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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-11-23

instructed the girl to order the car
riage.
I'm sorry, ma'am," said the
maid, with a courtesy, "but Bald
win, the coachman, has gone away
and will not be back for an hour. "
Mrs. Van Buren's quick temper
fred up Immediately.
Baldwin had no right to leave
the house without my permission.
Here am ready to go down town
and no one to drive the carriage"
Van Buren,, who was stroking his
imperial, looked up with a quizzical
smile.
81 have a brilliant idea, Amelia, -
he said.
What is it," she asked.
"Why. the subway" he re-
sponded. The new railroad starts
business today. Let's tr, it. It'll
be jolly lark"
They were soon in enc of the
cars of the new subway ON their
way down town. 1t was a novelty,
so much so that the vehicle was
packed almost to suffocation, and
the wealthy woman and her aristo-
cratic husband were compelled to
hang ON to the straps during all of
90 minute ride. She was pushed
in ali directions. crowded and sub
jected to all sorts of indignities,
but bore 1t with a good natured pa
thence that surprised her husband.
When they were half way down
town the lights suddenly went out
and the car stopped. 1t took sew
eral minutes to repair the damage
and then the car resumed its jour-
ney. Mr.. and Mrs. Van Buren, got
out at the City Hall park, and as
they reached the sidewalk the
woman put her hand mechanically
to ner throat and then gave a ter,
rihle sl' iek.
ooh, my brooch is gone!"
The listless look on the mans
face disappeared Immediately and
he became much concerned.
This is terrible" cried Van
Buren,. I'VE will go to the police
a. once and enter q complaint"
The authorities started to work
Immediately and made a system
attic attempt to trace the missing
jewels. All of the pawnshops were
notified Immediately and every po
liceman In the city was instructed
to keep his ewes open for profess
sional thieves, and II they came in
contact with any of them to bring
them to the city hall on general
principles. AS result of this drag
Iet some half dozen professionals
were arrested during the next few
days.
II was an extremely difficult case
and the police We're just about
ready to give II up when old ma
Fox was called in and asked to
exercise his Ingenuity.
He listened carefully to the story
of all that had been done. and then
there suddenly flashed across his
memory the recollection OF man
named Julius Weston, who was an
assayer of gold and silver in the
lower part Of the city. He had
practically nothing In stock. bI,
his little cellar contained dozens OF
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TO SA We TTfEbGSEL YES, THESE TWO MEN ACCUSED OF
MURDER WILL SACRIFICE WOt1ANSNAKED SOUL
AND CLAUDIA HAMS ORDEAL
ON THE ALTAR OF PUB
LiciTY WILL BE FAR GREAT.
Err THAN THEIRS ON THE
ALTAR OF THE LAW.

SPECIAL Correspondence to The Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 23-Two men
are accused of murder. Their
lives are in peril. Their ordeal is
terrible.
Yet there is one, only a witness
in the case, who faces, in this trial,
torture worse than that of the ac-
cused brothers Hams. She is
Claudia Hams, wife of the slayer
of William e. Annis.
If the efforts OF the lawyers OF
the defense can accomplish it, her
secret life during her husbands alb.
sence is to be laid bare. They ex.
pect to hold her up to the gaze of
the courtroom, of the people of
this country-yea, to the eyes of
the whole world, as woman who'll
ly carnal, faithless to her marriage
VOWS, willingly debauched, utterly
soulless.
Evelyn Thaw willingly laid bare
her sin. the hidden hideousness and
depravity of her life, to save her
husband from the electric chair.
Not SO Claudia Hams. She will
be no willing sacrifice. If Captain
Peter Hams is to be saved from
punishment for his crime by the
justification of the "unwritten law"
that justification will have to be
thrown into the teeth of his wife,
forced home with proof that she
cannot deny.
The burning question in the
Hams murder trial is not whether
the Hams brother murdered Will
liam Annis, but whether the sacri-
fee of the. naked soul of Claudia
Hams on the altar of publicity will
save them from punishment.
Into this trial will come the
diary-letter sent by Mrs. Hams to
her husband-the letter which up
set his self-contrOl, II not his rea-
son, and brought him home as fast
as steam could carry him, to learn
from his wife's own lips what her
life had been. to send her from
him, to brood and to kill
This diary-letter shows a woman
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cising him. So he intends to hunt
big game and write for the Out
look.
The other six reasons are imma-
terial
In Africa T. r. is going to try to
capture white, square Tipped rhi-
nocerous. AS everybody knows, the
ordinary rhinocerous of commerce
Is of the pointed lip variety and is
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CARPENTERS MAKE 50
ON DAYS WORK

