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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-30

had made up my mind that anything we
could get would be clear gain to the state
and / would have accepted a thousand
dollars If / could not have done better.
One of the best lawyers in ST. Paul. who
represented the firm we suspected, came
to the office in response to a demand and
said substantially: The firm I represent
did not commit the trespass, but Mr..
- has retired from business and he
does not wish to be annoyed and is will
ing to pay three or four thousand dollars
in order to avoid notoriety. put on
bold front and insisted on twenty thou
sand dollars being paid. He and I
wrangled back and forth for an hour He
kept adding thousand and kept COM
ing down a thousand until I positively
declared that $12, 900 would be my lowest
figure. He had offered $4,000 and would
not give another cent and we finally split
the difference, and the next day he sent
me a check for $1,000. This is a fair
sample of the matter in which numerous
trespass cases were settled by me. AS a
matter of fact had we gone to court we
could not have collected single dollar,
and we knew it.
A Costly Suit for the State.
Take the Shevlin- Carpenter case (Sec-
ton 36-44-19), for instance: 1t had been
twice in the supreme court and three
times before the district court in Henne-
pin county, and the jury finally rendered
a verdict in favor of the state for
S5,571 go, 81, 133. rs less than the firm had
offered to settle with me in the first
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-30
Republican Candidate for President.

eral and the timber board. Let It be
borne in mind that during my admins
tration, with an appropriation that would
not permit of the employment of more
than three cruisers regularly to cover an
area of from thirty-five to forty thou
sand square miles, that I collected more
trespass, ten times over (S110,0O0 as
shown by the records of the auditors
office than was collected in all the previ-
Gus history Of the state when there was
many times as much timber to trespass
on The care with which the difficult
work of detecting timber trespass was
done is shown by the fact that out of
700 cases reported, 361, averaging $67.45
each, were committed by small loggers
and irresponsible parties and by set
tiers. The average amount of each of the
700 cases was less than $4,000 feet. The
average price per thousand feet obtained
for timber regularly sold prior to 1898
was $1.S1 per thousand, and up to 1893
the state did not average more than
1884 per thousand feet at regular sales.
The great bulk of the trespass committed
during my administration was prior to
$685. yet the average price obtained by
me for trespass was S3.25 per thousand.
Mr. johnson very adroitly attempts TO
convey the impression to the public that
1t was cheaper to trespass than to buy
timber during my administration. Con-
slider for a moment 700 separate and dis
tinct cases Of treSpass, scattered over an
area of at least $1,000 square miles and
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-30
HON. R. C. DUNN REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
And State Auditor veson Issue Statements Regarding the States
Timber Business Mineral Leases.

When the lease was brought to me to
sign during the last days of my admin
istration I did not even glance at the
name, and even if I had it would not
have made the slightest difference. for
l would have issued the lease Just the
same. The attorney for the lessee, Mr..
c. s. Wilson of Duluth, one of the ablest
land attorneys in Minnesota gave the
state the benefit of his valuable assist
ance, and it was largely through his eff
forts that the state was enabled to make
good its claim to the land. The tract in
question was scripped by Eastern parties
and they made desperate effort to de-
feat the states claim. The tactics en-
ployed were disreputable in the extreme.
United States Surveyor General Warner
was approached and offered a large bride
to rule against the state, but, to his
everlasting credit, be it said, he spurned
the offer, and, after hearing, reported
to Washington that the land was swamp.
One of the parties interested in the
scripping of the tract made all sorts of
threats. I was threatened, Mr.. Finn
was threatened, and he even undertook
to bulldoze Mr.. Iverson. My only con-
nection with the matter was in urging
Mr.. Warner to file the tract in question
in the auditors office as swamp land.
and in the issuance of the lease more
than year afterwards. 1t was a per-
fectly lawful act for me to issue that
lease, and it was a perfectly lawful act
for Mabel Evans to receive it. The pres
ent state auditor, Samuel G. Iverson,
has recognized the validity of the lease
issued to Mabel Evans by issuing to
her, as the records show state min
ing contract under the terms of the law
authorizing the issue of mineral leases
and contracts. might also add that the
attorney for the lessee, Mr.. Wilson, was
approached and offered large sum if
he would prove recreant to the interests
OF his client It is estimated that there
are at least two million tons of ore con-
tained in the tract in question, and
when it is mined the state will receive
n royalty of 100000. I was foolish
enough to imagine that I was
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-30

