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The Cook County herald., 1905-12-30
Timber Land, Act June 3, 1s7s.-Notice for
publication. United States Land Office, Du-
luth, Minu., Sept %. 1905

AEAUCi AuAu, ACt June d. l6i6.-NOtlCe IOT
Publication. United States Land Office, Du-
lgth, Minu., Sept: %. 1905.
Notice Is is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions Of the act of Congress of
June 3, 1875 entitled IAN act for the sale of tim.
ber lands in the States of California. Oregon.
Nevada and Washington Territory" as extended
to all the Public Land States by act OF August
s ls9s. Jacob y Waser Of N; st. Paul, county of
this Office his sworn statement No. 1884. for
the purchase Of the 81 OF nek section 10,
swA ofnwi4 and nwA of swh of section IL, in
twp. % NJ. range 3 E., and will offer proof to
show that the land sought is more valuable for
its timber or stone than for agricultural pur-
poses; and to establish his claim to said land be-
fore the Register and Receiver at Duluth, MINI.
on Monday, the 18th day January, 1906.
He names as witnesses:
Major G. Wilson of Bemidji, Minn., De VIII
liam Berry of st. Paul, Minn.. John Zurn and
Charles NJ. Lawson of N. st. Paul, MINI.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office ON or before said 18th day
of January, 1905.
11.4 VIM. E. CULKIN, REGISTER.
H. l.. Shepherd, Atty.
The Cook County herald., 1905-12-30
Collision Loo,s.

j It has been suggested that the ex.
cellent showing made by steel cars
IN collision h due to the fact that
the wooden ca5s In the train with
thsn aetsd @ cushions and lessened
The 1preo 6 lhoek,
The Cook County herald., 1905-12-30
SATURDAY, DEC. 30, 1905.
Statistics On Children.

Out Of every thousand children born
SS9 survive their NTH year in New
Zealand, $50 in New South Wales and
S44 in Victoria, as against 837 in Ire.
land. 762 in England and Wales, ISL
in France, GA in Austria and ST. in
Spain.
The Cook County herald., 1905-12-30

Making Interested Suggestion.
When . girl begins to persuade q
Young man that he ought to econo-
mize she usually means that he should
stop spending money for cigars ana
ave p e. buy diamond ring.
The Cook County herald., 1905-12-30
Timber Land, Act June 3, l87s.-Notice for
Publication:-United States Land Office, Du-

Timber Land. Act June 3, 1s7s.-Notice for
PTbliSstion:oUnited Pub GATOR States Land Office, Du-
with the provisions Of the act of Congress Of
June ); ISIS. entitled. An act for the sale OF
and the States Of
ded to all the Public Land States by act of
August !: 1892, Nels P. Turnbladh Of Duluth,
county Of st: Louis state of Minnesota, has this
lo,ss7, for the purchase of lot and 81: Of seZ
OF section .. lot OF section 10, township
p1oof range sge ,n:, III, Tss ,sna ana
is more valuable for its timber or stone than
for agricultural purposes. and to establish bis
claim to said land before the register and
Friday, the 10th day of January, 1966.
He names as witnesses:
y. Nathaniel Lundberg. Edward NJ. Stone,
John F. Segog and J. hoy Bell. OF Duluth,
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-descrlbed lands are requested to file their
claims IN this Oh 3ttce on or before said 10Th: day
ll-4 VIM. E. CULKIN. Register.
Timber Land, Act June 3, 1s7s.-Notice for
Publication. United States Land Office, Du-
luth, Minn., Oct. i. 1905.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions Ofthe act of Of Congress OF
June =, 1873, entitled an act for the sale Of tim
Der lands IN the States of California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" as extend
ust :. 1892, tred X. Paine OF Grand Marais,
county OF Cook. state Of Minnesota. has this day
filed IN this Office his sworn statement No
l0.395, for the purchase of the WIZ of sw1 i Of
section 20, neh Of sch Of section 30, in town.
ship 63 north. range east. and will offer
proof 10 show that the land sought is more valu-
able for Its timber or stone than for agricultural
purposes. and to establish his claim to said land
before c, H.. Carhart, y. 3. Commissioner at
his office at Grand Marals, Minn.. on Monday,
the 18th day of January 1906.
He names as witnesses:
Edward Sterling. David Carriboo. W. S.
Moore and John Drouillard, of Grand Marals,
Minn.
Anvand all persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are requested to file their
claims ln this Office on or before said 18th day of
January, 1906.
lii w. f. CULKIN, Register
The Cook County herald., 1905-12-30

