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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-14
HUSBAND AID WIFE

and o~ne-fourth of them are under the
average age at which our girls marry.
There are also millions of child
widows, whose fate is far worse than
that of the married babies whose hus-
bands are living. / shall write Of
them farther on in this letter.
Marriages in India are always ar
ranged by the parents. They are a
matter of bargain and sale, and the
father of the boy gets the money.
At present the price has risen, and
one of the native newspapers is de-
handing that the parents of boys
come down on the dowries they ask
for their sons. They say hat the
parents of the brides cannot stand
the chs rges. and that the extortiOns
are a disgrace to the country. Every
indian father is anxious to marry off
his daughters and according to the
HindoO religion, he will be punished
if he does not. A man whose laugh
ter becomes an old maid must ex-
pect to spend a million years in hell
for that crime. He will be disgraced
while he lives and sneered at by his
fellows. AS a result of this belief,
girls are often betrothed in their
cradles. They are married as soon as
they are able to walk, and are old
women at the ages our girls become
wives. Indeed, there are but few fe-
males in India who are not wives or
widows by the time they reach four
teen years of age.
One of the native states recently
passed a law prohibiting the marriage
of girls under eight and forbidding
men Of over fifty to wed girls under
fourteen. The baby marriages are
usually little more than engagements
or contracts which cannot be broken.
When the wedding ceremony is. over
the little bride is taken back nome
and she stays there until she is eight,
ten or twelve years of age, when n
must live with her husband
No Race Suicide.
There is little race suicide in india.
The people want children. They marry
for that and the more they
have the better they like it. A woman
who has no children is a curse TO the
family, and she who does not pear d
son is considered a failure. me mar
riapes are at such an 6 that thste
are thousands of mothers OF tWeiVe
and thirteen and there are some niue
mothers Of eleven OF ten. Ihere are
twenty-five year-old grandmothers'
and have heard Of great-sfaha-
at forty-eight wears OF asI.
The ountr is thickly inhabltsu. ~
grows greater every year and tnere
are forty million more people mere
now than there were in 1880, the aver.
G. increase being thirteen per cent
every year
Girls Not Wanted
Indeed, the condition OF women III
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-14

AGRA.
NCcpyright, 1910. by Frank G.. Car
penter.)
i saw a wedding procession today.
II Was headed by came.s with trap
pings of gold, ridden by bare-legged
men III red and gold turbans. Behind
came an elephant followed by twelve
Arabian horses. each of which had
G'!d Ieslets above their fore-knees
ana silver bells around their necks.
me saddles were of cloth Of silver
ana the t7appings of the brides were
u gold. Behind these animals came
tie Wedding chair, n farther back
d Dand OF music and a crowd of men
singing and dancing. The wedding
chair was a litter covered with the
req and gold canopy. Upon the mat
HCSS inside sat the bride and groom,
1oCt TO face, leaning back upon the
piIWWs, | looked in through the
'GitaIhs and saw them. They were
'hI41ren. The groom was a ten-year-
o'u BOY of a gingerbread color, and
rme pride a little brown baby of two.
me boy wore a gold cap and a suit
on1pfoldered in gold. He had heavy
to'u rings on his ankles and wrists
L''"hd the girls neck was a gold
an"In, and she had gold bracelets II
"nkiets, AS | looked in the groom
+nI'ltd and waved his hand at me, but
80 paoy bride did not open her eyes,
+H ! am told she had been drugged
y rep her quiet during the ceremony.
sannoe l have been in India. / have
s - d score of wedding professions,
chu IA every case the brides have been
brn'ureh, although the grooms may
of oeen full grown men. Some
o me brides were six and eight years
ie 49, and | have seen q bride who
1S really a baby.
yNhii1 Wives by the Millions.
r;Du nave all heard of the child mar
evo5|' or India. They take place
ye.IS uay' and number millions a
Hi1E, Ihey are chiefly among the
porr 'o" who form two-thirds Of the
for rDtauon of Hindustan. have be
tatan,n me the figures OF the last census
indian py the British. They show that
lion mas now more than two mil
and aaftteS under ten. AMI two hundred
upA, thousand of five years and
na 1t has 100000 married, wo-
)cl rom ten to fifteen. and .
teen more who are between ff-
getbo~ "no twenty. There are alto
o0'00o,0 900 wives in the country,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-14

