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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
No. No DAKOTA
EDUCATORS
Annual Convention Opens IN
Valley City
ATTENDANCE is VERY GOOD
MANUAL TRAINING, VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION AND FREE TEXT
BOOKS ARE SUBJECTS OF AMI
MATED DISCUSSIONS AT THE
MORNING SESSION.

Valley City, N. d. Dee. so.--With
between 400 ana 400 North Dakota
pedagogs in attendance, the annual
convention OF the North Dakota Edu-
cational association opened in the
normal school here this morning. Ow-
ing to the severe storm which 10 rag
ing in this section large number Of
teachers will be unable to reach mere
before tomorrow.
The question OF free text books in
the public schools of the state was
considered by the department OF coun-
ty superintendents and following q
most animated discussion, a resolu-
tion calling on the members of the
Legislature to pass a law providing for
free books was lost. State Superin-
tendent Stockwell presided over this
section this morning and the attend
ance was excellent.
Question Of More Deputies.
Deputies for county superintendent
also claimed the attention Of the de-
partment The present law provides
for one deputy where county haf
$50 schools is considered very made
quAte.
n A committee was named tOsedraw III
q resolution covering this matter and
present IL TO the superintendents sec
tion and also to the general associa-
tion, for consideration. This committed
is composed of the following county
superintendents: Grimm. Cavalier;
Nelson, Barnes; Wells, Walsh; Davis
Adams; Mcdonald; McHenry, and
Polum of Williams.
Owing to the late arrival Of some
of the trains the sessions {. the big
high school department scheduled for
this morning was postponed.
Minot Is after the 1909 convention
in earnest and large number OF those
present are wearing the Minot badge
bearing the words: "Minot in 1S09.'
General Association Meets.
I This afternoon the general associa-
tion convened. The presidents ad-
dress was delivered by Mrs. Matte
Davis of Cass county, Addresses were
also made by the department. presi-
dents. The SUBJECTS OF elementary
education, county superintendents
scool administration, science and
mathematics were discussed by prom
inent educators OF the state.
A complimentary concert will bt
given this evening for the teachers
by the normal school department OF
music. This will be followed by Q
reception given by the citizens o.
Valley city.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
M'CUMBER THINKS
Bill WILL PASS
GEES FAVORABLE coNslpERA-
TON or HIS FEDERAL GRAIN
INSPECTION MEASURE
tsANsBN UGt4,s HI.
s;ss NESS CAUSES
DELAY.

Washington. Dec. So Senator Me-
cumber Of North Dakota, stated at
the White House yesterday that he
hopes to secure favorable considera-
tion OF his federal grain inspection bill
at this section of congress
Il will continue TO press 1t and hope
to get a report from the committee
In time for action at this session" said
Senator McCumber
Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota
Is chairman OF the committee on agri-
culture. before which the bin now rests.
He is i'll in Minneapolis and Senator
Warren, the ranking member of the
committee. is occupied with the duties
of chairman of the committee on milf
tary affairs.
Efforts will be made to have the ag-
ricultural committee report the bill TO
the senate in January.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30

time of her sons trouble all is for
given
She has mortgaged her home to
raise funds with which to defray the
expenses of the trial, and she may sell
1t to get the money for a second de
Tense. The boy, just past his major
ity, can scarcely realize what this
means. 1t is said he has learned a
hard lesson and if set free would de-
vote his life to making his mother
happy during the last years of her
life, but he may not be so thoughtful.
Few sons are. The mother. unmind-
full of self, is giving everything for
her sons freedom SO runs mother
love, the grandest passion in the
world.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30

The Hargis trial is over for few
weeks until a new trial is undertaken
by the prosecution. The patricide and
his devoted mother are, however, still
in the minds of all who have been fol-
lowing the case, and her devotion to
the son strikes sympathic cord in all
of us.
Such devotion, such motherlove, as
Mrs. Hargis has shown the murderer!
The boy is and has been wayward
since he left his mothers arms. His
father, whom he killed, was notori-
ously bad man. The two have made
her life one of sorrow. But in this
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30

