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"That would affect both sides, wouldn't t
it?" persisted Mr.. Aldrich.
II don't know about that" replied Mr.
Elkins. 'Tt seems to be our fellows who
are away
do these baseball games keep on al!
summer" asked Mr.. Aldrich in aggrieved
tone. Plainly, he did not know. Vice
President Sherman or Senator Crane coGld
have answered. but both of them were
at the game. So a newspaper had 10
tell him:
twenty-five out of the next 90 Amer
lean league games will be played In
Washington
"Humph," Mr. Aldrieh condensed
world of meaning in this comment. Mr..
EllSins made no attempt to get vote.
After the railroad bill is out of the way
the House expects to begin work on the
postal savings bank measure, although
Il may require a caucus of the repub-
lcans to get the bill out of caucus. The
Senate bill does not meet general ap-
proval in the House and the contest over
it will be spirited.
Hearings will be had on the Moon bill.
for the regulation of injunctions, ana
naturally this measure will be the last
of all the administration policies to be
considered. Outside of Congress the not-
able occasion of the week will be at the
White House. where on Ihursaay the
President will receive his Imperial Hish-
ness Prince Tsai-Lao, brother of the in
fsnt Emperor of China, who Will come
to Washington with his distinguished
suite of % Chinese of high degree, corr-
posing a commission delegated to study
the military systems of the world.
The distinguished Chinese visitors are
to be the guests of this government and
will be entertained elaborately at the
White House and by Secretary Knox, and
will be made to feel the kindly disposi-
ton of the administration toward tie
Chinese empire.
President Taft will speak twice in
Washington, first on Monday at the dedi-
cation of the Carnegie library at Howard
university, the cornerstone of which he
laid year ago, and then Tue sday a,
the dedication of the new building OF the
bureau of American republics. Both
buildings are gifts of Mr.. Carnegie, who
will speak on both occasions.
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LAKE CHARLES Is
FAST RECOVERING

Lake Charles. La April 24--While many
families were made homeless by yester.
days disastrous fire, little actual suffer.
ing has resulted and few cases approach.
ing destitution are apparent. The losses
fell mainly on those in comparatively
prosperous circumstances. A further in
vestgation today shows that no one was
injured.
Late today the state troops which had
been called out to patrol the burned area
were relieved of duty although dozens
of extra policemen were detailed for SER
vice.
A mass meeting of citizens, attended by
parish and city officials was held tn
morning. at which it was decided that the
situation could be satisfactorily handled
by Lake Charles, and that outside aid
would not be requested. Absolutely fire.
proof buildings must replace those de-
stroyed. according to expression from city
officials.
Temporary quarters for the parish and
city governments were found in various
lodge buildings. Immediate steps will be
taken to rebuild the courthouse and citv
hall. At the dedication OF the First Bap-
list church today II was announced hy
the board of trustees that they had ten
iered the use of their new building to tn.
Catholic congregation, whose church was
burned.
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TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

