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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
WORK OF CONGRESS
Wednesday, March q.

House-Postofice appropriation bill
technically under consideration, but
the discussion took a wide range.
Speculation in cotton, finance, the tar
if and a number of miscellaneous
matters in turn occupied the whole
time of the session.
Senate-Currency legislation was
the subject of consideration. MI. Hep
burn (Ia.) opposed the pending bill
and declared that it was useless and
he would not vote for it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
PLANNED TO GET AWAY.
But Precautions Of Sheriff Fooled
Prisoners Scheme.

Prisoners Scheme.
Edwin Ross, who pleaded guilty to a
charge of safe-breaking and was sem
fenced to twenty years in the peni-
Tertiary by Judge Kneeshaw Of Penn
bina, has been placed in the p%eniten-
tiary at Bismarck.
While being transferred from the
Northern Pacific depot to the Great
Northern depot at Grand Forks Ross
was shackled and h~andcuffed. He was
handcuffed on the way down from
Pembina to Grand Forks, and the
shackles were added just before the
train reached Grand Forks. Ross told
the sheriff that it was a good thing
that the shackles were put on him,
for he probably " would have
reached the Great Northern depot
alive. He had planned to break for
liberty just after arriving at Grand
Forks.
Despite the efforts of the authorities
to induce Ross to tell who were the
two men who had aided him to crack
the Great Northern safe at Walhalla
and rob the Hellfach jewelry store, he
stood pat and told them he would take
a life sentence rather than peach"
on his confederates.
Ross was disappointed when Judge
Kneeshaw gave him such a severe
sentence. He has a long criminal
record in North Dakota, Minnesota and
Western Canada, and was recently
recaptured in Winnipeg after making
his escape from the Pembina Jail.
O'Neill, who made his escape from
Pembina Jail with Ross, has not been
caught,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
Items of a Week From Various
Parts of the State.
GRAND FORKS TO PROTEST
Will Oppose Plan to Close Navigation
on the Red River North Of
That City.

Grand Forks will enter a vigorous
protest against a proposition to close
to navigation the Red river from
Breckenridge, Mimi, to Grand Forks.
In the summer the Red River Trans
portation company's boats ply between
Grand Forks and Belmont, up river,
and great quantities of grain are
brought to Grand Forks and reshipped
over the railway lines. Navigation is
carried on to points below Oslo, which
Is also made a terminal point. From
Grand Forks to Belmont is about thir-
ty-fve miles, and at many points
along the river there are warehouses
where grain is reshipped. There is
also quite a traffic in wood cut along
the river banks. From Belmont to
Fargo the river has not been naviga-
BILE for years.
The plan now is to close the river
to navigation and make it possible to
and other structures.
The Grand Forks Commercial club
has been advised of the proposed &C
ton and will be represented at the
meeting in Fargo on March 10. 1t is
a %foregone conclusion that the club
will go on record as being e%mphatical.
ly opposed to the proposition to de-
clare the stream closed to navigation.
The Red River Transportation COM
pany has made plans for extensive i'm
provements in the steamer and freight
service On the river, and it is the gen.
eral opinion in Grand Forks that there
is no good reason for closing the river
between there and Belmont.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
officers of the Y. M. c. A.

At the North Dakota Y. M. G. A..
convention at Grand Forks, A. j. Eliot
of Chicago, International student C
rotary for the West, presided. An in
teresting programme Of speeches was
carried out. The election of officers
resulted as follows: President, r. B.
Griffith, Grand Forks; first vice presi-
dent, H. l.. lockwood, Valley City;
second vice president, DR.. J. E. Boyle,
university; secretaries, Paul Carrot of
Fargo and F. H. Haskins of Mayville.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
Woman Charged With Arson.

Charged with setting fire to the
residence of John skala. at Chaffee,
on Nov. 3, 1907, Mrs. Mary Schoessow
was arrested at that place and taken
to Fargo. She was arraigned before
Judge Miller and placed under a $500
bond for her appearance in court. Ever
since the fire, Skala has been securing,
evidence and his efforts resulted in
the arrest of Mrs. Schoessow.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
ToIedo lcemen Set Free.

Toledo, O., March 10.-Judge Brough,
in common pleas court, has issued an
order releasing from jail R. c. Lem
mon, r. A. Beard and Joseph Miller,
the ice dealers sentenced to six
months Imprisonment for violation of
the antitrust laws. The men had
served th~irty-seven days.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
Train Stops for Big Family.

