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REPUBLICAN, ESTABLISHED SEPT. 5^ 1878^
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Ladies' SchcK^
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STOLEN PROPERTY WASMYSTfeR-
IOUSLY RETURNED TO THE
OWNERS AND ALL THE PUPILS
WERE ALLOWED TO LEAVE FOR
THEIR HOMES.
Pittsburg, Fa., Dec. H.—fifty young
women students of Washington semi
nary, Washington, Pa., one of the most"
fashionable institutions of the kind
ih western Pennsylvania, left for their
tiomes last night on their Christmas
vacation, all suffering more or less
from hysteria, following the discovery
of many petty thefts and the subse
quent method of the principal to find
the culprit.
The thefts were committed in one of
the dormitories and the teachers as
•well as the students suffered.
Articles of wearing apparel as well
as money and jewelry have beten miss
ing over a period of a week.
Yesterday when it came time to dis
miss the school, the boarders in the
dormitory were summoned to chapel,
where the principal announced that not
a student would be allowed to depart
for their homes until they and their
rooms had been searched for trace of
the missing articles.
The teachers began their disagree
able duty and one of them was noti
fied that a student, who had reported
a $5 bill stolen, had found the bill
crumpled up and lying within the door
of the room where it had apparently
been thrown in a hurry. Other reports
of the hasty return of stolen property
were almost immediately made and so
on all who had lost anything hJid!
found the missing property. Tho
search was immediately stopped and
the keys to the trunks returned to the
students.
Last night the students were allowed
leave the school.
The faculty and some of the stud
ents are said to know the culpri|ft, Tw«t
their Identity is concealed.
DISSOLVE
PARLIAMENT
TH1 UBERAL8 WILL STRUGGLE
ALONG ANY WAY.
Action of the Lords Has Brought That
llody Into Disrepute and May Result
In Curtailment p4 its Legislative
Powere.
London, bee. $0.—There will be
dissolution of parliament
Church of England.
•g. Bill Withdraw, ..
no
as
a result
cif the action of the house of lords in
defeating the government's education
bill. Although the rejection of this
main liberal measure of the session is
the most serious rebuff Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet has yet
suffered, it is not regarded as being
sufficiently grave to necessitate an ap
ical to the country. "JRThether at the
present moment the government qould
successfully appeal to the nation on an
educational Dill is a question oh which
even many liberals are In great doubt.
The only immediate effect of the step
taken by the upper house, therefore,
Will be to give an enormous Impetus
to the radical agitation in favor of
curbing the neto powers of the peers
and to furnish the non-conformists
with a new gun and ammunition in
their flght for the disestablishment of
^London, Dec. 20.—Premier Campbell
Aannerman announced to the house of
cbmmons the government's withdrawal
of the educational bill. Prolonged
cheering greeted the announcement.
GRAFT DISCOVERED*
|kidden Death of a Contractor Caused
Exposure in St. Louis.
*St. Louis, Dec. 20.—-Warren E. Mc
$hesney, aged 69, a retired contractor,
#ho was interested in politics, drop
ped dead from heart disease In a tall
owing store today. In his pocket were
receipt* dated November, 1905, one
acknowledging $1,000 and the other
$00 from McChesney for "preliminary
expenses incurred in connection with
the bill authorizing the construction
Ctf the St. Louis Elevated Electric
pdlway, to be introduced in the mu
cipal assembly at the earliest possl
e moment."
They were signed "A. H. Ohmann-
ft.Within
umesnil,"
who
Louis.
is a physician in South
an hour after McChesney's
tctiyeCircuit
iath Attorney Sager sent de
La Barge to subpoena Dr. Du
jjlesnll before the grand jury.
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JOHN BURKE
AT VAIIEY CITY
LARQC 'fcROWD HONORED THE
QpVERNOR-ELECT.
Speeches Made by Many Residents—
Splendid Impression Made by the
Democratic Leader—Over 300 at the
Banquet L««t Night.
Valley City, N. D., Dec. 20.—Last
evening between 300 and 400 people
attended the reception tendered Gov
ernor-elect John Burke in this city by
the citizens. The seating capacity of
the Hotel Kindred was crowded to Its
utmost capacity by the guests at the
banquet, which followed, while nearly
as many more people were desirous of
attending the function, but could not
be accommodated.
Herman Winterer acted as toast
master. Toasts were responded to, by
Mayor Wood, F. E. Packard, Senator
Young, Col. A. Peake, Lee Combs, A.
