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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
SALE OF D1roH1Ne oBs-Nor1oE IS HERE.

SALE OF DITCHING JoBs-NoTICE IS HERE
by given, that Monday. the 11th day Of
January, 1904. at O'Clock p. m. at my office
in the court house in Alexandria. Douglas
county, Minnesota, I will sell the jobs and let
the contracts for digging and constructing the
the. board Of county commissioners of Douglas
county. state of Minnesota. by their order bear
: ing date Dec. Il, 1908. viz: In one job and
. contract, or In more linear. sections of
= 100 feet each each of said sections to be
:. known and numbered by stakes, as shown by
the report of the engineer in said matter,
commencing at the one Including the outlet.
and from thence. successfully, up stream to
the including the source, to the lowest
responsible bidder sort bidders. ,aild that bids
Sare Invited for said work ais one Job. and also
for any one more linear sections thereof:
required, and In the manner specified in said
engineers report. And no bid will be enter
tanned which exceeds mo:a than thirty (3O)
per cent over and above the estimated cost Of
the construC tion, In any case, stated in the
$. said order:y and the successful bidder will be
approved by the auditor of: said county. with
twOso more freehold suretes, for the faithful
performance and fulfillment Of his contract
and to pay all damages that may accrue by
reason OF his failure to complete the job with
in the time required in the contract. The said
order and estimates and profile are on file, and
may be Seen at my office. *@S
All bids must be accompanied by certified
check payable to the auditor of said county
& for not less than 10 per. cent of the amount of
each bids 50 E.it
The right to reject any and all bids is here
Dated Deca 10, 1903.
[Seal. E. L. WRIGHT
County Auditor Douglas County, !. Il
+assd State Of Minnesota
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
Great, western Men Shifted

C. L. Dickey is appointed to repre-
sent the freight and passenger depart
ments of the Great Western in Ne
braska; M F. Montgomery will sue
ceed H. I. Fay at ST. Louis as city tick
ct agent; F. r. Mosier is made travel
ing passenger agent for Indiana,
Michigan and Ohio; succeeding +: 4.
Noyes. who becomes general travelling
passenger agent; F. r. Dunlop has
been made travelling passenger agent,
TERRITORY unassigned.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
Havana. Cuba.

Cuban metropolis has become an
objective point with tourists, having
recently come into unusual proml-
nence. Steamer connections at New
Orleans, Tampa and Miami. Round
trip. via New Orleans, $84.6O. Via
Miami or Tampa, s11760. Good un-
til June 1st. Tickets and complete in
formation at the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul railway office, 32S Nicollet
avenue.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
FREIGHT RATES DOWN
Outlook Is for a General Reduction
Next Year.

Chicago, Dec. 24.-Following the
policy of the steel trust. the Interna-
tionaI Harvester company and the
principal manufacturers Of agricul-
tural implements, have brought suffi-
cient pressure to bear on the rail-
roads to secure a reduction in freight
rates on shipments for export. The
new basis of rates will be 25 cents per
100 pounds from Chicago to New
York, 5 cents per 100 pounds less
than the present rates.
The outlook is for general reduc-
ton in freight rates during the COM
ing year.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24

constitutionality, perhaps, and to some
objections on other grounds, but as
practical working method of reaching
the maximum of justness, both to the
state and railways in taxation, it can
hardly be improved.
Moreover, the railways believe that
it is fair, andare not seeking to shirk
anY of its provisions.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
DOES YOUR STOMACH
,..:i s....'& FEEL LIKE THIS?
When That Organ Declares War Against
the Rest of the Body, There is Al
ways Plenty of Trouble. z