1-Aain beats upon grave of Mark
Twain
Blizzard sweeps over great part of
country.
Quiet Sunday for Roosevelt.
Baseball interferes with legislation.
All negroes run out of Texas town.
Decision in corporation tax cases ex-
pected.
2-Sunday visit to a convict camp is a
revelation.
Seeks their views on the fee system.
Thatcher talks about good roads.
Babb sounds warning against plans to
divide county.
3-Mallorys hopes go glimmering
Something of the life of John w.
Knight.
Cochrans road will enter York.
Millions invested in fish industry.
4-Editorial comment.
5-Three more bodies taken from Mulga
mine.
Present campaign tame compared with
amendment fight.
Weather will probably continue cold
today.
6-Southern states building roads,
Prime minister of Italy is Jew.
Berlin awaits Teddy's coming.
S-Rairoads show good earnings.
King Peter was badly received.
Russias attitude toward Finland
9-Stock market is on broader basis.
Big furry is due in cotton world.
Condemnation of Scott cotton bill.
I0-Generat sporting news.
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OF successor to Justice Brewer but
NOBODY, not even the President him
self, pretends to know who at last
Will be found in the seat of the ven
erable Kansas jurist. There is little
doubf that the place has been virtually
oHered to Gov. Charles T. Hughes of
New York There are men here who
1elieVe the governor will accept the po
sition.
Postmaster General II. Hitchcoolx
mas before him an order and ia ex-
pected to sign it this week, return
ing TO the general fund of the treas.
ury department 100000 of the def
cheney fund appropriated to the post
onlce department for the fiscal year.
Mr.. Hitchcock has decla ,ed his be-
lief that this deficit June 30 will nor
exceed $5,o00,oo0 against $4,000. 600 lasr
year.
Barring unexpected expenditures dur
ing the next two months, he homes
to turn back several million moro dol
lars, II Is stated.
Attorney General Wickersham is ex-
pected to determine this week wbeth-
er ne VIII proceed against the alleged
outter combine which Is charg I'd win
arbitrarily fixing the price of that nrod-
uct or whether he will direct further
inquiry to be made.
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MOBILE is READY
FOR THE REUNION

Mobile, April 24.-Confederate re-
union week opened in Mobile today
with chill winds and overcast skies
not the wea ather that had been prom
ised by the record of the weather
man for the past 35 years Many vet
Grams and visitors have arrived today
but so far the demands for accommo-
dations have been met easily. Railroad
men estimate that 5000 people have
arrived SO far by train today up to
o'clock tonight, more than were ex-
pected two days in advance OF the re-
union. They came in by camps, twos
and threes Sunday, but this Is but a.
forerunner and a thin skirmish line
of what is to follow in the next two
days. Seven specials on the Mobile and
Ohio before noon and 10 more by mid
night is the record for that road Two
sections of train No. 1 on the Louis
vile and Nashville Sunday afternoon
brought in veterans from Virginia,
Tennessee, Florida, Alabama and Geor-
gia.
General Evans has nox arrived yet,
but will be here tomorrow in fact.
few of the generals are here up to
date.
Boosters from Chattanooga are with
the advance guard and the Little Rock
delegation hoisted colors of that state
clear across the front Of the Battle
House. Mobiles Million dollar hotel.
Saturday as a starte- to get the gem
eral Confederate Veterans reunion for
Arkansas next year.
The tented city at Monroe park is
in readiness for the crowd of veterans
with three cots In each tent and the
informant tion headquarters has names of
hundreds of citizens who will throw
open their homes to the old guard If
necessary. The word brought by those
who have arrived is that moe and
more are on their way and 1t locke
as though old Mobile Is about to ac-
oommodate such crowd as the CID
town that has lived under five flag.
has never seen before.
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BIG DEAL CLOSED IN
COKE INTERESTS

Bristol, Tenn, April 24.-While no
member of the Wentz syndicate was
seen here today to confirm the rumor
that the Wentz interests have secured
control of the Keokee Consolidated
coke interests in Lee county Virginia,
men in a position to know about such
matters, it is asserted, say that such a
deal involving millions of dollars was
consummated a month ago.
The purchase of the Lee county in
terests gives the Wentz syndicate one
of tho most important sections in Vir-
ginia. aside from the Clinchfield prop
critics, and makes the syndicate, 1t is
said. dictator of the properties in one
of the most important coking regions
in the south
The fact that the Southern railway
had made connections in direct north
and south lines adds materially. 1t is
stated to the Importance of the deal.
There are now about 5000 coke ovens
in Wise and Lee counties, Virginia, 80
per cent Of which are in operation.
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Unprecedented Cold With
Snow and Rain SWeeps
Part Of Country
DAMAGE IS ENORMOUS
IN WESTERN SECTION
Cold Wave Extends Into the south
killing Fruits, Vegetables and
Causing Considerable Dam
nge TO Cotton Crop

