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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
JOSEPH G. CANNON.
Congressman from Eighteenth Dis
.rict Of Illinois.

whom shall be members Of the min
GRITTY party. The speaker shall not
be a member of the committee and
the committee shall elect it's own
chairman, and its own members.
Resolved, further, that within ten
days of the adoption OF this resolu-
ton there shall be an election of this
committee and Immediately upon its
election the present committee on
rules shall be dissolved"
Here is the resolution of Represent
alive Burleson which was defeated:
Resolved. That the Office of speak
err OF the house of representatives is
hereby declared to be vacant, and the
house of representatives shall at once
proceed to the election of a speaker"
Cannon Defies the Elements.
During the fight. the speaker took
the floor once and said:
From time to time heretofore. the
majority has become the minority, as
in the present case, and from time to
time hereafter the majority. The
country believes that the Republican
party has a majority of "A in the
house of representatives at this time,
yet such is not the case.
There are two courses open for
the speaker to pursue: one is to re-
sign and permit the new combination
of Democrats and insurgents to
choose a speaker in harmony with its
acts and purposes. The other is for
that combination 10 declare a vacan
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
O'Neill Takes Responsibility.

Seattle. Wash. Full responsible
ity for the order that moved two pas
senger trains out of Cascade tunnel
near Wellington, to the point whers
they were overwhelmed by an ava
lanche resulting in the loss of nearly
100 lives. was assumed by Superin.
tendent James II. ONeill of the Great
Northern, the first witness called
O'Neill said he feared the passengers
might s~uffocate in the tunnel. or a col
lision might occur with another train
coming the other way.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

With several men once regarded az
wealthy and high up In finance now
doing time" and known only by mum.
bers in federal prisons 1t must at least
be admitted that the law is not as par.
tial as has been alleged. The facts
prove that no matter how great re.
sources they may have had at com.
mand these culprits are no more sue.
cessful In lodging penalties than are
poorer men.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
Special Train Bears 100 lmmiarants

New York. y. y. - One of the
most remarkable parties of immi-
grants that ever came to this countr
arrived on the l.apland. The foreign
erS are speeding west i'm a special
train for their future homes in Mime
sofa. There are some 100 Of these
sturdy Dutch-men. women and chill
dren-well supplied with money and
travelling de luxe in two Pullmans. a
smoking car, a diner and a baggage
car. The exodus Of Hollanders is the
result OF a plan originated by Bishop
James. McGOlrick of Duluth.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
RATE CASE POWERS DECIDED
Commerce Commission, Not Courts
Has Jurisdiction in Tariff Matters.

Richmond, Virginia. - The United
States ourts have no jurisdiction in
matters pertaining to tariff on rail
roads, and the interstate commerce
commission has exclusive jurisdiction
in such matters. Is she opinion OF the
United States Circuit court of appeals
The decision was reached in the case
of the Tennessee Central railroad
against the Southern r. X.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
JOHN ERICSSON TO BE HoNoRED
Swedish.Americans Will Have Statue
Erected in Chicago.

Chicago, Illinois. A monument to
John Ericsson, inventor of the Moni.
tor of civil war fame, will be erected
In Chicago by the Swedish-American
Republican league. The league in
Galesburg last week appropriated
$1,000 as a nucleus of a fund to be
raised by popular subscription among
Swedish-Americans of Illinois and the
middle west.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

Uncle Sans big guns, such as are
used on his battleships, show that
they are capable of sending shells
through twenty feet or more of rein
forced concrete, as now employed in
the construction of coast Notifications.
But the question that really oncerns
the country most is whether the guns
Of any other navy can do the trick.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
ROTARY FLow NOT SUBMERGED.
81 Bodies Are Now Recovered From
Death Ravine.

Wellington, Wash. - The rotary
that was hit by an avalanche Sunday
was not swept into the canyon, but
remained on the track under 20 feet
Of snow, trees and rocks.
When work was resumed i'm Death
Ravine. % identified and nine unident.
flied bodies had been taken out. and il
Is estimated that IL or Is victims
were still In the ruins.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
CLOCK STOPPED BY DEATH
Famous Timepiece at Hampton Court
Palace is the Subject Of
ChostIy Legends.

LondOn.-The famous clock at
Hampton court palace has been taken
down for repairs. As in the case Of
many other things about the palace.
there are legends about the clock. 1t
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
Hampton Court Palace Clock.

mark, queen of James L.. died at
Hampton court, the clock. which was
striking four at the moment. immedi-
ately stopped. 1t is also alleged to
have done so ever since whenever any.
one long resident in the palace dies,
and superstitious people quote many
cases.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

There is a young American woman
I'm Paris who can sing soprano like
Patti and tenor in a way to make
CarusO jealous. And in Kansas City
an acrobat turned a complete double
back somersault from the ground. No
wonder Halley's comet is edging up
within seeing and hearing distance.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
Chinese Prince Cominu.

