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The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24
GOVERNMENT REPORT ON
CONDITION OF CROPS
Preliminary Returns 10 the Depart
ment Of Agriculture Show Pros
peet OF Various Grains.

Washington dispatch: Preliminary
returns 10 the chief OF bureau OF sta
tisties OF the department OF agrlcul.
ture on the acreage OF spring wheat
sown indicate an area OF about IT.
$4,000 acres, an Increase OF 472,000
acres, or rs per cent, from the esti-
mate OF the acreage sown last year.
The average condition OF spring
wheat on June / was 1877. as compared
with s34 Rt the corresponding date
last year. s5.9 on June /, 1903. and
ten-year average OF 94.4.
The average condition OF winter
wheat on June ! was S5.5, as com.
pared with s25 on May /, 1906. III
on June /, 1904: S22 at the CORE
spending date In 1903 and ten-year
average OF 1872.
The total reported area In oats is
about 27,6ss 900 acres, an increase OF
$4,000 acres, or 2-l0 per cent, in the
area Eown last year. The average
condition OF oats on June / was 92.9.
against 1912 on June i, 1904: sos at
tho corresponding date in 1903 and a
ten-year average OF 901.
The acreage reported as under bar.
ley is less than that sown last year
by about 172 900 acres. or "a per cent.
The average condition OF barley Is
937, against 905 on June /, 1904;
91.5 at tho corresponding date in 1908
and n ten-year average OF 500.
The acreage under spring rye shows
a reduction OF 3.S per cent from that
sown last year.
The average condition OF rye Is
93.G. against SG.3 on June /, 1904: 900
at the corresponding date in 1903 and
$50 tho mean OF tho corresponding
averages OF the last ten years.
The report on the acreage and con.
dltlOn OF rice will be issued on July TO-
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24
ILLINOIS BANK
VAULT BLOWN UP
Mystery Surrounds Explosion
Of Dynamite in Edgar
County,
BOoKKEEPER'S ARM is BROKEN
Employe Declares He Was Standing
In Window on Opposite Side Of
Square When Flying Brick Struck
Him Below the Elbow.

Paris, ILL.,, dispatch. The Edgar
County National bank building and
vault In this city was almost com.
pletely wrecked by dynamite Thurs
day morning and the police declare
the affair Is shrouded in deep mys-
terry. No motive for the deed has been
discovered and as no money was taken
the authorities doubt that the vault
was blown for the purpose OF robbery
Whoever did the Job did not know
how TO measure the power OF the ex-
plosive or intended 70 make a com.
plete wreck OF the place The bank
Ing business. while the building was
being remodeled, has been conducted
In another place, but the old vault
and safes were were still used The
vault seemed TO have been blown from
inside. as It's walls were thrown out.
ward and the structure obiteratcd
The partition walls OF ajoining build.
ings went down and window panes
for blocks were broken.
The stocks Of the Bradshaw Jew.
elry store and Wetzols shoe store
were damaged several thousand dol.
lars by the falling partition walls.
The contents OF the bank vault were
strewn about the street and buried in
the debris Of the building.
Money Intact in Safes.
The bank funds are said 10 have
been In two safes standing near the
vault. and these. while overturned.
held the contents securely. The on
GERS OF the bank said no money was
missing and that there was about $50
600 in the safes. The bank books
and about 200 safety deposit boxes
were buried in the wreckage,
SO far only one man has been
found who was in sight when the OK.
plosion occurred. IIe IS Daniel Win.
CART and he says that he was on tho
northeast corner OF the public square.
The bank Is on that side OF the square.
lie says that Immediately following
the explosion he saw a man run across
the square.
Walter Juntgen. the banks book
keeper, In telling OF his peculiar con.
nection with the explosion, says he
was sitting up with a sick child IN his
apartments on the opposite side OF
the square. and when he heard the
explosion he rushed to the window
Just then he was struck by a brick.
which broke his arm below the elbow.
The distance the brick would have
Travelled by being blown from the bank
building would be 500 feet. The court
house interyones partly.
Police Claim 10 Have clew.
Tho police and the sherins force
began work at once. and II is said
private detective also Is working on
the case. The police say they have a
clew.
Vice President Torrance Clark, who
is in charge OF the investigation. re-.
calls that few months ago a stick
OF dynamite was found under his
porch. the source OF which was never
discovered. and there arc some fea-
lures Of the hank explosion which In.
dictate that IL was done through NAL.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24

