hours, the scientists attor-
'neyi attacked the constitutionality of
the law Judge Thurmond handed
down his decision this morning.
In u lIe held that the Missouri stat
;Iites for th regulation Of practice of
smedicine do not apply to healing as
performed by Christian Scientists and
that the laws OF the state DO neither
prohibit or regulate III any way their
practice OF healing.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
MUST GET CASH
IF HE ACCEPTS
Or. DAVIS IS UNCERTAIN NiIETH.
ER he WILL HEAD SEMI
NARY.

New Haven. Conn, Dec. 1s.-Rev.
Ozora s. Davis, pastor OF South con-
gregationalo church. and who was
elected early in the week president OF
the Chicago Theological seminary, has
not yet made decision in regard I'd
accepting.
He returned from Chicago last night
and says he stipulated certain condi-
tions and that sufficicnt time has not
vet elapsed for their furtilinent
DIR. Davis admitted that the raising
Of $40. 900 to carry on the work Of the
Geminary, II one proviso.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
Law MAKING ExToRTfoNs ; 4
! A. CRIME IS INVALID

Lincoln, Dec. 1s. - The supreme
court of Nebraska today declared the
act making extortion a crime uncon-
stitutional on the grounds that it linn
its it's protection ito residents Of Ne
braska and similarly linnis it's penal
ties In violation Of it to the state and
federal constitutions. The decision
came UP on the appeal OF Attorney r.
~, Greene, of Lincoln, convicted of ex-
tortion and fined $500. .; ~e
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19

Warrensblffg, Mo-, Dec. 19.-There is
no law in Missouri prohibiting the
practice of healing by members of the
Christian Science church, according to
IA decision handed down here today hs
Judge Berry Thurmond in the circuit
court. Y& s.a
The case was brought TO a test BY
Mrs Einas Jaccard and Thspesa \, INis
Heywo edyi tshristian science praetf7
.tiorers Of Kansas city. who were the
defendants the information had beer
filed against the defendants by the
prosecuting attorney of this county.
They were charged with violating the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
SCOUR WOODS FOR
MANIAC SLAYER

Eureka, Cal, Dec. 1s.-Posses today
are searching the, forest surrounding
this town for the man, believed to be
a maniac, who was responsible for the
death of Oscar Chapman, whose body,
with rife bullet wound over the
heart, was found last night in a de
serted section Of the woods. Chap
mans murder was the third of this
kind in the past month, the other VIC
Tins of the supposed maniac being
Bert Porter and Joseph vierra, a
Portuguese.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
HEPBURN BRINGS CONTEST
TO RETAIN HIS SEAT

Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 1s.--Officiai
notice of Colonel Hepburn's contest of
d. Jamieson's election in the Eighth
district, was served through the United
States marshars Office today.
Hepburn states specifically that no
fraud or misconduct is charged, but
that errors and mistakes in judgment
are the grounds for the contest.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
President Is. Entitled Ito More,
1 = Declares Bourne
HI. EXPLAINS HIS REASONS
SAYS asmAN BIG ENOUGH TO BE
HEAD or GREATEST coRPoRA-
TroN, oRLp Isl AS BIG AS A
i RAILROAD PREsIDENT-rA&Es
BIG RISK. s5 4 4

4 yysshinston, Dec. 1s; Explaining his
bill Increasing 4 the salafies Of the
president ard vice 3prssidsSt4 senator
Ut .Rourfsi, Jt.;s cf oregon today said
that aside from all sentiment in the
matter he is, Of the, opinion that the
man who lis big enough to be president
Of the. United States, the biggest cor
poration in the world is certainly as
big I'M the business of government as
a railroad. president or manager of a
manufacturing combination and should
be paid as business proposition what
the demands of the position indicate
as a fair compensation.
Work Grows Heavier.
He declared that he would also make
the extra hazardous risk of the posi-
tion a basis for the justice of his bill.
He said that while the salary of today's
business manager is measured by the
magnitude OF the enterprise as we'll as
by his fitness, the presidents salary
has never borne any relatively ade-
quate proportion to the mental and
| physical work and worry of the posi-
ton which are annuity Increasing.
Bourne's bill proposes that the pres
ident shall receive the salary Of 500,
| 600 and the vice president $2S 900.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
PRESS and PULPIT
RECEIVE CAUTION
JUDGE IN NIGHT RIDER CASES
GIVES OUT WARMING ABOUT
PUBLICITY OF TESTI-
49, MoNY.