Chicago, April 24.-Despite the almost
unprecedented storm that swept over
dozen states in the last 4S hours and gov
ernment predictions of more colo and
snow, the shifting of the wind to the
northeast promises to mitigate extensive
crop damage in the middle west. A can
Vass of the situation shows that greatest
damage has resulted in Iowa, illinois,
Indiana and Ohio. Greatly reduced fruit
crops and loss of early corn are certain.
Reports from the northwest Indicate
that barley. oats rye and corn were bad
ly damaged by the cold. The SOIL how
ever. is still in fine condition for plow-
ing and it is not too late for reseed-
ing.
In Kansas, Missouri and Kentucky
snow is expected to protect small fruits
and lessen the loss on apples.
Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas
reports show that considerable damage
has been done by the coolest late April
weather on record in those states.
Information from Wisconsin and Michi-
gan indicates that the fruit crop will not
be much more than one-half the usual
yield.
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manuscripts VIII Be comp,.ted

New York, April 24.-(Special. y
The possibility that Samuel Langhorne
Clemens Mark Twain) appointed his
ewn successor In the field of Amer
fcan literature, If it can be said that
the late sage and humorist can have
4 successor, was contained today in
the announcement that his uncompleted
manuscripts will be completed, accord
ing to expressed wishes laid down by
Mr.. Clemens before his death.
Before the sh ock of Mark Twain's
Death had begun to spend its force,
literary men had begun to inquire who
would follow in the footsteps of the
great American author. But the in
\kerest attached to the wishes of Mark
Twain in this respect are not confined
TO literary circles. In the army OF
/ rea ders who knew Mark Twain through
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sea,ions In Gulf of Mexico

of sea lions has been reported in Gal
weston ship channel between the gov
ernment jetties by Captain Prender-
CAST of the United States dredge Gal
weston There Is no record of these
animals having been Eeen in these wa
ters until now. For some days past
several shippers of small craft in Gal
weston bay have rept ted seeing a sin
gle seal or sea lion at various points
and Friday last tie dead body of one
animal was found at Bolivar peninsula
across the bay from Galveston, where
it is now on exhibition packed in ice
The disco, cry today of half dozen
other seal or sea lion is exciting much
interest.
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Weather Records Broken

Springfield, ILL.,, April 24-Al1 records
for late cold weather in central Illinois
we're broken today. 1t was 10 degrees be-
.ow freezing this morning in Springfield
and other central Illinois points. The
Total snowfall for yesterday and last
night was three inches according to an
official statement issued tonight by Di-
rector Burns of the government weather
bureau.
Never before has there been more than
a trace of snow recorded after April 10
in this region.
Reports of crop damage poured in to-
day, but the loss cannot be definitely de-
termined at present.
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snowstorms In Missouri

St Louis, April 24.-Heavy snowstorms
and a high wind with a temperature sew
sral degrees below freezing are reported
throughout Missouri and southwestern II
linois tonight.
A report from Lebanon, Mo-, in the
heart of the apple district. states that
farmers have given up the crop and have
ceased smudging.
The peach and berry crops, according TO
the ST. Louis weather bureau officials,
are probably also destroyed, although it
is hoped that a rising temperature Will
save portion of both.
severe snowstorm is reported as rag
ing in the vicinity of Cairo, Ill.
The minimum temperature in St. Louis
today was 25 degrees and similar registra-
ions are reported throughout a radius of
l50 miles.
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Cold Wave in kentucky

Louisville, Ky, April 24.-Unprecented-
ly low temperatures for the season and
steady fall of snow throughout western
Kentucky today marked the progress of
the cold wave The snowfall gave pros
pect that morning would find blanket
possibly two inches in depth on the
ground. Reports from that section are to
the effect that the snow is expected to
protect small fruits and to hold down the
loss on apples and other like fruits.
Ffosts and clear weather over a consid-
cradle part of Kentucky, however, will
do heavy damage to truck gardens.
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VIII Go to Reunion

