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Mower County transcript., 1903-02-25
AUSTIN MOWER

FKnown, even some Of the more tender
varieties are doing well and beginning
to give returns. This I might add was
the natural timber side. Here too 90, W. !
nave succeeded in ripening pears and i
peaches without winter protection
And now as to results; as for:my "a.
ther his life work is done and he has uauz
gone to his reward and his achieve:
ments are well known to you all We
have tried all kinds Of fruit annlaa
! pear, plums and eyen:p peaches and suc.
ceeaed In 9 measure and have even
fruited oranges and demons (under olaaa
however.) While this was not nv
cnolce OF a business career yet circum.
stances have made it my life work and
1 have formed an attachment. to the
old place and after. nearly half a cen.
tury am still doing business at the old
stand. ! 7s|I
Does it pay to grow fruit? have de- .
cided to keep trying and my advice to
you who are co-workers in this great
cause Is to stick to it and success is Ger
tain: And to the beginner 1 say, if you
are in hurry to get rich better buy
stock in the Standard Oil Co., or open a
coal mine. But if you have only a little
land or small capital and are willing to,
work, a wide field is open before you
and II you take advantage of the know.
ledge to be gained at these meetings
you can make it pay to grow fruit, and
that too, without undergoing the hard
ships experienced by the early settlers.
Mower County transcript., 1903-02-25
Northwestern Sets Pace.
A Radical Order Issued Which Must
Be Adopted by Other Roads. ..

Perhaps an order, was never issued
by any railroad company which meets
with so much approval withsthe EN-:
pioyes as the action of the Northwest,
ern road on Saturday, when it was de.
.clared that the train crews of freight
trains should observe Sunday as a day
Of rest, instead of making it the hard.
est uay 81 the week. sss.s I.
From end to, end Of the Northwest.
ern system on Sunday thousands of en-.
ployes spent their first Sunday at home
with the families. Orders were. issued
Saturday by the management Of the
company in Chicago which will result
in almost q general Sunday observance
throughout the system and it is the
purpose I'd change the Sabbath to a day
of recreation and enjoyment for the
vast army of employees. j..
For the first time since the organiza,
tion of the North Western road fifty
years ago, not ton Of "dead freight y
except: coal, was moved any where ON
the system Sunday, and if the plan
proves success this will be the condi.
tion each succeeding Sunday there.
after.
The order issued instructs division
superintehdents to confine Sunday ship
ments to live stock, meat and. perish.
able shipments. The sole exception is
in favor Of coal and fuel of ali kinds
and the necessary coal cars tokeep the
mines supplied. When the coal famine
is past, all "dead freight" will be barred
on Sundays.-Winona Independent.
Mower County transcript., 1903-02-25
For the Benefit of the Farmers.

Bring in your Hogs every Saturday
until further notice and receive the
highest market price obtainable for
them. Will take in at the Milwaukee
stock yards on Saturday only.
4W OWATONNA LIVE SToCK ca.
Mower County transcript., 1903-02-25

definite and conclusive and can tell
those gumpies in the legislator that
don't know it that. the people hav stood
just all they intend to on this state
house enormous extravaganza and reck-
less disregardin' of cost. If they don't
dam up the flow of money goin' into
this yeneered sinkhole Of the public
funds, they'll be thrown down with a
thud that will be heard all over the
state. It tickles me: to-. notice how
some of the astute ostrich legislators
stick their heads in hole and think
the people don't see the rest of their
:bipedal portions. tell you, they can't
fool the people and when the St. Paul
gang run 'em, or the railroads and 9th
or corporations own 'em body and
briches they needn't think they can dis
guise the fact for the fact is as plain as
the sunshine in June. But amt it a
contemplate sight to. see a lot of men
in the legislator not capable of resistin'
the soft Establishments of the St. Paul
gang so as to protect the interests of
the tax payers?
Long, long ago, Farmer Ben foresaw
what would come when the Legislators
got to scatterin' state institutions all
over the prairies instead of confnin'
'em in some contiguous locality where
they could be properly looked after.$% I
knew that the time would come when
these towns that. had these institutions
would combine agin all the rest of the
states interests and carry everythin'I by
storm. Look how it is now. st. Paul
wants capitol money, and Minneapolis
wants university money, and Mankato
and Winona and Duluth and Faribault
and Red, Wing and Owatonna and ISt
Peter and Moorhead and ST.. Cloud and
saltwater and Rochester and Anoka
and all the rest of the little pigs want
appropriations out of the public purse.
So when it comes to a showdown
these all tumble into one big combine
or trust to put the state treasury unde,
the screws and they get what they
want too. One reason why Farmer
Ben gave the endorsement Of his gigan
tic Judgment to the board Of contro
was that this combine was pretty vel
busted as the board of control decided
what each institution needed and loca
pulls didn't amount to So much. But
now the howl is for the old way Sc
there can be q IWid open policy withou
restraint or brakes Of any kind. Ope1
up the treasury and let the Institutions
towns glut themselves at the people,
expense. And the gumpy legislators
will allow this very thing to be done
without effective resistance.
Mower County transcript., 1903-02-25
|itl old Rob bberfeller and all the rest
ne gbugs. If healthy stomach

