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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

cause I don't want one Of those crook ed
sabers run into me and turned around
like corkscrew. Dad says can stay
in harem while he goes to the noun
tains with the bandits, and don't know
as care, as they say a harem is the most
interesting place in Turkey. You know
the pictures we have studied in the old
grocery, where whole bunch of beau
tiful women are practicing useing soap
in a marble bath.
Well, don't you say anything to ma
about it, but dad has got his foot in j!
clear up to the top button. 1t isn't any
thing scandalous, though there is q
woman at the bottom of it. You see We
used to know girl that left home to go
out into the world and earn her own 1iv-
ing. She elocuted some at private par
ties and sanitariums, to entertain peo-
pie that were daffy, and were on the
verge of getting permanent bats in their
belfry, and after few years she got on
the stage, and made bunch of money,
and went abroad. And then she haG
married a titled person. and everybody
supposed she was duchess, or count
ess. and ma wanted us to inquire about
her when We got over here. Ma didn t
want us to go and hunt her up to board
with her, or anything, but just to get a
glimpse of high life, and see if our poor
little friend was doing herself proud in
her new station in life.
Gee, but dad found her, and she amt
any more of a duchess than am. Her
husband is younger son of titled per-
son, but there isn't money enough in the
whole family to wad a gun, and our poor
girl is working in a shop: or store, sell
ing corsets to support lazy, drunken
husband and a whole mess of children,
and while she is seven removes from a
duchess. she does not rank with the
woman who washes her mothers clothes
at home. Gosh, but dad was hot when
he found her, and after she told him
about her situation in life he gave her
a yellow-backed fifty-dollar bill, and
came back to the hotel mad, and wanted
to pack up and go somewhere else,
where he didn't know any titled persons.
That night couple of dukes came
around to the hotel to sell dad some
stock in diamond mine in South Africa
and they got to talking about how Eng
lish society held over our crude Ameri-
can society. until dad got an addition to
the mad he had when he called on our
girl. and when one of the dukes said
America was being helped socially BY
the marriage of American women to
titled persons, dad got a hot box, like
stalled freight train.
Says dad, says he: $"You Johnnies
are a lot of confidence men, who live
only to rope in rich American girls. so
you can marry them and have their dads
lift the mortgages on your ancestral es-
tates. and put on tin roofs in place of the
mortgages. cause a mortgage will not
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
The Bad Boy Writes Of Ancient and
Modern Highwaymen-He Gets 4
Taste Of High Life and His Dad =
Tells the Story Of the
Pickleman's Daughter.

BY HON. GEORGE W. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, formerly pub
Usher Of 'Peck's Sum-. author Of
"Peck's Bad Boy" etc)
Copyright, 1904, by Joseph b. Bowles)
LONDON, England.-My Dear, Old
Skate: Well, II we are going TO see any
Of the other countries on this side OF
the water before our return ticket ex-
pires, We have. got to be getting move
on, and dad says in about week we will
be doing stunts in Paris that will bring
about revolution, and wind up the re-
public OF France, and seat some nine
spot on the throne that Napoleon used
to wear out his buckskin pants on:
Dad asked me tother day what cared
most to see in London, and told him
I wanted to visit Newgate prison, and
the places made famous by the bold
highwaymen of a century or two, ago.
He thought was daffy, but W hen l told
him how had read Claude Duval' and.
"Sixteen-String Jack" and all the high
way literature, In the haymow, when dad
thought I was wedding the garden, he
confessed that he used to hunt those
yellow covered books out of the manger
when I was not reading them, and that
he had read them all himself, when l
thought he was studying for his cam
paign speeches, and so he said he would
go with me. So we visited Homestead
Heath, where Claude Duval used to ride
BLACK Bess," and hold up people who
Travelled at night in post chaises. and VIC
found splendid spots where there had
been more highway robbery going on
than any place east of Missouri, but
was disguised when I thought what
chumps those old highway robbers were.
compared to the American highway rob-
bers and hold up men of the present day.
In Claude Duval's time he had brace
of flint-lock pistols, which he had to ex-
anime the printing every time victim
showed up, and while he was polite
when he robbed duchess, he used to kill
people all right, though if they had had
cameras at that time the flash from the
printing pan would have taken a fash
light picture of the robber, so he could
have been identified when he rode off in
the night to a roadside inn and filled up
on beer, while he counted the ten shil-
lings he had taken from the silk purse
Of the victim. Why, one of our Ameri-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