March IL, 1860, the date of the act of
congress granting to the State of Min
nesota all the swamp lands within its
boundaries. This decision is one Of a
long line Of decisions, and has been sus-
tanned by the supreme court of the
United States in the case of Wright v.
Roseberry Q21 U. S. 4Ss), which says OF
the states swamp land grant: "The
grant in this case was present grant
vesting in the state proprio vigore from
the day of it's date. title to all the land
of the particular description designated,
wanting nothing but the definition of its
boundaries to make it perfect"
There is no question, therefore. tina:
the state was possessed of this land on
Dec. 80, 1902, and that it was lawful to
issue state mineral lease covering it.
liz the usual manner, subject to all the
requirements of state law.
I am frank to say that had any en-
ploye at the capitol applied for a lease
during my term of office it would have
been issued without question, and no
possible injury could result to the state
when the fixed charge provided by law
had been paid. I have sold state land to
Gov. Lind and other officials, as well as
to senator's and representatives, the
same being sold at public auction to the
highest bidder, as provided by law, and
/ fail to see wherein the state was
wronged. l reiterate, any official has as
good right to lease tract of mineral
land or buy outright piece of state
land as any other individual, and with
all due respect to Mr.. Johnsons legal
attainments, there is nothing in the land
or mineral laws of the state that pro-
hibitS such sale or lease to any official
or employe of the state.
Trespass Settlements.
been severely criticised for the settlement
of trespaSs cases IN not eXact'ng double
or treble damages IN every instance. 1
repeat what l have said before: every
trespass case was settled after due con-
sideration for the best interests of the
state, and was settled only after ,con-
sultation with the cruisers, Mr.. Iverson,
the deputy auditor. the stumpage clerk
and many times with the attorney gem
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-30

avera ging $4,000 feet to each trespasser,
and in all the previous history of the
state these small punches of pine had
melted away. If the entire 35.OO0,O00 feet
of treSpass committed during my admin
istration had been centered in one town
ship it would have been five times more
valuable than scattered owe: ne area in
question. For instance one section may
contain 100000 feet of pine and that
pine to-day would be worth probably
$4,000. Scatter that pine over an entire
township and it would not be worth one
third the amount. Scattered timber is
practically valueless and can only be sold
to small jobbers and farmers. Nine
tenths of the trespass was on small iso-
lated tracts and any one possessed of an
ounce of common sense can perceive that
tits unfair of Mr.. Johnson TO compare the
prices obtained for trespass in isolated
in solid, compact bodies It is also unfair
of Mr.. Johnson to compare prices OBJ
tanned for treSpass in the early years of
my administration with the prices OBJ
tanned during the first year of Mr.. Iver-
sons administration, when timber had
risen in value from 800 to go per cent
In many instances was obliged to take
Mr.. Iverson has been obliged to do like
wise in numerous cases. / said at the
time of Mr.. Johnsons first report that
s'The Reasons Were Given AKA
Noted"
Oh lne StuinpdSe RECORDS Where treSpaS5
cases were settled for less than double
and treble damages. To be sure when
trespass was first discovered we invaria-
bly, made large demands, and the weaker
our case the stronger was our bluff re-
member distinctly the largest case Of
trespass ever settled. 1t appears in the
stumpage records. | demanded twenty or
twenty-five thousands dollars. The tres
pass had been committed years before I
came into office and the ground had all
been burned over. All our cruisers could
find We're charred stumDs and even some
of the StumpS had been consumed
Through diligent inquiry on the part of
our cruisers we became convinced that
certain firm which had gone out of bust
ness had committed the trespass, al
though we had not a scintilla of proof
nor could we come anywhere near prov
ing the number of feet taken from the
section. AS any one knows. when you go
the satisfaction of the judge and jury. I
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-30
ENTITLED to Credit and Not Gem
sureo

ssEntitIed to Credit and Not Gem
sure"
for taking the initiative to secure this
valuable tract of land for the state. Ger
tainly a private firm would deal gener-
ously with the man who secured for it
a tract or land worth 100000. Mr..
Johnson lays himself open to the sus-
picion of being in collision with the
sharks who made such strenuous efforts
to rob the state OF its Just dues. for, be-
yond the shadow OF doubt, the land is
swan1py in character and rightly was the
property Of the state under the swamp
land grant of 1850. I do not claim to
be entitled to the full credit for secur-
ing this tract of land for the state, but
I do assert that had 1t not been for the
initiatory steps taken by me it would
not have been returned as swamp, and
no foundation would have been laid for
the states claim. That it was lawful
for me to issue that lease. although the
state had not at that time received a
patent for the land from the United
States government. is shown by the re-
suit OF the contest over the states title,
the secretary of the interior in his de-
cision declaring that the state became
vested with the title to this land on
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01
LAS CURSIS