P. Paulson, President McFarland, Rev.
Mr. Anderson, Dr. Platou, Attorney
General-elect McCue, Judge Burke and
Gov. John Burke.
Governor-elect Burke made a very
favorable impression on the people of
Valley City, who tendered Mm a moat
enthusiastic reception.
TICKET AGENT
ROBBER TAPPED THE TlLt
Jsfp
LAKE BOATS PAID.
Season Just Closed Has Been the Most
Profitable Ever Known.
Chicago, Dec. 20.—Never before was
so much money paid for carrying
freight in lake vessels as during the
season just closed. A rough estimate
places it at $61,000,000 for coal, iron
ore, grain and lumber. The profits to
the vessels were perhaps the largest
in the history of the lakes.
Careful computations based on the
earnings of typical steamers show a
net profit on steel ships of about lfr
per cent. On wooden ships of between
3,000 and 3,500 tons capacity, the prof
its have ranged as high as 30 per cent
with an average of more than 25 per
cent on their insurance values.
The cause of this great prosperity
was the demand of the country for Iron
and steel. The total movement of iron
ore for the season was 87,513,589 tons,
an Increase of 4,036,685 tons over 1905.
Grain from Duluth moved in a larg
er volume than ever before. There was
shipped from the head of Lake Super
ior 81,608,000 bushels, as compared with
59,676,000 bushels In 190&,
CASTRO GROWS
MUCH WEAKER
CANNOT
£IVS
MORS
WILL BE
AND
ESCAPftO.
A Posse l» in Pursuit of a Daring Ban
dit Who Fatally Shot a Ticket Agent
in Charpe e»fv%a Wsl Orandi ©f
fioa.
Leadviile, Col., Dec. 20.—A maskec
bandit today shot and fatally wounded
Joe Dale, ticket agent of tho Denver,
Rio Grande depot, and robbed the cash
drawer and escaped. A posse is after
him.
T»klo. Dec. 20.—The keelplates of a
22,000-ton battleship were laid at the
Yokoxuka navy yard today in the
presence of a great gathering of prom
inent naval men. The new monster
will exceed the tonnage of the British
battleship Dreadnought by 4,000 tons.
The Japanese battleship Salsuma,
which was launched at Yokuska last
month, has a tonnage of 19,000. Be
sides these two craft a very large
flotilla of cruisers, torpedoboats aiul
torpedo destroyers are being built.
THAN
VI WEEK.
A
Si'"'..- ,•
Efforts to Harmonixe tho Contending
Factions Have Not Been a Success
and Trouble Will Arise When Gk
mez Succeeds .to Presidency.
Port of SpiMn, Trlnlda*!,1
The latest Caracas advices Indicate
that President Castro Is much worse
and It is evident he cannot live more
than a week longer. Should he die,
First Vice President Gomez will Im
mediately assume the presidency and
will be supported by a large section of
the army. A very large element of
the country, including the andinos or
the mountaineers, supporters of Cas
tro, however, will be opposed to Go
mez.
President Castro has been making
strenuous efforts to compose the dif
ferences between the Gomez party and
iliit^^^on^^repT^sent Anything," Dr.! the party headed by General Alcan- {Pensacola
SumesaH declined to piaH -stsOfl- tara, president of the state of Aragua, officers and crew made themselves ex
^ut the endeavor hfcs been failure. Uremely popular
ACCIDENT TO
AN AUTO PARTY
SALESMAN KILLED WHEN WA
C^INE UPSET.
He Was Thrown Across the Street and
His Head Hit a Curb—Another Man
Seriously Hurt—Two Others l^led—
Reckless Driving.
Minneapolis, Dec. 20.—George Mur
phy, a salesman, was killed, and J. C.
I'niien, a saloonkeeper, was seriously
injured late last night by the over
turning of an automobile in which they
and two others were out seeing the
sights. The reckless turning from
Tenth street onto Third avenue upset
the machine and the men were thrown
out. Murphy was hurled across the
street and his head struck against the
curb, fracturing his skull. The two
uninjured men escaped during the ex
citement and their names are not
known to the police.
DIAMOND MAN'S WIDOW WEDS.
Mrs. Flora Clement and Captain Clo
man Are Married.
New York, Dec. 20.—Mrs. Flora
•liAulse Clement, of Washington, D. C.,
and Capt. Sidney A. Colman, military
Lakewood, N. J., -late yesterday, by
Rev. Dr. William Guthrie, of San Fran
cisco.