There is very Little Co COMFORT or happiness on
this earth for the individual whose stomach is
at war with all the other crgsns of his body.
The human body is called the habitation of the
soul but both body ard soul suffer greatly when
the stomach refuses to act in harmony with the
rest of the system and dyspepsia is established
The functions of all the body and the brain itself
are so intimately dependent" on those of the
stona ch that. when that organ for any reason,
ceases to perform its duties the trouble becomes
always results. Under such conditions, there is
only one thing to do, ,and only one way to do
it The stomach must be pacified and pacifed
in the right way.
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are the only safe,
reliable certain remedy for all stomach troubles.
The reason is they are the only perfectly natural
remedy. They perform the digestive work of
the stomach just as the stomach did when it
was able to do it in exactly the same way.
Their principal component elements are identi-
cal with those of the gastric juice and other
digestive fluids of the stomach. They do the
work of the stomach lin a natural way with
out causing any disturbance. and thus permit
that organ to rest and recuperate and grow
strong and we'll That Is what they do and
that's the way they do it. Anybody can under
stand it and anybody suffering from dyspepsia
OF any stomach trouble can always get safe and
certain and natural relief from Stuarts Dys
pepsia Tablets. JTa
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are for sale by al
druggists at 80 cents a box. Buy box and ther
go and eat good square meal and then take
Tablet, and note the result. You will forget al
about it If you are not careful. for there will b'
no pain disturbance and the food will bt
digested just as it used to be when your stomach
was well and strong. Furthermore your stomac'
will be well and strong again if you keel
/ on taking them, just as thousands upon thou
| other StOmaciS.
/ exclusive use Of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
BOGUS GOBLET FOUND
James Abee Who Assumed Name Is In
Toronto Canada

James AbeeI Who Assumed Name Is In
Toronto, Canada.
/. Newly orS, Dec. o4.-James N. Abeel.
who was indicted several weeks ago for
alleged impersonation Of y. Ogden Goelet,
Jr:.' in an attempt to marry Grace Ander-
son, a telegra pher employed in the Grand
Hotel has been located in Toronto, Ont.
and declares his sudden departure from
New York was in no way connected with
the Anderson affair.
The person who was exposed justabefore
the proposed marriage with Miss Ander-
son had presented his intended bride with
a check, bearing the Goelet signature. for
500, ,0O0 This and the notoriety caused
by the affair caused the Goelet family to
employ detectives to run down the inn
poster. Abeel is a wealthy young married
man.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
RAILROADS.
ROADS MAKE COMPLAINT
Object to Heavy Expense Imposed by
Wisconsin Inquiry.

The exhaustive inquiry made by the
state Of Wisconsin under the new ad
valorem taxation is making great
trouble for the Minneapolis and St.
Paul lines entering Wisconsin. The
inquiry is made by the state, but the
roads have, to stand all the expense
of the investigation except the cost of
the blanks. A tax commissioner of
one Of the lines says:
ITO furnish the information the tax
commission demands is a heart-break-
ing task. It will cost the railways
having large mileage in wisconsin
from $4,000 to 100000 each just to
The commission takes up each branch
separately, main line separately, build.
ings and station improvements sepa-
rately, and wants to know the just
money value for purposes of taxation.
We don't know ourselves what the
present just money yalues-what the
buildings and other property would
sell for, for instance-and can't find
out without most exhaustive iilves-
tigation.'' ss
Commissioner. C. F. Staples of the
state railway and warehouse commits
sion, said yesterday:
1.-THE exhaustive investigation pro-
posed will undoubtedly furnish
valuable facts. I have, been of the
opinion for years sLnal Minnesota cOuld
we'll afford to set aside a certain ade-
quate sum annually for investigat ton
of their railways and their affairs, sole
ly for. the purpose Of ascertaining
whether the. gross earnings tax is suff-
| cient and equitable, as compared with
| taxation of other property in the state.
But for the Wisconsin, system as
proposed, it seems to me, that we have
much the best of that state. Our sys-
| 10, ~, ole a nd accom- Od9t tpS itself
| to years when the railways are pros
j porous and the years when their busi-
/ ness and the value of their property
i fall off. The gross earnings system
as it is now. established in Minnesota
may be openeto some criticism Of its
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
TUGS LONG VOYAGE
Captain Ru'rone Brings the Disabled Me-
teor Into Port

Seattle Dec 24-Captain John S. Bull
long. with the 300-ton tug Tyee towing the
disabled freight steamer Meteor, has ar
rived here after one Of the longest Noy :
ages ever undertaken on the Pacific coast
by a vessel of similar tonnage.
Two months ago the Tyee was sent
north to tow the Meteor to Seattle. a dis
tance Of $500 miles. The little tug en-
countered terrific weather. but successfully
rode out the storm which wrecked the
Nome steamer Discovery, causing loss
of between twenty-five and thirtytive
lives.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
MINNIE HEALEY LITIGATION
Hearing in Injunctional Proceedings
Again Heinze Completed.
SneciaI to The Journal,


