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Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-06
wardsboro Choppers Get Various Wounds

Frank Gould OF South Wardsboro
while chopping in the woods recently
cut his leg just above the knee, max
ing an ugly looking wound, but it is
now doing we'll. Ralph Snyder of West
Wardsboro cut his left arm twice with
an axe recently. The first injury, a
lengthwise cash, was nearly healed
when the second cut across back of
wrist was inflicted.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-06

As Mrs. A. A. Nutting and Henry
Richardson of Hinsdale were starting
for home Wednesday evening about
half past eight the sleigh struck the
sewer CRATE near Taylor's store, throw
ing Mr.. Richardson out, rendering
him unconscious. breaking bone in
his right arm and cutting a cash in
his head. Mrs. Nutting escaped with
out any injury. The horse ran home.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-06
Death Of Prominent Mortified Native.

Elisha Morgan, the Springfield en-
velope and paper manufacturer, ana
one Of the most widely known of Amer
lean business men who died suddenly
Sunday was native OF Northheld
where he spent his boyhood, and where
he leaves numerous relatives. lie was
born at the Farms Sept. 7, 1888, the
son of Elisha Morgan, and the eighth
of 10 children. He leaves wife and
four children.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-06
AROUND OUR HOME FIELD.
SOME OF THE MORE NOTABLE EVENTS OF
THE WEEKS RECORD


John A. Ostenberg, recently of west
minister, has assigned to the f. M.
Gilbert estate of Walpole, N. r.,
his rights in patent for an inexplo-
sive engine.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-06
VOTING CONTEST OPENED.
FOUR DISTRICTS AGGREGATING l6 EN-.
TRIES IN LINE FOR BATTLE.

Scattering Candidates Combined in New
District Under Regular Conditions-A List
Of the Contestants and Votes to Date-How
to Be Sure Winner
The time of entry for contestants in
the Reformer's Great Quaker Range
Voting contest closed at 6 O'Clock Sat
urday night with the seven districts
represented as follows:
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-06
New Labor Union in Bellows Falls.

A new labor union has been organ
lied in Bellows Falls known as the
Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Workers
Union. A charter has been granted by
the International Paper Makers. Ed
ward Barry has been appointed presi-
dent
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-06
Narrow Escape Of Hinsdale Mill Hand.

Henry Noel, workman in Halle "
Frost's mill, Hinsdale, had his cloth
ing nearly torn from his body by ma
chinery Wednesday. He escaped with
out injury.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-06

Cannot you see the dawning of the
"new Vermont''?-S Albans Messen-
ger.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-06

lumber or logs; all kinds,
w delivered at our mill, or will buy stand
| o timber The S. A. SMITH Co. 1-u
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1903-02-06
LOST AND FOUND.

0ST-On stage road between Wilmington
and RrattlebOro. bandboN containing La
Is hat. Finder please return to f. G. smith,
fage driver. Gilt
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
QUARTER CENTURY
OF ACHIEVEMENT
Continued from Page Eight. Iron and
Coal Section.)

one. It is a sheet steel dovetailed ma
terial which IS the Hshtest roofing
known and which having nOn-con-
Quoting and wet-proof covering on
both sides thereof, IS not only proof
from fire but also from, the rusting
caused by condensation Of steam, ETC.,
on its under sides To make things
complete, Mr.. Brown as well invented
flreproof metallic window and door
frames, cement and metal stairways,
so that the structures are fireproof as
they stand with perhaps the exception
of the hand-hammer handles and the
books in the foremen's offices.
1t is interesting to note that on the
great lakes the old-time cargoes Of
1900 tons have now grown to 1000
tons, the big vessels being able to get
sufficiently quick dispatch from the
modern dock equipment to warrant
their great size.
In the northwest much coal Is han
died over broWnhoists, six of the
largest docks alone doing a yearly
business Of over 100000 tons. The
company has further recently COM
pleted two large and most modern
equipments Of its machinery, designed
for" great efficiency and speed, for the
Great Northern Railway company, to
be operated by the Jones & Adams
company and for the Northwestern
Fuel company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
ONLY FIFTEEN POLICEMEN IN rs

