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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10
Tale of an Accident Bulletin.

If the interstate commerce commission
has failed to accomplish all that the pro
moters Of the law under which it works
thought it would sixteen years ago, in
the way Of stopping unjustifiable discrim-
nations, secret rate-cutting and other
abuses, it has proven itself to be a very
excellent bureau of statistics as to rail
ways and railway business. There has
been some lessening Of abuses, but. the
main purpose Of the creation OF the COM
mission, as the commission itself admits,
has not been attained. The law itself,
indeed, contradicts itself. by avowing the
purpose Of maintaining competition, while
making provision for fines and penalties
for every variation from published rates.
The law works we'll, however, in it's pro-
visions for the collection of statistics.
The bulletin on railway accidents, just
issued, covering the period July, August
and September, 1901, is a suggestive docu-
ment; although relating to events a year
ago. During those months 725 persons
were killed and 10,4S7 were injured by
casualties Of all kinds. OF these fifty
There were 2,249 collisions and derail-
ments. of which 217 collisions and ninety
derailments affected passenger trains.
Coupling and uncoupling killed fifty en-
ployes and injured 454. Many accidents
| occurred through a deficiency of air
brakes on the cars. There has been a
great dininutton Of coupler casualties
-
coupler law. 49,
The report shows forty-two passengers
killed and $50 injured while getting on or
off the cars (carelessly, OF course), and
102 trainnen were killed and 1888 injured
from the same cause. II gates were set up
to keep people from getting on or off a
train until it comes to stop, the casual-
ties would be greatly diminished. The
Twin City Rapid Transit company has
found this gate arrangement a profitable
investment in preventing actions for dam
ages.
The majority Of the derailments and
collisions are shown to be preventable,
Collisions are due to either earelessness
in train dispatching or forgetfulness Of
orders by conductors or engineers. The
derailments reported by the commission
were DUE in 1874 cases, to defects Of road.
ways; in 452 cases, to defects of equip
ment; In seventy three cases to negligence
of trainmen, signalmen, ETC.; in sixty-sis
cases to unforeseen distractions; In twenty
cases to malicious obstruction OF track
and in 257 cases to other causes no,
specified. A landslide Is something which
cannot be foreseen and injury can only b.
prevented by trackmen, mile or tive
apart who could signal in time to pre-.
| vent train from running into the OBJ
struction.
There have been many serious railwa,
/ accidents during the past few months
The derailment on the North Western ii
) easily assignable to the fact that the trai1
| was reported as running at the rate 8
!, Iffty-fv miles an hour on q desperatel,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10
THE OUTCOME NOT IN DOUBT.
Aberdeen Is. d. News.

The democratic congressional commit
tee has outlined its plan of campaign.
The issues named are the tariff, the
Philippine question and the trusts. The
people have passed upon the Philippine
question irrevocably; a considerable por-
ton, perhaps the majority, of the repub-
licans, headed by the republican congress
sfonal committee, favor revising the tar
If; President Roosevelt and his officers
are pursuing the. trusts to the limit OF
all the law there is on the subject in the
absence Of an amendment to the consti-
tuition, which was defeated by the demo-
Gratis, to increase the power Of congress
in the premises. The outcome cannot be
in doubt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10
LITERARY NOTES.

Owen Wister has written biogra ply OF
Oliver Wendell Holmes for the American
Men of Letters series.
In London the coronation poem busi-
ness has been considerably overdone. The
poets all thought the poet laureate was
not equal to the occasion and they under
took to write the ode, each one accord
ing to his own fancy.
1t is said in London that King Edward
VII. never reads a novel. This is bosh.
1t is more than likely that he knighted
Conan Doyle because of 1.-THE Hound OF
the Baskervilles.''
Houghton, Miff1in & Co. announce a
new Riverside edition of the works of the
late Bret Harte.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

Cohen, the indicted pawnbroker, who
has assiduously stayed away from Mime
apolis so long, protests his innocence and
affects resentment because the deputy
sheriff treated him as a man under indict-
ment, and SO reluctant to face it as Cohen
has been, should be treated If Mr.. Cohen
is so particular about tender. respectful
treatment he ought to have done a few
things that would have insured It to him
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

The best way the citizen can perform
his duty at the primary election is to
vote for the men he considers best fitted
to fill the offices for which they are can
d1dates. The man who tries to place his
vote where 1t will fall into the band wagon
may miss his guess. Primary elections
are full Of surprises. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10
Copyright, 1902, by McClure's Newspaper
Syndicate.

