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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-12

From The Journal bureaM 1hoon F12,s1os' I0uau' !
ing, Washington. t#
Washington, Oct 12.-Copies of a
circular of instructions to local OIL
ficers at Crookston, Cass Lake and Du-
luth relative to agricultural lands IN
the Red lake reservation to be opened
to settlement and entry Nov. lO are
now available at the general land or
flee here. The important points IN
the circular are as follows:
"The hour Of 9 a. M, Tuesday. NOV.
10. has been fixed upon as the time
On and after which these lands will be
open to settlement and entry and no
tices for publication as required by
the staute have been forwarded to the
newspapers in which they are TO pe
snyblished. A schedule Of the LANDS to
be attached hereto and you are partlc-:
ularly enjoined to exercise proper o1il-.
eence in order that no entries may be
allowed for any lands in said reserva-
ton except the tracts described IN TINS
schedule and such other tracts as
have been previously opened by prop
err authority.
''These lands will be subject to dis
posal to actual settlers only, under
the provisions of the homestead law
except that the provisions OF commu-
tation law are not applicable as proof
of occupancy for five years is required
before title can be perfected. Each
settler is required to pay for lands
settled upon the sum Of $l.25 for each
acre. such payment to be made IN hVe
equal annual installments. Applicants
for these lands must possess the nee
essary qualifications required IN the
case of ordinary homestead entries.
1.-THE five annual payments required
to be made for these lands must be
paid at the end Of the first, second
third, fourth and fifth years respect
lively, from the date of homestead
entry.
+ when parties who are entitled
under the provisions of section 1905
| of the revise statutes to credit upon
a period of residence for military
service, submit proof before the END
of the fifth year from the date OF
entry, they must enter with proof the
full amount of purchase money re-
naming due for the tract embraced
4 in their respective entries. -.
tnThe usual fee and commissions
/ must be paid at the time of the orig
inal entry, and when final payment
and proof are made you will not ac-
cept any payment for lands in excess
: of 100 acres embraced in one entry
When the entry is allowed payments
i for such excess will be included II
the whole amount required to be palc
in installments.
THE agricultural lands now to b.
opened are not affected by the pro
! visions Of the free homes act forth
reason that they were not. opened t.
settlement prior to the passage %
said act
"By the act of Feb. 9, 1908, chapte
, 8, title 80, of the hevised statutes o
the United States entitled ..Reserva
/ ton and sale of town site on publ
/ lands" was extended and declared t
be applicable to ceded Indian land
t within the state of Minnesota. TIL
general town site circular of June /;
1908, will apply to applications mad
: under said act.
:. The state of Minnesota has righ
: to select such lands in sections /
$ and So of four ceded townships i
White Earth reservation as wer
! swamp and overflowed at the date {
: the act Of March IL, 1850"
= III. G. Stevens.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-12
LONDON HASN'T HEARD
But Fears Japanese Alliance May
Cause Trouble.