A force of IL carpenters at
double time. SO per day, were at
work Sunday on the building
which Is being jointly erected by
the national apple show and the
Billy Sunday revival. The build
ing is being erected under the day
labor plan by union help. It will
be completed and in readiness for
the apple show opening on Deem
Der Z, 1t Is announced.
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brown. 1t is rumored that the other
kind exists, and T. r. hopes to con-
tribute one to science. Incidentally.
we will, IL possible, pick up an
okapi, a strange looking animal re-
Gently discovered by Sir Henry
Johnston, the great African ex.
plorer. The okapi looks like .
cross between zebra snd = llama.
They are very hard to get
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THE THEFT OF THE
VAN BUREN, BROOCH

The story of the theft of the cele-
brated Van Buren, brooch was ex-
plotted widely in the newspapers
at the time of the incident, but
careful readers will recall the fact
that there never was offered any
satisfactory solution of the recov-
cry of the famous jewels. 1t was
one of those things so cheerfully
consigned to the lumber room OF
unsolved mysteries, but the whole
transaction was cleared up, al
though the facts were kept care
fully guarded from the alert and
enterprising reporters.
Mrs. Cornelius Van Buren,, as
probably is well known, was inn
mensely rich in her own right and
gave entertainments which in their
splendor rivaled anything that you
now hear of among the -four hun
bred" at Newport. Her first hus.
band, in the words of the biograph-
ical notices, was, in his youth, poor
but honest. He went up into the
northwestern part of Pennsylvania
shortly after marriage and was for
tunate enough to strike oil. From
that day until the time of his early
death he never did stroke OF
work.
Riches gushed out of the earth,
and with a recklessness character
istic of his nature he made an
effort to live in manner BETTING
his wealth. The result was death
from apoplexy before he had
reached his fortieth year. His
widow, bright, ambitious woman,
having wealth and some beauty,
was anxious for a husband with a
distinguished name and a family
pedigree. She got both in Cornelius
Van Buren,. He was, II the expires.
sion can be used, immensely poor
and terribly proud. He smoked
fine cigars, wore good clothes and
talked necessarily of his venerated
ancestors.
The match seemed to be desir,
able from the standpoint OF both
parties. The prince, as Van Buren,
was called, was some years her
junior, but she adored him and rev
eled in the praise which he invar
iably received when he led the
cotillion at the first affair OF the
-four hundred" His well culti
waited mustache and imperial
stamped him as an aristocrat OF
the first water. but 1t must be con
fessed that he had some few weak
nesses. One of them was an In
ordinate fondness for the race
track,
But he was gallant man in the
highest sense of the term and ex
hibited almost reverence for
women. He was certainly a faith
full attendant upon Mrs. Van
Buren,. One morning she had oc
casion to do some shopping and
asked him il he would be kind
enough to accompany her. The
prince abhorred the department
stores. and mentally had outlined
o program which included fore
noon at the Art club and an after
noon at the race track. but, sup
pressing his yawns. he cheerfully
consented to accompany his wife
She rang the bell for her maid and
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YOUNG WOMEN WIN 600

Over 600 members were added
TO the Spokane Young Women's
Christian association in the recent
campaign for new members, bring.
ing the total membership up to
ALSO.
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John ]. Lane, for long time
connected with the w. S. Grins-
fielder company, has taken a posi-
ton as assistant manager with
the Buchanan Undertaking Co.
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lido you insist on it," asked old
Fox regretfully.
Yes" she exclaimed; II insist
on it. Produce the man."
1.-THE door of the adjoining room
was thrown open and out walked
Ia, tall, well groomed figure.
b 1t was the prince-none less than
Cornelius Van Buren,.
I The moment she set eyes on the
man she gave a terrible scream
and fell back into her chair in a
faint. They sprinkled her face with
water and chafed her wrists and
presently she came to and in a
feeble voice asked to be left alone
with the man.
The request was granted. After
10 or 10 minutes had elapsed Fox
cautiously opened the door and
peered in. The prince had his arm
around the waist of his wife and
she was looking up into his eyes
with a look of unutterable love-
The opening of the door aroused
them.
She rushed over to Fox and put a
well filled purse into his hand.
1t did not get into the newspa-
pers; also nothing was said of the
fact that the prince had paid off
the heavy losses he had made at
the race track-losses made the
day before the brooch was stolen.
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the EMPEROR. SHOOTS
WITH BUT ONE ARM

