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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08
ROUNDING UP BANK THIEVES
Arrests by Detectives in the Employ
Of the Bankers' Association IL. =
.#.- in Five Months,

Col. James r. Branch, secretary Of
the American Bankers association, has
just submitted a report to the asso-
citation detailing the effective wor!s Of
its detectives in handling bank reb-
berries. The Pinkertons. from Septena-
Der 1, 1904, to February /, 1905, have
arrested ~ forgers and swindlers, Ct
whom II have been convicted, Is are
in Jail awaiting trial and one has bexa
released, reports the New York Sun.
Thirty-three burglars have been az
rested in the same space Of time, two
have been sentenced to II years, AID
81 are in jail awaiting trial. Two
hold-up robbers have been arrested and
are in jail awaiting trial. 80.
Fifty-one banks we're attacked from
September 1, 1904, to February /, 1895.
Thirty-eight Of these were non mem.
bers of the association, and 13 were
members, although the membership Of
the association includes at pres ant
$500 of the most progressive and act
i've banks in this country. The. loss
to non-members was $32,933.23, and to
members the loss amounted to ST.
777.1S. Loss to members from Sap
TENDER l, 1903, to February /, 1904, vas
81, 177.61. % '''
Through the efforts Of the. assocla-
ton Alonzo ]. Whiteman and Philip
Mcintyre have recently been recap
tured. Both of these men are gradu-
ates of law, and, knowing what esi-
dence is, have been able to make it
very difficult to convict them of their
crimes.
During the period covered in the re-
port there was great activity in aD-
pretending '.yegg" bank, vault and
safe burglars in different sections.
Raids by the police In Boston, .Balt:-
more and Philadelphia resulted in the
capture of % Of this class, many Of
whom were identified as ex.convicts.
The Pinkertons recommended that
an effort be made to have laws enact
ed in each state of the union making
bank bur glary with explosives. espe-
ciaNy where human lives are endan-
gered, punishable by from Is to 40
years. imprisonment. 1855.
% More than 1875 general complaints
by members of operations by forgers,
swindlers and worthless check and
draft operators were Investigated, re-
sulting in 10 arrests and eight con-
victions &
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The greatest oil we'll in the world
Is the Drooiba Of Baku. When this
Russian we'll began to yield It gave
forth from 100000 to 100000 gal
ions of oil day-an output worth
$4,000. The oil scared mp to a
height of over 200 feet, a dark-hued
fountain, that Kissed and roared like
. Niagara. With the oil SO much
sand was mingled that a number Of
houses and workshops in the vicinity
were buried-vanished out Of sight
under a mass of grease-soaked sand.
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1Ah1T1Es AND RELICS.

me expoSition Of rare old books and
manuscripts now being held in the
British Museum includes the oldest
known manuscript Of the Bible, OF the
ninth century.
A l4-pags letter, written By Mary
Queen Of Scots In January. 1862, stat
ing that she had under consideration
the formation Of . large party Of the
nobility. was sold at auction in London
the other day for $4,000.
A Psalter, which belonged to Bos-
we'll, was sold at sotheby's in London
recently for Els. It contained the in
scription: James Boswell, 1853.
bought this for I'd ct Greenwich when
I was walking there with Mr.. Samuel
Johnson" !,
Prof. Flinders Petrle. the EUptolo-
gist. has made some important dis
coveries in the Sinai peninsula. The
ancient temple Of Seabit 81 Khadem,
dve days camel journey south Of suez,
he found to be Of Z Semitic type, DIFF
ferent from any other known Egyptian
temple. possessing two courts for alb
luton and ! long series Of subterran-
can chambers. These had been added
by successive kings from the 18th to
tho goth dynasties.
\ What is probably tho most ancient
letter in the world has just been dis
covered in Some excavations being
made in the province Of Attica. and 10
said to have been written four CEN
turtles before Christ. It is engraved
on leaden leaf, and runs as follows:
'Mnesiengos sends his greetings to
those in the. house and informs them
that he is in good health. Please send
me q blanket or some sheepskins. II
possible, Of, the ordinary kind. with
out ornaments. As soon as the occas-
ion offers l shall return them"
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Debt in Siam,

The worst thing that can happen to I
man in Siam is to get into debt, from
which there is never any escape, owing
to the exorbitant interest charged.
Once in debt there is no appeal, the
debtor being stripped of his clothes and
compelled to work in letters, generally
for the rest Of his life, to pay the in
terest. Drunkards are not permitted
to give evidence in the law courts OF
Siam. The Buaihist priests, clad In
yellow robes, are to be seen everywhere
in Bangkok, and il Is quite common for
young men to enter the priesthood,
which affords them al easy and 1uxuri.
Gus existence, owing to the liberali1y OF
the populace toward any one sanctioned
to the service of BuddhA -'S1''
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