London, Oct 12.-The foreign
office says it has no confirmation or
the report Of Japanese military move
ments at Ma-San-Pho.
Japan has special settlement
covering $50 acres, at Chapokpo, near
Ma-San-Pho, kranted to her by Ko-
rea in November, 1901, as an offset
to the settlement at Ma-San-Pho,
previously granted to Russia by
Korea. 2. @ e. s !
S. Deprecating the srumors of Jap-
anese ultimatum to Russia, Baron
Hayashi the Japanese minister to
Great Britain, in an interview to-day,
said he had no information of such a
character, adding that had Japan
taken this action "the Anglo-Japan-
ese treaty would have necessitated
my being Immediately notified so
that I might inform the British gov
ernment."
In spite of the reassuring statements
of the foreign office and Baron
Hayashi, the ffequent reiteration that
hostilities between Russia and Japan
are imminent, the mysterious move
ments Of the Russian and Japanese
fleets, and the excited state of pub
| lie opinion in Japan are beginning
! to cause .disquiet in Great Britain
which by reason of her alliance with
Japan is so intimately concerned ir
any action the latter may take.
Only the most sanguine believe tha
| in the event Of hostilities they could
be kept within the limits which would
free Great Britain from her obliga
ton to support her Japanese ally
Even Baron Hayashi, who heretofore
has ridiculed all suggestions of war, il
! not so optimistic to-day. Indirectl!
/ he admits the possibility Of war b.
expressing the hope that in the even
of a crisis, Japan will have the activ'
sympathy Of her ally, Great Britain.
While refusing to credit the report
1 Of an ultimatum having been deliv
cred, Baron Hayashi admitted that tn
i diplomatic situation had changed sine
loot. s and that developments ma
have arisen from the failure of TIL
i Russians to fulfil their engagement t
1 evacuate Manchuria on that date.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-12
Mr.. MASON PAID
HIS NAMESAKE
Man Returned to Him a Stolen
Charm and Got $100
Reward.
The Senator Asked No Questions
.::..- Man Is Now Under Arrest
-. in Indiana.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun special Service
Washington, Oct. IA financial
transaction in the lobby of the United
States senate in which William E.
Mason, senator from Illinois, and Will
liam E. Mason, burglar at large, were
the principals, has become known here
thru a recent communication from
Michigan City, Ind, to Major Sylves-
ter. superintendent Of the local police
force. The transaction in question
cost Senator Mason 500: Burglar
Mason will pay for. his part in the deal
by a. somewhat extended involuntary
residence at the Moundsville pen1ten-
tiary. = He is now under arrest.
In 1899, the Washington police force
was kept busy by an epidemic OF
burglaries about thirty neat jobs ap-
parently the work of the same expert,
being reported within a remarkably
short time. Among the victims was
Senator Mason, who told Major Syl-
vester that his house had been broken
into and robbed of $40O in cash, con-
siderable silver and jewelry and a
watch chain and charm. The charm
contained miniature of a deceased
child Of the senator and was consid-
cred by him as the most serious of his
losses. He inserted an, advertisement
the charm and picture and promised
to pay $1O0'reward for it's return, mo
questions asked" but he really did not
expect to recover the trinket.
Some weeks later, while the senator
was listening to an argument on the
senate floor, page handed him card
bearing the name william E. Ma
son." and the penciled inscription
meet me in the lobby" The senator
went out to meet his namesake and
found him to be an affable, we'll
dressed, middle aged man with all the
earmarks of a. gentleman. He was
shown his ad Of 800 reward and was
asked if the offer still held good. The
senator replied that it did.
| s'Then fork up your hundred" re-
marked the stranger with consider.
able brevity. |:It's sort of close anc
stuffy~ in here and the walls are toe
close together"
+ Senator Mason looked rather curl
ously at his visitor, but when Name
sake Mason dived into his pocket ant
produced the chain and charm h
forked over, as desired.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-12
THE OLD BISMARCK
Strike Is Said to Beat Anything
Ever Found in the Black
Hills.
Keystone Expected to Become One
of the Greatest Mining Camps
in the West. 80
Special to The Journal.


keystone, S. D., Oct. IL: a mann
covered in the old Bismarck mine.
Several years ago this property was
bonded by some Milwaukee capitalists
from Fred Seirth and August Engel,
the original locators. Work was
started and a shaft sunk 800 feet,
opening a ledge of low grade ore. A
concentrating plant (the Peck pro-
cess) was. erected but proved a fail
ure and was removed and forty
stamp mill built. Ore was mined from
the 100 and s200-foot levels and the
mill kept running for a time on this
ore, but it proved too low grade. to pay
expenses and the property and mill
were abandoned by the company, the
ground then reverting to- the original
owners. -..-.5
The property remained dormant un-
til T. r. Griffith started work on the
Ida Florence for the Mainstay Gold
Mining and Milling company. Acting
on Mr.. Griffith's report the Mainstay
company purchased the thirty-stamp
mill and secured a bond on the prop
erty. Work was then started on the
10O-foot level and Alex Matthiesson
placed in charge. In less than two
| feet the ledge was struck, and cross
| cutting and drifting has been con-
tinued until the ledge has been opened
up the full width, 120 feet between
the walls.
Matthiesson and Griffith have as
4sayed every few feet very carefully
with an average Of $4.S5 to the ton,
the entire width. Some very fine
specimen ore was found, and a selec-
ton was sent to Mr.. Haines. who had
it assayed with the wonderful return
of over $4,000 a ton in gold. These
selected assays and rich specimens
were not included in the general av.
erage of $4.85. ..
Griffith and Matthiesson then made
a survey of the second level, to de.
termine the point in the old workings
nearest the ledge to start the drift
In sixteen feet the ledge was STRUCK
! again, assuring the owners that the
ore body carries it's width to the 200
foot level. " 49,
Drifting and prosecuting are being
pushed with all possible speed alont
the? ledge on this level also, and tn
assays show that the ore is increas
ing in value with depth, as the averag
as far as they have gone in the ledg
; is $7.20 a ton.
This strike will place Keyston
among the leading mining camps o
the west. -. -.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-12
NEARING PEKING
Russian Troops Said to Be FIT Miles
. from Frontier.