MEN WANTEDTo ont cord WOOD.
E1l.ab : eosd. CHRIS MURPHY.
The Cook County herald., 1905-12-30

SabDeribe 5sr tie Hssal &.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-12-14

Mrs. John A. Nash is visiting rela-
tives in Des Moines.
Elmer Clure is at his bench again
making harness for Uncle Davie Soar.
Fred Heileman, wife and family,
were on our streets last week shop
ping.
Mrs. w. w. Smith has been visiting
relatives at Newton, Iowa, for few
days.
Mrs. Charley Farnham and the
children are visiting her parents at
DeSoto.
William e. Laughrey will move to
Colorado in few days to make his
future home.
Chas. Tramp went to Creston to
confer with his sons who are in the
brick business there.
A religious effort is being made at
the Evangelical church and will con-
tinue for q week or 80 longer. Rev.
Wendell is an able talker.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. McLeran had q
delightful visit from their grand.
children, who had been to Omaha on
a visit, returning to their home in
Chicago. They came by the way OF
Audubon.
The ladies of the Christian church
will hold their Bazaar in the rooms
vacated by Sorensen & Jacobsen in the
old Citizens Bank building. Dinner
and supper, too, Saturday, December
18th. All come.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-12-14

]. NJ. Morrisey was at Atlantic on
business Thursday.
Charley Tunmann took a EAR of cat
tie to Chicago last week.
Perry Carter was in Chicago last
week with cattle and hogs.
Herbert Northup is down to Okla
homa looking at the country.
Mrs. G.. w. Gleason received pleas
ant visit from brother in Kansas.
Abe Chambers has moved his goods
to Greenfield where he will reside in
the future.
Bode Oelke was called to Carroll
Friday evening on account of one of
the mail clerks having been in wreck
and got hurt.
Mr.. johnson, of the firm of Johnson
& Buck, attended the Implement
Dealers Convention at Des Moines last
| week, as did George Hoover and John
! Gates.
Miss Verge Wilson, who so heroic
ally is defending claim near Carlock,
Nebraska, will soon "prove up" on her
$50 acres. Claims have been sold near
by for $4,000 This is good news in
deed to Miss Wilson'S friends.
Ralph Scott, who has been at home
several weeks recuperating from the
effects of typhoid fever, returned to
his school duties af Cedar Falls last
week. Mr.. Scott is preparing to more
fully be able to teach manual training
| in our best schools.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-12-14

Miss West, of Bancroft, Iowa. is Wis.
iting her friend here, Mrs. F. J.
Mantz. Her intention is to teach
here.
Peter Madsen who has been in poor
health for some time, his wife and
one child, were returned to their old
home in Denmark last week at the
county's expense.
Mr.. Dave Williams, of Viola town
ship who was 80 very sick last winter,
is now at Council Bluffs undergoing
an operation for AN abscess on the
lungs.
The Misses Mollie and Dora Detwil-
or, of Lincoln township, left for Chi
cago the first part of the week. Miss
Mollie will resume her studies in the
Deaconess Training School while Miss
Dora will visit friends and relatives
for few days.
Some very good books have been
added to the library lately. They are:
The Conquest of Canaan.
Digressions of Polly.
Pete and Polly Stories.
FL A Story of Japan.
/ Rose o. the River.
The Deluge.
Sabina.
The Debtor.
Animal Heroes.
Wild Animals.
The House of Mirth.
Nedrd.
The Fugitive Blacksmith.
The Clausman.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-12-14
AUDUBON NEWS
FARM LOANS.
IL, 500 Optional Payment
At Best Rates.
CHARLES BAGLEY

Wood Soar is travelling for piano
house in Oregon.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon Bates
q bouncing boy baby.
John Hepp is building good and
substantial barn on one of Mrs. Leet's
farms in Cameron township.
Miss Kopp, of the Jim Russell force,
was taken sick last week and was
obliged to rest for day or two.
Tom Davis has sold his farm he
bought last spring near Anita. 1t is
hoped he will return and be among us
once more.
Charley Baker left for Long Beach,
CAL, last week, his father having sold
his store on account of Mrs. Bakers
poor health, will also move there in
January for their permanent home.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-12-14
MONEY TO LOANl
With the German SaUings
Bank at 5 pen. cent interest.
Optional Payments.
NASH d PHELPS
audubon. IOsUa