BERLIN, Nov. 23.-The, left arm
Of Emperor William, from his
birth, has been partly useless.
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T. JENKINS HAMS

return, of medical attention she re-
ceived in order to avert the most
damning proof of her guilt.
= Black, blacker, blackest-the or
deals this woman must go through,
before the law shall have done with
her husband and his brother, and
Justice shall have done with her.
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they became a burden.
This diary-letter has been de;
nounced as forgery by Mrs.
Hams. Her husbands lawyers
have offered to pay her $1,000 II
she will make affidavit to that ef:
feet, and then have her arrested
on perjury charge. She must
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CAPTAIN PETER C. HAMS

who smoked cigarets in her home,
who turned somersaults in her
kitvhen for the amusement of her
maid, who reveled in midnight 'joy
rides" in automobiles, and in drink
ing carousals with men and women
to whom the proprieties were as a
cloak, to be thrown aside whenever
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There are two kinds of small
boys-bad ones and sick ones.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-19
Big L0UDOWHISTLE - -
FOR fire. ALARMS
A "SlREN" WILL AWAKEN SLEEP
Frs ON FIERY OCCASIONS .
HEREAFTER
CHEMICAL ExTINGUISHERS AND
OTHER SUPPLIES FOR FIRE
DEPARTMENT

In a short time if people sleep
through fire alarm it will be only
because the electric light plant runs
out of steam at the critical moment,
when is not likely. The Fire COM
mittee of the city council Saturday
ordered knocking bird whistle six
inches in diameter, which will be
placed on the power house. This
whistle has sliding valve which
gives all kinds of tones to the fearful
sound which comes from it, accord
ing to the skill and industry of the
man at the end of the string. 1t is
a fortunate thing that it will be only
used for alarm purposes as in that
role it is an entire success.
The committee also ordered two
portable chemical fire extinguishers,
which are mighty good thing where
they can be used at the inception of
the fire. Half a dozen rubber coats
and caps, new couplings and shut
off nozzle were also ordered. With
shut-off nozzle the hose can be car
ried into building to the seat of the
fire without wetting everything in the
path and at will can be opened to
play a stream and the stream cut Off
when desired.
David Jenkins, who has heretofore
been on duty nights, has been en-
ployed to spend all his time, day and
night, at the hose house at salary
of sou per month for the present.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-19
Studies For Holy Orders

Those who know Chas. B. Epson
will be pleased to learn that five male
communicates Of the Episcopal
church met today with Archdeacon
Jones to draw and frame the neces-
sary papers recommending Mr.. Up
son to the standing committee Of the
diocese as candidate for holy orders.
Four years will be spent by the can
didate in the theological college at
Faribault preparatory to his admis-
sion into the sacred ministry of the
church.
This makes the second candidate
to be recommended for holy orders
during the present rector,s term OF
Office
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-19
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
Presidents Worst's Speech

Fargo, N. D., Jan. 16-The agricul-
tural club was addressed by President
Worst at its regular meeting Satur-
day evening, Jan. 18th. The remark
was made after the meeting that this
address was worth coming to the COL
lege for, three months if the student
got nothing else from the time he
spent here President Worst said
that nsome ways the people of this
country are far behind the older coun-
tries in agricultural lines, while in
some ways we are far ahead of them.
They are far more systematic and
conservative than We are, but the
higher learning is confined to the
few. Here the main object is to edu-
cate every man equally.
The Enemies of Weeds
The department of botany is re-
ceiving a good number of letters from
those who have tried the spraying
methods for destroying mustard, Can
ada thistle and other weeds. Nearly
all of these indicate that there is
much hope in this sort of weed eradi-
cation. Mr.. B. 0. Wralstad of Graf
ton says that he tried iron sulphate
on mustard, sunfowers, kinghead and
Canada thistle. One application was
sufficient for the first three named
while on the Canada thistle three APP
plications were necessary before they
were destroyed. The reason for this
is that the Canada thistle has very
long underground roots that constant
ly keep sending up new shoots. By
spraying several times these roots
become so weakened that they can
no longer send up new growths. 1t
would be great help to the depart
ment if all those farmers who tried
spraying last year would write of the
results of their work to the college.
Samples Of Flax Seed
The botanical department has sack
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They ENTERTAINED
THE TRAVELLING men
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB SMOk.
Err FOR THE TRAVELLING MEN
MOST ENJOYABLE
CARDS, BILLIARDS, ETC, FOL.
LOWED BY LUNCH, AND HAP
PY ADDRESSES

