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L0N6W0RTH HITS
CHARACTER
THUGS
Assails Them Who Impugn
Motives of Public
Men.
Chicago, April 13. Congressman
Nicholas Longworth was the guest of
honor at a dinner Riven to-nisht in
the Auditorium hotel by the Hamil
ton club, in celebration of the fortv
first anniversary of Appomattox day.
The banqueters were greatly disan
pointed because Mrs. Longworth was
not present at the dinner, as arrange
ments had been made by the club for
a concealed balcony, in which she
could listen to her husband's sneech.
Sirs. Longworth sent her regrets, say
ing that she would visit friends while
her husband was addressing the ban
queters.
At the speaker's table, in front of a
large portrait of President Roosevelt,
were seated President Wood, of the
Hamilton club, who was toastmaster:
Congressman Longworth. Claude
Kltchin, congressman from North
Carolina, and Rev. John Wesley Hill,
of New York.
When Congressman Longworth rose
to address the gathering he was cor
dially welcomed by the 400 banqueters.
He said:
"I want to say with reference to
politics and the present situation in
general today that it seems to be the
fashion nowadays to assail all otir
public men. to belittle their character
and imnugn their motives. If you be
lieve all you read and hear, you might
well reach the conclusion that there
is not a man today in public life
•whose motives are free from sus
picion. You might well believe that
politics means graft, and that graft
means politics. If you don't happen
to agree with the views of the politi
cal man today, you assail his motives
and you insinuate that there are cor
rupting motives behind him.
"Take the case of the railroad-rate
bill now before the senate—and I am
not talking about the merits of the
bill. There are some senators that
believe that the Hepburn bill should
be amended. There are some very
eminent lawyers in that body who be
lieve that the Hepburn bill without
an amendment providing for court-re
view is unconstitutional.
Believe* la Hepbnrn Bill.
"Now, because I believe the Hep
burn bill 1b constitutional, because I
voted for it, because I believe that
rates on railroads should be regulated
as stringently as the Hepburn bill pro
vides, is that any reason why I should
impugn the motives of those senators
who disagree with me? When I read
that great lawyers and eminent states
men like Knox, Spooner, and Foraker
are traitors to their country, am I
to acquiesce in those sentiments? On
the C9»Jtrary, I absolutely repudiate
them.
"I*
Seems to me that the fashion of
assailing public men is amounting to
almost hysteria. If the government
of onr cities, of our states, is shame
ful if our judges are corrupt if the
United States senators are traitors,
what hope is there for this country?
How is it to continue to grow and
prosper?
"I am one of those who believe that
instead of everything getting worse,
things are getting better. 1 am one
of those who believe that the stand
ards of our public men are getting
higher instead of lower that the
standard of public morals is becom
ing higher instead of lower, and that
today the standard of public morals
in this country is higher than in any
other country under the sun. Of
course, we have dishonest officials,
and of course some of them are graft
ers but if a man is a crook he is
going to be so wherever he is.
"And let me say that there is today
in Washington a man, the leader of
his party, that has punished, that has
used every atom, and will continue
to use every atom, of his great power
to punish grafting and dishonesty in
public officials, whether they are at
the bottom of the ladder or in Uit
seats of the mighty, and whether re
publicans or democrats."
Some Balloon Experiences.
So great is the fascination of an
aerial voyage that men are constantly
killing themselves in yielding to it.
The death of Paul Nocquet, the Bel
gian sculptor and aeronaut, on the
Ziong Island coast last Wednesday
points an old moral. Man was creat
-ed a land animal, and his attempts
to turn himself into a flying creature
seem to arouse the special resentment
of nature. To be sure, his efforts to
spurn his native element do not al
ways prove disastrous. The majority
of men who go up in balloons or
launch themselves into air in or on
flying machines do not break their
necks or perish in swamps into which
they have descended, as did Nocquet
Balloonists, as a class, are wont to
laugh when asked if their sport is
dangerous, although too often, even
while they laugh, another of their
number is killed.
