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w 1 •Trt V3r f*" ®V 6. u HEAVY WORK HORSES Vor sAU :'. Sixty tfead from Morton C^nty. Weight from 1100 to 1500. At a great saving. Inspection will prove profitable to intending pur chasers. Superb Assortment FUR NECKWEAR ifi Sable, Mink, Black Mirten, Alaska Bear, Fox, Chinchilla, Er mine and Siberian Squirrel. MUTS to match of the finest quality and workmanship. FUR COATS of the finest grades of Alaska Seal, Natural or Dyed Otter and Persian Lamb, combining in the highest degree style, fit and finish to give them a distinctive individuality entirely their own. &.. FURRIERS, Kb. 108 Broadway, Fargo THE GARLAND BASE BURNER Warms the Floors, Saves the Fuel and Beeorates the Home. -For Sale By- H. Harrington, Broadway, Fargo. BLANKETS cv* 11 i v -^v^V Dri Holcomb. Washington House Feed and Sale stable The Factory Is the •Place to Buyfe %i AND ROBES t,o k^ep you warm while driving SLIEGH BELLS tOi make a merry drive. Prices as low as the lowest. Wm. H. Stewart (& Co., 101 Broadway, Fargo. a i O e s i e ^y. ^^lil 1 .-* 5, U« 0 sfm -a .y 'CWN6YLVAMU DO% mSHlNOTCNJUl. i35Q Roofas.With All Modem Improte smeots J* jt j* jl Jt "thelar^TAI©" BEST KEPT HOUSE IN WASHINGTON FOR PRICES CHARGED. {CENTRAL IN ITS LOCATION. Ggwenient to fll linesof,Street Gun, Churches, Public Buildings, and Points of ftitofrt. ji ji ji jn jt &tatn Heat ud Ekctxic Light through out the Satin House. Jl «jl ratesT" Mmkmfim 9&I0 te$4psr F.SHUTT.Mtaii*. ty^tfirrWiJirinin»r»mr rw*i*irr~i~^W^iTi AS I'D PANAMA Setter CttlbtersOfi 6t Tixitt WMts to Mow Abbot Panama's Right to Be Independent.. He Introduced e Resolution In the Semite to Inquire IfltO dfe Matter. Washington, Dec. n.-^At ihe begin ning of th? session of tlie senate to day Culberson introduced a resolution instructing the committee on judiciary to inquire into the question of the right of the department of Panama to estab lish an independent government. The resolution went over for the diy. WILL MARCH ON PANAMA. The Colombian Troops Are Reported to be Marching oj Panama. Washington, Dec. II.—Secretary Moody has a cable from Rear Admiral Glass saying a rumor reached Panama that a small body of Colombian troops has landed on the Colombian territory with a view of marching overland to Panama. Glass was unable to confirm the rumor. WILL CALL CONVENTION. Panama, Dec. 11.—The principal work of apolitical nature, occupying the jun ta, consists in the preparation of a call for a convention and to proceed with the election of a house of representatives. Tl'.e convention may be held LEAtoS. /V New York, Dec. n.—The presidential elections passed off quietly, says The Herald's dispatch from Bogota. Gen erals Reyes and Calencia are said to be the leaders in the contest. ATTEMPTED SUIC1D& Paris, Dec. 11.—•Jt is announced telegram from Mlulhouse, Alsace Lorraine, that the so-called Baron de Adelsward, who, with Count de Warren was found guilty here on Dec. 3 of ex citing minors to debauchery, attempted suicide there, dangerously injuring him self. The attempt was made near the residence of the girl to whom Adels ward was engaged before the scandal. 'f-ftVv FOREST RESERVE. ^VatiShington, Dec. 11.—Senator Galla gher introduced a bill for' the purchase for a national forest reserve in the White Mountains, New Hampshire, to be known as the Whit^ Mountain forest reserve. The bill makes an appropria tion of $5,000,000 to enable the secre tary of agriculture to obtain the lands. ^'•:'#AN HANDLE WftECSC?!^' iStetftanville, O., Dec. n.