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Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07
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FOR BUSINESS.

. ernOF@I IOie QJ f1aWdN 10 tne PreSla
dent Of the United States San
Franciscans Enthusiastic Over thu
Importance Of the Event.
San Francisco, Jan. 3.-San Francis
co and Honolulu are now connected by
cable. The first words passed unde,
the ocean few minutes after II
o'clock Thursday night. The wire
worked perfectly. -s..
The first message received was from
Governor Dole to President Roosevelt
It was merely formal greeting and
congratulation from the people Of Ha
waii to the people of the United States
from one chief executive to the other
The message was transmitted at the
Market street Office to a wire leading
directly to the executive mansion at
Washington and receipt was acknowl
edged at 11:25 o'clock. " V Y
When the message reached thu
White House President Roosevelt wal
asleep and the operator refused 3 to
awaken him. ..s-zl. ! .-sSS ,t.7s.zs.s
Right after the Dole signature on the
hrst message came q second through
from Honolulu. It was greeting from
the people of Hawaii to Clarence III.
Mackay, president of cable company
congratulating him upon the compile.
tlon of the: cable and expressing sor
row that John w. Mackay had not sur.
vived to see the instantaneous bonds
between the islands and the American
continent. This message was signed
by Henry E. Cooper, secretary of. the
territory of Hawaii. Then came mes.
sage from the Associated Press cor
respondent on the Silvertown, telling OF
the successful laying of the cable and
OF the celebration OF the event in Hon.
olulu. >~ *... - ssses...%-. tts5
The paper ribbon containing the
record OF the first experimental work
between San Francisco and Honolulu
was cut into little sections ?of a few
phrases each and divided among the
score Of spectators who were assem-
bled about the instruments when San
Francisco and Honolulu first spoke to
each other under the Pacific ocean:
Great enthusiasm and satisfaction
over the completion of the first link
OF the chain of progress that is to CON
meet the nation with the islands of the
Pacific recently acquired is expressed
In San Francisco, and the Importance
OF the enterprise is much discussed in
commercial circles here. 1t is pre-.
dicted that very substantial increase
of traffic between the Pacific coast
and the Sandwich islands will imme.
diately result from the completion Of
the long-desired cable. The day
marks an epoch in the commercial his.
tory of the coast and the nation.
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07

to his daughters, the presidents of the
senate and of congress and TO the arch
bishop of Toledo.
The news of the former premier's
death created a painful impression
throughout Madrid. King Alfonso ex'
pressed profound regret.
King Alfonso has written a letter of
sympathy to Senor Sagasta's family:
During the former premier's illness
the queen mother and other members
of the royal family frequently sent of.
ficials to inquire as to his progress.
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07
Friday. Jan. 2,

Count Lamsdorf, Russian minister
of foreign affairs, has left Vienna for
st. Petersburg.
The gold product of the Black Hills
mines for 1902 was $8,373,392, against
$7,50000O for 1901.
Colonel Phil Shenon, a pioneer of
Montana and one of the best known
mining men of that state, was thrown
from his wagon and killed.
DR.. George r. Weeks, a native of;
Ohio, who took notable part in the
Civil war, is dead at his home in Los
Angeles, aged seventysix years.
The total receipts at the New York
postoffice in 1902 for stamps, box rents,
etc., was $12,425,795. The same
sources in 1901 yielded a revenue of
$11,102,921. -.
Congressman Corona, editor of the
Cubano Libre, shot and instantly killed
Senor Insula, editor Of the Republica,
at Santiago, Cuba. Both men were
prominent politicians. u 49,. ...
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07
sen OR SA GA s a D DEAD
FORMER SPANISH PREMIER sue
cUMBs TO BRONCHITIS AND
GASTRIC RouHLEs.

His Family and Former Cabinet A.
sociates at the Bedside When the
End Came - News Of sagasta's
Death Creates Painful Impression
Throughout Madrid Alfonso
Expresses Regret. :sa.s @
Madrid, Jan. 6.-Former Premier
Sagasta died at II o'clock p. m. At
$3.50 he had an attack Of heart failure
and it was then thought he was dead.
He rallied, however, and lived for four
hours and a half. His funeral probably
will take place next Wednesday.
Senior Sagasta's death was due to
bronchitis and gastric troubles. His
family was at the death bed and for
mer Liberal members of the cabinet
were near their old leader. A bishop
administered the last sacrament dur
ing the afternoon. f.G5ei f.. 49,
Senor Sagassa's intellect was unim-
paired until his last hours. He talked
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07
FATAL DENVER FIRE.