business of the municipal court to-
day. II.
The average number Of cases tried
per day twenty-five years ago, was
about four, as compared with about
fifteen last year. Altho crime is not
on the increase in Minneapolis, the
court has no off days. In earlier times
there was q vacation two or three
times a week.
Every effort has been made to i'm
prove the police department, and the
the part of public-spirited men has
as its result a force which is unsur-
passed in the country for general eff
ficiency and quick action.
There are now PIP patrolmen, a
number Of them mounted for work in
outer districts of the city. A force
of fifteen detectives does the technical
work of rounding up the under world.
The work of Il raWnbrOker inspector,
with his three assistants, has already
been spoken c., and is by no means
the smallest factor il preventing an
increase of crime. A Bertillon bureau
in charge of ore of the detectives aids
in the work OF capturing dangerous
criminals who are at large. There are
five district police stations, equipped
with patrol wagons and emergency APP
! DaratIS. {@s
The signal system is SO complete
that all the officers in the city could
be modified at any point in a few
minutes. Every patrolman signals
headquarters once an hour. In case
of disturbance of any kind they are
notified and proceed to the scene at
once. Possibly it is on this account
! that there have been SO few trouble
| some demonstrations in Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

from the home Of Major w. D. Hale.
There wasn't much town out that far
in that year, and I remember that in
my walk to and from the city each day
L cut across the open country, includ-
ing the ground now occupied by the
Emerson public school, to Nicollet
avenue. If I am not mistaken, Loring
park was a marsh at that time, and
no efforts had been made to reclaim
it. My business was selling wood and
coal, and my office was under the
Nicollet house. Only g. few days ago
I was running over the names Of the
men who were prominent In the life
of the city at that time, and found
that the great majority of them are
sleeping in Lakewood. Only a small
minority7 remains, and SO far as the
most of the men composing it are con-
cerned to-day there is not much to
indicate that the present Minneapolis
owes them a debt which 1t never will
| be able to pay"
Mr.. Marchant has been q resident
of Minneapolis since 1868, and for the
most of the time since then he has
| been a. prominent figure before the
public eye; yet without having his pic
ture in any Of the newspapers. This
| is the first time that the average citi..
zen has had an opportunity to SEQ
what he looks like. During the 1878
period he was interested with Colonel
| w. S. King in the great fair Of those
DAYS. and later he was for years a.
prominent figure in local republican
politics. He is a member Of John A.
Rawlins post, G. A. r., which Is
enough to guarantee his standing as
an old soldier.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
THE PIONEER FUEL COMPANY.

This company was incorporated In
est oneratina 10 its Inc one in The 1 nopth-
west, and it's general offices are now
located at As Fourth street S. 1t be-
gan business in Minneapolis at 81
Washington avenue S, in a retail way,
and, as the business grew, branch re-
tail offices were opened in st. Paul.
Duluth, Merriam Park, Mimi, and
Winnipeg, Can. 1t soon became nee
essary to build large storage wharves
the principal ones being located at
Duluth, Mimi, and Gladstone, Mich,
and they are equipped with the latest
improved machinery for handling and
preparing coal for the steam and do
nestle trades. This company's other
western distributing points are To-
Gated at West Superior, Manitowoc,
Ashland, Sheboygan and Milwaukee,
Wis; Escanaba, Mich, and Chicago,
Ill. Having SO many storage points,
the distribution of it's product can be
so arranged as to give buyers quick
shipments and lowest freight rates to
all points in the northwest.
This company handles those grades
Of coal which are best adapted to meet
the wants Of the northwest, and their
close relations with large companies
enable them at all times to furnish
the most desirable Goals at reasonable
prices. Their Goals are favorably
known and equal to any for domestic,
steam or smithing purposes. the pop.
and "Pittsburg' Gas and Steam coal;
"Powell's Run Hocking,' big Vein
Cumberland" Smithing coal, and the
genuine -'Pocahontas" Smokeless,
Steam and Domestic, and "Virden
Standard of Illinois. Pocahontas
coal was first introduced in the north
west by this company, and is the best
substitute for anthracite. AS far as
the retail trade is concerned, this
companys excellent facilities enable
1t to make deliveries as cheaply in
the suburbs around, and in st. Paul
Minneapolis and Midway district as IL
! the immediate business center, and
the same price Is made for the entire
territory covered by these cities.
The wholesale trade Of The Pioneer
Fuel company extends from the west.
ern shores Of the Great Lakes, thru
out the northwest and Canada, to the
Pacific coast. the territory covering
over two-thirds Of the United States
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
"YOUR UNCE LOREN"

