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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
THE TRAGEDY
IS RECALLED
Princess Louise Describes Her
Feelings When Before Ru.
dolph's Monument

Vienna. Jan. 1.-The greatest ira
gedy in the annals of the unhappy
house of Hapsburg is recalled by an
extraordinary article in the Poster
Lloyd by the Princess Louise of Bel
gium. The princess describes her
thoughts before the statute in the Bu-
dapest city park of her late brother
ln-law, the Archduke Rudolph, only
son of the Emperor Francis Joseph.
1t will be remembered that the
crown prince contracted in 1881 a
loveless marriage with the Princess
Stephante Of Belgium (now Countess
Lonyay). In the succeeding years he
endeavored to obtain from the pope a
divorce In order to marry the beau
tiful Baroness Marie Vetsera.
Emperor Opposed L1vorce.
The emperor, his father, flercely on
posed the project Of divorce, and on
the fatal night Of January 80, 1889,
the baroness and her lover, then aged
81, committed suicide in the hunting
box of Meyerling. The crown prince,
going to her room, is believed to have
found that she had poisoned herself;
he covered the body with flowers and
shot himself through the head. BY
the emperor's orders the chateu was
razed to the ground and q convent
now stands in its place.
always when in Budapest" says
the Princess Louise in her article, "I
take the same walk. L walk to the
city park, my heart beating. sud-
denly come to standstill before a
statue. 1t is a huntsman in stone
who gazes dreamily before him.
Long forgotten scenes come back
to me. A world of memories storms
my soul, thoughts and feelings that
never quit me. l see the crown
prince before me in the strength of
his youth. l hear his voice saying,
Where shall l find the wife l want?
Tell me her name
Go to Belgium. There a flower
blooms-my sister Stephanle. And
he went. l see the spring of happi-
ness, Of peace. see the spring;
then SO soon afterward the autumn
and the dreadful end.
THE voice of the Crown Prince
Rudolph still rings in my ear. The
year before his death we walked to-
gether in the beautiful park of Lux
emburg. The most beautiful thing
he says, would be to die when one
is 80, in full possession of strength,
knowing and feeling one could do all
things unfettered by circumstances
Certain persons exist who say
they knew the facts of the crown
princes end. They are silent. They
live upon the price of their discretion.
They alone, perhaps, know the con-
clusion OF the tragedy. l know all
that went before in all its phases. l
am silent hut for other reasons."
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
Death Of Lamphere Did Not
Unseal Lips Of His spiri.
- tual Confessor
MINISTER WHO HEARD THE
ACCUSED MANS STORY SILENT
He Does Not Feel at Liberty to Dis.
close Its Nature Although He SAYS
1t Would Be q Surprise in Many
Ways. ,,....xe =

Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Jan. Rev.
Edwin A. Schell, president Of Iowa
Wesleyan university, yesterday refus-
ed to make public confession he OBJ
tained from Ray Lamphere. slayer of
Mrs. Belle Guinness and her children,
1t was believed that in view of Lam
phere's death in the Michigan City
prison Thursday, Schell would tell
what the Guinness suspect confided to
him in the LaPorte, Ind, jail. thus
clearing up much of the mystery sur
rounding the Guinness farm murders.
The preacher, who was Lamphere's
spiritual adviser at the time of the
hired mans arrest and trial for the
burning of the Guinness house, was
visited by newspaper men and was
the recipient of many kilograms. He
replied to all thus Lampheres con-
fession was made to me in secret and
do not feel at liberty to give It out.
although it would be surprise IN
many ways"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
NO SYMPATHETIC
STRIKE PROBABLE
Members of the Conference
Believed to Share This
View

Washington. Jan. What can be
done to bring together the railroads
of the northwest and the striking
switchmen who number $500 or there
abouts engaged the informal attention
of the mediators in the St. Paul strike
today. though the formal conference
between Chairman Knapp of the in
terstate commerce commission, Com
missioner of Labor Neill and H. B.
Perham, head of the railway branch
of the American Federation of La
bor, will not be resumed until Mon
day.
|. Official Washington was paying it's
respects to the president at the white
house New Years reception. but Chair
man Perham, who hurried here from
st. Paul in the interest of an early
adjustment, had the demands of the
men under consideration despite the
holiday festivities. At least one of
the parties to the conference believes
there is no likelihood of any affiliat-
ed organizations giving active sympa-
thetic support and it is believed that
the others share these views.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
RUSSIAN GAR
WELL GUARDED
Soldiers Line Railway as the
Imperial Train Passes
Special Precautions