Minneapolis, Dec. so.--Married life
IA becoming unpopular in Minneapolis.
Figures OF the license clerk and the
divorce courts show it.
The rseerds kept BY License Clerk
Richard wiggin ia the office Of the
clerk OF the district court show that
during the year 1907 there were s.sG4
marriages In the county. For 1905
the records show that there have been
oniv 8.07s marriages. with scarcely
! chance that the diFerence os ale
car Do made UP In the last two days
Of this FsaE:
And while femer people ia the city
were getting married naore we're sever
ting forever tn brndn ne Wdlock Tn
I9e7 the dirorce courts af the county
ecaatsd q total Of 900 divorces. Ths
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
FIFTY MINERS
DIE IN EXPLOSION

Ennis, w. Va, Dec. so.-The fnsasi-
ties in the Lick Branch mine as the rs-
suit OF an explosion yesterday after
noon viii probably reach ffty. Up TO
. o'clock today twelve bodies had been
taken cut.
According to the mine foreman. there
are thirty eight men In the mine. with
little chance Of their recovery alive.
The cause of the explosion is unknown.
There is no excitement at the mine.
Practically all the women and children
Of the victims are bearing their grief
in silence at their homes on the noun
tain side.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
One Divorce for Every 10 Marriages
Is the Years Record In Minneapolis

same courts during the four terms OF
1908 granted 313 DEGREES Of diyorce.
This shows that the ratio Of divorces
to marriages is gaining rapidly in
Minneapolis. BY the figures during the
year 1907 divorces in the city were g.
per cent OF the marriages. IN 1903
divorces were over 10 per cent Of the
marriages, The increase OF per cent
in the number Of divorces over the
marriages, and the actual falling or ia
the number Of marriages IN this city
ii said TO be remarkable.
According TO recent fsgures complied
in the east, one out OF every ae mar
riages proves failure in Minneapolis
has gone two better than that and ane
out OF every 10 marriages now preuas
failure.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
anna GOULD Will
KEEP HER CHILDREN
FRENCH COURT DENIES PETI.
TloN OF COUNT 6oNI FOR
CUSTODY or THREE
CHILDREN.

Paris, Dec. 30.-The petition OF
Count Boni de Castellane that the GUS
tody OF his three children be given to
his mother, Marquise de Castellane
was denied today The court ruled
the children should remain in the Gus
tody OF the Princess de Sagan. former
iy Miss Anna Gould OF New York.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
HANDS OFF The
DEPOSIT GUARANTY
STATE LEGlsLAToRs ARE WARN.
ED THAT THEYaghiAY CON-
PLIcATE FEDERAL LEG
IsLATIoN.

Washington, Dec. 3o.-word has
gone out to the banks and. other flnan-
cial institutions to oppose all local
legislation to guarantee bank deposits.
1t is claimed by n -1bers of the
monetary commission, which is now at
work on new currency measure, that
II the various states pass bank de-
post guarantee law. 1t viii hamper
federal legislation in regard to nation
al banks and complicate the situation
so much that money stringency
might ensue. a8#
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
IS
A Witness
Major Hams Weeps on the
Stand
COURT TAKES ADJOURNMENT
TEARS FAIL FROM WITNESS
EYES AS HE TELLS HOW CAPT.
HAMS WAS AFFECTED BY
STORIES CONCERNING WIFE
DEFENDANTS COUNCIL ILL.

Flushing, N. Y, Dec. 80. - Major
Hains, United States army, brother to
Thornton Hams, now on trial as a
principal with his brother, Capt. Peter
C. Hains, jr, for the killing OF VIM. E.
the defense today
In a voice that trembled from emo
ton the major told the jury Of the
changes that he had noticed in Captain
Hams mental condition from a year
ago to the time when the captain told
Of those happenings that led to the
separation from his wife All through
his testimony tears fell from Major
Hams eyes.
Preyed Upon His Mind.
Major Hams said that Captain HaIns
displayed evidences of being emotional
and that his mind constantly reverted
TO things that had been told him con-
cerning his wife's alleged conduct with
Annis
Court adjourned this afternoon until
tomorrow on account OF the illness
Of Mcintyre, chief OF counsel for r.
j. Hains.
Further testimony regarding, the
marital troubles Of Capt. Peter G.
Hains. which 1t is claimed originated
while he was In the Philippines, was
heard today In the trial OF Thornton
j. Hains. indicted with his brother.
Captain Hains.
Servants Are Witnesses.
This testimony was adduced from
servants In the home OF Captain Hams
and was brought out by the defense
to show the mental condition OF the
army officers mind, when he learned
of the alleged happening in his home.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
GUNDERSONS DENY
ANY PERSECUTION

Aneta, N. D.. Dec. 30. State Senator
Gunderson insists there was no perse
cution in the prosecution of young
Iverson in the United States court. T4a
further asserts that factional differ I
ences in no way entered into the suit,
claiming the government started the
and the only connection
any member OF the Gunderson family
on their friends had with the case was
in testifying before the court In re-
sponse to suhpoenas. He insists that
the statements by the defense that the
boy was being persecuted are ISLANDERS
on Mrs. Gunderson. who had taken tho
initiative In no manner.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
Another Town Wiped Out.

