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of all those who had never paid this trib-
ute to his kingdom.
A huge canvas tank was placed in the
bow of the boat on the lower deck and
piling forward there to see the fun were
most of the second-class passengers.
Directly three o'clock, or six bells, was
sounded, out of the narrow stairway
leading down below came strange and
motley crew.
One huge fellow, dressed in a suit OF
white, with an immense Bingham apron
and a great cap on his head, came out
brandishing a razor, but such razor,
each part must have been fully three feet
long, the blade was broad and CORY and a
more fearful looking weapon 1 never
saw.
With him were two assistants. One
carried large pail and long handled
brush. The pail was filled with some
white mixture.
The other assistant had mammoth
bottle of some fiery red fluid.
These three went quickly to work to
prepare for operations, an old bench was
placed on one side Of the tank and
a small platform erected near it.
Suddenly arose shout and with a
bound Father Neptune was before us.
would have known him anywhere. A
great long beard of what appeared to be
tangled sea werst, flowing mop of red
dish hair surmounted by a glitterine
crown that surely stood a good foot
high.
He wore a long black slicker and high
boots and in his hand a great pair OF
binoculars.
These he used great deal and seemed
to be quite proud of, though to the critical
eye they strangely resembled couple
of wine bottles dashed together.
Upon this trip he was accompanied by
Mrs. Neptune, or Mother Neptune, sup
pose she should be called.
This august dame was most coquet-
tishly CARRIED in flowing robe of light
blue muslin, great chains hung round hel
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With Broken Neck.

Living with broken neck is the
condition of Leo McConnon, the Is
year-old son of Edward McConnon of
Winona. Young McConnon and a
number of companions were in swim
ming in the river at that place. Neon
non dived from pile into shallow wa
ter He struck his head on stone
with the result that his neck was dis
located. When he did not come to the
surface at once his companions went to
his assistance and brought him up. He
was unconscious. He was conveyed to
the hospital and there an examination
showed that his neck was dislocated.
He is still alive and there are hopes of
his recovery, although the chances are
much against him.
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neck and her streaming curls were
crowned with a diadem no less gorgeous
than that of her lord. The lady was
about six feet tall and correspondingly
broad and had, somewhat thoughtlessly
I thought, donned huge pair Of mems
boots for this occasion. She also ap-
peared to be somewhat awkward in man
aging her train, but on the whole Moth
er Neptune is a specimen of the popular
strenuous woman.
Here also came the timekeeper,
dressed in black with large clock hang
ing from his neck.
Fast and furious the fun began, a
whimperiIg cabin boy was ejscted from
the stairway. The barber caught him
threw him on the bench and began his
horried work. First his head and face
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Passing of the Good Old
American Silver Dollar
1t Is Probable That No More of Them VIII
Ever be Coined by the Government

shilling, six-pence and three-pence that
were coined here are known under the
name of the pine Tree Money" John
Hull, who was the contractor for the
Massachusetts mint, received one shll-
ling for every 20 coined, and as the pine
tree coins were issued in great quaint
tiles, he grew very wealthy. For almost
hundred years the pine tree coin was
the chief coin in circulation in New Eng
land.
For Maryland's use, Lord Baltimore
in 1861 had coined in England the shll-
ling, six-pence and penny. France TOOK
the lead in sending to American posses
sions copper coinage, in 172l giving
Louisiana a small copper coin bearing
the letter L, the initial of the king, Louis
XIV. The English colonies, which had
been clamoring for copper, were at last
heard, and in 1921 ten tons of copper
coin were exported to Massachusetts.
In 1773 England sent Virginia copper
coin that for long was one OF the most
beautiful of the coins in use in this coun-
try.
Among our early coins was the Wood
Money, "or Rosa Americana" In 1922
William Wood, of Northampton, Eng
land, obtained a monopoly for coming
tokens" to be used for currency in
America. This coin, which was made OF
a mixed metal that resembled brass, OBJ
tanned quite wide circulation. In 1877,
there was in circulation in Connecticut
a private or unauthorized coinage known
as the CRANKY of Higly token. There
were various devices in the Higly token: a
deer surrounded with this legend, "Value
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News Notes.

