The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-25
TWENTY YEARS AGO

Sept. 1s.-E A. Fletcher reported
that it did not feel very good to have
both legs cut OF but ne was getting
along very well and hoped to be feel
ing better before long.
The Argus suggested Mrs. John A..
Logan as the new commissioner Of
pensions.
Col. W. Fl. Robinson was nominated
for the state senate in Trail county.
while the house nominee were ]. f..
Selby and Roderick Johnson.
In the tenth district DR., Rowe was
named for the state senate by the re-
publicans and his house colleagues
were Eli Mcintyre, N. B. Pinkham and
John o. Bye.
! The eleventh district republican con-
vention was called to order by A. I'll.
Lowery and w. j. Hawk was made
chairman and w. G. Macfadden geeFe-
tary. George Brandenburg was nam
ed for the state senate, I'll. ID. Court,
Frank LANCER and w. w. Beard for
the house. Captain Alfred came with
in three votes Of receiving the nont-
nation for state senator.
In the first judicial republican dis
trfct w. j. Kneeshaw was nominat-
ed for district Judge but he declined
and A. ]. O'Keefe of Grand Forks was
named.
The fifth judicial republican con-
vention nominated o. A. Hewitt as
candidate for Judge against Roderick
Rose who had received the democratic
nomination.
A dispatch from Forman stated that
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republican convention on the nomina-
tion Of Judge for the fourth district
and they were all without change.
Lauder received nineteen, Pennington
eleven and Rourke nine. The end was
not yet.
The convention Of the third judicial
district was held in Fargo and Geo.
e. Bowers of Hillsboro was made tenn
porary chairman while the permanent
chairman was G. Cranston of Trail
county. o. w. Frances nominated
Seth Newman for judge and Charles
A. Pollock named r.. M. Pollock, and
in his address stated that the popular
ity of the two men in Cass county was
shown by the fact that Mr.. Pollock
bad sixty seven votes in the county
convention upon one ballot, to eight
cen for Mr.. Newman, but he did not
add the further fact that before the
close of the convention the delegates
refused to allow those elected to the
district convention to vote for Mr..
Pollock as the choice of the county.
The first ballot was informal and
stood Newman 20, and Pollock Fl. An
effort was made then to allow each
delegate to cast written ballot in
place of the roll being called by coun-
ties, but this was voted down. On
the formal ballot Newman received
tN enty- three and Pollock nineteen
and on motion of Frank Lynch the
nomination was made unanimous.
The Fargo Gas & Electric Co. NOV
ed it's quarters from 219 Broadway to
the corner Of Broadway and Northern
Pacific avenue, next to the Fargo Loan
co. One side of the room was to be
used by the city ticket Office OF the
Manitoba road which was In charge
Of Colonel Bates, while Superintend-
emit Ingham looked after the business
of the Gas company.
| d. M. Baldwin and Miss Edith Shee-
han were married by the Rev. @. r.
Pike. Mr.. Baldwin at that time was
station agent LOT the INOrIH6En EdCiHC
at Wahpeton and is now at the head
of the Dwight Milling company.
Gen. George A. Sheridan failed to
reach Fargo to make political speech
and Hon. M. N. Johnson of Lakota,
who had come to Fargo to hear MIN
speak was substituted as the orator
and 1t was reported that HIS eloquent
words soon caused the audience to
forget their disappointment.
Sept. 20.-Chauncey fuller OF Lis
bon tried to find out from Attorney
Crum as to what was q tariff on opo-
dildoc, but Crum had to confess for
once that ne did not know, as he did
not believe in reading The Argus.
Thomas Brown was hanged in
Moorhead for the murder Of Peter
Poull, policeman Of that city. He was
only about twenty-six years OF age
and had q career Of crime almost be-
yond belief in one so young. 1t was
stated that he had given out before
his death that his real name was
James Thomas Murphy, but he had
gone under many aliases. His first
introduction into Fargo was in the