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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
local officials. and all legal matters
involved In the negotiations may he
concluded In very short time.
HASKELL AFRAID
Does Not Want to Stand Trial Upon
the Merits Of Case.

Tulsa, Okla, April s.-Arguments
were concluded today in the molten
to quash the indictments against Gov.
haskell and five co-defendants on
land frauds charges growing out of
the requirement of town lots in
Muskogee. The motion was taken un-
derz lvisement by United States Dis
tr, u Ige Marshall of Utah, who ia
tryl. u ease.
The q. ruling is not expected
Tor sever H.. Pending the deci-
SION, the AT Sc will remain here.
II the motion ~ is overrured.
attorneys for Gov. q III will argue
on demurrer.
Attorneys Cruce and :, for the
defense, and Sylvester r.. n. for the
government. occupied this afternoon
IN argument, and severely scored each
other.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
ours
UNDER 4 CLOUD
Failure of Balkan Diplomacy
Results in Resignation
of Minister

st. Petersburg. April S.-The re-
tirement of Foreign Minister Iswolski
sian diplomacy in the settlement of
the difficulties between Austria Hun
gary and Servia is regarded here as
a certainty. 1t probably will be post
poned until next summer when NJ. Is-
wolski's connection with the Balkan
incidents will be less conspicuous
than it was a fortnight ago. The
foreign minister's resignation is In the
hands of Emperor Nicholas.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
Members of Court Are Fol-
lowing Counsel for the De.
fendant Closely
some MEN MUST SUCCEED
WHILE OTHERS MUST FAIL
This Is the Reason, Says the Attor.
ney Why the Oil Organization Sue.
ceeded While Its Competitors Were
Sent Into Bankruptcy or Oblivion.

st. Louis, April s-Attcrney Mil
burn, the head of the array OF lawyers
OF the Standard Oil company, this
morning resumed his argument, COM
menced late Tuesday evening. The
four judges OF the United States cir
cult court OF appeals sitting on bench
are following the noted lawyers ad-
dress with marked attention and pre-
pound many questions to him when
his meaning is not quite clear to
them. His answers, however, seem
always ready and apparent.
Mr.. Milburn continued during the
afternoon yesterday to deny that
there had been either fraud, coercion
or wrong in the acquisition Of the
properties bought by Standard Oil.
I'm the general economy of society,""
he said, 1T was ordained that some
men should succeed and others fail.
Some men failed in the oil refining
business. They could not keep pace
with the improvement OF the times.
They came to us to sell. We bought.
"Is this defendant to be charged
with that mans failure to succeed?
Did we compass his fall? No, such is
the law of progress.
The Standard lawyer discussed the
alleged railway discrimination charg-
ed by the government. and the exist
ing conditions of that day. With no
law preventing. it was the custom to
seek the lowest rate, he said. Men
shopped for freight rates, and dis
ordinations, using every method to
secure an advantage.
The Pennsylvania railway was it.
self engaged in refining oil until
forced to stop by the Erie and other.
reads.
Gould we." he asked, ''get lower
rates than the Pennsylvania could
grant itself? 1t was our competitor.
Could we undersell it?"
The Standard lawyer referred to
the testimony of the late A. j. Cas-
satt, former president of the Pennsyl-
vania railway, read into the record Of
this case as being evidence improper
ly taken. The court asked If the de-
fense wished to formally object to the
testimony.
Mr.. Milburn said the defense relied
upon the court to recognize tho in
'e1iu esiio ihpiOpCi CNluSHSC, dAu lOI
consider it. Further than its objec-
ton to the evidence recorded at the
time the testimony was placed in the
record. Mr.. Milburn stated the de-
fense would interpose no further cb-
lection.
Mr.. Milburn refuted also the gov
ernment's allegation that the Stand
ard had attempted to prevent compet-
ing pipe lines from getting business.
or had purchased stock in such COM
peting pipe lines for illegitimate pur-
poses. and he added that nothing in
the evidence warranted such an ac-
cusation.
The alleged contracts in restraint
of trade were also discussed. the
Standards attorney constituting the
contracts to show that no such at
tempt had ever been made or intend
ed by the defendants.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
PORTLAND TERMINAL
Three Years. War Between Hill and
Hartman Near the End

Portland, April S-The Portland
terminal situation is to all intents
and purposes settled. Only a word
from the Hartman directors in New
York and the three years war be-
tween the Hill and Hartman inter-
ests will be thing of the past. Presi-
dent Louis w. Hill of the Great Nor
thern said today that all the terms
of settlement had been agreed on but
that Mr.. Hartman wanted TO take
the matter up with his board when
be reached New York. The decision
6 this board will be wired to the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
NOW ON TRIAL
Man Charged With Murder of Police.
man Faces Jury.