The first balloonist sailed the sky so
many times in safety that he once
said: "Man is the master of the
Jieavens as well as of the earth and
the sea. His mind has proved Itself
greater than matter. Not only can
he bring down the stars from the sky
with his telescope, bat he can now
lift himself to the stars by means of
the balloon."
Yet in the end the speaker of these
grandiloquent sentences was dashed
to death in trying to cross the English
channel. For him ai last matter
proved mightier than mind.
A Holil Pioneer.
His name was Fcancois Pilatre do
Rozier, and he mad ehis first ascent
on October 15, 1783, at Paris, which
has ever since been the "aeronautic
capital of the world," as Santos-Du
mont speaks of it. He went up in a
captive balloon inflated with hot air,
and in order to keep himself aloft
he took charcoal along and built a
fire in a brazier beneath the wide
mouth of the great silken bag. But
the captive balloon soon became too
tame for de Rozier. He longed to cut
loose from the earth altogether, be
lieving that with enough fuel aboard
he could fly to Russia. At last he per
suaded the Marquis d'Arlandes to ac
company him, and on November 21.
17S3, they started away from Paris on
the first aerial voyage ever attempted
successfully by man. Though it last
ed only twenty minutes, and although
instead of reaching Russia the two
aeronauts traveled only a little more
than four miles, yet the trip was not
without those thrilling features so
characteristic of ballooning. The air
ship had risen to a height of five hun
dred feet and had begun to drift over
the Invalides and Jhe Ecole Militaire.
when the marquis discovered that the
bag from which they hung was afire.
Some sparks from the brazier had ig
nited the silk.
"We're lost, lost!" he shouted. "We
must either jump to our death or be
burned alive! As for me, I'd rather
jump!" So saying, the marquis
sprang to the edge of the basket. But
his companion was too quick for him.
With one hand he restrained d'Arlan
des and with the other he threw water
on the burning silk. A moment more
and the flames were extinguished.
Yet it was fire that finally caused
de Rozier's death. The feat of Blan
chard in making a flight from England
to France had aroused de Rozier's
ambition to perform a still greater
achievement. It would be more diffi
cult, he said, to fly from France to
England because of the danger that
east or west winds might sweep him
out to the sea. Yet he boasted that he
could make such a trip, and on June
15, 1785, he ascended from Boulogne
and bore away over the British chan
nel before a gentle south wind. That
his balloon might have suflicient sus
taining power, he built it double with
a fire balloon 10 feet in diameter un
derneath a gas balloon 37 feet in dia
meter. In this way ne planned to as
cend or descend without waste of eas
bv increasing or diminishing the fire.
He did not appear to realize the great
danger of such a combination of gas
and fire, and when it was pointed out
to him that only a spark from the
brazier would be enough to blow up
his airship as if it were a powder
magazine, he only laughed and said:
"Well, then, even if my body comes
down too fast, my soul will go up."
A Mighty TdWble.
De Rosier was accompanied by M.
P. A. Romain. The balloon ascended
rapidly and for a half hour all seemed
to go well. Then a wind from the
north blew it back to the French
coast, and spectators below could see
de Rozier plying the fire with more
fuel in order to rise still higher and
strike a Counted current of air. By
so doing he is believed to have stirred
up sparks which ascended to the gfts,
for of a sudden the whole apparatus
burst into flames and from a height of
about three thousand feet, or more
than five times as high as the Wash
ington monument, the two adventur
ers fell to the earth. De Rozier was
killed instantly. His companion lived
only ten minutes. As if by the irony
of fate the place where they fell was
only a few feet from the monument
erected where Blanchard descended a
few months before after his aerial trip
across the English channel.
Count Zambeccari, who on March
23, 17S5, launched a balloon success
fully in England for the first time,
also met a tragic death. The count,
in 1
SI2, made an ascension at Boul
ogne in a fire balloon. Like de Rozier,
hd carried a brazier of coals in the
basket, replenishing the fire when
ever he wished to go higher. He,had
traveled nearly thirty miles, when, in
order to obtaiu still more fuel, he de
cided to alight near a small village.