The westbound Oriental limited Of
the Great Northern made the first stop
in years last week at Arvilla, to allow
William Snyder and family, prize win
ners at the Iowa state fair at Des
Moines, where they secured second
Roosevelt trophy, to get off. The fam
fly consists of fourteen children. Sny-
der is from Mount Pleasant, Ia, and
he has purchased 480 acres of land
near Arvilla. There were fifteen in
the party.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
ASSISTANT WARDEN SLAIN
convicts Also Wound Head Of Mon
tana Penitentiary,

Convicts Also Wound Head Of Mon
tana Penitentiary.
Deer Lodge, Mont, March 9.-War-
den Frank Conley of the Montana pen
itentiary was dangerously wounded
and his first assistant warden, John
Robinson, was killed when three life
convicts made a dash for liberty.
Robinson's throat was cut from ear
to ear and the jugular vein was sew
cred. Conley's throat was gashed and
he was stabbed several times in the
shoulder and groin before he was able
to draw his revolver and shoot two of
the convicts. 1t is believed that the
warden will recover The two convicts
are dangerously wounded.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
Jerome Replies to Charges.

New York, March 9.-District At
torney Jerome has left for Albany to
present in person to Governor Hughes
his reply to the charges filed against
him by William F. King, former pres
ident of the Merchants association.
The reply makes a document of 700
pages. Neither the text nor the sub.
stance will be made public until the
governor has received the first copy.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth. March 9.-Wheat-To ar
rive and on track-No. l hard, $1.10;
No. l Northern, s1.0S; May, $1.O6;
July, $1.061A. Flax-To arrive and on
track, $l.14A; May, s1.15A; July,
$1.16%.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago. March 9.-Cattle-Beeves,
$4.2O@6.25; COWS and heifers, $4,000
6.l5; Texans, $4.00@4.80; calves, $5.25
@7.OO; Western cattle. $4.0O@5.OO;
stockers and feeders, SO. 0O@4.90 Hogs
Light. $4.45@4.47h; mixed, $4.5O@
40; heavy. $4.5O@4.80; rough, $3.50
GAGS; pigs, $685. @4.5O. Sheep, 1885
@6.0o; y%earlings. $5.5008.26; lambs,
S6.6007.1O.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
Minneapolis Wheat.

Minneapolis, March 9.-Wheat-
May, s1.07@1.o7h; July, $1.05M. On
track-No. 1 hard, $1.11M @1.11M; No.
1 Northern, s1.0S% @1.09A; No. 2
Northern, s1.06% @1.06%; No. 9
Northern, $1.02@1.05.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
Friday, March 6.

Reconsideration adopted provid.
ing for an Investigation of the charges
made by Congressman LiIley that
members of the naval committee had
been unduly influenced In recon-
mending certain torpedo boats.
Senate-Army pay bill, increasing
the pay of officers from 5 to Is per
cent and of enlisted men 40 per cent,
passed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
Monday, March 9.

senate-Mr. Bailey (Dem., Tex.a
spoke at length in opposition to the
Aldrich currency bill. Session then
adjourned on announcement of the
death of Representative Meyer of
Louisiana.
House-Adjournment taken immedi.
ately after adoption of resolutions on
death of Representative Meyer (La.).
No other business transacted.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
HUGHES is ENDORSED.
New York Republican State Commit.
tee Takes Action.

New York, March 7.-Governor
Charles E. Hughes has received the
endorsement of the New York Repub-
lican state committee as a candidate
for the presidential nomination. The
resolutions, adopted by unanimous
vote of the committee. commended
President Roosevelt "for his rugged
determination to oppose wrongdoing
and in demanding justice for all" and
classed him with "the greatest and
most heroic figures in American his
tory" Washington, Lincoln, Grant and
McKinley.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
Boy Killed by Boiler Explosion.

The boiler of a water heating at
tachment to a kitchen range burst at
Fargo, killing the two-year-old son Of
J. S. Collins and seriously injuring Mr..
Collins one-year-old daughter. The
father and mother escaped injury. The
water pipes froze and when an at
tempt to thaw them out was made,
the boiler burst and a piece of the
metal struck the boy In the head.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
FOUR OF THEM DEAD.
Twenty-six Laborers Overcome by
Gas in Tunnel.

