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.V f'Y- 1 t»A*T II. PAGK§ 9 /a 44I n|i«faii»fii. iniiin i —.. '.". KRPUBLICA2T, ESTABLISHED SEPT. 6, 187& MM HUSBAND From Snoring*—'The Chilli New York, May 16.—When the action for a separation brought by Mrs. Henry D. Archer of White Plains against her hufeband, who is connected with Ged ney farm, the country estate of How ard Wlllets, is brought to trial in the supreme court of Westchester county, the question whether the husband cs^n bring a counter charge of cruelty be cause Mrs. Archer blew a tin whistle at midnight to stop him from snoring, will be decided. According to the husband** lawyer, Mrs. Archer admits she blew a whistle,' but claims it was not a "tin whistle." Mrs. Archer ajso admits she threw a shoe at her husband, but says it missed its mark and went through a window. Mr. Archer said today his defense would be,along these lines: That MVs. Archer kicked in the pan els of the pantry door. That fshc That she hurled crockery of all kinds at his head. That she chased him out of the par lor every tlmfe ho stepped within the door. That she demanded more money than he earned, That she would/not let him smoke in the house, tind lie had to go out into the barnyard or into the street to enjoy a peaceful smoke. That at times he had to cook his own meals. That his wife hid food so he could not And it. v That she hung h!a mother's picture in a shed. "And now," said Mr. Archer, "don't you think I am entitled to k separa tion? I am going to fight her suit bit terly, and I shun prove my charges, too." Mrs. Archer is now living ift Ossin Jng with relatives. Hfro "says Tier husbtiJtd turned hef "•mother's rortmlt to the wall and. he did not support her. i |t i SRE4JC GRASS LAND8 ONLY HOPE TO CHECK OUTPOUR. i V ', IN nun CEASED tfM 6ut 6P Trife PARLORS. Paeuliftk Charge# FiI««l irt Action for Divorce—Mrs. Archer Blew Tin Whittle at Midnight to Stop Him divided the bedclothes be tween them. That she made him eat oul of dishes that hadn't been .washed. Almost Depopulated—Sev enty Per Cent of Emerald Isle's Youth Annually Quits Shoree' "Cattls Grass in Ruins of Cottages. Dublin, May 16.—Hopes wiiich were entertained for a time last year that Ihe drain of emigration, had be#n checked have proved delusive. The figures show that 4,668 persons emi grated from Ireland last year in excess of the number that left these shores in 1905. And thus far this year this i'atio of increase has been more than maintained. Last week no fewer than JM)63 persons left Queenstown for Am \l|rica. This number was the largest Recorded in any one week for several years. Nearly 70 per cent of the emi frants were, as usual, the flower of Ireland's population—young men be tween the age^ of 18 and 25. Among those who watched their de parture one day was Cardinal I#ogue. His eminence was profoundly Im pressed by the -heart-breaking spec tacle which he witnessed on the quays at Queenstown. He conversed with many of the emigrants. They were leaving Ireland because "they had nothing to do at home." As to the remedy to adopted to arrest this wasting draffi of the best elements of the population, Cardinal Logue was emphatic and outspoken. "The only chance of grappling with the difficulty,"'he said, "is that of breaking up the grass lands and set tling the people upon them. Numbers of those leaving today are from Weft meath, Longford and Roscommon, and farming pursuits are the only pursuits they know. Except you provide em ployment for these people on the !and, It is idle to speak to them against .emigration. The land is their support, #nd there Is no other source of liveli hood open to them at home. There 'lire no industries to keep them. Of Course, the conditions are different in north, where the lirten industry 'affords so much employment. The «Hjnployes may not be very well paid, but still they have stjfflcierit to live on, jftnd they appreciate the little ready money they earn." The parish of Bunrairyk -*1'*****«' f"°» »•*•«.