Charles Van Gorder is in Texas on q
business trip.
John Renftle, the business manager
of the Westbrook, Gibbons Company,
of Gray, was down to see his sister,
Mrs. Will Thompson who has been
very sick.
Miss Cora Viewer, of Gray, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Viewer, who
has been having a delightful visit at
the home of her friend, Mrs. A. M
Harmon, returned last week to the
home Of her parents.
Mr.. McFadden, of Douglas township
who had q little daughter suffering
with paralysis, has had her in Allan
tic for several months under the care
of an Osteopathic doctor. He reports
her much better.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-12-14
HOTEL TO RENT

Miss Gladys Wilson is clerking in
store at Maxwell, Iowa.
Miss Lizzie Davis is visiting her
brother George in Viola township.
Ed Finch and Dan Kerwin had cat
tie on the Chicago market last week.
The Horton boys returned from
short visit with relatives at Council
Bluffs.
Mrs. Bottenfield, of Des Moines, is
visiting her old friend, Mrs. Frank
Henshall.
Mrs. A. E. McIntire and son, of o.
kaloosa, will farm the Widow Ochel-
tree farm next season.
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
Statistics Which Are Supposed to Afford Over
wheIming Proof Of the Safety Of English
Roads Are Based on Reports Of the British
Board Of Trade in Which Figures Are Dis
torted to Deceive the Public in d Fashion
That Would Make a Philadelphia Politician
Turn Green With Envy.

United States are roughly speaking
four and a half times safer than those
Gu the British Isles. If the compari-
sen be made on the basis of the num-
ber Of passengers carried on the rail-
ways of the two countries the result
is still greatly in favor of the Ameri-
can railways. In 1901, for instance,
one person was killed for every GA
900 carried on English railways,
though the board of trade reports
actually made it appear that not one
passenger was killed on the whole
system by railway accident" Dur
ing the same year there was only one
person killed for every 2,129,382 car
ried on American railways.
Through the courtesy Of a high Off
cial Of the British government the
writer was permitted to see the par
liamentary report of the board OF
trade statistics giving the numbers
of those who were killed or injured
on British railways during 1904. It
showed that the railway death roll
last year amounted to 1,158 and that
1877 persons were more or less
grievousIy injured.
These figures may be taken as cor
rect. If the report had been allowed
to go forth without alteration every
body would know the true situation
and little would be heard about the
alleged marvellous immunity from
danger enjoyed by those who travel
in the antiquated, stuffy and incom-
modious carriages Of the British rail
way companies. But before it could
be issued to parliament it had to un-
dergo some wondrous changes at the
hands of expert statistical manipula-
tors.
The original compilation as shown
in the advance sheets of that report
has been cut up into sections and the
casualties distributed under various
headings devised no doubt to relieve
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

behalf Of the wondrous safety OF Eng
lish railway travel are based.
British railway companies obtain
their earnings chiefly from their pas
senger traffic. The accident statistics
relating to them are distorted in their
interests. By some mysterious method
they control the sytem under which
they are tabulated.
The board of trade statisticians who
compile the figures are not respon-
sibIe for it. They view with dis
gust the botch that is made of their
labOrs by the higher officials. But
they are powerless to prevent it. One
of the compilers. with whom I dis
cussed the burlesQue official report.
told me that he had visited the
United States a few years ago and
inspected the railways there to OBJ
tain points for parliamentary railway
legislation.
English Public Completely Deceived.
4 found" he said, that American
| IOdIlS are idI super III u DuAS 80 AS@4
as appliances for the protection OF
life are concerned. The report which
was instrumental in drawing up
bore fruit in an act for the preven-
ton Of accidents on English railways.
But as passed it was a very imperfect
measure. It made no provision for
automatic car-couplers such as ara
used on American railways. The
hand coupling process employed here
| is responsible for fully 20 per cent OF
the fatalities among railway en-
ployes. Railway companies bitterly
oppose all attempts to compel them
to adopt appliances and methods that
will render the roads safer. Their in
fluence in parliament, where many of
the members are railway directors. is
great. And as long as our figures
are distorted to make it appear that
English railways are miracles Of
safety there is small chance Of arous-
ing public opinion on the subject
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

