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I VOL. X, N0.15. :v il. ii A Special Train Leaves Netf t~A York Bearing the Remains of the Distinguished Chicago Merciant—Stores Will Close %ew York, Jan. 17.—A special train bearing the body of Marshall Field to' Chicago left at 11 o'clock over the New Tork Central and Lake Shore railroad. It is expected that the party will arrive in Chicago about noon to morrow. The special train consists of five cars, baggage car, itwo Bleepers, dining car and observation car. Dr. Frank Billings, Mr. 'Fields' 'family physician, who is-one of the party re turning to Chicagtt on the special train, said today' that all the members of Mr. Field's family werein good liealth that they, had borne well the .strain of -watching at his bed Bide daring his illness. It was announced todaythat Mr. Field would be buried in Graceland cemetery. It is still un decided, whether the funeral will be held from his residence at 1900 Prairie avienue or from the First Presbyterian church. Chicago, Jan. 17.—Out of respect to the memory of Marshall' Field, who died yesterday in New York, the Field wholesale and retail establishments in Chicago were closed today and will remain shut' until Saturday. All stores on State1 street, and probably the larger establishments elsewhere in the business district wlll.be closed *wo hours Friday. ... ——r .: WEDS ARMY LIEUTENANT. "Fashionable Wedding of Miss Martin of Denver to Lieutenant Moseley Today. Denver, Colo., Jan. 17 —A large and fashionable ^wedding today was that of .. .Miss Harriette Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geqrge W. Martin of this city and grand-daughter of Judge H. i"C. Caldwell of Arkansas, to Lieut. Worthington Moseley, U. S. A., who .?ls the Son of Col. Moseley, surgeon- general in. the Philippines. The bridal v-couple will sail for Mapila early next month. DEFIED SCHOOL B04R1K Comely School Harm Resigns Job To Wed mil of Her Choke. Toledo, O., Jan. 17.—-In spite of all -, the-efforts pf the Toledo board of edu cation to hold her to her contract to -teach for two years, Miss Mary K. Reed was married today to Dr. H. H. Cleavelad of Orange, Miss. Miss Reed tendered her resignation, whigh the '.school board declined to accept. But she was not to be deterred from her ..purpose and without further formality .quit her position in order to become bride. DfCREASE IN EXPORTS TO GERMANY IN 1905 Berlin, Jan. 17.—It is' announced that the exports of Germany to the .United States during the year of 1905 from, all Americ&h consular districts, •, amounted to' $126,724,321, an increase Of $14,484,096. it- it. -1$ 'iS&fi Wa- fi, mwmf pi The Creditor—"When are you going to pay me? I can't get to your place «veiry day, trying to make you settle up. I've got Other things to do." The Debtor—"Are you at liberty on Satur ^*day afternoons? Come every Satur day." N' fcvi MOB AFTER •r A BAD MAN The Scen& of Lynching Negroes Shifted From the South .f.VM to the North. Mllford, Del., Jan. 17i-r-John Long, a negro who was arrested Yesterday for assaulting -Miss Flora Boose, a school teacher, was removed) to the Dover Jail today to prevent any fur ther attempt at lynching. The mob which last night tried to take1 Long' from the jail here, remained about the i- building until 3 o'clock this morning. but was held in check by the militia. VENEZUELA DOESN'T WANT THE FRENCHMAN Caracas, Venezuela, Manday, via Port of'Spain, Island of Trinidad.— Wednesday,. Jan. 17. Hon. M. Taigny, former French charge, having gone on "board of.the French line steamer t,V Martinique at Laguayra yesterday & ai *44 thout legal permission, the Venezue authorities, have prohibited his landing again iq Venezuela and he must go to Colon. ...1. 7l SAYS THE REPORT IS J^SOLVTSLY EALSE Berlin, Jan.' 17.—-The foreign- office calls the. attentiop/of'.the AssocUcted Press to a London ,dispatd| whlcli a» «epts Mkm an oatenslbly excellent Paris authority that Presldent Castro's toward France Is due to Qar« man ihtrigues. The foreign office' says this Is iabsoluteli^ falsiB. J: western Electrical .auqfdMt(m»' an dr canaatlcnoi^.wlth a large. 'm^Wrahlp Oii«aid|bat WIsioonstn/iniiaMbta nU aols And nelghbortug states, met la «rn hotel la this city today.