The assessor adds $1,940,S6S to the
Ramsey county.
Mrs. Isabel C. Marston, aged IS,
committed suicide at her summer
home at Lake Minnetonka.
The house of Norman Albro at
Spring Valley was struck by light
ming. The damage is about $500.
There were thirty-three cases of
smallpox reported to the state board
of health in the week ending July S.
The state pardon board declines to
commute the death sentence in the
case of William Chounard Of Cass
Lake.
By a unanimous vote of SS it was
decided to bond the village for a
bridge across the Mississippi at Elk
River
w. E. Rowe will try conclusions
with Halvor Stevenson for the seat
in congress from the Polk county
district.
Sale of reservation lands at Thief
River Falls closed on Thursday, July
IA, and will be continued in Crooks
ton on Oct. 3.
Mrs. James Smith of Spring Valley
was bound over in bonds of $500 fol
the alleged shooting in the leg of q
boy who, she asserts, was trespassing
on her premises.
During the visit of a circus al
Crookston, NJ A. Sratrud's jewelry
safe was robbed of over $4,000 in cash
and certificates of deposit. There is
no clue to the robbers. Collins Bros
and Peterson & Booths stores also
were robbed of about $500 each.
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THE ROSA AMERICANA PENNY.

cents and Washington half-dollars and
a great many less known coins.
In 1856 congress decided upon the fol-
lowing coins; the gold eagle, the half
eagle and quarter-eagle; the silver dol
lar, half-hollar, Quarter-dollar, dime al
half-dime; the copper cent and half-cen.
The first United States mint was estab-
lished in 1892, and 1893 is the date of the
first United States coinage. The first
issue from the national mint was the
cent which bears the admonitory words
mind Your Own Business" and, per-
haps because Of the advice, called the
Franklin cent. The first silver coins of
the American series were issued in 1894;
a dollar, half-dollar and half dime.
One of the rare United States coins is
the silver dollar of 1904. That the 1894
dollar should be so rare is something of
a mystery, as 1850 were coined. Two
explanations are given: that part of this
large issue was included in the mintage
of 1905; that vessel bound for China
with almost the entire 1904 mintage, was
lost at sea.
KATHERINE POPE.
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Arrested.

Inspector Collier reported to the off
ice of the st. Paul division of post
office inspectors that he had rounded
up three postoffice robbers who had
been at work in the two Dakotas and
Northern Minnesota. The men were
arrested as White Rock, S. D., and the
names given are James O'Brien, Frank
Howard and George w. Healey.
Booty to value of $500 was found in
their possession and full kit of burg
lars tools and explosives for safe
blowing. 1t is thought that these are
are the men who committed the rob-
berries at Bemidji and Birholtz Bail
was fixed at SO, 900, and a hearing will
be given at Deadwood in September.
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State Fair Races.

The Minnesota state fair has broken
so many records in recent years that
the information that the race entry
list for the coming fair of 1904 has
again established a new limit will be
no surprize. But it is surprizing fact
that the gain this year over 1903 is
much larger than that of 1903 over
1902.
Entries closed July 1 and Secretary
E. w. Randall completed his compila-
ations and was able to announce no
less than 3SS entries for the fair races.
This is II more than last year and
1OS more than in 1902.
The total 3ss entries is quite beyond
all precedent in racing history. When
the Minnesota fair races secured
$50 entries in 1902, horsemen through
out the country were astonished be-
yond measure and said that the list
would never again be duplicated. Last
year they could not believe the totals at
first; this year they are likely to un-
derstand that the Minnesota fair is
about the biggest thing of it's kind on
earth.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
Get Receipts.

The noted case of Henry Cramer OF
Clara City, Mimi, against the North
western Elevator company of Mime
apolis, has been decided in favor OF
the defendant. There is involved in
this case a question of vital interest
to the grain trade and to every north
western farmer-the right of coun-
try elevator manager to issue re-
ceipts for grain in form other than
that prescribed by statute and the
regulations of the railroad and ware
house commission, and the binding
power of such receipts or memoranda
upon the elevator company.
The case was bitterly fought in
June, 1901, was lost by the defend
ant. went before the Minnesota SUI
preme court, was sent back for re-
, trial, and came up again last month
at Granite Falls. Fifteen or more
rough slips bearing memoranda in
numbers and signed by j. Kelly,
agent of the Northwestern Elevator
company, but without date or other
marks of defniteness, made up the
principal exhibit. The court decided
that such receipts are not binding
upon the elevator company and are
not collectable.
In the case in question the elevator
company was able to show that there
was no record on their books that
they had ever received the grain and
that their agent had never notified
the Minneapolis office of any such
receipts. The first knowledge of il
came with the presentation of the
slips in question, which, the farmers
claimed, were issued to them by
Kelly for grain taken in.
With this decision in mind farmers
and country elevator men will have
need for greater caution hereafter.
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Compulsory Faith.