on trains that were stationary. Or
perhaps a more logical assumption
would be that the first table records
only the number of passengers who
were accidentally killed, while the
other table gives the yearly totals of
those passengers who were killed by
railways under circumstances that
could not be described as accidental
I,aI7 Deaths Suppressed From Figures.
On consulting other tables in the
report one finds that in this same
year-1901-when it was declared that
not a single passenger was killed in
railway accidents" there were TWEEN
ty-three passengers killed ION rail
way premises from causes not con-
nected with the movements Of rail-
way trains" In another table, vague
ly headed Other Persons" which in
cIudes people killed at level cross
ings," others who met death while
"0n business at stations and sidings, -
and others who had the misfortune
to be run over while "trespassing on
line, 522 more deaths are accounted
for in that year.
A similar process Of minimizing IA
talities and Injuries with regard to
railway employees is adopted. There
were only eight Of them killed by
train accidents" in 1901, according TO
this grotesque compilation which is
dignified by the name of a board
of trade report But diligent investi-
cation among the subsidiary tables
shows that "493 employees were killed
that year in the movements of trains
excluding train accidents. - An ad-
ditional 81 met their deaths from
causes not connected with the move
ments of trains"-boiler explosions
and such like disasters, presumably.
Here is a total of PIT actually killed
in 1901 who do not appear in the
figures on which the claims made in
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
Figures Badly "Doctored."

Figures Badly "Doctored."
The same method is adopted in
dealing with railway employees who
are killed or injured. Only of them
figure as being killed by train acci-
dents" To other causes variously
classified are attributed the deaths Of
4O9 The grand totaT' of the Off
cial report, which is supposed to in
clude all casualties on railroads
shows 1853 killed and 6,288 injured
By some statistical hocus pocus 80
deaths that appeared in the preiimi-
nary report have been droped out, and
the number of those injured has been
diminished by over 10000.
Another board of trade report is
given which is supposed to summarize
all the casualties on British railways
between the years 1874 and 1903 inelu-
sive. The first table purports to give
in condensed form the statistical in
formation that is of interest to the
general public. 1t contains a record
of the number of persons killed 'in
train accidents exclusive of season
tickets }" BY season tickets" is, of
course, meant season ticket holders. -
They correspond to what on American
railways are called Commuters. In
1903, according to a footnote in the
report, which is all the mention they
are honored with, there were $4,000
of them travelling on British railways.
Why fatalities to this numerous class
should not be included in the board
Of trade returns no one knows. They
are not eliminated from reports of
accidents on United States railways.
In fact, according to a grim Jest, they
take delight in killing them because
they save money on their unexpired
tickets. But here a commuter. killed
on q train, does not count. He fills
no place in the railway death roll.
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

- -
A "Two- Hundred -MiIlion-to-One' Shot.
In the introduction this statement
is made: The danger of railway trav-
cling has been reduced to such a point
that in 1904 the chances against a pas
senger being killed in the course of
a given journey were more than 2O0,-
000, 900 to /" That statement will be
quoted far and wide as proof Of the
wondrOus vigilance and efficiency of
British railway officials in safeguard
ing the lives of passengers. It will be
compared with the mortuary records
Of American railways with results
Overwhelmingly in favor of the Eng
lish system of transit. But the state
ment is absurdly false It is based on
''doctored" figures, It is amazing that
a high salaried British official should
have the audaCfty to make ii. and to
ask parliament and the British pub
licto believe it, when the same report
in which it appears furnishes conclu-
sive proof Of its mendacity.
A foundation for it is obtained by
a process of elimination which makes
it appear, as set forth in one of the
tables, that only six passengers were
kill through train accidents" And
only these six are allowed to count
in reaching the comforting conclusion
that a passenger in an English rail
way train runs only l chance in 200.-
600 600 of being killed. But there
were 100 other passengers killed. ac-
cording to the Officials report, by "ac-
cidents from other causes" Nine of
them, for instance, lost their lives
through passenger trains or part Of
passenger trains leaving the rails. }"
Thirty-three were killed by falling
out Of the carriages during the run
ming Of trains" This is due to the
subdivision of cars on British rail
ways into small compartments. with
doors on either side. Railway attend.
ants bang them to as trains leave ths
station, but often they fail to close
I them securely, and the luckless in
dividual who chances to lean against
one that hasn't been fastened finds
it a veritable death trap. One pas
senger IN every 100000 runs the
risk OF being killed in this way on an
English railway. But he doesn't fig
ure among those who are killed by
/ train accidents" What are vaguely
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
Evidence of British oncial Mendacity

