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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-08-23
new MARX
Rapid Transit Stock Sells Within a
Fraction of 100.
DUE TO INVESTMENT PURCHASES
The Rise Has Been Steady Through
out the Week-TPadinE Is
increasing.

Twin City Rapid Transit stock made
new high record to-day, selling on the
New York stock exchange at 991h. Trad
ing is good. In June. 1897, but four years
ago, the common stock of the company
was quoted at II cents on the dollar, and
trading in it was very slow. Twin City
has seen a steady movement without a
break during the past week. Advances
have been small, but each day has showed
an improvement. 1t is believed that
nothing but the most conservative in
vestment buying is responsible for this
advance, and this by people who thor
oughly believe that the stock will 90
above par. The opinion is expressed in
local investment circles that the Cana
dian capitalists who purchased large
blocks of stock some time ago are in
creasing their holdings simply because
they regard the future of Twin City Rapid
Transit as very good. The opinion is also
expressed that new class of investment
buyers is taking hold of the stock. Local
men who have held Twin CITY for wears
are not selling at present prices They
predict that it will go above par within
a very short time. The Canadian capi-
tallsts who came here to inspect the
property some time ago were also unani-
nous Elm this opinion. There is much
Toronto and Montreal money in street
railway properties. They selected the
Twin City as one of the most promising
properties on the continent.
LOwry's Prediction Coming True.
Some time ago, President Lowry said in
New York that the earnings for the year
ending Dec 81. 1901. would show about
per cent earned on the common stock.
His prediction has every appearance Of
being made good. The increase in gross
earnings for July amounted to $40, 8O7.
the largest gross gain for any month in
this fiscal year. The increase in gross
earnings for June was $39, ,872 July saw
an increase in net earnings of $25, 1858.
For the seven months, ending July 81,
gross earnings increased 1895 per cent,
operating expenses 7.22 per cent, net earn
1ngs l449 per cent; fixed charges (includ-
ing proportion of preferred dividend) 399
per cent and surplus 30.76 per cent
During the seven months the property
was operated for 47.12 per cent against
4S.75 per cent last year.
sThe earnings for the second week in
August show an increase of 81, ,33S over the
same week in 1900 On this basis the
August earnings would appropriate SIT, 500
in excess Of last August.
Since Monday trading in the stock has
increased rapidly. To-days market shows
200 shares sold at 99; 100 at 99M 100 at
99Ss, and 100 at 991a.
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Canada. and hungry and disheartened by
the outlook, they were thrown into a
dangerous and desperate mood.
Demonstration at Brandon.