Urfa conoci6 esta famila POGO despues de Ia nuer
te del general Santerc Ell uo de las tres seoras des
psr6 su nteres como todo 10 que triste dclOro
So Con e tempo, vino ser amigo fel de esta des
graciada fama vctma de Ia imprevs6n del general que
mientras vivi6 la pie de lujo que vino
abajo al faar quedar reducda Ia esoendida paga
la modesto pension de que vivian ahora las
noras.
La geuerala, dofa Rosa contaba 4 este buen amigo
tristezas.
-iQue desenganos, amigo Urial Isl eI difnnto e-
vantase Ia cabeza.... Tano wales cuanto tienes.-
Nuuca hubera creido 20 cieras personals que
vsndisu fnezas cuanto nos hin vsso csfdas nos
vue'ven las sspadas. los ojps de dona Rosa Sc Gu
briau de agmas) Quo verdad que nada enseEa tan
to como Ia desgraeial
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01
BlsLIorEcA DEL peIEr N MERcAS1IL

degracia han sabido afrontar honadanente su siua-
cion su pcbreza, que de humarlas las dIgniH-
ca Eto penso 20, 81 gente es de oro pafecer peor
para ella Da llegara que Sc ccmprenda a suprema
eegancia de Ia virud calada cursi garrua exs-
tencia de las de Soils.
A lie ita entro en- aquel momento. Dona Rosa la beso
amorosamente miranda angustada squel rostro pali-
do. Urial- estrecho Ia mano una caleuturiena.
No estAs bien, Adela-le dijo-no has debdo le-
vantarte.
Me aburre Ia CANA . ins aburre me da niedo-
Sono en- su pecho una tos que constern6 aiUrfa.
Adeta, vida mia, 20 quero que te pongas buer
na. Es meneser quo t1 tambien 10 quieras te pon-
dras La voluusad hace mlagros Echa lejos de ii la
tristeza di: quiero quiero quiero vivir.
AdeIa miro Urfx con ojos trstones, a1uelos
oos que removieron un dia e gran foudo de ternura
del ingeuero Halabase er del c5nie del Amen
dral con m1tvo de ciera fiesta qle habia reu,do mu
cha gene dstnguda Gustaba Urfa d. estos hlgorios
mas que por 10 que e dverfsu por de obser
vaci5o donde Sc mosrab. mn buena porcidn de huma
nilad Goa todas lacsas Ps9ushos afanes 81 oio
asrta soprendia eatre ia risa rivoa de aqae mupdo
bri ante gin ~ d. IN anna ps tiaaa. ete AZ e "A
conrda ,r trsje algd acso do ons' DE- trgslis.
All deseubfld E. afoEtagio d: Ale ESti ma-
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01

Isl m.Natnqs sD,mme mddOusM nanh Antigua
Calm nst tveatGr TbaO P@h Qdgnhh
n ciu,whhhea tnaaiap
and0heN
wdtwaAau auwhmh mhg hence and
hm mmmngaq km@nsdge# 1 N or Vi Jan
aamw Msm ead
MLmmnyb dy
Fiha Luph 6 70 Sum General AgmS IA
Frhe Lh& C S
Silva
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01

&c agencIa la venta de hSCien-
das, prOpiedades y minas en-
tOOO su valOr 8 parte. Remftan,
80 pliegos de condolences y precios; y
50 enviarzn las formulas 8 condolences
de las ventas. Dirfjanse Agencia
WHITE, sos Electrical Exchange,
Building, New York City.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01
PONCE
Enero 80 1904.

y I0~f'
lafiana comenzara la fiesta
los bomberos. Promote re-
lltar muy animada.
~
Ha visto va la luz publica el
libro "Bloqueo", collection de
versos de don Guillermo Atiles
Garcia. de esta ciudad.
Nv
Sc nos informa que mafiana
vendran a Ponce muchas perso-
mas de Yauco con el objeto de
asistir al concerto de Amalia
Paoli.
a~*
Aver Sc hallaba en- esta ciu-
dad ell respectable vecino de
Aguadilla don Adrian del Va
lie. Por la tarde salio para la
villa de su residencia.
Nv
"El Aguila" publica aver un
rarticulo de redaccion bajo Ell ST.
guiente tftulo: "Concordia, 81:
union no."
Muchas personas que 10 han
leido dicen que, a esta hora, no
basta la concordia: que es preci-
so la union.
Anoche, entire 9 y 10. la poll
cia municipal persiguio a un
hombre que entTo en- ell patio de
la casa de don Jose Llorens
Echevarrfa, siendo advertido
por la familia de este. Ell indi-
viduo en- question origin6 sospe-
chas, y, efectivamente, a la voz
"deteugase", que le dirigio Ell Sc
nor Llorens, echo a huir, atra-
vesando los patios vecinos: no
pudo ser cogido.
La policia municipal vigilo
toda la noche en- los patios in
medistos, pues Sc cree que Sc
trata de un ladron, complicado
en- los ultimos robos ocurridos
.en Ponce.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01
TEcente Gonzalez,