Copyright, 1902, by McClure's Newspaper
Syndicate.
When Put Mandego came down the
straits from Chicago way, every girl from
Mackinac to Moose island sent out her
heart to greet the dirty gray sails of his
schooner.
Not to greet Put; no, indeed. For fif-
teen years he had passed through the
straits once a week from May to Novem-
Der. and not girl had waved her hand to
him except Joe Nevaire's Gabrielle. She
had watched for him from the first year
when he had swabbed the decks Of the
Bon Ami, and now the last year he re-
turned her master, steering her as captain
and owner BOTH The word had gone be-
fore him like silver tongued herald that
with the schooner had also come to him
as an inheritance from old Scott Mandego
his father, the little house down on Man
diego point and matter of $4,000 or SO, 900.
So Put sailed as a conqueror, and Of all
the bright eyes along the shore that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

Anthracite mine operators insist on I'M
conditional surrender of the strikers How
would they like unconditional surrender
Of their properties to the state? They
might suggest arbitration if such a de-
mand were made
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10
AFRAID OF MORGAN.
Milwaukee Sentinel

The editor Of the Commoner is afraid
something will happen il laws are not
passed to restrain men like Mr.. Morgan
from financing the great companies that
are marking the birth of a new era in
American Industrial life. Mr.. Bryan likes
the old order and opposes the new. He
plants himself squarely upon the track OF
progress and waves his red flag indus
triously.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

The Union Veterans Union is against
Judge Torrance's proposition for the G..
A. R. to assist in building homes for con-
federate veterans. But the Union Veter-
ans Union Is an organization of old SOL
diers for. political purposes, including, it
may not be unfair to say, the waving Of
the tattered remains of the bloody shirt.
Poor fellows! They are indeed to be
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

Of the postmaster there, Editor Gronlund
of the Tyler Journal wrote him applying
for the place. Mr.. Eddy replied that the
appointment was in Mr.. McCleary's
hands. and wrote to Mr.. McCleary recon-
mending Mr.. Gronlund. Three or four
weeks ago he was at the postoffce de-
partment and looked over the files of the
Tyler office to see If the appointment had
been made. He found there letter from
Mr.. Bowling to the postmaster general,
saying in substances: r-
a''Nfr. McCleary has or will call on you
shortly and recommend that no appoint
ment Of a postmaster be made in Tyler,
Lincoln county, until after Sept. 16, which
is the date Of holding the congressional
primaries in our state. This is a move
directly in the interest of my candidacy
On the back of this was a pencil in
dorsement: ..G
Mr.. McCleary has called and requests
that no action be taken until October
The democratic Wabasha Herald says:
eve would prefer a democratic repre-
sentative from this district, but if this
can not be had, Mr.. Tawney, standing on
his present platform, will make a better
representative than any new man his
party can put up
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

Four blast furnaces are to be erected IN
Cardiff. Wales, and four in Middlesborough
by Philadelphia firm.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10
22s VARIETIES IN AL.
Boston Transcript

Boston Transcript.
Entomologists declare that the sugar
cane has 227 varieties Of insect enemies.
These, It is hardly necessary to say, are In
addition to the sugar-beet politicians.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

That jolly comic opera monarch, king
Dodo," with Raymond Hitchcock in the
title role, assisted by Cheridah Simpson,
Greta Risley, Flora Isabelle, Margaret Nc
Kinney, Arthur DEACON, Arthur Wooley
William Corliss and a peerless chorus of
sprightly and beautiful girls is booked to
hold court at the Metropolitan for three
nights and matinee beginning next Thurs
day.
Miss Rose Melville, in her quaint comedy
drama, Sis Hopkins. is holding the
boards at the Bijou. This clever actress
and her splendid company of fun makers
who portray rural life In Posey county.
Ind, are pleasing large audiences.
In "Her Marriage Vow which will be
given for the first time In this city at the
Bijou next week, it Is said thrilling eli
makes and sensational scenes abound. The
author asserts that he wrote the play from
real life. He has created thoroughly HUI
man characters, and dealt with the down
tredden In most graphic style.
The Christian" as presented at the
Lyceum this week by the Ferris Stock
company Is drawing large audiences, and
from the present indications it will pack
this pretty playhouse for the remaining
performances. Next week the Ferris com
pany will present for the first time in
Minneapolis a strong French drama, 1.-THE
Creole" The play tells the story of q
beautiful creole woman with an insane de-
sire to be avenged on the man she loves
who had married another, and Of her final
incarceration In an insane asylum.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

