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THE EVENING TIMES
January 27.
TABUBHBD JANUA*Y,"1906
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of
1639—Robert Bnrton, author
"Anatomy of Melancholy," died.
1756—Mozart, the great composer,
born at Salzburg, Austria.
1796—.Tames McHenry became sec
retary of war of the United States.
1816—Admiral Hood died.
1830—Danial Webster made reply to
Hayne's speech.
1851—.1. J. Audubon died. Born
1780.
1859—William II., present emperor
of Germany, born.
1868—Arrival of Edward Thornton,
British minister to the United States.
1874—Samuai B. Maxey elected sen
ator from Texas.
1886—Lord Salisbury and cabinet
resigned.
1889—John M. Clayton, Republican
candidate for congress, assassinated
in Arkansas.
1893—James G. Blaine died in Wash
ington, D. C.
894—Rosina Voltes, celebrated ac
tress, died in London.
1894—Midwinter Fair opened in San
Francisco.
1895—Steamer City o!' Macon
wrecked in Delaware bay.
January 28.
1547—King Henry VIII. of Eng
land died.
1596—Sir Francis Drake died.
1612—Sir Thomas Bodley, founder
of Bodleian library. Oxford, died.
1725—Peter the Great of Russia
died, age 53.
1738—First stone laid of Westmin
ster bridge over the Thames river.
1796—Prince of Wales attacked in
his carriage by the populace of Lon
don.
1807—Pall Mall lighted by gas first
city street to be thus lighted.
1833—General Charles Gordon born.
1841---Henry M. Stanley, African ex
plorer, born.
1854—Many perished in burning of
steamer Georgia at New Orleans.
1855—First train from ocean to
ocean passed over Panama railroad.
1868—Sir Edmund Head, former
governor-general of Canada, died.
1871—Paris capitulated to the Ger
mans.
1886—Senator Sherman introduced
a bill to suspend silver coinage.
1889—Pensacola, Fla., had second
snowfall in twenty-two years.
1895—John W. Norton, theatrical
manager, died in St. Louis.
1900—Major Thomas A. Brander,
distinguished Confederate officer, died.
Sentiment to Be Inculcated.
"Let reverence of law be breathed by
every mother to the lisping babe that
8M
rattles in her lap let it be taught in
schools, seminaries and colleges
let It be written in primers, spelling
books and almanacs let it be preached
from pulpits and proclaimed in legis
lative halls and enforced in courts of
Justice in short, let it become the
political religion of the nation."
—Abraham Lincoln.
SMALL FARMS, MORE FARMERS.
Much has been said pro and con about
big farms, and at this time the ten
dency is toward the small, well tilled
homestead rather than the bonanza
farm.
The latter might be well for those
who are anxious to build up a semi
feudal system like that in the south
prior to the freeing of the slaves in
which the master could spend his
time riding over the plantation ami
looking after things in a cursory man
ner, and the young man could spend
his day3 playing dude and making
love.
The south starved on that policy,
however. Deprived of the cheap slave
labor, the cost of production soon be
came more than the value of the crop,
especially as the large plantations
were not half tilled.
A change came, and the large plan
tations were divided into small farms
and sold—many of them at foreclos
ure sales.
Many of these Bmall holdings were
purchased by men who had worked
on the larger plantation at fifty cents
per day.
They began farming on an intense
scale. Tbe land was cultivated, proper
seed beds were made, rotation of
... crops was adopted, clover and other
crops were plowed int othe land, and
one acre was soon producing as much
as three of the old plantation did.
But the change in the condition of
people was more marked than that of
the crops produced.
Under the old plantation system,
which was the same in many particu
lars as 'the bonanza farming of the
iMjrthwest,, there had been one owner
and a large number of dependent
', ,, "poah white trash" who eked out an
.existence by day labor and were paid
inrorn jueal ajpd side bacon,
iff What would have been the profits
xta their labors were consumed in the
Jwaste of the plantation methods.
'•jJf? But when they became landowners
..^Aomlltlons changed. Land tbat under
old system would have produced.
ieiep a, balf-stanred rfc"
•M ao* producedeiuu|iito kqep three or
kswiik-i-.i- where ten bethels of corn• tar-
a
The nue
I'iJbir-ifce laborer now
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SATURDAY EVENING. JANUARY 27. 1906
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
was reaping the rewards of his in
dustry was improved in the same pro
portion.