• •*,/ nitSnH 11 I,,. V. ....... .._,.:,.,n.» 111 crease in its population might excite little surprise. But it is.in reality one of the most fertile parishes in th» country. It is that which lends such a terrible significance to the figures,. The very fertility of its soil has been its curse. It was too good for men'i and women and it has been turned into pasture land for cattle. Not even the ruins of the cottages of the former inhabitants now remain, for cattle graze where their hearthstones once stood. If the land had been covered with bogs and swamps and rocks, it would now be far more populous than it is, for then it wouft not be good enough for cattle* but still good enoughs for poor peasants to wrest a bare pit-! tance out of the soil. Dunrairy is not a ,mere isolated example. There are hundreds of fertile parishes which tell a similar tale. It is on the best land in many districts of Ireland that the depopulation has been greatest. NQ other country in the v^orld presents a similar spectacle. Wants Baptist Convention for 1S$8. San Antonio, Texas, May 16—San Antonio is making a determined ef fort to secure the Baptists' convention for ,1908. The 1907 convention con vened in Richmond today, and a strong delegation from San Antonio, composed of pastors and laymen, and also from this section, who will advocate the se lection of this city went to the scene. The convention membership is always from 5,000 to 7,000, which includes pastors and: delegates from fifteen southern states. Other places seek ing the convention are Birmingham, KnoxvUle, Atlanta, Nashville and Hot Summer Chautauqua At Houston. 'Houston, Texas, May ie—Tho sum mer Chautauqua began here today, and Will continue until May 22. The Union Tebernacle was secured for these dates. The• progratrihte includes a. large pum ber of distinguished lecturers, educat ors and entertainers. The whole state and some of file adjoining states are furnishing the auditors, who are de lighted with the first-class entertain ment provided by the intellectual pro viders. First class talent has been secured in Colonel Solbleski, the Pol ish prince orator and statesman, who has traveled extensively and is widely known as a lecturer. He is said to traveled more miles, deliverfed more lectures and addressed more people than any other lecturer now on the platform. Among the others who will appear on the programme are Miss Frank Miller, a costume lecturer, Charles F. Stalk, cartoonist a^d^clmik talker ?. D. Meigs, Prof. John fl. Iliff, and the Ben,itur company and the ^Howard-Payne quartette. The receipts of the Chautauqua will be .devoted to the building fund for the proposed Young Women's Christian association rooms, to complete the details. This Chautauqua is in line with those that are to be held in Texas cities this sum mer, being fonpthe purpose of educating together With entertainment and amusement. \'s f-y K? •A-jiv'ti'. V i ft-/ In, |.he county of Westmeath, affords a strik ing illustration of the need of apply ing the remedy suggested by his erfu^ jjenee. According to the census pub lished by the British government, the population of the parish in 1841 was 3,367, in 1851 it was 2,246, and in 1901, when the last census was taken, It had fallen to 971. If the land of Dunrairy consisted of? poor, barren soli, ihe tremendous de- ':,' '1" ':':^r .-,V -"'-.1 '.V '•"i-'-'.' Youthful Springs, Arl$. The Baptist general Page three or four years we lived in convention of Texas will meet in this city on Nov. h, and will bring to this city between 3,000 and EV,000. Prepar ations are being made already to ent ertain these delegates in a most hos pitable manner. ni s y| •*.«. iS 3 II- "Shall we get it?" "Yes, Arthur, if .the #ors£ comes to the wqrst, you'll have to use it, tor I can't/' **. p. m. and did the chores was at the barn when my little brother came out and told me that papa was coming, and I went directly In and went up s^tirs. I saw my father coming down the road. Mother came up stairs di rectly after I did, and so did Howard. Don't know whether mother was up stairs when father entered the house or not, but I heard father walking in the rooms down stairs. He had only been in the house a minute or so when heard him start to come up stairs mother was sitting on the side of the bed, and I was standing where I could see him as he put hls foot on the first step I was partly inside the door up stairs and partly on the landing mother was back of the door, kind of, and I don't think she could see father." "Did your mother say anything to you?" asked Mr. Barnett. i "No, sir," was the reply. "Just look at that little titlng lying on the bench," Mr. Barnett remarked. He alluding to tne revolver from which was fired the fatal shot, an1 Arthur looked, aild on being ques tioned, the h^y admitted that his mother handed him the revolver. There was a sharp j-etoft or two between the state's attorney and Mr. Fowler, but it quickly subsided, and Arthur pro