Chicago society 10 agitated over the pro
priety OF paying calls by telephone.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10
EDDY sticks to TYLER story.

Congressman Eddy has written w. c..
Starr, editor of the Lamberton Star, to
back up his statement regarding the Tyler
postoffce. He says that after the death
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10
The Nonpareil Man
Casually Observed.

The Grand Shark of the Universe is
busy with the Hoo Hoo nonsense at Mil
waukee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

A woman at Ashland, Wis, was COM
m1tted to the asylum for incessant
talking, not having stopped for three days.
1t annoyed her husband, who didn't seem
able to get used to it, 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10
ADJUSTMENTS
Foyer Chat.

Ill. .:-. ~ ~ Foyer Chat.
Standing room only marked the first
matinee performance of "Old Limerick
Town" at the Metropolitan to-day, and
Olcott's new songs and new play seemed
to please the huge audience. The play
runs through the remainder of the week
with matinee again Saturday.
Haverly's Minstrels, with the fayorite
comedian. George Wilson, at the head of
a long list of burnt cork celebrities, will
occupy the stage Of the Metropolitan for
four nights and matinee commencing next
Sunday. -..E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

Alonzo j. Whiteman has been filling
several pulpits in his native county in
New York during the absence of the pas
tors on their vacations. Mr. Whiteman is
versatile gentleman, either very much
abused or. else wearing split hoof in his
shoe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

Mr.. Bryan announces that he is still
living and all the old seed republicans
from Mark Hanna down are filed with
joy and gladness.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-10

Nearly all the volcanoes are spellbind-
ing, the Hawaiian, Alaskan, Japanese
and Italian mountains are getting hat
beXes and violating the anti-smoke ordi-
nances. ..
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

Geo. w. Hubbard, sheriff, fee report.
Geo. w. Hubbard, sheriff, board of
prisoners.
T. A. Williams, clerk Of court, jur-
or and witness report.
The following bill was allowed and
warrant ordered drawn: I.
j. l.. Fisco, road work, district
The clerk certified to the board the
names of persons serving as judges
and clerks Of election, and the board
fixed the compensation in the amount
set opposite their respective names,
~aggregating a total Of 1929. War
rants were ordered drawn for such
amounts.
The board adjourned until Deem
Der 2, 1902, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Attest: NAT G.. CARWILE,
County Clerk.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
invitation to the Football Game.

The pupils in the lower grades of
the Minneapolis public school are
fully as much interested in football
as their elders. One Of the rooms
in the Lyndale primary department
has organized a team, which is to
meet opponents from another district
next Saturday. AS a bit of mental
exercise, the teacher requested each
boy to write her an invitation to at
tend the game. The captain" a
frowsy-headed urchin of 10, after
much effort presented the following:
Dear Teacher-We are going to
play football next Saturday. We would
like to have you there. Be sure and
bring your football and your football
pants"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
OFFICIAL
OF the Board of County Commissions
ers, Yellowstone County.

Billings, Mont, Dec. 1, 1902.
The board met this day in regular
session, at 10 O'Clock a. M; there
were present ". O. Parker, chairman;
S. X. DeveriIl, G. M. Jacobs and Nat.
G. Carwile, clerk.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The official bonds of the following
township officers were approved and
filed:
Henry w. Ostrander, justice of the
peace, Musselshell.
F. L. Mann, justice of the peace,
Billings.
VIM. McMorris, justice of the peace,
Park City.
E. S. Jackson, constable, Billings.
J. L. Greenwood, constable, Park
City.
The following quarterly reports
reports were approved and filed:
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