All AhoUt the Child Brides of Hin
dustan and the sad Fate of Baby
Widows.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-14

nd;aE Marriages and How They Are
Nadc-SiX Million Ten-Year-Oid
NiYcS-TcInplc Brides Who are
Married to the Gods-The New
Movement for the Education of
NOmeIl-SchooIs for Widows. Etc.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-06-14

And how many human beings do
YOU think are now und ergoing such
torments? / can give you the figures
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-30
PRETTY GIRLS NEARLY
 CAUSED A PANIC

The young lady guests who are at tending the house party, given by Mss Leinad Byrd this week, came very near causing panic at the Or pheo Theater last night, when they arrived there to witness the perform ance, as guests of R. L. Byrd, father of the hostess. The young ladies crowded the lobby of the theater and were unable to gain admittance at that time, owing to the large crowd within. The theater was damned to the doors with humanity and while the bevy of pretty girls were waiting just outside the entrance until suffi- cient chairs were vacated in doors someone made a funny remark and caused a general uproar of laughter. The crowd inside could not figure out' the cause ,of the excitement out side and many rose to their feet ami were making for the exits, when or der was restored and the laughter ex- plained. The incident caused much amusement.
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NO BANKERS
 OR CAPITALISTS

Police Judge Stewart is down in the mouth over the dull state of af- fairs in police circles. Not that the judge likes to see a big docket loom up before him when he mounts the judicial throne, but because almost every time he imposes a fine on some poor unfortunate devil, or some worthless cuss who is worth more to society on the county farm than else where, it almost invariably brings forth the old story of mo money which means a loss to the city by having to feed him and pay guard hire. The per cent of those convict ed in the police court who are able to pay even small fine is so small that it would be hard to find two fig ures small enough to express it. All of which goes to show that the judge is not assessing many fines these days against bankers and retired cap italits.
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Helena Newspaper Man is
 Charged With Embezzle- ment of Funds There.
ARRESTED IN ARIZONA
Officer Had Acquisition, But T. F. Rucker Would Have Come
 Without It.

, Helena, Aug. 29-Thos. F. Ruener, formerly editor and business manager of the Helena Daily World, was brought back to this city Sunday morning from Yuma, Arz., by De- putty Sheriff John J. Rabb, where he will be tried for the alleged embez- clement of funds during his connec- tion with that paper.
 The charge is preferred by George H. Adams, former president of the World Publishing Company, and the preliminary trial will probably take place before a local justice of the peace some time during the early part of next week.
 Fucker was apprehended in Yuma, Ariz., by the sheriff of Livingston county some weeks ago and his iden- tty telegraphed back to this city. Following the receipt of this informa- tion Deputy Sheriff Rabb of this city was instructed to go to the Arizona city where Fucker was supposed to ze The official was armed with 9 requistion signed by Governor Dona- ghey, although the former had al- ready sgnified his willingness to re- turn without the necessity of the pa- pers.
 Fucker was employed in the capa- city named above for several months, during which time he made many friends. He also occupied several of the local pulpits at different times and was considered a most eloquent talker in addition to being a news paper man of more than average abiI- ity. He is now out on bond, which was readily obtained upon his re. turn to this city this morning.
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SYRIANS' CASES
 ARE DISMISSED

When Attorney D. J. Kerwin, rep resenting J. Mahfos and Amelia Alias, Syrians, arrested recently on a charge 'of disturbing the peace, filed a motion in Magistrate J. A. Frazier s court yesterday asking that Garius Abdella file bond for costs in each case, the charges were dismissed Mahfos and the Alias woman were arrested at the instance of Garius Abdella, another Syrian, who was re- gently fined e5 and costs in the same court, after being arrested at the in- stance of the Alias woman,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-30
WANT ON SPECIAL | Donaghey Has 1n- |nly 16, Including
 r of the Graphic.
|E IN SCHEDULE Llsa4
ee Made to Reach Greatest pr of Voters-At Gov brnor's Expense.

