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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
ALL SATISFACTORY
Message to the President Indicates
Harmony in China

Washington. Nov. ia special mes
sage from the emperor for President
Roosevelt was received at the Chin
ese legation today informing him OF
the deaths of his predecessor and of
the empress dowager and expressing
the great sorrow felt by the Chinese
people over the calamity that has be-
fallen them. 1t will be transmitted
to the president by Minister WI.
Reiterated statements are made by
the legation officials today of their
disbelief of the probability of any
trouble growing out of the changes in
the government The ne wrulers, they
say, are the logical successors of the
emperor and empress dowager, and
the method fsuccession followed is
entirely legal and proper. The ma
chinery of government appears to he
working out smoothly and all the
vlceroys and governors are loyal and
friendly.
A result of the Boxer rebellion og
1900 when the foreign legations in
Pekin were in great danger, was the
establishment Of military guards as
means of protection for The officials.
These measures are still in existence
and the American, japanese, Russian,
British, French, German, Austrian,
Italian. Belgian and Dutch govern
ments have forces ranging from fifteen
to twenty to $50 men always available
at Pekin to be called upon in the event
that necessity arises. The American
legation has about $50 marines WIN
are In command of Lieut.. Col George
Barnett of the marine corps. The ag-
gregate strength of the guards Of The
various nations amounts to 2,4O0 mon
II do not look for any serious trou.
BILE in China following the changes IN
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
Mine OWNERS (
were ROBBED
Miners Sailed Nuggets and
Dust Worth Several For
tunes Band i ! Organized

Seattle, Nov. 19ss-zR. R. Reed, form
erly employed byfR. T. Barnett, the
owner of Dome Greek mine near Fair
banks, Alaska, and who was arrested
last month on the charge of stealing
geld from his employer. yesterday con-
fessed his guilt, and implicated other
laborers. In his confession Reed
said: II gathered gold and sand in
handfuls out Of the rifles, hid 1t in
my handkerchiefSor gloves or boots,
carried 1t home and washed it out. My
cleanings were from fifty cents to $4OO
a day and the day brought home a
$40O nugget 1t scSEed MY wife it was
so large. Altogether l must have
cleaned up $1,000 Yorth of stolen gold.
! have spent 1t All except $500 you
dug up in my front yard. What
have taken from Barnett's mine is not
drop in the bucket compared with
the stealings that have been going on
in the Tanana district all summer and
are even going onSnow. ! know one
man who has $4,000 worth of stolen
gold salted noM.st There are six
planters working in Barnett's Dome
Creek mine this very minute. There
Is regularly organized bunch of mine
laborers in Alaska who have shaken
down mine owners for a very tidy
sum. I commenced. to do this only
last summer and had only about sixty
days of good stealing"
After Reed Hhad agreed to testify
against the other gold thieves when
taken back tosAlaska, he was releas-
ed on parole s III
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
Man Had Walked 50. Aber-
deen. South Dakos.~ 4,
ST. Paul
FOuND1HuDOlEDuP IN CORNER
Of STATION 81. Paul RAILROAD
Came to the City in Search Of Work
But Being Unused to the Surround
ings, Failed to Secure It and Was
Afraid to Notify Anyone.

81, Paul, Nov. 1S.-Martin Smith
was found this morning huddled in a
heap In the corner of the Chestnut
street station Of the St. Paul railroad
and was hurried to the city hospital.
He was unconscious from want OF
food. From what little could be gath
cred from the man who had walked
to st. Paul from Aberdeen. 8. D. It
Ia thought that he came to the city
in search Of employment and that not
being accustomed to the new sur
roundings he had been unable to se-
cure any work and that his limited
funds had given out several days ago,
since which time he has wandered
about the city afraid to inform any
one Of his condition lest he should
be arrested on q charge Of vagrancy
or something Of the kind. He is evil
IDENTIFY stranger to the ways Of the
city and has probably never been in
one before reaching st. Paul several
days ago.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
NEW INSANITY CAUSE
Deserter Was In Love Deliriun

