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New-York tribune., 1903-07-14
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New-York tribune., 1903-07-14
JUNE EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC PRODUCTS

The exports of domestic products. embracing
breadstuffs provisions, cotton and mineral oils for
June and for the twelve months ended on June
80. compared with previous years are as follows:
New-York tribune., 1903-07-14
AMERIcAN sECuRITIEs ARR0An

London, July 13. p. m.-The market for Amer
ican securities was irregular, closing steady al
small price changes Last quotations follow:
New-York tribune., 1903-07-14
tations were:
STOCKS.

Closing prices yesterday of the principal active
securities and net changes from Saturdays quo
New-York tribune., 1903-07-14
GAS COMPANIES.

MISCELLANEOUS GAS coMPANlIe
Furnished by William f Nichols & CO. Ne = ~
New-York tribune., 1903-07-14

INTERNATIONAL STEAM PUMP.
International Steam Pump has issued its full
pamphlet report the year ended March 81, 1898.
Detailed results follow,
New-York tribune., 1903-07-14

The statement Of the IT. r Clahin Company FOR
six months ended June 80 1905 is issued, and COM
Mares follows
New-York tribune., 1903-07-14

INACTIVE STOCKS.
Furnished by William z Nichols & Co No Is wall,
New-York tribune., 1903-07-14
MISCELLANEOUS SECURITIES
ACTIVE STOCKS.

! FURNISHED by William F. Nichols & Co. No I. m
Bid. Asked p ~
New-York tribune., 1903-07-14
THE H. 8. cLAFLIN COMPANY.

increase tDecrease.
New-York tribune., 1903-07-14

92s.sls Total sales for the DAY. Unlisted.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
RAILROAD NOTES,

Gross earnings of the Great Western for, the
first first week of April, 1903. show an increase of
The Northern Pacific is building new eight
stall ro1ndhouse at Milnor. n. D.. and will make
other improvements at that point. New steel
has been ordered for that division Of the road.
of the general superintendents and general man
ayers of the railways centering In St. Paul and
Minneapolis, met yesterday afternoon in the
office of the general superintendent of the Great
Northern railway.
:. The Northern Pacific application to increase
live stock rates between Elk River, Anoka and
Duluth was heard yesterday by the state railroad
and warehouse commission, and the commission.
ers took the matter under advisement. A deci-
sion Is expected Saturday.
All of the 500 steamers which cleared from
eastern ports several days ago have arrived at
caIgoes. Regular lake traffic has been estab.
lished by the 500 line. and within a day or two
time schedule will be published.
The steamer Cyclone. which came up the river
Tuesday evening from Wabasha on the first voy-
age of the season. left for down-river points yes.
terday morning. The first Diamond 10 steamer,
Dubuque. will leave st. Logis May.1 for up-riyei
At the annual meeting of the New York Cen.
tral electors in Albany yesterday no proposition
for the consolidation of the road with any other
noted, that of Of Edward Y w Rossiter to succeed md
Samuel y. Babcock.g deceaser. No increase OF
capital stock was alluded to.
The directors of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
| company have authorized President Thomas to
proceed at once with the consolidation Of the
various lines owned and controlled by the com
pany in New Work and Sew Jersey a These
Greneville & Hudson, Aiddlesex. Perth Amboy
Raritan. Pittstown Branch, Easton & Amboy
New tses
Lehigh Valley railway. in New York.
The annual report of the mileage bureau Of the
Central Passenger Association shows that during
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
SWITCHING CHARGES
Wisconsin CentraI's Action In Chicago
Makes Other Lines Squirm.

Makes Other Lines Squirm.
Western railway executives are consid-
ering in Chicago to-day the absorption of
switching charges. After one system Sc
cured a ruling that it was unlawful to
absorb switching charges or pay drayage
unless the tariff filed with the commission
stated that this would be done, the Wis
consin Central formally gave notice that
it would pay switching or drayage charges
to or from it's tracks for industries located
on other tracks.
When this action was known, tariff Of
ficials of other roads terminating at Chi
cago held a meeting and brought all pos
sible pressure to bear on the, Wisconsin
Central to change it's policy. 1t steadfastly
refused to Go so, and then the other roads
agreed to ignore it's payment of switch
ing charges and adhere to their policy OF
making shippers pay these charges in ad-
dition to the regular freight rates.
The result has been that the Wisconsin
Central has gained a lot of business at
the expense of other roads. Some Of them
notified the chairman of the Western
Freight association that unless the Wis
consin Central quit paying switching and
drayage charges they would have to fol-
low the Wisconsin Central. Hence the
call for a special meeting Of the execu-
tive officers.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
st. Paul's Carload Business.