Special to The Journal,
Helena, Mont, Dec. 24.-Whether an in
junction against operating the noted Min
ME Healy mine shall issue against F..
Augustus Heinze, the Montana Ore Pur-
chasing company and the Johnstone Min
ing company, as asked by the Amalga-
mated Copper company, is question now
res ting with the supreme court. the last
evidence in the hearing before that trib-
une having been submitted and the matter
argued to the court last evening.
In their answer to the order to show
cause why an injunction should not issue,
the respondents alleged that they had
nothing to do with the operation of the
Minnie Healy The endeavor of the re-
lators was to show that while some other
company may be working the mine, Mr..
Heinze is really the moving spirit in the
work.
1t is contended by Heinze that he trans
ferred certain interests in the mine to the
Iypocka Mining company, and deeds
showing such a transfer were offered in
evidence
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
+ RAILROADS WIN.
Still in Lead in Fight with Brokers of
ST. Louis.

The railroads are still ahead in the
controversy with the ticket brokers in
Missouri. The Superior court has de-
MED the writ Of prohibition which
was secured, last July by the brokers
to enjoin the circuit court from en-
forcing injunctions preventing them
from selling excursion tickets for the
worlds fair traffic. Thus the tenn
porary injunction secured by the rail-
roads goes into effect restraining the
brokers in the most sweeping manner
from engaging in traffic in these tick
cts. =
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24

superintendent Of the middle division
of the Wabash. He was once superin-
tendent of the Missouri Pacific and
general manager of the c., O.. & G.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
CHEST HELD $4,000.
Robbers Frightened Away When
Money Was Almost in Sight.

rrs'TeSHSo vv'S''
=: Money Was Almost in Sight.
Special to The Journal.
Salem. S. D., Dec 24-B,irglars at
tempted to rob the First National bank
last night. They stole tools from Dege-
ners blacksmith shop, pried open the
front door, drilled hole near the lock in
the outer door of the vault and blew it
open. Eight thousand dollars were in the
chest, but something frightened them
away. The. bank is fully insured in the
Bankers Mutual Casualty of Des sMoines
and the Ocean Accident and Guarantee
company. There is no c1eW
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24

alcohol quinine. In fact, physicians are pre-
scribing them all the land and if your
doctor is real honest with YOU. he will tell you
frankly that there is nothing earth good for
dyspepsia as Sruarts Dyspepsia Tablets.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
Red HOT from the Gun

Was the ball that caused horrible
ulcers on G. B. Steadman, Newark,
Mich. Bucklen's Arnica Salve soon
cured him. Csc.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
Warranted Cutlery.

Pocket Knives, Shears and Razors,
Internationally at Card
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24

Cutlery That Cuts.
At Gardner Hardware Co., 3O4 Hen. av
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
What They Demand,

Headaches, liver complaints, bowel
disorders demand DR.. Kings New Life
Pills. They are gentle, but cure Or no
pay csc.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-31
Women ReII-Rinqers.

St Andrews church, at Bradheld,
Berkshire. is the only church in this
country where the bells are rung by
women instead Of men. The reason
why women have been engaged for
this task is very simple. About eight
cen months ago there was a great
dearth of men and boys in the district
owing to the scarcity Of labor, and
the vicar. being unable to obtain the
requisite number of men to ring the
bells, asked the ladies of the congre-
cation to undertake the duty The
appeal was instantly and heartily re
sponded to, and six young ONE
have rung the bells of this pretty little
church regularly and punctually for
nearly eighteen months. 1t is certain
ly heavy and trying. but the fair bell
ringers have become enthusiastic La
the work and do it excellently.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-31
Unfortunates Who Bet
In city Bucketshops
Form of Gambling That Is Carried On Under the Guise OF
Trade-Habhues Feverishly Watch the RLackboards
Which Tell of Their Investments"