ice and not with the motive OF rob-
berry.
The police were notified that man
had been seen going in the direction
Of the gravel bank south of the city
and the patrol wagon and several ON
GERS were sent In pursuit OF the
stranger, who was said to be armed
with Winchester He was not
found The police. however. are not
inclined to connect him with the en-
plosion
Later in the day II was reported
that the discovery was made that a
quantity Of dynamite was missing
the store the statement was denied.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24
WOMAN is KILLED AND BURNED
Iowa Man Makes Ghastly Find on His
Return Home.

Waterloo, Iowa, dispatch: w. J.
Schrock. a prominent farmer living
near Waterloo, on returning homo
found the charrod body OF his wife In
tho ruins OF the coal shed The trunk
had been wholly consumed by the FIRE.
only tho head and portions OF the
lower limbs remaining The coroner's
jury was unable 10 solve tho mystery
but tho theory is generally entertain,
ed that the woman was the victim OF
tramps who took this means 20 con.
ceal their action Mrs schrock came
Of a prominent Waterloo family.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24

Kokomo, Ind. dispatch: The local
plant OF the National Glass company
was destroyed by FIRE with n loss Of
tiG5.000; insurance OF $4,000 Roy
Harbort. an employee who was In the
kiln room where the FIRE started, is
supposed 20 hnvo persisted
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24
TRUST SECURES A DlsrILLeRy
Vlneennes, Ind, plant Gives vp Fight
for independent Existence.

vinconnes, Ind, dispatch: The Vim
cennes Distillcry company. which for
a year has stcadfasuy fought the trust
has sold out 10 tho combination and
will remain closed az least another
year A complete reorganization FOL.
lowed. the capital stock being named
at 100000. y. w Tinker OF 81 Louis
was elected president and Il. p Nil.
lett OF Louisville treasurer.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24
10 ohservn snn,n Eclln,n

New York dispatch: The cruiser
Minneapolis the gunboat Dixie and
collier cacsnr viii sail IN a few days
with the expedition which Is /. OBJ.
serve the eclipse OF tho sun Aug. 20
and 30 for the government
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24


IL Is premature 20 discuss terms OF
peace. II probably will become neces-
sary to arrange an armistice at the
commencement OF negotiations. and II
will be essential 70 obtain some guar
antee before concluding an armistice
in order to prevent the interests and
position of Japan from suffering in
the event Of negotiations being broken
or
Praise for RooseVelt's Act.
The great and unprecedented Jap
anese victory must not be forgotten.
Russia's great power is not easily
broken down. It might require years
before ultimate result Of the war Is
attained. Japan does not fear the
prolongatlon OF the war, but the heavy
loss OF lives involved move the people
from the depths Of their hearts.
The jill thanks President Roosevelt
and pays tribute TO him for his action.
II concludes by warning the people to
be prepared for the nonsuccess OF the
negotiations, and for the possible ne
cessity OF continuing the struggle.
The Nlchi Nichl writes In the same
strain, warning the people not 10
count on peace while the war party In
Russia continues 20 exert It's influence
over the Emperor II urges Japan to
Insist on some guarantee so as 10 Sc
cure It's protection II an armistice
should be declared. Japsn's terms
may not be eIacting. the paper says.
but the fact OF her unqualified victory
must not be forgotten. The Nlchi
Nichi concludes by saying that the
situation requires calmness and
watchfulness
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24
rossEs HIS CHILD TO DEATH
William Doyle Accidentally Lets In.
FAINT Fall on It's Head.

Chicago dispatch: Baby Doyle.
years old 1879 Chicago avenue. Evans.
ton. died In the Evanston hospital OF
a fractured skull received three weeks
ago. Tho child was being tossed into
the air by her father. William Doyle
Tic oaurht his young daughter several
times. but once lie was not quick
enough and the child fen to the noor.
striking on It's head.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24

st. Louis, Mo. special; James r.
Frederick. a wealthy contractor. has
married Miss Martha Matilda Be
mark, waitress The romance be
gan in restaurant where the groom
was served by the future bride.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24
South Dakota Bishop.