^n addi ipwi 'jjf- Ml^priiiw wliMy' •ad dissuasions the aaaoctattOB has 1 a^itv^liii^w 1he gnat electrical nxhlbltiom now la »r'P Puffc THE EVENING TIMES STANDS FOB OIANDFOIKS ANDNOKTH DACO TA UNDER AIX CIftCUMSTANCES JH si 5hli X.b*yi FRENCH OPINION ON ALGECIRAS CONFERENCE Paris,. Jan. 17.—Public opinion is greatly divided relative to the probable result of the Algeciras conference... The diplomats are more inclined to take an opti mistic view, believing that the delegates will reach a definite concli^slon by means of mutual concessions. It is stated in offl da! quarters that France will stand firm relative to her prepon :. derating influence in the sultan's dominions, while at the same time respecting his sovereignty. There is an inclination toward the adop tion of the most liberal view of the commercial rights of qther powers and it is haiped to thus.secure definite settlement of the whole question. PROBABLY MURDERED HIS MOTHER, A COUNTESS Philadelphia, Jan. 17.—John McMur ray, son of Anita McMurray, known as Countess de Betancort, today was committed to prison to await the coroner's inqueBt into the death of his mother. Mrs. McMurray died sud denly yesterday. The police say there Ivas a quarrel and that the woman's body is bruised. PRIMERS eo A Milwaukee Bunch Object to Doing Job Work for Minnesota. Milwaukee, Jan. 17.—Fourteen mem bers of the local branch of the Inter-, national Typographical union, employ ed by a-local printing establishment, quit work today because it is alleged the firm is doing work for the state of Minnesota Without a contract. The printing firm'received a telegram sign ed by Attorney General E. T. Young and State Printer A. M. Day, saying: "Go on with the work on {he code for the account of the state of Minnesota." Notwithstanding the telegram, Wm. A. Arnold, president of the Milwaukee branch of the union, ordered the men OUt sii.-vwi MICHELET OF WHITE EARTH MAY GET PLUM. Cass Lake, Minn, Jan. 17.—There appears to be a lull in the rumors of appointment of a succesor to th# of fice of Indian ageht at Onlgum, the Leech lake Indian-agency, to succeed Major Scott, resigned. The latest rumor, which is supposed to be fairly authentic, is to the effect that Simon Michelet, who has acted as agent at the White ESarth agency for several years, will be retained as agent for White Earth, but will also be given the charge of the Leech lake agency and be remoVed from White Earth to Onigum. This latter proposi tion hardly seems practicable, as there Is enough work to fully occupy the time of one agent, at Onigum, and {he additional work at White Earth would entail more duties than any one person coud probably attend to. MIDDY MERIWETHER «an. 1 VAS VERY FRIENDLY 17.—The trial of Midshipman' Minor Meriwether, Jr., on the charge of hazing, was resumed today. A number.of members of the, fourth class testified that Meriwether had treated them with consideration. and that he acted towards them In, a friendly and, good natured manner. NORTHWESTERN ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION MEETS Chicago, Jan. 17.—The delegates to the fourteenth annual convention of the Northwestern Electrical associa tion met here today. Nearly 200 chiefs of street railway stations in the prin cipal cities of the Northwest were present. CHOOSES WIFE Of Humble Birth and Abdicates Rights to a Throne for Love. Vienna, Jan. 17.—The Archduke Ferdinand Charles Is credited with'the intention of marrying a lady of simple birth.' The love affair is two years old, and was interrupted by the strenuous dpposliio.n of the royal family, es pecially of the archduke's brother, the Archduke Qtto. It is -now learned 8ENSATI0NAL'SCENE."' -m yn Senator Tillman Is Reprimanded by, Senaior Hale of Maine. Washington, Jan. 17,—An Impres sive and almost sensational scene ,oc curred in the. senate today. Tlllihan severely arraigned the president, and Hale, in a firm apd ifateiue manner, declared TUlmtfa had no right.to .vent his 'personal, feelings against the president' in any such way as he was doing. -Tillman -declared that he was qot 'allowlng hlB personal feelings to enter into the subject and ojrlng to his high regard for the senator from Maine lie ^rptUd listen to Hale's repri mand ^thcmt loBlhg his temper. .