Loren Fletcher wasn't known as
your Uncle Loren in 1878, He was
then on the morning side Of middle
life, and was in partnership with G.
M. Loring in the numbering and mill
ing business, with offices opposite the
old city hall, on Bridge square. From
1878 to 1888 he was in the legisla
ture, of which he was three times the
speaker, and one Of those speakership
honors came in the session following
the establishment Of r h e ] o urn a l..
81 subscribed for The Journ a l
with the first issue" says Mr.. Fletcher,
! land have taken it regularly ever
since. At that time all Of our news
papers were in their infancy. They
were struggling, frequently changing
hands or suspending publication, and
it was pretty hard to keep track of
the numerous changes. II h e j o ur :
II a was a lively publication from
ways energetic. They were not long
in making it a favorite and in build
ing up a very fair circulation.
! while all of the business men of
1873 had confidence in the future of
the city, few of them expected that
it would grow as fast as it did. They
did not look forward to a city OF
225,000 in 1903. 1t was a very live
and loyal body Of men which was
pushing along the Minneapolis OF
1s7s-the Morrisons, the Brackets
the Washburns, the Eastmans, the
Pillsburys-and people Of the present
day may be surprised when I tell them
that the men have just named We're
ready and willing to spend half their
incomes to build UP the town. The
Esprit Of cooperation for public inn
provement, and Of self-sacrif1ce for the
| public good, was very much in evil
dence in the 1878 period, and I often
wonder what the city might accom-
plish If those qualities were more
widely cultivated to-day
Mr.. Fletcher's home in that time was
on Seventh street and Second avenue
is, and he has lived in that vicinity
for forty years, for he came to the
city in 1861. Seventh street was the
fashionable residence section then, and
many of the leading citizens had their
homes in it. When the First National
lbank was organized, Mr.. Fletcher was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
THE JONES s. ADAMS co.

The Jones & Adams Co. was incor-
porated in 1898 under the laws Of
Illinois with headquarters at Chicago,
and immediately acquired mines at
Springfield and Catlin, the latter being
In the Danville district. These mines
have been greatly improved and en-
larged since that time, new land hay
Ing been bought and the mines
equipped with the latest machinery.
so that they are now two Of the 1arg
est mines In the state. They soon &C
CURED two docks on the great lakes,
over which they handle eastern Goals
from mines In which they are inter-
ested. Their business has steadily
grown and now requires four large
docks to handle It, One of these, just
completed, Is probably the best
equipped dock on the great lakes The
hard coal machinery is Of the very
latest patterns, enabling them to sepa-
rate the various sizes of coal thru a
series of revolving screens. The coal
being handled on belts. prevents
breakage. The officers Of the company
are J. S. Jones, president; H. G.
Adams, vice president: D. w. Heath,
secretary and treasurer, and E. S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

Police duty in the early days of
Minneapolis gave the officers a good
taste of the strenuous life and espe-
cially so in the year 1878, when Mayor
DeLaittre reduced the patrol force
from twenty to fifteen men.
This was perhaps the most active of
all early years in police circles. 1t
was the year Of the beginning Of the
great boom and an unusual number
of peopla were f1ocking to, the city
with the hope of getting rich. in the
new lines Of industry opening up thru
out the northwest.
That class Of men who expected the
boom to make them rich without work
was much in evidence, and the chief
duty of the police was to keep them
under surveillance. They were repeat
eddy driven from the city, but would
return so often as to become an eX-
pense. An extra large tramproom was
added to the police station. These men
were not of the vicious or shreWd class,
but their continued presence in the
city was detrimental to business inter-
eSts on account of the impression they
gave to newcomers.
These Migrants were in reality re-
sponsitIe for the building Of the work
house. for there was no such institu-
ton at the time. Chief of Police A. S.
Munger. in his annual report of that
year recommended the building of a
workhouse that would in part pay its
running expenses, and his ideas were
carried out a few years later.
The year 1878 marked the starting
point Of subsequently very efficient
I,clice force. Before that time the
officers wore no regular uniform, and
their work consisted entirely i'll pre-
venting open violation Of the law
There was no detective force, nc
| rogues' gallery or Bertillon system of
| ident: fication, and altho the officers
broader lines, they We're crippled by
! lack Of system and equipment. This
made it possible Tor rogues from other
parts CT the country to make a pro.
longed stay here before they were
arrested. g.. s
j A pawnbroker inspector fwas UNI
t known and when a stolen article wen
| to a pawnshop it was rarely recovered
| 1T is estimated that not over S pei
cent Of stolen goods were recovered
! there. This forms a noticeable con
! trast with the work of the pawn
| broker inspector now. Last year near
lily Is per cent of all goods reported
as stole1, We're recovered and return &c
to the owners.
Only ore municipal judge was re
ouireG at this period, and his worl
was very light. Judge Cooley was o.
the municipal bench then, and he tried
both civil and criminal cases. Ever
with the increase in population, tw(
judges are sufficient to handle all tn,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
OPENWORk.