Evidence of British Official Mendacity.
Yet, as a matter of fact, their only
value lies IN the evidence they afford
of British official mendacity. AS sta
tistics they are utterly worthless and
misleading. For instance, according
to the leading table under considera-
tion-always excluding the commut-
ers, who do not count-not a single
passenger was killed by railway ac-
cidents" in 1901 on British railways.
The same return contains a large
number of Chinese puzzle tables
which hardly anybody scans, assum-
ing, of course, that they have been
correctly summarized in the first
comprehensive table. One of them is
headed, Number of passengers killed
in the movements of trains (excluding
train accidents and season tickets) +"
According to this table, there were
135 passengers killed in 1901
By what process Of reasoning a
differentiation is arrived at between
passengers killed in train accidents"
and passengers killed in train move
ments" it would be utterly hopeless
to attempt to find out. One might be
justified in inferring that the first
table of passengers killed in train
accidenar" GlGlSGes only those killed
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

kLEI 80 United States. English
men solace themselves
with this reflection when grudgingly
admitting that the comforts and con-
veniences of passengers are far bet
ter attended 10 on American trains.
Whenever a big railroad accident in
America is reported in the English
papers editorial writer's jubilantly ex-
patiate on the vastly superior protec-
ton to life and limb which the Eng
iish system affords. The figures
which are cited to prove it are sup
posed TO be indisputable They are
commonly accepted as conclusive in
America. even by railway officials
there.
And yet, after careful investigation,
It is easy to prove that this view is
based on an entire nisconception Of
the facts with regard to English rail-
way casualties. On any fair basis OF
compaison railway travelling is ac-
tualIy safer in America than in Eng
land. The statistics which are sup
pogel TO afford such overwhelming
prof TO the contrary are based on
reprts Of the British Board of Trade,
in which figures are distorted In a
fahion that would cause the most
Expert manipulator Of election re-
hrns in America to turn green with
envy.
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

Excluding the commuters, according
to the table above referred to, in the
thirty years which it covers, British
railways have killed only 692 passen-
gers. That averages a fraction over
twenty-three a year. These figures
are regarded as possessing an authori-
tative value which in these skeptical
days is seldom accorded to the state
ments of Holy Writ, They are ev-
erywhere cited as conclusive proof
that the British railways are the
safest in the world. and in this re-
spect vastly superior to those of the
United States.
The Washington times., 1905-08-20

American Roads Four Times Safer.
British railways last year killed one
person for every eighteen and one
quarter miles Of track in the United
Kingdom. In the United States there
was one person killed for every
eighty-four and a half miles Of track.
This shows that the railways of the
The Washington times., 1905-08-20
London, Aug. 10.

T IS always assumed that
railway travelling in
England is very much
safer than in the
United States. English
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-03-17
KUR0PA ATIZIN is DISMISSED
and he now STANDS DISGRACE[
EMPEROR HAVING NO PRAISE FOR HIM
MOTHER DIFS
In WHEELING

Mrs Margaret Ann Wool, an. aged
and 9igniy resfsctda ssident 81
Wheeling. mother of Edward j. Wood.
tale afchitect Fred B. Yood, teller Of
the Farmers bank, and Mrs. james
Watkins. Of tais city. died at her nome
Thursday nigat at a:25 o'clock after i
long illness with a complication Of dis
eases. 1sne children were at tneir
mothers bedside wnen the end came.
Mrs. Wood was tae wife Of james
a. Wood, wac with the family of
twelve cnildren. survive her. Sas was
in her seventieSn year The funeral
will be neli from the family residenee
on Indiana street, Wneeling- Saturday
afternoon at 300 o'clock and the in.
terment will be made in the Greenwood
cemetery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-03-17
IMPROVE MENTS .
ON STATION
OF B. & 0. RAILWAY AT THIS
POINT WILL BEGIN IN A
FEY DAYS.

Work viii be started on the new
Baltimore & Ohio passenger station at
tiisl point right away. Division SUI
parintendent U. b. Williams was in the
city all day Wednesday on official
business and made the statement that
bids are being received now and as
soon as the contract is awarded work
will be started This viii be only a
matter Of a few days. Tae present
station Is to he moved toward Baltimore
street % feet ana large addition is
to he built to il besides the making Of
extensive improyamenh throughout.
the present express baggage and mems
waiting rooms ar, to be converted into
one large room a. 4 General waiting
room, Che ticket otfic and tclegrapaerss
are to be enlarged ana the new addi-
tion i 10 contain tn cxpr,ss and bag
gage rooms. Additional platforms and
train sheds are to be constructed. Tae
improvements nave been long needed
and the local official, 4. we'll as the
travelling public are migoty glad taey
an TO be made at ouc,.