Last week they made their first DEM
onstration at Brandon, the center of the
best farming districts in Canada. Sew
eral hundred marched up to the mayors
house and demanded food and shelter.
The thoroughly frightened official lis
tened to the appeals of the citizens to
prevent a riot and gave the strangers
just about what they asked The latter
defying the railroad company, then
jumped on the first trains leaving in the
morning and came to Winnipeg. Arriv-
ing here they paraded the streets, held
meetings at which fiery -tongued orators,
including two from Minneapolis, held
forth and in general threw the city into
a state of CONSERVATION. Temporary re-
lief was afforded them, and they re-
mained quiet until last night, when, at
a meeting held at the Canadian Pacific
railroad station, which was attended by
several thousand, they advocated seizing
the cars of the railroad and compelling
the company to take them 1000 miles
east to their homes.
Sentiments of a dangerous character
were expressed, but no attempt was made
by the squad of policemen present to stop
the meeting. Threats were made against
the officials of the Canadian Pacific rail-
way, the statement being heard that the
company had induced them to come west
not to work in the harvest fields, where
there was not work for one-half of them
until threshing operations commence.
but to fill the places of the striking
trackmen, and help the company out of
a hole
In this connection it might be men
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| conceivable, due to the presence in the
! who claim that they were brought here
from every part of eastern Canada under
the promise of big wages and employment
for several months.
The harvesetrs are holding three OF
four demonstrations" day, and while
hundreds Of them have been fed by the
provincial government, there are scores
wandering through the city who claim
that they have not tasted food for two
| days, and have not had bed to sleer
in since they left their eastern homes.
The dissatisfied harvesters include about
800 who came here from Minnesota and
Dakota, and say that if they are not given
work or free transportation to the states
they will make an appeal to the Ameri-
can consul.
The situation has caused no end o1
worry to the provincial government which
advertised for 10000 harvesters, and tc
the Canadian Pacific railway officials, as
the demonstrations which took a very
mild form last Saturday are daily becom-
ing Of a character that causes no little
alarm. Last Saturday the harvesters held
three meetings, and made the threat that
if they were not taken back to their
homes in eastern Canada free they would
seize the Canadian Pacific railroad cars
and compel the company to carry them
back east.
Prospects Misrepresented.
The harvesters claim they were brought
here by the provincial government and
the Canadian Pacific railway under the
promise of receiving from $50 to $50 a
month and board for az least three
months. When they reached Winnipeg,
and visited the largest farming district
along the line of the Canadadian Pacific
railway, they were offered from $50 to
$40 a month, and naturally refused to
take these wages. Thousands returned to
the city and as nearly all were out Of
money, they appealed to the city and the
government for assistance. The city could
do nothing, but the government fearing a
serious riot fed hundreds of them at I'm
migration hall.
The unemployed harvesters are parad-
ing the streets of the city daily, and the
work of distributing them to the various
farming sections is proceeding slowly. 1t
is estimated that at the end of this week
20 900 harvesters from the United States
and points in eastern Canada will be in
the country, and it will be sometime be-
fore one-half of them are employed The
problem of looking after them until they
can get work is in consequence a serious
one, and it is feared that riots will take
place.
Most Of the unemployed mRn arrived
in Winnipeg with barely enough money to
get a bed and breakfast. AS all were
tired with their long trip from eastern
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-08-23
GOLD And COPPER
Fifty Million Dollar Com
pany Being Launched
in the East.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
New York, Aug ga company to be
known as the Consolidated Gold and Cop
per Mining company will be incorporated
In New Jersey next week with a capital
stock Of $5O,OO0,OOO. The fees in con-
nection with this corporation aggregate
S11,000 Those interested in the enter
prise to-day refused to make known the
plans and purposes of the consolidation,
but it is learned that it will embrace
eight prominent gold and copper mines Of
the west. Interested in the deal is w. A.
Foster of this city. The legal end of the
transaction is being looked after by Theo-
core Fitch Of 12O Broadway.
1t was asserted to-day that several
properties owned by Senator Clark would
be absorbed. but no confirmation of this
statement could be obtained. Mr. Fitch
declared that plans had not progressed far
enough to warrant statement as to the
names of the companies that would be abb
sorbed.
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territory in which any one mill could So
Ilcit trade proftably. If the small mills
are to keep on the dividend list they must
ind more trade and to secure that they
must become exporters of -four.
In soliciting export business, the small
miller complains of two obstacles. One
Is that he has been unable to secure g.
rate that will allow him to compete with
the large manufacturer and again he is
unable to furnish the big quantities some
times desired. To overcome this a COM
bination Of the small manufacturers has
been necessary.
The new company includes some of the
best mills in southern Minnesota, 1t is
also the intention Of the promoters to In
clude other lines Of manufacture in time,
among which will be some of the independ-
ent manufacturers of linseed oil and oil
cake in the northwest. l. E. Townsley,
formerly with the Southern Pacific, will be
in charge Of the Chicago office. H H.
King is one of the local men interested
in the enterprise.
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WHAT IS RUSSIA UP TO?
A Story of Military Mobilization on the Turkish
Frontier.
state, Lewis appeal of this question was


state, Lewis appeal of this question was
oyer-ruled.
Then Lewis carried this to the supreme
court of the United States and also applied
to the federal court for writ of habeas
corpus on the strength of the insanity
proceedings. The federal court refused
the writ. Lewis carried this to the su-
preme court of the United States also
He was overruled in both cases.
Since then Lewis had applied to federal
and superior courts for stay of proceed
ings and had been refused. The entire
litigation took nine years. Lewis, last
night, in spite of his announcement the
other day that he had left the case, was
out of the city looking for a writ of pro-
hibition from some supreme court Justice
The governor had refused to interfere.
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Bound to Stop Lynching