The South Sea Islander was looking at
the fashion paper that had been cast
ashore with the wreck.
"Um,'' he read, "openworlz; waists will
be more open than ever next summer
The South Sea Islander ref1ectiyely look
ed al his wife as she split the wood
Gosh he murmured, "if this thing
keeps on she'll soon be so blamed stylish
that tEere'll be no living in the same
hut with her"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

one of it's stockholders, with Judge
Ames and the Sides. Later he was
on the directorate of the bank.
The business section of the city in
1873, Mr.. Fletcher says, did not ex-
tend farther out than about Third
street. The most of the business was
on Washington avenue. A few stores
on Nicollet and Hennepin avenues
went out as far as Fourth street, but
they were regarded as being almost
too far away from the business center
for profit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
Captain w. w, Bosworth.
Michael Ryan, Patrolnan.

1874 and Captain Boswort11, Patrol-
man Frank Cluekey and Jailor Hank
inson in 1875. Captain Helm and
Patrolman Ryan were appointed in
1878. Captain Helm was appointed
superintendent of police in 1887, while
Officer Hankinson has served as police
inspector, captain and jailor.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
POLICE VETERANS OF '7s
Frank CTuekey, PatroIman.
Sergeant Fred Shepherd.

James w. Hankinson, jailor at the
same station; Sergeant Fred Shepherd
Of the Fifth precinct; Frank Cluekey
patrolma,n in the First precinct, and
Michael Ryan, patrolman in the Sec
ond precinct. All these men were in
commission as patrolmen in 1878.
Sergeant Shepherd was appointed In
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
HAD THE FIRST COPY

II was living on Oak Grove in 1878,
when T he urnal was estab-
lished,' says George w. Marchant
land remember very we'll that I re-
ceived the first copy OH the evening of
Nov. %, 1878. The paper has been
a regular visitor in my family ever
since. My house was. near the old
home Of T. K. Gray, nearly across
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

or the entire Minneapol police
force Of 225 men only six were in the
service when T h e j ourn a was
first issued twenty-five years ago.
These men are Captain Jacob Helm Of
the North Side station; Captain w. w.
Bosworth Of the East Side station;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

Van SAINT, traffic manager. These
officers have their general offices in
Chicago. The northwestern office.
which has charge Of the dock bust
ness, Is located in st. Paul, and the
company is represented there by G.
w. Adams, manager, and HI. W.
Shade, sales agent. In addition,
agencies are maintained at Minneapo-
lis; Superior and Ashland, Wis.,;
Springfield and Catlin, ILL.,, and Cleve-
land, Ohio. ..- Il.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
The AUDIENCE WORSE

-NCW lUTh T IIIICS.-- ~ - =
'Ha-ha -ha! am mad!" ranted Ham
phat, the tragedian, in the dungeon scene.
"Huh!' snorted a man in the gallery,
you amt near as mad US fellers that
paid to get in"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

The German empress has expressed the desire
that for the future all pieces intended for rep
resenta ton at the court theater shall be sub;
mitted to her first. that nothing may be played
of doubtful morality or likely to shock the au-
dience. Her majesty reserves the right of We
toing any play she may choose.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
NOT A BIT PUSSY.


The FRESHMAN Of the Great Daily-Have
YOU noticed that the stock we are USING
now gives the paper a very blue appear
ance?
The Manager-Fudgel don't care what
color it Is as long as it's read.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
A COMPROMISE.