I Union City, Tenn, Dec. 1s.--Fol-
lowing a caution to the Press asso-
citation M printing testimony in the
night rider cases, Judge Jones today
cautioned the members of the local
churches not to refer to the cases in
their sermons since the jurors might
be influenced. Jones today took no
further action in regard to the press,
but conferred personally with the COR
respondents of the several state pa
pers. impressing upon them the ne
eessity of following out the courts
orders.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
N. Y. Broker Fatally
Shot BY an inventor
SOUL KISS DANCER z
TO PERFORM BEFORE
ROOSEVELT SOON.

washington, Dec. 10. Mile.
Adelina Ger e, the Danish dancer
touring with the Soul Kiss
company, was received by Pres
ident Roosevelt yesterday by spe-
ciai appointment She has danced
before many of the crowned heads
of Europe, and will appear pri-.
vately at the White House.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
.ROMADKA GETS
DIVORCE FBON
CONVICT WIFE

Milwaukee. Dec. 10 Charles Ronald
ka, a wealthy Milwaukee man, whose
wife. Evelyn, is serving a term in the
Joliet penitentiary, after a trial dur
Ing which It was shown that si1c bal
robbed rich Chicagoans Of diamonds
and jewelry, was granted divorce this
afternoon. There was no contest.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
HARGIS JURY MAY
Be FILLED TODAY
NINE JURORS HAD BEEN sEcuR-
ED IN KENTUCKY MURDER
TRIAL WHEN COURT
OPENED TODAY.

Irvine, KY, Dec. 1s-When court
opened today it was expected that the
jury to try Beach Hargis for the muir
der of his father would be completed
and the prosecutions opening state
ment made before the afternoon ad'
iourrment. Nine jurors were in the
box when court opened
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
HANeMAN's DAY in 3. Q.
chinaman and Two Negroes Executed
T. = at New Westminster. ,


Z at New Westminster. p
Bellingham, Wash, Dec. ls.--The
first wholesale hanging in the provin-
cial jail at New Westminster, B. C.,
since 1879, when four youths walked
to their death for the murder of a
government agent at Kamloops. took
place early today, when Hangman
Radcliffe sent three nurderers into
eternity from the same trap. One of
the. murderers, James Jenkins, a me-
gr ), was executed for what the chief
juatice OF caRada characterized as the
most brutal crime in the history of the
dominion. The negro assaulted and
murdered Mrs Mary Morrison near
HazeItnere June B lasf, John Portelia
another fegfoes paid the penalty for
murder of IDS mistress at Vancouver.
Lee Chung, who Killed compatriot
completed the trio. r s.., ~ :
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
pepartmei,t store r. strai...

Pittsburg, Dee@, 1s.An involuntary
petition In bankruptcy against the
Weisser- Low company operating a
large department store in this city.
has been fled and Thomas HI. Shep
pard has been appointed receiver.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
TO PREPARE FOR
TAFT INAUGURAL

washington, Dec. t9.-Speaker Can
non today announced that he had ap-
pointed Representative Buhle,> (Rep,
Pa.); Young, iRep. Mich.) /; and Gains,
.(Dem., Tenn.)' as a committee for the
Inauguration Of President elect Taft.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
HINDUS EXCLUDED
FROM Own TRIALS

Calcutta, Dec. 19s-e-Indian authorities
today redoubied efforts to stamp out
sedition.
Rerolutionists are burying arms
and ;afrnurition. Ii
Police uncovered several small ar
senals" Thursday.
The ban against the meeting of ma
tives has been extended to social and
athletic clubs, as we'll as against poll
teal organizations. Deportations con-
tinue at heavy rate.
Prisoners are not permitted to en-
ploy counsel and are not even allow
ed to attend their own trials.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19

