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Morgan County republican., 1912-04-04

Jno. w. knoop came very nearly
being elected for both the three years
and the one year terms. Ed Nelson
run like ''skeered DEAR" which he
no doubt is.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-16

nirer the JOB Is ,ocared and their
do is to get the tools and make their
preparations. Common yellow soap.
fuse. caps and nitrogiycerin are needed
The soap. fuse and caps are easily oh
tanned at any hard ware or grocery, bur
the nitroglycerin Is net so easy 10 get
II no other method is available It must
be taken out of dynamite sticks. and
that is almost an art In itself. being u
very dangerous process.
For an ordinary shot they take five
fve-pound sticks Of dynamite TO make
enough nitroglycerin, or soup" as they
call 1t. fer the job. The utensils con
sist of two lard cans and a quart whis-
XIV bottle. The bottom is knocked ont
Of one Of the lard cans and holes made
all around tho sides. A charcoal fire Is
fhen built and the lard can Is set on it.
Then the other can is filed half full
Of water and placed on the first The
water IS allowed TO become lukewarm.
and then the sticks Of dynamite are
/ placed in the water. The whole affair
! stands about six hours.
After that time the water Is allowed
to cool and IS then strained through
: a piece of cheesecloth. after which it is
again allowed to stand. In n short time
the nitroClycerin rises to the surface
and Is skinned of and placed In the
bottle. The yeggs call this process
making soup" Several times 1t has
! resulted seriously. and In one Instance,
| when it blew the operators arm off. it
led to the capture Of two OF the best
men in what was known as the +. and
L. ii. gnng
1t sometimes takes as many as three
shots to blow n safe. Four holes are
drilled around the combination knob.
and the nit~roglycerin Is poured in the
holes, soap tunnels being used. A dy-
Mantle cap and fuse are then attached.
wet blankets are thrown over the safe.
and the shot is touched Off. The men
inside throw themselves face down
ward on the floor.
After the smoke has cleared the safe
is sometimes found ready to be rif1ed.
Often there is a strong box which the
first shot does not harm. In that case
a second aud sometimes a third shot
must be fred off in the same manner
as the first.
In case the citizens hear the eXplo-
sion the men who are watching outside
give the inside men the alarm and en-
deavor to hold the town at bay. giving
their inside pals q chance for a clean
getaway with the plumber.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-16
DARING YECCMEN.
Ways of the Most Desperate and
Cunning of Burglars.
BLOWING OPEN A BANK SAFE.
Nitroafycerin Is the Explosive Used.
and Wet Blankets Help, to Oeaden the
Sound-Makins the "Soup" 10 a Per-
iious Part of the Business

OF all the thieves and crooks that op
crate in the country the yeggman. or
| bank burglar. is the most cunning and
systematic and in the majority OF
cases the most desperate. Some people
| have an idea that a common tramp
nousebreaker is a yeggman. but that
is far from the truth. In nine cases
out of ten yegGmen are intelligent. ed
ucated men. There Is a bond between
them as strong as that which unites
any brotherhood or union in the cour
try.
There are not more than fifty good
yegCs in the United States. To be sue
cessful the yegg must understand ev-
cry little detail of the work. because
a slip usually means a life. When q
man becomes too old or Is disabled or
for any other cause cannot rer.ain an
active member OF his gang he then IN
structs the younger and less expert
enced members. In all the time that
| have been connected with bank In
vestigations. says IL yegg hunter in the
New York Sun, | have never known
OF a Ease in which one yeggman dou
Bile crossed another. and ! don't think
that can be said Of any other branch of
thiefdOm. | will explain some Of the
methods used by the ycGGs. also some
used by the investigators.
-Four or five men usually make up a
gang and these gangs are scattered
over the whole country. each having
gang had The territory between Al
bany and Boston on the Boston and
Albany road. IL that case the men,
bers would be scattered out along the
road between Boston and Albany look
ing for Il bank or ~pOstOfice which may
be easily blown. 1t sometimes takes
them six months or even q year to To-
cate the Job and get everything in
readiness for the touch off," as they
call 1t. One successful job with these
men equals "A great many small hauis
that other thieves make.
When the job is spotted the gang is
called together. and every detail is gone
over and the plans are mapped out.
Each member looks over the bank. and
the discussion Of methods sometimes
lasts a week. once knew of a gang
operating in Indiana who were in doubt
about a job and who sought advice
from a gang in Maine. That probably
took three or four weeks. | mention
this to show hat they absolutely will
not turn a trick" IL there Is the least
doubt aIrnrt - -~~-~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-16
Silent Enqiish Crowds.

