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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-07


Last summer three senator's
with, two clerks spent q week lat
hotel in Hot Springs, Virginia,
to talk over the plan for currency
legislation, and according to the
statement made by the hotel man
ager, the bill Of these Eve men for
the week was $374.4O. In addi-
ton to such perquisites as above
referred to, each senator has a
credit of $125 a year in the sta-
tionery department.
But these so-called gratis are
beggarly when compared to some
of the municipalgr in the larger
cities. The recent developments
in Grand Rapids seem to indicate
that those men were not content
to work their graft to the tune Of
such small chunks as thousands,
as was the rule in st. Louis, bat
they were bent on making it yield
chunks of hundreds of thousands
and even millions of dollars. OF
course it is the proper thing to
take advantage Of opportunities
and of good things, and when one
has job with graft attached to it
one should work it to the limit,
even to the extent of hundreds of
thousands if it will stand the pres
sure, SO that in case one happens TO
get discharged one will have enough
to keep him in board and clothes
and pie while he is waiting for an
other job to come along and also
to have a few dimes to put in the
contribution box on Sunday morn
ings; but when a man gets greedy
and overdoes it, he is in danger Of
running against snag just as
John Alexander Dowie and many
others have done. When Mr..
| Dowie went to New York to preach
good government and good citizen
ship he paid, with graft money,
more than $40 day for the board
and room of each member of his
family, and this fact alone knocked
a big hole in his graft and in the
cause he represented. When the
Lord was on earth going aronnd
preaching good government and
/. good citizenship he didn't travel
in special trains and occupy foul
or five parlors at the Waldorf
Astoria and other palace hotels, at
the expense of the people or any.
body else.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-07

THE MIRROR weekly published the Minnesota State
Prison. founded the edited
them Its objects
Intellectual
public with the
information and aid speng that prejudice which
tho bar sinister to fallen entirely
dependent public for It's financial
should
Interests Of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-07
ODDS AND ENDS.

A dispatch from Killarney, Man
itoba, to the Free P,esS Winnipeg,
says that derailed locomotives
WAS turned over and laid up against
q fence. Now. who ever saw q
fence strong enough to Withstand !!
the weight Of modern locomo-
tive?
In view Of the fact that 4O,0O0
people of this country have mi
grated to Canada during the past
year and the further fact that the
Canadians say they are the best
class of immigrants that have ever
entered their country, the Boston
Globe observes that Canada may
some day annex the United States.
Abdul Hamid must have pref
| ty good graft of some kind and
also possess more. wives than any
man in Utah possesses. It is said
to cost him seven and q half mil
lions yearly just for clothes for
I
his wives, to say nothing of the
corned beef and cabbage they con-
eume. It must keep the cook busy
too.
The little fellow who partici-
pates in the morning and noon
/ performances In the south arena
and on the south half of the south
east section of Mr.. PENS addition
to Saltwater, and whose paternal
ancestor swallowed the whale, says
he has missed his calling and
thinks he would do better to &c
back to the farm.
> s >
| The Salina, Kansas, Union
boasts of having so much success
/ in producing results for its adver.
|, Users that man entered that of
flee recently and gave them ar
advertisement for the recovery Of
; his lost mind. He wanted M
pieces, such as people sometimes
j, give away when angry, but wanted
the whole chunk.
The recent action of Mr.. III. B
Halves, president of the st. Loui,
board of police commissioners, il
telegraphing his resignation t,
Gov. Dockery, on the eve of hi
| decision to enter the race for gov
! ernor, suggests that there is atleas
: lone honest politician in the cit,
, of 81. Louis. Mr.. HAYES says b,
> doesn't believe that q public ofiicia
should spend the peoples time il
making q canvass for Office. It
indeed q rare thing for an oficis
in any capacity TO possess such
degree Of scrupulosity, snch,
9 quality and quantity Of conscien
9 tionsness as to forbear al, opportu
? nifty to squander not only the pee
. pies time, but the peoples none
9 as we'll, whenever and whereve
the opportunity is presented.
While the salaries Of many q
: the higher Offices may not be com
mensurate with the ability Of til
men who occupy them, there
livery often good healthy contln
gent expense fund, or other 1side
3 issue" which tests q mans rea
, genuine honesty. Some Of thes
9 contingent expense funds suggee
: strange contingencies and in mos
: cases these expense funds and ot1
Ter forms Of graft are worked f.
about as much as they will stant
For instance, the Unite State
Senate, during last year consume
!. more than twenty thousand on
nInine pills. The Utica. N. Y. Ol
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1904-01-07
no TIC E.