Omaha. Neb, April 81. Masure-
dis was arraigned today before Judge
Sears of the circuit court charged
with the murder of Policeman Edward
Lowery at South Omaha February IL
last. He pleaded not guilty. 1t was
the killing of Policeman Lowery which
started the anti-Greek riots during
which several persons were injured
and much property damaged. Claims
for damages aggregatins about $780,
600 are now in the hands of the Greek
minister at Washington for presenta-
ton to the government.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
To Arrest Castro

Caracas, Venezuela. April s-The
American gunboat Paducah came in
to La Guira this morning. Her pres
ence is particularly interesting in
view Of the approaching arrival of the
steamer Gaudelope on which former
President Castro left France fort
night ago. The collector of customs
at the Venezuelan port of Carupano,
where the Gaudelope is to stop be-
fore coming into La Guira, is General
Acosta. who spent eight years in
chains in a Maracaibo dungeon on
orders issued by Castro. 1t is be-
lieved here that Acosta will arrest
Castro should he be aboard the Gau-
deloupe when that, vessel reaches
Carupano.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
KENT POISONING
STILL 4 MYSTERY
Police Are una1 lie to Discover
Who Sent II b Parcel to
Wod ian

Moose Jaw, SasA April 8.-The
Kent poisoning case is still shrouded
in mystery; in faqt there are few
developments to add. and the authori-
ties are very reticent regarding the
facts in their possession. A notice was
published in an evening paper here
yesterday Offering $25 reward for
word of the boy alleged to have de-
livered small parcel to the Kent
home, but no reply has been received
and all efforts to discover the identity
of the woman said tt.ehave phoned the
late Mrs. Kent a few hours before her
death have SO far failed. From the
facts ELECTED 1t would seem that Mrs.
Kent expected the arrival of a parcel
of medicine from some person but re-
marks she is said to have dropped.
after leaving the phone would indicate
that she had doubts as to the identity
of the person who had delivered the
message. 1t seems the phone was
first answered by sister who called
Mrs. Kent to the phone remarking
The sisters had supper and then pre-
pared to spend social evening at the
home of Mrs. j. ]. Cochrane, friend
of the family. Coming away from the
phone deceased is said to have re-
marked that she expected caller and
advised her sister to go on ahead to
the Cochrane home and she would
follow. Shortly after the sister left
and while alone in the house Mrs.
Kent apparently swallowed the sup
posed medicine. small quantity of
which was found in bottle on table
in her home after her death.
Didn't Feel Well.
1t was about o'clock. or shortly
after. that the deceased arrived at the
Cochrane home. Her friends did not
appear to have noticed any indication
of sickness when Mrs. Kent first ar
rived but after she had discarded her
street colthing and the conventional
greetings were over, she is said to
have remarked: II have just taken
some medicine, but wish had not.
l don't feel WE'LL" About fifteen min
utes after passing this remark Mrs.
Kent took violent convulsions and
died almost Immediately in great
agony. A doctor was called at the
first indication of sickness. but when
he arrived the woman was dead.
The first theory after the bottle
gopher poison was discov-
cred was that of accidental death. the
belief prevailing that the deceased had
bottles. but later the tele-
phone story was connected and the
telephone girls story corroborated the
given by Mrs. kent's sis
ter in every particular. The operator
at central says she is sure it was a
woman who phoned the Kent home
and that she heard snatches of the
Addressing Mrs. Kent.
the unknown person is alleged to have
said: 81 sent a boy with parcel.
so left it on the step" or words to that
effect. The girl does not appear to
have heard any remarks made by the
deceased.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
Union STANDS
+. As ONLY BAR
The Only Difference in An
tfracite Region Is One of
Principle

Philadelphia, April s-Recognition
of the union is the single issue that
stands in the way of the anthracite
miners accepting the offer made by
the operators to renew for the next
three years the recently expired wage
agreement. The proposition to renew
tn agreement was made at the confer
ence held yesterday between the rep
resentatives of the operators and the
miners, and another meeting will be
held late this afternoon when the
answer of the miners will be given.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
GREAT AMERICAN
ACTRESS IS DEAD
Nine. Helena Modjeska Passed
Away This Morning at the
Age of sixty-Five

Los Angeles. April S.-Nlme. Helena
Modjeska. the famous Polish tragenne
and one of the most notorious ac-
tresses of the American stage, died
today at her island home at Bay City,
Orange county. at the age of 65 years,
after an illness of about two months.
For several days she had been uncon-
scious and her death was almost
daily expected. Bright's disease.
complicated with heart trouble. was
the immediate cause of her death.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
DETECTIVE CRATER
Must Serve Three Years for Doctoring
q Criminal Case.