The market for foreign goods in the
republic Of Honduras, Central Ameri.
ca, is necessarily restricted, as the
country is small, but the region is
comparatively near at hand and the
market, such as it is, ought to be con-
trolled by American manufacturers.
Implements and tools of all kinds
used in manufactures or. agriculture
should find ready market sale, II
properly, brought to public notice
that is, by practical demonstration Of
their usefulness.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

California is to-day, with the excep
ton of Russia, the largest producer Of
crude petroleum in tie world. Its to-
tai for 1904, according to estimates Of
the California Petroleum Miners As
ISOLATION, was more than 28,000.00o
barrels, which is more than double
that Of New York and Pennsy lvania
together, little less than Ohio and
Indiana combined and more than
twice as much as that Of West Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. The
actual production is no index to the
possibilities of the Golden States oil
fields.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

The British Isles are credited with
10000 square miles Of coal. Russia
has 10000 and New South Wales. Aus
tra!ia, $4,000. India is believed to con.
tain $4,000 square miles Of coal meas
ures, and Canada $4,000. From that
point up to the United States is q
great gap, for this republic has 200,-
900 square miles of coal. Highest of
all stands the Chinese empire, with
$4,000 square miles of coal veins,
much of it known to be Of the best
quality.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

Pennsylvania, with a soft-coal area
but slightly greater than that Of West
Virginia, has been mining 100000
tons of soft coal year, and 10000. 900
tons of anthracite, and has for many
years produced far in excess Of any
other state. She has now reached the
limit Of her productive capacity, and
coal men estimate that her coal.beds
will be exhausted with a period Of so
or even 40 years hence.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08
Measuring waves.

The Atlantic waves have been care
fully measured for the Washington
photographic bureau. In height, the
waves usually average about 30 feet,
but in rough weather they attain from
ITO 4S feet In storms they are often
FROM 500 to 600 feet long, and last ten
or II seconds, while the longest yet
known measured half a mile, and did
not spend itself for % seconds.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08
N FORTY-E|GHT HOURS :
H-RO-AA CURED ed. HIM. in !.
Cold Affected Head and Throat
VIVA Attack Was Severe. z

Chaa W. Bowman, LIST Lieut.. and Adjt
9Th NJ. s. NJ. Cav. Vols, writes from
Lanham, Nd, as follows:
Though somewhat averse to paten:
medicines, and still more averse to be-
coming professional affidavit man, it
seems only q plain duty in the present
instance to add my experience to tho
columns already written concerning the
curative powers Of Peruna.
81 have been particularly benefited
BY its use for colds In the head and
throat. Ihave been able to fully euro
myself Of . most severe attack IN
forty.eight hours BY ifs use according
to directions. I use IL Is preventive
whenever threatened with m attack.
Members of my family also use It
for like ailments. We are recommends
ing it to our hiends."-C. w. Bowman.
Pe-ru-na Contains no Narcotics. z
One reason why Peruna has found per
manent use in so many homes is that IL
contains no narcotic Of any kind. It can
be used any length of time without ac-
curing drug habit. .. ,.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitariurn, Columbus.
Ohio, for free medical advice. All cor
respondence held strictly confidential.
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Private Car Lines.

The railroads seem very willing to
have the private car lines brought un-
der the jurisdiction Of the Interstate
Commerce. Commission. A railroad
president u authority for the state
3ment that Illness are paid mileage. with
out discrimination, and the question Of
excessive charges Is q matter for the
shipper to settle with the car lines, 50
long as there Is no law to govern their
rates. Car mileage paying has been de-
cided to be as legal as the payment Of
rental for property. E43
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

