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THE EVENING TIMES
EerrABLnHKD'jANUABY.
Sentiment to be Inculcated.
'Let reverence of law be breathed by
•»ery mother to the lisping babe that
•rattles in her lap let it be taught in
(be schools, seminaries and colleges:
let It be written in primers, spelling
ftoolca and almanacs let it be preached
from pulpits and proclaimed in legis
lative halls and enforced in courts of
fuattce in short, let it tiie the
a-ollttcal religion of the natiou.
—Abraham Lincoln.
MANUFACTURE OF WAR RUMORS.
After an interval of silence the Jap
anese war rumor factory seems to have
started up double turn to make up for
lost time. The latest alarm is based
upon Secretary Taft's communication
urging the appropriation of more
money than the committee has allowed
for the fortification of the Hawaiian
islands. In ordinary times such a
communication would have been con
sidered at its proper value, merely
tis pressure to obtain larger appro
priations for a work the department
lias long wished to complete as soon
as possible. But in these days it is
suddenly magnified into a war meas
ure, impelled by supposed secret
knowledge of the imminence of a
clash with Japan, and, taken with the
President's invitation to the San Fran
cisco Board of Education for a con
ference, is made out as proof positive
that war is just around the corner.
Even a superficial knowledge of the
facts dispels this crop of rumors in
a moment The fortification of Ha
waii has been urged by secretaries of
war ever since the island was annex
ed. Secretary Taft simply reiterated
what has been said both by Secretary
Root and by himself long before the
Japanese school incident was thought
of. It should not have required offi
cial denials to set such rumors at
rest, but since they may be as harm
ful as they are silly the sooner they
are dissipated the better.
CHICAGO'S EPIDEMIC.
The epidemic of scarlet fever and
diphtheria in Chicago has reached the
stage where the Health Board has is
sued a proclamation asking that all
social meetings and public gatherings
be abandoned. In all it is estimated
there have been 10,000 cases of these
diseases, and the number may reach
15,000. Nor is the epidemic confined
to Chicago. It affects the whole north
ern portion of Illinois.
Fortunately, the mortality rate is
:low,
so low as to justify in that count
the claim of the health authorities
that the epidemic is not serious, but
it depends upon whether a high death
rate is necessary to make such a
.plague serious. The cause seems in
dispute. By some it is laid to infec
tion of the milk supply, but the Health
Board denies this and, oddly enough
places it upon the commingling of the
people, hence the request for the aban
donment of public meetings. Oddly,
because that statement is in itself a
damning confession that the Health
Board is primarily responsible. If the
board had performed its duties and
enjoined a strict quarantine upon the
first cases there could have been no
commingling and no spread to epidem
ic proportions. It seems to have been
simply a case of inefficient or in
capable health administration, allow
ing two diseases to get beyond con
trol.
The lesson from Chicago's experi
ence should be plain to all other com
munities, that if there is one depart
ment of the public government that'
should be held to the highest stand
ards it is that having in charge the
protection of the health of the people.
Happily at the present time there is
a growing concern about this very
point, and public attention is being
centered as never before upon the im
portance of efficient energy in health
administration.
Something should be done to curb
the reckless abandon displayed by sev
eral North Dakota correspondents to
the. twin city papers who persist in
sending out "dope" so highly colored
and sensationalized as to bring an in
evitable and undeserved harm to the
state. Direst correspondence with the
editors of the papers which accept and
flaunt this class of news in the eyes
of the people might have tlie desired
effect. This class of news is said to
be solicited by such publications as
the Minneapolis Journal and St. Paul
Daily News at the rate of $3 per
column. It would be a good invest-
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ment to turn pockets and pay these
"yellow" ones not to send out their
"stuff."
Has Grand Forks a Humane society,
and if so. as 'tis reported, what- is it
doing? The writer passed down South
Third street yesterday and counted
six teams, and one horse in single
harness, standing tied to telephone
poles and only two teams in all had
blankets on to protect them from the
cold. In addition there are a dozen
cases of dogs left out in the cold by
owners, and being forced to "rustle"
for themselves. Bones in forty below
zero weather are generally considered
fairly poor picking. As for horses be
ing left unblanketed and exposed to
the elements—there is an ordinance
which the police might invoke.
One of the old timers has figured it
out that the "back of winter" is
broken.