A forest lay directly under him, and
beyond a small pasture, bordered on
the further side by a lake. Fearing
that he_ might drop into the lake, the
count threw out a grapnel, expecting
that when it caught in a tree he could
let the line run out easily and thus
bring himself down on the meadow.
Down went the anchor, and so good
was the aeronaut's aim that it caught
in a tree ou chf very verge of the
forest: bpt, instead of being able to
play out the rope and thus ease the
strain, he became entangled in it.
This gave the balloon such a jerk that
it upset the brazier and set fire to the
apparatus. To save themselves from
being burned alive, Zambeccari and
his companion, Senor Bonaga, leaped
to the ground, more than fifty feet
below. The count was killed instant
ly, Senor Bonaga, though fearfully
injured, escaped with his life.
Girls may admire promising young
men, but tailors prefer those who pay
cash.
Anyway, a woman Is always grate
ful to the man who gives her a chance
to refuse him.
THE GRAND FORKS PLUMBING
AND HEATING COMPANY
has opened offices at 119 NORTH THIRD ST* and is prepared
to figure on all kinds of Plumbing and Steam and Gas Fitting.
Estimates furnished on short notice.
ERLD NORQUIST, MANAGER
Both Tlltphoni 1043-L
Money to Loan
IT 7 V'V'W'
At Lcrivut Rates Upon North Dakota Faimt. Local
vL Agents Wanted. Partial Payments Remitted
GEORGE B. CLIFFORD A CO.
GRAND FORKS, N. Q.
BELMONT LOST
THE _RACE
Okenite, Hot favorite, Led the Van
Hot Was Disqualified Bccause of
Fowl—The Day's Haccs at Ben
nings.
t'Koclnted Pre.* to The Evening Times.
Washington, April 13.—The first
serious trouble of the Bennings race
meeting grew out of the second race
yesterday, a two-year-old event in
which August Belmont's Okenite was
made an odds-on favorite. After com
mitting a palpable foul, Okenite
jumped out in front in the first fur
long and won eased up by four lengths.
The judges, after a long discussion,
disqualified Okenite, Orphan Lad,
which ran second, being declared the
winner. The decision was received
with cheers. Summaries:
First race, five and a half furlongs
—Pater, 6 to 5, won Bohemia, 2 to 1,
second Race King, 4 to 1, third. Time,
1:10.
Second race, four and a half fur
longs—Orphan Lad, 7 to 5, won Black
Knight, 40 to 1, second Bettie Landon,
15 to 1, third. Time. :58. Okenite
won, but was disqualified.
Third race, six furlongs—Lackey, S
to 5, won Tickle, 7 to 5, second: Wad
dell II., 12 to 1, third. Time, 1:15.
Fourth race, steeplechase, about two
miles—Yama Christy, 4 to 1, won
Fergus, 2 to 1, second Harry Baylor,
to1, third. Time, 5:23 2-5.
Fifth race, seven furlongs—Ixjto
wanna, 9 to 2, won High Brush, 5
to l, second Adonis, 3 to 1, third.
Time, 1:32.
Sixth race, mile and seventy yards—
Yorkshire Lad, 3 to 1. won T. S. Mar
tin," 11 to 10, second Merlingo, 5 to
I, third. Time, 1:47 4-5.
SLOSSOX TOOK ONE.
Billiard Expert Rallied in Final Bun
Defeating Moringstar Easily.
New York, April 13.—In the slowest
game played so far in the world's
championship 18-2 billiard tourna
ment, George Slosson yesterday de
feated Ora Morningstar by a score of
500 to 388. Morningstar played ex
cellently during the early innings and
at the end of the fifteenth inning led
by a score of 214 to 50. Slosson made
a splendid spurt in the twenty-ninth
inning, with a run of 153, the highest
run of the tournament up to date, and
followed up with 108 in the thirtieth
inning, The scores:
SiosSOn—0, 0, 4, 1, 7, 8, 1, 2, 5, 1, 8,
0, 4, 1, 16, 0, 40, 33, 0, 20, 25, 4, 0, 0,
II, 20, 0, 2, 153, 108, 1, 25. Total,
500 average, 15 2Q»tt! high run, iB3.