One Man Is Dead and = en- Are Injured
&<- in the Flames
Denver, Jan. 6.--Fire in lodging
house on i Thirteenth and Market
streets Sunday resulted in the death
of one man and the injury Of ten more,
one fatally and several Of them serii-
5.ously The fire is thought to have
been caused BY an explosion Of a gaso-
line stove. 4;
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07
Iowa Central Railway.

Time Of arrival and departure OF trains Of
Iowa Central R'y., at Mason City, Ia. Ticket:
office at depot, East Eighth street. Corrected
to Jrly !, 1901. s = = g. :
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07
Thursday, Jan. !.


l.. Robert S. Mccormick, the retiring
United States ambassador at Vienna,
left that city Wednesday for Prague.
r.: New York men have now acquired
control of the greater electric power
plants of the United States and Cana
da. .:..
A detachement of 100 Beers, who
have volunteered for military service
in Somaliland, will sail from Cape
Town next week. - -. >. =;
The Northern Pacific is understood
to have decided to build a cutoff on
its main coast line just west of Dick
inson,. N. D., through to the vicinity
Of Miles City, Mont: ..-::.|.s .3<s :
j. p. Morgan & Co. announce that
Robert Bacon has retired from the
firm OF ]. P. Morgan & Co., New ork;
Drexel & Co., Philadelphia; and Nor
gan, Narjen & Co., Paris.
The Great Northern plans to .inau-
gurate double train service between
ST. Paul and Seattle in the spring:
The passenger department. of the COM
pany regards such a move as impera-
tive
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07

PoYAL ARCH CHAPTER. No. II.
The stated COMMUNICATIONS of this Chapter ara
aeiq IN Masonic hall, Austin, Minn., on the
eecqnd and fourth Friday evenings of each
m3ngh. GEORGE DoEHNE, M T.. II. p.
PARKE GOODWIN. Secretary. -
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07
LEAVE. II a | ARRIVE
|ts:4o pm|s1:10 pm
amlf s:B pm
$500 pmI,| ::5s am
( Z :OO amIf6:30 pm
|t 6:15 ami u 20 pm

Daily. tDaily except SUNDAY.
Sss22 40 Is. M, train has Pullman buffet. car and
day coaches through to ST. Louis and kansas
sCity. Free reclining chair car, M9berly, Mo.,.
to Kansas City, Q 90 p. M, train has aleepers
and day coaches throngh to Peoria, III. 6:06
q. train has elegant day coach and etla1r carz
through 10 Re0ria. Meals served IN dining eaIs
in ~ trains Il and ont Of Peoria
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07

:, Except Mnday - Others daily. tCarries
through slePer to Chicago via Milwaukee
fCarries thrGgh sleeper to Peoria via Mason
City. |Carriys through sleeper to St. Louis via
GInssa Mason City. scarries through leeper to La
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07
FIFTY.ElGHT LIVES LOST.
Result Of Recent Fire in Russian Goa
b. M jne .$9i

St. Petersburg, jan iffty-eight.
lives were lost in the recent f1re ins IA 4
coal mine at Bachmut, YkatorinoS1av:
province. Eleven men were rescued
after having been sixty hours III the
burned mine, and twenty-one 81 The
miners g y were saved after being ave
days il the mine. ss's','s &. 8.
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07
SOCIETIES..

FtDEJLTY LODGE, No. 80, AT .AspA.M
The regular communications Of this lodee ara
ne!d IN Masonic hall Austin, Minn., on the arst
ano rd Wednesday evenings of each month.
JOHN 81. ANDERSON, w. n. =
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07
RAILROAD Time TABLES
AJSTIN PASSENGER TRAINS.
C.. e. ST. F.. RAILROAD.
Arrive
from