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traded with them in a fradulent man
ner. Mr. Piper has introduced a num
ber of peculiar measures, one of
which was his bill to prohibit all
county officials from holding office
more than two terms. He was serious
in his advocacy of the measure but
the rest of the house was not and
when the bill came from its third
reading it looked like an Orangeman
who had attended a St. Patrick's day
celebration. It is likely this one, if it
ever gets out of the committee, will
meet a similar fate. It is entirely
uncalled for and is a measure of ab
solute injustice. Tt should be remem
bered that hotel bills are not like
most other bills. The proprietor can
not use a stomach pump to recover
his goods even if he were disposed to
do it, and it is rather embarrassing to
state to a customer when he registers
that he is required to pay in advance.
The truth is hotel men are forced
by the very nature of their business
to deal almost exclusively with strang
ers, and while under the present law
they have an adequate remedy to
recover their money, at the same time
they are not required to use any ua
business like methods with their
guests who come to them unknown.
A bill is now pending in the legis
lature placing certain requirements
upon those who hold themselves out
to the public as innkeepers and there
is a possibility that it will become a
law. This bill will place'additional
cost on many of those who are en
gaged in the hotel business in the
state, and they should raise en masse
and demand that the Piper bill be
killed.
WILL HID AND KILL
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breakfast and how much time he con
sumed in taking his daily cold
sponge bath. Artists used up scores
of newspaper pages with the designs
showing the route followed by the
prisoner from his cell in "Murderer's
Row" through the parish corridors,
across the "Bridge of Sighs" and the
various corridors in the court build-,
ng to the room where his fate was to
be determined. Then there were
pages and pages of illustrations show
ing the beautiful, youthful Mrs. Thaw,
the equally beautiful Countess of Yar
mouth, the prisoner's favorite sister
and the trouble, deep-lined face of the
white haired mother who sat beside
her son through it all. Alienists of
world wide reputation sat day after
day in the court-room observing the
youthful millionaire who surrendered
everything in his effort to avenge a
real or fancied wrong and then wrote
columns upon columns upon the result
of their observations. According to
some of these learned gentlemen Thaw
is as crazy as the most hopeless in
mate of Bellevue's "funny ward." To
others, equally as eminent and equal
ly as learned, it is as plain as day that
the much maligned young man is in
full and complete control of all his
mental force. Special writers of all
kinds and degrees of "specialties"
contribute their daily columns of ob
servation, comment, description and
rot and nonsense. Thus it goes until
there is not an inch of space to spare
in the papers and not a moment in
the public's spare time to discuss any
thing else.
Many of the principals in the other
two cases are persons of no little
prominence. In one case the murder
er's victim was a physician and sur
geon who enjoyed a reputation and
practice which had filled his money
bags with gold when he had scarcely
reached the age of 40 years. In the
other case, a dentist, who maintained
an office in Fifth avenue and who had
an exclusive and remunerative pat
ronage, is a prisoner charged with
murder. As in the Sj-eat tragedy
wherein Thaw was the principal actor,
revenge was the moving spirit in these
two crimes. In one of them it was
immeasurably mor^ cunning than in
the Madison Square roof garden trag
edy which set half the world aflame
with sensation in the other it seems
immeasurably more cruel and more
pitiful. When Dr. C. W. Townsend
was struck down by an assassin's bul
let in his beautiful home at New
Brighton, Staten Island, as he lay in
bed beside his wife, the vow of a sor
row riven, broken hearted husband
which had been made exactly a year
before, had been fulfilled. It was ^he
hand of John Bell, whose only great
capacity appears to have been to love
his wife and to hate thevman whom
he believed to have been responsible
for her death. The Bells had lived
on Staten Island, and when the young
wife was stricken with a dangerous
illness Bell sought and obtained the
most skillful medical and surgical aid
in an attempt to preserve her life.
To the skillful hand of Dr. Townsend
fell the task of performing the oper
ation which alone meant life or death.
It failed and in the early morning
hours of Jan. 26, 1906 the spark of
life flickered and went out. With it
went the hopes and fears of John Bell.
The surgeon had "bungled," he de
clared, and would have vengeance.