The family took a higher position
in life. They bought more, they had
more opportunity to cultivate their
minds, they surrounded themselves
with comforts and luxuries.
Instead of a few rich families and
hundreds of poor ones, all became
comfortably well to do.
Men inspired with the realization of
their usefulness and importance in
life changed from cringing servants
to an independent manhood.
The south learned when too late
for the planters that it could not be
a great country on hired help. The
same is true in an intensified form in
this state. The hired man is too often
working for his wages with no thought
of the employer's interests. There
are some exceptions, but the rule is
as stated before.
In this country the hired man comes
and goes. He pays no taxes, builds
no houses, does nothing to develop the
country.
If the man owned a part of the big
farms their labor is necessary to cul
tivate. they would become a part of
the population and would assist in
building up the country. Their earn
ings would be spent, at home, and their
labor would be seasoned with the
spice of ownership.
Such would be the advantages
smaller farms and more farmers.
of
INSURING BANK DEPOSITS.
There are needs of reforms in bank
ing. In this state occasionally a bank
becomes unable to meet its demands
and goes to the wall, a receiver ad
ministers on the corpse and the de
positors accept their pro rata share
of what the guilty officers have gen
erously left.
It is well known that a persistent
rush on a solvent bank would close
its doors. It. might have sufficient as
sets to meet all obligations, but they
could not be converted into cash in
a few hours. Yet a sensational report
that a bank may fail will send every
depositor for his money quicker than
a lire alarm will empty a church.
If there were some means devised
by which depositors in National banks
would be guaranteed against loss by
the general government, there would
probably be no run on the banks and
in times of panics there would be far
fewer failures.
The same reason would apply to the
misappropriation of the funds by de
faulting officers.
The government in a sense ought
to guarantee the character of the men
placed in charge of the institutions
which handle the public's money.
Banker Sydney Clark of this city
in a recent discussion of this matter
suggested that as the losses sustained
by depositors in national banks was
less than one-twentieth of one per
cent., it would be a good plan for the
government to levy an assessment up
on the banks, and out of the fund thus
created to pay to depositors what they
would otherwise lose.
The percentage of loss is compara
tively small, but when it does fall the
loss to the individual is heavy and
often ruinous.
The working out of the scheme
would be intricate, but the govern
ment could do it.
There is another side to this mat
ter though. It might lead to a mul
tiplicity of dishonest bank officials.
Heavy bonding and the material in
crease of the minimum penalty for
defalcation would probably keep
many of them honest.
A sentence with'one year in the pen
itentiary for every five hundred dol
lars stolen would keep down the
amount when there is a reasonable
certainty that the crime will be found
out.
It does the depositors little good,
however, to know that the man who
robbed4them is doing time in prison
stripes. There may be a certain
amount of satisfaction in the knowl
edge, but store accounts cannot be
paid and farms purchased with that
alone.
What they want is the money re
turned which they placed in the keep
ing ot'the officials.
While this article is merely a dis
cussion and not a conclusion, it would
seem that there is considerable merit
in the ideas advanced by Mr. Clark.
THE MAIL OBDEB BUSINESS.
Retails merchants in'many places
are opposed to the extension of rural
free delivery, claiming that by this
means the catalogue houses are en
abled to reach a larger nufhber of
rural customers.
There is not much In the idea to
.cause- the local merchant trouble, it
la something more {ban the means ot
communication with the mail order
tio^se that i« giving him the trouble.
If he can meet the prices of the
catalogue house* there need be no
fear ororders ieayliiK his town, pro-
vided be puts these prices before bis
probable customers.
Two things have added largely to
the trade of the merchant in the small
town. One of these is the extension
of the rural telephone, and the other
is the rural mail delivery.
Farmers, as a rule, are decidedly
loyal to their home merchants, all
things being equal. But they are as
careful in their business methods as
is the merchant. They are watching
for the lowest price on the articles
they are compelled to purchase.
There are then two reasons why the
mail order house gets their business
when it does. They get better prices,
and they have the things they need
presented to them through attractive
advertising.
Just now the farm journals have
theft- pages filled to overflowing with
the goods the farmer will need for
next season. The local merchant may
not deem it worth while to bother
with such a small matter, and the
order goes to the house which asked
for it.