Eienda Ge prOvGssones y tOdA aase de GeOres.
eoMPRA vENTA DE FRUTos DEL PAm.
Gale del TreB No. 2a-Catano.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01

Ia SFederaci6n libreg ha cir
.culad0una hoj suelta impresa
dando eusnta d Z que en- Ell ulti.
mo vapor que salio paraIlos Es-
tados Unid0s soIicit6 su diplo-
ma de legalizaeion en- Ia Ame-
Tican Federation of Labor. ha.
b'endo renitido el dinero CO.
Irespondlsnle para clio
p CorfesponSal
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01

~
Sc ha organiza 10 una brigada
-de bomberos compuesta de nj
nos memories dc catorce amos,
que disputara el premio en- Ell
match de las festas proximas.
La brigada la dirigen don Lo-
renzo Guesoda. don Ernesto
Jorge y don Pedro Santos.
~
Ell doctor Gatell, de Yauco, ha
~embarcado para la isla de Cuba.
**#
Cartas de Barranquitas. reci-
bidas en- Ponce, dicen que Mon
=Seflor Blenk cuando hablo en- el
temple a su llegada ALI despues
de referirse d las inteligencias
que Sc habfan producido en-
aquel recinto. entire elias el Re-
verendo P. Berries, al manifes-
tarse apesadumbrado por las Ill
timas desgracias del simpatico
pueblo. dijo que el. desde aquel
instante. Sc declaraba hijo carl
Iioso de Barrauquitas.
Durante la Santa Pastoral vi
sta en- aQuel pueblo confesaron
en- e1 unas 1000 almas, y Sc con-
firmaron $500 personals.
Barranquitas siente hoy tre-
nesi por el n Blenk, y bien Il
merece el gran sacerdote cato
1io0.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01

Don Eugenio Verges, bacen-
dado de Maunabo. sc encuentra
en- esta ciudad.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-02-01

Ell doctor Gatell de Yauco, ha
~embarcado para la isla de Cuba.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-06-15
REPUBLICAN, STATE CONVENTIONS

To The Repabliean Electors of TIE Sta.e Of
: In accordance with the instructions of the
Republican State Central Committee, a con-
publican party Of this state will be held at the
opera house in the CITY OF GRAND
FORKS, on WEDNESDAY, JULY 80, 1901,
at IL o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose
Of nominating candidates to be. supported at
the mex. general election and for the trans
action of such other business as may be
brought before it. The candidates to Be there
nominated are: Four presidential electors,
two members of congress, governor,
lieutenant governor, secretary Of state, state
public instruction, attorney general, commits
sioner Of insurance, Commissioner Of agri-
culture and labor, three commissioners Of
faiIoads and one judge of the supreme court.
The basis of representation in said con-
yention is the average nunbsrIof votes cast
for the two republican candidates receiving
respectively the highest and lowest vote in
each county in the state at the last general
election in 1902 Excluding superintendent Of
public instruction, railroad commissioners and
gates at large to each organized county, and
one delegate for each seventy-6ve republican
votes, or major fraction of seventy-fve votes,
cast for the above officers in said election.
to the law governing the holding Of. caucuses,
and it is recommended that the organization
in each county, when making calls for eau
cuses, designate for each precinct messenger
whose duty it shall be to be present at the
named in the cali, provided with record BOOK,
napcrs and other materials necessary for keep-
ing the records of the caucus and list Of
persons voting thereat, in accordance with sec
ton 407c of the Revised Codes Of 1899. h
The different counties in the state will, un-
der the apportionment herein provided, be
entitled to representation as follows:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-06-15
BRIEF ElT5 Or NEWS.