Boston. Mass. dlspatch Tho Rev.
Frederick Footo Johnson OF Spring.
field. Mass. has been elected coadiu.
tor missionary bishop OF South Dako.
"a by tho Protestant Episcopal house
Of bishops to assist Bishop Hare.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24
WIFE AT ELEVEN YEARS OF AGE
Child Bride swears to Her Marriage
70 Rlch and Aaed Man.

10 Rich and Aged Man.
New York dispatch: a child OF IL
years. dressed I'm short clothes, sworS
in Jefferson market police court that
she was tho wife OF Jacob Finellte. a
rich and aged real estate dealer who
lives with his grown-up children In a
four story brown stone house Fin.
elite was IN court HIS lawyer told
Magistrate Finn that Flnellte had
never seen the girl before sho ap.
peared in court Aaron Rips testified
that the marriage took place In a sa-
loon formerly owned by him in Jersey
city early in January Rabbi Garlan,
he said performed the ceremony. The
hearing was adjourned until next
Wednesday.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24
OLDEST PRINTER PASSES AWAY
John n. Eagle Dies at Home Of His
Granddaughter.

indianapolis. Ind, dispatch: John II.
Eagle aged 90 years. who. II is
thought was the oldest printer in the
United States. died az the home OF HIS
granddaughter In this city On ac-
count OF his luxurlant growth OF flow.
ing gray hair. several artists and pho
tographors have won national prizes
with pictures for which he posed. lie
was born in Philadelphia IN 1916.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24
Unions May Merge.

New York specials: The Interna-
tlonal women'a Garment Workers
union may unite with tho United Gar
ment Workers and Journoymon Gus
tom Tallors Union. The combined
membership would bo about 100000.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24
CHINESE LABoRERs ARE SLOW
Mexican Railroad Decides Not 10 Use
the Coolies.

the Coolies.
City Of Mexico dispatch: Contract
ors on the Vera Cruz a Pacific rail
road have decided TO exclude China
men from the ranks OF their laborers
They have experimental with them
and find that their work Is unsatisfac-
tory. The road has 5000 men az work
reballasting and constructing. Plant
ers along the line OF the rosd who used
Chinese help also have been obliged TO
lot them so. While the Chinese do
not shlrk work or lay on. they are
very slow and have not strength
enough for the heavy work.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1905-06-24
HOTEL GUESTS ARE POISONED
Many Persons, Including Baseball
Players, Suffer From Bad Ice Cream.

Nashville. Tenn. dispatch: Twenty.
two guests OF a local hotel we're taken
suddenly m shortly after dinner. Ice
cream had been served az tho meal
and attending physicians attributed
the sickness 20 some preseryatiyo
used in the milk or 70 ptomalne poison.
ing. Some Of the victims are in ser.
ious condition The list Of sufferers
includes c. r Kelly. chief templar. In.
dependent Order OF Good Templars Of
Tennessee; w c. Black. umpire OF
the Southern Baseball league. and
Rod" Russell and Doc" Wiseman %
the Nashville baseball club.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-24
KAISER DELIVERS
SERMON ON YACHT
German Monarch breaches and
Expounds Text From
the Bible

MESSINA, Italy, April 23-The Ger
man imperial yacht Hohenzollern was
profusely decorated with flowers and
plants today in celebration of Easter
DR.. Goens, the German court chaplain
came from Berlin expressly to perform
service in the chapel of the yacht in
the presence of Emperor William, the
imperial family and their suites and the
stats of the German ships at present
in this harbor. At the conclusion OF
the service the emperor delivered a
sermon expounding a text from the
bible
At luncheon, at which there were
present all of the local authorities. the
emperor in conversation showed
thorough knowledge of the Italian
language. After luncheon Empress
Augusta drove to the hospital amidst
enthusiastic manifestations by the peo-
pie TO visit Herr Won Egarp, an aide to
one OF the young princes, who was
taken i'll here.
Tonight notwithstanding the threat
ening weather there was a torchlight
procession in honor of the German i'm
perial party and an illumination. A
serenade was sung by forty girls from
families of the nobility. The orchestra
was directed by Prince Ruff
Tomorrow the party will leave for
Palermo.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-24
CONTRACT WORK