ok, Aug. 29.-And now the
 ling up from the towns
 not entertain the Bryan
 its hurried flight over as
 rkansas as can possibly be
 four days. All day Sunday
 Gov. Donaghey has beea
 by telephone and telegraph
 orners of Arkansas beegicg g
 nge in the schedule which
 heir towns a chance to near
 Commoner express hlrusa!f
 ment No. 10. The schedule
 made though now, and gone
 the railroad companies, SO
 ho longer any chance of
 hough Col. Bryan maS bc
 stop for 5 minutes of logic
 proposed amendment at bt now on the schedule. but e on the railroads to be yer by the special.
 lking of the schedule was not btter of a moments
 R. P. Allen of the
 Railroad Commission Gov. Donaghey and others in t out. He took into consider. :. number of routes to reach. Hest number of people in four He made schedule after sche- finally decided on one which bring the Nebraskan into tue ter the Frisco, and board the train at Rogers. This sche-. s issued to the newspapers recalled, as it was seen that )rder was reversed and start 'om Little Rock, short stops g made at a time of day t.le 'ould otherwise be speeding an unsettled part of the his is how the towns on the 'ock and Fort Smith railroad the schedule. After this new } was arranged, adding about Wns and dropping only Scar the special did not come in the first schedule was and the new one issued late evening. Besides the people s to get Bryan to their town, srnor is having his time the family for the special the required number. There but 16 in the party and ten will be newspaper men. That leave many vacancies when an. Gov. Donaghey, Chairman llwee of the State Central ee, and R. P. Allen, who will arge of the train, are count balance. All sorts of pres 'elng brought by men of pro- over the state to get a berth special train, which consists ldard Pullman and one diner, } seems to be little hope for The train is being sent out :pense of Gov. Donaghey, and VIII be a number of outside 'r men aboard. the state will
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-30
COTTON MARKET
 IS SENSATIONAL

New York, Aug. 29-The feature of the market today was the sensational tion which touched the highest price reached for cotton since reconstruc- tion days. The fall months were dull, but steady. Twenty-Five thous- and bales of spot cotton were sold at 1875.
 Latham, Alexander & Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-30

M. Holland enjoyed telephone message last night from his little daughter, Mary Holland, who is in Toledo, Ohio,, visiting his grandfath- CT, Daniel Holland, the little lady left three weeks ago and informed her Papa over the phone that she was having a delightful time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-30
SALT LAKES SALT
 PALACE DESTROYED

Salt Lake City, Aug. 29.-The Salt Palace, structure built of salt and one of the scenic features of Salt Lake, was destroyed by fire at an early hour this morning, entailing an insurance loss of $25,00. Defective wiring was the cause of the blaze.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-30

FOR RENT-A large two story resi- , dence in western part of city. Mod-
 ern conveniences.-Cotton Belt Sav-
 ings & Trust Go. 8-23-4t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-30

The Savings Habit-becomes very strong when you have once started. If you have not been of saving turn, now is the time to start. We pay interest on deposits.-Cotton Belt Savings & Trust Co. s-25-et.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-30
COTTON ADVANCED
 SIS A BALE August Contracts Jump SIS Points From Satur-
 days Close.
SCALES IN CONTROL
S0utherner Holds Spot Cotton and to Fill Contracts Must Pay
 His Prices.
| l. l. + + + l. l. 1. + ]. l. + i. F ]. ADVANCE SENSATIONAL

* New York, Aug 29.-Sensa- a * t;onal as the fluctuations oa the l * cotton market have been previ- l * ously during the progress of the l + bull campaign which started l
 + last winter they fade into lil- l + significance when compared with l + the big jump in the price of Au- i * gust contracts this morning 1 + Closing on Saturday at 1882, l + after having sold at 1907 on l + Friday morning, the first sale of i
 + August this morning was at I
 + 1895, and inside of half an hour l + shorts were trying to buy at 12 l
 + cents per pound, or 21S points l + ($10.90 per bale) over. Satur- <
 + days close and the highest ] + figure reached since the Civil < + War. ! + There were frequently g to ! + 50 points between transactions, t + and before the end of the first !
 + hour August sold at 19.30, or i * 250 points. above the closing < + figures of Saturday. !
 The general trading continued T < quiet and attention was entire < + ly centered on the sensational I + winding up of the bull campaign l * in August. i + August continued to advance l + until the shorts were paying 20 ! + cents per pound, or nearly $16 ! + per bale, above the closing !
 '| figures of last week. At this l + level one of the leading bulls ! '% offered to sell 100000 bales l 's' which was taken to mean that ! '' the bull deal will culminate at ! + that figure and the market lat ! @' CT reacted with August selling ! + off to 1920, while the new crop ! + declined to a net loss of to ? !
 + points. 1
 : : : | .& : + < ! : q | + : ' 1
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(Contiued on Page 4.)