Yokohama, Oct. 12.-Baron Won
Rosen,s the Russian minister to Japan,
is still waiting instructions from his
government in the matter Of the ne
gotiations now proceeding between
Japan and Russia.
A Russian regiment from Bakal
military district is reported to have
arrived at Feng Chang Teng (Fen
Ching Ting), about fifteen miles north
west from Peking and fifty miles from
the Russian frontier.
M. Lessar, Russian minister to Pc
king, has announced that the Man.
churian convention has lapsed. The
convention was signed April 8, 1902,
and according to it the evacuation of
the three Manchurian provinces was
to be carried out in three successive
periods of six months from the sign
ing Of the convention. The allies
turned over Tientsin to the Chinese,
Aug. is, last year. The convention
was to have been ratified within three
months, but this was not done.
Last month M. Reichin, in his note
to the Chinese foreign board, prom
ised to begin the evacuation OF Man
churia Oct. 8, provided China accepted
several conditions, which China has
refused to do, under pressure princl-
pally from Japan and Great Britain.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-12
,ot II ! mistake had been made

that if a mistake had been made 1t
was made by congress. It Is entirely
sDossible that not only the old major
sIty, but that some Of the new members
who have taken the place or the dls-
senting minority, even II not satisIled
with the prior decisions. would feel
that perhaps the best way to correct
the error would be to impress upon
the country the idea that a practical
remedy was to be found in a modift-
cation of the statute. This comes 10
General Grants old aphorism that the
best way to get ria OF an opnoAious
law is to enforce 1t.
S II ia also pointed out that the three
jud9es on the circuit court We're unani-
NOUS in their decision, q point that
must have weight. s
Extent of Decision.
If this decision of the lower courts
In sustained it will seemingly be pOssl-
bic to 20 to great lengths In limiting
the acquisition Of property by single
corporation, or perhaps by a single
Individual. Many lawyers here are
inclined to agree with Judge Lochren
that if the Northern Securities com
&pany attends the antitrust law, MI.
Rockefeller as an individual would OF
fend it were he to purchase a majority
of the stock Of both these trans-con-
tinental railroads. There is thus in
proposition that If man has the
: means and desires to buy majority
Of the stock In two railroads, Which
are competitors, he commits GRIM
inal offense and violates the law OF the
land.
u On the other hand. If the decision
should be favorable to the Northern
{ Securities company, simple and easy
4 method for practically uniting all the
railroads of the country would have
Z received judicial sanction. The meth
cd would apply to almost everything
\ There could be a holding company or
"a series of holding companies, like the
Of that single holding company
: which might dominate the whole sys.
tenn. This last corporation might be
y sorxanized under the laws Of New Jer.
. sey as was done in the case of the
Rock Island scheme last year, under
the provision Of Its charter and by
a laws, In such a way as to enable own
srs Of minority Of the stock to con.
= troll the entire property.
- A case might be pictured Of two
corporations each Of $1.600,0o0 cap
%ital. To control both would require
lin the ordinary way. slightly more
than s1,ooo,ooo. But by organizing {
owners of $501,ooo in Its stock nigh
%absolutely control the entire 81,
100000 property. 1t might b,
possible to go step further ant
organize a holding company will
bonds, preferred stock and common
stock, providing that only the las
named should have voting power
Then all that would be necessar.
would be to acquire majority of tn
common stock which might be small
fraction Of the entire issue.
y III. c. Stevens.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-12
DIVORCE EVIL .........
MENACES STATE
Bourke Cochran Says It Is the
One Foul Blot on Our
'Scutcheon.
REGARDS It a More Serious Problem
Than Labor or Concentration
t.1'E ~.'~
/. Of Capital.