Catanzaro, Calabria, Dec. 3O.--A
report received here early this
morning says that the town OF
Bagnara, on the coast, to the north
of Reggie, has been completely
wiped ont, fire finishing the work
OF destruction. The report says
that "All inhabitants of Bagnara
are dead" The town counted
about 10000 people. In few days
lime will be scattered over the
heap of ruins which alone mark
the site OF the once populous town.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
DICK LOOKS OUT
FOR own PLACE
REACHES COLUMBUS TO VIEW
THE STRUGGLE FOR THE
SENAToRsHIP.

Columbus, o., Dec. S0.-The arrival
Of Senator Charles Dick this afternoon
and the conferences that will follow,
the looked forward to as offering the
only new features of the senatorial
fight. Senator Dick is extremely in
terested in the outcome OF the contest
as to who shall succeed Senator For
aker in SO far as it will have bear
ing on his own candidacy to succeed
himself in 1911.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
JUNGLE TOM" the ONLY.
PLAY TAFT HAS SEEN
IN YEARS.

Atlanta. Ca, Dec S0.--I5nlike
his pred scessor. Judge Taft win
not attend many theatrical per-
formances when he becomes
president.
a theatre manager sent him a
telegram to Augusta asking him
IL he would accept the courtesy
OF box for New Years eve in
that city. This was his answer:
"ThaniSss have attended only
one theatrical performance in
twenty years: then to see Uncle
Toms Cabin.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
FACTORIES ARE
CLOSED BY SNOW
THREE DAY STORM IN BRITISH
ISLES HALTs TRAINS.

London. Dec. s0--A snowstorr,
which began on the British Isles Sum
day, continues today. and In some
parts, particularly in the north. has
assumed the proportions or blizzard.
In Scotland the train service has been
tied up for twenty four hours, and
many factories have been forced to
close In several of the English coun-
ties the roads are blocked with snow
drifts.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
FAIR ITALY
STUNNED BY
CALAMITY
Survivors Of Quake Horror Are
Demented
ROYAL PARTY ON THE SCENE

THE QUEEN swooNs AS HER
EYES FALL UPON SCENE or
DISASTER AND HoRRoR-TER-
RoR STRICKEN PEOPLE CRY
FOR PITY AND AID DEATH
LIST NOW ESTIMATED, BE-
TWEEN $1,000 AND 10000 -
MANY TERRIBLE, STORIES OF
RESCUE WoRK-THE SEA IS
sTREWN WITH coRPsEs.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
AEoLIAN ISLES DOOMED.

Rome, Dec, 30.--A cable com
munication with the AeIian Islands
twenty-five miles north OF Sicily,
is interrupted. II is evident that
the line is broken and 1t is feared
that the islands also have been
devastated. The largest Of the
group is the island of Lipari and
the capital town has a population
1900. r
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30
TllIman TO Speak.

Columbia, 3. O.; Dec, 5o.--Sen. Ben
janlin r. Tillman will deliver enc Of
the principal addresses at the annual
session of the South Carolina Teach
ers' association, commencing today at
the state house,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-12-30

who heard first trial OF Beach HaF-
gis for killing of his fathAr, and in
which the jury disaGreed. Tins aes=
ond trial OF this remarkable eaps will
undoubtedly take place before Judge
Adams.
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cOatiaued an PAGE Eiga
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-14
DR.. BULL AMAzES
HIS DOCTORS BY
GAIN IN STRENGTH
Wheeled to Plaza Hotel Room
Overlooking the Park, and
Spends an Hour There.
CHATS WITH FAMILY.
Back in His Own Apartment,
He Listens to Several Phono-
graph Selections.

