The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume], December 14, 1903, Image 12

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In Sable, Mink, Black Marten,
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of the finest grades of Alaska .Scat,
Natural or-I)yed 9tterand. Persian
Lamb, combining in the highest
degree style, fit and finish to give
them a distinctive individuality
entirely their own.
Denis Bros
FURRIERS,
No. 108 Broadway, Fargo
HOnE MADE CANDIBS
Chocolates
Bon Bom
Opera Creamy
Studio 18 and 19 Smith Block.
£all or write for full' and'lurther
information.
AlpKonse Tenner,
Manager.
SJVoiidsB?
THE GARLAND
BASE BURNER
Warms the Floors,
Saves the Fuel and
Eecoratts the Horns.
For Sale By
H. Harrington,
Broadway, Fargo.
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Taffies
Candy Canes
IOT DRINKS—Always Ready
Hot CofF««
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ChocoUt*
Bouillon. Etc.
$200 Worth of Jewelry
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purchase ot our
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T. E. WALL & CO.
324 Broadway 'Phone 900-M
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Mandolin Guitar
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to each pupil. Positively the best
jnethod adopted. Course constitutes
36 lessons. Lefcsyns 50 cents for
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TRY TO MAINTAIN SECRECY.
Precautions to Guard Ooinc* ol British Cabinet
Often Unavailing.
The extraordinary precautions taken
to secure secrecy respecting thi pro
cedure of the British cabinet meetings
is the subject of an entertaining con
tribution to a London journal. The
summons to a council is addressed to
'"His Majesty's Confidential. Servants,"
and if any documents are sent with
the summons they are indorsed, "Most
Secret, for the Use^ of the cabinet, in
large type. The government composi
tors who prin.t such documents af^
sworn to secrecy. They are only giv
en a line or two each to set up, and
when the copies are printed the typ£
is destroyed.
The council room is on the ground
floor of the foreign office, and for many
years, says the writer, "the cabinet sat
'round a plain deal table, worth only
a few shillings, and it is only within
the last few months that this has bje^n
changed for a mahogany table on wfcifch
the sum of £50 has been spent." While
paper is placed before each minister,
he is not permitted to make any note
whatever of anything said or decided
upon, even for his private' use, and
when the meeting ends a very brief
statement is given to the newspapers.
The greatest c»re is taken to insure! ab
solute privaty. Answers relates that
Speech by Colonel Wetter son of The Louisville Courier Journal In
Welcoming theGk A» to the Louisville Encampment
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Every American reader of the daily newspapers knows something about
Henry Watterson, editor of The Louisville Courier-Journal and .one of the most
eloquent orators in the United" States.
Colonel Wattersoji has recently published his lectures in book fofm, u^der
|he title '"The Compromises of Life"—and among them the famous address
which he delivered in Louisville, Kentucky, on September 12, 1895.
The Grand Army of the Republic at its sitting in Pittsburg, Pa., irl the
previous year, had been invited to visit the. south—holding its encampttMint at
Louisville and then making- a second "march to the sea" under the hospitality
ot"the very men whom the Gr md Army had fought during the civii war.--
Colonel Watterson had the opportunity of his life—for he had been a Con
federate soldier throughout the civil war—and the occasibn appealed to him as
it could to no other man in": the south. •H i
lt is said that when lie finished his address the audience arose, re^t^e. air
with repeated cheers, threw their hats regardless, and great men hqgged $ach
other as if this were the beginning of the millennium itself!.
The widow of Gen. John A. Logan sat. upou the platform, hear^'the entire
speech «nd asked to be presented to Colonel Watterson—but she was so deeply
moved that all she could say was, "J.am glad 1 have been permitted to live to
hear yoyr speech."
flfith such an introduction we feel sure that every patron of Thd'F6ttim
will he glad to read the Avords, of Coldnel Watterson which follow.V h:
That promissory note, drawn by me upon the city of Louisville, aral discounted
"by you in the city of Pittsburg a year ago—it has matured—and I am eoqie to
pay it. You, who were so prompt and generous about it, will not he displeased
to learn that it puts 11s to 110 inconvenience to pav it. On the contrary, it having
been one of those obligations on' which the. interest compounding day by day
was designed to eat up the principal, its discharge leaves us poor'^only ih the
regret that we may not repeat the transaction every twelve months and convert
his central poftit of the universe into a permanent encampment for the Grand
Army of the Republic. ...
Except that historical distinctions have long been obliterated her*, it might
he mentioned that I appear before you as the representative alike of those, who
wore the blue and those who wore the gray in that great sectional combat which,
whatever else it did or did not, left no shadow upon. American soldiership, no
stain upon American manhood. But, In Kentucky, the war ended thirty years
ago. Familjar intercommunications between those who fouirht in it upon op
posing sides, marriage and giving ii^ marriage, the rearing of common progeny,
the ministrations of private friendships, the all-subduing influence of home and
church and school, of wife and child, have culminated in stlch a olosely-knit web
of interests and affections that none of us care to disentangle the threads that com
pose it, ancl few of us could do so if we would.