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not regular Lists viii please
sample copies. H. after reading,
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-21
REDUCTION OF FORCES
Wall Street Journal Says Reports
Have Been Exaggerated.

Special to The Journal.
New York, June 21.-In reply to
various exaggerated reports recently
appearing in the press Of the country
relative to the extent of the move
ment to cut down railroad forces, the
Wall Street Journal says:
Railroad authorities best posted
on the railroad labor situation say
they are extremely doubtful whether
the total reduction in the working
forces of all the railroads Of the coun-
try, due to the policy of retrench-
ment, will reach much over Is, 900
men, and most Of them think that the
reduction will certainly be under 100,-
900 employees of all classes. The
total force subject to reduction on
account Of economy was not much
over 100000 men June 80, 1903.
"A reduction of 100000 would be
practically a 10 per cent curtailment
of the working forces. The most
conservative railroad authorities say
this is entirely too high. They point
out that the volume of freight and
the number of passengers moving are
almost, if not Quite, equal to their
figures Of last year. Under these cir
cumstances the railroads cannot cur
tail forces. This cuts down the classes
Of employees in which radical re-
trenchment is possible to very. few
special classes engaged principally in
railroad building"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-21

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-21
CLOSING UP BUSINESS
Winona Companies That Sold Out to
Great Western Quitting.
Special to The Journal.

Special TO Tne JOurHd1' ~ - !.
Winona, Mimi, June 21.-With the
sale three years ago of the lWinona
& Western railway to the Great West
ern railway, the management passed
from local hands,, altho the organiza-
lions connected with the road have
since been maintained. These organ
izations-the Winona & Western Rail
way company, =, : Winona & South
western Railway company and the
Winona & SOUTHWESTERN Improvement
company now making prepare
tons to close, UP their separate bust
ness. -s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-21
RAIL MILLS BUSY
Orders Alread8 Being Booked for De-
livery Next Year.

New York, June 21.-The Wall
Street Journal says:
The statement that the Illinois Steel
company Of the United States Steel
corporation is booking orders for steel
rails to be delivered in 1905 Is sup
plemented by the report from good
sources that the company has more
orders booked for this years delivery
than can be rolled.
It is estimated that surplus orders
to be carried over into next year will
exceed $4,000 tons. While In itself
this is not important, 1t is decidedly a
factor in showing improvement spe-
officially in the trade item, which has
suffered the severest shrinkage.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-21

Business on the Canadian lines cons
tinues excellent, both Grand Trunk
with good weather and good business.
The very favorable crop situation OF
the northwest has resulted in a free
movement Of goods to all centers west
i Of Winnipeg. General merchandise
movement turnout the country con-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-21
RAILROAD NOTES .

The county commissioners are expected to de-
termfne tie limitations of the right of way of
the Minnesota Power and Trolley company Mon
day. Meanwhile work is going on at the dam at
The surveying crew for the new road to fsupe-
rior has gone 10 work at Gordon on the line to
Ladysmith If 1t is the Milwaukee, as suspected,
that is surveying the line, it will go thru Hay
The Northern Pacific engineers have about de-
termined on salaried chairman. Engineers from
all divisions are at the meeting in st. Paul. Sew
eral candidates for the position will appear. The
Great Northern men are blessed with the system
and without doubt the1 Northern Pacific men will
follow suit aIns t39T9
day and Tomorrow. The return limit Is June
25 All trttins~ aRe-eaFryang- extra equipment.
The Lackawanna has shipped second con-
signment of deep sea ,.cableY west for use from
Vancouver to- Nome !. The order Is part OF l,Soo
miles 4 siccta1 train of Thirty ,nt cars Is car
rying this consignment Of 200 tonsrsz a4s4
Butts probably will have new passenger sta
ton this fall. Negotiations are on between the
railroads, but each seems to want the station
built on its property. If settlement is not
made the Great Northern will build its own sta
ton. s,E.,. sE5S.... as
q. s. Fee, formerly general passenger agent
Pacific at San NreDcisco is attending the trans
continental meeting fataSt. Paul. 5Jt73
The SunnYside Hallway company has been in
corporated in washington to build line in the
Yakima valley from the Northern Pacific near
/ Toppenish east to- Sunnyside and then south to
| prosser.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-21

tinues heavy, and these roads seem to
have assured to them summer Of
great activity and excellent earnings.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
BRITISH WIN VICTORY.
Steamer Race at New York Won by
Prince Arthur.