The st. Paul Chamber of Commerce
has completed the following comparative
statistics Of carload business done for
March: Receipts for March, % 2,O1S,
against 14.752 for March, 1902, a gain of
1886; the shipments for the same month
Of 1908 were l., ,O31 carloads, against II 1881
for the same month of the previous year,
an increase of 700 cars.
Carloads received at the Minnesota
Transfer for March, 1908, were 17,24S,
against 15,753 for the same month of
1902, gain for the year of !, ,495 cars; the
shipments for the same month were II,
ISL cars, against 1871 for the same
month last year, gain for the year OF
1000 cars.
Carloads received by the st. Paul Union
stock yards for March, 1908, were Loaf
and the total shipments were 1881
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
RAILROADS.
HE FAILS TO SEE"
VIM. H. Truesdale Doesn't See How
Merger Decision Can Affect
Coal Roads. r
Decision Is Said Also Not to Preju-
dice the Oregon Short Line
Bonds.

New York, April 16.-In view of the
Northern Securities decision some uncer-
tainty has been expressed in regard to
the Oregon Short Line per cent bonds.
1t is said. however, that the decision does
not prejudice the bonds. President w. H
company said apropos of certain reports
affecting the coal carrying railroads and
coal companies: II fail to see how the
Northern Securities decision affects the
status Of the big coal roads They are
not controlled by any holding company
but are as distinctly separate as they
can be. The Temple Iron company does
not control any coal road. It administers
the affairs of certain coal and iron prop.
critics." ...
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
Reduced Tariffs Filed.

Several railroads have been filing re-
duced tariffs with the interstate commerce
commission, and considerable anxiety is
manifested by officials over the prospect OF
repetition of conditions which prevailed
before Jan. 1 when over 1,1OO tariffs CIV
ing reduced rates on various articles OF
freight were on file Most of the tariffs
lately filed give reduced rates on export
grain and flour from Chicago to Liverpool
by way of the Illinois Central and New
Orleans. The Elkins law provides that
the inland rates must be quoted, and the
New York roads are doing so on exports
by way Of that city, but the Illinois Cen
trail ignores the law on exports via New
Orleans and quotes the thru rates only.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
dele ct al; lot 20, block s, Cutters addition

dele ct al; lot 20, block g. Cutters addition;
$115O
Lyman d. Baird and wife to Jacob Schmit; lot
S, Walters subdivision; $l.s5O.
Ida w. Campbell and husband to Hamer r.
Dickinson lot 26. block IT, Forest Heights; $500.
Chute Bros. company to Charles J. Sather; lot
2, block q, Highland Park addition; 81 1,025:
George G. Davis (assgnee etc.) to William
NJ. Crawford and wife; lot II, block 2, Motor
Line addition; So, $50.
Julia Il. Bowen and husband to Anna W. Paul
son., in section H. township lis. range 81; $780,
j. II. Duryea and wife to hattie A. eastman ct
al. lot 33. block Q, Forest Heights: 81 $50.
|! Charles eastman and wife to J. Henry Nolin:
one-half interest in lot 49, block 2, Harmony Ter
race; 5000.
Charles eastman ct al. to J. III. Duryea; lot 16,
block 2, Harmony Terrace; $3.50.
Jakub Polczak and wife to Pauline Pelowsk !;
part of lot Z, block II, Bottineau's addition;
$1.675.
a7sElla P. Macarthur and: husband to Mary E.
blackburn; part of block 2, Rollins addition;
$780, - - 81 ~ .z5z
Isaac II. Chase and wife to John r. Wilcox;
lot 1, block 16, Bottineau's addition; 5000.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
A Question of Tradino.