ceeded: "I turned, back into the rofcm and said, 'Shall we get it now?'" Mr. Barnett asked him if he referred to the revolver, and the boy said he 'i i 1 f.f n JUDGE PREMOHT WOOD AND A GROUP SHOWING THE ACCUSED MINEBS, M0YEK HAY WOOD AND PETTIBONE. Judge Wood, who Is trying the case against William D. Haywood, Is a New England Yankee who has spent fit y$grg Je Uie In the group, beginning at the right, are Charles H. 3Jojr«r. Mrs. Hoyer, WttlUtm D. Hajr wood, George A. Pettlbone aad Mrs, Pettibone, la the order named w ,, v* v,11 .... ?pi A N A I E U I A N .JftRiSQ, 2?0RTH DAKOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 10, 1907. Murderer Tells of Awful Crime Son of Mrs. Laura Cramer, on Trial for Her Life, Viv idly Portrays the Killing of His Father at Page Last February. 4 The question was by Arthur Cramer of his mother, and the latter replied as given above, and within half a min ute after Arthur sent a bullet crash ing through his father's brain that pro duced instant death, at Page, about 6 o'clock on the evening of Feb. 14, last. Young Cramer was on the witness stand yesterday afternoon in the case of murder that has been brought against his mother, and his evidence proved to be very damaging to her case. He was examined in chief by State's Attorney Barnett, and the cross examination that followed was by Attorney Fowler, of Lee & Fowler. Arthur related the story of the tragedy in this manneri "My name is Arthur Cranrlir will be 17 years old May 22 have lived in w VUIU, V "TVU j'i AL the north part of town for two years tr and then moved to where we lived when the shooting took place was in Pago Feb. 14 and was at home at nr 0 o'clock in the evening. Was At did. He said that his mother replied: "Yes, Arthur if the worst comes to the worst, you (or we) will have to use it," and she handed him the weap on. He said: "I stepped back to the head* of the stairs, and told father not to come up, but he kept on and 1 tired, and went back into the room, and heard him fall down stairs." Here he was put through a rigid ex amination by Mr. Barnett, and at first denied that he and his mother had ever before talked of shooting the hus-, band and father, but finally admitted that three or four days before the trag edy his mother had said that they might have to shoot him, as they were afraid of him. The testimony showed that Cramer had reached the third step from the top when the bullet was discharged through his head. He also admitted that his mother had sent him for |he cartridges some time before the Shooting, and that he knew where the pistol was kept, and that he had left the barn when his little brother, had told him that his father was coming and had gone to the room ow h® knPW, his cro arifllth's elevator, and got home about I J"8"™3, mother had se- ^volver underneath the w^rfi ?ho ?ot !t aml He 1 handed stated*that he had no hard, ffelings or anger .at .his lather. but $hot because they were afraid of him. Frfd firmer, the man who was killed, left home on the afternoon bo fore the day he was killed and went into the country with a man named Buckley and did not return home until five minutes before he was a corpse, for he cotild not have been in the house three minutes before he was shot. There watf no evidence introduced yes terday to show that he had uttered a word. On cross-examination by Mr. Fowler he stated that he had frequently heard his father threaten to kill his mother and the entire family, and that they were all in terror of him, ami believed that she would kill them. He related several instances where Cramer had made threats to kill, and testified that his father was frequently intoxicated and was generally ugly when In that condition,! Arthur stated that the re volver wlfs loaded three or four days before he killed his father, because lw had been acting more ugly than usual. In his direct examination he was somewhat fiustrated by the rapid fire questions that werp put to him by the state's attorney and he several times contriadicted himself. Mr. Griffith, who was also called during the afternoon, said tliit he had examined the dead man's coat and found that It had been burnt or rather III OK h: 4 1 wmm •i IJM scorched from a lighted cigar that h was smoking, the cigar falling on hi coat after he was shot. The under taker who had burled the body als testified, but It was unimportant. Late Adjournment Bothers HotsJmen. Harrisburg, Pa., May 16—The hotel-' men of the city are in a great quandry as