Huntsville, April 24.-(Special.)-Th
members of Egbert Jones camp Of
United Confederate Veterans will leave
in a body for the reunion at Mobile
on Monday morning. Special accom-
modations viii be provided for them
by the railroads. The camps in this
part of the state are said to all favor
Chattanooga for the next reunion and
the great majority of votes of the dele
gates in the convention will probably
be cast that way.
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his books and loved him for his hui
NOR and true Americanism, there is
possibly a larger fraction with the
belief that the writer does not live
who can take up the pen laid down at
Redding on Friday.
Who will be the successor of the IA
nous humorist?
1t is understood that Mr. Clemens
expressed the wish that his tasks be
completed either by one writer or by
several in collaboration, but the strict
est Injunction was that the unfinished
manuscript should no, be touched by
any save an American. In the library
at Stormfield where Mr.. Gle mems spent
the declining years of his life. are n
number of stories and sketches, some
slight and some pre.entio is, which
were started and never finished. Some
are hastily outlined in skeleton form
and others a~e nearly competed Mr.
Clemens did not exert himself in his
task. for he was i'll and the weak
ness of sickness had sapped inspira-
ton from his mind. He only worked
when the spirit moved him, as he said
himself, and he added in his whimsical
manner that he never before realized
how lazy a spirit could be under the
circumstances.
But as the humorist grew feebler
he turned serious attention toward his
uncompleted labor, and as he realized
that he would likely never touch 1t
again. he expressed his desires as to
how it should be carried out.
1t would be of interest to know just
how Mr.. Clemens looked upon work
which shall be posthumous for him.
But it is unde ecstood that after a time
the manuscript will be taken from its
present resting pla .e and put into the
hands of writers who will continue
the work started by Mark Twain. Ii
the work is completed by one man or
by several in collaboration all will
be American writer's They will be Sc
lected from the field of typical Amer
lean literature of which Twain was he
first exponent To carry out the real
Mark Twin humor will be difficult,
and to find shoulders to fit the literary
toga of the vanquishcd humorist is u
task just now forgotten in sorrow.
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Travelling Men VIII Meet

Huntsville, April 24.-(Special.)-The
Alabama division of United Commercial
Travellers will meet in Huntsville early
in May and the Huntsville post Is max
ing arrangements to give the visitors
q good time. A banquet will be one of
the features of the session.
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st. Paul. April 24.-The Temperatures
has been slowly rising In the northwest
since last midnight and indications to-
night are for still warmer weather. Re-
ports to the Pioneer Press from the en-
tire northwest indicate that barley, oats,
rye and corn were more or less dam
aged by Yesterdays cold wave, and add
the soil is favorable for plowing. The
reports say 1t is too late for seeding
again. Small gardeners and fruit grow
ers sustained considerable damage.
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Nashville, April 24.-At times approach
ing, storm proportions hurries of snow
were intermittent here throughout the
day The flakes were notably large, but
melted as fast as they touched the
ground. The government thermometer
registered Al degrees at noon. 1t was IS
degrees early this morning. The clouds
will prevent frost. it is thought So far
the damage in Tennessee from the pres
en+ cold snap has been slight, owing to
the prevailing cloudiness.
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Memphis, April 24.-For several
hours today snow fell in Memphis and
the surrounding country. The temper
ature went down to Sc degrees. Local
weather records going back 80 years
show that this record is the coldest
weather and the only snowfall ever
known here on April "a as far as
records go.
The cold wave extended across north
Mississippi. 1t is not believed that
vegetation except the more delicate
varieties Will be seriously damaged.
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Light Frosts in Kansas

