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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
SUICIDE DID not
COMMIT ASSAULT
EVIDENCE DISCLOSED SHOWS
THAT LATE GEO. p. NoRBY WAS
EMPLOYED AT ABERcRoMsIE,
N. D., AT TIME MISS ERICKSON
WAS ATTACKED.

Geo. P. Norby, who committed sui
eide near the Crabbe farm, at the city
limits of Fargo. a few days ago, was
not the man who assaulted Selma
Erickson in this city week ago last
Sunday.
In his search for evidence, Acting
Chief of Police Erickson has learned
from Eric Stafne, ex-roilroad COM
missioner of North Dakota. living at
Abercrombie, that Norhy was continu-
ously in the employ of Mr. Stafne
from Jan. 26 until the day before he
shot himself on the river bank near
Fargo, and that Norby was on the
Stafne farm at the time of the assault
on Miss Erickson. Chief Erickson
SAYS that bits OF evidence are coming
to the surface in regard to the brutal
assault and he hopes that ultimately
there wifi grow out of the clues even
more positive evidence than he has
now.
The adjourned hearing of the state
VS. Sheppard, who is under arrest in
connection with the Erickson affair,
will be called before Justice MaIloy on
Friday. The defendant will be rep
resented by Attorney Crum of Fargo,
County Attorney Johnson comedies
that so far he has not very strong
case against the defendant, but 1t is
alleged that the latter has been max
ing some very indescrete remarks about
women and young girls, to parties
which aroused suspicion.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
SOUR MILK CURE
full OF DANGERS
LADY BANCROFT CONTRACTS
milk POISONING" FROM
LAcTIc ACID TREAT
MENT.

London March lady Bancroft,
who was taken Ill suddenly after her
recent return from Folkstone, is pro-
crossing favorably She had been TAX
ing what is known as the sour milk
cure" with the result that rae de-
veloped what Sir Squire Bancroft
says might be described as milk po-
isoning" Sir Squire added that "the
sour milk cure was one of those new
remedies with which he himself was
unacquainted.
Lady Bancroft's throat was serious
ly affected, and she is still confined to
her room. When the symptoms first
developed a well known specialist was
summoned and prompt measures TAX
en-.
The "sour milk" or Tactic acid cure.
as 1t is also called Is becoming highly
popular, although medical men agree
that there is some risk attending 1t.
It was first advocated by Prof Ellie
Metchnihoff. of the Pasteur Institute
of Paris, and has since been developed
on scientific lines by other medical
men.
One of the chief dangers seems to
lie in the fact that the milk may be-
come contaminated in the process of
being "soured," and the cure should
certainly never be taken excepting un-
der medical instructions. Lady Ban
croft took it under medical advice, and
the milk was scientifically "soured. 2
Her ladyship experienced no i'll effects
until she had partaken of the last
milk supplied to her.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
TRAFFIC IN Utah
TIED UP BY FLOOD
SITUATION ON SOUTHERN PAcI-
FIG REMAINS UNCHANGED
RoADBED WASHED AWAY

ogden, Utah, March Trans con-
tinental traffic by way of ogden is as
completely tied up as never before.
The flood situation on the Southern
Pactfic west Of here remains un-
changed. There is little likelihood that
traffic will Be resumed within the next
"a hours. The greatest damage is at
Loray, 100 miles west of Ogden, here
$50 feet of thelroadbed Is washed away
and a waterway 75 feet deep has been
formed The company has a large
force of men building a bridge over
the chasm.
At Battle Mountain, Winnemucca
and Carlin, Nevada, washouts are tax
ing the capacity of the reconstruction
forces.
The white sox special train from
Chicago to San Francisco arrived at
Ogden at / a. m. and can not get out
OF here before morning at the earliest
lest
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
KNOCKING DOWN IDOLS.
Usage Is Rapidly Sweeping Rules of
Grammar Off Their Feet.