Washington, Nov. 19.-Having been
adjudged guilty of desertion from the
navy by the court martial at Phila-
delphia, Secretary Metcalf today ap-
proved the sentence in the case of
Charles j. Hartlove, musician, first
class, alias ]. Magnus, who left the
service in order to marry the daugh-
er of the late senator Arthur P. Cor
man of Maryland. The punishment to
be meted out to the young man is i'm
prisonment for one year at the naval
prison Portsmouth, N. H., at the end
of which he is to be dishonorably dis
charged. He is to perform police du-
ties during his confinement and to
forfeit all pay except a small sum for
necessary prison expenses By good
behavior Magnus may reduce the ac-
tual servitude to eight months. The
plea put up by Magnus' counsel was
that he "was in a state of mild that
might be called delirium because of
anticipation of his honeymoon"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
AFTER YOUNG EVANS
Reduced One Hundred and Fifty Points
in the Navy

Washington, Nov. 19-Lieutenant
who was recently reduced one hun
'dred and fifty numbers in rank for
conduct unbecoming an officer and
prejudicial to the service, was today
reprimanded by Acting Secretary New
berry in accordance with the findings
Of the court martial in the following
language:
"The department for reasons OBJ
vious to the service regards this as a
peculiarly deplorable case and in
publishing its disapproval' of. the con-
duct Of Lieutenant Evans, refrains
from expressing fully its condemna-
ton of the actions of this officer on
the occasion in question.
An annual reading. however, of the
charges and specifications with the
findings thereon, will be sufficient to
enable the service to form its own es-
innate of an officer who has been
found guilty of the acts alleged IN this
case.
Admiral Sperry, commander in
chief of the Atlantic feet of battle
ships, in approving the findings, said
that he did so in order that Lieuten-
ant Evans should not entirely escape
punishment" but made known his be-
lief that the young officer had not
been adequately punished. The court
martial found Lieutenant Evans gull
ty Of leaving his station before being
adequately relieved, or disrespectful
language to his superior officer, and
0e inviting twO enJiQfnd mon IN hove
bottle of beer In his room.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19

the heads of the government" said a
we'll known diplomat today who has
spent three years in the service in
Pekin. "The Chinese are law abid-
Ing people," he added. "1t is true
that rebellious movements occur oc-
casionally in the various provinces,
but they are not necessarily aimed at
the Manchu dynasty. They are sim
ply against the existing order of things
and the statement that they are di-
rected against any particular dynasty
in question is simply pretext. They
would OCCUR no matter whether Chi
nese or Manchu were running the gov-
ernment."
This view, while concurred in by
the officials of the Chinese legation,
is not shared by all the diplomatic
corps. some of whom are much less
sanguine of peaceful working out of
the situation resulting in the changes
In the heads OF the nation.
Annoy Pleased
Annoy. China, Nov. 19-The death of
Emperor Kuang Hau was officially an
nounced in this city today. A major
1ty of the people are pleased with the
appointment of Prince Chun to the
regency. but nevertheless there is a
grave anxiety over the possibility of
revolutionary disorders.
Burma Disappointed
Rangoon, Burma, Nov. 19-The
Chinese community of Burma, num-
bering in all 10000 persons, has sent
to the foreign Office at Pekin a tele-
gram protesting against the selec-
ton of Pu vi as emperor of China on
the ground that he is Manchu and
not Chinese
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
NETHERLANDS
TO CALL PEACE
CONFERENCE
Third Peace Congress Will be
Arranged by the Interna-
tional Committee
POWERS NOT ASKED FOR
NEUTRALITY DECLARATION
Such a Course, in the Opinion Of the
Foreign Minister, Would Have Been
Incompatible With the Independence
of Holland.

The Hague. Nov. 1s-The govern
men tof the Netherlands has propos-
ternational committee to arrange for
the third peace conference. During
a debate today in parliament on the
foreign office budget, Foreign minis.
ter Van Swinderen made general
statement on international politics in
the course of which he said he had
delcined to ask the powers for dec
laration of neutrality in the case of
the Netherlands, explaining that such
course would have been incompatible
with the independence Of Holland.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
BRYAN AGAIN
Says He is Not Out of the Race Nor
Discarded,