--Vii. FBiNiCS *RKAIB OPF DIPLOMATIC REL^TIOlte Willemstad, '^Island pf Ctirocao, .Dutch Wjiwj IiMUea. Jan. 17,—France, ^oh Jan 20, bi^ke off diplomatic reia .Hons with Venesuela through the irbo «t present ls ln^cufnii pri^di -'ln. teKStsi^Tt^ Ifrendi atrtved l^re' toWj C^ie^ o,r Fargo, N. D„ Jan. ^7.—Special.— The first day of the Tri-State grain growers' convention was devoted ex clusively to the discussion of agri cultural matters, and the papers read and the discussions had were especi ally strong. The keynote of all the speeches and papers was the advant age of crop rotation, and the saving of the present richness of the soil by means of clover or Boine other crop that will put large quantities of bumic back into the land. A splendid paper on maccaronl wheat which was prepared by Samuel Glover, was read by President Worst in the absence of the writer. The dis cussion of this paper/ was opened by L. 0. Ueland of Edgeley, who gave a strong practical talk on the advan tages of this, wheat over both blue stem and Scotch' fife. The yield is much larger than either of the other varieties. This year there were 7, 792,250 bushels of durum, wheat pur chased in'Duluth, and of this 7,592, 000 bushels were exported. Duluth qiarkets only had a range of light cuts between number one northern and durum this year, against a mar gin of 20 cents last year. Professor Spilltnan, who is chief of the bureau of farm management of the department of agriculture, in prefac ing his own speech of the afternoon, told of how the Miller's, Journal had fought the introduction of this wheat and how when two loaves of bread, one from. durum and the other from ordinary spring wheat, were sent to the editor of one of these Journals he BURNED THEIR An Indian and Half-Breed's Terrible Revenge for "•yVv"v An Insult. Hayward, Wis., Jan. 17.—Joe Buck wheat ,an Indian, and Joe LeboufT, a Canadian Frenchman, are under ar rest here charged with having at tempted to burn a man to 4@.ath near Winters, this county. Buckwheat and Lebouff attended a dance at Neigh bor's and for some reason became in censed at a companion. After the dance they captured the man and while one held him the other soaked his clothing with alcohol and applied a match. Instantly the vitclm's cloth ing was a mass of flames. The two men then bedatne alarmed and at tempted to. cut' thd- burning clothing from their victim with knives, and in doing so severely wounded him. Sheriff Hyland of Sawyer was notified and arrested the men and brought them here. Their preliminary hearing was held yesterday., but on account of .a lack of witnesses \Vas postponed. BUILDING TORPEDO BOATS FOR RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT New York, Jan. 17.—Lewis Nixon, who has completed the building of ten torpedo boats at a port on the Black sea for the Russian goverhment, ar rived from Europe today, on the Kaiser Wnhelm n. He said he had finished till his contract^ with the Russian government and expected to make no new ones until the conditions aria quieter in Russia. -SI, that Archduke Ferdinand is again pressing his suit, and is resolved to abdicate his privileges,, and assume his title of Baron Rottenstein, in,order to wed the lady. The Archduke Fer dinand is the youngest son of the late Archduke Karl Ludwig and as such is in direct line to the throne of Em peror. Francis Joseph. La Guaira have been, expelled from Venezuela- and are expected here by«. the first .steamer. Cablev communica tion ^rith Venezuela continued inter rupted. TWO MIDDIES ARE lillgSS DISMISSED FOR RAZING .. Anhapolis, Jan. 17.—At noon today a full brigade of midshipmen were paraded fop regular dinner formation. Midshipmen Petersen, Barto, Marzoni ana W, W. Footer of fiist class and Treninor Coffin, Jr.^ of third class were publicly dismissed from the Unit ed Stateq navy for hazlng fourth class .•. y' [. PITCHFORK TILLMAN business to be mopilied. iwtn TO WAIT '%asington. Jan: When the sen* ate convened tod^« llr. Tillman waSi, prepsredtopw^^lthaspeechon the status of a^falri ln Santo Dpmib-: go, of:.whlch hem tiren notice, bat as-there was considerable routine uted he was not fog. 'been dia A SQUARE DEAL FOR ALL GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17,1906.