Grade, FIJI and Curb Dayton Avenue, From
Cleveland Avenue to CretIn Avenue:
Grade Finn Avenue, From Marshall to
Selby Avenue, and cretIn Avenue, From
Marshall Avenue to Dayton Avenue
Office of the Board of Public Works
City Of st. Paul. Mimi, April IT, 1906
Sealed bids will be received by the Board
Of Public Works in and for the corpora
tiOn of the City of st. Paul, Minnesota,
at their office in said city, until D. m on
the First (1sD day of May A D. 1906,
for grading, filling and curbing using
cement curbing) Dayton avenue, from
Cleveland avenue to Cretin avenue: also
grading Finn avenue. from Marsheli ave
nue. to Selby avenue and Cretin avenue
from Marshall avenue to Dayton avenue In
said city, according to plans and specif-
cations on file In the Office of said Board
A bond with at least two CD sureties
In a sum OF at least twenty (20) per cent
or q certified check on a bank of ST Paul
in a sum Of at least ten (1O) per cent of
the gross amount bid must accompany
each bid. Said check shall be made pay
able to the Clerk OF said Board.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
JOHN S. erode,
OfhciaI: r. L. GORMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works.
April 19-1905-10t
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-24
Petes Pull UHh The powers

good basin like that. We're partial to
water. He and L Didn't he make three
quarters sea and only one-qAarter
land? That's proof enough. Antonio.
He's mighty partial to oceans. and he
won't waste such a chance as that"
waving his hand toward the haZy
desert. His face was glowing with con-
viction.
so, you see, keep things ship-shape,
| ready to SAIL
We'll, good luck to you, Pete. You
don't want water more than we do
down in the canyon there But il
you've got pull with the powers. Pete
have 1t fresh. It's better for drinking
purposes
Antonio remounted, and rode down
the steep, shifting trail, leaving the
bright-eyed captain sewing industri-
ously in the sunlight.
Poor old luny," said the cowboy to
himself. He's too smart to be wasted.
What with his surveying and planning,
ne might be of some use. Must be
mighty lonesome up there, alone
enough to turn any mans brain"
He spurred his horse and hurried on
toward the ranch. The boys were
there, and they were not luny
A few days later they were all at
breakfast in the adobe outhouse At
promise of intense heat to come The
air was still and sitting. Occasionally.
the hoarse believing of thirsty COW,
mingled with the rattling of tin cups
and plates, and q smell of yucca bios
SONS mixed with the bacon fumes.
Over the rock shoulder of the mountain
great white cloud appeared.
There's thunder shower coming
said Antonio.
Uhn ~, Il
said another. The clouds all blow
away this year"
That's one coming all right. Hear
1t bang!"
Cloud after cloud massed in the blue
great soft puffs of white until, cover
ing the sun, their glory changed to
somber gray, deepening on the horizon
to violet. Flashes of lightning streaked
the blackness, and distant rumbling
blended with nearer reports.
It's tough old storm, boys, but it's
bringing water
And then, with a suddennes which
left no time for words, a great black
blanket-like cloud descended on the
mountain above the camp. Instructive
ly the men ran for higher ground They
knew the peculiarities of the cloud
burst. They knew that landslides were
imminent, and their canyon the vehicle
Of escaping waters. But, to the usual
characteristics of such occurrences was
now added a phenomenon such as man
had never seen.
The terrific force of the cloudburst
had shattered the top of the peak,
washing it. with a mighty volume of
water, down the mountain side, con-
verting the canyon into a veritable riv-
er. In midstream, sails set to the wind,
danced the Sea Nymph. AT her bow,
Matilda, bowling in terror; at the hall
yards, Pete Nicholson, plying his long
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-24