The following bills were not allow
ed:
Will Roberts, mileage j. P.
court -. ...... 1888. =. $500
Ada Roberts, mileage j.. P.
court -. 80. j. ...... =. 1900
The board adjourned until Deem
Der 4, 1902, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
Sheep Lost

500 sheep lost between Glasgow
Mccormick Springs. Some are aranded
i some some q and some u all with
black paint.
l will pay % cents per head for intor-
nation leading to recovery OF any o.
said sheep. J. b. LONG.
Great Falls, Mont.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

On Thursday evening another of the
series of semi-monthly dances being
given by the members of the B. F.
o. E. came off in Elk hall, and was
largely attended. Stirring music was
rendered by the West orchestra, and
those present enjoyed the occasion
greatly.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
POOR MEN KEEP SECRETS.
Refuse to DivuIge Them, Though
Tempted with Much Wealth.

SsstH@~N W. "INNbl vSoIksb |
Some poor men in this worlds
goods hold secrets that are worth
fortunes, but refuse to divulge them
though tempted by the prospect of
money enough to enable them to pass
the remainder of their lives in ease
and luxury. In England there is a
small cottage among the marshes on
the Thames which hides a secret that
Russia offered 100000 for less than
ten years ago. 1t is the spot that is
the key to the situation of the sub
marine mines guarding the worlds
metropolis. It is situated among doZ-
ems of similar structures and five
men who go to and from their daily
work like ordinary beings alone know
which it is and how the electric
switchboard it contains can be sc
manipulated as to sink a powerful
feet in ten minutes.
At a certain seaport on the east
coast of England there lives a grocer
who could let his premises to a Euro
pean power at a rental of thousands
a year if he chose. Adjoining his
cellars are the passages communi-
eating with the mines which control
the entrance to the harbor, and even
he is not permitted to crafty his
| curiosity, for several sets of doors
trusion of any unauthorized individ-
ual.
Whenever a secret treaty is arrang-
ed between this country and foreign
powers it is duly "set up" and print
ed by the government printers long
before the public has any idea that
negotiations are in progress. These
printers are paid no exorbitant wages
for their silence, though any n OF
them could sell the heads Of the
treaty to a foreign nation for a small
fortune.
In an American battleship there
are said to be over 500 secrets, any
one of which would command a fab
ulous price if put up for sale. In
building the ship a small army OF
workmen are engaged, to whom the
majority of these secrets are perfect
ly lucid. But, in spite of the fact that
their wages average about $40 a week,
it is an unheard-of occurrence for a
piece of secret information to leave
a dockyard.
The postmaster of a small village in
Ohio owns a secret which many un-
s%crupulous folk would pay much to
know. His name is Gustave Francks,
and, being an experienced. chemist,
he hit upon a method of removing
ink stains from used postage stamps
a short time ago, and to his credit be
it said that he laid the discovery be
fore the government. He was Of
Tered $4,000 for his silence, a bride
which he stoutly refused on the
grounds that his honesty was above
price.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
AMENDMENT
NOW IN FORCE
GovERMca ISSUES PRocLAMA-
TON TO THAT EFFECT.
CHANGES TERM OF OFFICE
Will Finally Result in EIecting One
County Commissioner Every
Two Years.