A cottage near Sth and Main Sts. for rent. A good location.-Cotton Belt Savings & Trust Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-30

very desirable cottage for rent. Located on W. 2nd ave. All modern conveniences.-Cott Belt Savings & Trust Go. S-24-4t.
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A small cottage for rent. On E. 9th. avenue. Convenient to shops Cotton Belt Savings & Trust Co.
 oc If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-30

Some of our best makes of high price suits Saturday and Monday at 5000 each.-KastOr and Bluthenthal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-30

 loulo have a checking account
 i-Because your money is m this bank than out of it.
 tS'D-Because it's a conyen. . necessity and help to you as a1aD- 'a's Because it sav6A slme, |cmn. ano bookkeeping your 1. s ,s straight-enables you to pay .ns,, M your business. be 1t large E.& P. Bank
 Pine B'ua. Ari.
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  republic setting previous that
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eusd on Page Eight.)
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Trading Prohibited.


 Since the legislature of this state passed an act preventing dealing in futures, there has been no trading in this state, yet the fluctuaticSa of the market are recorded in the Board of Trade for the information of the members of the organization and here it was soon announced by new arrivals that Scales is in control"
 Scales is no less than the Dallas cotton man, E.. G. Scales, whom many Pine Bluff men know. He is the man who has secured control of the spot cotton of the country, and it is to him those who are short on Au- gust contracts must apply to secure actual cotton with which to make
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-30

August cotton on New York ad- vanced about $16 per bale within a half hour Monday mornin, the great, est and most sensational increase in the price of the staple in many, many years, and reaching a price which has not equalled since the days of 1871, immediately following the try ing times of the Reconstruction.
 When the market closed at noon on Saturday, August cotton on New York was quoted at 1882, while the opening yesterday morning was 1895, and before the first half hour of the trading was over the long sought but most mythical 20 cent mark was reached. Those in the Board of Trade auditorium could scarcely be- lieve their eyes. What was the cause of this unprecedented rise in the quotations on New York August cotton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-26
MOTHER And
GIRLS DIE IN
DEPOT FIRE
HUSBAND DANGEROUSLY BURN
ED WHILE. TRYING TO RES
CUE FAMILY FROM EARLY
MORNING FLAME.

Egeland, N. D., April 26.--Mrs. G.. A.
Kruger and two little girls, Z and 8
years old, respectively, were burned to
death in each others arms in a fire
which destroyed the 500 line depot at
this place. @. A. Kruger, local agent
for the 500 road, is in a dangerous
condition from burns received in the
blaze while trying to rescue his family
from death. The fire is believed to
have started from an overheated
stove.
The 500 line depot at Egeland was
a two-t tory affair, Agent Kruger oc-
cupying the upper floor with his wife
and two children. The lower floor con-
sisted Of the waiting room and the tel
egraph and ticket office. The big ball
stoves usually found in railroad sta
ton of this type were located in the
waiting rooms underneath one Of the
upstairs bedrooms, in which the family
was sleeping.
From what can be learned Kruger
awakened to find the room in flames
and smoke and staggered to the stairs.
Receiving no reply to his frantic calls
for his wife and children, in the fire
and confusion he tried to fight his way
" lllEH DGuSlu6 III Il Lar COGnSE VI LLlS
room, but was driven back by the
wind-fanned flames which ignited his
clothing. He was found on the outside
of the depot by the townspeople who
rushed to the blazing building, and it
is believed he leaped from the win
dow. Although his burns are very
severe, physicians say his wounds will
not prove fatal.
The bodies Of the wife and her two
little daughters were recovered from
the fire. They were Moderated al
most beyond recognition. They had
died almost in each others arms. They
were probably suffocated by the
smoke before the flames reached them
The depot was total loss having been
burned to the ground.
Mrs. Kruger was formerly Miss Ida
Gust of Cyrus, Mimi, whence her body
will probably be shipped for burial.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-26
Streeter.