to the late adjournment of the leg islature, which is so much later than usual that they have not been able to accommodate several organizations that announced their annual meetings to take place here, but cannot find room because the legislators occupy rooms that the men of the orders want and need. Both the Elks and the Knights of the Golden Eagle, were scheduled to bring crowds here and the hotelmen fear that they will be picked up by other towns, but the Elks shifted i their date till June, and will fee here then. Ten thousand Baptists In Richmond. Richmond, Va„ May 16—The Bap tists .have overwhelmed the city, so that even the ample provisions made for the entertainment of the guests of this city noted for its capabilities in the art of accommodating outsiders, has been put to" Its best to give each visitor a roof over his head. But in addition to the hotels and boarding houses, all private houses of any pre tension have been thrown open, and their guest chambers are fully occu pied. This convention is considered the largest ever held in the United States| by reHgious people, and has L- gates is truly a remarkable one. The Women's Missionary Union is also in session. The convention will remain until May 20 Inclusive. Mergtr of Theological Qfehools. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1C—A merger Involving Presbyterian properties ag gregating millions of dollars, is to be brought up In the general assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United States, which opens in Columbus, Ohio, today. The proposition Is the consol idation of the Lane Theological Semi nary, the McCormick Theological Sem inary, In Chicago, and the Western Theological Seminary, in Pittsburg. The sending of Robert Laldlaw by the Cincinnati Presbytery as one of the lay delegates has great significance Mr. Laidlaw is one of the trustess of the Lane Seminary, and Dr. Kibben president of the institution, said that he nominated him so that Mr. Laldlaw could represent Lane in the negotia tions The three seminaries, whose consolidation is urged, graduate the majority of the young ministers for Presbyterian pulpits. '...a Scientists Are Amazed by the One-Sail London, May 16.—Louis Brennan's flew "one-rail train" is the talk of j-iondon today. Scientists are astounded -and say the monorail train will revo lutionize transportation. It is declared to be the greatest invention since the electric motor. A speed of 150 miles an hour can toe developed. A working model wa8 exhibited be fore the Royal society, the greatest scientific bbdy in Great Britain. A great crowd saw a miniature rail way car or locomotive standing en tirely above a single rail, with appar ently nothing to balance it. It ran about the hall, turned sharp corners at high speed, crossed a single strand Of wire cable In lieu of a bridge, and Climbed heavy inclines—all with per fect stability. Sometimes the car was loaded, Hometlmes empty. No attempt was made to balance the load. The vehicle Itself did that instantly and automat ically. If the load was piled up all On one side, It geemed Inevitable that the vehicle would sag, but the over loaded side automatically rose In pro portion to the burden as the empty aide was depressed. Studies Problem Thirty Years. Brennan told his audience about his long search for an Ideal method of traction and his success in finding it. He began studying the problem nearly thirty years ago. How to reduce fric| tion was his chief task. It is well linown that only about 12 per cent of Ihe power generated by a locomotive Is actually used in drawing a train. Brennan began experimenting with it»o gyroscope. The principle of the spinning top is the secret of the seem ing miracle of his new railroad. The inventor's own description of the result of his labors is as follows: "The characteristic feature of the system of transportation is that each vehicle is capable of maintaining Its balance upon an ordinary rail laid up on ties on the ground, whether it be •itandiner still or moving in either di rection at any rate of speed, notwith standing the center of gravity is sev eral feet above the rail a41 the wind pressure, a shifting load, centrifugal action or any combination of these "forces may tend to upset St. "Automatic stability mechanism of extreme simplicity, carried by the ve hicle itself, endows- it with this power. Iftie mechanism consists essentially of two flywheels rotated directly by electric motors In opposite directions at a high velocity, mounted so that by their gymstatic ation their stored-up energy can be utilized. The«e fly /.