A N A I Y E U I A N
10 [ORKS
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A Spec fat1•Trafntt) Start
From Superior
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A
DOUBLE
MM
IT WILL 'RUN ON PASSENGER
SCHEDULE TIME AflD CARRY
A BOARDING CAR TO FEED THE
CREW—WILL OIV1 IMMEDIATE
RELIEF.
Superior, Wis.,
Dec.
jto.—Tfae Great
Northern is today matting up a train
of eighty cars, loaded with coal, to be
rushed through to Grand Porks on a
passenger train schedule to help ren
der aid to the immediate wants in that
territory. The train will be run as a
double-header and will have a board
ing car and will not stop even for the
itieals for the crews.
The New Morgan Liner.:
New Orleans, Dec. 20.—The Momus,
the latest addition to the fleet 6f the
Southern Pacific Steamship Co., left
here today for New York. She is the
first of the three new steamships built
for the New York-New Orleans service
of the company. The Creole and An
tilles were recently launched and w'ill
be placed in commission early next
year. The Momus, which is larger
than the other two ships, is of 10,000
tons, a 17-knotter, and an entirely new
class of coastwise vessel. She has
Immense upper works which give her
the massive appearance of some of the
big transatlantic liners. She has
splendid cabin accommodations and is
equipped with wireless telegraph ap
paratus. The Momus is expected to
reduce the time between New Orleans
and New York by thirteen hours.
FOUND GUILTY
FORMER PRESIDENT OF BOARD
OF EDUCATION 18 GUILTY OF
OPERATING A BLIND PIG IN W8
HOTEL AT KINDRED.
The jury that heard the charge
against P. J. Dahlquist, that of
running a blind pig at Kindred,
brought In a verdict dl guilty
shortly after 4 o'clock this after
noon. The jury was out five
hours.
CAS
attache of the American embassy
London, were married at the home of who testified that a railroad was doing
Mr. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond, in well to average 200 miles in ten days
in the movement of freight.
The bride and groom stood beneath
a new American flag, with the new
star for Oklahoma, presented by Gen.
Thomas A. Barry.
The bride was the widow of Victor
Clement, a mining engineer, who made
a fortune in South Africa. Captain
and Mrs, Cloman will sail Saturday fo'
London.
German Battleship.
Washington, Dec, 20.—The German
battleship Bremen will visit Peniacoda
on Jan. 31. She will remain until
February 9 and proceed on a cruise to
the Kulf ports. The Bremen visited
two years ago when her
FAUGO, NOKTH DAKOTA, THHiSIUY KVUNIXIi, DECKMBEK 80, 190f». FOBUM ESTABLISHED NOV. .17, 1891.
UN
TY
Commissioner Looks for
a Reduction
TWO CENT FARES IN EAST
ALL THE NORTHERN STATES
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
LIKELY TO HAVE SUCH PASS
ENGER RATES 800N—RAIL
ROADS WILL OBEY NEW LAW.
Kansas City, Dec. 20.—C. A. Prouty,
a member of the Interstate Commerce
commission, who arrived here this
morning from St. Louis to continue
the car shortage hearing, said today
In an interview:
"I have no doubt that eventually all
the states east of the Mississippi and
north of the Ohio will be on a 2-cent
basis, and by eventually I mean, of
course, within a reasonable time for
such legislation to be enacted—if leg
islation shall be required, which I
doubt."
Prouty said it was too early now to
estimate the real value of the rate law.
Up to this time the railroads, he said,
had generally evinced a disposition not
only to obey the law but to accept any
construction the commission put on it.
Newark's New City Hall*
Newark, N. J., Dcc. 20.—The* new
city hall which was construed tit a
cost of $2,500,000, was op« ned here to
day by Major Dnremus tho pres
ence of an extremely large gathering of
citizens. The new edifice is one of the
finest in the state and will be a great
saving to the city, as the headquarters
of the police, fire and other depart
ments, which were previously rented
at great cost, have been removed to the
new building.
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HIT OF LAW
NOTORIOUS RESORT KEEPER IS
SENTENCED TO SERVE FIVE
YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY
BY U DGE POLLOCK.
Frank Lake was sentenced to
live years in the penitentiary
shortly after 4 o'clock this after
noon by Judge Pollack. The sen
tence given Lake is the limit
prescribed by the statute under
which he was prosecuted.
SHORTAGE
IN CHICAGO
CONGESTION ft BAD
SOUTH*
IN THE
Railroad Men Testify Before the Com
missioners—-Milwaukee Tells of Fast
Work on Freights, Differing From
Minneapolis Statements.