Streeter, N. D., April 24.--To The
FORUM: p. G. Fermann was a. busi-
ness visitor at Edgeley Tuesday and
Wednesday.
W. A. Shorty left Wednesday morn
ing for Portland, Ore, where he went
to look over the country.
Rudolph Zentgraf of Hankinson.
representing the nursery company of
that place, is in the village delivering
the orders Of trees and shrubbery to
local people
The large trees ror. the school
grounds have arrived and have been
set out in their proper places. Some
5000 was expended by the school board
for the trees to beautify the school
grounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. S. Helm left Friday
morning for a few weeks visit with
relatives in Illinois.
j. H. Klein Is having an addition
put on his house which makes his
place put on a fine appearance.
George Ireland has commenced lay.
ing the foundation for his new house
south of the track.
Oliver Anundson and Walter, John
son are busy pulling up the new house
of j. A. Mcknight on his homestead
southeast Of town
A. Miller came in from St Paul the
middle of, the week and has entered
upon his duties as assistant at the
Streeter creamery.
j. B. Hudson, representing the Lin
coin Jefferson University of Indiana,
spent few days in our town I'M the
interest of said institution.
Cashier Torbenson of the First Ma
tionM bank of Nome was in our viii
lage Friday looking over the town.
4a. CorS
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-26
SAD INSANITY CASE
Former Bright Attorney Loses His
Mind at Carrington-Two Com
nitted From That Place.

Darlington Independents: Continued
worries over domestic, financial and
health matters caused the mind of
VIM. F. Edwards, of Eastman town
ship, to give way, and he was brought
before the insane commission this
morning, examined and ordered COM
mitted to the Jamestown asylum for
treatment Mr.. Edwards was formerly
a practicing attorney in Anderson, Ind,
and stood high in his profession. He
has since held responsible positions
with the Elks lodge. His brother, Ora
Edwards, a minister from the eastern
part of the county, induced him to
come to this section about year ago
in the hope that change in climate
would help his mental faculties. But
he has been growing gradually worse,
and hospital treatment was deemed
necessary.
Edward DuffieId drifted into Car
rington yesterday, Feeling his mind
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-26
Claims Death Was Accidental.

Deadwood, s. D., April 2s.-Protest-
Ing that the gun went off while she
was endeavoring to take it from the
hands OF her husband after q quarrel,
MRS Jeanette Todd, the young wife Of
jerry Todd, colored, is seeking to de-
fend herself from the charge of murder
which has been placed against her on
account OF Todds death on Thursday.
The shooting occurred at the Todd
family home, following series of
family jangles in which Todd had told
his wife that he wanted nothing furth-
err to do with her and had ordered her
to leave the house.
Todd claimed that the woman shot
him through jealousy. while the wo-
man declares that she did not know
she had shot her husband until she
saw him fall
Mrs. Todd came here from Madison
Ind, last December and married Todd
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-26
FARMER DEAD IN RIVER.
Leaves Home While Family Sleeps
Commits Suicide While insane.

Butterfield, MINI, April 26.-Swan
Englin, a pioneer farmer of Adrian
township, this county, was found dead
in a slough about one-half mile south
of his farm home. Mr.. Englin was
about IS years old.
When the family retired Mr. Englin
was sitting by table reading.
Mrs. Englin awoke at 4 o'clock in the
morning, found he was not in bed and
search about the premises failed to
reveal his whereabouts.
Neighbors were aroused and a
search instituted, resulting in finding
his body in the slough as stated above.
1t is believed that while suffering
temporarily from insanity, he com
mitted suicide.
He was in his stocking feet and had
been complaining of an imaginary ILL
ness among his horses.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-26
=. NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST j..

giving way at his home in Bottineau
county, he started for jamestown. He
was taken in charge here and ordered
CT mmitted to the asylum. Sheriff At
kins left with both men this noon for
jamestown. Duffield lays his trouble
to financial difficulties, and claims that
he was cleaned out of his farm and
personal property by sharps. His mind
is cloudy audheris unable to collect
his thoughts for any length of time.
Mrs. Mary FTaunfelter of Johnson
township was before the insane COM
Tuesday, complaint having
been filed against her by several
neighbors. After an examination by
the commissioners, Mrs. Fraunfelter
was given her liberty.