Z ~ HS
iifitthold Rob bberfeller and all the rest
Ae#bigbugs. If healthy stomach
hte6On w all street alta cool million
h em rich for can tackle corn
aid cabbage twice a week and eat
1tpofk every mornin' in the week and
ten sknow I've got such q: thing as q
actin pie digester. Amt the rich
bepitied that amt got good stomachs
good lungs and good health? The
jtast washerwoman { in Austin
!alnt trade with 'em and take their
fsicaI infrmities. .'''s. '.s~''<
= ~~e# y
ltsain't too soon to begin thinkin'
iputthe comm farm campaign. This
pkWinds up February and in thirty
S1SFes may be seedin'. I've seen
In than. one year when seeded
seat the last of March. I tell my
,,iitternot to be like cows tail, alwus
hind but to start early and keep
ealSof his work. Seed grain can be
ianed up rite away, the seeder and
III and disk and drag can be over
hled and put in prime condition, and
kplan Of the crops can be all thinked
Il Before the actual work begins.
here's one thin I'd like to humbly sug-
kt and that is about plantin' out
Hit trees and bushes and plants. Why,
HfHr seen a season for twenty years
nen I ain't had fruit in abundance all
fohgh the summer and fall. It don't
tkeS q college eddication to plant
Rnty of the hardy plums and apples
ad1with common care they will re-
trn hundredfold. 1t amt up-to-date
btEto hav good orchard nowadays.
he best farmers hav 'em and there
ailt 80 much bother with 'em as
iapraInuses would think. Just keep
th grass away from the roots and Civ
of the rite kind of feed and
thiyWn surprise you like a new milch
coEsbyWhat they will Civ you. Farmer
BA his lived on fruit all his life and
thltSis why he's so healthy. Just 6gge1
o1 setin' out a good sized bunch Of
tbes tbs spring and you'll be happier
healthier, wiser and wealthier therefor
s & o o o. -. =
so flb new statehouse commission
ID gettii on it's; ear because they are
asked fpr a strict accountin' for tht
money ysthey hay thusfar squandered
befora Iotin' 'em more. All. rite, ie1
an and m the, sooner the bette
ma u
fmffa dafarnninef1 ff1r S,am This rllr,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-02-26
4 WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings OF a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FIFry-sEvENrH CONGRESS.


The orited States senate on the
18th agreed to the conference report
on the army appropriation bill. Dis
cussion of the statehood bill was re-
sumed, and Senator Depew contln-
ued his remarks in opposition to 1t.
A house bill was passed granting a
pension of $50 month to the widow
of Representative John n. w.
Rumple, of Iowa, who was captain
of volunteers in the civil war. The
time in the house was occupied in
consideration of the naval appropria-
tion bill.
There was lively debate in the United
States senate on the 18th over Senator
Quay's resolution declaring it to be the
sense of the senate that there should
be a vote on the statehood bill before
the adjournment of congress. The
post office appropriation bill, with
statehood rider, was reported, and
Senator Morgan spoke against the
Panama canal bill. In the house the
conference report on the army appro-
priation bill was rejected because of
its provisions for the retirement Of
civil war officers at an advanced grade.
The remainder of the day was devoted
to the naval appropriation bill.
Only routine business was transact
ed in the United States senate on the
10th. The house bill amending tbs
pension laws applying to remarked
widows was passed, and the rest of the
day was devoted to an executive SEES
sion debate on the Panama canal
treaty. In the house the naval appro-
priation bill, providing for construc-
ton of three battle-ships, one cruiser,
two training ships and a training brig,
was passed, with 100000 for subma-
rine boat added,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-02-26
BATCH OF APPOINTMENTS.
President Announces Elevation OF
Judge Day to Supreme Court
Other Nominations.