DIR. william T. Bull continues to ex-
completely mystify.ng to those who have
been attending him through his terrible
ordeal His superb physique and splen-
did power of viii have became more and
more manifest at time when silence
had calculated that his battle for ex-
istence would be ended.
Instead of growing weaker. the famous
surgeon has become stronger. Yester-
day he was again wheeled about the
corridors OF he Plaza and spent more
than an hour in room looking out
over Central Park. DR.. Bulls vale;
wheeled him from his apartments on
the FNfty-eighth street side of the hotel
down the corridor along the Fifth ave
nue. side. and thence into a room over
looking the park
Room Carefully Prepared.
This room had been carefully pre-
pared for the sick physician, and the
atmosphere tempered to degree ac-
corGing to his instructions. The sur
geon's chair was rolled into a recessed
window. enabling him without effort or
CHiI4Se ~ position 10 look down upon
the traffic of automobiles and horse
drawn vehicles that passed along the
converging streets,
Snow was falling Lightly, painting the
lawns Of the park and clothing the limbs
OF tho tall trees with downy white.
Dr, Bull expressed delight at the
scene. and insisted on remaining by the
window for more than an hour, cha ting
all the while to his valet. his nurses and
the members OF his family who had
Joined him in the room.
Finally when he had tired of looking
out Of the window the sick man ordered
the valet to wheel him back to his suite.
In plotting the invalid's chair out of the
room the valet bumped it against the
door arnb.
DIT. Bull didn't betray any annoyance.
In fact. when he saw the distress on his
Wallets face he laughed and said:
whats the matter? Are you suffering
from astigmatism?'
Returning TO his room. DR.. Bull re-
quested to hear the phonograph and for
more than an hour he listened to the
canned voices OF his favorite singers
This morning ii was said that the sur
geon was still strong and alert, and that
his suffering was almost nil.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-14
$4,000 W0RKMEN
KILLED IN YEAR
BY ACCIDENTS
Government Record Also
Shows 1000, 900 Were In
jured-CenSure Employers.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-Between
10000 and 3j,ooO deaths and 200, COO in
jured is the accident record in the
United States during the past year
among worklngmen, according to n
bulletin on accidents issued to-day by
the Bureau of Labor. OF those en-
ployed In factories and workshops 1t
is stated that baby the most ex-
posed class are the workers in iron and
steel.
Fatal accidents among electricians and
electric linemen ana coal miners are
declared 10 be excessive, while railway
trainmen were killed in the proportion
of 7.46 deaths per one thousand en-
ployees.
The bulletin declares that much that
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-14
IN BRIDAL GOWN
GIRL TRIES TO END
HER LIFE BY GAS
Believes Fiance Faithless
When Disappointed in a
Theatre Engagement.

Carefully dressing herself in what was
10 have been her wedding gown, Lena
Weisberger, a young milliner, lay on
the bed in her furnished room at No. 81
East one Hundred and Fifty-sixth
street, early to-day, and after turning
on the gas, waited for death. According
to the girls friends, her determination
to die was due TO the ending of her ro-
nance,
The girl, who had heen a short time
in this country, was engaged to marry
Ernest Muench, letter carrier. accord
ing to her landlady, Mrs, Thomas Rush
in, and last night left the house to ac-
company him to the theatre She re-
turned unexpectedly at 0 o'clock. and, in
tears, told Mrs. Rushin that the we'd
ding, which was set TO occur in two
weeks, would not take place.
ERNEST and | have quaueled," she
sobbed, and | don't want to live"
Mrs Rushin talked the girl into a
more cheerful mood, ana when she went
to bed she seemed to have recovered
from her grief. Early to-day. Mrs.
RusLin smelled gas and traced il TO her
lodger's room, She found the girl in
her hnery, stretched on the bed. Gas
was pouring from two jets.
Mrs Rushin opened the windows and
cried for help \ policeman called an
ambulance from Lebanon Hospital, and
the girl was revived and Will recover.
Let me die; don't want 10 live"
she declared, as soon as she opened her
eyes,
on the dresser she had left a note for
Mrs. Rusnin, incloslng a photo post
card Of herself and Muench, which read
as follows:
Dear Mrs, Rushin; Here Is the pic
ture. What you have 10 suffer for me!
Please, Mrs, Rushin, forgive mo. for
have disgrncod your house cannot
live any longer. lie is in the post Office
Ernest Muench. 40. 3i6l Third ave-
nue."
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-12-14
TWO SONGS WIFI Srxr SUNDAYS

the sansn, WnpiI has arranrsd ~ pshliss
The sords and maslc Of two songs nsyt
ssisbssied balsS1oiIs, 30 Lively Sish,.Ss
from mnsnns;ss fhhsr% niSss, IperI 'Isls;
eeIaie upera -0ng hit which lie Malf Hep
ssss: AsJ..iiss sfiss ..,.ss.. This s''A f'ssi'
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-24
ALL MEXICO
TAKES A bTTA