The customers are rampantly fever.
ish. They trade on margins which
are wiped out by point moves and the
insertion of fractional blocks is fol.
lowed by long drawn "ohs" or 'ahs"
that are pregnant with meaning. II
is gambling in it's nakedest form. All
know that the shop has no exchange
connection; that their orders are real
ly "bucketed," that is merely recorded
on the sheet that is the holy Of holes
in the bucketshop. But it costs them
little to take the chance and all are
confident that they can draw their elu-
sive profits before the shop shuts up
for good.
They form IL little groups around
the older or the loudest mouthed Of the
habitues and listen attentively to his
golden words, little knowing even
little caring, that he is secretly Oh the
payroll of the shop. The tips the
thing, and his may be as good as an
others. They pay Difference to the
manager Of the shop, and when on the
rare occasions that the reputed pro-
prietor descends among them they al
most kowtow. For he owns a palace
uptown, has the fastest horses on the
Speedway and opens butts of wine in
the big Broadway cafes.
The waits are the pitiable ones in
the changing crowd. Some of them
are able to borrow enough from
wealthy friends of former days to buy
a little, and they hang over the ticker
and scan the board with staring eyes
and drawn faces like things plague
stricken. They are wiped out and
stumble from the place to the street,
where they cruch whole nights long
oyer the gratings of the s~kyscrapers.
from which exhausted steam issues,
only to crawl back with day to take
their place among those who eat the
bread of bitterness and are suffered in
the place because of former times.
1t is a little step from this to the
dens. The waits come here at last
and mingle with the messengers and
laborers. One man is proprietor,
manager and office help. He writes
the sheets and sweeps the shop by
turns. The customers band together,
contributing a quarter each, usually,
and bet with the management that a
certain stock will go up or down.
Here, too, the tip is all. A messen.
ger rushes in and whispers to a chosen
few. He has just delivered a message
to Space. the big operator, and tarried
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-31
TRUTH OF OLD LEGEND
Writer in New York Sun Sheds New
Light on Story.

Writer in New York Sun Sheds New
Light on Story.
A woodsman, says the New York
Sun, was one day chopping a tree
overhanging a stream, and pausing in
his work to firt with a passing milk
maid, he dropped his axe into the
river.
The woodsman sat down comfort
ably and proceeded to bemoan his
fate. Mercury. hearing his Iamenta-
tons, appeared before him. and upon
being informed of the loss of the axe
he at once dived into the water and
brought up a golden Ratchet.
lis that yours?" asked Mercury.
mo" replied the man.
Mercury thereupon plunged into
the water for a second time and
brought up a silver Ratchet. Again
the man denied that the axe was his.
For the third time Mercury disap-
peared under the water, and at last
brought up the very axe that the man
had lost, which the woodsman eager
ly claimed as his.
The god, being pleased with the
mans honesty, presented him with
the gold and silver hatchets also.
The man told his friends about this
and the Mercurial Gold and Silver
company was organized with a capital
of a billion or so. They bought up
all the rivers and ponds in the coun-
try and honest woodsmen were en-
ployed in double shifts to drop iron
axe into the water and get gold and
silver ones for their honesty. The
stock paid very well.
That is the true derivation of the
term-watered stock. AS for the milk
maid (the cause of it alb, the woods
man very properly married the girl.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-31

long enough to see Space rush to the
phone and hear him order 1000 IA.
o. P. The chosen few search through
ragged pockets, one who has lost his
silver piece through a neglected hole
curses the malign fate that robs him
of this chance of wealth and watches
in s~ullenness the more fortunate hand
over to the manager their pool"
money.
Missouri Pacific railroad stock goes
up, or down, you know not which, nor
care. but the countless thousands who
pour out from the buckctshops know
as they stumble, sometimes home,
through the darkness, and tLey care
acutely.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-31

ated, and, eliminating the buzzing tick
ers and the immense blackboard,
which takes up all OF one side of the
room, it might be mistaken by the
novice for the lounging room of a city
club.
The blackboard is the important
part of the machinery as it is also the
Earring element in the rooms repose.
Across its wide surface run row upon
row of grooves. These are divided
into sections by vertical wooden
strips running from top to bottom OF
the board. Close to each strip are
painted the names of all the active
stocks dealt in on the Stock Exchange,
the names running in alphabetical or
der from the top to the bottom Of each
section. Sufficient space is left after
each name to permit the insertion Of
little wooden blocks bearing numbers
from one to ten, with fractins, by
means of which the quotations can be
instantly changed.
The first number is usually the clos
ing price of the previous day. The
others show the present days f1uctua-
ton. The blocks are changed from
time to time as a telegraph operator
calls of the variations.
The customers face this board and
follow the swift changes carefully. A
closer scrutiny shows the papers and
magazines in their hands to be only
such as record the news affecting rail-
road and industrial corporations. As
each block is slipped into place anx-
ious eyes peer at it, for it means an
advance or decline in the stock and
in the fortune Of the holder thereof,
and under the calm exterior of the
watchers there is a tempest of anxiety.
The tempest bursts out at times. A
mans face goes ashen; he rises weak
ly from his place with a faltering
word, Good Godi" and stumbles to
the door. ~unseeing. A moment later
and the little block that ruined him
is swiftly changed to one which would
have saved him if his margin had held.
1t is a different scene in the smaller
bucket shops. The -paraphernalia is
similar, but on a less elaborate scale,
and the %frequenters present, in their
own p~arlance, a less elaborate front
They are essentially "pikers," and
their fever is not at all intermittent.
Here come a swarm OF clerks. small
tradesmen and the host Of waits who
have been submerged in the vortex of
Wall street, and cast up again for a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-31
WHAT He PAID TO WIN
Kansas Candidate Reports the Cost
of His Campaiun.