Grammar OFF Their Feet.
New York Evening Post: A notable
development of present day civilization
is the Tightening bond of sympathy be-
tween science and the SMALL boy.
Things that the small boy has been
for ages forbidden to do, to eat, or to
say, nowadays receive the stamp of
approval from science. 1t is good for
a boy to have three helpings of pie
and all the jam he can raid, because
his. growing organism demands 1T. 1t
is good for him to smoke cigarettes
because the operation reveals the first
adventurous STRINGS of the adoles-
cent soul, and because stomach
teaches him the truth that nature
demands price for everything. tt
is good for him to play truant, be-
cause that is his way of protesting
against. the conventions of our arti-
ffcial modern life. And among other
things, 1t is good for the small boy
to say 'lts me" and "its her" be-
cause that is the way everybody viii
speak a few hundred years from now.
No less a specialist in English phi
loglogy than Prof. Jesperson has been
the last to put the case for the small
bow and his eleder brother
Prof Jesperson is certainly right
to this extent, that the partisans Of
otis me" and 'its him have the
rest of us on the run. The average
teacher in the public schools, feeling
that he is a man before he is a ped
agogue. now boldly asserts tnat 1T
| is i I" Is pedantic. and 'its me" is be-
coming increasingly proper. But if
our guardians of the grammar book
| lose their SAVIOR wnerewith shall we
be a little more timid in knocking
down the idols at whose feet he is
supposed to minister If he did not
have behind him the sanction of a
higher law; and the higher law goes
by the name of usage" Now, usage
! Is shibbileth of comparatively re-
/ cent origin; but It's vogue has been
great and inevitable in this demo-
cratic age. 1t is not SO much that
usage stands for something as that 1t
stands against something else. Usage
cries defiance to the iron laws of the
grammar. with its feudal caste of
i things absolutely proper and things
absolutely improper The grammar
with its laws and exceptions, means
long and painful study But anybody
pick up the usage. 1t is the triumph
of Rosseau in the field of linguistics
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
new ENGLANDERS' MEET
Real March Town Meeting Will Be
Held on Tuesday Evening at the
Gardner Hotel.

On Tuesday evening. March is the
New England society will hold real
March town meeting which will be
put on in the genuine old style. The
affair will be held in connection with
a banquet at the Gardner hotel Of
fcers for the society will be elected
and those present will be treated to
"reminiscences of town "a meetings in
New England. Musical numbers will
be rendered with an opportunity for an
exchange of greetings and renewal of
acquaintance of those from New Eng
land.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
A DISGRACE TO FARGO
Corner Of First Avenue and Broadway
soiIsd More Than One Pair of
Shined Shoes.

When Old Sol got in his work today,
the corner of First avenue and Broad
way was a sorry sight. The dirt scat
tered about the corner by the sewer
work, softened up until the corner
was a veriteble slop hole Contractor
Kennedy came TO the rescue this af-
ternoon with rlanks which are being
laid to allow pedestrians to cross with
out going over their shoe tops in the
finest clay solution that you ever saw.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
dan RUSSELL HAS
BIG DAY IN COURT
REcLUsE BROTHER su5sTAN- 1
TIATEs STORY TOLD BY N.
q. RANcHMAN ON STAND.


Boston, Mass, March o. Telling
the same story of boyhood incidents at
their old MeIrose home as Daniel
Blake Russell Of Dickinson. told on
the stand last September William G.
Russell. his recluse brother who denies
the North Dakota ranchman is his
brother, today gave the case of the
claimant substantial strengthening, the
result of clever cross examination by
Attorney Simpson, today counts
many points for the ranchman and 1t
was all in all bis greatest day of the
hundred consumed in the case thus
far. In many ways the presence Of
William has strengthened the claim
ants case. despite !. his denial of the
latter. The recluse was this afternoon
unconsciously withdrawn from his re-
serve by the cordial air of Simpson,
and portrayed almost in the same
words as the ranchman, incidents that
no one knew but the two brothers.
Killing the Chicken.
The most noteworthy was the killing
of Dams pet chicken, this was laughed
at when. Dan told the story in de-
tail, but when william told how he
broke the chickens leg with stone
when 1t was scratching his fiowerbed
how he and Dan chloroformed 1t and
how the two boys kept 1t secret from
everybody, the hearers were astounded
and his uuartette of lawyers were
non -plussed. William also, after deny
ing that there was a bird house on the
estate was closely questioned by
Simpson and he finally recalled that
such house did exist. Often he turn
ed his head toward Dan and gazed
fixedly at him. A third sensation came
when William recalled the shawl his
mother used to wear. Other witnesses
for the defense have said she had nc
such shawl. He described it as Dar
did, and another point was scored.
Simpsons Great Skill.
The recluse was relieved from his
terror of cross examination when Sen
ator Simpson showed an attitude oi
extreme courtesy and fairness. Instead
of hanging his head and twitching his
muscles, he became at ease and was
able to talk more clearly and actually
exerted himself to answer fully the
questions of Simpson This attitude
has proven a bitter dose to his lawyers
The direct examination was practi.
cally a complete denial of the claim.
ants testimony, but the cross -examin'
alton has thus far been a complete
substantiation Of Dan Russell.
Women fought for seats in tn,
court room today, and ate lunch stand.
ing in line for the afternoon session.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
BUILDING COLLAPSED
Portion of the Harris Machinery Ware
house Caves in--No One
Injured.