Now if the local merchant would tell
the people what he has and make his
prices as low as those for the same
grade qf goods from the catalogue
houses, the farmer "would drop his or
der in his mail box and have the goods
sent out by a neighbor, rather than
wait for a letter to reach the city,
the goods to come back by slow
freight, the trouble of going to the
freight office and paying freight after
making a special trip to town to do
so.
Rural free delivery is not hurting'
the local merchant half so much as
the lack of pushing the sale of his
goods through advertising.
Open the Door.
Open the door, let in the air:
Tin* winds are sweet and the lluwers
are fair.
Joy is abroad in the world today
If our door is wide it may come this
way.
Open the door!
Open the door, let in the sun:
He liath a smile for every one.
He hath made of the raindrops gold
and gems.
He may change your tears to diadems.
Open the door!
Open the door of the soul let in
.Strong, pure thoughts which shall ban
ish sin.
They will grow and bloom with grace
divine,
And their fruit shall be sweeter than
that »f the wine.
Open the door!
Open the door of the heart let in
Sympathy sweet for stranger and kin.
It will make the halls of the heart so
fair
Tliat angels may enter unaware.
Open the door!
—British Weekly.
MiMKlng Fame.
Ik ntver
whs
mentioned for office
Me never brought scandals to court
He never conversed with reporters—
lie had nothing they could report
He never had troubles, domestic,
He never once asked a decree:
He never drank wine with the chorus,
He ne'r jollied stage coryphee
We never was .summoned as witness,
He never juggled his trust
He never was charged with a shortage.
He never caused bankers to bust
Me never posed as reformer—
He never did these things. Kgad!
He ne'er even stood for his picturo
In a patent medicine ad!
And this was writ on his tombstone—
In truth, no words could be truer:
"Here lies
(Jeovge Washington Dumbley,
He passed away wholly
obscure."
—John D. Wells.
l.ife'N Spring unil Autumn.
For life is so long—so long!
wastes
the
In the springtime of youth, oh,
plans that we make
Through the hours that are measured
in song
I And winding and far are the paths that
we take.
In the autumn of age how we anxiously
haste
Our tasks without rest or relief.
And never a moment then dare we to
For life is so brief—so brief!
—The Culturist.
NOTE Mtt COMMENT
Blind pigs are ticket offices on the
Damnation route.
not
A trust usually mea.ns money
owned by the person using it.
One cook in the kitchen is worth
ten who promised to come and didn't.
Many men would not propose if
they thought they would be accepted.
The man with an ax to grind has
usually failed at every other calling.
There have been instances where
men had dollars without having sense.
Some people object to cold, and yet
spend their lives traveling towards
fire.
A southern lynching bee was post
poned because of the absence of the
victim.
Remarrying of divorced people
would indicate a case of love at sec
ond sight.
In newspaper stories, gems are
usually personal ornaments worth
about $1.75.
Most departing cooks give the lady
no notice. They think them below
such an act.
When a woman used wuz for was
it is evidence that she has read the
latest literature.
one
We
An exchange says
people faced death.
everybody did that.
hundred
thought
An exclusive set might be defined
as one which excludes Indians not
.taxed and convictB.
The man who can influence a
church because of bis money seldom
has much influence in heaven.
If Russia keeps up her present pace
of killing, there will be a need of
adopting tbe Rooseveltan policy.
A pretty girl is any unmarried fe
male under thirty-five who succeeds
in getting her, name in the paper.
Congressman Sulzer has turned his
oratory upon Russia.. As If that coun
try did not have troubles enough al
ready.
Mayor Bush of Mount Vernon has
blo6d poisoning from hand shaking.
..That/will probably'1 dampen tbe ardor
of political aspirants.
William Randolph Hearst having
twisted the tail ofthe Tamlmany tiger,'
is now feeding ty bpn mots in order
in Its
a^r Depei ^fering from 4
*1G%\
disease the symptoms-of which is in
ability to talk. No cases are* reported
where It has attacked women.
An armless Pennsylvanlan has
been arfested for throwing brick bats
at his wife. An illustration of Dar
win's idea that necessity develops pe
culiar powers.
If it be true, as Miss Mary McFad
den avers in the Duluth News-Tribune
that "one can always learn by listen
ing," then some of the telephone peo
ple between Grand Forks and Neche
should be able to give even Solomon
himself cards and spades in that re
gard.
Strictly U-to-Date.
lEllendale Record.]