San Antonio, Tex, Nov. 17.-"My
friends do not require me to prejudice
the future and l shall not take the
advice of my opponents on this SUBJ
ject. l shall continue to write and
speak in defense of things which 1
believe to be good for the American
people.
II hope it may never become neces-
sary to run for Office again, but will
not attempt to decide that question
until the time comes to act
II do not see any necessity to say
more on the subject"
In answer to the direct question
"will you run for the presidency again
If conditions arise to warrant it?"
William J. Bryan today dictated the
above statements.
As to Senate Seat
will you allow yourself to be elect
ed United States senator from Ne
braska?" he was asked.
"They do not elect senator this
year." he said with smile.
"But they do two years from now,"
he was reminded.
"You have my statement regarding
my future so far as l care to say" and
he smilingly refused to discuss the
subject further.
Depends on Circumstances.
In an interview earlier today he
said:
II would much prefer to retire to
private life and hope that four years
hence circumstances will not be such
as to force me into the campaign, but
if circumstances should demand me to
do battle, battle l will.
"The burden carried by the candi-
date is heavy, but no heavier than that
carried by an office holder. l do not
desire to ever be candidate tor Office
again, but it is a difficult matter to
make rule for the future. What the
plans will be four years from now,
I am unable to say. The newspapers
are the ones making the plans, but
whether or not they will be accepted
by the Democratic party is matter
Of conjecture. The Democratic party
is very much alive and will be in the
fight at the next presidential election"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
THE GRUES0ME
DETAILS TOLD
:Depravity Of the Joint Arch
Murderer Of Many Victims
Indicated

Laporte, Ind, Nov. 19.-The chain
of evidence which ID gradually being
drwan around Ray LAmphere for the
murder Of Mrs. Bell Guinness and her
three children was somewhat tighten
ed today by Strengthening several of
the points already introduced. No
new evidence except matters tending
to clinch points already made was in
troduced.
Other Evidence
Carefully working up to the de-
aouement, the evidence by which II is
sought to show that Ray Lamphere
set IRE to the home Of Mrs. Belle Gum
ness and thereby caused the death Of
her and her three children, Prose-
cutOr Smith today unrayeled before
the jury the stories of the fro, told
by the mon who were earliest, on the
scene The greatest interest natural-
" centeYed about the testimony OF
Joseph Maxson, the hired man, hut 1t
varied In no great particular from
the story he told the coroner and
which he related before the grand
Jury.
Indirectly. Attorney Weir for the
defense, on cross examination, tried
to Imply that Mrs, Guinness ON the
night Of the flre. had "dopsd" Maxson
In tho oranges which he ate, but he
denied this. According 70 the defsnss
Aaxson was alleged to have told his
elster such a story, but he denied
positively on the stand that he had
syeF made such q declaration OF that
he ever believed that there was any
HdoDe" In the oranges, " i
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
PROSPERITY SIGNS
Foundrfes Indicate Larger Business
Than Formerly

New York, Nov. 19-Signs of COM
ing prosperity and some immediate
Improvement in the foundry business
throughout the United States and
canada except in some sections of
the south, were reported today by
president o. B. Briggs of Minneapo-
lis, at the twelfth annual convention
of the National Founders association
that began here today. Subjects to
be discussed in the convention are
labor legislation and wage scales in
open shops.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
MRS. GOULD GOT
GOOD AL|M0NY
o.. -
Court Allows Her $25,000 An
nually Pending the Final
Divorce Decree

New York, Nov. 19-Supreme Court
Justice Bischoff, in decision handed
down today, allows alimony of $685.
900 year payable monthly, to Kath-
crime Clemmons Gould, pending the
adjudication of her suit for separa-
ton from Howard Gould. This is the
same allowance that Mr.. Gould has
been voluntarily allowing to his wife
pending the determination of her suit.
She asked for $120,000.
The decision also allows counsel
fees of $4,000.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
FORGER TAKEN
TO PEN|TEhT|ARY
Fear Of Attempted Suicide Civ
On as Reason for the Early
Removal

Chicago. Nov. l9.-Peter Van Wis
sengen. prominent real estate dealer
and self-confessed forger. was taken
to Joliet today under guard by sher-
III Christopher strassheim. Fear that
the disgraced fnancier might attempt
suicide was given as the reason for
his removal from tho county jail at
an earlier date than had been expect
ed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19