New York. THE British have won
a victory over the United States. 1t
was race from New York to Sandy
Hook between the steamer Monmouth
of New York and the new British
built twin screw steamship Prince Ar
thur Of the Dominion Atlantic Rail
Way Company (Munson Line). The
Prince Arthur, which recently arrived
here, left her pier shortly before l
o o'clock, having on board a number of
prominent railroad and steamship
men, and steamed slowly to the Mar
rows to await the coming of the pro-
peller Monmouth, the queen of local
racers. She is the speediest propeller
in active service in these waters, and
has beaten the fastest steam yachts.
The Monmouth came abreast of the
Prince Arthur at / 80, and although
she was not distanced by the English
man, was unable to pass her competi-
tor; and as she had beaten everything
else in the harbor, her failure to out
foot the Prince Arthur was big sur
prise to local steamship men,. The
two boats raced neck and neck for al
most an hour, and when point few
hundred from Sandy Hook was reach
ed the Prince Arthur had materially
increased in her lead. The English
man rounded the Scotland lightship
and returned to New York, claiming
that she had accomplished the defeat
of the fastest propeller running out
of New York harbor. The agents of
the Sandy Hook Line do not concede
the defeat of their steamer and an
other race will take place to settle the
question of supremacy. The captain of
the Britisher says she can maintain
a speed of % knots an hour.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
.JAPS SKATER
CARS FLEET.
BATTLEsHIP PERESvIET SUNK
AND SEvASToPAL CRIPPLED.
ONE CRUISER DAMAGED.
Iogo's Torpedo Boats Make Daring
Attack on Russian Squadron Which
Had Ventured Out of Port Arthur.
Japs Escaped With Trifing Loss.

Tokio.-Admiral Togo reports that
on Thursday his patrol boats discov-
cred the battleship Pereviet ad seven
other vessels accompanied by nine tor
pedo boat destroyers near the en-
trance of Port Arthur. They warned
him wirelessly and he Immediately ad-
vanced his entire fleet, except those
engaged on special duty. The admir-
al discovered the Russian fleet, which
consisted of six battleships, five cruz
sers and fourteen ,letroyers, evidently
planned a dash southwark by sun
down. The Russians stopped outside
the entrance to the harbor and after
nightfall fleet of japanese torpedo
boat destroyers resolutely attacked
the Russian ships and succeeded in
torpedoing and sinking a battleship
OF the Perseviet type and disabling
the batleship Sevastopol. A cruiser
OF the Diana type was observed be-
ing towed into the harbor on Friday
and it was evident that she had sus-
tanned serious damage. The Japan
ese ships sustained little damage.
The torpedo boat destroyer, ShiEaku-
mo was hit by shell which fell into
the cabin and three men were killed
and three others wounded. The Cho-
dori, a vessel Of the same class, was
hit behind the engine room but no
casualties resulted therefrom. Tor
pedo boats Ga and &c were slightly
damaged. The japanese legation re-
ceived dispatch from Toxic an
nouncing that detachment of the
Takushan army surprised and routed
a squadron of Russian cavalry ten
miles northwest of San Tao Kow on
the Ta-Tche-Kiao road at dawn Oh
June %, and also occupied the heights
north thereof, repelling the Russians
who left sixty dead on the field.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
Goat Damaged Woman.