A copy of The Evening Times, the
new daily established at Grand Forks,
has reached our exchange table. Its
appearance and contents are strictly
up-to-date, and it looks as though the
intention was not only to make it an
"organ," but a newspaper as well.
Here's prosperity to The Times.
Credit to rnnil Fork*.
[Hunter Herald.]
The Evening Times, the new repub
lican newspaper published at Grand
Forks, is a welcome visitor to our ex
change list. The new paper is a credit
to Grand Forks and is the equal to any
in the state. Rumor says that The
Evening Times was started in order to
head off the insurgent movement, but
the paper disclaims any such motive,
but will advance the interests of its
party. S. J. Small is the manager and
H. H. Lampman, editor.
"Worth' Many Million*.
[Bismarck Tribune.]
Red river valley lands will be. worth
$100 an acre if properly drained, ac
cording to President Hill of the Great
Northern and Mr. Hill is a competent
judge. It will take a million dollars
or more to drain the Red river valley
properly, and the general government
will be appealed to for the lending
of a million dollars from the irriga
tion fund, or, more properly speaking,
the reclamation fund. Whether or not
it will be loaned will probably depend
upon the construction of the law, and
whether, tinder the reclamation law,
moneys can be used for drainage as
well as irrigation. It will be neces
sary, however, as in the construction
of irrigation works, for owners of land
to co-operate with the reclamation
service and pledge their lands for the
repayment of their proportion of the
funds expended. This, may prove a
tedious operation, but if the govern
ment will help, it will be worth while
for land owners to pledge the repay
ment of the funds expended. Definite
water conditions in the Red river val
ley would be worth many millions .to
farmers.
ExitM and Panic*.
[Duluth News-Tribune.]
The efficicacy of fire drills in schools
has been demonstrated so often that
their practical uses have come to be
rated at their proper worth. Presence
of mind is utilized to compel attention
and the tendency of the crowd is to
follow the lead of the individual who
forces its attention. School children
are trained to quick obedience to a
signal.
Every few days, however, the old,
old story of fire in a public building
with attendant loss of life is recorded
in the daily news. Theaters, halls,
churches, packed with humanity, are
needlessly sacrificed.
The smell of smoke, a tongue of
flame, the cry of fire and the panic is
on. Men and women trample over one
another ruthlesly and the weak ones
go down to suffocation or are trodden
to death. The recent catastrophy in
Philadelphia illustrated tragically the
instinct of self-preservation gone mad.
The newspapers report that the peo
ple, assembled on the second floor of
the church made mad rushes for the
curved stairway to the front and gen
erally disregarded the unaccustomed
exits The stairway was narrow and
was soon packed, with people wedged
in a mass below the bend, for at the
bend some of them stumbled and re
lieved the pressure behind them so
suddenly that a screaming, kicking
heap of humans piled up, obstructing
the way completely Very few sought
other exits. These were saved. A
small number remained quietly in the
body of the church and also escaped
injury.
There is a lesson in the Philadel
phia horror, and it should sink into
consciousness of officials who have
the granting of permits to erect build
ings for public uses. A straight, wide
exit, covering the distance between
the floor to be occupied by crowds, and
the out of doors should be a prime
necessity in rooms to be used for as
sembly purposes. It is not always
possible to secure assembly rooms on
ground floors. The stairway has been,
a death trap ever since modern con
ditions have devoted higher floors to
the uses of amusement or meeting
halls.
N
To officials having the power to is
sue building permits, and to building
inspectors, the public must look for
measures to insure comparative safe
ty. The matter of straight, unob
structed stairways and side exits that
are safe in appearance as well as in
fact, is one that should command the
most careful thought of builders and
inspectors.
The evil is always imminent. At any
moment a panic may occur in a hall
peopled by a crowd. The reasoning
facilities of the average individual
seem to be paralyzed in the presence
of danger, and the people must look
to the proper authorities to offer the
maximum of protection in building
permits.
Worcestershire Sanee.
[St. Paul Dispatch.]
In the senate the other day Senator
Gallinger interrupted Senator Mc
Cumber, who was discussing tnd ex
plaining the pure food bill—and, it ap
pears, giving Bome senators much in
formation—to say that he had his at
tention called to an article in the Na
tional Druggist stating that the dairy
and food commissioner of Minnesota
had barred from that state the old,
time-honored and reputable relish.