made today. Lamphere is under in
ddctment for, the murder of Andrew
Helgelein and for alleged completely
with Mrs. Guinness in that murder.
Sheriff Smutzer told on the stand Of
circumstances connected with Helge-
lein's presence in La Porte. He said
that early In January, Ray Lamphere
came to him and said "If l want to
tell something, can make 1t interest
ing for her." Sheriff Shutter UNDER
stood him to mean Mrs. Guinness.
Lamphere went on to tell the sheriff
that Mrs. Guinness was then looking
for man named rHelgelein, who was
wanted In South Dakota for murder,
having held up man in gambling
house and had secured $4,000, but
I'D been forced to kill the fellow be-
e., he could get ! away. Sheriff.
q s. Immediately wired to the
atls- Sex Aberdeen. 8. D., the
town h. !HDy Lamphere, and receiv-
ed lin@repaf A. 9 telegram which said
that there had been no murder, no
$40, 900 robbery and that Andrew Hell
gelein was q well known farmer in
that vicinity and that he was not
wanted there for any crime. Sheriff
Smutzer, following this disclosure,
paid no further attention to Lam
phere.
A month later Lamphere, when
questioned by Sheriff Shutter regard
ing Helgelein, told the officer that Hell
gelefn had left La Porte for Chicago
that morning on the $40 train. Sher-
If Smutzer also testified to seeing
Lamphere watching Mrs. Guinness one
day in the court house, when she came
to his office. She complained about
Lamphere annoying her and when the
sheriff went to Lamrhere and asked
him why. he did not leave the wom-
an alone, he did not answer.
Sheriff Smutzer testified to being
notified about 5 o'clock on the morn
ing there Immediately. Ho told Of
in gthere Immediately. H told Of
taking charge Of the search for the
bodies and Of keeping gang of men
at work all day and Of finding the
bodies in the northeast corner where
the fire had been the hottest all day
and where the greatest amount of de-
bris was found. Underneath the bod
les, said the sheriff, were twelve or
fifteen inches of debris, including bed
springs burned mattresses, charred
cloth, which had been protected by
the bodies, etc. On either side Of the
bodies was the side rail Of bed. A
burned quilt was between the two
couples, the girls on one side and the
mother and boy on the other. He
again identified the rings found on
the fingers of the large body as rings
he had seen on the fingers Of Mrs
Guinness. He told of finding the jaw
bone and other bones In the same
spot where the bodies had been dis
covered. The finding Of Helgelein's
remembered body was also told by
t,e witness.
Daniel M. Hutson and VIM. Hum
phrsy, who helped Sheriff Shutter to
search for the dead bodies, and who
were early at the fire. related their ex-
:periences, which varied in no way
from their former stories. Hutson
testified That he thought Mrs. Gunness
weighed Id the neighborhood Of 245
pounds.
\ He said that the burned body found
in the ruins weighed about 1855
pounds In that condition.
Hutson is the man who recently told
2 storv OF seeing a woman resembling
Mrs. Guinness at the farm on July 8.
Nothin gon this point was reached in
today's evidence.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
ARMSTRONG IS
NOW TREASURER
New Financier in Government
of Manitoba Was Sworn
in Today t

Winnipeg, Nov. 1s-Hugh Arm
strong of Portage la Prairie, for
years connected with the Booth fish
ing interests as manager and person
al representative in western Canada,
was this morning sworn in as treas
urer in the Manitoba government un-
der Premier Robin, succeeding J. H.
Agnew, who died few days ago.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19

the Pennsylvania railroad were to
crush and cripple, the Empire Trans
portation company SO that the Stand
ard Oil company might acquire it's
property. "It IL not" replied Mr..
Rockefeller.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
a!|':R!A!Ikll'. q! l. AloT In
Traffic Managers Are Considering Only
Classified Articles

New York, Nov. 19-Traff1c agents
of the railroads east of the Mississip-
pi river met in. this city today to dis
cuss the proposed advance in freight
rates. The conference dealt entire
ly with classified articles and exclud-
ed such commodities as grain, coal
coke and ore which make up the bulk
of the freight business. A provisional
list Of tariffs has been drawn up but
this is subject to modification. The
meeting adjourned until Friday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
WAS HoNoRED
New German Ambassador to America
Received Special Honor

Cairo, Egypt, Nov. 1s-Count Jo-
ham Heinrich Won Bernstorff, lately
German minister and consul general
here, and recently named as German
ambassador to Washington, left to-
day for Berlin.
The entire diplomatic corps togeth-
ed with representatives of the khe-
dive. the chief of the British army Of
occupation and the entire German coll
ony, assembled to bid the count fare
we'll. The khedive has conferred the
decoration OF Medjidish, first class,
upon the ambassador and he also gave
q state dinner In his honor.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
WOMAN PERJURER
Sentenced to Five Years in Peniten.
tiary of Nebraska