City OF Mexico. June 24.-An
Mexico Joined today In the obscr-
vance of the birthday OF ST. John
the Baptist by taking a bath. and as
IA result this city and. the republic
at large has attained To that coudi-
tion which is next to Goodness. The
municipal fathers have taken expe-
dent measures to provide a sufIi-
Client quantity OF water for the ablu-
tons of the faithful II is esti-
mated that about 5000, 600 gallons
OF the cleansing element was used
tndaS by the inhabinrns bf abe
federal district in honoring ST
John
In addition to those who took
theirs in bath tubs and bathing
tidious have repaired To the rivers,
creeks and canals, which today are
swarming wfh bathers, Iclad in
more or less decolettc costumes.
The more pious are spending the
entire day in the water, such being
considered in Mexico special
means of grace.
at. Johns Day is perhaps more
universally observed in Mexico than
in any other Catholic country, and
for many OF the populace It's ohser-
vance provides the only thorough
bath OF the year. Even that class
OF MeXicans corresponding to the
wandering and weary Willies of the
United States overcome their aver
sion to water on this day and date
only and participate in the all-pre-
vading wetness.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-24

criminal law against a single trust.
what progress can be made with
such an antitrust plank as that in
serted in the Republican platform"
There is a plank in the platform
in favor of such. legislation and su.
pervision las will prevent the fu-
ture over-issue OF stocks and bonds
by interstate carriers" This IS
good. but it is coupled with the adj
vocacy OF n pooling arrangement
which makes large concession to
the railroads without exacting any
security To the public. for the con-
vention voted down an amendment
proposed by Senator I.aFollette's
followers authorizing an enlarge
ment OF the powers OF the inter
state commerce commission
The negro comes in for his quad
rennial quota of taffy. He is re-
minded that the Republican party
gave him freedom and citizenship
and in this is the implied warning
that he must not use his citizen
ship against the party that gave II
to him. The Republican party has
made political capital out of the
negro for more than third OF a
century. In many of the close
states. Il has won it's elections by
negro votes and in the state where
Il has had power II has never treat
"a the negro any better than he has
been treated by the Democrats In
other words, in the northern states.
the Democrats. without receiving
any support from the negro vote,
have been as friendly TO him as the
Republicans. Why is II that the
Republican leaders are only solic-
itous about the colored man when
voting time comes?"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-06-24
PLATFORM AS SEEN
BY MR.. BRYAN

with Republican senators and men,
bers of congress on this indiserim-
mate praise? Nothing is said OF
the conspiracy formed among the
Republican readers OF the senate To
defeat the presidents railroad rate
bill; no intimation is here given
that he sent several messages to
congress in a vain endeavor TO get
the lower house TO take up the re-
forms which he was urging. The
president must resent the fact that
the PLATFORM expresses no gratitude
To the Democratic members and
senators for supporting him when
the Republicans deserted him MIR.
Williams. leader OF the minority.
time and again called upon the Re
publicans to furnish thirty votes in
support of the presidents policies
and pledged the Democratic mi
nority 10 furnish the remaining
number OF votes necessary 10 carry
out several of the presidents rec
concentrations, and yet the men
who wrote the platform presume
upon the ignorance of the public
and complain that the nlibuster
prevented the enactment of many
wholesome and progressive laws.
The plank demanding a perma-
Inent change I'm the currency sys-
TEN is general enough TO permit
the Republican orators to advocate
i'm each section OF the country the
system most popular there, and
sufficiently indefinite to enable
congress to do whatever it pleases
or nothing without vpiat,ng any
pledge. The trust plank must
prove a disappointment to every
Republican who has come to un-
derstand the iniquty of the trusts
There is no demand for the rigid
enforcement of the law; there is
no suggestion that the criminal
clause which has not yet brought
the trust malefactors within the
walls OF "A entiary-should be
called into use. The platform says
the law can be strengthened by
amendments which will enlarge
the supervision of the general gov
eminent. but these amendments are
not mentioned and there is nothing
in this plank OF the platform that
can b. appealed to secure any real
improvement in the law If the
president, with all of his strenuosi-
ty, has not been able to enforce the