1t was a happy thought on the part
of the Commercial club to invite the
members of the U. G. T. to a social
and smoker. There is no set of men
in the city who are more entitled to
such an entertainment or who can
better appreciate such a courtesy.
The meeting last evening was brill
liant success, both for entertainer
and guest.
The club rooms were filled with ira
Yelling men from Bismarck council
and elsewhere who spent the evening
with cards, billiards, pool and social
intercourse. A nice lunch and CT
gars followed and then came the ora.
torical feast.
It. R. Mockler, on behalf of the
club gave a ringing speech that voic-
ed the spirit of good will of the Com
mercial club and citizens of Bismarck
toward that ubiquitous good fellow
the drummer
Chairman R. l.. Best prepared the
way in happy speech for Mr.. Suffel,
credit man for many Twin City whole
salers, who spoke highly of the finan-
cial standing of the business men of
North Dakota. w. S. Casselman re-
piled on behalf of the U. c. T. and
gave thanks for the generous treat
ment of the Commercial club.
Speeches were also made by Mr..
Moore of the government naturaliza-
ton service, Mr. Mckay of Fargo,
Mr.. Stevenson, Mr.. Wilcox and Tom
Hughes, all in a very happy vein of
appreciation.
On behalf of the band Messrs Sell
lens and Peterson pledged their CO.
operation in taking the band to Cal
gary for the next meeting of the U.
G. T. in June.
The meeting broke up at late hour
with feeling that the evening had
been we'll spent on the part of all
participating.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-19
Broke Down

Yesterday afternoon, while Mrs. P.
c. Remington was out riding in her
two seated surrey the driver, in
crossing the trolley tracks got a
wheel caught between the rail and
the planking with the result that the
wheels were entirely smashed. Mes
danes Remington and Jewell and
Paul Remington, jr., and the driver,
had close call to being thrown out,
but the accident occurring on Fourth
street, near Main, number of men
rushed to their assistance and none
of them were hurt.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-19
Great Weather

Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock the
mercury on the street registered 81
above and the bright sun made over
coats a burden. In every way the
day was as perfect as the weather
clerk could make it, but too fine for
this time of year and it is doubtless
from this class of weather which has
prevailed for the past month, that
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ed the different samples of fax seed
which are thought to be resistant to
wilt and other troubles. About $50
bags of these will be distributed
among the farmers of the state for ex-
detrimental trials this year. The seed
will be sent out in quantities suffi-
cient to sow one-eighth acre, one
fourth acre and onehalf acre plots.
This seed is sufficiently resistant to
allow it to produce practically full
crop of fax on thoroughly diseased
ground here at Fargo. It is not known
what the effect will be on this resist
ant seed when it is sown upon ground
of different character from that at
this station.
Lecture on Tuberculosis,
| Dr. Van Els lectured to the veter-
mary class Jan. 13 on tuberculosis. To
| illustrate his talk he had fresh box
of condemned tuberculous meat that
he had just received from some of
the packing houses of Chicago. One
of the pieces was a whole side of a
steer that had tubercular LESSONS lit
orally covering the inner side of the
thoracic cavity. He said that was
what the old English butchers used
to call grapes" on account of the
lumpy appearance. Other specimens
| were parts of the liver, spleen, lungs
and various glands and one specimen
of hog from this state that had a
very severe case of tuberculosis of the
bones of the leg and in the synovia1
glands of the lower jaw. Anyone who
saw these specimens would not hesi-
tate to approve of the most drastic
legislation to prevent this meat from
being sold for human food. And yet
what laws have we? Very few, and
the inspection that we do get at the
large packing centers was brought
about by the German governments
refusing admittance to American
meat. In order to sell our meat
abroad it had to be thoroughly in
spected. For some time the rejected
meat was sold to dealers in this coun-
try. State and national pure food
flaws cannot be too severe in such
cases.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-19
Noted Birthdays