Washington. March 22-His Imperi-
al Highness Prince Tsai-T'ao, brother
his way to the United States to study
the American military system.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

Because so many people have
stopped eating meat in Cleveland the
price of pork on the hoof jumped to
5000 per hundred pounds. However,
the increased price should NOT worry
the abstainers.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

A lawyer wants $35. 900 for advising
n client to marry a nan who lived
only a week. Think what the lawyer
would have charged had the husband
lived a year!
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

One resident Of New York when
seeking American citizenship after
years Of residence in this country as
serted that the national flag was green.
Some patriot should go TO New York
and take along the national celors.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

A London scientist says all children
are born with criminal tendencies.
The most common Of these criminal
tendencies is, of course, the we'll
known desire of the infant to surrep-
titiOusly suck its thumb.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

A Harvard professor asserts that a
man can live on 20 cents a day. He is
not far wrong, but the states the
proposition awkwardly. A man can
live a day on 20 cents.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
To A~nnihilate the Banks.

Chicago, Illinois. The Chicago
federation of labor went on record as
favoring the withdrawal of all funds
OF organized labor on deposit in the
banks of the country. The purpose of
such a move, ii was said, would be to
bring pressure to bear on the street
railway officials of Philadelphia to in
duce them to settle the strike in that
nitu
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

French aviators are inclined to re
rroach the Wright brothers for pro
tecting their patents by court pro-
ceedings in view of the cordial way
in which the Frenchmen appropriated
them.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
Rioting at Cleveland.

Cleveland. Ohio. One man was
shot, several others were injured and
a considerable property damage in
Cured in a riot which broke out here
between several hundred striking gar
ment makers and their sympathizers
and a party of strike breakers. Sever
al houses occupied by strike breakers
were damaged by the strikers.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
PROBABLE MAKEUP OF
NEW RULES COMMITTEE

NJ. r.. Olmsted, Pennsylvania.
James 4. Tawney, Minnesota.
W. A. Smith, Iowa.
Duncan f.. Mckinley, California.
Edmund II. Madison, Kansas,
U%nsurgent Republican,.
Frank ID. Currier, New llamp
shire.
Democrats:
Champ Clark, Missouri.
Edward Fitzgerald, New York.
Oscar Underwood. Alabama.
William NJ. Howard, Georgia.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
Four More Paper Mills Closed.

WATERFOWL, New York, - Four
more mills of the International Paper
company, employing 100 men, are on
the strike but it is now estimated
that at Niagara Falls, Glen Falls, Pal
mer Falls, Bellows Falls, Livermore
Falls. Port Edward and this city, $500
employees are out on strike.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

More ice than ever this summer.
but it Is so thick and heavy that the
expense OF delivery will be so great
that Of course the price must stay up.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

EX-Sultan Abdul Hamid Is thought
to be crazy because he will not eat.
The high cost of living may have af.
fected him.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

Maybe the hog is merely trying to
live up to what the retail price of pork
has been for a considerable time.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

We had long suspected that the hens
were laying different colored eggs.
Most of those we buy have seemed to
be an invisible gray.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

II your sausage shows careless prep
aratiOn set it down to OverwOrk of
the packers. who have to look after
so man Investigations.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

If science insists that every razor
has q saw edge we shall concede the
point, adding a little empirical testi-
mOny on our own cOu
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

Fashion note: Parafin coats are all
the rage among imported eggs.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

American frozen beef sells cheaper
In London than in New York. Can
anybody guess why?
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
Commission for Neodosha.

NeodoSha, Kansas - NeOdosha yot.
ed to adopt the commission form OF
government.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

Mlll1OnalreS now wave aside the
pate de fOis gras and call for pork
chops.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

not say that he didn't think il was
loaded.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
Tawney, Stevens n Nye for Canno'

Messrs. Tawney. Stevens and Nye
of the Minnesota delegation have con.
stantly voted throughout the contest tc
maintain the ~asCendency of the Repub
lican majority, while upon most OF
the votes the other members of the
delegation from the state have united
in the insurgent alignment, which was
largely represented from the states of
Wisconsin. Iowa, the DakOtaS and Kan.
Sas. in bringing about what some of
the Republican leaders believe would
be chaos in the Republican organiza.
ton of the house.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

There is one so grave as TO defend
the Overlong hatpin.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