Arrive D
from
II :8 a.mSt Paul and Minneapolis g.
7:25 p.mSt. Paul and Minneapolis : Z
10 :S5 p.m3St. Paul and Minneapolis ;
600 a.mt tEresco, Calmar, Chicago I
235 p.mt Cresco, Calmar, Kan. City III
sos am. J. Peoria, Mason City,. / z
6M am. .:Marshallt lltown. ~
S:3O pm. Is. Louis Mason C & west ill
.1O:45 Am. Albert Lea and jackson :
7I4 IN. Albert Lea, jackson and
: IA pm. -. Madison, S. D. So. 6
4:15 adm.E Crosse, Milw., Chicago = z
D5 p. IN. Crosse, Milw., Chicagol S*l
Mower County transcript., 1903-01-07
NEWS OND DENSATIO Ms
Wednesday, Dec. 81,

Hon. u. =. Morey, at one time con-
gresham from Ohio, is dead.
"A gigantic combine OF the independ-
5ent telephone interests Of the United
States is proposed
Cholera is depopulating the villages
on the island Of Mindanao. At Maciu
fifty deaths are occurring daily
Considerable opposition is develop
ing to the ratification of the Cuban re.
ciprocity treaty now pending in the
senate. 81,
Fatma Sing Hpoo, reported to be the
smallest adult person in the world, is
dead at Beaumont, Tex, where she
was filling an engagement. 0 II
Imogene Tracy, one Of the best
kncWn of soubrettes of generation
ago, is dead as the result of fall down
stairs at her home in New York city.
In full view of the passing crowd a
window in the pawnshop of R. Simp-
son & Co., on West Forty-second
street. New York city, was smashed
with stone paving block and $1,000
worth of diamonds stolen. !.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-20
ANOTHER BEAR RAID
The Attack on the Stock Market Is
Renewed All Along the
Line.
Prices Hammered Down Quick and
frightened Brokers Call for
More Margins.

New York, July 20.-The bears made an
other successful raid on the stock market
to-day The list opened fractlonally lower
but with some strength here and there.
The tactics of the bears, who concentrated
their energies upon Amalgamated Copper
and Rock Island common, both of which
made new low records, resulted in gen.
eral unsettling Of prices in which such
stocks as New York Central, Illinois Cen
trail, Baltimore & Ohio, Missouri Pacific,
Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Sugar, de-
clined from a point to y further. Later
there was break of more than points
in Colorado Fuel on small transactions.
AS has been the case for many weeks
past, no definite news was heard to ac-
count for the break in values aside from
reports Of a possible further reduction in
the price of copper.
Stock prices crumbled away on light Of
ierings under the influence Of the liquida-
tion in the specialttes. Amalgamated
broke to Asa loss of 3as points; Sugar
to 113-a drop of sand Brooklyn Transit
to Aga break Of AS.
Many inactive stocks were hit hard,
New York Air Brake, for Illustration, los
ing TN points.
Shortly before noon copper sold still
lower, and Brooklyn Rapid Transit made
q new low record, selling at 471s
Talk of a bond issue for Rock Island
was among the causes that led to the
break IN that STOCK. sugar changed hands
at 113, the lowest price for two years
Commission houses made further margin
calls on customers to-day and in mum
Der of instances stocks We're sold out to
meet exhausted accounts.
Further declines were registered by
Brooklyn Transit and Copper in the early
afternoon Short covering served to ra4y
the list trifle. but there was little sup
port save in New York Central and other
issues, including steel common, which
seemed to be ''pegged'' at 20, and all at.
tempts to break it below that figure failed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-20
EASTERN SNARL
IS NOT SETTLED
Count Cassini Denies That He Made
Any Agreement With secre-
tary Hay.
Says He Does Not Know What Has
Been Done in His Absence,
However.
But He Expects an Amicable Agree
ment Regarding the Open
Door in Manchuria.