Then he would snuff out his own life
and in the land beyond join the wo
man who had been everything worth
living to him. Ho wcarefully, cun
ningly, cruelly he schemed to put his
awful plan into effect is only now be
ing slowly developed. Even this
might never have been known, how
ever, had(not his nerve failed him at
the last moment. He dared not fulfill
that part of his plan which called for
self-sacrifice, and as a result he now
occupies a cell and will have to face
a jury and answer to the charge of
murder. In the year since his wife's
death, Bell has been a wanderer. He
has visited scores of cities but re
turned to higi home in time to carry
out the vow which he had made over
the body«of his wife. On the evening
of Jan. 25 he wrote half a score of
letters to relatives and close friends
in which they were informed that "the
time has come." Beyond this he said
nothing but to bid them farewell and
to ask their prayers that his "act be
justified." Then he took two revol
vers which had been carefully kept
apparently for the work at hand,
crossed the bay to Staten Island, and
then waited for hours for the time to
act. And the time he chose was that
early morning hour exactly a year,
almost to a minute, after his wife had
died. Gaining entrance to the home
of his "enemy" more than an hour be
fore the exact time, he roamed around
from room to room until the clcok
pointed to the chosen time. Then
entering the room where the doctor
and his wife were sleeping, his re
volver ready in his hand, he directed
his victim to arise. "Take anything
you want" said the doctor to the sup
posed burglar, "but spare my family."
"I didn't come to steal It's you I
want," the man refilled. Then, taking
careful aim he firetl across the body
of the doctor's wife lying beside him
in bed. The bullet reached it mark,
but to make doubly sure another was
sent along and then the Intruder
turned and fled. When the wife
sprang from bed to give the alarm
she found that the telephone wires
had been cut and it was half an hout
before help could be summoned to
the house. The wife, a physician and
COUNTESS OF YARMOUTH. HARRY K. THAW'S SISTER.
The Countess of Yarmouth, who was Miss Alice Thaw of Pittsburg. Is In
this country to toml (Mioouragoment to her brother. Harry K. Thaw. uurii:^
his triill for the killinu of Stanford White Tin- countess is sa'nl to qviitc
popular in the British nobility set. She found ti kind friend and fhaitcron iit.
the outset in the Marchioness of Hertford, licr mother-'.n-iuw. who was highly
pleased with the choice of her son. It will lie remembered that when Misu
Thaw was married ti the elilest son ant heir of T.ord Hertford the weild.n^
took place at the bride's home hi l*itt«lmrf». Miss Thaw insisted upon Uavtns
the wedding at home rather than anions: the British aristocracy.
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surgeon herself, gave almost instant
attention to her husband's wounds,
but despite her prompt action the
wounded man survived only a few
hours. It was information which he
gave the police before his death that
led to the apprehension of Bell.
Revenge was for the wife of the
prisoner in the other case. The vic
tim was her father, Bartley Horner,
a wealthy Long Island contractor. She
will be the principal witness against
her husband Dr. James Simpson who
is now on trial" charged with having
shot his father-in-law to death. ^The
spectacle of a wife appearing on the
witness stand prepared to swear away
the life of her husband is one with
which New Yorkers, at least, are not
familiar. Even the law makes an ex
ception in her case and no matter
wha\ knowledge of the crime she may
have the prosecution is powerless to
force her to tell her story against her
will. But Mrs. Simpson Is a willing
witness. She'has chosen between her
husband andher father, the living
and the dead, and the husband is the
loser. Bartley Horner was killed in
his Long Island home more than a
year ago, and a few days later his
son-in-law was arrested charegd with
the crime. Simpson admitted that he
held the gun from which the fatal
shot was fired, but declared1 that it
was entirely accidental. His story
would have been accepted by the offi
cials had it not been for information
concerning the case by the prisoner's
wife and mother-in-law. They told
of frequent quarrels between Horner
and Simpson, of threats which the
latter had made to have his father
in-law's life, and of happenings im
mediately before the tragedy. Simp
son had been drnklng hard for sev
eral days, they said, and for an honr
before the shooting had marched
around the house with his gun over
his shoulder declaring that there was
"trouble coming." From the moment
of the shooting Simpson has never
seen his wife. She has never visited
him in his prison nor has she sent any
word save of unrelenting hate to his
cell. When the trial was called she
was one of the first on hand and she
made no secret of the fact that she
would appear probably as the princi
pal witness for the state. Simpson
still maintains bis innocence, and de
clares that he will yet win back the
affection of his wife. Mrs. Simpson
Is a remarkably beautiful woman and
it is said that she is as earnest as she
is beautiful.