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 19-Mrs. Alpha
NJ shevalier, accused of perjury In
was today sentenced to five years in
prison by Judge Lincoln Frost. DUR
ing the will contest she testified that
Mrs. Helen Horn died without leav-
ing any cash or personal property.
More than $4,000 was discovered in
Mrs. Shevalier's possession by the
police and her arrest followed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
TO ARBITRATE
Casablanca incident viii be Settled
Kffhlnt War

Paris, Nov. 19-The Casablanca dis
ptite between France and Germany is
to be submitted to the arbitration of
a commission Of five members. This
body will constst@of NJ. Renault and
Herr Kriege, respectively the French
and German permanent delegates to
The Hague tribunal, two members who
have not yet been. appointed and a
fifth selected bysthese four.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
FAMILY TROUBLES
Hollands Queen Must Forego Public
Audiences

The Hague, Nov. 19-In view Of the
fact that an interesting event is ex-
pected next spring. Queen Wilhelmina
has been forbidden by her physicians
to hold her customary private audi
ences. This precautionary measure
is for the purpose of avoiding fatigue.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
FR0UBIE BR1WINal| l|

Wiijtamstad, Casacas, Nev. IA
sYenetueiR sailing boa has arrived
here from the Yene4Hela coast bring.
ing the statement, as yet ,inconhFmsd,
however, that the gpveFnaaeat haSs
closed tho voFt Of Masaicaibo,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-11-19
FOR THE JEWS
Russian Railways Grant Special Emf.
Grant Rates to Them

WHuHG 70 IHCHK
st. Petersburg, Nov. 19-The news
papers of st. Petersburg today an
nounced the Institution of special
railroad passenger traffic for Jews
emigrating to America or other coun-
tries not in Europe, as laborers. On
the railroads of Asiatic Russia this
new fare is approximately haM the
existing third class rate.
The Dolores star., 1908-08-28
cortez Items.

The town is grading the South part
of Main street this week.
The Black Kentuckiatis gave play
here Friday evening August %, it was
well attended.
Mrs. r. r.. Smith and Mrs. M. T..
Swenk, were visitors in Mancos Thurs
day returning Friday.
The Mowery's returned from their
fishing trip on Bear Creek Saturday,
and said they got a good soaking.
The Ladies Aid will give social on
Bozman's lawn Saturday evening Au-
gust 30.
DR.. J. d. Harrington's house Is conf
pleted and the doctor expects to moye
into it soon.
w. Il. Elderi is improving his lots and
getting all ready to erect o new house.
The Christian Science church is
nearly completed and looks fine.
w. F. Mowery was given a hoese
warming Monday night, fine time il
reported. "a
The team on the stage ran away the
first of the week, the bur lost off mid
way between Dolores and Cortes and
the wheel dropped off as he came into
ftown, George McEwen was thrown oul
and badly bruised.
! james MoHery, Rev. II. II. Pierson
The Dolores star., 1908-08-28
RANCH AND HOUSEHOLD. !

All green vegetables should be put
on to cook in boiling water. Veget-
ables that grow above ground should
be salted as soon as placed on the fire,
while those that grow below the
ground--the tnber family, slich as po-
tatoes, turnips, beets, carrots, ETC.,
must not be salted until nearly done,
as the salt toughens the tibers. A very
little pinch of cooking soda in hard
water softens it and very materially
decreases the amount of time necessary
for cooking vegetables. 1t also helps
to preserve the natural color, when
used In water for cooking gfeen veget-
ables.
The Dolores star., 1908-08-28
Bear Creek.

tReceived too late for last weeks issucD
George Sullivan is building new
hay barn.
William Sylvie and family are visit
ing at Mrs. William Kings.
MIR. Saxton and wife of Mancos are
fishing in the upper Dolores.
Bob Brown and family and Del Rap
lee and wife are fishing near Roaring
Fork.
Mr.. Mowery and some friends of Cor
tez, are camped at Bear Creek after
going through quite an experience in
trying to ford Bear Greek, they got
stuck in the creek and in trying to get
out the wagon turned completely over.
A number of the party received nice
cold bath while trying TO secure a trunk
and several other articles which hoated
down streatn. They We're much sur
prised to find they were still In Monte
yuma County.