Judge Parry, of the English judiciary,
tells of feeble-looking man, who was
rebuked for supporting ridiculous
claim made by his wife. II tell you
candidly don't believe word Of your
wife's story" said Judge Parry. eyer
may do as yer like" replied the man,
mournfully, Abut I've got to.".-Argo-
naut.
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THE FRANKLIN COPPER


First Coin Issued by the United States Mint.
longer known, is more widely used, and
is more familiar to mankind than any
other coin of either metal. The coin was
in common use in 1855 when the Ameri-
can congress adopted it as the unit of &C
count. To our great financier, Robert
Morris, belongs the credit OF our decimal
money, but it was Thomas Jefferson
that proposed the dollar as unit of &C
count reasoning that the Spanish silver
dollar was familiar to the minds of the
people, and already as much referred to
as a measure of value as the respective
provincial pounds" - the provincial
pounds of the recent ruling English.
Spain borrowed the dollar from Aus
tria during her union with that country
under Charles ", and as the "thaler'
the dollar was coined from Bohemian
silver mines. The Spaniards with their
wonderful wealth of American mines
supplied the world for centuries with
silver, and made the silver dollar be-
come very widely known. Being close
neighbor to SpanishAmerica and carry
ing on with her much trade, we early be-
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AMERICAN, HcOl 8
known as the Rus
S i a n lion, has
acquired the title
of worlds cham
pi on Ora e CO.
Roman wrestler.
The match took
place at London
r e C e n t ly, and
Hack en- sch mid t
gained the first fall
in 20:37, and the
second f all in
20:27. The match
was for a stake of
e1 C60 n eide onH
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DEMONSTRATIONS.
"It's me to the galley!" was the cry
that met my ears as ventured along the
after deck.
Here was the prospective victim, evil
IDENTIFY. A young sailor lad doubtless on
his first long voyage.
Father Neptune was expected to board
the ship and take part in the initiation
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SPORTS AND
ATHLETICS
Harvard's crack twirler for four years,
Walter Clarkson, is now a member

OF Cne new I ORR
American league
team, and it is
said he will re-
ceive the lucrative
salary of $4,000 a
year. For four
consecutive S e a :
S o n S Clarkson
pitched the Grim
son colOrs to vie
tory in the an
nual diamond meet
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THE FIRST UNITED STATES DOLLAR

came familiar with the silver dollar, and
easily adopted it as the national coin
when it became necessary to establish
a currency of our own. And it was not
only that we liked the silver coin, but
also that we disliked the British to the
extent Of desiring to cut loose from all
that savored of dependence on the enc
my.
Gen. Washington Endorsed Thomas
Jefferson's memoir which led to the
adoption of the silver dollar unit, and
showed his final approval by his sigma
ture to the mint act of 1892. An en-
thusiast writes of the doughty coin in
this fashion: "The silver dollar has thus
the sanction of the solid and practical
worth of George Washington added to
the learning, genius and philosophy OF
Mr.. Jefferson. 1t is as much tradition
of the United States as their national
military air, or their national flag, and
1t is a policy as we'll as tradition"
The growth of national language is
an interesting study, and also an inter-
esting study is the establishment of the
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THE WASHINGTON HALF DOLLAR

currency of the country. Efforts have
been made toward a universal system of
coinage, but there seems small prospect
that the nations will agree upon COM
mon coins. France finds most con-
venient the perfect deciaml divisions
of the franc; the widely-scattered Brit
ish have proven the power of the English
pound sterling; the Yankees attachment
to the dollar is proverbial
Harper's Book of Facts gives in con-
densed form the story of American
money. The first coin used in America
was the Hog Money" coin issued for
the Virginia company somewhere about
1915. It was issued in shillings and six
pences, and circulated in the Bermudas;
the money got it's name from the fact
that a hog was stamped on the coin. In
1852. the general court of Massachusetts
passed an act establishing, in Boston,
the first mint in this country. and the
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Well Fixed.