TEXAS SUT GROWERS.
Aaaoclatrd Prram to The Evening Tlmea.
Austin, Texas, Feb. 6.—The Texas
Nut Growers' association began its
second annual meeting here today
with a gratifying attendance. The
meeting which will remain in session
over tomorrow, will discuss' plans
for putting into effect the project of
the late Governor Hogg for the plant
ing and cultivation of trees for com
mercial purposes. A movement is on
foot to secure a tract of land near
here on which to conduct experiments
to ascertain the comparative value of
the different varieties of trees.
FOR MCKINLEY MEMORIAL.
Aaaoclated Preaa to The Evening Tlmea.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 6.—At a
meeting of the trustees of the Memori
al association at the Hotel Arlington
today favorable reports were received
regarding the progress on the Mc
Kinley monument at Canton, which It
is hoped will be compelled and ready
for dedication this summer. Vice
President Fairbanks, who 1's chairman
of the endowment fund committee,
presided over the meeting.
Times wants will supply your wants
Times wants will supply your wants
LOSS OF DEE
According to Report Made to
City Council Regular
Meeting Held.
The regular monthly Weting of the
city council was held last evening.
There was considerable routine busi
ness transacted, including the reading
of the minutes of the last meeting,
and the allowing of hills.
The estimate on work done by B. O.
Paulsness on the Allen avenue sewer
in the sum of $700 was allowed.
The report of City Treasurer Mc
Illraith showed a balance on hand ot
5S.959.13.
Another report of considerable in
terest was that one on the electric
light plant, showing that during the
past month there was a loss of $303.9S
in its operation The light plant ques
tion is getting to be rather serious.
The recommendation that the salary
of Electrician Fiers foe Increased from
$50 to $60 a month was adopted.
City Engineer Smith of Grand Forks
was engaged to prepare a profile ot
the change to be made on the De Mers
avenue sewer outlet.
Chief Lowe of Grand Forks advised
the council that a man named Lovell,
recently a resident of this city was
being taken care of by Grand Forks.
Insomuch as he formerly resided here,
Chief Lowe believed that the city ought
to take care of him. The aldermen
could not see it that way.
The reports of the chief of police,
fire chief and other officers were ac
cepted.
NEW HOTELJOR CR00KST0N
Bids Have Been Submitted and Lowest
One is $22,500—If HI be a Fine
Structure.
Crookston is to have a new hotel,
known as the Cleveland house. Bids
for its construction have been sub
mitted, the lowest one being $22,500.
Otto Burkhardt is the promoter of the
new enterprise.
ARE NO COmilS DISEASES
According to Health Officer Gilbert—
Have Been a Number of Them
This Winter.
According to City Health Officer
Gilbert there are no contagious dis
eases in East Grand Forks today.
There have been a number of cases
all through the winter, but they have
been taken care of in good shape,
and their spread prevented.
conmjur
EXTEND
CALL
Rer. H. Isaac of Chicago Is Probabil
ity as Pastor of Mendenhall
Church in This City.
Rev. H. Isaac of Chicago, who will
preach at the Mendenhall Memorial
church on next Sunday may become
the next pastor of the church. Rev.
Isaac will hold two services Sunday,
both morning and evening. He is said
to be a most powerful divine, and if
matters can be arranged satisfactorily,
the call will be made.
AMENDMENT TOIOP NEXT WEEK
City Attorney Collins and F. C. Masses
Will Go to St. Paul for Purpose
of Looking After It
A meeting of the joint special com
mittee was held last evening, at which
time the amendment matter was talked
over. This committee was appointed
last week, and has for its purpose
the devising of ways and means to get
the amendment before the legislature.
The amendment would allow the city
to bond for water works. Next week
City Attorney D. T. Collins and F. C.
Massee will go to St. Paul, at which
time the amendment matter will be
brought up.
'Mrs. H. Flatten was down from
Northland Tuesday.
Ida Hervig, who has been here visit
ing with Mr. and Mrs. M.
O.
has returned to her home.
Hervig
Larimore Visitors.
George Benson and Gilbert John
son are here from Larimore on busi
ness.
Has the Grip.
Superintendent R. C. Burnett of the
city schools is laid up at his home
with an attack of grip.
Is Very III.
Henry Basgard of Northland is very
ill at his home, according to reports
JThe
sent from there this morning.