A portion of the brick front of the
Harris Bros. machinery emporium on
Front street tumbled out of its place
onto the sidewalk beneath last night
about 10 o'clock. Fortunately 1t was
after business hours and no one was
passing or someone would have been
injured by the avalanche of bricks
which came tumbling down without
respect of persons or anything else.
The building is undergoing changes
and repairs and the fact that the
structure being in close proximity to
the railroad tracks it Is subjected TO
a continuous shaking which was bound
to have effect sooner or later. The
side wall shows big crack. The firm
is congratulating itself that matters
are no worse.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
BIG INSURANCE !
FRAUDS EXPOSED
MANY FRATERNAL ORDERS
sWINpLED BY GRAVEYARD"
PoLIcIEs-pETEcTivEs
AT WORK.

Minneapolis. March National Of
fcers of several fraternal insurance
are in the twin cities in
vestigating what they believe is a
wholesale conspiracy to defraud the
companies by graveyard insurance"
On what they have already found, the
fraternal men claim that a regular
system of fraud has been practiced
in getting fraternal insurance through
membership in local lodges. They
believe the evidence points to persons
who have held offlces in the lodge and
have been responsible for passing on
the candidates.
Frauds Are Various.
The frauds said to have been found
are various. In some cases the per-
sons insured are said to be parties to
the fraud, and they have secured in
surance by false age statements, while
in. other cases the insured persons
claim total ignorance. The belief IS
their names were used by the con-
spirators. who would get policies Is
sued to persons in feeble health or
advanced in years and collect in case
OF death
The fraudulent practices have been
going on for several years, according
to information given by the investiga-
tors of Insurance Commissioner Harti-
gan today. In some cases deaths
have occurred and the fraudulent
claims have been paid. Some recent
ones excited suspicion and were held
up pending inquiry.
SIeuths at Work.
Criminal proceedings are probable.
Detectives have been quietly at work
without any complaint to the authori-
ties. and the general officers of the
companies hope to fasten the charges
of fraud upon the conspirators.
The orders concaned more or less
are: Independent Order Foresters
Ladies' of the Maccabees of the World
Ladies OF the Modern Maccabees, Mys-
tic Legion of Hastings, Neb., Modern
Brotherhood of America, Mason city
Iowa; Modern Woodmen of America
Supreme Tribe of Ben Hur, woodmer
OF the World and the Mystic Toileri
OF. Des Moines.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
New York @ ,ssip.

New York March 2.-Amertcan
stocks in Lon4on firm, u to q above
parity John d. Rockefeller, jr., re-
tires from ". s steel board, as his
family no longer holds enough stock
to need representation.
Serious floods continue in Mohawk
valley and other points up the stata.
washington reports that President Taft
and members OF congress have ar
ranged for passage of postal savings
bank bill and railroad bill promptly
after appropriations are dealt with
The steel market shows strength
with large orders placing
Coal trade report still unfavorable
with no indication of early improve
ment.-Dow, Jones & Co.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
loves labor Lost

I'm sorry" said the manager, when
the advance agent had entered the
private once. "but I'll have to dis
charge you"
whats the matter You surely don't
thik i've been loafing on. the job, do
your
'No. You've got the papers to print
SO many fine things about the star
that she's demanding q raise In
salary
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
Liverpool Market.

Liverpool. March 2.--Wheat market
had an irregular opening with March
unchanged and the distant months off
VI ~. Following the opening and
during the entire morning March was
well supplied with offerings. Light and
prices advanced Ad, due to the fact
Of there being no tenders on contract.
The distant months after the opening
lost an additional h@A, with the un-
dertone heavy. Selling was in the way
of profit taking by recent purchases
due 10 the weakness in the Buenos
Ayres market. 1T is the belief here
thar supplies in the future Will be lib-
ersl The market at mid day was ir-
regular with March u higher and May
and July 81 lower than yesterday.
Corn was unchanged, with the mar
ket neglected. Russian weather gen
orally continues exceptionally mild
with copious rains.-Broomhal
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
TRAINMEN ON HILL
LINES FAVOR STRIKE

Spokane, Wash, March Att is
confidently stated among union men
mere that the vote Of members of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen employed on the
Great Northern and on the Northern
Pacific railways is overwhelmingly
in favor of striking. A strike, 1t is
expected, would involve nearly all the
Rremen and ten or fifteen rer cent
of the. engineers employed.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
County Commissioners Meet.