New York, Oct. 12.-1n an address
before the knights of Columbus,
gathered in Carnegie hall to celebrate
the anniversary Of Americas d1scoV-
cry, w. Bourke Cochran reviewed the
march of civilization and declared
that the only blot to be seen at the
present day is the divorce practice.
The great private fortunes he consid-
cred to be Of value to the nation,
while the labor problem, he said, is
only a step in the march of progress.
There has been growth he said,
'since the beginning Of the world,
progress is the law of the universe,
and the nations who came before this
one, the men who lived and accom-
plished things before Columbus We're
simply the links in chain which has
not yet been completed. When we
know that this work is all for man
kind then we can understand that his
was a mission of commerce and Of
religion and that mission marked the
dawn OF Justice.
"The present condition of society
here is full of promise. We have
the greatest fortunes of the earth
greater than Roman ever dared
dream of--and, tho philosophers say
that where wealth aeeumulates men
decay, I see no cause for despair.
| When a large fortune senot gained
| by robbery, by fraud, or by the ma
| nipulation of the laws, then it can
| be but a boon to the nation. My
! neighbor's prosperity increases my
own, and that of the earth.
| No Signs of Decay.
Nor do modern fortunes tend tc
| the increase of luxury. On the con-
| trary, men become more self-denying
I see no sign of decay in the human
race here. The labor question is il
| process Of solution, and every row is
a step towards this. A laborer can.
not get more pay than the value o:
his product, for then the produc
ceases to be made. Nor can he ge
much less because of the, element O.
competition. The laborer Of to-da,
is not a servant, but a partner Of hi
employer and their good rest in
mutual understanding.
But the blot I see upon our civ
ilization Is the increasing number o
divorces. In the ancient state tn
supreme Importance of life was to in
crease the Importance Of the state
To-day the end of life is the indi
vidual good. But the individual goo
lies in the prosperity Of the family
, and ii is at this that the divorc
strikes. If not checked it will de
stroy the family.
"The remedy, as I see it, is to real
ize that matrimony is a state, not
, contract. Divorce must be stopped
: Divorce strikes at the virtue of ou
. women, and this virtue is what pre-
q serves the state. Divorce is the on
j foul growth upon our soil and upo
It's riddance depends the fate Of ou
n future. . .... ....
q IF we are to choose between d.
: vorce and polygamy, give us polye
amy"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-12
HAD NERVE
Human Demon When Brought to GaIlows
Calmly Executed Himself.


Calmly Executed Himself.
Washington Post.
Some time ago Russian criminal was
executed in St. Petersburg. He had dur
ing the last two years murdered twelve
persons, the last one being priest. The
law did not show this monster any mercy,
but speedily condemned him to death.
Stebljanski was the name of this whole
sale murderer, and he hoped to the last
cor clemency. When the death warrant
was read and the keeper informed him
that he had but six hours to live, he ragged
and swore to revenge himself in the most
terrible manner. After being left alone in
the cell the first thing he did was to break
his lamp, and, procuring some matches, he
set fire to the OIL In moment the flames
broke thru the window and the entire
building was for time threatened with
destruction Fortunately, the fire was dis
covered in time and got under control be-
fore much damage had been done, but IN
the meantime terrible struggle ensued
between the keepers and the criminal, who
had fortified himself with an iron bar
taken from his bedstead. The first man
to enter the cell was knocked senseless,
and it was only after being almost suffo
Gated with smoke that the prisoner was
finally overpowered. Next morning the
execution took place. The condemned
man ascended the scaffold with much
| bravado. made a thoro examination Of the
same, and finally declared the rope was
/ too short. .-g
II cannot get my head in the loop" he
said, "and, tho it will cause me some in
convenience to wait, I will smoke a Gig
arctic while you are having 1t attended
| to-"
He lighted a cigarette, and, turning to
4 the executioner, made q speech, pointing
out the detestable in his profession, and
as a condemned criminal in Russia has
certain rights, no one dared to interrupt
4 him.
/ The executioner, who was really ten
der hearted man, became visibly affected
by the moralizing words of the murderer
and, turning to the crowd assembled be.
i fore the scaffold, declared that his con.
1 science did not allow him to proceed or tc
take a fellow mans life, and he then anc
4 there resigned hts position and departed
i. amid the shouts Of the assemblage.
s. S This caused great confusion among tht
representa- tives of the law. for where coult
8 they in a hurry get another executioner
The question was, however, solved by th'
condemned man, who declared that h
would execute himself as soon as he go
} thru smoking. He started an interesting
4 conversation with the priest during th
, five minutes or so which he had left, ant
: recommended that ne read Count To1
stoy' s latest book, which contains strik
ing remarks about the relation of capita
punishment to the teachings of Christian
i ity. He then threw q kiss to a prett.
girl among the spectators. stuck his heas
y In the loop, and kicked away the trap be
meath his feet.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-12
GREAT SALE OF SILK
$4,000 PIECES DISPOSED OF
Buyers of the Greatest Houses in the
sa@ Country Are Present and Bid
Good Prices.