Silence Is n great characteristic or
IN English crowd. II seems The Eng
lish people are generally very quiet.
Once | went to Shepherds Bush with
my French friend. lie said TO me:
Can you believe that there are some
10000 people In this ground? Just shut
your pyes-you would feel you were
standing in q DESERT" Yes. he was
only too true. IN France or in Japan
they would make deafening noises
Observations Of a japanese in England.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-16

- enc ~.-nsivus oruer oil the rarners OF
the Redemption was originally founded
10 collect aims for the ransom Of the
Algerian slaves. and many Of its mem
bers. with perhaps the noblest Chris
tan charity on record, voluntarily
shared the lot of the captives for the
comfort they could give and the seCv
ices they could render in negotiations
of ransom.
zone ghost OF all these unhappy thou
sands takes literally concrete shape
An Arab Christian named Geronl
mo. taken as a baby by Spanish sol
diers and educated by the vicar gen
eraI. was captured by the pirates dur
ing a raid As a renegade he was. OF
course. the subject OF the utmost per
secuilun. and when no inducement OF
suffering could make him apostatize
he was at length offered by the dey
the choice of being thrown alive into
a mold Of concrete which formed part
Of the foundation OF a new bastion or
Of embracing Islam. He chose the
Uldl " i0Ohi dIh was hdh5 INV N"'
mold with his hands tied behind him
and the concrete poured over him. This
was In 1863
In 1912 a Spanish Benedictfne IN
ther wrote a history Of Algiers in the
course Of which he narrated at length
the ~martyrdom Of Geronimo and de
scribed particularly the situation Of the
bastion In which his body lay. In lS4I
q translation OF this passage was pub
Iished in an Algerian newspaper. and
IN 1853. when the old fortress was de
stroyed. search was made. Exactly ms
bad been described the skeleton was
discovered. and on plaster OF paris
being poured into the impression in
the cement the figure OF the martyr
emerged. the hands tied behind Il.
much a. he had been three centuries
before. This plaster cast is today in
the BibIiOtheque musee."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-16
BARBARY PIRATES
These Fiends Terrorized the Sea
For Five Centuries.
DEFlED THE ENTIRE WORLD.
They Held at One Time Forty Thou
eand Captives as Slaves, Among
Whom Mas Cervantes-The Can
mons Mouth For a French Envoy.

Those pests Of the sea. the Barbary
pirates. who defied the civilized world
for 200 years. had at one time 10000
Christian slaves in bondage in Algeria.
The methods by which they were OBJ
tanned and how treated are described
by Sir Henry Norman in Scribner's
Magazine:
''Ships were seized In all European
waters. even off the coast of Ireland.
and their crews taken into slavery.
So were the crews of vessels which
came 10 trade. When any state at
tempted punishment the consul Of that
country was sent to the galleys. and
Sir Lambert I~'layfair. British consul
general and erudlte author Of Mnr-
rays Handbook tells rs that In one
instance OF the approach Of a French
feet their representative was blown
toward them from a mortar. Ger
vantes himself was a slave there IN
1865.
I'm the seventeenth century the
Algerine pirates held prizes worth 90.
100000 francs. Again and again the
Christian powers of that and the next
century failed to infict a lasting de
feat upon this 'scOurge OF Christen.
DOM The British parliament passed
an act to undertake the Christian
work Of the redemption OF the cap
tives from the cruel thralldom they
lny UNDER but its intention exceeded
Its power. for not long afterward 800
English ships were captured and 5000
English slaves brought into Algiers In
the space OF seven years. and hen
after FIVE years war between England
and the pirate state a pence was sign
ed the dey refused to surrender a sin
gle English slave. and the treaty had
a clause to the effect that the king or
Great Britain shall not be obliged by
virtue of this treaty to redeem any or
his subjects now In slavery probably
the most degrading treaty. as Sir Lam
bert Playfnlr remarks, ever signed be
tween England and a foreign power.
AT one time 10000 Christian slaves
were in bondage In Algeria, Of all the
nations OF Europe. many Of them men
of rank. learning and piety and all OF
them suffering daily the most cruel
hnrdShips. starvation and torture. One
would have expected the Christian ma
lions TO join forces for n object al
least and wipe this puny pirate state
of the earth. yet for 600 years Bar
barry held them at bay.
"InSt as the old sailors chantry about
.s4aa -. - re-ho rea' ,o"k
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-16