-EIGHT PAGES. Yesterday's Meeting Was an Enthusiastic One in Which Several Important Papers Were Read, Followed by Lively Discussions By the Hen Who Do Things in North Dakota. refused to attempt to decide which was durum and which was not. President Worst told how in his investigation he had written Consul General Skinner of France for infor mation and that he had stated that if the right kind Of grain.berry could be produced, there would be a great market in southern Europe for all that could raised in America. President Worst sent to France for some seed of the variety that was being grown there for the market and found it much below the North Dakota pro ducts. President Worst believes that the adoption of durum wheat as a regular crop will increase the pro ducing capacity of the North Dakota wheat lands from 26 to 30 per cent. He also believes it should be special ized along two lines: one the kind that is used in° the manufacture of maccaroni, and the' other for bread purposes. The subject of Professor Spillman's afternoon discourse was "Rotation of Crops," and for more than an hour and a half he pictured conditions in various parts of the country where farm lands had been ruined because of the one crop method of farming. He spoke particularly of the Willamette valley where he had been' connected with an experiment station for sev eral years. This valley was originally rich in vegetable producing elements and for forty years after its settle ment it produced immense crops of wheat. Then it began to fail, with pofr crops as the rule and an occas ional good crop when the soil seemed ENGLISH ELECTIONS PROCEEDING TODAY London, Jan. 17.—The pollings today are the heaviest of the pres ent elections. They affect ninety two seats. Attention naturally centers in Joseph Chamberlain's contest in West Birmingham. The present ltfdlcanbns'-are that former Premier Balfour will not seek another state in parliament until after the elections, when one of the newly elected members will probably retire'in his favor so as to allow Mr. Balfour to try to en ter the house by means of a by election. 3 INTERESTING In An Intenriew With An Evening Times Re porter. The Evening Times representative met Hon. B. Lepper, a big farmer and rancher from Dickinson while \t the Tri-State convention Tuesday, and for more than an Hour he discussed the present and past conditions and future prospects of the Missouri slope. He 'said:, "I have lived in that country for seventeen years and an pretty well ac quainted with its conditions, and I know its past as well, and judging from these, I am confident there is no part of the state with such a bright future before it. I know when I say. this, that the territory around Dickin son is regarded as worthless by many people in the eastern part of the state. But it has been artificial conditions and misrepresentations that have pro duced this feeling. You will be told that the territory is dry, and there has been a slight foundation for this. "The vast stretches of wild land west of us have been the scene of vast prairie fires for years, and this con stant burning of the grass has left the prairies barren ahd as a result they have been dry. Now as the terri tory I speak of has been settled and broken these fires are far less fre qilent and in a short-time will cease entirely, and our moisture will then be conserved so that the term dry will no longer apply. "We have one of the finest soils in the state and it is producing just as good crops as any other where it re ceives the proper cultivation, But mapy. of our people do not realize the importance of good farming, ahd they ^re simply putting the seed on the ground and depending -upon nature to do the work. They do not plow the land, simply disc and then have it har rowed by a boy barely able to drive the teani, but entirely unable to lift the harrow to clean it of weeds and other' filth. Great patches have the seed .left on the ground, and the cropB are correspondingly poor. This is what leaves the Impression that the country Is dry. But where the land |s properly plotred and the proper seed bed te' formed, there are no better cropsralsedlnthe state. .^'Hpt even with- the.ouceleas farming «which the -land gets our people are satisfied because thejr are making much more money than they did before they came to North Dakota. "That country used tb be almost en tirely given gver to rching, but a few,f«am a?