els Brainard well fixed?"
"You bet. He's stuck on girl worth
4 milliop."-Town Topics.
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ANGO PANGO, Island of Tut
willa-We crossed the equa-
tor in the Pacific about three
o'clock on a perfect cloud
less day. Early in the morn
ing untoward sounds gave
evidence of approaching
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a purse of $4,000, and was the big
gest event of the kind since Hacken-
schmidt vanquished Ahmed Madrali.
the sultan's favorite wrestler, several
months ago. Hackenschmidt is regard
ed by many as the finest exponent OF
the classical style of wrestling in this
generation. He is perfectly proper
toned man, beautifully built, and his
body is a mold of massive muscles.
Hackenschmidu is of German extrac-
ton, though his family settled in Rus
STA. His uncle commands one OF the
cars battleships. He was educated
for a technical engineer but found
gymnastics and wrestling more to his
liking. Though only rs years old, he
has wrestled before the car, the en-
peror of Austria and the sultan, and
has won contests in England, Paris.
Berlin. Amsterdam, and other large
European cities. He confines himself
exclusively to the Graeco-Roman style,
considering the Lancashire, or catch
as-catch-can" method. mo good.
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J. B. Haggin has employed Hiram
Steele. the man who broke Hamburg
and Aceful for John E. Madden, to
break So yearlings which he has quar-
tered at the old Ashland park, at Lex
ington, KY, made famous by the trot-
ting horse breeder Barney ]. Tracy.
Mr.. Haggins also has some 20 head at
the old Kentucky association course.
There will be no baseball played in
Brooklyn on Sunday. An orderto this Ell
feet has been sent to Deputy Commits
sioner Farrell, of Brooklyn, with in
structions to arrest all the members
of both teams, with the score card
sellers and the umpire. if any attempt
is made to play.
Arthur Duffy, the crack American
sprinter, and holder of the worlds rec
ord for the 1O0-yard dash, was de-
feated at a recent athletic meet In
London by J. w. Morton in ten Sec
ondS fiat.
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HAT ponderous and more or
:: 8: :: J: !: !:
eG{e IN less troubling coin, the sill
IA yer dollar, has had its day,
.GA according to Mr.. George l..
Sl,W@ Roberts, director OF the
w United States mint. Mr..
Roberts says the supply Of
silver bullion purchased under the Sher-
man act is exhausted, and that in all
probability no more new silver dollars
will be turned out by the government
mint plants. Which, for old associations
sake, seems regretable.
Although the silver dollar has led to
much heated 16 to 1 controversy, we
should give it the respect due its long
service. In report of the United States
monetary commission, this tribute is
paid 1t: 'The silver dollar has been
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BY defeating Tom Jenkins, the
American. George HackenSchmidt,
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Thrown From a Wagon.

Mr.. George K. Babcock was
thrown from his wagon and Sc
vefefy bruised. He applied
Chamberlain's Pain Balm freely
q; says tits the best liniment
ne ever used. Mr.. Babcocl1 is a
-wett known citizen Of North
Plain, Conn. There is nothing
equal to Pain Balm for sprains
and bruises. It will effect azure
IN one. third the tilne-rea4lir by
any other treatment. For sale
by Barker's Drug store.
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Sued by His Doctor.

"A doctor here sued me-fo
Sl2 so, which I claimed was az
cesslve for a case of cholera nor
BUS, says r. White, of Coachella
Cal: cat the trial he praised lie
medical skill and medicine I
asked him=if it was not Chambe,,
lanzs Collie, Cholera and Dian.
Fhoea Remedy he used as I had
good reason to believe it was, and
ne would not say under oath that
IL was not. No doctor could
use better remedy than this in,
! case of cholera morbus. it narer
ais. Sold by Barker's Drno
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Funeral Of Abner Mckinley

canton, O.. June 1.-THE remains
ol Abner Mckinley reached here dur
ihs tue day and were taken to the resi-.
uence OF Mrs. Ida Fl. Mckinley. the
nome OF the late president, where nm.
-.H-2-o'clock, they were viewed Nv
friends and relatives. Short services
were held at the house at 2 O'Clock
AFTER which the body was taken IN
west Lawn cemetery and laid to rest
IN Tie Mckinley family plot.
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Two Executions at sinu sino