An Art Critic.

what do you think Of our new oil
painting?" asked Mrs. Newrich.
We'll" answered Mr.. Newrich. I'll
seems good enough from the front bur
II you turn 1t round and took at the
other side | must say the material
seems kind O cheap"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-16
Good BACKING.

Riggs-l wonder II lhgGs has much
money behind MIMI! Higgs-He had
the. other day when ! saw him He
was leaning against the Bank OF Eng
land.-London Tit BITS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-16
WaI.s Mas There.

AT the fish docks in an English sea
port the rather remarkable coincidence
was noticed or three steam trawlers
lying berthed side by side. their names
being respectively RUse. Shamrock and
Thistle.
What a pity that Wales is not rep
resented" remarked q visitor. That
would have certainly completed It."
Don't worry about that. Guv'nor."
replied the man addressed. Il expect
there's q leak in n OF EN-"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-07-16

Every base occupation makes one
sharp in its practice and dull In every
pther-Sidnpy
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05
MIDLAND NOW
IN jamestown

jamestown, N. D., Nov. 5.-The
Midland Continental railway reached
jamestown Saturday night, when the
track laying crew crossed the James
river, east of the state hospital. 1t
was down grade for the crew, in en-
tering the valley, and this may have
helped some.
Sunday the ties were laid on the
high grade which crosses the valley
and the rails laid up to the large cul-
vert which Is now being graded up.
The remainder of the track and the
sidings to the passenger depot and
the freight depot will be put in al
an early date and the road complet-
ed to a junction here with the North
ern Pacific.
Many went out to the end of the
line Sunday, some walking while
many made the trip by auto, to well
come the new road to the city. The
crews worked Sunday and many were
curious to see what is the actual
construction of a railroad.
The Midland Continental engine vas
brought into jamestown Sunday for
brief repairs in the Northern Pacific
shops here. The engine is not of
the mogul type, but is entirely suf-
icient to handle the traffic upon the
forty mile extension in fine shape.
One trip a day is made owe the line.
The freight depot skeleton frame
work has been erected and the struc-
ture is beginning to assume shape.
The foundation for the passenger de-
pot has been laid and upon the re-
ceipt of material work will be rush.
ed by the contractor upon the super
structure.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05
new EXTENSION
OF GREAT NORTHERN

Jamestown, N. D., Nov. Sd. J..
Hill and wife returned Sunday from
a western trip. Mrs. Hull visited at
Standpoint, Ida, and for the last two
weeks has been with MI. Hull, right
Of way agent, in eastern Montana,
where right of way is being secured
for the Great Northern extension from
New Rockford to Lewiston.
The base of supplies for this new
extension will be about twelve miles
from Mondak, which is on the main
line of the G. N, and on the state
line between Montana and North Da-
kota. The town which will be the
base Of supplies for this G.. N. eX-'
tension of over 500 miles, Is called
Fairview. The road will run in a
general east and west direction from
New Rockford to Lewiston, and
will cross the Yellowstone river
about twelve miles south Of Mondak.
The Missouri river Will also be bridg-
ed and the line from Mondak to Fair
view will probably be made perma-
nent. The supplies for the on
struction of the lines both east and
west of Fairview will be taken from
Mondak, across the Missouri, and
distributed in both directions.
Rsnehers and farmers are meet
ing the company with a spirit of lib
crafty. The new line, when COM
pleted, will give transportation IA
~cilities to the largest area Of fertile
agricultural and stock country that
now remains ~unprovided for in the
United States.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05
Railroad News
BUSINESS GOOD
IN NORTHWEST

st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 5.-Evidences
of continued prosperity are apparent
in all sections of the northwest, and
while freight transportation is heavy,
the railroads are not experiencing any
unusual difficulty in handling both
industrial and agricultural traffic, ac-
cording to Carl r, Gray, president Of
the Great Northern, who returned last
night from a ten days trip over the
road.
Business is excellent over all Sec
tons of our lines" said Mr.. Gray,
land the country appears to be in a
most prosperous condition. The trip
was not made for any specific purpose,
merely to look after the company's
interests"
He stated that while traffic was
heavy, there were no signs of conges-
ton. Mr.. Gray was accompanied over
part of the lines by Vice President j.
M. Gruber and l.. G. Gilman.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05
City I'm Brief