Washington, Feb. 20.-The pre8i-
dent announced Thursday the APP
pointment of Judge William r. Day,
of Ohio, to be justice of the supreme
court of the United States in place
of Justice Shiras. resigned.
The announcement also was made
of the appointment of Solicitor Gen
eral John K Richards to the vacancy
on the circuit bench of the Sixth cir
cult, consequent on the appointment
of Judge Day to the supreme court
The appointment was at the request
of Attorney General Knox and upon
the Endorsement of the justices OF
the supreme court.
The announcement also was made
of the appointment of Assistant At
torney General Henry M. Hoyt to the
solicitor generalship in Mr.. Richards
place. This step is in accordance
with the idea of promotion in the
civil service. Mr.. Holmes Conrad
when assistant attorney general IN
der President Cleveland's second adj
ministration, was promoted to bt
solicitor general.
The names of Judge Day. Mr. Rich
ards, Mr.. Hoyt and Mr.. Morris were
sent to the senate at once.
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THE EAST.

Edwin P. Clark, for IS years mem
Der of the editorial staff of the New
York Evening Post, died in Brooklyn.
To join the North Atlantic squadron
at Galveston, Tex, the new battleship
Maine left the League Island navy
yard.
In a jealous rage Oliver Nichols, a
lumberman, shot and killed Mrs. Ira
Shaffer, near Eddie, Pa, and then
killed himself.
Bankrupt earl of Yarmouths en-
gagement to wed Miss Mary Thaw,
daughter of William Thaw, former
Pittsburg millionaire, is announced.
A banker in Syracuse, N. Y, cele-
brated his birthday by giving a unique
party to 125 widows.
A band of Italians has by series of
frauds carried on for years swindled
a dozen life insurance companies in
New York out of more than 81, 100000
At Newark, n. j., a trolley car was
run down by train, and eight chill
dren were killed, several fatally in
iured and many less seriously hurt.
After long service Horace White has
retired from his position as chief ed
itor of the New York Evening Post.
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FROM WASHINGTON.

The president has received the res
ignation of Justice Shiras, of the United
States supreme court, to take effect
February "a.
G. B. Cortelyou has taken the oath
of office as secretary of the depart
ment of commerce and labor.
Names of Brig. Gems. Breckenridge,
Ludington and Wade have been sent
to the senate for promotion to the
grade of major general.
Disputes between the United States
and Canada will probably be taken up
soon by high joint commission.
President Roosevelt announced the
appointment of Judge w. r. Day, OF
Ohio, to succeed Supreme Court
Justice Shiras.
In Washington the anthracite coal
strike commission began work on its
report. The meetings are secret.
William Loeb, Jr., secretary to the
president, has assumed the duties OF
his new office.
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SCHOOL CHILDREN SLAIN.
Collision Between Train and street
Car Causes Death of Eight
Pupils.

Newark, n. j., FEB. 20.-A fast eX-
press on the Lackawanna railroad
cut through a trolley car crowded
with school children at the Clifton
avenue crossing Thursday. Eight of
the children were killed and score
or more of them injured. The mo-
torman of the car, who stuck to his
post, will die, and the engineer of the
express was so badly hurt that there
is little hope of his recovery.
Both the express and the trolley
were on steep grades, going at right
angles. The express was signaled,
and the crossing gates were lowered,
while the trolley car was yet half
way down the hill. The motorman
shut off the power and applied the
brakes, but almost Immediately the
car began to slip along the icy rails.
1t gained tremendous momentum and
at the bottom of the hill crashed
through the gates, directly in the
track of the oncoming train. The
locomotive plowed it's way through
the trolley, throwing the children in
every direction. The dead are:
Viola III, II years.
Maude Baker, 16 years.
Ernestine p. Mueller, Is years.
Mabel E. Karschner, II years.
Alma Loehnberg, Is years.
Rosebud Kohp.
Ella Werpupp, 10 years.
Evan l.. Eastwood, Jr., 16 years.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