Lea & Perrins' Worcestershire sauce,
and asked if, under the pending bill,
any such arbitrary action would be
possible. If it were, he'would have
to oppose tbe bill. The senator from
North Dakota assured the, senator
from New Hamphsbire that he knew
nothing of the action Of the Minnesota
commissioner, but that, under tbe sen
ate bill, no such action could be take!
Senator Nelson intervened in behalf
Of his state official to, say that he did
hot khow that the. 'famous sause was
barred, but If so it wlas done under a
law ofthe, state.
We are told that the food coirfmis
sioner's chemist found salicylio add
as an ingredleht In Worcestershire
sarfee, and, under chapter 260, General
Law8 1W3, whk&.pi'oblblts ottering
for Mla any artlcld- intended fpr use
W"
as human food when mixed with any
chemical or chemical compouifd or
preservative Injurious to public health,
(he commissioner advised Lea ft Per
rins and that they assured him that
they had discontinued the use of that
acid, having found something equally
efficient and not injurious' to health.
This leaves it for the commissioner
to ascertain if tbe new preservative
is a chemical or cbemical compound
Injurious to health or not.
We know of ho preservative that is
not injurious to health. S&lt, the com
monest of all, is such and so are all
the preservatives that have been in
common family use for generations.
Whether or not any preservatives,
salicylic acid, formaldehyde, boracic
acid,-or borax, when used to preserve
from decay articles of food, are injur
ious to health, i§ not a question to be
determined off-hand by a chemist or a
food commissioner. We thought that
point was settled in the Minneapolis
sausage cases, where" borax or boracic
acid was used. There the court held
in substance that whether a preserva
tive was hurtful or not depended upon
the quantity used for the purpose
used. And that is as true of salt as
of salicylic acid or boracic acid or any
other preservative.
The test, is one which can be made
only by medical men. Dr. Wiley has
experimented on borax and his young
men received no injury. The quantity
used for the purpose, was not suf
ficient to produce hurtful results.
While society is interested in protec
tion against injury from its food, and
the food commissioner is justified in
finding whether or not injurious in
gredients enter into it, he is clearly,
not qualified to pass on the question
whether the quantity used for the put
pose used is hurtful. There should
be collaboration between his depart
ment and that of public health, and
the opinion of the latter taken in all
cases where-analysis shows preserva
tives in food products. If the health
department is of the opinion that the
preservative is used in quantities, that
when and as used in food will injure
health, then the commissioner would
be warranted in barring the article
from our markets.
He Knew What It Was.
He was just three years old, and he
lived with his father and, mother in
the properest suburb of Chicago.
Most of the inhabitants, whose chief
happiness consisted in going to
church, looked with suspicion upon
the set to which the Hunters belong
ed, whose members delighted in card
playing, dancing and having a gen
eral good time.
One day Mr. Hunter proposed that
little Silas be taken to Sunday school.
"Well, then, you take him,' said Mrs.
Hunter with a shrug of the shoulders.
"Mrs. Snow is the superintendent of
the infant class, and speaks to me
with such a superior air when I meet
her that I avoid her as much as pos
sible."
So the following Sunday, Silas,
dressed in his best, Was taken to Sun
day school by his proud father. Mrs.
Snow welcomed them with a pleased
but surprised smile, and went right
on with the lesson. "Now," she said,
"I draw a heart on the blackboard.
And here is another. Can any little
child tell me what those hearts stand
for?" Not a child stirred.
"Doesn't any one know what tLat
picture means.?" pursued th$ teacher.
Silas moved uneasily.
"If you know raise your hands,4' and
up shot Silas' hand.
"Now there is Silas Hunter," said
Mrs. Snow, "the only new child ih the
room, and yet the only one who knows
anything about the lesson. Silas,
dear, stand up on this desk and tell
us what this picture stands for. Say
it loud, now."
And while Mr. Hunter stood, the
picture of parental pride, Silas shout
ed out, "It's the two thpot of hearts!"
Scriptural Injunction.
There was once an old man, a very
religious old mau, who kept a dry
goods and. notion store down in St.
Joseph, Mo: He had about six or sev
en girls working for him and he tried
to put in practice in a business way
his religious principles. So to that
end he required every girl, whenever
she made a sale, to repeat some quo
tation from the Bible applicable, if
possible, to the case.
One day an old countryman and his
wife came in and bought a bill of
goods that made the old man's heart
.rejoice. When the old couple had
gone, the old man hastened over to
the. girl, and complimenting her upon
her good sale, he asked her what verse
she had found appropriate. The girl
answered, "And they were strangers
and we took them in."