-fe". ^7' ,1 HHHNMiMM Declare New 150-Mile-an-Hour System Will Revolu tionize Transportation—Problem Studied Thirty Years—Great Speed ,Is Possible. «Nb FORUM ESTABLISHED NOV. 17, 1891. THE PEOPLE'S PAPER. mm BUIIDS li UUlKIUItf MR*. •/HOOKER DIRECTS MEN'S WORK IN CAMP8. Texts Woman "Permits no tfitrkine-. Mrs. Freemen It Placed in Charge of Big Copper Mine—Many Women Are Ranch Owners. Austin, Tex., May 18—Mrs. 8. C. Hooker is a prominent railroad con tractor in Texaa. She took a large grading contract on the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient railroad between Sweetwater, Tex., and Knox City, more than a year ago, and she came out so well with It that she had enlarged her outfit and is now at work on a large contract on the same road between Sweetwater and Ban Angelo. She not only finances the Job, but she superintends the grading work personally. She lives In the grading camp and spends most of her time on the stretches of grade, directing the work of the laborers and other em ployes. She started In with twenty been greatly increased recently. It Is said that she will permit no shirking on the part of any employe. They must do their work well and put in full hours at it. wllu b" Over at 8ilver City. N. M., Mrs. L. W. Freeman lias been placed in chargP of a t)ig copper mine by the Enterprise Mining Co., which has its headquarters at Pittsburg Pa. Mrs. Freeman is an experienced mining woman. Hhe has been connected with Hie mining busi ness for a number of yearn. She is given full charge of the company's property jn New Mexico and her au thority is supreme when It comes to the operation of the mine. She has prepared plans for a new cyanide plant, which the company will erect at the mine under her supervision. There are many women ranch own ers and ranch managers in Texas and other parts of the southwest. They have had marked success in the cattle raising business. This is particularly true of Mrs. Richard King, the multi millionaire stock-woman of Kingsvllle. and Mrs. Adair who owns and conducts a ranch of nearly 1,500,000 acres in the "Panhandle." Train wheels, mounted on high-class bear ings, are placed in air-exhausted cases so both air and journal friction ls,g& duced to a minimum consequently, the power required to keep them In rapid motion is extremely small. Wheels in Single Row. "the wheels are placed in a single row beneath the center of the car and are carried on bogles or compound bogles, which are not only, pivoted to provide for horizontal curves in the track, but for vertical ones also. By this means the cars can run upon curve.? even of less radius than the length of the vehicle Itself, or on crooked rails, or on rails laid over un even ground, without danger of de railment. "The motor power may be cither steam, petrol oil, gas or electricity. I use petrol and an electric generating set carried by the vehicle Itself to supply the current to the motor's sta bility mechanism. "Everything points to a great ecoit* omy resulting from making the cars wider in proportion to their length than on ordinary railways. Therefore It has been decided to make an experi mental coach twelve feet wide. Brakes capable of being operated by pneu ma tic or manual power are provided for all wheels. "The rail only requires to be of the I same weight as one of the rails of mn ordinary line in order to carry the same load on the same number of wheels in each case. The ties aim) require to be one-half the usual length. "The bridges would be of the sim plest possible construction, a single wire hawser stretched across a ravine or river being all that Is necessary for temporary work. Strange to say, the lateral swaying of the hawser does not disturb the balance of the cars, and the strongest winds will fail to blow them off. In other cases for bridge building a singles row of piles with the rail on top suffices, or a single girder carrying the mil may be eon*. veniently used. Great Speed Feasible. y "The speed can be from twice to thrice that of ordinary railways, owing to the smoothness in running and tile total absence of lateral oscillation.'' The government has paid the larger share of the expense and has voted 25,000 for the construction of a fuii sized car. The war department will construct the necessary rail upon gov* eminent land at Chatham, near the Inventor's home. n'- s -fV,.'- 'k- A '£'a