Vern Terryl that he has
severed his connection with the Call
Messenger Co. and is not responsible
for any debts connected with the
place.
and were at the Prescott and Max has
Rosebud arrived in the city yesterday
and were at tire Prescott and Max has
entered the agricultural college as a
student.
The balance of the equipment for the
big vault in the Masonic temple has
arrived and is being placed in posi-
ton by Secretary Stockwell and his as
sistants.
The Fargo board of education will
hold it's regular meeting tomorrow
evening at the Central building and
there will be q large amount OF bust
ness to attend to.
Mrs. Richard Leggett, wife of the
chef at the Metropole hotel, was sub
mitted to an operation at st, Johns
hospital yesterday and today was re-
ported to be doing nicely.
The Western Union Telegraph Co.
operators will all be in their seats this
evening at the different places thatrwill
receive election news promptly at 5:45
and the service will begin at 6.
Carl Sundquist, the we'll known tray-
cling man who resides in the N. d.
Improvement building, and who came
home to see the new baby girl at his
house, has resumed his business out on
the road.
The Elks will hold a business meet
ing next Saturday night for the pur-
pose of attending to business, when
uoxynFoI nnFnIinntfnrE . fnF hnreAfA
will be acted on, while several Others
will be received.
President Taylor of the Fargo Per-
sonal Workers league states that there
will be a regular meeting of the league
on Thursday night of this week and
that a Isl amount of important mat
tiers are to come before the meeting,
which all should hear. All interested
in the work are most cordially invited
to attend.
George +. Wagner, secretary Of the
Y. M. C. A. of Grand Forks, has been
secured by Secretary Wolf Of the local
Y. M. C. A. to make the address next
Sunday afternoon at the association
here. Mr.. Wolf and Mr.. Wagner were
will acquainted before the latter went
to the Forks to take charge of the
work there.
Harry B. Smith, sporting editor Of
The San Francisco Chronicle, is
spending the day in Fargo the guest
of his cousin, M. A. Baldwin, Mr..
Smith is one of the most noted sport
ing authorities on the coast and widely
known from his baseball and pugilistic
articles. He is en- route east to attend
some of the baseball meetings and
other sporting affairs.
The Arab patrol Of the Ell Zalgal
shrine expects to take twenty-four
men with them when they make the
trip to Duluth. 1t a at first the in
tention to take UP twelve, but the 9TH
ers have signiied their intention OF
going. In addition there will be two
officers and two attendants, making in
all, twenty-eight men. The boys also
expect to invade Grand Forks in the
near future just on a fraternal visit,
however, with no intention of l1ostili-
ties.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05
he STRUCK HER
COlOred Woman Said She Was struck
On Side of Head by Joe Reid
Held to County Court.

Joe Reid, colored, was arrested last
night on the charge of assault and bat
terry on the complaint Of a colored wo-
man by the name of Minnie Barrett,
who said he struck her on the side of
the head as she was entering her house
on First street just off of Front street.
The man was examined by States At
torney Fowler and will be taken before
Judge Hanson in the county court to-
morrow.
Frank Beck was charged with OBJ
tanning honey under false pretenses
when 1t was said he accepted an over
change at Prizes. The cashier was said
to have unintentionally given Beck
change for $50 in place of $40 which he
handed her. This morning a settlement
was effected and Beck was discharged.
The matter of the Shepperd case, in
which the defendant, Frank SheppeFd
is accused of robbery from the person
Of a man named Ed Olson, has been
continued until tomorrow when addi-
tional witnesses will be brought in.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05

States Attorney Wayman of Chi
cago, urging that We must have wom-
en- jurors to try women for crimes like
murder, declares that only a woman
jury can pass on o "A tear
stained face, white lips and trembling
hands he says, "unnerve men juries.
Only a woman can read a woman's
heart and tell whether her emotional
display is true or false And still
there are men that will tell you that
they understand their wives.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05
Coming Events
What's Said

j. j. Hannaher.-The meeting of the
knights OF Columbus scheduled for
tonight, has been postponed till to-
morrow night.
is P. Johnson, Secretary:-McKin-
ley lodge No. 922 M. b. A. will meet
Wednesday evening at the Sons Of
Norway hall. The meeting will be
called to order at 1880 sharp. Don't
fail to attend this meeting. Entertain
ment for members and their friends
after the business session
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05
The Best Advice.