"at least, the lesson has been taught and Iedrn€d that -J '2 tw.t
You cannot chain the eagle,
Aiyl you dare not harm the dove
But every gate *7 v..
w l.'l Hate bars to h&e
WTII open wide to lotfet
And the flag! God bless the flag! As the heart of McCaTlum More warmed
to the tartan, do all hearts warm to the flag! Have y.ou upon your round of sights
seeing missed it hereabouts? Does it make itself on any hana conspicuous by "its
absence? Can you doubt the loyal sincerity of those who from house-top and
roof and tree have thrown it to the breeze? Let some sacrilegious hand be
raised to haul it down and see!
No, no, comrades, the people en masse do not deal in subterfuges they do
not stoop to conquer they may be wrong they may be oerverse, but they never
dissemble. These are honest flags, with honest hearts behind them. They are
symbols of a nationality as precious to us as to you. They fly at last, as Webster
would have had them fly, bearing no such mottoes as "What is all this worth?"
or "Liberty first and union afterward," but blazing in letters of living light upon
their ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, those words dear
Jo every American heart,: "Union and Liberty, now and forever, one and in
separable."
And why not? What is left for you and me to cavil about, far less to fight
about? When Hamilton and Madison agreed in supporting a constitution wholly
acceptable to neither of them, they compromised some differences and they left
some other differences open to double construction, and among these latter was
'.he exact relation of the states to the general government. The institution., of
African slavery, with its irreconcilable conditions, got between the North and tjije
South, and But I am not here to recite the history of the United State$.
You know what happened as well as I do, aud we all know that there doqis
not remain a shred of those oid issues to $vide.us. There is not a southern jnan
today who would lightly brook the effort of a state to withdraw from the'Unioif
Slavery is gone. Secession is dead. The Union, with its system of statehood
still intact, survives "and with it a power and glory among men passing tWe
dreams of the father of the republic. You and 1 may fold our arms and go
to sleep, leaving to younger men to hold and defend a property .twofold greater
than that received by 11s, its ownership unclouded and its title-deeds recorded iii
Heaven.
It is, therefore, With a kind of exultation that I fling open the gates of this
gateway of the south I bid you welcome in the name of the people whose voice
is the voice of God, You came, and we, resisted you ypp conje, a,pd we gred'c
you for times change and men change' with tfieni. You will ^'find here! -scarcely
a sign of the battle not a reminiscence of its passions.
Grim-yisaged war has smoothed his wrinkled front, Which ever Vay you
turn on either side, deepening as you advance—across the Chaplin hills, wh^re
Jackson fell, to Stone's River, wher6 Rosey fought—and on to the Chattanooga
and Chickamauga and over Missionary Ridge, and down to Resaca and Kenesaw,
and Allatoon, where Corse "held the fort," as a second time you march to the
sea pausing awhile about Atlanta to look with wonder on a scene risen as by
the hand of enchantment—thence returning by way of Franklin and Nashville
happy stars as if repeating the words of the Master—"Charity for all—hial
toward none."
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We, too have our graves we, too, had our heroes! And, all arefcomrades
now upon the other side, where you and I must shoHly join th«m blessed,
1 "lessedjji^jwho have lived to see fulfilled the Psalmist's prophecy of
Peace in the quiet dales, 1
Made rankly fertile by the blood of men
Peace in the woodland and the lonely glen,X/W
Peace in the peopled vales. '''''3 '^^1
Peace in the crowded town
Peace in the thousand fields of waving grain j-'
Peace in the highway and the flaw'ry lane,
Peace o'er the wind-swept" down.
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,"^eace the scholar things, where tfie Itoni^TOafl^sf
i^eace, God of peace peace, in all ,our.homes.
And all our hearts!
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on one. occasion, when a cabinet meet
ing was in progress in ^Gladstone's
day, "one of the ministers heard a rust
ling of silk in the adjoining apartment
and cocked his ear at once with* a
'What's that?' 'Never mind,'1"said Mr.
Gladstone, reassuringly,' 'it's only Mrs.
Gladstone, an old-statesmanr who has
known the secfets ,,the cabinet for
forty years,'-" ...
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WHY MOTHERS
WORRY
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Did you ever hear a mother
worry over a plump child
There is jio better bank of
health for a child. to draw
from than a good supply ,of
healthy flesh.
:'s Emulsion not only
a child weight
FeWer"^o»therd7
ttid
plumpness, but it feeds the
brain, bones in4 neryes with
strength and active power,
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would
worry if they knew move
about Scott's Emulsion.,
Well wad ftm
a Mrople fwe ttpoa rfMt.