Not His Lead.
The regular Thursday evening
prayer meeting of Rev. Black's church
was being held. After a song or two,
the minister announced:' "Deacon
Todd will lead us in prayer."
But the good deason was fast asleep
and blissfully unconscious of the min
ister's request.
Again the minister said: "Deacon
Todd will lead." By this time a kind
ly neighbor, after vigorous punches in
the unfortunate deason's ribs, had suc
ceeded in awakening him, just as the
minister thundered "Todd will lead."
"Oh, no," drowsily murmured the
deacon. "I don't lead I just dealt."
He Made It Go Some.
An Irishman traveling bought his
ticket and ran into the depot and
asked an official bow long the train
would be before it started. The offi
cial said, "Why, you are too late.
That's the train that has just left the
depot," which was yet in sight.
The Irishman jumped down on the
track and started to run after it. He
was gone awhile and then" came walk
ing back into tbe depot! The people
laughed at him and said, "Well, Pat,
did you catch the f-ain?"
"No, begorra," said Pat, "but I made
the divll puff."
•sg, TJie Lesser of Two Evils.
*A veteran of the £Ivil war used'to
tell this, story of war times: A young
Irishman named Thomas Smith was
in his company. They had been sev-:
eral days without sighting the enemy,
but one morning the rebels surprised
them, and the bullets were flying thick
ana fast.
Tom turped_ and started to run as fast
as his legs could carry him. The cap
tain of his company shouted: "Halt,
or I wiir shoot!"
"Shoot and be d—r-d," cried Tom
"what's one bullet to a basketful
Got What lTe Asked.
The proprietor of a hotel, hearing of
the whereabouts of a guest who had
decamped from, his fistablivbuient
Without going through 'Hm -fornalttjr
0* paying his bill, sent him a note:
Mr.—: Dear Sir—WHl_ypu send
amount of your, bll^ and oblige?
$£*
THE EVENING TIMES, GRAND FORKS, N SATURDAY, JANUARY S MWfi
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To which the delinquent replied:
The amount is.f2&60,, yours respectr
TI» Brtort
the Bride—Oh,
/Oeorge,
litotlier hks
been c-c-cruel 'to me! 1 made some
biscuits tor you and she s-B-'said I'd
better try*-them on the dbg first!
The Groom—Very nasty of .her.
And I thought she was BO fqnd of
dogs, too.
The College Widow.
The pretty "College Widow" with
her following of fetching girls and
rollicking students, will be seen at the
Metropolitan Wednesday, January 31,
under all the favorable circumstances
that made her vogue so pronounced in
New York and Chicago. George Ade's
clever and original comedy, accen
tuated by the. painstaking and liberal
producing policy of. Henry. W. Savage,
is declared to be the most altogether
pleasing entertainment presented to
the American public in years. Its run
of forty weeks i,n NeW York left no
doubt ,of its future, for it was not
merely a success but rather a posi
tive furore. The Garden theatre was
sold out for months ahead at, t':mes,
and it is estimated that the people
turned away unable to obtain seats
were as many in numbers as those
who saw the production. Chicago was
equally responsive to "the widow's"
wiles and the run there could have
continued indefintely had others book
ed at the Studebaker theatre .not in
sisted on filling tbe time allotted. -One
by one the other important cities of
the country are capitulating to Ade's
charming "widow" and there is no
reason to doubt that this city will be
added to the list. Within a story, ad
mirable in combining the elements of
simplicity and contained interest, Mr.
Ade in "The College Widow" has
sketched a score or more of amusing
American character types, trresistable
because of their absolute fidelity to
nature. There is the multi-millionaire
who does "the Rockefeller stunt" for
an inland university the learned col
lege president who deplores the stu
dent tendency to athletics, but who
finds himself carried with it against
his will the busy undergraduate who
owes for his last year's board the
bucolic freshman who soon becomes
"a real sport" the foundryman who
is brought to college for a "special
course in art" for the purpose of ad
ding weight to the team the new town
marshal who grows gray In a month
pursuing his laudable intention of
preserving order in the town the in
genuous tutor, whose highest ambi
tion is reached when he is elected an
honorary member of an anthropologi
cal society the former pugilist who
is training the football team—all these
appeal strongly.