Paris, July 20.-Count Cassini, the Rus
sian ambassador to the United States,
who is here with his daughter spending
part Of his leave of absence in Paris,
where he has an apartment near the
Champs Elysse, in an interview said:
1T is not correct as cabled, that ar
ranged with Secretary Hay before my de-
parture the question of open ports in
Manchuria. 1t Is true that Mr.. Hay called
on me June %, but it was friendly visit
and entirely unofficial The Manchurian
ports were mentioned during our CONVEX
sation but no definite arrangement was
completed. The conversation was quite
cordial courteous and friendly; but it did
not go beyond that. I expect, however,
that a mutually satisfactory understand
ing regarding Manchurian questions will
eventually be reached between the two
governments But, I repeat, no such ar
rangement has been made by me. What
has been done by the charge d'affaires
since my departure, fourteen days ago.
do not know.
Regarding the Israelite petition, the
United States government knew that
such a petition would not be received. No
such petition would be received by any
independent state. The United States,
first Of all, would not consent to foreign
interference in it's domestic affairs Be-
yond this I do not know anything about
the matter. My relations with the United
States government have always been
pleasant and cordial during my long stay
at Washington.
My present absence from my post is
due to the fact that I am taking a much
needed holiday I notified the president
Of my departure. I saw Mr.. Hay as
stated but our interview was not official
tho 1t was extremely pleasant I expect
to return to my post as soon as my leave
expires, which will be in three months"
Count Cassini will remain here ten DAVIS
longer and then will go to st. Petersburg,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-20
TWO B00DLERS FALL OUT
Former Lieutenant Governor Lee Of
Missouri Damned by His
Own Letters.
New York Sun Special Service,

st. Louis, July 2O-Photographic copies Of
letters written by former Lieutenant Gov
erncr John A.. Lee, to Daniel J. Kelley
agent for the baking powder trust. during
Lees incumbency of the office of lieutenant
governor, are in the hands of St. Louis law
yers They are most damaging in character,
showing that Lee not only solicited but urged
Kelley TO- send him money for campaign
expenses" and holding out as security for
repayment the hopes he had in being elected
governor of Missouri and the opportunity he
would have to repay them, or to put Lees
proposition to- prostitute the high office of
governor of Missouri in his own words,
there are ways by which the money could be
repaid, advanced for a purpose Of that kind,
within the first year after election"
The letters which will be used as evidence
later on in the Doodle investigation are two
of many which Lee wrote to Kelley and
which will be used against Lee, against KEEL
ley and against others who have been i'm
plicated.
An interesting war of words is in prog
ress between Lee at this end and Kelley at
Niagara on-the-Lakes. The latter full of
bitterness toward Lee makes no secret of his
determination to ruin the former forever,
to blast what little of reputation remains to
him. Lee, on the other hand, denounces KEEL
ley as a falsifier and forger, declaring that
many of the letters and kilograms which KEEL
ley is showing to newspaper correspondents
and sending to st. Lotus lawyers and Of
fcials are forgeries Yesterday kelley admit
ted to correspondent that he had been ad-
vised by Lee to leave New oYrk about the
time Lee gave testimony before the grand
jury and that later Lee wrote and asked him
for money to pay him to leave the country
and stay away.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-20
Town Held by Revolutionists Is En-
tered by Venezuelan Govern
ment Forces.
Bloody Battle Ensues and Hundreds
of Dead Litter the Public
Streets.
Fight Was Still Raging When Dis
patch Was Sent-Tho Result
Was Sure.

soledad, Venezuela, Sunday, July To-
At o'clock this morning the engag cement
between the government forces and the
revolutionists occupying Ciudad, Bolivar
began in two different directions. The
revolutionists opened the battle. At s
o'clock the smoke over Ciudad Bolivar
was so thick that 1t was impossible to see
the city. At o'clock the government
troops after terrible fight, in which they
lost more than 100 men, captured the
cemetery At s o'clock the Venezuelan
fleet, consisting Of five men Of war,
shelled the government buildings at
Ciudad Bolivar. At 10 o'clock the revolu-
tionists flags disappeared from the gov
eminent building and at IL all the streets
near that building were captured by the
government force and q charge Of all the
government soldiers on the city was Or
dered.
The wounded were then beginning to
arrive at the government headquarters
from all directions and the fight was gen.
eral; but the movements could not be fol-
lowed from here In consequence Of the
smoke caused by the fire of the artillery
of the revolutionists, which seemed
formidable. 1t was answered vigorously
by the government guns Only a few
shots reached the fleet.
A 2 in the afternoon a block Of houses
opposite the government building was
captured by storm. The revolutionists
seemed to be resisting desperately.
The Associated Press correspondent will
follow the advance with General Rivas.
The latter Is waiting for signal from
General Gomez, the Venezuelan COM
mander- in chief, who conducted the at
tack from Miraflares, to enter Ciudad
Bolivar with all his reserves and fourteen
guns. ......
The spectacle In the streets Of Ciudad
Bolivar, when the smoke cleared away was
heart rending.
There were more than 200 dead revolu-
tionists in the streets not counting the
wounded.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-20
WANTED ONLY HER SHARE
Extraordinary Hoosier Woman De.
clines to Become Sole Heiress
Of Wealthy Uncle.
New York Sun Special Service.