said he thought that a majority was
against it, but when rape is committed, if
they don't actually participate in the
lynchlng, will not aid in prosecuting the
lynchers." In conclusion, he said lynch
ings in North Carolina must cease. There
will be full investigation Of this one.
Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 23.-Investiga-
tion into the recent lynching Of a negro
in Gilmore. county has resulted in the fnd-
ing Of indictments against ten Of the
thirty persons alleged to have constituted
the mob, and several witnesses who re-
fused to testify when called were placed
in jail for contempt Of court. These are
the first indictments against lynchers in
this state in many years.
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MOVES ARRIVES
Will Appear Before Depart
ment of Justice and
Circuit Court.

Seattle, Aug. 23-Judge Arthur H.
Noyes, Of the second district Of the United
States court for Alaska, with headquar-
ters at Nome, arrived here on the Roam
oke on his way to Washington. After Wis
iting the capital he will return to San
Francisco, where he has been cited to ap-
pear before the circuit court of appeals
on Oct. IA, in connection with the Nome
litigation and the trouble which was the
outcome Of the appointment of Alexander
Mckenzie as receiver for mines at Nome.
Judge Noyes expresses confidence in his
ability to satisfy the department of JUS
tice and the circuit court of the honesty
of his administration.
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NON-UNION GIRLS MoBBED
Two Riots Grow Out of a Strike at a
SILK Mill,

Pittston, Pa, Aug. pa second riot oc-
CURED at the Sterling silk mill this NOR
ming, more serious than a clash which
occurred last night, and the bowling mob
now surrounds the mill, threatening to
enter it by force and drag the non-union
girls from the looms. When the strikers
arrived at the mill this morning, long be-
fore daylight, they were provided with
stones and other weapons. The first object
of attack was small Italian settlement
near the mill. The non union girls in last
nights riot took refuge in these houses
and escaped from the strikers crowd.
There was a clash with the Italians this
morning. Later when the non-union work
ers arrived a volley of stones met them.
The mill is in operation, but serious trou-
BILE threatens before nightfall.
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Raleigh, N. c.. Aug. 2S.-Governor Ay-
COX announces that he will in the future
offer 5000 for each lyncher. There was a
lynehing yesterday. The governor is con-
sidering whether he shall issue the proc
lamtion tomorrow. When asked whether
eh thought lynchings checked crime, he re-
piled:
On the contrary, they increase it.. All good
citizens desire to find some way In which
to stop rape. 1t increases whenever lynchings
are resorted to. Lynchings tend to develop
a spirit Of revenge No people can be high
minded and great who yield to the passion
for vengeance.
When asked his opinion of North Caro-
lima sentiment regarding lynching, he
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KING AND KAISER
Edward and wilhelm Hobnobbing
Mt WiIheImshohe.

Wilhelmshohe Prussia, Aug. 23.-King
Edward arrived here at lunch time and was
met at the railroad station by Emperor
William, in the uniform of British ad-
miral and the officers OF the headquarters
staff. The king wore the uniform of the
dragon guards. After cordial greetings
the sovereigns entered an open carriage,
drawn by four horses and were driven to
the castle where they had luncheon The
center of the table was adorned with the
epergne designed by Emperor William as
a present for King Edward.
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IOWA P0PULISTS
"CaIamity" Weller Likely to Be
Nominated for Governor.