The board of commissioning of Clay
county was in special session today.
and disposed of a mass of general
business which was awaiting action,
including the auditing and passing of
number of bills.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
MISSING DAKOTAN
SPENT WEEK HERE
e. r. STERN, CLEVELAND, N. D.,
BUTCHER, WHOM RELATIVES
AND FRIENDS HAVE BEEN
SEARCHING LAST HEARD OF IN
MooRHEAD.

Word reached jamestown, N. D., to-
day that Ed. r. stern, the Cleveland
farmer disappeared some time ago af-
tor cashing a large check and for
whom his brother S, A. Stern has
started thorough search, believing
the man had met with foul play, had
been in Moorhead nearly a week sf-
ter the last news Of him at Jamestown.
The report is little more tnan a
rumor as 1t Is not known who saw
him, or where he went from Moor
head. Acquaintance of the family be-
lieve that s. A. Stern viii investigate
the story at once.
Inquiries here this afternoon brings
to light the fact that If Mr. Stern was
in Moorhead last week or shortly be-
fore he did not make himself known
Matt Simonitsch. agent of the val
Blat5 Co, is known to have assisted
John Flaherty of Cleveland, NJ. D., in
search that was made for Mr.. Stern
last week.
Acting Chief Erickson also had a
call from Mr., Flaherty and today the
chief said that nothing whatever was
learned about Mr.. Stern. Chief Erick-
son, however, is keeping on the alert
in the quest for any in-ormation which
might lead out to some clue.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
stock Options.

6. r. Chapin.--The technical posi-
tion of the market favors an upward
trend and we advise buying the active
stocks for moderate profits.
Clement. Curtis e. Co.-Effort to In
terest the public in the stock market
has centered on steel, but the re-
sponse in trading has not been suEl-
Glen to catch any higher market.
Walter Fitch-We can not feel but
feeling favorable to the good dividend
paying stocks and think after present
controversies are adjusted we will see
better prices.
G. /. Hudson.-Continue to buy good
stocks on drives. It locks like working
into a creeping market.
Finley. Barrell g. Cove believe that
the market should be purchased on
every little decline and expect a ma
teriallv higher market
Logan e. Bryan.--We would not neg
lect opportunities to take moderate
profits on the long side, as the natural
swings of the market under existing
conditions should prove good scalping
spots.-H. W. Co.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
A Fine start.

He-Heard about Bills luck?
she-No Did somebody leave him a
He--He picked up a half dollar in
the street yesterday and tomorrow is
going to get married.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02

The arrival of a baby girl Tuesday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lar
son is announced, and Paul is step
ping higher than ever today as a re-
suit.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
EAST SIDE NOTES.

The report 0f the dissolution Of the
firm OF Higgins Aske Co. and the
of r. Fl. Curran, announced
In this department several days ago,
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
south St. psuI live stoek Msrkst.

Receipts, Feb. 2S.-
Cattle-One day last week, 900:
same time last week, 1877; Jan. 1 to
date. 37,70s; same time last year.
46, 564
same time last week, 2.415; Jan. to
date. 1885; same time last year,
1S6,796.
Sheep--One day last week, $500;
same time last week, 1900; Jan. 1 to
date, S3,3s9; same time last year.
70.646.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
livestock Reoeipts.

Chicago, March 2.--Hogs, 10000: left
over 1900: market cents higher than
Yesterday. Light Ss.60Gs65 heavy,
B5ms1O05: mixed, $9.60d10.00;
rough 1855 Ges0. Cattle. II 900; mar
ket 10 to is cents higher. Sheep, H.
900, strong.
Omaha, March 2-Hogs, $500 cat
tie, $500; sheep, 5000
Kansas City, March 2.-Hogs, 5000;
cattle, 4.000 sheep 8,000.-B. P. co.
South st. Paul. March 2.-Hogs.
/ 500: 5n10c higher: range of price,
Se5569.65. Cattle 400; 10015c
higher. Sheep. 1900; strong.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02

Asker-same auto you had last
spring, cd man?
Speeder-Yes; all but the seat, en-
gine three wheels, four tires. and horn.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
Duluth Cash Market,
Chicago Receipts.