two bookkeepers criminals, aud on,
of these a fugitive from Justice
plundered his institution for nearly
$1,500000 and then when self-con-
fessed says:
Il have no excuse to offer for what
1 have done; my family knew nothing
OF the condition Of AFFAIRS
'+SCharacter Study Of the Son.
The friend quoted above says of
Gordon Bigel0w, the son:
LAS a young man he sowed his wild
oats and he sowed them thick and
plentiful, but though the oats were
wild they were clean, there was no
rust on them. The fathers heart bled.
but it never hardened against his boy.
Mayhap, as is the way with hearts, it
softened bit with the bleeding. AS
often as the 10y would fall the father
would start him with a clean slate
He had done it for other boys. Could
he do less for his own? And the bow
became man and put his boyish ways
behind him, but he was still masterful
still the leader of the gang. He took
dips into the stock market and won.
He invested in manufacturing en-
terprises, and won. He bought wheat,
and won. The week before the crash
in Milwaukee they talked of Gordon
Bigelow as broker who had arrived.
Through it all the father had
helped him, but he had not guided.
The boy was not that Sort He worked
on his own initiative. The father saw
his successes, his level judgment, his
foresight, his almost intuitiye knowl-
edge of the game. He loved the boy
this boy who had made his heart bleed,
and he was growing proud of him"
Invested in Many Projects.
"Bigelow and his father put their
money into everything that looked as
If it had a chance Of success" said a
board of trade man. 'They backed one
of the widest cement enterprises /
ever heard of and L suppose lost
money on it. They handled municipal
contracts, built water works and cleo
trio roads. Anybody who needed
money for one kind of enterprise or
another could go to the Bigelows and
get a start if he could make the slight
est showing"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
AuCUR FOR DRILLING SALT
Compressed Air Furnishes the Power
= for Working the Device Which
Mines Mineral

In Muskegon, Mich, salt is used in
large quantities, and. consequently, the
| warehouses of the firms dealing IN il
are capacious enough to store away
considerable supply, says Technical
World. As is we'll known, salt. on &C
count of its affinity for water, is SUD-
stance that has tendency to harden AID
cake when piled away any length ',of
time.> and some OF the cellars where 1t
is stored contain beds OF it 20 feet high,
and so hard that buS little impression
can be made upon them even with the
pick or *. For this reason a somewhat
curious device has been brought into use
TO loosen the material SO that it can
readily be secured. This is aslasge boz
ing tool. or augur, which is operated by
compressed air. The augur is mounted
on wheeled truck, which is guided by
handles projecting from the rear of the
framework. The rear end of the augur
revolves in socket fitted into the frame
work, while the air is admitted to tho
socket from the hose which supplies it.
When operated the boring tool is pushed
against the mass Of salt and the ausur
is set in motion and in a minute or two.
so rapidly does the tool work, a hole
about five inches in diameter is made IN
the formation the entire length Of tho
angur. Then another hole is drilled par
allel with the first. and another. until
the pile has been undermined. so TO
speak. when its contents can easily b
broken out. The advantage Of this meth
cd IL seen when it is said that two men
can get out as much salt by the power
method as two dozen men By using picks
and shovels.z r. -. Vs. ..*.. .:s5 - .=
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
stood excitedly confronting Bigel6w IT
his .flnalr - 80. tE.sE

stood excitedly confronting Bigel6w 1t
his desk. 55
'Bigelow, You Are : Defaulter.''
81 "Bigelow, you are q defaulter!"
Pfster shouted, excitedly. & .=s,. h, .=2 =.
ooh, my God," he cried. ~ am
ruined, ruined, ruined!". @5sz #<
. Bigelow seemed about to faint.
Neither man spoke for several mo.
ments. = ~: :. ~ -
II have fallen with the grain mar
ket, said Bigelow, finally.
GLOW much?" asked Pfister. "Tell
me ALL" ~. ia,
Zone million two hundred thousand,
as we'll as know" said Bigelow.
Pfister rushed from the bank to his
hotel and issued hasty messages sum-
moning every one of the bank direc-
tors to a meeting in his hotel that
night at eight o'clock. -
His face twitching with emotion,
Pfster faced the men and announced:
"Gentlemen,~~a defalcation of over
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
AMERICA SUPREME IN TRADE
Statistics Show Conclusively That
This Country Leads the World
in Commerce.