The constitutional amendment upon
which the voters of Montana voted
f%avorably at the late election became
effective today when Governor Toole
in accordance with the constitution
and the law issued a proclamation de-
claring the amendment effective.
The amendment provides for a
change in the term of service of the
county commissioners to be hereafter
elected. The effect of the amendment
will finally result in one member of
the board being elected every two
yearse for the term of six years.
The proclamation of the governor
announcing that the amendment is
effective follows:
Whereas, At the last general cleo
ton held in the state of Montana on
the 4th day of November, 1902, the
following amendment to section 4 Of
article Is, Of the constitution, relating
to county commissioners was sub
mitted to the qualified electors of this
state, to-wit:
"'That section 4, article 16, of the
constitution of the state Of Montana,
be amended so as to read as follows:
"'Section fin each county there
shall be elected three county COM
m~issioners, whose terms of office
shall be six years, provided that the
| term of of1ce of those elected on No
vember O, 1900, shall expire on the
| first Monday in January, 1907; provid-
ed further, that at the general cleo
| ton to be held in November, 1902 Tin
| counties where commissioners shall
be elected that year,, three commits
| sioners shall be elected whose terms
| shall expire on the first Monday in
January, 1907; provided further, that
at the general election to be held in
November, 1906, n commissioners
shall be elected for a term of two
years, one commissioner shall be elect
ed for a term of four years, and one
commissioner shall be elected for a
term of six years, whose term OF Of
fee shall commence on the said first
Monday of January, 1907; and pro-
vided further, that at each general
election thereafter one commissioner
shall be elected for a term of six
years.
ga vacancy in the board of county
commissioners shall be filled by ap-
pointment by the judge of the judicial
district in which the vacancy occurs.
"And whereas, The votes thereon
have been duly canvassed and certif'
ed as required by law,
"Now, ~theregore,. l J. K. Toole. gov
ernor of the state of Montana, pursu'
ant to the statute in such case made
and provided, do hereby declare and
proclaim that a majority of all the
votes cast aK said election for and
against said amendment was and is
in favor of said amendment and that
from and after this date said amend
ment will be in full force and effect
as a part of the constitution of this
state"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09
Expensive.

Shadrach, Mesach and Abednego
had Just been cast into the fiery fur
mace seven times heated.
"And to think" they exclaimed,
''all this for us, with coal at $40 a
toni"
Pleased at the honor shown them
they strolled about until thoroughly
warmed before starting the winter in
their Harlem Mathew York World.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

.n2l.
ton ..... -. -. $3.50. $50
Geo. Herbert, account election $50
Mark Hubbard, assisting county
clerk 80. -. -. $500. 24.00
Thos. Deckert, juror j. +. court 1.50
G. w. English, juror J.. P. court 1.50
F.. w. Lee, registry agent dis
trict No. 6 $3.50. -. -. 1000
w. l.. Linton, %coroner's juror 800
Jean P. Decker, coroner's juror 800
w. E. Hassler, registry agen
district No. 2, claimed $95
allowed -. -. -. -. 1000
Ben Trenholm, drayage account
jail ........ -. .. ...... 4.oV
S R. Salisbury, account election 1900
Park Holland, %coroner's juror 800
P. H. Smith, transportation
account smallpox 49,. -. 500
P. H. Smith, transporting pris-
oner to Jail ...... 80. -. 1.50
F. S. Carleton, constable fees 1900
G. H. Martien. account state
board Equalization -. . =. 500
Geo. w. Hubbard, board of pris-
oners ~. 655.5O
Geo. w. Hubbard, kilograms,
etc ...... 49,. ........... 33.46
A. P. Smith, commissions, etc. 1880
Cothron & Todd, account cleo
ton -. ..... -. ...... 21.50
Cothron & Todd, sundries :. 17.0C
E. E. Lightfoot, coroner's juror,
account assigned ...... -. GOO
F. w. Kriedler, mileage for or. $3.50
Billings State bank, physician
and cook at pest house =. . j.. 274.0(
Billings State bank, registry
agent district No. 3, claimed
sos, allowed go. 49,. -. :. 7O.Ot
Billings State bank. mileage
justice court, acct. assigned 23.2(
]. 1. Allen, registry agent dis
trict No. z. ...,. ........ TOO
D. G. Foley, %coroner's juror. 1.5(
Will j. Pulte, repairs at jail. 15.1!
D. W. Rowe, cook at pest house 26.0(
W.. B. Ten Eyck, witness insan-
lty case 80. 80. -. .... 5.V'
A. e. Ross, witness insanity
The board adjourned until Decem
Der 3, 1902, at 10 a.. m.
Attest: NAT. G. CARWILE,
County Clerk.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

Pays 5 per cent or savings depos.
it's. interest compounded quarterly.
Pays 6 FER cent on time certificates
of deposit, not subject to check.
Issues savings certificates on build
ing and loan plan with definite time
of maturity and definite payments.
Loans money on real estate to 20
repaid on monthly installments run
ming from n to ten years, to !
borrower.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-12-09

A masquerade ball was given in
connection with the dancing school
at Gruwell hall, in which a great many
dancing people participated. The cos
tunes we're varied and amusing.