In the Minnesota senate a bill i'm
poses a penalty upon newspapers
which publish details of crimes.
Severe cold. the most severe Of the
winter, prevails over the entire coun-
try.
In an address at Tuskegee, Ala, be-
fore the twelfth annual negro confer
ence, Booker t. Washington urged
race friendliness.
The supreme court of Illinois has
sustained the antitrust law of 1891 and
amendments of 1898. Corporations are
held liable for fines in case of failure
to make yearly report on utilization
with combines.
Fire destroyed the opera house
block and public library at Ashland,
o.
In the Illinois legislature a bill to
prohibit football at the state univer-
sitv and schools has been introduced.
In Chicago 5000 apartment houses
are threatened by the Janitors' union
with strike unless their demands for
better pay. are granted.
Advices from all over the country,
east and west, show that record break
ing cold weather is being experienced.
A. w. Wishard, of Indiana, solicitor
of internal revenue, has resigned.
Lack of time caused John Mitchell,
president of the United Mine Workers
union. to refuse $4,000 offer from the
Chautauqua alliance for lecture Sc
ries.
En- route for the Philippines the Sec
ond battalion of the Fourteenth United
States infantry, which has been sta
toned at Fort Wayne. left Detroit.
In Illinois millions of dollars in fines
will be demanded of corporations IN
der antitrust laws declared constitu-
tional by the state supreme court.
1t is asserted by friends of Gov. Cum
minis, of Iowa, that he will be a can
didate for the nomination of the vice
presidency before the next national re-
publican convention.
At Springfield, o., three lives were
lost and property valued at $a75,00o
destroyed by IRE.
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HOTEL HORROR IN IOWA.
Fire Destroys Clifton House at Cedar Rapids
and Several Persons Lose Their Lives
Over Two Score Injured.

: Tor. Davenport, Ia, head injured and
elbow fractured, hip injured, and
burned about body; Louis Thompson,
Cedar Rapids, badly burned; A. Nj. Lar
sen, Oelmein, feet injured and lungs
hurt; c. W. Roberts, Cedar Rapids; l..
.. Vernon, Delta, Ia, cut and right
side injured; May Reel. waitress, badly
burned; NJ. P. Hoover, Tama. Ia; I. j..
Tally, Canton, ILL.,; j. A. Flear, Daven-
port; c. i. Benedict body burned; G.
2. Halves, DEBORAH Ia: f. O. Redmond,
mail clerk, Tama, Ia: n. o. Templeton,
Monticello, Ia; George Taggart, ST.
Paul, hands and face burned; James
Lewis, colored porter; F. NJ. Gardner,
Woodburn. Ia; d. S. Taylor, Daven-
port; j. III. Dunbar, Monticello; John
w. Lewis, Ottumwa, bruised; DR.. S. c..
Grove. Cedar Rapids, terribly burned
while hanging to fire escape, probably
fatal; T. E. Strickland. Clinton, Ia,
jumped from third story window, leg
broken and injured internally, prob
ably fatal; Celia Williams, waitress,
badly burned; c. f. Hamburg, Leroy,
Mimi, limbs badly burned; r. c. Nc
Conahy, Aurora, ILL.,, hands and face
burned; o. j. Lamb, Center Point. Ia,
seriously burned; G. F. Kaesser, Walk
er, Ia, face and hands burned; c. A.
Rosaman, independence, Ia, legs and
arms sprained by jumping from top
floor, struck wires and landed in a
snow banks; F. A. Chase, hands in
jured-
Hotel Firetrap.
The hotel, a three-story brick We
neer structure, is said to have been
veritable fretrap. The flames
started in pile of rubbish in the
basement, presumably ignited by
defective electric light wires.
The proprietor of the hotel placed his
estimate of the number of people in
the building at between 70 and so.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