osslning, N. Y, June 14.-Alber+
hoepping. who murdered John Martin
IN Fort Jervis, and Oscar norestror,
VINO killed his wife in Mount Kisco
were put TO death in the electric chair
d; d. sing sing prison dusins the dav
ne executions took place without q
Mi'ch anu t"cntyfour minutes after
tne hrst man vas led to the chair the
eeCOnu was pronounced dead
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official County and City Paper
SUBSCRIPTION SIS PER YEAR
Welcome.

Welcome.
The Liquor Dealers Of Mime
sofa are welcome to Bemidji.
Here's hoch to every man Of
them.
Right here let US pay tribute
that is due to the wholesale and
retail liquor dealers Of the state.
No body of men within the con-
fines of the state are~ more in.
sistent in season and out il. ad=
vertising Minnesota than are the
men whom Bemidji is entertain
ing today. For that reason if for
no other they deserve our warm
est welcome a more. hustling,
energetic =lot=offeI elbows never
lived; when they want anything
they spend their time and money
as freely as the most successful
of them ever served refresh
ments over a bar. The get-there-
it-iveness with which they go
after things has stood Minnesota
in good stead many a time.
So hoch to the liquor dealers in
convention assembled.
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ALFiLFA, clover and rcd ton
twenty eight inches high in FORTY
days from planting is what anv
one can see by the acre a few
miles north of Bemidii and no
agricultural section of the north
west can offer more CONVINCING
argument as to the virtue Of IFS
SOIL The agricultural develon.
ment of other sections of Mime.
sofa IS further advanced, but for
richness of soil and varied nossi
0ll'ties Beltrami county cannot
De beaten even in the celebratod
Sed River Valley.
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Startling Evidence.

4 i =
Five persons lost their lives bv tha
sinking of the Riehelieu and ontaaiS,
Navlgatlon company''s steamer. Can,
aaa, bound from Quebec for Montreal
WIN tie Dominion Coal cornpa,ly,s
conner Cape Breton below sorel, one
Rudolphus Bingham, Inventor or 4
wheat food upon which ne claimed life
could pc maintained at the cost of CA
cents. e q day, is dead al Camden, N. i.
: he was eighty years old and had spent
&c fortune in advancing varioas scien.
Friends and relatives who assem-.
t;a at u me Northwestern railway sta.
u Won s.e5Ciilcagos to Welcome Mrs: I:ele,,
Voc, nome from California eneoun.
~ pss#Mer lileless body as the train
rolled in. She was found dead IL har
oerth q short time before tie trai,,
cached Chicago. = -,
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~%T ~ - 1sSf ~ " h.ss ~ g
= !, y, g -, ~ ,zyYr
i . ! ! = / N u X 4 III al
Z + Il v w nnrNTrDV 4
- e q ~ : 800 = : Q . = : u
W.,l,.a,s ,,1,nts 25 oormoro front
AZ ----- = =
! 49, ie'oe
0''Aoa0.
Moorbead g thankful to ANDY
Carnegie :l:. :.F5z5f5=''sss
Morrison county is for Hearst
fifteen strong.
---------
The Ancient Orderot Drulds is
very lively at2Hlbblng.
!,
lhose hfaliera aslles aie lilah-
ing some pre1Cy Alle DITCH oloohs'
mr. ! w.. s+o+a oanvon
~ Ds.noo1 1' 49,, n,1ln+h far :
~ 49, 80 i - - = 800 -
o''y
Now its Rrainerd that Is to
have q $4,000 hotel, We'll, here's
better luck.
Red River valley wheat makes.
q brave start in running the an
nual gauntlet,
Winnipeg Has "a good many
pegs to win before II sets-th1s5
years pennant.
49,; st;ll=
aaastsGaIle SUI,
n ID: :, hloehzn''eeoi o'ee'#=i
daily COMMISSION.
mo no,r court ho,,sa a,oct;on
a nIa, ,,,ata e co,nty 'rnachad tha.
- m;n,t;no staoe lonu before
t to
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ANYHOW Brother Hearst has
managed to make some people a
lot of trouble.