Mobile, Ala.-A goat figured in a
damage suit tried in the Circuit Court,
the title of the case being Elizabeth
Busch VS.. Charles Busch and his six
brothers. The plaintiff claims $4,000
damages for injuries inflicted by the
goat, and the defendants allege that
the plaintiff first attacked the goat,
which died as result Of the belabor-
ing she gave him. The attorneys for
the defendants attempted to intro
duce into court a goat of the size OF
the dead animal in order to prove to
the judy that goat of that size could
not cause the injuries alleged to have
been inflicted. The court, however,
would not allow the goat to be intro
duced as evidence. The goat was wait
ing in the corridor for the decision OF
the Court on his admission. The jury
returned verdict for the defendants.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
BURGLAR IN A BEAR TRAP.
Birmingham Merchant Captures Rob
Der in Novel Way.

Birmingham, Ala.-R. f. Lace, &
Son, general merchants at West End,
a suburb of Birmingham, have been
troubled by burglars for the last
month, being robbed half dozen
times. A bear trap was placed on the
steps leading from the second story
Of the store. About 4 o'clock in the
morning the trap sprung and caught
negro named Ollie Gray. The negro
was held fast until the proprietors
came in, and then it took four men to
release him from the trap. Gray con-
fesed to the different robberies, and
named confederate, who was arrest
ed and landed in Jail. The negroes
gained an entrance to the building
from a porch.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
BOTH REACH TANGIER.
Perdicaris and Varley Released and
Returned to Their Home.

Tangier.-I Ion Perdicaris and Crom-
well Varley, who were captured by the
bandit, Raisuli, have arrived here.
Perdicaris is very much fatigued after
his long ride, but says he is glad to
get back. He is greatly pleased at the
reception accorded him by the towns
people, who met him in great num-
bers.
Perdicaris suffered many hardships
while in the hands of Raisuli, al
though he says he does not think that
these were the fault of the bandit
chief, and that he had every comfort
possible under the circumstances.
Varley appears to be as cheerful
and bright as if he had just return
ed from q picnic.
Both Perdicaris and Varley are
much thinner, especially the former,
who has aged considerably.
Pedicaris was received at his town
house by the authorities, the admirals
of the feet and numerous personal
friends. His Moorish servants made
a great demonstration of joy, kissing
their masters hands and clothes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
MISSISSIPPI NEWS MATTERS
Brief Chronicle of ALI Important Happenings
Passing Of sheildsboro as Port.

Gulfport is now the only port of en-
try on the Mississippi coast. Pasca-
goula and Ship Island are ports of de-
livery, but not ports Of entry. The
original port, Shieldsboro, at Bay ST.
Louis, which was the port of entry for
the Pearl River District, has been dis
continued, and now all the business is
handled through this port. The port
of Shieldsboro was established in 49,
Il, and all these years has been Mis-
sissippi's one port of entry. When
Gulfport's s channel and harbor was
made deep enough to allow the large
ocean-going vessels to enter here and
receive their cargoes from the cars,
it became necessary to establish a port
here, and the usefulness of the origi-
nal port was out-grown and the de-
partment caused its discontinuance.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
Trouble Coming for whitecappers

Detective Hart, who has been en-
ployed by Gov. Vardaman to ferret
out the whitecappers and work up ev-
dence against the gangs, has lodged
another negro in the Jackson Jail for
safe-keeping and to be forthcoming
when his evidence is wanted in the
courts. This is the second negro wit
ness put In Jail by Mr.. Hart, and this
arrest is a most important one. The
negro L. w. Jones: is as tight-mouth-
ed rs if he were a deaf mute, and
presents most impregnable front to
all attempts to draw him out. Enough
has been learned, however, to make it
certain that Jones testimony will get
somebody into trouble if he tells all
be knows.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
Boil Weevil Fight.

Houston, Texas.-Dr. S. A. Knapp,
in charge of the governments work
in experimenting with the boil wee
vii, states that the farmers are trying
various remedies with more or less
success. Some Of them have been
greatly pleased with the work of crude
petroleum and kerosene in getting
rid Of the weevils, others have been
sticking to Paris green and London
purple, while others have been hang
ing lamps in their fields overnight,
all of them with some success where
the remedy has been given a fair
trial.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
Will Have an Industrial Home.