The Transcontinental Passenger asso-
citation at Portland, Oregon, next week
will take up the question Of regulating
the method of handling transportation
traded by railroad companies to certain
concerns in payment of services or arti-
cles furnished It is alleged that one
manufacturing concern has obtained sew.
eral passes or tickets emitting it's repre-
sentatives to travel on the railroads, thu
permits being given in payment for type
writer's sold to the companies. But tn,
tickets turn up afterward in the hands O
other persons and it is charged that the,
have been sold by the original holders a
less than the regular rates.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
PASSENGER Men Go, West.

c. S. Fee, general passenger agent of
the Northern Pacific, will leave tonight
for Portland, Oregon, to attend the meet
ing of the Transcontinental Passenger as
sociation. Mr.. Fee will have as guests
in his private car. G. T. Nicholson, pas
senger traffic manager Of the Santa Fe;
A. H. Hanson, general passenger agent OF
the Illinois Central, and his assistant
Samuel Hatch; j. P. Elmer, general pas
senger agent of the Great Western; F. T.
Whitney, general passenger agent of the
Great Northern; B. N. Austin, general
passenger agent of the Baltimore & Ohio
and J. L. Stack Of Chicago
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
TRANSFORMATION Of the Dead.

Chicago, April 16.-Hereafter no one
need fear, should he die in strange coun-
try of contagious disease that the rail-
roads will refuse to transport his remains
to the land of his birth. At a conference
held here last night between representa-
tives of the state health boards Of the
National Funeral association and Of gen
eral baggage agents, it was decided that
present restrictions with regard to the
transportation Of dead bodies should be
less rigidly observed. The Improvement
in the methods of preparing bodies for
burial and the prevailing scientific use
of disinfectants are the cause Of the
change.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
Trans.Central American.

A new railroad which is expected to di-
vert to American ports a large share of
Central American exports is to be built
across Central America from the Pacific to
the Atlantic with one terminus at Puerto
Barrios. The freight will be carried by
way Of the gulf to Pensacola or New Or
leans. This route will reduce the time
from two months to two weeks. One
hundred and forty miles are completed
James McNaught, former counsel of the
Northern Pacific, is president of the syn
djcate .,,i.,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
Winnipeg SeIkirk Trolley.
peciAl to The Journal.

Winnipeg, Man., April 1e.-The Winni-
peg. Selkirk & Lake Winnipeg Electric
Railway company purposes to build road
from Winnipeg to SellSirk, beginning work
at as early date as possible. At a meet
ing of the council of the municipality of
Kildoman. the road was granted a thirty
five year franchise, and twenty five years
exemption from taxation, on condition
that the work Of building thru that muni-
cipality was begun not later than May l.;
and completed, and service furnished not
later than Nov, J.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16

the four years Of it's operation the bureau sold
total of 100000 mileage books Of the inter
changeabe type. This is an average Of 100000
sent 1.O0O. 600, 900 miles of travel The books
sold represent an original outlay of $50 1000 COO
but the figures show that the bureau paid the
rebates OH unused portions of the books total
Of $1O,000,OoO Accordingly the revenue to the
railroads from the of the mileage books for
four years was $50, 900, 900.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
TRIPLE TRUNK LINE
To Be Built by Gould Interests Across
Nebraska.

Nebraska.
Gould interests, represented in the Mis-
souri, Pacific, plan the building of three
trunk lines across Nebraska. The start
ing point will be Virginia, Neb., a town
of $50 inhabitants, one of the present ter
minals of the Missouri Pacific in Nebras~
ka. A line from Virginia to Beatrice is
under way. The road is the Kansas City
Beatrice & Northwestern. Beatrice is
the first junction point of the new trunk
lines One line will be built due west to
Denver. The northwest branches will be
built from Beatrice. A junction is to be
made at a new town near Plato, in Sa-
lima county. From a new town, the site
Of which has not been selected. one branch
will. go north into the northern Nebraska
and Dakota wheat fields. The other
branch will go northwest either thru
Grand Island or Prosser. Neb. The Denver
branch will be straight west thru tho
larger towns Of southern Nebraska.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16