The pound keeper objects to being
required to kill stray cats. He thinks
1t will multiply his labors nine times.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

under existing conditions, would wei
come such action upon the part OF the
actual majority of the house, so that
power and responsibility may rest
with the Democratic and insurgent
members who, by the last vote, evi.
IDENTIFY constitute a majority of this
house. The chair is now ready to en-.
terrain such motion
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

We are waiting for Halley's to show
us the spring styles in comets
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

No innocent byStander is hurt in a
night riot when he is at home in bed.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

Washington. ID. C.-Joseph & Can
non. of Danville, ILL.,, is still speak
or OF the house of representatives.
But he lost the ancient prestige and
Weapon of that Office when tn" allied
Republican insurgents and Democrats
ooh from him not only the chairman
ship OF, but wen membership IN, the
all powerful committee on rules, the
chief asset in his stock of power.
Amid scenes Of widest disorder, for
the like Of which one must go back to
the exciting days just prior to the civil
war perhaps eve those times might
not duplicate it the veteran speaker,
almost n years old. stood erect and
defiant, his mead "bloOdied but I'M
bowed"
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

Even If o annot skate, remember
that the swimming will be good next
July.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

Seven Perish in Yokohama Fire.
Yokohama. March 21.-Five hundred
lives were lost in the cOnflagra
ion.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25

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eye could II
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last.
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And | helpC
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a time.
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as long as
quietly made
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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-03-25
This Was What Happened:

BY a vote Of 1877 to 155. the Republic
can insurgents voting SOldilN with the
Democrats, the house adopted the res
olutiOn of Representative Norris, Re
publican, of Nebraska, requiring a re-
organization of the rules committee,
increasing its membership from five
to ten, and declaring the speaker in
eligible to membership thereon.
BY the curiously Identical yote of
1877 to lJ5-but with a decidedly diff
ferent personnel OF alignment the
house defeated d resolution OF Repre-
sentative BurleSon OF Texas. declar-
ing the s~peakership vacant and order
ing an immediate election OF a sue
cessor to Mr.. Cannon.
Here is the Norris resolution, which
was adopted.
There shall be IA committee on
rules. elected by the house hitherto
the committee of five, like all other
house committees has been appointed
by the speaker, consisting Of 10 mem
bers, six of whom shall be members
of the majority party and four of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-18
TEDDY WAS NOT !
SQUEEZED BY
PACKING BARONS
OLD TIME RANcHER IN WESTERN
p N. o. GIVES FACTS REGARDING
+. OLD De MoREs MATTER. r..

"a
RTedora. ". D.. March 14--To TIL
Forum; Theodore Roosevelt and hi
experiences in ranshing In western
/ North Dakota In. Ehe >earfy days II
made the subject; of a; beautiful "pipC
dream, that WaR Published in "a re.
cent issue OF Minneapolis Sunday
paper. e.---;>>s,..,<.--,'
II is the dream Of one Thomas A
Clark, an old Fargo Argus man. Mr.
Clark is trying TO take from Teddy
all. bis glory as a brohcho buster and
cowboy, Mr.. Clark tells how the
"shrewd packing barons squeezed Ted
dy; how he was engaged with de Mores
in the old Medora packing plant some
twenty odd. years ago. and how the
packers froze him and de Mores out
of business. The only truth in his ar
ticle is that there were such men as
de Mores and Roosevelt at Medora, In
the early eighties, To make sure of
this matter the records of the old de
Mores' Co.have been searched. going
back more than twenty five years. The
records do not show the name of Theo-
dore Roosevelt; either as a stockholdAr
or a seller to1Ehe corporation, heither
do they show that de Mores, or his
company ever purchased a single head
Of stock from Mr.. Roosevelt. Mr..
Roosevelt was a. cattle raiser while de
Mores was a cattle slaughterer -
The s"shrewd packing barons" had
nothing to do with the success or the
non-success of de Mores. de Mores
found that to slaughter cattle on the
range, a long ways from market, and
where they could only be found In a
fit condition for the market about four
months in the year. did not pay, and
the business was closed down. This
Medora plant. having been started by
a French nobleman received much no.
toriety all over the western country.
Several years before the coming of
de Mores. there were similar plants
started at Victoria, g., Columbus and
Rockport, Texas, also FIT. Sherman,
Wyoming, and even after de Mores
started here there was one opened at
Miles City, Mont. These were all
failures and from the same cause as |
The failure here For the sake of IL |
If 1t were profitable TO |
slaughter cattle on the range the,I
'shrewed packing barons" would have |
being doing it these many years. So |
much for de Mores. AS to Mr.. Roose-.
1elt and his ranching. This was an |
indian country, until the advent Of |
The N. p. graders in 1879, when a mill |
larry cantonment was, established at
he crossing of the Little Missouri,
when hunters came in and say two
years afterwards stockmen began
placing cattle on the range. OF the
climatic conditions Of the country lit
tie was known, but the countrysibedng
full of buffalo and other wild game:
the assumption was If such could live
so could domestic cattle. This was a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-18
FLOOD DAMAGE: :: Z.
near SCHAFER
FOR FIVE DAYS MISSOURI WAS
ON RAMPAGE-FERRY LINES
WASHED OUTSET
TIERS MARROW
ESCAPE.