Morningstar—9, 0, 0, 14, 36, 1, 48,
10, 8, GO, 2, 4, 15, 12, 0, 9, 13, 36, 6, 30,
28, 4, 4, 7, 3, 0. 6, 0, 26, 0, 2. Total,
38S average, 12 16-31 high run, 60.
PLAY BALL IS
CALLED
Big Leagues Started the Game Yes
terday—Good Weather and Large
Attendance Mark Opening of the Sou-
son in the East.
(James Yesterday.
Philadelphia 2, New York 8.
Cincinnati '2, Chicago 7.
Brooklyn 0, Boston 2.
St. Louis, 1, Pittsburg 2.
Philadelphia, April 13.—Fully 12,000
people witnessed the opening game of
the National league here yesterday.
The New York world's champs took
the measure of the Quakers to the fol
lowing tune:
R. H. E.
New York 3 9
Philadelphia 2 4 3
Batteries: New York, Ames and
Bresnahan Philadelphia, Lush and
Donovan.
Chicago Took First.
Cincinnati, April 13.—Mayor Demp
sey yesterday delivered a happy ad
dress prior to tossing the ball into the
diamond for the opening game of the
season. About 17,000 people were in
attendance. The score:
R. H. E.
Cincinnati 2 8 4
Chicago 7 9 0
Batteries: Cincinnati, Overall and
Schler Chicago, Lundgreu and Kling.
Drew a Goose Egg.
Brooklyn, April 13.—The National
league baseball season was opened
here yesterday with a game between
the Bostons and the Brooklyns. Dono
van, the manager of the local club,
was given a hearty reception. Fully
12,00 persons saw the contest The
score
R.H.E.
Brooklyn 0 1 1
Boston 2 6'3
Batteries: Brooklyn, Mclntyre and
Bergen Boston, Young and Keedharn.
Exciting Contest.
St. Louis, April 13.—Pittsburg in
augurated the local National league
championship season yesterday by
winning an exciting 13-lnning contest.
Attendance 3,500, The score:
R. H. E.
St. Louis 1 12 1
Pittsburg 2 7 1
Batteries: St Louis, Taylor and
Grady Pittsburg, Willis and Gibson.
NOTES FROM TIIE LABOR
WORLD.
Eastern Massachusetts may be the
scene of a big street car men's strike
next month. The state convention of
street railway men's unions has voted
to demand May. 1 a work day of 9
hours and a flat rate of 28 cents an
hour.
All the' metal working establish
ments of Dresden, Saxony, have
agreed to a lockout of employes be
longing to unions, owing to the fre­
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THE EVENING TIKES, GRAND FORKS, N. D.
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quency of strikes. There pre 25,000
workers affected.
Three thousand members of the
United Garment Workers in Hamil
ton, Ont., have been granted a reduc
tion in hours without a strike.
Historic Faneuil hall, in Boston, has
been engaged for the international
convention of the American Federa
tion of Musicians in May.
The wages of about 800 firemen on
the Illinois Central railroad have been
increased from 10 to 30 cents 'a day.
WOOL GROWERS TO RETALIATE.
Annoclnted Preaa to The Breilnt Tlmtx,
Denver, Colo., April 13.—Prominent
representatives of the stock raising
and wool growing industries of the
west are gathering in Denver for an
important conference to discuss re
taliatory measures againBt the com
mission houses for their alleged exor
bitant charges. The organizations
represented at the conference include
the American National Live Stock as
sociation, National Wool Growers' as
sociation and the state associations of
wool growers of Arizona, Idaho and
Wyoming. It is proposed by the grow
ers to establish independent commis
sion houses unless the commission
men recede from their present posi
tion.