—Fifteen per sons were injured and one killed by the wrecking of east-bound Pan Handle Flyer No. 14 at New Cumberland Junc tion, Steubenville. The wreck was caused by an open defective switch. The flyer plunged across a connecting track to the west-bound track and crashed into a freight engine. Both engines were wrecked. The second mail car tele scoped the combination smoker and bag gage. The injured were in this car. Only the front end of the forward mail car was smashed. The dead man and the injured were brought to Steubenville hospital. The dead man is Frank A. Lasalle, an oil stock salesman, who lived at Indian apolis. He was caught when the mail car telescoped and instantly killed. CAN'T HELP POSTMASTERS. Washington, Dec. 11—An effort is making by the postoffice department tof break up the practice of some persons and firms of sending their mail matter out of the jurisdiction'of the postoffice where such matters properly should be mailed, for deposit in some selected postoffice of the fourth class for the purpose .of increasing the compensation of the postmaster at the smaller offices. As a step in this direction Third As sistant Postmaster General Madden lias issued an order that hereafter commis sions on the cancellation of stamps on matter wrongfully diverted to fourth-., class offices will not be. allowed. v Fourth-class postmasters are direct-) ed not to claim credit for such cancel-' lations, and to report all cases of this nature, together with the names and addresses of the senders to the tlepart- menE- .vV.t.vi v. HONOI& F0fc DR. KOCH. Berlih, Dec. il'.—£rofessbr Koch, the eminent physician and scientist, was the recipient of many honors to-' day on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. Congratulatory addresses* were received frpm scientific bodies in many parts, of the world. •.Another gift was a marble bust, his pwn Hke-i ness, presented by friends and adtrfir-' ers in Great, Britain anjl Germany. Professor Kocn is raiogifized as !the| world's leading autttonsiy on tubercu losis, the bubonic plague and all eases of a like nature. For nearly forty! years, ever since he gained Mb degree? of M. D., he has been studying gerifti]? and about 1880 he succeed^ in idetjiti fying the germ of cajtle diseases ahi of consumption, His remarkable dfc coveries led to his being plAced at toe* head o! the Gefittan sion, which 1 and while on covered, tlie receiving a tii froto tm seii^dltts in hisv^ WttUtatioH brsttiKili. qi mer pointrrtent as pro 1 the University of r% v^i v *ttb I, V BANK TO RESUMi .• Washington, Dec. 11.—The comptrol ler of the currency has authorized the federal national bank of Pittsburg, Pa. which closed its doors Oct. 31, 1903 to resume business on Monday morn ing Dec. 14, and the receiver has been instruc^jfd to surrender to the hew presi dent and board of directors all the as sets of the bank in his possession. The comptroller states that the bank appar ently was solvent at the time of closing and will resume with an unimpaired capital. GOODNOW HAS TREATY. Washington, Dec. n.—United States Consul General Goodnow of Shanghai, who is in tills country on leave of ab sence, called at the state department and submitted to Acting Secretary Loomis a copy of the supplementary treaty made betweert Japan' and China as already outlined in the cable press reports regulates the Conduct of Jap anese trade in China -with particular reference to customs duties and the abolition of the likin closely 1 at Jefferson City on the charge ftown Aimeri the #111 be' iera com of hygiene •y w k w s & -«&»% 'jr- f¥- *^-^,.^ -, THE FARGO FORUlt AND DAILY BtiPTTBLlCAtf, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11/ 1903. Tre^tltHe'rtt' die jVftieritan Consul HiQs beeft ttfvti&t. von the lines laid down in the Chinese-Ameri can treaty. .'if -STILL AFTER ZIEGLERr IV. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. M.-^-Attorney General CroW Returned frpm New York after his Unsuccessful effort trial of at tempted bribery in the legislature. "I have not given up hope of bring ing William Ziegler back to Missouri for trial," said Mr. Crow. '5I"t have been given two weeks in which to file briefs. The fight for Zjegler's-extradi tion is not yet ended. .It Ms biily begun." y just CHANGE OF VENUES N#k?tt'rancis, Kas., Dec. ii.