Chicago, Dec. 20.
Harlan and Lane
Commerce commission,
ued the investigation
Commissioners
the Interstate
today contln
Into the car
pf
shortage on the railroads, which was
begun in Minneapolis two weeks ago.
The first witness was W. B. Biddle,
vice president of the Chicago, Rock Is
land & Pacific railroad. He declare I
that conditions in the south at tl:
present time are worse than those i
the north. This was caused, he said,
by Inadequate terminal facilities in the
south. At Galveston, he said, traffic
on all of the roads is congested
throughout the year.
E. W. McKenna, vice president of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail
road, was the second witness of the
day. He asserted that there has been
a decided improvement in the condl
tions in late years. -He differed with
the opinion expressed in Minneapolis
at i by representatives of the Hill roads
We move freight at an average ra.te
of 100 miles in twelve
hours," de
clared McKenna.
Baok from the Klondike.
Montreal, Dec. 20.—Henry Thomp
son arrived hpre today from the Yu
kon valley, where he has been for the
past eight years. He went out a poor
hlan with a company of prospectors
and, thqpgh working against great
odds, he succeeded In amassing a
fortune of $150,000. He will act per
manently reside here. jj
Among the Meanest Trusts.
.Portland Oregonian: Even Stand
ard" Oil is a respectable corporation
compared with the glucose trust that
sells poison to be made into candy
It Will Be One of Uie Jap Training
8hips Under Command of a Famous
Sea Fighter, Who Opposed the Rus
sians.
San Frames*?**, Dee. 20.—A Japanese,
warship will visit San Francisco with- jjHE
In the nea#C few months, despite the
reports to the contrary. This Is the
statement of Consul K. Uyeno, who
says that he expects the training
cruiser squadron under Vice Admiral
Kataoaka, one of the mikado's flag of
ficers, who distinguished himself In
the operations against the Russian
Vladlvostock fleet.
Rifle Practice Board.
Washington, Dec. 20.—At a meeting
of the new rifle practice board today
Adjutant General Critchfleld presid
ed. After consultation it was decid
ed to take steps to introduce into all
public schools methods by which chil
dren could be educated in rifle practice,
General Wingate of New York stated
that the formation of the board was
the outcome of President Roosevelt's
message to congress.
THE BANK®
BILL RIM! LI)
TH8 HOUSE COMMITTEE TELL8
THE HOUSE.
The Committee 6tates That Book
Credits Ars Identical With Bank
Note Credits and Depositors Should
Have an Option in the Matter.
Washington,
HUMOROUS EDITOR DEAD.
John. Attnoy Knox Was the Founder
of Texas Siftings.
New fork, Dec. 20.—John Armoy
Knox, at one time widely known as
the editor and proprietor of Texas
Siftings, died suddenly late yesterday
n his home. The cause of death was
heart disease.
T.v,c KifHnirs
TMT
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in. KILL
VISIT 'FRISCO
CONSUL BAYS THE TRIP WILL BE
MADE.
Dec. 20.—Chairman
Fowler of the committee on
banking
submitted to the house the report ofi
the committee. The report asserts jween Turjn
that the bank book credits are identi
cal with bank note credits and that It
should be at the option of bank de
positors to
say
whether they shall
have current credit of the bank
whirh.
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while
started Texas Siftings, which, while
written principally for circulation In
Texas, attained an international repu
tation for wit and literary excellence.
"He" Was a Woman.
Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 20.—N. de Ray
Ian, supposed son of a Russian admiral,
assistant to the Russian consul at Chi
cago, is dead^here. The body, which is
In a private morgue, is that of a fe
male. N. de Raylan's personal physi
cian, Dr. R. C. Rowe. of Chicago, who
was her# with the person, is astounded
an^| jpystifled. ^.
SUPPRESS
THE REBELS
CHINE8E TROOP8 HAVE 8TART
EO ON Mi*SlON.
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They Are Well Armed and tfrltlid by
European Officers—They Are Ex
pected to Suppress the Rebellion in
the Ping Kiang District.
Nankiac, China. Deft, II,—About
2,00?) Chinese soldiers from Nanking,
armed with modern weapons, trained
by European officers and accompa
nied by batteries of field artillery, have
proceeded to the front to meet the
rebels in Ping Kiang district Gen
eral Hsle, commander of the troops,
left this city yesterday.
Had Nightmare.