Nominated for Governor.
Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. ga state con-
vention of populists Is meeting here to-
day to place full ticket in the field Not
to exceed fifty delegates are present.
Former Congressman Weller of Nashua
probably will be the nominee for gov
ernor.
The platform will reaff1rm the princi-
pies laid down in the Omaha and subse-
quent platforms, declare for paper money
aud the coinage of only enough silver to
meet the ordinary demands for coin and
ask for the adjustment of the offices Of
state printer and binder.
1t is improbable that the silver question
will come up in any way.
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city. Several THOUSAND men will be in
line and there will be many brass bands.
The strikers, it is said, will march to
Duquesne and HOMESTEAD and try to get
the men who are at work to see that they
are out for bettermentof their condition.
They think that the parade will have a
great effect in bringing out the men to
join their ranks.
The strikers claim five men left the star
tin mill and joined their ranks to-day.
They think this a big victory and it will
cripple the plant considerably. The de-
sertions are denied by the mill managers.
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HoO-HoOS TO MEET AT NORFOLK.
Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 2S,-The tenth an
nual session Of the Concatenated Order of
Hoc-Hoos has been called to meet at Nor
folk, Va, Sept 8. After adjournment. the
members will proceed to Buffalo, where they
will participate in the festivities of lumber
mems week at the exposition.
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0WATONNA MILL SOLD
Hastings Men Get 1t at a Moderat
Figure.

Special to The Journal.
Owatonna, Mimi, Aug. 2s.--An important
business transaction was made here yester-
day when the Hastings Milling company pur-
chased the mill owned and operated here
for the past twenty-five or thirty years by
Adam Simpson. The purchase price was IS, ,0Ot
for theh mill property alone and this is con-
sidered but a fraction Of its real worth. Mr..
Simpson Will retire from active business life.
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Bird CoIer for Mayor

New York, Aug. 23.-John c. Sheehan Of
the Greater New York democracy said to-
day that the name of City Comptroller
Bird S Coler, will be presented to the
anti -Tammany conference on Sept. 9 as
a candidate for mayor. AT this conference
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there will be representatives of the re-
publican county committee, the independ-
ent democratic organization, the citizens
union and the German American union.
Mr.. Coler was elected comptroller on the
Tammany ticket at the last city election.
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AN ARMY OF
UNEMPLOYED
Harvest "Sooners" Threaten
Riots in Manitoba.
NO WORK AT PRESENT
Tired and Desperate Men Without
Beds or Food.
GOVT AND C. P. ROAD BLAMED
Dangerous Element That VIII Give
Trouble Unless Carefully Han
dled-Towns Looted.

Special to The Journal.
Winnipeg, Man. Aug. 2S.-The Prairie
City of the Dominion Of Canada is at
present in a state Of turmoil scarcely
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At LAST
The Crime of Charles w.
Nordstrom.
AFTER 9 YEARS FIGHT
The Washington Assassin Goes Into
a State of Funk,
BUT is HANGED, NEVERTHELESS
All Resources Of'the Law Exhausted
by ex-Congressman Lewis
to Save Him.
AFTER 9 YEARS FIGHT
BUT IS HANGED, NEVERTHELESS

Seattle, Aug. 2S.-Charles w. Nordstrom
was hanged here today for the murder,
Nov. 27, 1891, of William Mason Shortly
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SHORT-sTOP STOPPED
President johnson Gives Shugart
His Passports.

Chicago, Aug. 23.-President Johnson OF
the American League to-day expelled
Short-stop Shugart of Chicago for strik-
ing Umpire Haskell at Washington. Mr..
johnson said:
Amy player of the American League
who in the future slugs an umpire On the
ball field will be expelled from the league.
This is fnal''
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HE'LL FIGHT REQUISITION.
Frank B. Leonard is under arrest In St.
Paul and is wanted in Chicago for larceny.
He will fight extradition, and Governor Van
SAINT will hear arguments in the case at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning
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THE ONLY WAY.

You seem to have lot Of relations
How do you keep track of them?"
II read the obituary column in the
papers every day
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Silver Bullion Hid in a Swamp
srecial to The JOURNAL.

5
a
bullion
olen from a SINE
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STATE TAX TINKERS.
The state tax commission, after a short
vacation, will resume its sessions at the capt.
tol Monday morning.
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Thousands of Girls Leave work.