New York, Oct. 12.-During the
past week a. great silk auction oc-
CURED at 81 and 80 Leonard street.
Buyers of the greatest houses In the
country, from Maine to California and
Florida, were there, and, beginning at
10 o'clock in the morning, had by
4:45 p. m. bought in no less than
$4,000 pieces of silk.
A. Montant Of Townsend & Montant,
the auctioneers, stated that it was the
largest silk sale that ever took place
in all the world, not only in the guam
tity offered, but in the amount re-
fell little, if any, short
of 100000. The nearest approach to
it, he said. was about three years ago,
when James McCreery abandoned
jobbing and disposed Of about 10,o0o
pieces.
The sale was a peremptory one, by
order Of the Ashley & Bailey company
Of 100 and Ill Spring street, to re-
duce surplus stock in order that there
might be no curtailment of manufac-
turing. More than 4,000 pieces OF
fancy and colored silks were offered,
ranging from nineteen to twenty-seVen
inches, and there were large quantl-
ties of black taffetas, peau de sole,
and peau de cygne, running up 10
thirty-six inches wide. other olIer-
ings were black and colored taneta
checks, and taffeta plaids, hafrl1ne
taffetas and the neat effects now In
such demand, tussah stripes and hg-
ures.
It was expected that the sale would
last through to-day, but the bidding
was spirited, from the first. After the
sale the owners declared themselves
entirely satisfied with the result. The
prices varied with the desirabillty OF
the goods, blacks being far In the lead
| In favor, and the bids ranging from
| 25 cents to 80 cents a yard.
S The sale took place on the third
floor and was only interrupted long
after noon for half-hour when the
| auctioneer provided a plain but boun-
tiful luncheon for the entire company,
so that no time might be lost Thirty
seconds was a long average of the
/ time it took to knock down the first
packages of each lot, when duplicates
1swentsto other buyers with almost the
Irapidity OF machine gurfire.
The Dayton Dry Goods company OF
Minneapolis was represented by their
resident buyer and secured a great
quantity OF the best kinds offered.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-12
Reserves Are Modified.

Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct 12.-The war
office has ordered the complete mob
iliziation of the first and second classes
of reserves resident in the Kostendil
district and of the Thirteenth Mace
donian infantry.
This step, it is understood, was
taken as a precautionary measure, in
view of the repeated provocative acts
Of the Turks on the frontier.
The war department has also or
dered 10000 overcoats, deliverable
Dec. 1, and it has decided for the pres
ent not to send home any of the re-
serves.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-12
MAGELSSEN'S TOAST

Responded to "the Corpse" at Nava! Of
- Hcers' Dinner.
Special to The Journal.
New York, Oct. 12.-Poor Vice Consul
Magelssen is bitterly regretting that his
life was ever attempted, says a letter just
received from Beirut, Syria. He has
cached that point of fame where he is re-
ceiving letters of congratulation and SYM
pathy from girls he has never heard Of
and scores Of papers are beginning to pour
in upon him, just as cablegrams did after
the shooting affair.
At the United States naval squadron
officers dinner he responded to the toast
1.-The Corpse"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-12
limited STATES


The average quality of spring wheat is $50,
compared with S7.7 one. year ago.
The preliminary returns indicate oat crop
of about 1877 100000 bushels, or an average Of
2SA bushels per acre. compared with 34.5
bushels one year ago. 35.1 in 1901. and a ten
year average of 27.S.
The average for quality is 100, against s6.7
in 1902 ard S3.7 in 1901. @b
The preliminary estimates of the yield per
acre of barley is 26.4 bushels against 300 one
year ago. 24.7 in 1901, and ten-year average
Of 23.s. The average for quality is s5.4, against
S7.3 last year and S9.2 in 1901.
The preliminary estimate of yield per acre Of
rye is 15.4 bushels, against 10 last year. 15.1
in 1901, and a ten-year average Of his.
The average for quality is SS.4, against 81 8
last year and 1914 in 1901.
The average condition of buckwheat on Oct.
was $50, as compared with 91.O ono month ago.
s0.5 Oh Oct. /. 1902. 9O.5 at the corresponding
date in 1eo1 and tenryear M average Of 797
7l.O, as compared with soO1 one month ago
and S0.3 on Aug. 1. 1908.
The average condition of potatoes on Oct.
was 74.6. against S4.3 one month ago, s2.5
on Oct: l, 1902. $40 at the corresponding date
| in 1901, and II ten-year average Of 73.1.
| The average condition of tobacco on Oct ]
was 1928, as compared with 1914 one month ago
and 1913 on Aug. 1. 1902