Topeka, Kan, April 24-There were
light frosts in low-lying fruit sections OF
Kansas this morning. but in most parts
OF the state the high winds prevented
frosts from gathering. For tomorrow
morning heavy frosts are predicted and
horticulturists fear the destruction OF
fruits.
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Atlanta, April 24-In a moment of con-
sciousness today at the Atlanta hospital
Conductor W. H. Bryson, one of the VIC
inns of the three negro highwaymen who
last night held up and robbed a street
ar in an Atlanta suburb, identified one
IF the negroes caught in the police drag
let as probably one of the guilty men of
ive. The negro and four white men are
prisoners tonight in the tower. The fact
hat the wounded conductor had partially
Identified the negro was kept secret
Precautions have been taken by the COM
5any and city police to keep the public
rom knowing of the identification par
tally made today, thinking otherwise race
hatred manifested recently might be re-
1indled
The officers found it necessary to pro-
ibit all negroes visiting the nefghbor-
hood where the crime occurred. There
vas even expressions of disapproval from
the crowds at the presence of the few
negro chauffeurs who piloted taxicabs to
he scene.
Chief Of Police Jennings stated tonight
that every precaution had been taken
against probable manifestation of riot
spirit, adding, Although we have not
he slightest apprehension there will be
.rouble."
The funeral of Motorman S. T. Brown,
who was shot dead beside his car by one
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Sioux CITY, Ia, April 2i.-HIgh winds
!ty and South Dakota for the last "a
hours subsided this morning. The tier
mometer last night registered &c de-
grees, the ground freezing and 1t is
believed heavy damage has resulted to-
small grains. Gardeners and fruit
growers sustained heavy damage. The
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-05-14

North Dakota will be represented al
the worlds convention of the w. c.
II. u. to be held in Glasgow, Scotland
in June by six delegates and probably
several other tourists who will be
travelling abroad during the summer
months, says the G. F. Times. Among
them will be Mrs. Jean McNaughton
Stevens of Towner who has not been
back to her old home in Scotland for
a number of years. She will spend
some time there and is looking for
ward to the journey with a great deal
of pleasure. Mrs. w. F. Honey and her
daughter Miss Ada, of Park River will
sail for Glasgow on May FL and after
attending the convention will spend
some time on the continent.
Mrs. l.. M. N. Stevens, president Of
the National Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union OF the United States,
will preside at the evening meeting
of the worlds w. c. T. u. congress in
St Andrews hall, June z, at which
time representatives from the United
States, Canada, Australia, India New
Zealand and South Africa will speak.
The convention proper will open the
afternoon of June Z, and will be pre-
sided over by the international presi-
dent, Countess of Carlisle, when fra
ternal delegates will be received from
fifty national temperance and philan-
thropic societies. The opening of the
congress will be preceded by an all
day devotio al meeting by the Lord
Provost. A children's demonstration
will be held in the city hall on the aft
ernoon of June 4. Numerous public
functions have been arranged with ex-
cursions to Rouken Glen, Gourock, |
Quarters Home, Bridge of Weir and
other places On the evening Of June !
3, eighty one minute responses will be |
made at the meeting in st. Andrews |
hall. The congress will close on June |
II, and will be followed by excursions |
running into Scotland extending over |
June 16.
Kindly phone any items of news or
social affairs to Mrs. Belknap, 1851.
Robt. McCradie Of Lethbridge. Can
ada left Monday morning for his home
in Hendrum, MINI, after a visit of
in the city.
The Phroeneysia club met on Mon
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs. c. e.
Davis, Tenth street north. High score
was made by Mrs. J. P. Hardy and Mr.
Brooks. At late hour the guests were
served with an elaborate luncheon.
o
Mrs. A. M. Baker and Master Ralph
Friday from Perham, where
they have been stopping for The past (
week. The operation for appended
It's which was performed on Master {
Ralph having resulted most success S
fully, due to the sSilfull operation !
performed by DR.. Homer B. Smith of /
Fargo and DR.. Brabec of Perham, and |