New York, Aug 23-Two thousand FIVE
hundred girl shirt waist makers are now on
strike at seven workshops in this city, and it
is said that five more strikes will be ordered
to-day, involving 600 additional work women.
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adjoining the death chamber. He wept
continually. 1t required the utmost eff
forts Of four men to keep him on his feet.
When he was taken into the death cham
Der he broke down entirely, crying in a
childish voice, and praying that his life
be spared. Then he collapsed entirely and
fell to the floor.
Efforts to raise him and keep him on
his feet were fruitless. Finally Sheriff
Cudihee ordered that board be brought
To this Nordstrom was tied. 1t required
six men to hold him for the operation.
Several times Nordstrom seemed to speak,
but his words were unintelligible. The
six men who had held him raised his
body on the board and with great effort
succeeded in getting him upon the scaf-
fold. There he was placed upright, while
four men stood on the four sides Of the
trap and held him. In less than two
seconds after the condemned man had
been fastened the trap was sprung This
was at 9:49. Nordstrom was pronounced
dead at 1902.
Seattle, Wash, Aug. 23.-Charles w.
Nordstrom, who was hanged in the garret
of the King county courthouse at $50 this
morning, committed the deed for which
he was convicted nine years ago, Nov. 80,
1891. The Nordstrom case is celebrated
one, having been fought back and forth in
the courts for nine years. During that
time the condemned man managed to es-
cape the gallOWs several times for one rea-
son or another.
Nordstrom worked during the fall of
1891 for Thomas Mason, a rancher near
Cedar mountain in this county. He had a
dispute about the amount of wages due
him. Rhe sum involved was 1886. On
the night of the murder, William Mason
was sitting down to supper with his
father. Someone fired shot from outside
the window. Young Mason pitched for
ward and died in short time
Investigation showed the prints of the
murderer's feet as he had stood beside a
fence corner and rested his rifle on the
top rail. The next day officers took up
the chase The murderer was tracked over
long stretch of country. Several days
later Nordstrom, with a Winchester rife
of the same calibre with which the victim
was murdered, was arrested on the rail-
road track near Cedar mountain. He told
conflicting stories. On trial he was con-
victed.
The case was appealed to the supreme
court of this state which refused to grant
new trial. Congressman James Hamil-
ton Lewis became associate counsel in the
case. He fought the case in the federal
court on writ of habeas corpus which
was denied. He carried the matter to the
supreme court Of the United States and
lost. He then went to the superior court
of King county and asked for a commits
sion Of physicians to examine into the
mental condition of Nordstrom. This was
granted. The doctors pronounced the man
sane. Lewis demanded jury trial as to
Nordstrom's sanity. The superior court
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Presidents of Different Unions
Hold a Conference
MINERS HELPING HAND
No Sympathetic Strike, but Con.
tributions of Cash.
NO EFFORT FOR SETTLEMENT
Combine Officials VIII PerSevere in
Opening Mills Gradually With
NOn-UniOR Workers.

Pittsburg. Aug. 2S.-President Shaffer
has announced that President John Mitch
ell OF the United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea, Grand Master Sargent of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen, President
White OF the Garment Workers of Amer
lea, Ralph w. Easley of the National
Civic Federation and J. w. jerks of the
Industrial commission will meet him at
Amalgamated headquarters at O'Clock
this afternoon. The meeting, he said, had
not been prearranged. They came here
without instructions and with a desire
only to look over the situation.
statement probably will be issued at
the close of the meeting. Outsiders stated
that the outcome of the conference either
will be a complete plan to end the struggle
or more comprehensive effort at forcing
the fight into the strongholds of the COM
bine.
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Pittsburg. Aug. pa rumor was cur
rent this morning that a conference had
been arranged for this afternoon at Anal
gamated headquarters in which President
Shaffer, President John Mitchell Of the
United Mine Workers Of America, Grand
Master Sargent of the Brotherhood Of Lo-
comotive Firemen. President Henry White
Of the Garment Workers of America, and
Ralph w. Easley. secretary of the National
Civic Federation of Chicago, were expected
to take part.
Presidents Shaffer and Mitchell, A. z.
Martin OF New York and John NJ. White
held conference in the morning at the
Hotel Henry, but nothing was done and
Presidents Mitchell, White and Shaffer
left about noon for the Amalgamated
headquarters, where they were closeted
for some time. Ralph Easley stated that
his business with President Shaffer was
not connected with the strike. He knew
Of no preparations for peace. President
Mitchell declined to say what action was
likely to be taken. only admitting that
plans for the aid of the strikers cause
were to be considered.