Des Moines, Iowa. April S.-Eli
Hardin, former chief of detectives of
Des Moines, must serve three years
in the state penitentiary at Fort Madi-
son. The Iowa supreme court affirmed
today the conviction of the former
chief in the lower court on charge
of being a party in conspiracy to
prevent certain witnesses giving tes-
timony in case against S. E. Garter.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
MAN WAS BLOWN
A LONG DISTANCE
Three Fatalities Caused by a
Blast on Northern Pacific
Construction Work

Nimrod. Mont. April s.-Three
workmen were killed by blast yes
terday on the Northern Pacific con.
struction work near her. One of the
men was blown a distance of 250 feet
into He'll Gate river. His body was
recovered. The other men were buri-
ed beneath a large mass of debris and
rock, and their bodies have not yet
been recovered.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
Canada Inactive.

Winnipeg. April S.-There is no
change in the coal strike situation.
The men are still out. awaiting the
board meeting called for Saturday,
and are standing by President Sher-
man. The operators also have signed
the union scale taking on hundreds
of strikers. owing to the increase in
orders.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
HEAVY FILING
ON TRIP LANO
Only Forty-Nine Out of Four
Hundred Lucky Numbers
Have Forfeited

Gregory. s. D., April Sup to yes
terday, 400 numbers in the Tripp
county land drawing had been called
and only forty-nine of the lucky hold
ers failed to respond and make their
filings. Most of the selections have
been made near Witten and Redhill
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
Castro Very Ill.

Fort De France, April S.-Shortly
after returning from a drive through
Fort de France this morning Cirpiano
Castro became suddenly i'll. He COM
planned of severe pain in the alb
domen. and 1t was apparent that he
suffered greatly. A scare left by the
operation performed in Berlin was
opened for a distance of several cent?
meters and his condition is un-
doubtedly grave.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
THE EVIDENCE
STRENGTHENED
Former Witnesses Testimony
Corroborated by the Story
of Neighbor's Wife

Lyons, N. Y. April S.-NIrs. John
Ebert, the wife of neighbor of Harry
Sampson. was the first witness today
in the trial of Mrs. Georgia Sampson,
charged with the murder of her hus-
band, Harry Sampson, last November.
Mrs. Ebert's testimony corroborated
in many details the evidence given by
her husband and the parents and
relatives of Mrs. Sampson.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
SON OF A PROPHET
Dowie's Son Was Beaten in Political
Battle in Michigan,

Muskegon. Mich. April S.-Complete
returns now available show that the
political debut on-tMoadaN-~at..A.-J..
Gladstone Dowie, son of ohm Alex
ander Dowie, the prophet Of the Zion
movement resulted in defeat. Glad
stone Dowie was a candidate for clerk
of Montague township on an independ-
ent ticket.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
sUPPLANT1NG JAPs
Greeks Are Being Shipped Into the
Northwest for Work.

Ogden, Utah, April s.-Four Sec
tions of Rio Grande passenger train
arrived this afternoon crowded with
colonists for California and the north
west. Two cars of one train carried
Greeks ticketed through to Seattle,
who are the vanguard of a small army
of Greeks to displace Japanese on the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
roads.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
TUG Is SAFE
Reported Lost on Wednesday But Got
Into HarbOr.

Cleevland, Ohio, April Sword was
received here today that the tug
George Flood, with seven people
aboard, reported missing Wednesday,
arrived safely at Fairport harbor,
thirty miles east of here late in the
day, after a hard struggle with the
wind and sea.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-04-08
ANOTHER SHAKE.