SCOTT BOWNE, 409 Ptart Stmt, NtvYdk
Halt Town Refolcad at His
Ac4iilttal.
Minot Optic: An extra issue by The
Optic yesterday soon after the noon
hour announced the verdict rendered
by the federal petit jury in the Major
Murphy case.
It wilt be remembered that Major
Murphy was indicted about one week
ago by the_ federal grand jury charg
ing him with having committed per
jury in the case of one, Josephine
Grinnell.
It was alleged that through his in
strumentality, Josephine Grinnell re
ceived from the government a back
pension amounting to something like
$1,800. It \vas attempted to show that
the woman only received a small por
tion of this money. The result of the
jury's finding upon the evidence pro
duced, shows beyond a question pi
doubt that the information .leading, to
Major Murphy's arrest and .trial was
not well founded. Major Murphy dur*!
ing the progress of the trial, produced
receipts associated with co-operative
evidence proving that he did not
wrongfully use one dollar of the wo
man's. She admitted herself that while
she did not receive all the money in
cash, she did receive a certificate of
deposit for $1,000, knd that the re
mainder was used by her consent to
pay private bills. The verdict was so
conclusive that the jury only cast one
ballot in returning a verdict that read
not guilty.
The verdict, as it floiated through the
town, was received by the people as
joyo.us news, with'.the exception, per
haps, of some who would gladly have
seen one of their most enterprising
citizens standing upon the threshold
of the penitentiary. The Optic has no
special interest in Major Murphy, ex
cept that he is a citizen of Minot, and
joins his friends in extending to him
congratulations. It is understood that
Mr. Wilson on The Reporter acted in
the capacity of a cat's paw to yank
from the legal furnace chestnuts, as it
were.
Report say$,that he went before the
grand jury and that he knew that the
Grinnell woman had been married the
second time, and that he advised the
major at the time when the back pen
sion was secured that such was the
case. When Mr. Wilson was confront
ed with an affidavit bearing his signa
ture and dating back some three year£,
stating that he knew that the woman
was not married, was sprung, the only
excuse, it is said, that he offered, in
extenuation was that he wanted to
"help her out.' Fortunately, the statute
of limitations irttervened and but for
that, it is confidently believed that Mr.
Wilson would have been tried for per
jury.
It is generally conceded that the con
viction of Major Murphy on so base
less a charge would have resulted in
reat injury, not only to the political,
but commercial interests of all Ward
County. It is not denied by even hts
enemies that through his instrumental
ity hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been distributed throughout the
homes of those occupying government
lands, he having made it possible for
them to prove up and secure a direct
title from the government. The Optic
is of the Qpinion that while the ordeal
through which the major has passed
has been of the most trying nature, he
will be stronger in fhe estimation of
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FROM H. ML PETERSON.
Lewiston, Ida., Dec. 8.—To The Fe
rn: When we boarded the train at
Fargo it was so crowded that standing
room was at a premium however as we
journeyed westward the crowd thinned
out somewhat. Nowhere along the line
was there any snow or hindrances of
any kind and thus we reached Spokane
on time the second morning making ex
cellent connections with the N. P. branch
line that runs to Lewiston, Ida. As we
descended toward our destination, the
windows were opened one by one, giving
a gentle breeze free passage through the
car, and a mild climate was very much
in evidence.
On our journey, surrounded by
strange faces, and scenery constantly
1 changing, we did not have time to re
flect, but, when We got off our train,
we felt like foreigners in a far off land,
and all our thoughts centered about
Fargo. However, we had the consola
tion of meeting a former Fargoite, C.
W. Burdick, proprietor of Raymond
House at Lewiston. Mr. Burdick is
well known in Fargo circles having reT
sided there twenty-one years.
The large majority of the population
seems to have come from the states east
of. the Rockies. These people are rather,
conservative as compared with the na
tives,, who all boost the country the best
way they know how. Some of them
claim to have, come from California
after the. gold rush .was over. They
further claim that between Eden and
Paradise a man, who was in company
with Lewis and Clark the time they
came across this section of the country,
[stopped off there and has lived there
ever since. His healthy they say, is yet
good and if such is the case this climate
qpeaks for itself.
i. We are now comfortably settled in our
ttew home, and every day as the hours
tide by wevare all anxiously waiting
sfljlfc The Forum. H. M. Peterson.
N. D. IRRIGATION.
Mandan Pioneer: The* people of
this st?ite are not interested in any ir
rigation projects, if the money, which
which rightfully belongs to North Da
kota, is to be expended in such arid
-states as Montana, Arizona' and Ne
vada. Opr interest' in the subject
arises from' the supposition that the
rivers flowing through our state are
bearing to the sea water that ^an
profitably be Utilized upon our ©ton
lands.