Baltimore. March 7.-Twenty-six
railroad laborers were overcome by
gas in the Pennsylvania railroad tun-
mel here. -Four died and ten were so
badly affected that they were taken
to a hospital. The others revived.
Three of the dead are negroes, the
other a white man. The men were
at work grading In the tunnel ct the
time of the accident.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
Chicago Grain and Provisions,

Chicago, March 9.-Wheat-May.
s5Mc: July, soA @so%c; Sept, S7%c.
Corn-May. 64A @64Ac; July. 62c:
Sept, Gle. Oats-May. 51Ac: May,
old. 537bc; July, 1850; July, old,
AAc. Butter-Creameries. 22@28c;
dairies. 20@26c. Eggs-18@1Shc.
Poultry-Turkeys, 13c; chickens, 800
l2Mc; springs. 12hc.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
Claims He Was Robbed.

M. Viste, who says his home is in
st. Paul, told the Grand Forks police
that he had been robbed of $50 in
cash, a note for 500 and his coat and
vest, while sleeping ina room In the
Columbia hotel.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, March 9.-Cattle-Good to
choice steers, $4.75@5.50; fair to good,
S4.00@4.75; good to choice COWS and
h%eifers, s3.25@4.25; veals, $3.75@5.25.
Hogs-$4.40@4.60. Sheep-Wethers,
e5.25@5.75: good to choice lambs,
S6.25@6.76.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
JURY is SECURED.
Will Try Giuseppe Ala, Murderer o
Father Leo Heinrichs.

u 1S0 :" 'S''o'
Denver. March 10.-A jury has
been secured to try Giuseppe Ala,
charged with the murder of Father
Leo Heinrichs, Feb. %, last.
The entire session of the court was
taken up in the examination of tales
men, thirty-three passing through a
rigid cross-examination.
With the jury box filled, it is be-
lieved that the rest of the trial will
not consume more than two days.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
FAMlLY's NARROW ESCAPE
Farm House Burns and the Inmates
Get Away in Night Clothes.

The farmhouse of August Kanenow-
ski, two miles north of Crary, was to-
tally destroyed by fire and the family
had a narrow escape from death. They
were aroused just in time to get out
in their night clothes. They ran with
bare hands and feet to a barn, where
Kanenowski hurriedly hitched a team
and drove them to a neighbours resi-
dence, a mile distant.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-03-12
Thursday, March S.

House and Senate-Out of respect
to the memory of the late Senator
Proctor of Vermont both branches of
congress adjourned. No business of
Importance was done in either body.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
PERPETUAL USE OF STREETS.
Assertion That Bill for New York Central
Violates Provision of City Charter.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Public Service Commissioner WILCOX re-
Gently said:
The day OF perpetual franchises is past The
public insists. ard will insist, that franchises
whether in the streets or under the streets. shall
either remain the city within the city's con-
troll under such conditions that they may be re-
taken after given period
The city charter declares the rights OF the city
in and to it's streets TO be tnaliena5ie. and ex-
pressIy provides that no franchise right to use
the streets or the city shall be granted TO any
person or corporation for a longer period than
txenty-fv, years. but such grant may the op-
ton Of the city provide for giving TO the grantee
the right on a fair revaluation revaluations to
renewals not exceeding in the aggregate twenty
five years"
A bill has passed the Senate and is in the
Assembly Committee on Affairs Of Cities. Assem-
bly, bill 2SO which violates TIE foregoing Per-
petuaI use Of streets is to o- granted 10 the
New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
which is to be exempted from the provisions OF
the charter. which would otherwise be applicable
thereto. No provision is made for damages TO
abutting property; the consent OF the borough au-
thortfcs is not required for the closing and dis
continuance Of certain streets and the altering OF
street grades and widths, and the rights and
the fling of the plans and profIes, afording the
public no knowledge Of their scope and character.
The bill is special legislation Of fragrant nature
and easements asked for can be obtained without
legislation through the Board OF Estimate under
the wise conditions and limitations prescribed BY
the city charter. ALBERT E DAVIS.
President Civic League Of The Bronx
New York April I. 1893.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
METROPOLITAN SEASON ENDS.