Had Social Session.
At the Degree of Honor meeting last
evening a social session was enjoyed.
A very pleasant evening was spent.
Entertain Club.
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Foote will en
tertain the members of the Friend
ship club at their home this evening.
Making Plans.
Architect Keck of Crookston is
busily engaged in preparing plans for
the Elks' building to be erected there
this summer.
A New Position.
Joe Doll of this city has accepted
a position with the Park Grant &
Morris wholesale firm of Grand Forks.
He was formerly with the Mercantile.
Made Inspection.
Charles O. Pollard, inspector of
United States land offices was at
'Crookston yesterday making an in
spection into the affairs of the office
there.
Two Were Absent.
All but two members of the city
council were present at the meeting
held last evening. Aldermen Sher
lock and Jarvis were unable to at
tend.
Arm Better.
Otis Gustafson, the Eldrid man who
has been laid up in the hospital at
Grafton for some time past, is able
to be around again, and has left the
hospital.
The Last Dance.
The dance to be given on Thursday
evening by Hall & Sullivan will be
the last one of the season. The series
of dances given by them have been
well attended, and were quite success
ful.
FREE.. SCHOLARSHIP.. FRF,F
GRAND FORKS EVENING TIMES will give
Two Scholarships Free-one in the Union Commer
cial College and Northwestern Business College, both
of Grand Forks.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY fft 1907.
Benner, Be& & Garvin
NOW FOR COMPLETE AND SPEEDY
CLEARANGE OF
Ladies Wrappers
and
House Skirts
February is the month that we simply have to make
room for new spring goods. This is the way we do it:
$lt25 Wrappers (or 85c $1.50 Wrappers (or $1.15
$2.00 Wrappers (or $1.35
These wrappers are the well known "Mendel's Make." The
materials are percales and fleeced flannels: neat, patterns in light
and dark colors.
$2.00 House Sui(s (or $1.451| $2.50 House Suits (or $1.90
These house suits are made in two pieces, from best quality
percale. The "Mendel's" label is a guarantee of more liberal pro
portions than in any other make. The colors are very desirable.
Mail Orders Promptly Filled Willi tlie Best Values in Stock.
Quarantine Baised.
The quarantine that has been on
the residence of Nell Cummlngs for
some time past has been raised.
Report Made.
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The report of the United States
land office at Crookston for January
has been made to the department.
A BARGAIN AT KELSEY'S
FOR THIS WEEK
If-
Filed Petition.
Thomas Brown of Bemidji has filed
a petition in bankruptcy in the offices
of Referee Vaule of Crookston. Hie
liabilities are fixed at $752 and his
assets at $300, all of which is ex
empt.
A Little Late.
Van D. Foote, who has been visit
ing at Red Lake Falls for several
days has arrived home. He would
have been here sooner, but the rail
road service was not what it ought
to be.
Koyal Neighbors.
Next Monday evening the Royal
Neighbors will hold a regular meet
ing which will be followed by a social
session. A charge of 75 cents a couple
is to be made for the dance, and re
freshments will be served.
Likes Moorhead.
Ben Winters, formerly a resident
of East Grand Forks, but now resid
ing at Moorhead, was In the city Tues
day attending to business matters.
Mr. Winters is well pleased with
Moorhead, and says lie is doing a good
business down there.
Receives Call.
President George Wright of the Polk
County Sunday School association has
received official notice of the state
convention which will be held this
year in Minneapolis on April 10, 11
and 12. The Polk county association
will be represented at the meeting.
The Irish-American Athletic club
holds its annual indoor games at
Madison Square garden tonight The
feature event of a very attractive pro
gram wil be the five-mile run, sub
stituted for the ten-mile race of pre
vious years. A host of prominent
eastern athletes have entered in the
various events.
The amateur speed skating cham
pionships of Canada, under the aus
pices of the Amateur Skating associ
ation of Canada, take place this af
ternoon in the big open air rink at
Montreal. In addition to the amateur
events the program provides for a
half-mile, one-mile and three-mile
championship races for professionals.
Quarter section of fine land, ten miles from Grand
Forks, four miles from elevator, for sale or exchange for
city property. Seventy-five acres plowed ready for crop
balance good upland hay meadow. Every acre can be
broken Call early if you are interested—this bargain
won't last long.
For particulars write The Evening Tim^