-^fh the case of Chauncey DeweyvlQy^e \V,iK son and W. D. McB^ride, charged.with the murder of the Berry fainSy ^Jas* May, the court has granted a change of venue to Norton County. Bonds were furnished for the defendants and they were released. It was contend ed by the defense, that the course of public sentiment was such that a fair trial was impossible. The case -will probably be tried in January. Thdre was no open demonstration against taie Deweys, but the people are very bitter against them. An armed guard of four men, hired by Chauncey Dewey, ^was here during the trial. He took this precaution against any possible attack.* NEBRASKA INDICTMENTS. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 10.—The Uijited States grand jury brought in true bills against Former State Senator Elliott Lowe, of Harlan County Bartlett Richards, who is known as the cattle baron of the west, and a number of officers of his company, known as the Nebraska Land & Feeding Co and, Former State Senator Frank Curry of Custer County and about fifteen other indictments, mqstly for illegal fencing of government lands. Senator Curry is charged with con-' spiracy to bribe Senator Dietrich in connection with the appointment of a postmaster at Alma, Neb., and the others indicted are all for fencing gov ernment land with the exception oi a few unimportant liquor selling case^. TREATMENT OF CANCER.' Philadelphia, Dec. 11,-rThe treatment of cancer by means of the X-ray .was the principal topic of discussion at to-, day's, session of .the annual meeting-'of* the American Roentgen Ray Society.. The discussion,was general and while the concensus of opinion favored the treatment the society as a body took no definite action in the,matter. ,Dr. fi^nry K. Pan'cbast, of this city, fav ored the use of X-ray in the early stages of throat affections which tia$ a cancerous tendency. Dr. Clarence E. Skinner,, of NeW HSayen, expres^Qd. the opinion tnat Roentgen ray trSiii li jnetit shbiild not be applied frequerAly during a long period of time. Ko There is not a Forum which closely routine method of treatment, he sai41 would -prove sierviceifble in all cases'. AMERICANS CROWDED Oilf the cohtMits of St .Petersburg, Dec. 11.—Jamps Wi Davidson, United 'States, const#'i TSnm^ti, Formosa, who has just w totem the"ht," he add^i Russian traders worst 108 staples cokb flour j"i.'* "m $*' «fT^» .. ****1 •mm* IS! and 14 troii Dtftl United States legation's adVi«*es regSifditig the 'Alexanciretta iflfair confirm the reports of the violence of the police and the attack on Consul E(avis, who only used a cane in self-defense. -6 -V •••-.- jjate.j. '.? TWO WILL DIE^p "^rshalffown, la., Dec. it.—Xn ex plosion of dynamite fatally injured Joseph Mixner of Owatonna, Minn, and H. McDonald, employes of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. ae» Haverhill. if-- -,-r p'Vv to secure the extradition to Missouri William Zeigler, the baking powder magnate, who is wanted to stand J'- .i- Morris Chairs An elegant assortment of Morris-' Chairs, finished in golden oak, weathered oak and mahogany, the most cpjpfortable chair, made, rang ing from— i-t. $13 75 Music Cabinets Of dainty, desirable styles in highly polished mahogany finish and golden oak complete interior, well made and finished in every dttp.il— adjustable shelves—a splendid holi day gift. Prices from— $5.50 YOUNQ HUSBAND SUICIDED. Dcapondcncy Over the Illness of Ills Wife Led to tbe Suicldtf. Walfiafla, N. D., De~c. tT.