London, Jan. IA strange story OF
now the czar returned to Russia after
his recent visit to Italy is told by ],
Landa in the Jewish World.
The sight. he. says. was certainly
striking. Telegraph poles were spar.
sely decorated with bunting and ban.
ners; the wayside stations were fes-
tooned with garla1ds of leaves and
ribbons. But these were not the
things to which the fingers pointed
At every few PAGES on each side OF
the railway line stood soldier with
bayonet. fixed to his gun. At every
level crossing there was a military
encampment. at every bridge a gar
rison; every wayside station was a
barracks.
Some Of the soldil's stood at at
tention facing the re; others had
their backs to the trains," the writer
says. II believe they stood SO alter.
nately, but am not certain. Officers
marched to and fro. No plate layers
were to be seen; no workers were in
the fields bordering on the line.
Cossacks Far Out.
Mounted Cossacks stood far out
a couple of hundred yards or SO;
others galloped across the fields. In
every lane leading to the line there
were at least two Cossacks, and
where there were cottages near the
railway more Cossacks."
The writer was in a train which
was passed by the royal train.
Il WONDER" he continued, "why
&ho.. ,,,oe 80 onor,l,~~ a. A.. ,,,,,.
dows, and placed myself in a good
position. soon learned, however,
why there was no competition. The
train slowed down, and bayonets came
An officer marched through the
carriages, followed by an attendant
who pulled down all the window
blinds. A soldier was placed at ev-
cry window. The train stopped. Out
side I could hear the tramp of SOL
diers.
1.-The train was being surrounded.
Then all was silent, and almost dark
save for the candles over the doors
with which third class carriages in
Russia are miserably lighted.
There came the rumbling of an
approaching train. The soldiers in
the carriage stood at attention. Whirr
-whizz-the curtains fluttered as the
train rushed by. That was all saw
Of the czar and the royal train.
"a few minutes later the blinds
were raised, the soldiers left the car
riage, and we puffed slowly along into
q station. Soldiers were coming in
along the line and from the fields;
the festoons and the flags were being
taken down. The welcome was over.
Every one was relieved. The res.on-
sibility of loyalty in Russia is no light
thing
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01

Ing It In visw Of her humble position.
for when the question was asked her
she said sharply, with . deep dush
upon her face: "If any one asks you,
tell them you don't. know"
Still another sister. Of the baroness
10 Nine. Juliette Verger, who was for
merly flower girl, and 10 now the
wife Of waiter In q cafe at the Place
de Clichy. The only surviving broth
er Of the baroness is waiter In an
other cafe not far from the Place de
Ia Republique. He alone of the fam
lily has something kindly to say of the
morganatic widow OF the Belgian
king. whom he called. half .jocularly
his brother-in-law. He declares his
intention OF exercising the once Of
natural protector to the baroness as
the masculine head Of the family.
OF course. such an ONCE is not
without it's attractions, in view Of the
fact that there is $4,000, 900 at least
at stake in the legal battle about to
be b. wagess yer the late kings proper
Next M.-t: child Of the La
divorced, who e.. soy So1zI nche Caro-.
line, and thus proba. >pssible
her future conquests D. kealth-
lest of modern monarchs. stme. An
gele at one time held comparatively
easy social position, but is now liv-
Ing obscurely in Saint-Mande, a SUBJ
urb Of Paris.
Accuses Sister Of Ingratitude.
She accuses her sister-"the almost
queen," as the French papers call her
of ingratitude, and furiously repels
all inquiries concerning her.
The sister of the baroness indig-
nantly denies that her father was ever
a Paris concierge. They say that he
was at one time director and part
proprietor of an important iron foun-
dry, with large income, but died
In misfortune in Bucharest.
During the legal debate at Pom
toise over the removal Of the seals
placed on the baroness chateau of
Balicourt, near Paris, where her two
sons had remained. during. her re-
cent sojourn in Brussels, the attor-
ney for Princess Louise referred to
the first stage of the old kings last
romance in these terms:
"At the instigation of q person,
whom it is not for me to name, the
Baroness Vaughan presented herself
to the royal view in places which the
sovereign was in the habit of fire.
quenting, and that which was to hap
pen happened"
The legal representatives of the
baroness declare that the fortune left
her by the king is q great deal less
than has been generally supposed.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
Great Democratic Gathering
When the Doors Swing
Wide to All Alike
FORMAL RECEPTIONS MARKED
BY The GORGEOUS UNIFORMS
Many Distinguished Classes Are spe.
cially Received Before the Public
Reception is Opened-Ol Custom
Dating From Early Days.