It is said that German engineer at
meeting held in Spain pledged himself
to kill Emperor William of Germany.
The Venezuelan supreme court has
given a judgment for 100000 to heirs
of Americans as damages for annul-
ment of concession.
In England total Of 317 municipal
ownership corporations is reported.
with $65, 100000 yearly income.
A dispatch says that Venezuela has
placed an additional duty of 80 per
cent. upon all imports as war meas
ure.
In Rome the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary of the election of the pope was
celebrated with high mass.
An express train on the Grand
Trunk road left the track near Whit
by Junction, Ont, and score of pas
sengers were injured.
Talking to Ambassador Mccormick
at ST. Petersburg, the car of Russia
expressed the greatest friendship for
the United States.
The European powers have united in
a Joint note to the sultan on the sub
iect of reforms in Turkey.
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Cedar Rapids. Ia, Feb. 21.-Ihe fire
which early Friday morning de-
stroyed the Clifton hotel, cremated
nine of the guests and caused init
ries to AZ persons, who were seorched
or forced to Jump to the frozen stree
from second and third-story win
dows. After an all-day search IL
the debris four bodies were recoV-
cred. 1t is now believed that i've
more bodies remain i'll the runs or
the hotel, which is said to have been
a flimsy structure, filled with dele
gates to the state Young Mems Chris
tian association convention, and the
district convention of the knights OF
Pythias. The hotel register was de-
stroyed thus making it difficult to
ascertain the number of missing per-
sons. Forty men have been working
in the rubbish all day, and will cor
tinue to dig for the remains of the
burned persons. The loss is $6o,ooo.
The victims.
The dead are: w. A. Mowery. of
Watcher, Ia; f. G. Young, OF Min
neapolis; two unidentified men, bod
les recovered; five bodies still in
debris.
The fatally injured: Vina Burns,
head waitress, jumped from third
story; L. C. Burnett, Nebraska CITY,
Neb., badly burned.
Observation-Disclosures: Sinda Williams
waitress. face badly burned, leg in
iured; Lizzie Kelly, waitress, burned;
F. C. Outing, Center Point, left arm
sprained, hands burned; Emma Smith,
waitress; H. w. Bremen, Lyons, Ia;
f. R. Moore, Chicago; Beatrice Neto-
licky, Shueyville, Ia; j. U. Winniger,
Waterloo, Ia, face burned and wrist
sprained; J. e. Anderson. Chicago, back
strained; A. S. Farrow, Boone, Ia; F.
G. Gardiner. Wcodburn, Ia; d. +. lay
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ment in the vatican, during which he
has never gone beyond the palace
grounds and ST. Peters, which is con-
sidered to be part OF the vatican.
What glorious morning for the
jubilee Of my pontificate," the pope
added, as he proceeded with evident
pleasure TO peruse the almost in-
Vulnerable kilograms, letters and adj
dresses of congratulations which
have reached the vatican from all
parts of the world.
The pope completed the functions
of his jubilee without undue fatigue,
and upon returning to his apart
ments eXclaimed:
This is really the happiest day of
my life"
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Flames at Marion, ILL.,, resulted in a
loss estimated at 100000 to 100000.
The legislature of New Mexico has
passed a bill creating Quay county in
honor of Senator Quay's fight for
statehood.
The Wyoming legislature has adopt
ed a joint resolution strongly indorsing
woman suffrage.
1t is said that smallpox is more wide
ly spread over the United States now
than ever before, and the disease is of
the deadliest type ever known.
Julia Duplice died at Chippewa Falls,
Wis, aged 1913 years.
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oil Discovered in ireland.

Dublin, Feb. 21.-The discovery of oil
near Mount Joy square, this city, has
created great interest and has raised
hopes that the old bog land through
out Ireland may prove similarly pro-
ductive. A sample of the Dublin oil,
which has been examined by experts,
was pronounced to be ofgood, clearqual-
ity. 1t was discovered in the base ment
of an ordinary house built on re-
claimed bog land, and it was said that
a copious flow has continued since the
find was made five weeks ago. Experts
attach much Importance to the mat
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PLAN ELECTRIC LINE.
Scheme to Build Road Running from
Lakes to Gulf at Cost of
$7O,OOO,OOO.

ST. Paul, Feb. 21.-An electric rail-
way, chiefly for freight business, but
which will eventually carry passen
gers, is to be built from Duluth to
the Gulf of Mexico. John W. Gates
and leading capitalists of the twin
cities" and the East are identified
with the enterprise. Mr.. Gates is
said to be the real head. The esti-
mated cost will be $70,O00,000 There
will be a double track, and the route
will be through the twin cities TO
Des Moines, thence to St. Louis and
on to the gulf. The company will be
known as the Texas. Iowa and Min
nesota Electric Railway Company
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THE ALASKAN COMMISSION.
Gen. Foster Selected to Take Charge
of United states Side of
the Case.

Washington, Feb. 18.-EX-Secretary
Of State John w. Foster has been Sc
lected to take charge 1.-THE case of the
United States in the presentation OF
the Alaskan boundary question to the
special commission to be appointed in
conformity with the terms of the re-
Gently confirmed Alaskan boundary
treaty. Gen. Foster will be assisted
in this work by Mr.. Lansing, his son-in-
law, who also was connected with the
investigation of the Alaskan seal is
sues.
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Three Children Perish .

Uhrichsville, o.. Feb. p. = Three
children of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Ran
som, near Scio, were burned to death
Friday afternoon in a fire which de-
stroyed their home. The children.
all boys, twins aged three, and one
aged two, had been left alone by the
mother, who was at neighbours. An
explosion of natural gas is supposed
to haze caused the fire