Il hate to see big woman and nttls
man mated
$50 do t.
"a man ought to be taller than the girl
he marTies"
"or else he ought to have . loe a
money" -.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-26

1t is stated on excellent authority,
that the railroad companies operating
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-26
OTISCO.

Mrs. John Arnwine and daughter
Agnes of Belding Sundaycd with her
mother, Mrs. A. Weeks.
II. Brown ard wife OF Smoky Row
spent Sunday at A. Browns.
Harry Moon of Bedding visited his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Moon Sunday.
Mrs. A. NJ. Spicer spent Friday with
Mrs Chas. Russell.
Miss Ilo johnson OF Belding spent
Wedne, day night with her friend Biz
della Ross.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Moon and son
Russell and Joe Kohu OF East Otisco
spent the latter part OF the week visit
at w. Kennedy's near Lakeview.
Mrs. Geo. Spicer OF Grattan Gale d
on grandma Spicer Monday.
w. c. Fisk and family and f. Deitz
and family and Mrs. J. l. Morse and
daughter we're Sunday guests at Geo.
Browns.
Mrs. w. G. Fisk entertained COM
pany OF thirty four gentlemen and
aides Wednesday, aud. while they
hated the ladies sewed carpet rags to
The amount of tweniy-three pounds.
The Otlsco cemetery association will
meet at Mrs Geo Browns Monday
April 6. for the purpose OF electing OIL
GERS for the ensuing year
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-26
OUR LANSING LETTER
Contin,ed from First Page


I'm the house. where ii Is claimed, that
such a law would take $65,COOQOO or
credits from the assessment rolls, and
also. that il would be unconstitutional.
1t will be met with the proposition to
exempt all credits from taxation, the
argument being that there Is no rea-
son for exempting this class OF cred
its and taxing all other credits ana
that such proposition would not
stand the test of the courts. This
question is likely to receive very seri-
GUS consideration before final action Is
taken In all probability some change
will be made in the existing law, but
no one yet knows what form the new
law will take.
Punishment for Wife Deserters.
The house judiciary committee has
favorably reported Senator Simons
bill, providing for the severe punish
ment of men who desert their wives
and families and leave them to become
public charges.
DIR. j. III. Kellogg, of the Battle
Der of the state board OF health, gave
an interesting talk a few evenings
since, in support Of the bill requiring
the rigid inspection Of meats offered
for sale in this state. He illustrated
his remarks with stereopticon, show
ing sections of diseased meat which
were alive with various kinds OF
germs. DR.. Kellogg Informed the leg
islators that while cattle for foreign
shipment are inspected In Chicago,
infected cattle are sold to local deal
ers and slaughtered for consumption
at home. The startling statement that
very much of the meat offered for sale
In Michigan is diseased was made.
Senator Brown has induced the up
per house to pass his bill, which Is
designed to protect the creditors OF
merchants, who are prone to dispose OF
their stocks of goods in the hope oil
lodging indebtedness. The bill amends
the present law so as to make ii man
datory for q merchant, who desires Il
sell a portion of his stock in bulk, Il
give his creditors five days notice o.
such intention. The apparent obJec
of the measure is to prevent such dis
posal Of stock out Of the ordinary ant
regular course Of business for the pur
pose of defrauding creditors.
Canning and fruit evaporating es
Establishments have heretofore enjoye'
immunity from the labor laws, whicl
prohibits the employment Of child la
Dor during the months when school
nre in session, but the senate has jus
passed a bill, which makes these es
Establishments amenable to the genera
law governing this matter. If tn
house takes ike action, children car
not be kept out of school to work i
these factories any more than at an
other employment
To Test AID vslorem Law.
1t is stated on excellent authorit!
that the railroad companies operatin
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-03-26
More Riots.

Disturbances of strikers are not near
ss grave as an individual disorder
i the system. Overwork. loss 81 steep
nervous tension Will be 10 lowed ny
after collapse, unless reliable RENE
liz Is Immediately employed. There :
nothing so efficient to cure disorders OF
the Liver aud Kidneys as Electric Bit
ers. It's wonderful tonic, and flee.
two nervine and the greatest all
round medicine for run down systems
II dispels Nervousness. rheumatism
and Neuralgia aud expels Malaria
germs. Only soc, and satisfaction
Guaranteed nv Council Bros druggists