A project is under consideration to
build q 20-mile automobile speedway
from GO to 100 feet wide, in Mercer
county, New Jersey. It is reported
that options on the necessary proper
ty have been obtained. -
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tail that appertains to the business of
life insurance.
From Miss Amendt the humblest
caller who really has business with the
Equitable will receive the same treat
ment as the star general agent Of the
Equitable. This is a part of Miss
Amendt's theory of success. It is Miss
Amendt's special province to attend to
this agency business for Mr.. Tarbell.
She keeps in touch with everything ap-
pertaining to her department in the
United States and Canada. The gen
eral agents in all The large cities in all
that territory do their business chiefly
with her, and all the smaller men, of
course, are under her dominion.
Her appearance in the Equitable fight
really led to her newspaper "discov-
cry" The newspaper men began to ask
questions about this busy woman. Then
they began to ply her with questions.
II started" she told one correspond
ent, Gin Mr.. Tarbell's Office in Chicago
as stenographer, and when he came
here, in 1893, to be second vi4 presi-
dent, l was taken along, with several
others. That's all.
GLOW did I first get with the Equit-
able? Just as any other woman might
lived in Logan, Ohio, where was
born, and when my father lost his
money I had to teach school to help
along the family. Every night when
went to bed hoped wouldn't wake
up in the morning. hated it 50. Fin
ally I saved up $500, and went to Chi
cago to learn stenography.
II took theEcourse and got my diplo-
ma. The Equitable needed a stenog-
rapher, and I got the place at SIS a
week. The work interested me; took
hold, and finally became Mr.. Tarbell' s
secretary and stenographer, He was
general agent for the Northwestern
territory then, with his headquarters
in Chicago, but he was made vice presi-
dent, and came to New York.
"That was twelve years ago. Our
business grew SO large that other stem
ographers and secretaries were needed
and SO 1 became one of the assistants
to Mr.. Tarbell, as am now. For the
past six or seven years l haven't done
any stenographic work; now I have
three or four stenographers of my own,
and my own secretary"
Mr.. Tarbell has in charge all the
agencies in the United States and Can
ada. Nearly all that enormous. bust
ness passes through Miss Amendt's
hands before it reaches her chief. It is
her function to take the wear of detail
off his mind. She answers . great deal
of correspondence. which Mr.. Tarbell
never sees. Other letters she answers,
but hands to Mr.. Tarbell to read over.
Very little of his vast correspondence
dealing with 100000 policy-holders and
those who expect to become policy
holders reaches Mr.. Tarbell first hand.
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and his authority
was so great that
he was privileged
to cut out para
graphs from for
eign newspapers
intended for the
personal use Of
the car.
Krivochlik is one
Of the brightest
and most learned
of Russians. His
title is director of
the journal Of the
prefecture.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08
Note: There is no word bursted:
hence, 1t should not be used in any

Note: There is no word bursted;
hence, it should not be used in any
sense. ss
Don't say "but that" for chat"
Example: Il do not doubt but that
he did it, should be Il do not doubt
that he did it." b d.
Don't say '.but" for ''if."
Example: II do not know but he Is
gone" should be II do not know il
he is gone"
Don't say but, for than" .-y-s-....-...a,..
Example: "No other reason butgthis
was given" should be "No other res.
son than this was given
=
Don't say by for when. - e.,
Example: "The finder will be lib
orally rewarded by leaving the same
at this Office, should be "The finder
will be literally rewarded when leav-
ing the same at this Office" x
Note: His reward does not con-
sist in the act of leaving it, except the
reward may come to him through his
conscience. RI ..s%.4-sr sf~ Z
Z. - .
Don't say Calculates" for intends"
or purposes" : ~ IS
Example: HE calculates going to
college, should be He intends, or pur-
poses, going to college" 81 T
I Note.-Hemay have to calculate in re-.
gard to the expenses. S.#
s.
Don't say "can" for. may" g."
Example: "Can close my school
earlier tomorrow in order to get there
in time" should be MAY I close my
school earlier tomorrow in order 10
get there in time" g ,
Note.-The superintendent kindly
criticised his teacher by saying: you
can and you may, -@.-&. y.
- 3.
Don't say cant complain i
Example: "I can't complain, 2 should
be: II have no reason to complain" Il
cannot reasonably complain Y
= L
Don't say"can't live in Mere" d
Example: '.:The woman can't live in
here" should be: 1.-THE woman, njhere,
can't live ''s'"sa2 'a''--sFe 4
Note:-The foregoing was spoken Of
one already in the house; in fact, tool
to leave it. e., s', s.s..-P-5SS =; : =
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

). The transmission of power by cleo
tricity has become so ordinary thing
that electrical engineers are now con.
fidently considering what few years
ago was deemed impossible-the trans
mission of 100000 volts over an cleo.
trio wire. There are numerous install.
lations, carrying over 10000 volts. and
in Montana one built to transmit So.
600 volts.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

Death sentences are never carried
out in Belgium, because King Leo
pold promised his mother as she was
dying that he would never sign his
name to q death warrant. :,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

Dance and grow strong. It is tho
edict of the American Physical Gull
ture association, which last week met
at Columbia university principally to
put itself on record to the effect that
the time had come to recognize dane
ing in the scheme Of educating the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

Before June 80 of the present year,
when the United States government
shall have completed its extension of
the sea wall at Galveston, that I'm.
lucky city will rest secure behind six
miles of solid concrete sea wall and
be forever immune from repetition
of the frightful disaster Of September,
1900. -. n --~ ~ :,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