At a meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees of the Whitworth College, in
Brookhaven it was decided to accept
the offer of $4,000 for an industrial
home made few days ago. The offer
is conditioned on the raising by the
Trustees of like sum, which they
are confident can be done within the
next two weeks. The name of the
donor, at first withheld, is now made
public. He is Mr.. Charles N. Butter
field, the well known lumber man of
Norfeld, Miss. The industrial home
will be a memorial to his deceased
wife, Mrs. May Millsaps Butterfeld,
an alumni of Whitworth, who was
ever jealous in behalf of her alma
mater. 1t is planned to have the in
dustrial home ready by the opening
Of the college in September.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
Adjourns to Bay st. Louis.

The Boundary Commission, which
began the taking of testimony in the
city of Biloxi early in June for Mis-
sissippi relative to her claim to the
territory known as the marsh, now
claimed by Louisiana has adjourned
to convene in Bay st. Louis on the 9Th
of August. A large amount Of doc
umentary evidence has been intro
duced, consisting mainly of ordinances
and records relating to cases wherein
Mississippi had asserted jurisdiction
in the disputed territory. The evil
dence of Mississippi already taken is
quite voluminous, and it is expected
that much more will be taken.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
Detroit Tragedy.

Detroit, Mich.-Charles A. Swayze
employed by life insurance compa-
ny, and former Assistant Superinten-
dent of the Detroit House of Cor
rection, shot Miss Effie Alvord twice
while the couple were in a private of
fee in the company's suite on the
eleventh floor of the Chamber of Com
merce Building and then jumped from
the window himself. He was picked
up on the brick pavement Of State
street, and died as he was carried into
the lobby of the building. Miss Al
vord was shot in the neck and wrist,
but is not fatally hurt, it is is reported
at Harper Hospital.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
System of Electric Street Lighting.

Saturday night at 6 O'Clock the
switch was thrown that sent the cleo
trio current over the streets of the
town of Ocean Springs for the first
time' The Electrict Lighting Compa-
ny, of Biloxi, has the contract for sup
plying the current. Many residences
and business houses have already con-
tracted for indoor. lighting.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
Colohia Election.

Colon.-News received here from
Cartagena says the entire Republic of
Colombia is stirred up over the forth
coming presidential election which
will take place July 4. Both General
Reyes and DR.. Joaquin Valez appear
to control an equal number of votes of
the electorate. The government is ia
voring General Reyes. The governor
Bolivia, in the interest of General
Reyes, has just arrested several prom
inent followers of DIR. Valez. 1t is
feared in many quarters that revo-
luton will be an outcome of the cleo
ton.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
Dies From Shock.

Mrs. Carrie Sontheimer Rosenthal
died in Lexington very suddenly of
heart failure. She was out for ride
with her husband, when the horse be-
came frightened, and in attempting to
keep the buggy from overturning Mr..
Rosenthal was thrown out. The ex-
citement and fright thus produced
caused heart failure and instantane-
GUS death.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
Deputy for Revenue Agent

1t is learned that Revenue Agent
Writ Adams will in the near future
appoint a deputy to examine the va
rious institutions under a resolution
passed by the last legislature. Owing
to the large amount of work that Mr.
Adams has in hand, he will be com
PEELED to get outside help to make
these examinations. The Alcorn Ag-
ricultural and Mechanical College viii
probably be the first institution ex-
Anined. :.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01

Kelly, negro, found between $50
and 500 at the corner of Atlanta and
Ninth streets, Hattiesburg, the mint
age running from 1877 to 1923. The
heavy rain Of the previous night un-
covered the coins, which had been
carefully stacked one on top Of the
other.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
Corsicana, Tex.-A Corsicana COM

Corsicana, Tex.-A Corsicana COM
pany is now drilling for oil near
Crockett, and short time ago the
drill struck a peculiar yellow sand.
A quantity of this was placed in
four packages and sent to an as
sayist in Colorado. The certificates
were received and show that gold is
found in great quantities, the first
package being SIG, the second SIP, the
third So and the fourth $4 per ton. II
is stated that the last figure is con-
sidered rich in most fields.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1904-07-01
New Deaf and Dumb Institute.

The governor called a meeting of
the Board Of Commissioners in charge
of the construction of the new Deaf
and Dumb Institute, to meet joint
ly on June 80, for the purpose of con-
sidering bids for removing the pres
ent buildings on the site and other
matters in connection with the new
buildings.