-^Salnuel Fleming committed suicide here last night. He was a young married man 3nd his wife had been seriously ill for long time. It is supposed that his act was a result of a fit of despondency. He had been at the home of his father Up to 11 o'clock and seems to have ^one (directly home and shot hiinseft with a rifle. WINTER WHEAT. Washington, Dec. 11 .—Returns to the chief of the bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture indicate that the newly seeded area of winter wheat is about 32,000,000 acres, a de crease of 6 per cent from the area es timated to have been sowed in the fall of 1902. The condition of winter wheat 011 Dec. was 86.6, as compared with 39.7 in IQ02, 86.7 in 1901, and a nine year average of 92.7. Thirty-six young' men living in Ply mouth, Pa!, refused to vote at th^'recent election because candidates for "county offices declined to purchase ball tickets or provide funds for a supper incident to the dance. The strikers have form ed a .permanent organization, with con stitution and by-laws. One of these provides tliat no candidates shall re ceive support unless he contributes a certain amount to the club funds. PART TWO-TODAY in tit ifil** a ^_»-i *. lb tO(l» PAQB IX NatiblHSl Comrtiittee Meeting Wall Street Attitude. PAOB Makwtit! on N. D. Irrit|!liti0& Xmas in Philippines. PAae xi. Short City Loehls. «-iV HV North Dakota Kcrnplj. WftM „.r% rs¥mm ••J* m"£ ^V v t* r^\ rf* happy people preparing to make other people happy, mm •*.% $6 00 Dp BEAUTIFUL Jardiniere Stands and Tabourettet In weathered oak, golden oak, ma hogany, bird's-eye maple and teak wood, from— £1.00 Up •M Combination Book Cases What is richer or more acceptable, for a Christmas Gift Elegant line to select from nicely finis&e4» At prices ranging from— k i JL $ 1 HP« *». ifMi'rmiTf -ir Thie happiest day of all the year, and happy days from Which we cannot share with others is but half enj Just received the largest and best as sortment of Lamps ever shown in Fargo, consisting of Hanging Lamps, Parlor Lamps, Hall' Lamps, Banquet Lamps and Electric Lamps at prices that will meet with your approval. Silvenvare and Cut Glass, for Gifts, in brilliant, beautiful array—which means Tabic Spoons, Dessert Spoons, Tea Spoons, Orange Spoons, Knives and Forks, Napkin Rings, Salts and Peppers and others too numerous to mention. Our present assortment of Cut Glass is rich in beautiful artistic designs, of the following: Wine Sets, Olive'Dishes, Salad Bowls, Cream and Sugars, Berry Dishes, Decantbrs, Wine Glasses, Water Bottles, Water Sets and Vases* You'll find our prices right. YOu haven't any time to -Bet ter bestir yourself, lest you miss the yery unusual advantages We are offer ing in Grips, for' with greater than ever of those useful of shifts, t'•'.. 1 GRIPS Suit Cases, Traveling Bags and Satchels. BO Chr'stmas Tries .-i' i n ^ANTS IN BLOOM -H. )km:" MiBril ?&- fi ti|JL k LADIES' WRITING DE^KS and other exquisite Parlor and Boudotf Desks. The prices begin at $6.00 and Vernis-Martlti Novelties Parlor Cabinets, Curio Cabinets, Music Cabinets, Divans, Odd Chairs, of most exquisite designs. Elaborately decorated and striking ly effective. Get our prices before purchasing elsewhere. Our'assortment is now complete of Coffee and Teapots and Tea Kettles, finished in white metal or nickel. Ask to see our Patent Indestruc tible, Porcelain-Lined Chafing Dishes with new improved burners.,.JPuVe, Clean and Wholesome. We call your particular attention to Table No. 1, of French Haviland, Austrian, Tudor House and/Tep lit'z ware also' hand-painted Nov* cities. FOR DECORATING V -in* Holly Ropingf Grceiti Mistletoe wi Holly Wreaths tUT FLOWERS Carnations Violets and Hyacinths/ .'"j jpvi.Jiiji' A Piimroies BegronUs Azaleas Cyclamen and Hyacinths SPECIAL ATTENTION TO OUT OF TOWN ORDERS Ml •,,, Palms, Ferns, Got4 fish and Globes. •.,,• stcclr, moderate prices and prompt attention^. {"&', raver 88iariiSife|lte' \y i' -tew. 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