The other day there was only one
person present to see Berlin's edu-
Gated horse, Hans, do his trick. When
Hans was asked how many people
were present he let his hind hoofs
fly and kicked the spectator down,
thus replying "One." The unfortunate
was kicked in the face and very badly
hurf Il
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

German soldiers are to have q new
tunic, cut like blouse, with a low
stand-up collar. Visibility Of bright
buttons on the tunics is to DO tested at
various distances. r-.s
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08
RUsslA's CHIEF CENSOR.
Highest Intelligence and LEARNING
Are Requisites for Those Who
Revise Newspaper Reports.

st. Petersburg. - Michael de Krivo.
chlilk, the chief censor of Russia, has
been keeping an eye many years on
all newspapers entering and published
in this country. He had power to strike
out anything which he considered dan
gerous for the Russian people to know,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

Champion Straight Tip, the Irish
terrier which won the kings cup at
Kings Lynn, Eng, last year. has been
sold to an American fancier for $4,000,
which is the record price for the
breed.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08

A law has been passed in France
making the day following Christmas
day, New Years day and other legal
fetes bank holiday when the holiday
falls on Sunday.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-06-08
The new parliament building IN
Stockholm, which was begun ten years
ago. is now completed. 1t lies on
small island.

The kingsof Italy has ordered the is
sue Of new postal stamps for the king
dom. The new stamps will show views
Of the principal Italian cities. E
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Don't say capacity" for ability"
Note.-One may have the capacity, but
be lacking in ability. Capacity is the
receiving, ability the application !, Ca
pacity is passive; ability is active. The
millionaire said OF his daughter (when
told that she did not have the capacity
to enter certain college): why, I'll
buy her the capacity" "a - q, o.,
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Talks Of Work.

} . 40 Ta1KS q WofK. . - -
F. Patience-I guess from the way WIN
talks, he's not afraid of hard work.
Patrice-No: talking about hard
work never killed anyone.-YonkeTs
Statesman.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-28

Wen. uncle. I would have given any
thing II you could have seen dad, when
the dogs began 10 chase that liver, and
bark. and fght each otrer The driver
yelled something Ia Russian. and point
e. back with his whip. the Chicago man
said: My God We are pursued by a
pack az rayeuous wolves. and there is no
hope for as. and ! began 10 cry. and
implored dad II he loved me. 10 save me.
Dad stood up In he sledge and looked
back. and saw the wolves. and he was
scared but he said the only thing TO DO
was To throw something overheard for
them 10 be chewing on while We got
away. but b. sat down and pulled robe
over his head and his lips were moving.
but DO not know whom he was address
ing.
The Chicago man touched on couple
OF cannon frecrackers behind the
sledge. but that only kept the dogs back
for a minute. and dad said probably the
best thing 20 DO was 10 throw me over
board. and lei them eat me. and said;
Nay nay. Pauline and then ! think
dad tainted away. for he never peeped
again until the team had rI:n away LOT
more and cut my liver rose. and when
we got into the suburbs @: 81 Petersburg
the dogs had overiake. The liver. and
were fighting over H.
The driver had 20 pull up his horses
as We strlck the town. and dad mus;
have got a Whit on the drivers vodka.
because he come 20. and We got 10 the
hotel all right, and thought dad would
simply die in his tracks, but the ride
and the excitement did him good. and he
wanted 10 buy a gun and 90 out wolf
hunting the next day but our tickets
were bought. and We shall get out OF
this terrible country tomorrow.
Dad woke me up in the night and want
ed 70 know if ! saw him when he pulled
his knife and wanted TO get out and
fight the pack OF wolves single-handed.
am not much OF liar. but told him
I remembered il well. and il Demon
strated 10 me that he was as brave a
man as the car. the Little Jack Rab-
Bit. as his people call him
Well thanks 10 my wolf hunt. dad is
all right again. and row we shall go TO
some country where there is peace
don't know where we will find il, but If
such a country exists. your little Henry
viii catch on. if dads money holds out
Yours, covered with Gore.
HENNERY.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-28

was too slow. and he gave a Comanche
yell. and threw the lines into the air.
and the horses just skedaddled. and run
into a snow bank and tipped over tie
sledge, and piled Us out on top OF dad.
but dad only said: This is getting
good
We rizhted up. and dad wanted to
know where al the pups came from that
we had passed had been throwing
out pieces Of meat into the road for a
mile or SO. ami the dogs were having a
picnic II was getting pretty dark by
this time. and we started hack 10 town
and ! threw out my liver. fastened To
the rope and the Chicago man. who had
given the driver a drink Of vodka when
we tipped over. tod him. in Russian
that when the dogs began TO follow u. 10
get hold OF the liver. TO yell wolves
and give the team the rein, for a i've
riile run. and yell all the time. because
We wanted TO give the old gentleman a
good time.