unused skill as sailor-his huge muscles
Strafning at the ropes, his long hair fly
ing in the wind, his face ecstatic and
his voice raised in jubilant cries.
"Heave no, my lads" he yelled, as he
passed the shivering group of men
huddled on the hill
"Heave no, heave no. heave hoi"
The torrent bore him round a curve
and his voice was lost in the roaring
storm.
Get the horses" cried Antonio, and
the men with one accord rushed for
their bronchos. Over the sliding trails
they chased-now catching sight of the
plunging Sea Nymph. now losing her
in bend. On, on they rode by the
racing river.
She'll give out. boys, She can't
stand the strain. Oni on, She's foun-
dered!'
1t was a tough work of rescue, but
the lariats did their part. The storm
had spent Itself, and the waters were
subsiding. They found Pete uncon-
scious, and they took him to camp.
The Sea Nymph was bottom up on the
rocks, and Matilda was safe on top.
When Pete opened his eyes, he looked
for Antonio.
Plenty of water, eh?" he said.
Then he sat up excitedly.
The maps, the drawings, boysi Save
themi Never mind me, but get the
maps,"
He closed his eyes again in srupor
which lasted for weeks. Things were
Strengthened out in that time. His
brain had rested, and he awoke TO
sanity and to his rescued maps.
That was twenty years ago. Today
the cattle have gone from the range
and with them the cowboys, and in
their place orchards thrive, vineyards
yield, and settlers iTrigate their lands
from the great reservoirs, built by the
government, under the supervision of
the eminent civil engineer. Peter Mich
olson. The water has come TO stay, for
Pete had a pull with the powers
Laura Adams Armer in San Francisco
News Letter.
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-24

n N the dry, sun parched crest of the
mountain, 1000 feet above tbs
desert dust, reposed the Nymph
the Sea Nymph, little scow schooner
twenty tons burden. Pete Nicholson
master; master and builder, mate and
owner, crew and cook, in one. The
ships cat alone shared watch with
Pete. She was crouched on the end OF
the bowsprit, alertly watching a bevy
of quail, scratching in the shade of the
prov. Suddenly she pricked up hel
ears, her eyes dilated, and without
further hesitation she scrambled aloft
upsetting In her flight a stack of sur
vey maps. Pete was mending sails by
the cabin door.
Whats ahoy, Matilda!" he cried.
whats ahoy?"
Then he listened. He caught the
sound of horse hoofs on The flinty rocks.
He heard the cracking OF a twig, and
then the creaking of saddle. The
next instant cowboy rode into view,
Hello, there, Captain. Seen any
stray steers up this way?'
Nary steer, Antonio; nary a
steer. How's things down the canyon %
Hotter than ever. Water holes all
dry except old OLA Grady's lost thir-
" head in the last week"
IT won't last, it won'tlast. Mark
my word. Antonio, Well have water:
plenty of it,
You've preached water for the last
fve- years. and it's getting scarcer all
the time
Antonio slid off his horse, tied II to a
tree, and clearing a space on. deck
among the scattered papers. he sat
down to a chew with Pete.
GOOD tobac, that Got any more in
the hold?"
Plenty, so long as it lasts"
The two chewed in silence for while
Pete continued his mending, his strong
frame bent to the task, his brown hands
deft with the needle. Antonio clipped
pebbles at the cat till she came down
and disappeared aft
Say, Pete, what's the use wasting
time on them sails?"
Wasting time, you call it. Well. Tn.
not going to get caught with torn sails.
Ports the place to get ready in. I've
been laid up here for five years waiting
for a favorable breeze, and it'll come
mark my word, it'll come"
Breeze enough, captain, but don't
you think you need a little moisture:
Just a little?"
- Pete shifted his tobacco uneasily, spat
overheard and replied.
That's just it, Antonio. You've
struck it right. 1 was telling Matilda
last night that was all was lacking for
smooth sailing. And We'll get it, too"
His eyes grew bright with enthu-
siaSm.
We'll get it, he continued. THAT
blasted hole of a desert down there was
once the bottom of the sea, and what
was once is going to be again. God AL
mighty's too economical to waste a
The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-24

first paid into the City Treasury, and
after said work shall be placed under con-
tract. said Board shall proceed without de-
lay 10 assess the amount, as nearly as
they can ascertain the same, which will
be required to pay the costs and neces-
sary expenses of such Improvement upon
the real estate to be benefitd by said i'm
provment as provided by law; it being
the opinion of the Council that real estate
to be assessed for such improvement can
be found benefited to the extent of the
costs and expenses necessary to be in
CURED thereby
Adopted by the Board of Aldermen
March q, 1905
FRANK J. HUBER,
President of the Board of Aldermen
Adopted by the Assembly April 20 1906
MICHAEL DORAN, JR,
President OF the Assembly
Approved April %, 1905
HENRY G.. HAAS
Acting Mayor.
Attest: GEORGE T. REDTNGTON,
City Clerk.
April 24-1905-1t