To read the letters written py
the Veracious correspondent at
And
gifts:
Wash­
ington, one would suppose that this
i&Ste'
ftas been oyer-hm by government
experts, Who have looked it aM ovfcr
aiid decided that there is no land hire
-that
can be properly and economically
irtg&ted
by any of the rivers that /tore
is wonderful with
what mar­
velous expedition
this has
beet! done
ilaj'or Lowell ol the geological
survey,
knew something about this subject, we
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always thought, and in the speech he
made to the Constitutional Convention
in 1899, he had an idea that a great
deal could be done with irrigation in
North Dakota. At his suggestion sec
tion 210 of the constitution was insert
ed, reading as follows:—"AH flowing
streams and natural water courses,
shall forever' remain the property of
the state for mining, irrigating and
manufacturing purposes." Such prac
tical men as Donald Stevenson can
point out thousands of acres- of land
that could, be iifirgated front .the swift
and copious Cannon Ball River. But
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Toilet Soaps.
Hair and Cloth,^
Brushes, at. .2^c to
Manicure Sets
at.... 50c to V VP
Brush and Comb 4 O
Sets at.. .50c to ••sWF
Christmas
The boy* the girl, the young and old boys and girls who would pot rojoice
at a pair of skates for Christmas, are hard to pleasei"
^jknton's Cycle Supply HoU»f
has a large line on hand, at prices from
aoc to SlO.OO.
at this
list of articles we offer as suggestion*
duns, Rifles, Air Rifles, Balls, Bats, Knives, Razors, Games of
all kinds for young people Phonographs and Records, Boxing Gloves,
Punching Bags and Platforms, Fishing Reels, Hand Sleds, Bicycles,
5 Velocipedes and everything in the sporting line.
Buy a dog collar for Christmas, and have his or her name stamped in it free.
63 Broadway.
..I Am a Specialist..
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Five .years apo the North Dakota Collection Agency started out with
one horse and two or three hundred dollars' worth of collections. We
handle a half a million dollars' worth of paper and have a force of men
on the! road who cover*the state of North and South Dakota and Min
nesota. Our commissions last year were $2t,000 .they will be consider
ably increased this. year. This would indicate that we make collections.
We do not handle real estate, insurance*and half a dozen other things,
but devote our entire time to handling collections. We are in a posi^
tion to buy negotiable paper and past due notesAftd judgments*' Look
up whatt you h^ve and come in and see us. s...
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Work Boxet
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Smoker's Sets
Cigar Stands
Shaving Sets
Traveling Cases
Lap Writing .Desks
Wrist Bags
'Sit I
Burnt Wtiloid arid Leather Novelties
Cuff and Collar Boxes at...... i.. 75c to
Crestware in Jewels and Trinket
Boxes.... *4 to
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Mirrors—Genuine
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Oames v
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Dote—New and latest at all prices.
Child res's DishM
Animals
I Christians
oil Drug Co.
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O. W.'KERR, Mgr.
JIORTH DAKOTA COLLECTION AGENC^?
4 ROOMS 1 to 6 EDWARDS BUILDING.
with one fell swoop the experts that
have seen the state through the train
windows, assert that there is nothing
practicable here. One oftert wonders
whether a great many of these experts
and inspectors are not furnished with
instructions before they leave Wash
ington, conveying to them orders as to
what they must not find in the state'
where they are making investigations.
One loses faith in their expertness or
their honesty when they assert that
they have looked over the entire .field
and find that irrigation works here are
impracticable.
Christianson Drug Co. I
Broadway*
UR last consignment of Holiday Goods con
sisted of over 500 articles, which, together
with what we had before makes our stock the
largest we ever had, and we tee! justified in say-
prises the following gopds ,,
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FARGO, N. D.
most complete in the city Our line com­
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Perfume- bulk and fancy
bottles
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3.00
tfiei
Gold Plated, Burnt
Wb6d, Ebony, etc.. .25c to
1''-Handik«rchlof
Boxes
at all prices.
Writing Pa^r ':M 'bqxefc, English imported goods
ranging in pf ice A A A
per box, frohi,.i. .10c to
Decorated
biins—Hand painted Vases AA
at. ..... v.....
... .• 2 to
Albums atf «. 1^ -.^ a .4 4 OR
from W
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4.00
6.00
7.00
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4.50
in china, pewter and tin,
in wood and natu/al skin.
IronToyi.... 10c to $2.50
Steam Engines. Magic Laoterns/.v 50c up
Tool tibosts, Inm Banks, Mechanical Iron Toys,
Druiiis, MUitary Regiments, Toy Pianos.
Zithers from.... ...25c to $6.00
Wooden Toys in all kinds/Work Baskets, and
Christmas Tree Ornaments.
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