Chicago Receipts.
Wheat. IA cars; same. time last year.
70 cars
Corn, 270 cars; same time last year,
4BS cars.
oats. 148 cars; same time last year,
$50 cars.
Minneapolis Receipts,
Wheat, 317 cars; same time last
year, $50 cars.
Duluth Receipts.
Wheat, 80 cars; same time last year,
Fl cars.
Winnipeg Receipts.
Wheat, 7s cars; same time last year.
103 cars.
Puts and Calls.
Minneapolis - May Wheat PTS,
S1.13A; calls, S114A.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02

supply of fat cattle today was
moderate Everything had strong ac-
tive clearance exoept butcher bulls,
which were not better than steady.
Estimate LOO
Stocker and feeders
GoO5 4n choice fnad
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02

Regular yard buyers were princi-
pal factors in the outlet for stock and
feeding cattle as countrymen did not
appear in any considerable numbers.
Market was steady and supplies rath-
er light
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02

A Forum Want Ad Will Sell 1T For Yon
A Forum Want Ad win Sell It FOR You
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
Two 6. n. TRAINS HURLED
into CANYON BY SNOWBIDE
Continued from Page one.

Twenty three lives are known to
have been lost when the mass Of snow.
loose stones and uprooted trees hurled
the cars containing seventy sleeping
persons over a narrow ledge of the
high line down to the bottom of the
canyon, 200 feet below, and when the
Last reports were received from the
scene Of the catastrophe twenty FIVE
more were missing.
Besides these a score or less were
seriously injured. Complete lists of
the injured cannot be obtained. until
the rescuers have dug all the bodies
out Of the wreckage. The lists avail
able at present contain only the
names of the trainmen killed and in
jured.
Two trains that were carried away
by the great wave of ice and snow were
the west bound Spokane limited and
the west bound transcontinental fast
mail. Tine latter carries no passengers.
Most of the dead and injured are
believed to have been passengers on
the Spokane express, forty of whom
were on the train at the time of the
disaster. Besides these, thirty work
men. who had been engaged in a bat
tie against the drifts that had been
holding the two Hl-fated trains i'm
prisoned in the mountains. since Feb
ruary "a, were sleeping in the day
coaches.
Twisted Mass of Wrec<age.
The avalanche rolled down the
mountain at 4:20 a. m, two trains,
three locomotives, four powerful clec-
trio motors. a depot and a water tank
were swept off the ledge and deposited
in a twisted mass Of wreckage at the
foot of the mountain. Noise from the
snowslide, which was a mile long,
could be heard throughout the valley
and Supt J. H. O'Neill who was di-
recting the work of the nigh. shift
marshalled his men and hurried to the
rescue.
The groans and cries for help coming
from the jumbled heap of debris at
| the bottom of the canyon indicated
that many imprisoned in the wreckage
were still alive and the rescuers work
ed with feverish haste to release theJ l.
| AS fast as the injured were removed
they were taken to the hospital al
Scenic, three miles away, by noun
tain trail, but then when the long wind
|
Cars Fell is Feet.
It is feared fifty Ii IS were lost In
the avalanche that carried the two
Great Northern trains into the canyor
near wellington yesterday, The cars
fell fifteen feet and were buried by
the debris. Two of the Wellington
and Great Northern power houses wer,
were not destroyed.
1t will be impossible to reach th'
scene of the wreck today except b!
foot for the east side of the Cas-
cades approach is cut off by the snow
slide at Drury. six miles east of Leav
enworth. The station at the forme
place was destroyed and the watchmal
killed. The wounded are being care,
for at wellington but will be taken t.
a. big hotel at Scenic Hot Springs a
soon as possible
It is expected that the bodies of tn
dead will be embalmed, it being i'm
practicable to bring them on sledges
The weather in the mountains is warn
cnd the rescue parties will be In on
stant peril from snowslides.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
CHAS. E. LEWIS & co.
Stocks, Bonds,
Grain, Cotton


New York and Chicago Correspondents
Bartlett. Patient n Co.
@. ID. Chaplin Il Co.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02

III. o. MOTT, Manager
Phone S1S Moraon BIOch
Fargo N. Id.
k-ain Office 4a2-4IS Chamber Of Gem.
merGes Minneapolis
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02
GRAIN MARKETS.

Shas. (. Lewis & Co., Grain and Stock
Brokers, Morton Block
Fargo, ~. o.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02

Hogs shot up Is to 20 cents and the
bulk sales at $9.45 to $3.50 were above
the highest top ever reached here be-
fore. Top today was 1855 and the
low end was 1895. Estimate $500.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1910-03-02

Fat sheep and lambs offered for
sale were disposed of at steady
prices, Bulk of the run was billed
through. Quality was mostly fair to
good. Estimate 1000.