Peoria,
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III., Dec. 20.—While
himself in
,f&r children. Webster is r#wysi«
y ."i
laboring
under a hallucination, due to night
mare,. as his parents believe, John
Webster, son of J. B. Webster, a prom
inent merchant of Woodland, III., shot
the head at the family home
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AFTER
Effort to Bust It in New
York
SUIT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
TRUST ADVANCED THE
PRICE OF ICE FROM $1.20 TO
DEALERS TO $5 AND $6 PER TON
AS A RESULT OF ITS CONTROL
OF THE FIELD.
Albany, N. Y.. Dec. 20.—Attorney
General Julius Mayer, in the name of
the people of the state of New York,
today began an action against the
American Ice Co. in the supreme court
of New York for the dissolution of the
so-called "ice trust."
The summons and complaint,
way passing under this
and
BOtl
or a book subject to their check.
Dead Number Fourteen.
Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. 20.—Accord
ing to the latest news from Gold Dust
Landing, where the steamer Scoville
blew up last night, the list of the dead
and missing totals fourteen and in
jured, including four white men and
several negroes.
issued
here last night, was forwarder today
to the New York city representatives
of the attorney general for service to
day on the proper officials of the com
pany.
The key to the ice situation In New
York is pointed out as lyinj? in this
company's control of "ice bridges" or
the landing depots by which means it
is alleged the company Is enabled to
fix the price of ice, resulting last sum
mer in an increase from $1.20 a ton
at the bridges to $5 and $6 a ton to
independent dealers, who are alleged
to be controlled by the company and
who supply the retail trade. It Is said
that by the time Ice reached the poor
er customers it cost at the fate of
from $10 to $14 a ton.
Another Alpirte TutfWiti
Paris, Dec. 20.—The chamber of
deputies today sanctioned an appropri
ation for the construction of a new
tunnel under the Alps which will
connect Italy with the rest of Europe.
The tunnel will pass under Mont Blanc
at a height of 3,100 feet. The rail
tunnel will
bring Turin nearer to Geneva by 166
miles and shorten the distance be-
Chamois by 116 miles.
The expense of the new road and tun
nel will be shared equally by tho
French, Swiss and Italian governments.
FORMER ON jt
NEliltO liffiS
OHIO 8ENATOR BROUGHT
TER UP TODAY.
MAT-
He Says That President Heosevslt
Took a Wrong View of His Consti
Horn in Armoy, Ireland, in 1850, the
n of a bank president of Belfast,
Mr. Knox came to this country when Investigation by the senate of the pres
a young man, in search of health. He jdent's discharge of three negro corn
settled in Texas. Following several I ..
successful journalistic enterprises, he
jwa«
tutional Authority and Also Mado a
Mistake as to Testimony.
Washington, Dec.
taken
20.—-Immediately
after the senate convened today Sena
tor Foraker's resolution looking to an
pan e
,^fn
y
t"
up and Senator Wn-aker ad-
dressed the senate in Its support. He
began with the broad declaration that
"the president misconceived his con
stitutional power when he discharges
the troops and he also misconceived
the testimony on which his action was
based."
When Foraker concluded his remarks
on the negro troops resolution In the
senate he received unanimous consent
to modify the resolution so that it now
directs the senate committee to inves
tigate the circumstances leading up to
the discharge of the negroes. The res
olution goes over without action until
after the holiday recess.
Santa Fe Road to Be Improved,
Chicago, Dec. 20.—The directors of
tiie Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail
road today announced that they coi|»
templated improvements and exteif
sions of the line, which are estimated
to cost $25,000,000. The line 1h
fti
present being double-tracked from
cago to Kansas City.
BOYCOTT HURT8.
A Mail Order House Puts Up
Howl.
Sioux FaiiH, 8.
D., Dec. rf0.-i-A
case was Instituted In tiie fntt^M
States court by Montgomery Ward |k
Co., of Chicago, who seek an Injunc
tion restraining the South Dakot.i Re
tail Merchants' and Hardware Dealer^
association from continuing warfare
on the plaintiff company. The plain
tiff asserts that the defendant declared
a boycott and prevents the piainti&
company from purchasing goods from
manufacturers, jobbers and whole
salers. The hearing will take pia$e
Jan. i
Million Dollar Smelter,
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Mexico, Dec. 20.—Work commenced
today on a smelter which will be tiie
largest in the world. It will be situ
ated at Guadlajara and will cost over
$1,000,000. A concession to build thie
huge smelter was latently granted INF
the Mexican government to E. H. H&f
JPIPUU) and jys
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