During the last month, for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the facts as TO
Americas relaive position, industrlally,
among other nations. have studied the
statistical reports of our own and other
leading nations, says a writer in Cent
Per Cent. and the investigations and
comment of almost every important
daily and financial journal in America.
The universal verdict of the press, ire
spective OF party affiliations. is that
Americas supremacy las been estab-
nshed and that the nation faces the
dawn of 1905 steadied by the knowledge
OF the stupendous truth that, CONNER
cially, among the other nations of the
world, she stands for the first time in
the forefront and alone. The response
bility which comes with such knowledge
is SOLDERING.
But the report of the bureau of stats
tics of the government department OF
commerce will of course carry greater
conviction than the news reports and
opinions of even the most reliable jour
mails. This reports figures are In all
cases estimates. except of the census Of
1900, but are approximately accurate;
however, for the most important items
the actual figures are available.
In cotton consumption the percentage
OF increase between 1880 and 1903 in the
United States is 1O7 per cent, as against
4G per cent. in the united kir gdom, Ger
many and France combined; in pig iron
4S7 per cent. of increase for America,
against 102 per cent increase in the
united kingdom. Germany. France and
Russia combined; in coal 1854 per cent.
increase in America. against 50 per cent.
increase in the four European countries
combined.
And as the percentage OF increase is
larger. so the actual quantities of these
three articles consumed are larger The
consumption of cotton in the United
States in 1903 exceeded by SO per cent
that of the united Kingdom and was
nearly double that of Germany and
France combined: of pig iron. the con-
sumption in the United States was con-
siderably more thar double that>of the
united kingdom; Of coal, the consump-
ton in the United States was nearIv
double that of the united kingdom and
fully double that of Germany.
America has $4,000. 900 people. a total
wealth of $1o6, 200, 00O, 600, and the cash
value of the cotton. corn and wheat
crops for the year is about 81 OLE, O0O, 600.
The new year will be one of almost I'M
paralleled prosperity.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
Looting of First National Bank of Milwaukee.
by President Frank G. Bieelow.
SPECULATION and RECKLESS SON BR|N6 RUIN
Man in Whose Hands Had Been Placed Vast Trusts
Proves Faithess and Is Self-Confessed Defaulter
to the Amount of Mlons-May Wheat
Deal Figures in the Crash.

losses, either by the direct plunging of
Banker Bigelow in his frenzied effort
to make good the millions lost in
Wall street, or the plunging Of his son,
Gordon Bigelow, whose financial back
er he has apparently always been.
The latest story is that Gates got out
of the deal with whole skin and a
handsome profit to boot, and that the
heavy losses caused by the breaking
of the corner and the dropping of the
price of May wheat from $1.21h to
9S1a cents, fell on the tailers whose
holdings in some cases were enormous,
as is evident from the fact that one
line of 100000 bushels for an outsider
was bought at $1.19, nearly the maxi
mum price reached. And it is more
than likely that Bigelow was caught
for big sum. and it was this loss
which precipitated the exposure. II
John w. Gates made by the deal, there
are those who are firm in the belief
that Bigelow's losses helped to cover
the Gates losses and leave, the latter
a handsome margin. And so the
sensational May wheat corner, which
is story OF fascinating interest by it.
self, figures in this drama from Mil
waukee. 1t is one of the side lights
that throws in fresh coloring and gives
increased dash to the scene.
The Lessons.
And then the clerk that uncovered
the steal. the directors that brought
the transgressor face to face with his
crime. the frenzied public which
stormed the doors of the bank to re-
cover its money, the fight of Chicago
bankers with millions to the rescue of
the imperiled bank, these all play
their thrilling part in this remarkable
drama. Such it is as it has been
played on the stage of life. Perhaps
some playwright will here catch the
inspiration which will enable him to
present a strong drama, whose lessons
shall be the necessity of honesty and
integrity, the danger of speculation, es-
peciaily with other peoples money, the
certainty Of harvest from the sowing
of wild, reckless and dishonest seeds,
and the absolute truth of the Divine
declaration: BE sure your sin will
find you out"
Nearly 100000 Losses.
The revised schedules show a total
liability on the part of Mr.. Bigelow of
1927 900, of which $1,975. 900 is wholly
or in part secured. OF the remainder
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