Crown Point, Ind, July 20.-Because she
did not believe she was entitled to the money,
Helen Gerrish of Lowell tore up deed by
which her uncle, DR.. A. A. Gerrish, had
turned over to her his entire estate, valued
at S250,C0O. DR.. Gerrish died at Lowell as the
result of worry over his money affairs.
He was one Of the wealthiest men in this
vicinity and his fortune was variously est-
mated at 100000 and $500 900.
His niece had always been his favorite, and
the intimates of the doctor had been told by
the old man that she would be his sole heir
ess. This was regarded by them more as
the expression of the affection of the old man
than as serious intention. There were six
or Eeven other heirs, but among them the
old Doctors wish was not generally known.
week ago, however, DR.. Gerrish carried out
mis- intention and decided his entire property
to the girl, notifying the other heirs of his
act He brought the deed to his niece and
presented it to her. Expecting to receive
the most ELUSIVE thanks for his generous
action, what was bis surprise when Miss Ger
IRISH, after reading the instrument, cooly
tore 1t into bits, remarking that she did not
want the estate.
On being questioned she said that she would
not accept the property because she had no
more right to it than the other heirs, and
she considered it her duty TO see that each
received his rightful share DR.. Gerrish was
staggered by his nieces action and from that
moment he began to fail.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-20
oREGLIA, THE ACTING POPE
The Cardinal Cameengo Will Enforce the Ut
most sTs Said {.
most, It Is Said.

Paris, July 20-The correspondent Of
the Eclair at Rome has had a long con
versation with Marquis sacchetti, grand
marshal Of the papal court who repeated
to him a declaration made by Cardinal
Oreglia, who will take over the admins
tration Of pontidcal affairs during the in
.terregnum, to the officials Of the vatican.
The declaration follows:
Il shall. alas. be the only living authori-
ty, and I count on the devotion of the
clergy and the military, and shall ex-
pect it to be absolutely blind. For the
soldiders there is prison, and shall use
it. Arrangements have been made with
the Italian police, and know the garrison
of Rome will do its duty outside let us do
ours inside.
IT intend to revive the proper tradi-
lions, taking as a model the former con-
claves. Not that the death Of Pope Leo
XIII. will be announced from the Loggia
at st. Peters to the people Of the world,
nor will it be made known In a hole-in-
the-corner fashion inside. The funeral
will be celebrated in accordance with
authentic bulls.
IT ftnd, under the guard Of the ponti-
fetal army, to revive the lying in state Of
the body in the Sistine chapel, which
function was suppressed on the last oc-
casion. Every morning orders will be
given by me alone, and shall punish the
slightest assumption Of authority outside
the execution of my orders.
to consider me as an old priest, but as
your head, calm and absolute above all,
and without other control than that Of
my conscience"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-20
HIS HEAD WORTH 100000
Leader Of the Chinese Reformers Is
in the United States and Feels
Fairly Safe.
asew York Sun Special Service.

1ew York Sun Special Service.
st. Louis, July 20.-Leong Kai Chen. a
young Chinese nobleman, for whose capture
the dowager empress has offered a reward Of
10000 yen. equivalent to $4,000, has arrived
in this city route to Chicago. He is vice.
president of the Chinese Empire Constitu-
tional association and former adviser to the
Emperor Kwang 81. He is accompanied by
Pow Chi, general secretary of the associa-
ton.
The two men are in this country in the in
terest Of work tending to revolutionize the
Chinese system OF government. They are
holding meetings with the members Of the
society in st. Louis. 1t is the aim of the
movement to introduce the civilization of the
United States and Great Britain into the
Chinese empire and ultimately to cause the
adoption of constitutional government and
public school system.
eve are endeavoring to abolish the queue, y
Said Mr.. Leong, "but do not insist upon it.
In New York 100 queues were cut off at our
request Owing to the reward offered for
The scalp of Mr.. Leong he is very careful
where he travels. He would not go into a
country controlled by Russia or France They
could hold him and get big reward, but in
the United States he feels safe.
Messrs. Leong and Pow will go to Chicago
in few days and then to the western cities.