Mary A. Hubbard to James E. Gardner; lot 3,
block 2, Dorsey's addition: ST 900. =
James E. Gardner and wife to Kate L. Foster;
lot ,, block 2, Dorsey's addition; $1,000. =,
Kate L. Foster and husband to James f. Gard
ner; lot 3, block 2 Dorsey's addition: ST. 900.
Kate L. Foster and husband to James e. Gard
ner: lot s. block 8, J. G. Lemons addition;
Peter J. Samson and husband to William Berg
lund ct al; part Of lots 10 and 20, block L.
Harrison Street supplement; 81 .275.
Eranciska Knapp to Frederick H. Porter: ct
al; in section 1. township 2s range a. $500.
James II. Marvin to George ". Yates; lot 5,
Davidson's subdivision. and lot 6, Gould Connor
& Beemans subdivisions; 81 800. -. -
Eight minor deeds: $5.0G1.
Total, 50 deeds; $37 $40.
carey's Magnesa Cement Footing,
The only roofing material that grows bet
ter with age. Try it. w. S. Mott Com
panw, both phones 1916. ,tz-s>s%e =: a..
Bottle Blood Wine. Free - ..
Sample bottle at Voegelis
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Phebe II. Lewis and husband to Izilda J. Dick
son; lot !, block 6, Bloomington Avenue addition
81 15OO.
James Fl. Bissell and wife to Hattie e. Dustin
lot H. block 4, Prospect Park, first division re
vised $315.
Bovey-De Laittre Lumber company to Lena c.
Schroeder; lot 10, block 6l, Remington's secont
addition; 81, $50.
Andrew Goth to Simon Goth. DR. in section "a
township 12O, range 23; 81 ,SOOs ,,#s B. :,
st. Anthony Falls bank ito Royal Guile; lott
IA and 10, block s, McAlilan's addition; 81 600
Dennis Loughnane and wife to William Vel
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16

or all the sad conditions and pitiful sit
uations in the pathetic scenes of human
life, there are none that so touches the
tender chord of feeling and causes the
heart to sink like tho sight of the poor
crippled boy. who in his manly effort to
earn his way and in his search for
work from door to door meets with the
most rcpelling rebuff everywhere he goes,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
WORKING ON DETAILS
Tralnmen Committeeman Completing
Agreement with the N. p,

Members of the general trainmen COM
mittees of the Northern Pacific will be
coupled several days in completing the
details Of the agreement with the manage
ment Of the road: The wage increase
dates back to March 1 and the double
header agreement becomes effective May
]. A. B. Garretson of the Order of Rail
way Conductors and W. I. Newman Of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen will re-
main in the city to work with the COM
mittees Of the Great Northern Railway.
The committees will advise the general
officers Of the Great Northern within a
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
Inn Crippled;
Says Little Willie Peterson.
NoOne Wants Me. -

when dire necessity, by the grim twinges
Of want. in utter despair forces him to the
conclusion, I'm crippled; no one wants
me-" as it did little Willie Peterson.
If you are crippled, write the Bone-Set-
ter at Hudson, Wis, say how you are
crippled enclose stamp. and mention this
paper His work for cripples is wonder.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
Facts About a Great Work.

The current issue of the Engineering
News has an article on the Des Moines
river viaduct Of the Mason City & Fort
Dodge, or Great Western, at Fort Dodge,
Iowa.. The article5i is by. Chief Engineer
H. c. Keith It is illustrated and goes
into detail in describing the foundation,
superstructure and the engineering
processes used in building this noted via
duct - 't.--. -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
FLOUR EMBARGO LIFTED

Milwaukee Road Now in Shape to Take
Eastern Shipments. q.
The Milwaukee roads embargo against
lake shipments in force several weeks
has been raised and to-day flour will be
received. The lake warehouses of the
company have been cleared at Milwaukee
and Chicago and the road is again in po-
sition to receive flour cargoes.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16

few days that they are ready to corfer on
the question of wages and other matters
in dispute ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-16
CROWDED WITH SETTLERS
Transcontlnental Trains Westward Bound
Thru Twin Cities.

Merchants profited yesterday by the in
fux of settlers bound for the northwest.
Many of them stopped the day in the city
and bought articles for use in the new
country. About $500 settlers passed thru
town on the three transcontinental lines.
All day the trains going west were
crowded. a
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22
uou He Was Caurht.