washington, Jan. 1.-The event
which from almost the first days of
the republic has distinguished the Gel
eDration of the advent of the new wear
N washington. the president's recen-
tlon at the white house, took on new
interest today as the first public re.
ception planned for the administra.
tlon OF President Taft. On New Years
oay the white house doors swinp
open to all the world and during the
appointed hours for the reception of
tne cltlzens, the poor and humble
pass In review and receive the CLASH
OF the chief executive on an eouai
footing with the richest of the corr.
munity. - ' soAi
Inc public reception, Of course. al
ways Is preceded by an hour or more
OF formality when the president ereeta
the members Of the cabinet. the -di-
plomats. senator's and representatives.
the high officials of the government:
omcers OF the army and navy, and
members of the various veteran or
CARNATIONS who pass through the
famed blue room at hours especially
set apart for them. Some idea of the
magnitude to which the New Years
reception at the white house has
grown can be had from the fact that
president Roosevelt. during the last
Two or three years of his term, attain.
ed the high water mark of shaking
hands with more than 5000 men and
women.
The early period Of the reception
was made gay and impressive as usual
today by the appearance of the diplo-
mats In the full dress uniforms of
their rank and distinction in the
countries from which they are ac-
credited. There were many new
faces in the diplomat line, headed by
Baron DePlanches, Italian ambaasa.
dor. the dean of the corps in Wash
ington.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
soonT asked the two old women;
lis Pepi i'll Or ibusy?''
Pope Was DisappOinted.

the foreign soldiers will not let
me in" replied the man. and that
evening the pope. who was looking
Forward TO q chat and game Of
cards with his brother Angelo, the
man who owns wine ship at Riesi
and whom he invited to spend the
Christmas holidays In Rome, was
much disappointed.
A secretary was sent to inquire,
and some time after he returned to
the pope accompanied by the old
peasant in his Sunday clothes. who
explained the cause of the delay, The
papal troops have received strict or
ders not to render military honors to
the most serene Signor Angelo Sar-
to, the holy fathers brother" and the
old peasant from Riest now enters
the vatican without any need of show
ing the card on which the pope him
self had written, This is my BROTH
err"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
GOT VERDICT
Traveller on. Snowbound Trains Sued
The Railroad Company,

New York, Jan. IA very import
ant decision was rendered recently
by the New York court of appeals,
reversing a judgment obtained
against the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad by Mark N. Cor
mack, who started from Quincy, Mass.
for Boston, on January 2, 1904, and
instead of reaching the Boston ter
minal in is minutes or at 8:55 p. M,
got in at o'clock the next morning.
The railroad company an its defense
said that the train was held up by
the worst snow storm Boston ever
had and that all the time the train
was held up it was within 700 feet of
the Boston station. Cormack got a
verdict of $50, which was affirmed by
the appellate division of the supreme
court,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
CONFERENCE ON
/ CROP. GAMBLING
President Said to Favor Meas.
ure to Prohibit Dealings in
Futures