When wreath big enough for Enrico Caruso to
have walked through presented to the tenor
last night after he had sung Di quella pera, the
climax Of the final evening of the Metropolitan
Opera House season reached for the vast
throng that crowded the theatre. II required two
sturdy to carry this unique tribute TO the cen
tire OF the stage. and when 1t was safely SET up IT
dwarfed everything in sight. There was nothing
for Mr.. Caruso do but repeat the measures lead
ing up to his sonorous fiat But this wreath was
not the only offering of leaves and flowers that
the tenor received. were his colleagues IN II
Trovatore' overlooked by their numerous admirers
Mime. Fornia the I.eonora was thus rewarded for
her moderately successful efforts and Nine
Homer, whose Azucena is OF her best roles,
and who was in admirable voice and spirits car
ried off armloads of the same fragrant gifts. Mr.
Stracciari Mr. Muhlmann and Miss Mattfeld were
the others in the ''Trovatore cast, and the opera
went with animation and vigor throughout Mr.
Ferrari conducted fer the last time, and he, too
in gala mood-operatic farewelIs are wont TO be
sad
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
THE SARATOGA SPRINGS.
RepIu to assertion That Gas Com
ponies Hare Killed Them.
a. rs,.or -. rha Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The editorial policy of The Tribune IS gen
orally marked by spirit OF fairness and justice
Your editorial OF March 81 on Saratoga springs :
based on such an absolute misapprehension OF the
facts and does the carbonc acid gas companies al
Saratoga such injustice that 1 confident you
viii give equal publicity TO the following s'A'e'e"'
regarding the true situation at that place
You say that certain persons-and 1 am one Oi
those referred to-have sunk wells near the SARA
toga Springs. through which we exhaust the CHI
bonic acid gas supply OF those springs anu Sou
say IL should stopped You further say tnat Ihe
uniaue natural combination OF water, salts and
gas cannot be supplied except from natures laoo-
ratory and therefore the legislation when seeks u
prohibit pumping our own wells snouid pass.
Now this is effort TO pronounce men guilty
without the fornality OK evidence and TO eI-
feet their ruin when they have never even haa
charge brought against them In court or haG III
opportunity to be heard in their own defence
The common law, OF course. protects any one
who may be injured by pumping. out When
Judge lockwood. for the citizens committee. was
asked at the Assembly hearing why he did not
appeal 10 the courts he answered because eEi-
dence is hard to get"
Now what is this evidence that is hard to get?
It is the proof that pumping by the gas com
panies which began in 1929. has anything 10 do
with the admitted failure OF the springs at sara
toga. This failure began as far back as ISas' ana
has steadily continued. Mr.. Rockwoods own spring
gave out years before any gas company ever
and for reasons that perfectly clear TO any
intelligent observer.
The gas companies operate their springs inteih-
gently and the only natural. flowing springs at
Saratoga to-day are those owned or controied Dy
them IN the imnmediate neighborhoOd OF their
pumping operations. The public has been kept
ignorant of the conditions at Saratoga and II
is believed by the few who are behind this
personal attack that will not dare 10 reveal
them
When. years ago. the springs began 70 deterio-
rate the owners faced a serious situation Some
gave up entirely, others resorted to docorns ther
waters and still others drilled new wells, which.
under the old names were paimed on on the
public as the old original waters. These imposl-
tions on the public originated before the gas COM
panes were IN existence; they have continued for
years and are to-day a matter of court record
The history of the spring water business in Sara
toga for many years prior to the existence OF the
gas companies is very largely one OF gradual fall
ure and Of fraudulent methods adopted TO hide that
failure from the public Yours very truly,
JOHN c. MINOR, Jr.
Saratoga Springs y. Y. April ?. 1908
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The unaccustomed period OF March miidness
is apparently responsible for a somewhat earlier
return 10 their old haunts and IN larger numbers
OF our familiar songsters. OF the field and woods
They had evidently been fOrehanded enough 20
cure the necessary marriage license when passing
through or over the metropolis. and they
busiIy engaged in nest building. the dOmiciIiary
lodgenlent being generally secured In proximity
the domestic OF the place. testifying 10 the
cornpan iona bleness OF these desirable neighbOrs
This friendIiness should dOubly appeal for the
safeguarding they much need this time. The
IaWless and vicious pot hunters OF the neighbor-
hood, foreign and domestic. with ii unhOly
zest for slaughter. are already atrld with their
guns in pursuit OF these birds So is the preda-
tory cat. The schooIbOy. even. IN his unwise and
riSdrected pursuit OF so-called nature study robs
the nest OF eggs. etc. VIII The Tribune urge al
lovers OF birds 10 do all they can each in his own
way 10 insure TO our songsters OF the field and
garden and wood the protection they greatly
needr JOHN Y. CJLYE.
Mount Kisco. March 30. 1905.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
EX-SENATOR LA ROCHE DEAD