Messina. April S.-A violent earth
quake was experienced here last
night 1t was accompanied by sub
tsriean rumblings.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17

look. At intervals, AS some particu-
larly alluring fancy stood out before
him, he gave an ecstatic wriggle and a
few blinks extra.
oh. the red wagon! And the silver
~napkin-ringl Surprising he got them
both, Ii did not seem to him pos
sible that he could exist without eth
act too much.
Ii he might take one peep into the
library-just one tiny peep-to find
out whether or not Santa Claus had
been.
He felt that he ought not to yield
TO this temptation; and he sighed hard
and twisted. But even in the midst
of his struggle he did yield. for first
his ~disobedient right foot stole from
beneath the blue coverlet, and next
his disobedient left foot; and in "A
moment all of him, enyeloped in his
long, pink-flannel night-gown, was
moving resolutely towards the door
way.
At the landing the stairs turned
sharply. The Littlest Boy also turned
with them to continue his journey.
Now there ahead of him was the mon.
itor clock, staring him in the face,
and ticking loud reproval, From the
library. off the hall, came the reminis.
cen glow of the grate-fire with which
the Christmas eve had been cele.
hrated.
Down sped the Littlest Boy, boldly
ignoring the astonished clock. down
the remaining flight. and across the
quare hall. whose rugs We're soft and
comforting. On the threshold of the
library he stopped short. frightened
at what he had done.
He had caught Santa Claus,
Aye. there was Santa Claus. bend
ing Owe the big chair, which, the
Littlest Boy glimpsed, was overflow
ing with packages and things.
do not know but that the Littlest
, Boy would have beat courteous re.
treat talthough, of course, his farther
curiosity was simply Tremendously had
not Santa Claus suddenly glanced up
and deserted nina small. pink fig
ure, made still pinker by the glowing
Goals, framed, wide-eyed, in the library
decrease.
"Hello!" said Santa Claus, not NOV
ing.
"He.loi" responded the Littlest Boy.
II didn't know you we're here"
Didn't you?" remarked Santa Claus,
Strengthening up and slowly stepping
backward.
mo" assured the Littlest Boy. Did
YOU get In through the chimley?"
During his whole life-that is, ever
since he could talk-the Littlest Boy
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
The Littlest Boy
and Santa Claus
By
Edwin l. Sabin
Copyright

@"HE GREAT hall clock, sta
toned opposite the foot of
the stairs, struck two.
From his bed the Littlest
Boy listened with a sense
of awe. Never before had
he heard 1t strike so late an hour.
Once. indeed, he had heard it strike
ten, but usually ii had struck eight
and when next he was awake IL vas
striking six and morning had come.
The Littlest Boy lay and listened.
The house was impressively still. The
only sounds audible we're the stately
ticking of the monitor clock below,
and the regular breathing of the Big
gest Boy and the Biggest Girl In the
room adjoining.
The Littlest Boys Eyes were wide
open aud gazing into the velvet black
ness close above his face. When
he had gone to bed 1t had been Christ.
mas eve. He was not fully certain as to
the line of d~emarkation, but ii DC
Cured TO him that now 1t was Christ.
mas day Then he began to blink and
think.
He wondered ii Santa Claus had
come yet. Before the g%rate-flre. down
In the library. were ranged three
chairs; a rockingham for the Biggest
Girl. a straightforward, ordinary chair
for the Biggest Boy, and a huge. roomy
armchair for himself. In addition, he
had hung up his stockings to the
mantel
He tried to picture to himself how,
II Santa Claus had been and gone
that chair and those stockings must
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17

Happiness is increased not by the
enlargement OF the possessions. but of
the heart-John Ruskin.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17


at the throne of
~Sardanapolis and
~fayorite at Fash
ions shrine, awoke
one morning in
the hustle and the
whirl of Chicago
with a headache
Through the aeri-
al window of his
club the clash and
clamor of city din
smote his throb-
bling [ e m p | e S .
Smoke and SCOT
drifted Zfamiliarly
in, and upon the
indolent #~draughts
a faint, fetid smell
rode t~ruculently.
"B a h = h o So
s~tockyardsi" sniff
ed Harrison Hon
eywell - liickson,
grin ping his tenn
pies and striving
to reach oblivion
by burying his
nos and ears in
The downy= pillow.
Always the smell
and the noise and
he elatter.- Day
and night is the
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17
By BYRON WILLIAMS

Harrison Honeywell Iiekson, de-
votee of Michigan avenue. worshiper
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17

Hatwear Novelties Of the latest designs
in sterling and plated.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-17

HE GREAT hall clock, sta
toned opposite the foot of
the stairs. struck two.
From his bed the Littlest
Boy listened with a sense
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