And then there are the girls, all of
them to be met in a college town.
"The Widow" is the delightful daugh
ter of the college president, who ul
timately meets her fate when she.
wins the son of the multi-millionaire,
a famous football player, to play on
the team that is tbe hated rival of his
father's Alma Mater. Tbe athletic
girl tbe kodak girl the boarding
house keeper's daughter, whose prin
cipal occupation is in dunning the
students the professional chaperone
—all are in. the picture, with a coterie
of charming co-eds.
Included in the cast that will ap
pear in "The College Widow" are Dor
othy Tennant, Adeline Dunlap, Kath
erine Nugent, Lida .McMillan, Elsa
Payne, Mildred St. Pierre, Frederick
Truesdell, Neil Moran, Walter Walker,
Daniel Baker, George Ober, Raymond
Chase, Edgar Halstead, Lawrence
Wheat, Hale Norcross, Otis, Turner,
Ernest B. Carr and a score of others.
Buster Brown.
For Tuesday, Jan. 30, the manage
ment of the Metropolitan offer Mel
ville B. Raymond's "Buster Brown,"
the' successful cartoon comedy. We
have all learned to love and know thfe
funny little' boy that Richard F. Out
cault created' for the funny page of
the New York Herald. "Buster" has
lively music, melodious songs, pretty
girls, fine choruses and no end of
humorous creations and situations
and It will be presented at the above
theatre in all its splendor, when the
S. R. O. sign is sure to be displayed.
OVEB CONTROL OF PAPER.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 27.—The injunc
tion suit of John Temple Graves. to
prevent any change in the status or
ownership of the-Atlanta News, of
which paper he is editor, came up for
hearing today,. Mr. Graves allegeB that
an illegal transaction contrary to the
bylaws of the company has been en-:
tered into between Charles, Daniel,
business manager and secretary of the'
Atlanta News Publishing company,
and Samuel Spencer, president of the
Southern railway* by which a control
ling interest of the Daily News has
been secured for the Southern railway
and the Central of Georgia Railway
company.
GRAZING IN FOREST RESEBVES.
Denver, Cotoi, Jan. 27.—An import-,
ant conference relative to cattle grow
ing in forest reserves was held In
Denver today, the participants includ
ing officials of the National Forest
reserve and representatives of the Na
tional Live Stock association, National'
Wool Growers' association and Na
tional Stock Growers, association. Tbe
whole relation of the stockmen and
the forest reserves was discussed with
a view to arranging a plan whereby,
the owners of stock may be given the.
fullest practical equivalent in. return
for the grazing fee .without injustice
to other useirs of the reserves.
THE BALTIC PBOTINCES.i.^
Their Faeltcatloii About Completed—
Xtajr Shot Down.
Wenden, Livonia, Jan. '27.—The
pacification of the Baltic provinces is
reaching the final stage to far as thei
Agrarian movement is concerned..
Nearly ,two hundred and fifty revolu
tionists have been shot, several thou
sand are under arrest and five thou
sand rifles have been captured by the
troops.
INAUGURATION OF NIL* RAILWAY
Port Soudan, Jap.. 27A-Formal in
auguration of the Nile-Red Sea rail
way, which Is expected to be ao im
portant factor in the Industrial and
couimerclal deyelopmeilt of the upper
Nile region, took place here today.
Lord Gromer officiated at the cere
mony and jnembers of the! Egyptian
legislative council iuid numerous other
dignitaries' participated.
Leav«i for St Pant
Alderman J. A. Cannlff leaves for
St Paul this evening, whejto he will
remain several days looking after a
number of large contract* he baa in
view and also to purchase a stock of
paint* and wall papers.,
ON SEftlOUS
CHARGE
Henry Lindas? Befere Judge Church
on Cenplalnt of John Stevens Who
Claims He Was Bobbe^l of 960.
This afternoon Henry Lindaas, 4
son of 01KLihdaa8 living at 420 First
avenue was arraigned in the justice
court before Judge Church to answer
to the charge of stealing (50 from
John Stevens, night clerk at the Park
hotel. V- ,,
The accused boy is but 19 years old
and is the ton of well-to-do parents
who recently bought the Prouty farm
on the other side of the river but
moved to Grand Forks to give the
children a chance to go to school.
The boy Henry has been' more or less,
unruly and has been seriously ad
monished by"'Chiefs Lowe.