Toronto World; Al man went to
address a Sunday school unprepared.
Thinking to be funny, he asked this
question:
What would you do before so many
bright boys and girls, who expected d
speech from you If o had nothing
to say?'
'Td keep quiet" replied a small boy.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05

A. L. Moody's coats are singled out
wherever they are seen, by virtue of
their excellent style quality. They are
offered at one-haIf price for tomor-
rows selling. Which n do you
want? Cloak room, End floor,--Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05

1t is predicted that within a few
years aeroplanes will be carrying pas
sengers between New York and Chi
cago. 1t is impossible to deny any
assertions of what may be the achieve
ments of the coming years, but at
present passengers feel they would
prefer taking chances even with the
flyers"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05
SHORT SESSION,
City Council Held Brief Meeting
and Adjourned.

T".. ana NuJuUTHSus
The city council held a brief session
last night. Only the bills for the
month were read and allowed after
which adjournment was taken until
Friday night when the reports of the
corporations officers will be submitted
and the other regular business of the
first meeting of the month.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05

Australia dreams of being a second
Europe some time. And thus capture
the American tourist business?
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05
Cold.

Detroit Free Press: Whats our
opinion of the high price Of coal this
year,
well, for one thing, it's liable to
Christmas shopping early"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05
In THE HOTEL LOBBIES

AS the man sat before Police Magi-
strate Miller h other morning he did
not have h appearance of having had
a foot" on the night before, yet the
officer who made the arrest stated
that h man had been swinging his
of his voice, but had quieted down as
he was loaded on a dray and was
asleep when he landed in the cooler"
Il must say, James M"ulvinnehan,
that you do not have the usual aspect
of a man who has succumbed to al
cohol," remarked his honor, and James
Responded:
mo, Stree. / haven't tasted intoxicat-
ing liquors for more than three years"
How, then, do you account for
whooping it up Eliza Jane last night
and then dosing off on the hard bed OF
the dray wagon that brought o this
way?' asked the judge kindly.
"I suppose you will say that I am a
descendent of Ananias when 1 tell you,"
remarked the prisoner. ITS this way:
/ used to be a mesmerist in a show"
said he and I got so that / could
hypnotic myself. Yesterday evening I
felt gloomy and at variance with the
world, and so / went to a place where
they sell buttermilk and drank five
glasses of the delightful beverage; then
l sat myself before a bright electric
light and hypnotized myself into the
belief hat l was full, n there you
are"
The court looked at the man for a
full minute and after gasping two or
three times, passed sentence:
Il am not charging you this IS for
being full, but for being the most
cheerful liar / a ever met. / smelt
your breath as you passed me on the
way to the cells last night, and may
tho Lord have mercy on your soul"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05

Hustle, and you will not feel the
cold.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05

Call 1869 and let the G. N. Fuel &
Concrete CO. deliver your fuel.-Advt.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05

Have you investigated A. L.. Moody's
Half price sale of lace curtains and
drarery goods in force this week
-Adyt,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-11-05
Stations
H. R. GRAssE. Special Observer
For the Public Health.
FAIR.

The growth or the American Drug
and Press Association and the Meri-
toll Preparations has been phenom-
inal, because Ii was organized, for
the public health" Every prepara-
ton is backed by the druggists and
the newspaper men who own this as
ISOLATION. Your money back If you
are not satisfied. Try them on our
guarantee.
Central Drug Store, Sc Broadway,
Fargo, Exclusive Local Agents.-Advt.
His idea.
Louisville Courier journal Are
those graphophones?
The goods speak for themselves.
That's so. Well, wind one up and
let's see IL it a effect q sale.