The annual convention of the Inter
national Association of Railway Clerks
convened in Milwaukee Tuesday with
about 100 delegates in attendance.
At Eutte, Mont, Benny 9anse1, tho
"Tipton Slasher," was Knocked out in
the eighth round Monday night b.
Aurelio Herrera of Bakersfield, Ca i
Anna Allston Russell, widow of Joel
T. Headley, the historian, is deao at
Newburg, N. Y, aged more than eighty
years. She was born in New Epe.and
and was niece Of William Lila4y
Charming. i, .-.> ~.l
Samuel S. Robinson, we'll known in
the copper country of Upper Michigan
and in the West as a mine manager
and bridge builder, is dead at his home
on farm near Detroit, aged eighty
one years. IT,.
Is Mrs. Helen Coffin Beedy, whose
ability and devotion to temperance
work was recognized year ago by
her appointment as a national organ
izer of the national w. G. T.. u, is
dead at Pennington, Me.
Miss Elsie wheeler of Philadelphia
and Mr.. Robert Goelet of New York
were married Tuesday in the Church
of ST. Mary, fashionable suburb OF
Philadelphia. The bridesmaids in.
cluded Miss Alice Roosevelt. .%
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-06-15
$1,000 Round Trip.

The Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic
R'y will have on sale June 3, 10, IA
and 10, round trip tickets to Detroit
and intermediate points at rate Of
$1,000; to Buffalo and return $14.oo.
This is via the Duluth, South Shore
& Atlantic R'y to st. Ignace and the
Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Cos
palatial steamers. = -. r.
For return limits, reservation Of
berths on train and steamer, and full
particulars of the above, write or cal
on Mart Adson, general agent, 43t
Superior street, Duluth, MINI. "
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-06-15
CITATION HEARING PROOF OF
H. WILL -. !.

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUNTY OF
Burleigh, in county court, before Hon. John F.
N tie matter Of the estate Of Esbjorn Larson,
Deceased. Peter Larson, petitioner, vs.. Alma
Svantopp and Martha Larson, respondents
The state of North Dakota, to the above
named respondents and all persons interested
in the estateSof Esbjorn Larson, deceased.
fou and each of you are hereby notified that
Peter Larson the petitioner herein, has fled in
this court document in writing, purporting to
be the last will and testament Of Esbjorn Lar
son, late of the township of Grass Lake, in the
county Of Burleigh and state Of North Dakota,
mission to probate Of said document as the last
will and testament Of said deceased, and for
the issuance to himself of letters testamentary
thereon and that the said petition and the
proofs of said purported will and testament will
be heard and duly considered by this court on
the 9Th day of July A. D. 1904, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon of that day, at the court rooms of
this court, in the city Of Bismarck, county OF
Burleigh, and state Of North Dakota: and you
and each Of you are hereby cited to be and ap-
pear before this court at said time and place
and answer said petition and show cause, il
any there be, why the prayer Of said petition
should not be granted. g5
By the-Court =
7 tSeall JOHN F. FORT,
4 Judge of the county court.
Dated the is day of June, a. D. 1904. ~.
BOUCHER, PHILBRIcK 4 COcHRANE, ~
- Attorneys for petitioner. .E...
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-06-15
RECEIVED BY GERMAN EMPRESS
Audiences Given to Council Of Women's
q - y ~ Congress-. ,>4=3& III

AUoteHCS ESttSn 10 NounC1l OF WomenS
. ~ " al & Congress. Els
Berlin, June 15.---Tle chief interest
of the American delegates to the In
ternational Women's Congress during
the day attached to an audience given
/ to twenty-one members of the interna-
/; ttonal council by, the empress. The
deputatiou comprised the retiring and
newly elected officials of the council.
! the president ct each national council
and seyei al leaders of the movement.
The Americans on the deputation were
! Miss Susan B: Anthony, Mrs. May
Wright Sewell OF Indianapolis and
Mrs. Swift. '@t1 r.
Her majesty engaged all the dele
gates in conversation, evincing great
interest in the prog. ess of the woman
movement. She expressed much pleas
ure at hearing from the foreign dele
gates the success OF the Berlin meet
ing of the council. The American del
/: sgates were charmed by the empress
gracious bearing, which Mrs. Sewell
said was lesson in kindness and cour-
tesy. The reception lasted an hour
and half. &E
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-06-15
OCCUPANCY OF WElHAlWEl.

British Control Will End WITH Fall 81
Port Arthur,
London, June .l5.--It appears from a
question and answer in the house Of
commons during the. day that the fall
Of Port Arthur will ,,niark the end OF
British tenancy Of Weihaivei. on the
Shantung promontory. Earl Percy,
the under foreign secretary, Informed
the house that under. the Anglo-C Chi
nese convention Of 1898 Great Brit
AIMS lease of this port was only va.ia
50 long as Port Arthur remained in the
occupation OF Russian han Is. ~ y-