* after w*$a4-ftraght the r» TIMES struggling to get back its lost vigor. But with crop failures came hard times for the farmers and the work of the loan companies. The farmers turned to dairying and now that land is yielding bigger in comes than it did when it was pro ducing its biggest wheat crops. The impoverished condition of the farmers of the south who have' depended en tirely upon one crop farming, was cited as another instance where the vitality of the soil is exhausted by taking all and giving nothing. He ad vocated a rotation that would give more nitrogen to the soil and at the same time prevent the fouling of the land by weeds which adopt them selves to the particular crop, growing and ripening with it and then spread ing the seeds every year. Rotation of crops, especially of alfalfa, was not only restoring these lands but is mak ing money for the owners while it is being done. He condensed the advantages of rotation under the following terse heads: It avoids summer fallowing. It distributes the farm labor over the entire year instead of having it all in a bunch, and thus largely solves the question of farm labor. By the special vitality put In the soil by rotation, bigger crops of wheat are grown in the wheat years. It gets rid of many weeds which adapt their life and seedtime to the crops with which they grow. Continued on page 4.) EMINENT MEN ARE UNEO UP They Will Join Him in Demand For Publicity in Elections. Washington, D. C, Jan. 17.—Perry Belmont's organization committee of the movement for publicity in cam paign contributions held its initial meeting at the New Willard today. The members Of the committee, a number of whom were present in person while others sent letters embodying their views on the subject, include besides the governors of numerous states, Hoke Smith of Georgia, Judge P. S. Grosscup of Chicagn. Judge Jenkins of Milwaukee, members and officers of the national committees of both politi cal parties, presidents of colleges and universities and the neads of national labor organizations. Today's meeting, following formal rganization, out lined a preliminary program for per sistent and systematic work in urging upon the attention of congress the de sirability of enacting a law governing publicity in connection with presi dential and congressional elections. LOUISIANA VETERANS. New Orleans, La., .Ian. 17.—Confed erate veterans of Louisiana are gath ering here for their annual state con vention which wa-- postponed from last fall because o? the yellow fever epidemic. The convention will discuss plans for the enterfn-nmen^of the na tional reunion of lYited gtates Vete rans which assembles in New Orleans this summer. Chicago, Jan. 17.—The bodies of Ralph Rose and a young woman were found today in a room in St. James hotel, corner of Washington boulevard and Halstead street. Each of them had been killed by a bullet fired into settlement of the country as long as it was possible to do so, we bowed to the inevitable and quit claiming that it would .never be a farming country. "Just to show you what the ranchers thought of the country, one large ranching concern, when the realized that the time was at hand for the opening of the country, purchased large tracts of land at Tow prices and have already sold out ail of it in small farms except what they want for them selves, and of course this is the rich est part of the purchase. "But' the cereals are not the only resources of the country. LaBt year there were one and a"' half million pounds of Wool marketed at Dickln ,Bon, land the live stock shipments «are heavy. One of the Dickinson banks is ranted among the strongest in the State, and this despite the fact that every little near-by town has a state bank doing a good business. "There Is an enormous tide of lmml gratlon to that part of the state. I am not able to give positive figures, but the Dickinson land olfice had something like thirty filings during December, and a crowd of land bny ers who had been through that terri tory told me as they were leaving that, they believed there would 1m 1,000 farmers «from their joint states who would oome out this spring. Maay of I. ms® CRAZY MAN TRIES TO KILL LEGISLATORS Des Moines, Jan. 17.