Thursday night he went to the Park,
house and staid all nigbt He was put
in the room of tbe night clerks John
Stevens who had $75 concealed in the
room. Stevens alleges that the boy
found the'-mone? and took only'$50.
Young Lindaas admits that lie. took
the money but
Bays
he only borrowed,
$50 and intended to pay it back. He
says h'e did not take the other $25 be
cause he feared he could not pay if'
back. As The Evening Times goes
press, Lindaas is having his prelii
inary hearing.
The defendant waived a preliminary
hearing and Was bound over to tne
district court in the penalty of $300.\tv
DELIA WO
THE RACE
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Fast Little Mare Beat tbe Field it
Race on River Thto Afternoon—
Mixer Second. •-v'\ S
The ice races on the Red River
course are being held as The Evening
Times goes to press and a crowd of
onlookers lines the bridge, while many
rigs line tbe sides o{, the course,,
watching the sport.
The purse is $150 and there is con
siderable money up on the 'side, Delia
Downey, Mixer and Duster, owned re
spectively by Larry Downey, M. J.
Lynch and C. S. Reid of Grand Forks
being the entries.
There are a number of out-of-town
horsemen present and the interest is
keen. The race is for one-half mile,
best three in five heatp.
The first heat. Was finished as fol
lows-:
Delia Downey, first Duster, second
Mixer, third.
The second heat was finished as fol
lows:
Delia Downey, first by two lengths
Mixer, second Duster, third.
The third heat was finished as fol
lows, Mixer wunning the race:
Delia Downey, first by half a dozen
lengths Duster, second Mixer, third.
The judges were: C. Johnson. M.
Rood of Manvel, Dick Archer. Starter,
Sheriff Turner.
AN ATHLETIC LEAGUE.
Plan Considered to Form a "Big
Four'' in West
Chicago, 111., Jan. 27.—A movement
to form a "big four" western athletic
club league was. launched today at a*
conference held1 at the New Illinois
Athletic club. The. proposed organi
zation is to comprise the Milwaukee
Athletic club, the Missouri4 Athletic
club of St Louis, and the Chicago: A
C. and New Illinois A. C. of Chicago.
The league will be for the purpose of
promoting Inter-cliib track, boxing*,
swimming, billiard and possibly asso
ciation football conteBts. It is also
suggested to hold a big championship
at one of the clubs each winter, at
which the western indoor club cham
pionships in the different lines of
sport may be determined.
NEW ATLANTIC LINER LAUNCHED.
Glasgow, Jam. 27.—The Bteamship
Empress of Ireland, built for the
transatlantic service of the Canadian
..•Pacific railway, was successfully
launched today from the yards of the
Falrhaven shipbuilding company on.
the Clyde. The new ^steamship is a
sister ship to the Empress of Britain
and is of 14,500 tons and 18,000 horse
power.
W
IT, LEAGUE.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 27.—The club
owners and managers of the K. I. T,
Baseball league are gathering for
their meeting in St. Louis tomorrow^
when the league will be reorganized
and the circuit arranged for the com
ing season. The franchises will be
held .by Jacksonville, East 6t Louis*
Paducah, Vincennes, Cairo and Dan
vllle.
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A NEW COMET.
Discovered in Northwestern Sky ftv
Professor,
Geneva, N. Y., Jan.,27,—,Dr. Wm. H.
Brooks, professor of astronomy at Ho
bart college, today'discovered a new
comet in the northwestern s^y, right
ascension, 16 houro, 19 mlnutds and 30
seconds, declination north 47 degrees
10 minutes.
ANOTHER FOB HAZING,
Bloebaura of: Mlstouri Dhmigged for
,/j- Aetlonp.
f:
Washington, Jan. 27 —The secre
tary of the navy has directed the dis
missal of Midshipman Chester A.
Bloebaum of Missouri In execution of
the sentence imposed by the court
martial at Annapolis on conviction of
hazing. The cases of Midshipmen
Meriwether and Miller are under con
sideration at the navy department
KEENE'S HOBSB WEIGHTED.
Prophet111. Candidate for Steeple
Clutse to Carry 145 Poinds.
27.-Foxball Keene's
Prophet in.,, a candidate for the grand I
national steeple' chase to be run -at
Uv^rpool March 30 .has been weight- %'i.
ed at 145 pounds. Letnster has been
given top weight, 175 pounds. The
bottom weight is 133. There are six
ty-three entries.
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