We'll. l said then, there is something very curious about the figures in this let ter of transmittal. Permit me to tell you something about the numbering of United States currency which you, perhaps. are not familiar with
 T could see that the postmaster was beginning to wriggle nervouely.
 "'The serial numbers on the bills or the respective denominations went on are divisible by certain numbers-some denominations by the number 3. others by the number f. others by 5, and so on. Now. a peculiar thing about the oill numbers in this letter of transmittai or yours Is that in many cases they are not divisible by the figure of the denomina- tions to which the bills respectively be- long, and therefore since you admit that you yourself wrote this letter Of trans initial and that there could be no possi- bility of mistake as to so many or the numbers of the bills, 1t would seem that
 "'That took the money and purposeiy changed the pill numbers in the letter or transmittal-and that Is right put In the postmaster, covering his face with ms hands and breaking down.
 ".As I say the accusing finger need only be pointed at a slant at the suhty man and he will quickly succumb. unless he is an habitual criminal. and for this reason the work of detectives In most cases of dishonesty is great deal easier than 1t is commonly supposed to be-"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22

from the crowd and another gun was fired. Nearly every squaw present was in the race. as 1t Is a sort of free-for-aii and any of the women are at liberty to
 run If they desire. The first one to the
 buggy won 1t.
 Other races were pulled off, and the fif- teen ponies given by the bridegroom for
 relatives of the bride and some to the
 white people in attendance. The best
 mart of the ceremony, to the Indians. was
 vet to come. The feast had been pre-
 pared during the other part or the cere- mony. and all sat down to eat. picnic
 fashion. The bride and bridegroom sat at the head of the table on the ground.
 surrounded by their relatives and those
 who had taken part in the marriage.
 while all of the other Indians sat around and stuffed themselves with the eatables
 provided with the $500 put up by the
 bridegroom.
 According to custom, when two young
 people 20 through this ceremony and
 then eat together at the feast. 1t sfgnihes
 the end of the wedding, and they are
 considered welded. The bridegroom.
 having had all the say in the matter, is
 usually ready and willing to eat, but the
 bride, having had nothing to do with It.
 sometimes refuses, which signifies that she Is unwilling to wed Her reIusai makes little difference ordinarily, because she must eat sometime, and she is sim ply starved into a willingness to accept her husband.
 Bonniecastfe will build a home for his wife at Pawhuska, and they will live among the whites at the agency. A little later they expect to take an extended wedding trip through the East. The Osage Indians are the richest tribe or nation of people in the world. and this l woman is probably the richest female on the reservation. She has about $3O,000 worth of property, bes.~es her share in the tribes general money and her an
 nuity from the Government. Bonniecas-
 tie is worth about s2O,0o0 in his own nams having inherited half of his parents property. The brides father Is dead, and
 she received his entire share of the gen. eral money and his land.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22
Worked a shrewd Game.

"The other quick acknowledgment of theft, under pressure. was that of the postmaster of a good-sized Far Western town. This man had possessed reputa- ton for sterling integrity. and the case had to be handled with kid gloves. His method was ingeniously simple. He made up q package of currency to be re- mitted to Washington. The package con tained $2,OOO in bills of various denomina- tions The postmaster did up the pack age, carefully sealing it in the presence of two or three employees of his post office Then he placed 1t in the pouch and fastened the pouch. leaving the pouch in his office ready to be taken to the east bound train. He prepared the usual let ter of transmittal, to be sent by separate mail, the letter giving list of the num- bers of the bills forwarded in the cur ency package. But the postmaster alter ed the end figures of some of these bill nuhmbers. His Idea in doing t...s was a shrewd one. in one sense; but there are. as you will see. all sorts of ways of spiking the schemes of these too shrewd people. He knew that the number of the bills as given in his letter of transmittal would be used to trace the bills, and as he intended to spend those bills himself he purposely changed the numbers so that there would be, as he thought, no possibility of tracing the bills to him.
 That same night, while there was a party going on at the postmaster's home, he slipped down to his office. cut hole in the bottom of the fastened pouch to give an air of verislmilitude to the thing, as it were, abstracted the package of cur rency, put the money in his pocket and then returned to the party as cool as q cucumber. The pouch started on it's way to Washington without the hole in the bottom being noticed for some time.
 When the money failed to reach Washington along with the letter of transmittal I was the one chosen to go out and investigate the case After the very first glance at the letter of trans initial I knew that the postmaster him self was the thief. I peered around his office for a day or SO just to throw him of his guard. and then corralled him fin his office. I had d couple of solid men with me.
 MT. J..' I said to the postmaster, producing the letter of transmittal, which was in his own handwriting, you wrote this letter of transmittal' didn't
 "'why. certainly did. he replied. still Are you perfectly sure that you got