—D. S. Clayman, an ex-convict, was ar rested at the door of the senate chamber of the Iowa legislature this afternoon, charged with threatening the lives of Repre sentatives H. E. Teachout and Senator C. C. Dowell because the latter failed to get him a job during the present session. Clay man was sent to the penitentiary from Adair county for wife mur der twelve years ago. He served out his time and then came to Des Moines, soliciting a job during the legislative session, because, as he said, he had-served the state for twelve years. He also threat ened to blow up the State house when arrested. It is believed he is insane. OLDEST CLERK IN TKEASUR1' DEAD Washington, Jan. 17.—Hugh S. Tuchy, the oldest cleric in the treasury department, died yesterday in his home here. Mr. Tuchy was professor in classics in the college department of the Georgetown university, resign ing after five years to teach at Freder ick, Md. He had been in the treasury forty-four years. MEETING But the Sultan's Principal Agent Believes There Will Be a Row. Algeciras, Spain. Jan. 17.—Delegates of Moroccan conference today took a day of leisure to enable the secre taries to get ready for their work and indulged in private conversations among themselves or spent the time in preparing with their junior col leagues for discussion of the sur veillance of contraband arms in Morocco, the first question to be dis cussed at the next meeting. Ambas sador White visited Gibraltar after he and Minister Giimmere had gone over the present situation in Morocco re garding the illicit trade in arms. When the conference shall have agreed on regulations for the punish ment of foreigners engaged in smuggl ing arms into Morocco, most of the countries, including the United States, will have to legislate out matter as only Great Britain and Spain can, by .order of council, penalize their sub ejects abroad. While the talk among the ambassadors is all of conciliation and harmony, Mohammed El Torres, the Moroccan foreign minister and head of the mission of Morocco and Mokri, the sultans' principal agent, does not believe the conference will agree. The Weather. Chicago, Jan. 17.—Forecast for North Dakota: Probably snow and colder tonight and Thursday. Minnsota: Snow tonight and Thursday warmer in southeast and colder in northwest portions to night colder Thursday variable winds. Weather Coudltloun. Neelie—Snowing calm. Croolcston—Cloudy calm. Mayville—Snowing cairn. Valley City—Cloudy. Aberdeen—Sleeting light north west wind. Huron—Sleeting light northwest wind. Watertown—Cloudy south wind. Willmar—Cloudy. St. Paul—Snowing strong south wind. Fargo—Partly cloudy brisk southeast wind. Duluth—Cloudy light east wind. Eau Claire, Wis.—Snowing hard strong southwest wind. TWO SUICIDES Two Bodies Found in a Chicago Hotel—Supposed Murder and Suicide. the mouth. A revolver was lying upon the bed, but it is impossible to tell which of the two used it. The couple came to the hotel at 10:30 last night and immediately retired. No shots were heard from the room. them will simply load everything into immigrant cars and come, selecting their locations after they arrive. "Some of these people say they can rent their farms in the older states for three dollars cash and can make as much'in our part of North Dakota as they could working their own land. "Land varies in price. Many of the homesteaders who got their land for what they consider nothing, would hold $5 and $6 a big price, while the unbroken prairie is selling for 910 to $15, and the land is no better. There is this advantage, though, that the person buying it can file on a home stead near by and thus get double the number of acres for the price. This land is thirty and more miles from the railroads, and. many prefer to pur-' chase the land nearer market at a lower price and sacrifice the oppor tunity of securing a homestead. Land valued will increase with the rush of immigration. .' "We have one advantage over the eastern part of the state-because we have abundance of cheap fuel. Our lignite Is Inexhaustible and Is cheap, many of the land owners—in lact, the majority—having their own supply. The InMls of Dickinson are using it for steaming purposes and they could not be Induced to make a change- it can tie oped for* any purpose except on JSPMWjBLi J* UL hf£ ~jk* THE EYIMNG TINES RATS MO FAVORITES. tT THE PEOPLES PAPER PROM START TO FINISH M. Fallieres, President of the Senate, is Elected President on the First Ballot, Receiv ing 449 Votes. Paris, Jan. 17.