Schafer, n. D., March 1S.-For five
days the Missouri river at this point
mas been on a rampage, reaching yes-
terday the highest stage in ten years
and the highest mark ever known this
early In the season. A period ofsunus-
ually warm weather, accompanied by
chinook winds has prevailed for a fort
! nighta$ This following asaysry mild
winter In northwestern North Dakota
and eastern Montana, has caused a
rapid melting of the snow and q sud-
den breaking up, of the river. An ice
gorge has resulted extending from the
mouth of the Yellowstone for thirty
miles around the Big Bend. The flood
waters have been damned back and
the bottoms filled from hill to hill.
Considerable property has been car
rted away. One homesteader awoke In
the night to find the river about his
bed and his cattle drowned in the
stable He escaped by clinging to
one Of the horses. The cables along
which the many ferries between Me-
kenzte county and the surrounding
counties are run. have been carried off
and telephone connection severed.
leaving this section without any means
or communication with the outer world
for FIVE days.
The Ice gorge broke this morning
and a gasoline ferry was put on at
Williston. This arks the earliest
date on record for navigation of the
upper Missouri. 1t Ia reported that a
SECOND gorge Is forming at oswegh.
Mont and that another high wave may
be expected at any time. 1t lie. also
said that the Ice has gorged below at
Pierre, g.. d.. and that dynamite ia
being used to start the jam.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-03-18
DETAILS OF THE
milton SUICIDE
MISS ISABELLA MoNcRIEFF SENT
cHAReEfFRoM SHOTGUN IN.
TO HER HEART.

/ Milton GLOBE! MISS Isabella Mon.
Grief committed suicide al .tdRse home
OF her uncle. Duncan sHorKeelat -four
miles southwest of Milton. shortly az.
ter g O'Clock Sunday evening Death
had apparently been instantaneous. Nc
motive can be ascribed fer the rash
deed. -
i MISS Moncrieff had, as far as known
no troubles and was to all appearances
IN the best of, spirits, even I'D to a
few minutes before the shocking reso-
luton was carried into effect. She had
been conversing with her uncle, John
Slmm1e, who was ON a visit at the
Horrocks home, old friends and ac-
quaintances back east being under dis
cussion She appeared to be quite in
terested in tho subject and showed no
symptoms Of dependency. After a
while Mr. sInnnia took a walk out
TO the barn and when. he returned to
the house about fifteen minutes later
Miss M6ncffeff was not I'm the room
Thinking that she had gone to her
own bedroom, he took a, stroll of a
few minutes about the yard! Again
entering the house and seeing moth
Ing OF his niece he called several
times. Getting mo answer he com
rnenced search and noticed the
prostrate form on the Sled through
the half closed door to her bedroom.
The story OF the deed was here told
at glance. The body was lying
across the bed, stone dead, with an
empty shotgun at its side. The bar
rel mad been held against the heart,
pointing downward, the charge Just
touching the lower apex or the heart, \
penetrating the liver and lodging In
the lower right side OF the abdomen.
Another loaded shell had been Iaid'l
on, the, wash stand near by to be used
IN case the hrslts did. NOT do the work.
~ Coroner Ri hson jwas hastily notified,
and he game down Monday and cod
Quoted an examination. He did TibtiE
deem an Inquest necessary, everything
indicating plain case OF suicide.
The funeral was conducted from
the Milton Presbyterian church yes
terday afternoon, large number Of |
friends and old acquaintances of the
deceased following the body to its
last resting place in theh odd Fellows
!
MISS N4oLCLleI was 81 years old and |
for the last eighteen years or so had
made her home with ner uncle, DIN
can Horrocks. Her aged parents 4e!
side in Ontario. but ON account of
their extreme age, were unable TO un-
dertake the long journey here for the
funeral, 1855, /
j !, The entire, community is shockedi
and grieved over the rash deed, the
motive of which will likely never be
known to. mortal man.