Milwaukee, VISIT has been de-
clared that all the worlds a stage and
every man as an actor in the human
drama OF life plays his part. At the
present moment Milwaukee, the me
tropolis OF Wisconsin, the great city
on the shores of Lake Michigan, second
only to Chicago in its financial and
commercial Importance, has shifted its
busy scenes to the center of the stage,
mas trotted out in unexpected and
startling manner the star performer in
the person of the president of the First
national bank of the city, and has held
the public OF the entire country SPELL
oound by his amazing manipulation of
the millions of other peoples money.
NOW YOU see it and now you don't.
BY Way Of Contrast.
Yesterday Frank G. Bigelow, head
Of Milwaukee's largest financial in
stitution: to-day a self-confessed de-
faulter to the amount of millions, nc
one seems TO know exactly how much.
tor each day brings to light some new
trust betrayed. some fresh amount of
loss TO add TO the startlingly large
total
Yesterday he was the influential d.
rector in dozen Or more different
financial and business concerns: to-
day they are dropping his name one by
one. and assuring their clientele and
the public that he no longer has any
connection with the business.
Yesterday Banker Bigelow was
pointed out with pride by the people
OF Milwaukee as one of their most
honored and successful financiers; to-
day as he walks the streets by virtue
OF bail bond. he is pointed out as
the man before whom the black walls
OF the grim prison are slowly rearing.
Yesterday he and his family were
among the social leaders of the city,
yesterday their palatial home on AS
tor street was the center of Milwau-
KEGS social life, yesterday one con-
sidered himself fortunate to know
Frank G. Bigelow, and to be known of
him; but to-day all this has changed.
Social prestige is gone, an honored
name is furnished, a home is blighted.
the palatial home swept away in the
ruin. and the future made dark by the
certain harvest which always comes
sooner Or later from wrongdoing.
Is it any wonder that Milwaukee has
the center Of the stage and that the
public has sat spellbound day after
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
the smell Of that ditch OF his clothes

yet. ....... &. ..= RI s.5s: :.z +
Now he has got q new idea, and that is
to go to some country where there are
bandits, different from the bandits here
in London, and be captured and taken to
the mountain Businesses, and held for
ransom until our government makes a
fuss about it, and sends warships after
us. l tell dad it would be just our luck
to have our government fail to try to get
us, and the bandits might cut our. heads
OF and stick them on pole as warn
ing TO people not to travel unless they
had ransom concealed about their
clothes. But dad says he is out to see
all the sights, and he is going to be ran
somed before he gets home. il it takes
every dollar our government has got.
think he is going to work the bandit
racket when We get to Turkey, but, by
ginger, he can leave me at a convent, be-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

can gangs that hold up train, and get
an express safe full of greenbacks, and
shoots up mess of railroad hands and
passengers with Winchesters and ALL
tomato pistols, and blows up cars with
dynamite and gets away and has to have
bookkkeeper and cashier to keep
their bank accounts straight. could give
those old Claude Duvals and Sixteen
String Jacks cards and spades.
But civilization, dad says. has done
much for the highway robbery business.
and he says We in America have arrived
at absolute perfection. However, was
much interested in looking over the
ground where my first heroes lived and
died, and did business, and when we
went to the prisons where they were
confined, and were shown where Ty-
burn Tree stood, that SO many of them
we're hung on, tears came to my eyes
at the thought that was on the sacred
ground where my heroes croaked. and
went to their deaths with smiles on their
faces and polite to the last The guard
who showed us around thought that dad
and I were relatives of the deceased
highwaymen. and when we went away
he said to dad: call again. Mr.. Duval.
Always glad to serve any of the descend
ants of the heroes. What line of robbery
are you in. Mr.. Duval?" Dad was mad,
but he told the guard he was now on the
stock exchange, and SO We maintained
the reputation of The family.
Then We hired horses and took horse
back ride through Rotten Row. where
everybody in London that has the price.
rides a horse. and no carriages are al
lowed. Dad was an old cavalry man
forty years ago, and he is stuck on his
shape when he is on horse; but he came
near breaking up the horse back parade
the day We went for the ride. The liv-
eryman gave us two bob-tailed naes. a
big one for dad and a small one for me.
but they didn't have any army saddle for
dad, and he had to ride on one of these
little English saddles, such as Jockeys
ride races on, and dad is so big where
he sits on saddle that you couldn't see
the saddle, and guess they gave dad
hurdle jumper, because when we got
right amongst the riders, men and wom-
en-, his horse began to act up, and some
one yelled, "Tally-ho," and that is
something about fox hunting, not a
coach, and the horse. jumped fence and
dad rolled off over the bowsprit and went
into ditch Of dirty water, and the horse
went on across q field, and the policemen
6shed dad out Of the ditch, and rum him
through clothes wringer or something,
and got him dried out, and sent him to
the hotel in an express wagon, and Erode
my horse back to the liveryman and told
him what happened to dad, and they
locked me up in a box stall until some
body found the horse, cause they
,tholght dad was horse thief, and they
/ held me for ransom. But dad came
around before night and paid my ran
som, and we were released. Dad says
Rotten Row Is rotten, all right enough
! and BY EllgsS, Il Il, cause 10 has not rot.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17