—The national assem bly met. at 1 o'clock this afternoon in the congress hall of the royal pal ace at Versailles for the election of a new president. The greatest Inter est was manifested in the proceedings which, however, were very prolonged. The members of the assembly voted in alphabetical order. Several can didates are mentioned for the presi dency in succession to M. Loubet, in cluding M. Fallieres, .president of the senate, and M. Doumer, president of the chamber of deputies. M. Fallieres was elected on the first ballot. The revised figures are: M. Fallieres, 449 M. Doumer, 371. The new president of France is the son of a magistrate's clerk and is a grandson of a blacksmith. Clement Armand Fallieres was born Nov. 6, 1841, and is a lawyer by profession and practice. He was a member of the chamber of deputies three terms and in 1SS0 AM MEETING OF CEMENT MEN HELD IN MINNEAPOLIS. Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 17.—The second annual convention of the Northwestern Cement Products asso ciation began in Minneapolis today with headquarters at the Hotel Nico let. The sessions, which are largely: attended, will continue until the end of the week. In conjunction with the gathering there is a large and compre-' hensive exhibition of cement products and cement-making machinery. BLIZZARD IN_DULUTH Three Feet of Snow Causes Delays In Train Service in the Zenith City. ••"vvi Duluth, Jan. 17.—A heavy snow storm is prevailing at the head of the lakes this morning and indications are for a blizzard. Trains are late and the street cars are experiencing some difficulty. There is estimated to be three feet of snow in the woods and loggers are having trouble in hauling. —W locomotives, where the draft is as heavy that it carries it right through the furnace, it not having the property of coking as the soft coals have. "Dickinson has the finest brick clay in any state. The native clay wiU make white brick without the least coloring matter, and within a very few rods a clay is found which makes a red one, and of this either a pale or bright color can be had. The material has all the properties of fire clay, and is destined to become an important article of trade." .. INVESTIGATING ALL INSURANCE COMPANIES La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 17.—Assembly man Herman Ekern, secretary of the legislative committee investigating the insurance conditions, announced hen' today that it had been decided to in vestigate the fraternal as well as old line assurance. The investigation win be thorough. PENSIONS ALLOWED FOR THE HALT AND BLIH» .Washington, Jan. 17.—According'te the order of business arranged laat week bills from committee on pensloas had the right Of way in the hoops, today, 166 bills being on the calendar.' .!• Of beneficiaries of theae bills 42 blind and 68 are suffering from mi* alysis. -m. 1 & 1Z! PRICE fTVE GENTS. .'"^1 "tl ii I I was under secretary to the minister of the interior. SUGAR MEN CONFER. to Method of Preventing Removal of Tariff on Philippine Sugar. Denver, Colo., Jan 17.—For the pur pose of considering the best method of preventing the removal or reduction of the tariff on sugar coming from the Philippines a conference of represen tatives from the best sugar producing states assembled in this city today under the auspices of the Denver chamber of commerce. Among those present were representatives of many prominent commercial and industrial organizations of Wyoming, Oregon, Michigan, Utah, California, Nebraska and Colorado. PENNSYLVANIA BREEDERS IN JOINT CONVENTION. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 17.—Members of the Pensylvania live stock breeders' association and the Pennsylvania dairy union rounded up at the Monongahela. house today for a' two days' joint con-' vention. Among the eminent experts taking part are former Governor W. D. Hoard of Wisconsin C. B. Lane of th» dairy division of the TTnited States de partment of agriculture, Dr. J. L. Hills, of the Vermont experiment station. Prof. Carl W. Gay of Ohio State uni versity. and B. O. Cowan, assistant secretary of the Au.erican Shorthorn. Breeders' association. 1 Hi? 4 $ 8 Cynic (8*VJ«ely)—"They aay fgf her babyonlytyrlookingatthe nun*^1 Fashionable Mother'. Unmoved "How extraordinarily clbver wke*' changes waaesao often! a always T'