JEFF'S TRANSFER
Both Fones 33.
Hacks and Livery, dray and trans
fer work, moving pianos a specialty
Only low down moving vans in the
city. Day or night calls attender to
promptly. All work guaranteed.
G. W. BARTON, Prop.
612 DeMer? Ave. Opp. G. N. Depot.
We Have
The very best cuts that are grown.
Many varieties—Roses, Carnations,
Lilies and Violets. Beautiful.
FLORAL DESIGNS and
WEDDING PRESENTS
Both Phones 830.
E. O. Lovell
Grand Forks, N. D.
"Spectacles"
"Eyeglasses"
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The agents of the Canadian Express
company along the entire Intercolon
ial railway system have voted to strike Be
tomorrow. They are mainly telc-W
graphers, and they allege that their
demand for better pay, presented by a
committee, was not even received by
the company.
The Railroad Telegraphers say that
6,700 members were added to the Or
der of Railroad Telegraphers during
1905 and that new and revised sched
ules were obtained on thirty-four sys
tems.
There are 300 shoe factories in this
country using the union stamp, ac
cording to a report recently issued.
These factories give employment to
40,000 union shoe workers.
The labor movement of Canada stor
ed a decisive victory in the election
of Alphonse Verville, president of .the
Trades and Labor congress, to the
Dominion house of commons.
President Samuel Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor declares
that, the first quarter of this year will
see an increase of 25 per cent, in the
growth of labor unions in the United
States.
Made right I purchase
only the best material
that the market affords.
I make all my bridges to
order from careful meas-'
nrements. My manufac
turing and grinding plant
is the only one in the city.
I can duplicate any pair
of glasses (withdut the
prescription.)
My Glasses Fit the Nose
Does Yours?
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New Furniture For
Spring
Opening sale of new Furni
ture priced so that yonr spring
needs can Jbe purchased now.
Parlor Furniture
Library Furniture
Mission and Fancy
Rockers
Bed Room Suits
Brass and Enameled
Beds
Leather Rockers and
Couches
Davenports, Dressers
NeWtDlning Room Sets
Sewing Machines
We are Northwestern agents
for a full line of Reliable Ma
chines and can save you the
Agent's profit.
Wheeler & Wilson
New Home
Standard
Domestic and Others
Special During April
A regulaa $25.00 machine
which we will fill mail or city
orders at $1^00.
Go-Carts
Don't deprive baby of that dally
airing that's so needful tb his
and growth. Our Une
ic
provements.
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ESTABLISHED IN ISM
Priced so that the wajje earner
can make hbfne what
it should be
With spring and house cleaning* comes
thoughts and desires for new furniture*
new things for the established house9
new homes to be furnished* These
wants often cause an uncertainty where
j»°- We are maufacturers agents
and are in a position to save you the
jobbers profit
FURNITURE PIANOS
Refrigerators and Household Furnishings
During April a $225 Piano Retailing at Whole
sale Price, $150
shown
all the ntftr designs and
with
latest
Im­
Largest Office, Bank and Hotel Outfitters
If you live* out of the city write and we will quote you price/
O. YOUNG'S
Furniture and Music Store
|g J.25-126-129 South lhird St« Grand Forfe N. D.-/®
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FRIDAY, APRIL13, 1906.
Carpets and Rugs}
The most complete line of
new Spring Carpets and Bugs
ever shown.
Music in the Household
It is a recognized want these
modern days that you should
buy the best you can afford.
The Artistic Krell
Auto Grand
Anffelus Emerson
A.B.Chase
Poole & CroMrn Pianos
Now Retailing at
Wholesale Prices
Victor Talking
^, Machines
The Victor Talking Mmhina
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perfect it is often mistak­
en for the human voice. No
matter how much entertain
ment there is at home the Vic
tor is always welcome.
Onr Stock of manliin^ nnd
records is the largest in the
Northwest. All the new records
can be found here. .We receive
them daily.
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