Washington, Jan. 1.-Gambling in
futures" is form the subject of q
conference soon to be held at the
white house. President Taft propos-
es to arrive at a means, II possible,
Of preventing an unnecessary amount
OF stock-market trading in future de-
lfveries of wheat, corn, cotton, and
other products. He is of the belief
that legitimate industry suffers from
this sort of speculation, and may
possibly urge upon congress the
adoption of law that will be effec-
tive in stopping it, as was the law
aimed at the sale of lottery tickets.
He may make known his views in a
special message to congress or in q
report on a bill soon to be introduced
by Representative Scott, Of Kansas,
chairman of the house committee on
agriculture.
1t was learned yesterday that the
president has invited a number of
officials to confer with him on the
subject among them Secretary of
State Knox, Attorney General Wick
ersham, Representative Scott, Repre-
sentative Lowering, of Massachusetts
and Commissioner of Corporations
Herbert Knox Smith.
Investigated by Government
The government has given some at
tention to the question of stock gam
bling. The cotton exchange in New
York, and like bodies in other cities,
have been subjected to close in
quiry by the commissioner of corpo-
rations. Incidentally, the federal au-
thorities have made inquiries as to
gambling in futures as general pro-
position, with the result that decision
has been reached that the federal gov
ernment should deal with this ques-
tion SO far as lies within its power
and authority. 80
After conference with Secretary Of
Agriculture Wilson and other officials
of that department, Chairman Scott
introduced a bill prohibiting the use
of the mails for any transaction hav-
ing to do with future" gambling on
the products of the farm. Mr.. Scott
framed the measure along the lines
of the law that Was effective in hail
ing the Louisiana lottery.
Would Deny Use OF Nails.
The Scott bill places stock gambl-
ing transactions on the fraud list, and
empowers the postmaster general to
issue orders excluding persons, firms.
or corporations engaged in the prac-
tice from the use of the United States
mails. 1t has been suggested further
that the use of telegraph and tele-
phone lines should be denied stock
gamblers. and at the white house con-
ference an effort will be made to.
frame provision of law that will
accomplish this purpose.
President Taft has given a great
deal of study to the question of stock
gambling. He has observed that the
practive has been stopped in many of
the states, and believes that great
good will be done the public II the
practice is met by s :sw Of congress.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
as among the local American fr.

ternity.
The fact which attracts particular
attention is the promotion of younger
meh from secretarial positions to
ministerships and the ministers to
higher posts. This is interpreted as
evidence that the American govern
ment has finally swung into line with
other great poWk.. in maintaining q
more or less permanent diplomatic
service, which givess Woodworking,
ambitious officials something to hope
for.
Until within a few years European
diplomats refused to take their Am
erican colleagues seriously. The lat
ter were looked upon chiefly as ener-
getic gentlemen with pulls. President
Taft's latest diplomatic slate, it is
observed, consists, with few excep-
tions, of promotions for men who
have had long careers in other capi-
tails and who obviously owe their
present advancement to merit and not
to politics. This is regarded as a
long, praiseworthy step in the direc-
ton of the establishment of a pro-
fessional American diplomatic SER
vice on European lines-a step calcu-
lated to increase the prestige of the
service in all quarters.
Berlin's Principal Interest.
Berlfn's principal interest in the
new appointments is in connection
with the advancement of Robert Rey-
nolds Hit, secretary Of the local EN-
bassy, to the ministership of Pana-
ma, and John Brinkerhoff Jackson's 8
appointment as minister to Cuba. MIR.
Jackson served as secretary in Ber-
lin for many years and has a host
Of friends in Germany. Mr.. Hit, too
is widely and popularity known as
having served here formerly as Sec
ond secretary, before his return as
second secretary, when DR.. Hill be-
came ambassador. Mr.. Hit has just
closed three months able representa-
ton of the ambassador during DR..
Hills leave in the Uniteh States.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hit will specially be
missed in Berlin society, in which
they have always played a prominent
role. especially among the younger
court set, of which the crown prince
and princess are the leaders. Mr..
Hit. so far, is without any intima-
ton as to when the government ex-
poets him to take up his duties in
Panama.
Mr.. Hill Again In Command.
Ambassador Hill reached Berlin
from England on Wednesday evening,
and resumed command at the embas-
sy on Thursday. Mrs. Hill has not
returned with him, having proceeded
to Paris, where she will remain with
her daughter until the end of the
year. Both the ambassador and Mrs.
Hill will be at home at the American
colony, in accordance with their GUS
tom, on New Years day.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
SA[UTES FOR
J. P0PE's BROTHER
But Venetian Peasant Failed tn
Comprehend Their PURPOSE
Gained Admittance