Kansas Candidate Reports the Cost
of His Campaign.
The candidates in Kansas refuse to-
take seriously the law which requires
them to file an itemized statement OF
the expenses Of their campaigns. At
Winfield, ]. E. Terrence, elected coun-
ty attorney, files an elaborate expense
account, declaring that it is in re-
sponse to "the intensely moral provi-
sions of the fool legislature of Kan
sas." Here are some of his items:
ITO cards announcing to the eager
public that | was a candidate for re-
election, IS.
ITO circulars printed to head of
the nimble campaign lies turned loose
by my enemies, $3.50.
ITO the ubiquitous solicitors for
charitable purposes who called on me
just before election, and while suf-
fering from intense agony, and there
fore at a time when l was afraid to re-
fuse. $3.50.
ITO the colored editor of a newspa-
per at Topeka, which seemed to be
exerting its entire influence to save
me from the avalanche of democratic
votes which apparently hung in the
balance, SO.
ITO stationary used by me in ex-
posing the infamous fake circular
gotten out by Rev. Smith and others,
2 cents.
Il wish to further state that any
inaccuracies or omissions which may
be found in this statement Involving
a total of about $1,000 are due to the
strenuous condition of things, and to
the b~reak-neck rate OF speed at which
l was compelled to run to be able to
look back at my opponent as / came
under the wire."-Kansas City Jour
nal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-31
STRUCK AT ENEMY's CREDIT.
How Boston Man Got Even For q
Fancied Injury.

Fancied Injury.
Illustrative of the fertility of re-
source possessed by some men is the
story told of one State street man who
must have had in him his full share
of Indian blood.
Jones w. Jones, a man of promi-
nence and affairs, aroused the ire Of
the State street man. What it was all
about is not recalled; but the hnesse
displayed by the Indian in getting his
revenge is wildly remembered. The
Indian must have been hit pretty Sc
verely in pride, too, for his revenge
was as unique as it vas aboriginal.
The Indian called in a trusted lieu
tenant and babe him go to every bank
and financial house on tn street and
deny, with as much vehemence as he
could command, that the house Of
Jones w. Jones was in bad order. The
lieutenant executed his commission.
and so effectively, hat before the day
ended the floating paper of Jones was
at a p~erilous discount.
His credit was actually badly affect
ed for some time-and the Indian ex-
ulted.-Boston Journal
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1903-03-31
LOG THAT DEFIED NIAGARA
Hung for Days on the Brink of the
American Fall.

Hung for Days on the Brink of the
American Fall.
OF all the strange sights Witnessed
at Niagara Falls, non was ever more
odd than that photographed by a resi-
dent, says the New York Herald. Here
a great long stick Of timber, long
enough to make a big mast, is cen
caught, right on the very brink OF the
American fall.
1t is, indeed, remarkable that it
should have caught there, but it is
still more wonderful that 1t should
have remained there for several days,
or until high water came to force its
fastening to give way. The big tim
Der came down from the vicinity of
the lumber yards at Tonawanda- It
plunged through the upper rapids and
over the many reefs above the falls.
It rolled along between the numerous
islands, and seemed destined to make
the leap into the gorge without
stop.
But right on the very edge of the
waterfall, with its butt projecting far
over and out from the falling water.
and with it's small end elevated in the
air above the current, this log caught
and held. 1t commanded much atten-
ton, and it is supposed that when it
tumbied into the gorge it carried q
portion of the limestone ledge with it
Nothing like it was ever before or
since witnessed in connection with
this greatest of all waterfalls, and,
without doubt, thousands upon thou
sands of timbers might go the same
way without tarrying on the edge Of
the fall, as this timber did.