William J. La Roche. at time Democratic
State Senator from Brooklyn, died al his home,
No. 81 Plaza street, in that borough last night,
after long illness. At the time Of his death Mr.
La Roche was president o. the Metropolitan Hard
ware Company, which has its offices in Nesey
street. Manhattan All his life was spent in the
greater city and although Interested in politics TO
some extent was chiefly concerned with 4 mer-
camille lie
education there. He later went TO DR.. HolbTook )
Military Academy, at Sing Sing. When he was
twenty-oue years old he entered the employ Of d
wholesale drygoods firm Ia Manhattan and later
went into the hardware business.
He was at one tim member of the Municipal
Art Commission. he a member OF several
clubs in Brooklyn, among them the Montauk, the
Fsrookivn Yacht and the Kings County Democratic.
and of the Thousand Islands Club OF Florica' OF
which he was the president. He was also a prom
inert member OF the EIks.
lie was elected to the State Senate IN lsSO, from
the 9th Assembly District of Brooklyn. and served
one term
He lea yes a wine, a soH. daughter and sister
who is Lady Rowland Roberts. Of England The
funeral viii be held at his home tomorrow evening
at o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
MUSIC
1T THE METROPOLIT4N.
a Reziesr of Mr.. Conried's Last
Season.
Season.

VIII the performance OF last night the twenty
third subscription season or grand opera az the
Metropolitan Opera House came TO end The
theatre was opened twenty-five years ago. but In
49, -esl because fire had destroyed the stage and
audience and once useT-'eS) because Mr.
Gran and his hackers financial difficulties
snd thought that operatic fast OF season
would vhet the appeites OF the public for the next
year. The season Just closed the fifth during
which Mr- Heinrich Conried administered the af-
fairs Of the house and with 1t his operate consul
ship ends The lUstrum has the tide OF
financial prosperity. which in toward the close
of the administration OF Maurice Grau reach a
-7e1ouenal height without betterrnent OF the
artistic conditions. and on the of a ad-
srinfsr-a-ton which has proclaimed policies
Ire public Is wondering what the future is going
- bring forth. It would be interesting. perhaps
ffve-ring. 10 indulge in speculation on the basis
q what those who have succeeded in displacing
Nr Coaried have said they intend do. but
s-e concerned just now with q rerrospect-not
with horoscope.
TIE season began on November Is and covered
-e-foE q twenty weeks. within which time there
were one hundred subscription performances the
evenings OF Monday. Wednesday. Thursday and
Friday. twenty afternoon performances on many
successive Saturdays twenty extra Saturday night
re-f---lanCes at reduced prices and three special
-er-1Ssu-ations- one Of the special performances
matinee OF Christmas. when ''HanseI Und
Crete was given; there was a performance Of
~A55a" for the benefit Of the French Hospital on
February i. and March "a all TIE artists Of the
oo--aa-y herded for the entertainment Of
curiosity seekers and the benefit Of Mr.. Conried,
vfn. Glowing the example Of his predecessor. re-
se-r=E the right Of commanding one gratuitous per-
fc--ra-ce and dumped them into a dish OF musical
rize7 pickles for which the public gladly paid
6o-rlz -1e usual price Of admission The charac-
-s- - -le seasons offerings best be studied
T --a subscription performances are separated
f~c- -le others in the tabuIated statements The
Frs list dscloses the repertory Of the sui Grip
-io- season Of one hundred representations Cthe
excess the final column Is explained by the
double Bills. the order II which the operas were
produced and the time which elapsed between the
successive productions.
New-York tribune., 1908-04-05
MR.. MORGAN SEES POPE AND QUEEN.
Financier and His Daughter Receive Tokens
of Esteem in Rome.

Rome. April Al Pierpont Morgan and his
daughter Mrs. Herbert l. Satterlee, were received
in rrivate audience to-day by Queen Helena after
which they visited the Pope.
Her ma iesty was most pleasant to her Arneri-
can visitors and she accepted the presidency Of
q committee to give outside relief in maternity
cases in which Mr Morgan is interested She pre-
aented Mrs SatterIee with beautiful photograph
or the rovsl children. asking take 1t to her
own children.
The Pope received Mr.. Morgan and Mrs Satter-
lee in his private library. His demeanor was very
cordial Mr Morgan requested the Pontin to write
on a piece Of paper an expression of his good
wishes for himself and his family, and the Pope
complied with the desire
Subsequently Mr. Morgan and his daughter called
upon Cardinal Merry del Val. the Papa1 Secre-
tarv Of State and Nonsignor Bisleti. Majordomo of
the Vatican. after which they visited the Borgta
apartments, and then returned to their hotel