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Newspaper
Fargo Forum And Daily Republican
Location
Fargo, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1909
Page
1
Erie pa renewed efforts to recover bodies from the Marquette and Bessemer No 2 after a week long storm. The car ferry carried 38 aboard and more than a score were lost. The Commodore Perry leads the search aided by other vessels scouring Lake Erie for remaining passengers and crew.
New York observers remained eager as the trial of Mrs Mary Blair Brokaw for separation from her husband W Gould Brokaw continued in Mineola. Court proceedings and attorney consultations shaped the day as alimony of 2500 a month was at stake.
Dr. Wiley of the agriculture department told the house agriculture committee that the government still producing denatured alcohol costs about $10,000 this year and should run next year and the year after to train young farmers in it so they can teach rural communities.
Washington December 15 the Esch bill requiring railroad firms to report all accidents to the Interstate Commerce Commission passed the House today. The measure aims to standardize accident reporting and improve safety oversight by federal regulators.
London reports Selma Lagerlof, Swedish writer, has won the 40 000 dollar Nobel prize for literature for the preceding year. The Nobel awards honor those judged to have benefited mankind, with separate prizes for efforts toward world peace funded by Alfred B Nobel's will.
Pittsburg Dec 15 Denouncing United States Steel corporation as a soulless corporation whose god is the Almighty dollar the conference committee of labor leaders of the American Federation of Labor adopted resolutions recommending a committee be appointed to lay before Congress and President Taft labor grievances and to urge a government investigation toward dissolution of the steel corporation
The body of an unknown 8-year-old girl was found today in an abandoned well on J. P. Harrington’s farm seven miles south of Sandusky. No local missing reports, but investigators consider the possibility of foul play and suspect a link to Gypsies encamped nearby last summer. Coroner P. F. Southwick leads the inquiry.
North Dakota Catholic diocese awaits its new head as Father James O'Reilly of Minneapolis is appointed bishop of Fargo after Bishop Shanley’s death. Local clergy praise his thirty year service, noting his 26 years at St. Anthony of Padua. The Minneapolis church and St. Mary’s Cathedral anticipate the change with mixed feelings.
Washington in December 15 former Congressman Philip B Thompson Jr Kentucky was stricken with stomach hemorrhage while on the street last night and died today at Emergency hospital He was 64 years old.
The Forum asserts its circulation figures, inviting interested parties to verify the numbers through an independent investigation. The claim invites scrutiny of readership and distribution in a broad urban market.
A jury in Sioux Falls returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Charles Radford of Sterling Illinois charged with murdering George Hurd of Sioux Falls on September 6 during a dispute over Radford and his brother keeping Hurd's daughter and sister out late.
After cutting telegraph and telephone wires into Paoli Oklahoma robbers dynamited the State Bank of Paoli and escaped with 3800 dollars. Posses of citizens started in pursuit.
A Chicago Milwaukee St Paul train No 7 derailed two miles east of Bayard Iowa injuring a dozen passengers lightly. Officials list include B F Slover Ashley S D bruised Ray Lease Glenham S D left side injuries Mrs Ray Lease Glenham S D leg injuries W Newman Ellendale N D injured A Abler DeSmet S D knee L Parker Des Moines Ia right hip P J Correy Portsmouth Ia chest hip injuries J E Ohlinger Portsmouth Ia legs hips bruised Mrs Dan Curler Perry Ia head shoulder ankle injured Mrs James Roanen Yankton Md right side bruised
Cleveland report tells of Jordan a District Telegraph Co lineman killed yesterday while standing on a basement window grating at Frone avenue and West Ninth street He worked with foreman Sulloff who was atop a pole across the street Sulloff only learned his assistant was dead after glancing down at the scene.
London reports the death of Danish art connoisseur George Salting who amassed a vast fortune and a world class collection. His frugal two room life housed priceless porcelains and paintings now in the Kensington museum and national gallery. Directors fear no will leaves fate of his treasures uncertain.
The farmers hall of fame at the University of Illinois opened with the unveiling of Cyrus McCormick's portrait. Urbana hosts prominent Chicago and state figures who attended the ceremony, including Miss Morris’ McCormick, a granddaughter of the inventor.
Des Moines Iowa, December 15 J C Mabray labeled king of a national swindle gang prepares for federal trial in Council Bluffs. Partner John R Dobbins convicted in state court of conspiracy faces five years at Anamosa. Mabray leads eighty nine indicted allies with vast funds to influence the case.
Secretary of State Knox asked the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to delay the Nicaragua inquiry for a week or more to allow him to present a clearer briefing on Central American affairs. The panel agreed to the postponement, rejecting no related Zelaya order discussion. In Managua violence erupted during a city aldermen’s meeting with clashes between government and opposition groups. Twenty arrests were reported as gunfire rang out and the street fight spilled into the roadway.
Louisville December 15 Hope of saving the seven imprisoned miners in the West Kentucky Mining Co shaft at Clay Webster County has been abandoned after an explosion flooded the mine and fire broke out.
In Youngstown Ohio on December 15, Daniel Blott a 94 year old farmer living with his son reportedly took his own life citing that he had lived too long. The incident reflects a repeated homily from elders about aging.
Ten men are dead and thirty five injured after four rear cars of Southern Railway train No. 11 plunged from the Reedy Fort trestle into a creek ten miles from Reidsville North Carolina. Passengers awoke to a panic as they escaped burning and twisted cars amid wreckage.
Special Assistant Attorney General Stimson announced a federal probe into duties on Arbuckle Brothers sugar imports. He said a shortage of 695,573 dollars was found and the firm repaid the amount in cash to the U S Treasury.
Former Colorado house speaker W. G. Smith sues Denver Juvenile Court Judge Ben B. Lindsey and writer Harvey H. O’Higgins for 50000 dollars each claiming defamation through a magazine series titled The Beast and the Jungle. The articles attacked Smith’s character.
At Omaha the Missouri River Navigation congress opened with three governors and 150 delegates. Governor Burke of North Dakota urged national waterways groups to unite and supported bond issuance to fund inland waterway improvements, likening it to Panama Canal financing. He cited cost and scale as obstacles but urged prompt congressional action.
E. Dana Durand, director of the census, spoke at a Congress hotel conference urging selection by merit and not political influence. Forty eight supervisors attended as he announced an accurate census goal with women eligible for enumerator roles. Examinations will occur in February with canvass starting April 15.
Chicago dispatch reports Gifford Pinchot chief forester urged railroads to purchase timber lands and reforest to supply future railroad ties. He spoke at a conference of railroad presidents and officials. President Mudge of the Chicago Rock Island Pacific raised govt ownership risks and urged planning. Wisconsin forester Griffiths described state progress in timber work.
Samuel Winters, the prisoner who escaped from the penitentiary Monday evening, was captured this morning at Steele after traveling on foot and by rail. He had approached several houses along the route and did not conceal his identity. his face and ears were badly frozen at the time of capture.
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