Superintendent Stockwell has issu-
ed fine pamphlet devoted to the
celebration of the birthdays of Wash
ington and Lincoln. The little book
is full of excellent articles on patriot
ism, poems appropriate to school cele-
brations of the birthdays of these two
presidents and other matter calculat-
sed to inspire the youth of the state
with the highest ideals.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-19
DESTROYED the Beer

Saturday afternoon Chief of Police
Carr destroyed two full barrels of bot
tied beer and three barrels of empty
bottles by order of Judge Gilbert, by
whom the amber juice was condemn
ed. The contraband stuff was seized
On a search warrant some days ago
at the home of one Fetch, it being
charged that his wife sold the beer to
support her sick husband, who has
since died.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-19
Hettinger Boomers

G. S. Aunger and Geo. w. Bysom,
county commissioners of Hettinger
county, were in the city yesterday on
their way to Fargo on business in the
interest of their county
Both gentlemen are enthusiastic
workers for the Slope any and all the
time and say some very nice things
of Hettinger county and it's rapid
growth. .S
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-01-19
much of the sickness is due, for few
have the wisdom to wear an overcoat
in warm weather and colds are the
fashion of the Missouri Slope
Made Niuht Hideous

At an early hour this morning Po-
liceman Ely arrested Charles Millett
and John Rasmussen for being drunk
and disorderly. Two other young
men were also nabbed but during a
struggle with Rasmussen they got
away. The policeman called by
stander to his assistance and the two
men were placed in the coop.
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PEOPLE WHO COME and GO

Mrs. j. E. Anderson of Mckenzie,
was in the city yesterday.
B. f. Scovil of Mckenzie, was
transacting business in the city yes
terday.
Johanna Erickson was in the city
yesterday from Arena.
B. l.. Noble and c. o. Illness were
in the city yesterday from Wilton.
Rev. w. G. Menges was called to
New Salem to fill his presiding eld-
er's appointment. He will return in
a few days.
William Crotzer of Driscoll, has
been in the city the past two days on
| matters of business.
G. F. Bergdorf of Ashley, was
| among the visitors in the city this
week.
w. E. Lair and family returned
Thursday from Iowa where they Wis.
Fitted for some time.
Ole J. Fox is in Sterling for a few
days on a visit
]. w. Friddle of Mckenzie, was in
the city yesterday on business.
Fred Nelson was in the city yes
terday from Menoken.
Jacob Frieyen of Ashley, was in the
city yesterday. He had just returned
from trip into Canada.
| H. A. Hallum was in the city yes
terday with his auto. Mrs. Hallum
who has been in the hospital for sew.
eral days, returned with him.
i T. F. Holly purchased several lots
last week in Williams addition and
moved small house onto them and
he is very much pleased with his
move.
81 Emil Norden of Pinto, Oliver cotln-
ty, was in the city yesterday transact.
ing business.
| James Claridge, now of Menoker
but formerly of Nebraska, was in the
city yesterday and remarked that he
was very much more favorably i'm
pressed with his new home than he
was with the old.
R. H. Garritt has taken a position
as stenographer and typewriter in the
office of the Burleigh County Alb
| stract company.
Geo. Proctor was in the city yes
terday from his farm and said NORTH
! Dakota does not do things by halves
and when she sets out to give us 6
good winter we get the best there is
Ed Morris has been in the country
quite little the past week and has
made some long drives in summon
ing jurors.
/ 0. G. COrdry, an experienced dry
goods man from the east, has accept
ed a position with Webb Bros. His
wife and family will arrive in a few
| days.
Otis H. Oakley, undertaken fol
Webb Bros, is at the hospital very
sick with pneumonia.
Mrs. M. P. Slattery is confined tt
her bed with sickness.
F. L. Conklin has returned from
Garrison
Tony Aune, night clerk at the
Grand Pacific, is numbered among
the sick ones.
H. R. Berndt has returned from
Garrison.
Judge Fisk yesterday went tc
Grand Forks for short stay a
home.