Rome, Jan. 1.-The papal troops are
suckers on military salutes. An or
binary priest. for instance, is only en-
Titled to shoulder arms, while a mon
signor gets present arms, and for a
Disnop little guard is turned out.
wnile cardinal has the whole guard
turned out to do him honor. AS cler-
gymen of different ranks are ccptin-
ually passing to and fro in the Va
tican palaces, the soldiers on guard
are kept pretty busy, and their only
work seems to consist in saluting
"A Few days ago an old peasant in
his Sunday clothes entered the Va
tican from the bronze gates toward
dusk and showed a.card to the Swiss
soldier on guard. "They told me-"
said the peasant in marked Vene-
ttan accent, that by showing this
card I would be admitted" The SOL
der was half inclined to send the
old man away, but he happened to
glance at the card.
Sprang to Attention.
Immediately he sprang to attention
and presented arms. At the same
time he loudly called out the guard
In German, and within few seconds
twenty Swiss soldiers under. an officer
were drawn in line. presented arms,
and bugler sounded the royal sal
ute.
The old peasant was astonished. He
took of his hat and stared at the
soldiers, who stared at him, and re-
mained motionless. After waiting for
five minutes, not knowing what to do,
he calmly walked out and strolled
around the Vatican until he reached
q back entrance. also guarded by a
Swiss soldier. Here he again showed
the card and again received the roy
al salute.
Still greatly astonished. the old
peasant walked away, and as he knew
that there are only two entrances to
the Vatican, he went home where his
sisters lived. a short distance from
tho vatican.
"Sa"w is IT. that Won came hack 40
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
One Divorce Suit Filed for Ev.
ery Eleven Marriage Ii.
oensss Issued
PERCENTAGE OF MSmARMlGES
INCREASED ovERsllsT YEAR
Seven Hundred and Fourteen Divorce
DEGREES Were Granted in Philadel.
phia Alone and l,lol Suits Were
Started.

h Philadelphia, Jan. 1.-For every
eleven marriage licenses issued in
this city during 1909, one suit for d.
vorce was filed. This is not only an
increase In the number of divorce
suits as compared with the year 1908
but is also slight increase in the
percentage Of suits to the number Of
marriages. There were 1,1O1 suits in
,stituted in 1909 as compared with 990
begun in 1908. The number Of mar
riages for 1909 was 1876, or 567
more than in the previous year. The
number of divorce suits granted in
1909 was TIA.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
MUST PAY TWICE
Catholics Of Devils Lake Lose Out ii
Civil Action M

Devils Lake. N. D., Jan. Unless
the supreme court reverses Judge Co
wan. the Catholic congregation bf
Devils Lake will be obliged to pay
twice for its heating plant. This 10
an outgrowth of the w. r. Hill embez-
element case two years ago. Hill had
the contract for the work and purchase
ed the material of Minneapolis con-
cern. That firm has now placed al
lien against the church property fo,(
$3.50, it being upheld by Judge Cowanl
An appeal to the supreme court is BED
ing taken.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-01-01
GOOD PROGRESS 0N
NATIONAL RAILWAY
Construction Work on Govern.
ment Section of Transconti-
mental Rushed

Ottawa, Jan. during the year,
just closing excellent progress haas
been made with the construction OF:
TIE National Transcontinental railway
Work has been actively prosecuted
along every section Of the line frou
Moncton to Winnipeg. and an army d
from 10000 to 1900 men has beeH
busy at wor all the year long. The.
contractors report that the conditions
generally have been favorable to q;
rapid completion of the work of grad
ing and track laying. sE
AT the end Of the year the prograe3|
rerort shows that over 700 miles Ee|
track has been laid and grading d6l
been completed for approximately \9|
miles more, thus leaving only alb =
800 miles of the total distanc eof /. Z
miles still to be graded. All
District "F," extending from Win n
peg to Superior Junction, was pr)
t.cally completed during the years.
the first through train from Winnin I
to Fort William made the Journey az !
" in November, although a freieS
service on this, the first completi
portion Of the new national line. N
rot be inaugurated for some mont
yes.
The first shipment Of wheat fro
tha west was made over the line
November, ten cars Of export gra3
having been brought from Winnipe
to Fort William.
Many Miles of Track Laid
During the year approximately 35l
miles of track were laid, exclusive Of
sidingsf OF this about 200 miles were
laid in Ontario, about IS miles in New
Brunswick and the balance in Quebec.
The expenditure during the year wa
approximately $4,000, 900 and the total
outlay since construction work bexan
is now $7O,O00,000.
During the coming year It is esti-
mated that $25, ,000, 900 will be spent on
construction work and by the end OF
the year the completion of the whole
of the government section will be all
most in sight, with the probability thaf
by the end of 1911, the date fixed "a
1904 as the one when the line might d
expected to be complete. there will is
very few gaps in which steel is n6t
laid between Moncton and Winnipeg,