$l,1l0,0O0 is a secondary liability on
notes and bills discounted, in which
Bigelow figures as indorser. These
items are notes of the National Elec-
trio company, the Grand Rapids Edi-
son company and S. w. Watkins, ana
are evidently connected with the
financing Of the National Electric COM
pany. The balance, $4,000 repre-
sents unsecured loans, the largest one
being an indebtedness of 500, 900 to
the Broadhead estate, of which Bige-
low was executor.
Schedule Filed by Bigelow. =
The schedule Of assets and liabilities
filed by Mr.. Bigelow is as follows:
First national bank, Milwaukee. .. 81 zoo IN
Wisconsin national bank. Milwau-
Second Ward savings bank, Mi: 0o'ooo
waukee .....: .................... 75.O00
German-American bank, Milwau- '''
kee .:..::::....:..... 10000
Marine Marine national bank, Milwaukee. 20, 900
N Nauonai C1ty bank. New York.. G0,000
First national bank. i Chica9o... SStSS
Nationa! Park bank: New York. -. $4,000
National Bank Of Commerce, st.
Louis OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 0,O0
IOtal ......."........... II ,Y5, 600
Unsecured creditors are as follows:
Broadhead estate 800, 900
S SaroMne r; !ames S@o
Mrs:.Kann ename NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.: 800
Il. Il. Williams ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
Total .S192. 900
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
Fact About Sunlight,

The camera has proved that tho
light on z bright day is. $4,000 times
stronger at the seashore and 5000
times stronger on the sunny side OF
q street than IL the ordinary shaded
and curtained rooms Of city homo.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
Too Risk,

+ Too Risky.
Simple the, brave deserve the
fair. z. & s. ==.# ss IS.
Spoofer-Only the very brave dare.
take 'em on nowadays. Ally Sloper.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-05-17
Homestead Is Included.

Included in the schedule is Mr.. Bige-
lows home at Astor and Knapp
streets, on which he places q valua
ton of $4,000, which, less the exemp-
ton allowed by law on homestead, is
valued at $35, 1000. The schedule of as
sets is as follows:
Arizona republican., 1905-10-13

Madame Marchesi, teacher of voice culture and singing. 529 w. Adams St.
Arizona republican., 1905-10-13
A VERY NAUGHTY
 THING TO DO

It is a very naughty thing to run P other peoples goods down all the time and continually brag of your own. And besides it is poor policy because caus- sie tongued people may say when they shlnk of you: 'Brag's a good dog, % ''Blow hard's a big talker," "Sour grapes etc., etc. And so we are not wanting to run down other peoples stoves and ranges and as for bragging we can do a little of that we think, justifiably as long as we stick to facts. In tine first place we keep 34 patterns of AIoore's Steel Ranges running from $2O to $75. All have nice square ovens and every one has drop balance over doors and draw out asn pans. Every AIoore's Range is asbestos lined and boiler rivetted and every one is a quick baker and fuel saver. Every 2Ioore's range from the lowest to the Highest priced may be connected with a 90 gallon water tank.
 And then we have numbers of people who are using them who will testify as to what Moore's ranges are. After all is said by the merchant in the columns of the paper paid for at so much per, the best ad in the world is a satisfied customer.
 When you want range or cooking utensils, or glassware, or dishes, or hardware. or tents, or cots. or any of the thousands of useful things call at
Arizona republican., 1905-10-13
MILLINERY OPENING.

Friday and Saturday Oct. 13 and 14 at Stein's. See large advertisement on last page of this paper.