Hampton, Ark. Dec. 1s. s.-Charles
Abbott, merchant OF this place was
shot and killed. and his brother, Bunk
Abbott, county treasurer, was wound
ed. BY two negroes atithe storesof the
former today, as q result of d disa-
greement as to business transaction.
Intense excitement prevails and sev-
eral posses are In pursuit OF the me-
groes.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
BOILED TO DEATH 1
IN LARD KETTLE
slx-YEAR-oLD SON OF ILLINOIS
FARMER EALLs4lNTo. cAuL-
DRoN.

Carrni, Ill, Dec. 19:-Willie Koester,
years old som of ga farmer living
near Ridgeway, met "a horrible death
today by falling into a kettle of boiling
lard.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
BROTHERS in DUEL
WITH CORN KNIVES

Delta. Ohio. Dec. 19.--John and Eu-
gene Weaver. brothers. fought duel
today with a shotgun and corn knife
Both are in jail, probably fatally
wounded.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
The House Adiourns.

washington, Dec 1s.--The house OF
representatives today adjourned until
Monday, Jan. 4, 1909.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
SENATE ADJOURNED
At 1880 THIS ?. N.

Washington, Dec. 19.-The senate
adjourned at 1880 o'clock this after
noon until Jan. 4.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19

Fl right hand man of --peaker Can
non is Asher Kinds of Maine. He It
Is who knows the parliamentary rules
governing congress and II the speaker
Is in doubt II is Mr.. I-inds who comes
to the front
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-19
Knox Succeeds Secretary Root

- 80 -. 80 S-ee e e
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-04

Committeeman James A. Len
hart, in hauling the Intelligencer
over the Goals for daring TO criti-
else the action of the county com
mittee in refusing TO grant Audi
tor Scherr a primary election,
says, among other cute things,
that "tho whole principle and
success of these tax laws depends
on the assessment of the corpora
tions,and especially the railroads"
Committeeman Lenhart has II
vague idea that the intention of
the tax laws is to assess railroads.
Just as long as the railroads are
assessed he is satisfied. Mr.. Len
hart is not concerned about the
assessments of the other corpora
tons if the board of public works
salt the railroads.
We suppose Mr.. Lenhart had
in mind the fact that Gov. Daw-
son is largely interested in coal
lands and the oil and gas inter
ests are most friendly to Gov.
Dawson and would-be Gov. Swish
er. Such being the case probably
Mr.. Lenhart thinks the coal. oil,
and gas interests should be ex-
empt from the "true and actual
value" so long as they train with
the statehouse machine. A cor,
poration which is on speaking
terms with the machine can com
NIT most any crime in the calen.
dar so long as it recognizes the
machine as its friend and bene.
factor.
Most every one is familiar with
Il
the assessment of the Standard Oil
Company for 1906 and 1907. In
the former year it was assessed at
Sl6,OOO,000 and in the latter year
at S32,000,OOO. That's what the
Dawson tax laws call the "true
and actual value" The Standard
Oil Company would not sell its
holdings in the state of West Vir-
ginia for s1OO,OOO,0OO. Still it is
assessed at $32,OOO,OOO. This
seems to be satisfactory to "tax
reformer" Lenhart, but he wants
the railroads soaked good and
hard. What a consistent jewel
"tax reform" Lenhart is.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-06-04
Senator Jones Dead.

Former United States Senator
James X. Jones, of Arkansas, died
at his residence IN Washington
Monday afternoon after en- illness
of few hours, aged 90. He was
one Of the leading Democrats in the
senate from 1885 to 1908, and was
one of the strongest supporters OF
William Jennings Bryan, having, as
cha'rman of the Democratic ma
tlonal committee, conducted the
campaigns of 1896 and 1900. Since
leaving the senate in 1903 he has
conducted a law practice in Wash
ington and has not actively engaged
in politics.