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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
IS GAINING GROUND
First Volume for North Dakota in
Press-What Is Contemplated
by the Society.
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Special to The Journal.

special 10 Ire Journal
Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 8.-The
State Historical society Of North
Dakota, established in, 1895 and re-
organized in 1903, has attained amen
bership of 100. Incorporated under
a small annual appropriation therefrom,
the society is by law the state reposi.
tory for historical material books,
charts and papers. &. s}5r
The society represents splendid work
on the part Of the officers. Among
others, mention . may be made Of
Charles F. Amidon, federal Judge, presi-
dent of the society, and Professor o.
G.. Libby Of the University of North
Dakota, the enthusiastic and indie.
fatigable secretary. DR.. Libby has
given the: state yeoman service !; in
tracing out and preserving antiquities
able value for the writing Of the. his
tory Of North Dakota. Already ac-
cumulations have been made forzwhich
eastern universities would give & a
princely sum. - -. 4:
=. It's Aims. - -. ,-s,-4 :. -, -
The purpose Of the society is two
fold: .- 49, = p :5&sI
F'irst--To maintain state deposi-
WY DIV D1SuldICh~ WneT6 d Vault ana
rooms have been reserved in the capitol
Tor the use of the society. . >.gl>-.
Second-Exploration The gather:
ing of materials illustrative Of the life
of the Indians and the earliest times;
to prepare and to publish accounts of
these remains with maps and pictures
to prepare a history of towns, counties
and communities, which latter work is
Of especial interest and difficulty owing
to the exceedingly varied character Of
the foreign populations. There are no
fewer than twenty three languages
spoken and used by the residents of
North Dakota.
First Volume in Press.
The society has in press the first
volume containing sketches, addresses
and articles covering the archaeological
| discoveries within the state. This
work. is largely a matter Of voluntary
contributions, made because of state
pride. Other achievements Of the
society are:
First-A collection of the news.
to receive, bind and preserve complete
files of all the newspapers Of North
Dakota. = =. - 81. =, .s..r.<
second-The collection Of thousands
Of photographs, maps and charts illus
trating the early life of the state, the
Indians and the enterprises of settle
mentf and discovery. ,. ST..
The societyfis making every effort to
| work in conjunction! with those whose
profession brings them into contact
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09
GUARDED JEFF DAVIS j.
ON WAY TO A PRISON
Former Iowa Soldier Writes of In
teresting War Experience to
Brother in South Dakota. +.
Special to The Journal.

special to The Journal.
Elk Point, s. D., Dec. SIN recent
letter to his brother Michael of this
city, S. W. Hoffman tells of the part he
and twenty soldier boys under his COM
mand took in lodging jeff Davis, the
head of the lost cause, in the prison at
Fortress Monroe. He writes as follows
Artesia, New Mexico Nov. II, 1906
Brother Mike:-Your letter asking me about
my trip with JEFF Davis received. 1 then be-
longed to Company I, Fifth Iowa cavalry. We
We're in big raid with General Wilson s
corps. We were going into Macon, Ca, when
General Lee surrendered to General Grant. We
laid there ten days and then were ordered on
the cars with all of equipments, except our
horses, which we never saw afterward and were
taken to Atlanta.
We laid there night. The next morning
about eighty Of were detailed to guard a
regular train Of passenger cars and a mail
coach. I was placed in command Of twenty
men to guard the car that JEFF Davis and his
family were in. lieutenant Of Company H
had command of the whole train. He came
into my car and pointed them all out to me-
There were JEFF DAVIS. his wife and daughter
Winnie, the confederate postmaster general
Reagan and JEFF Davis private secretary, Glenn
ants.
The lieutenant instructed me not to let any
of them go out Of the car, nor let anybody
come in. We ran to Augusta, Ga. Here the
prisoners. Davis and the rest, were put on
steamboat and taken to Fortress Monroe
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09
DUNN PED ABOUT As ORE,
DRUNKEN FINN LIVES
Miraculous Escape Of Michigan
Man Thrown Into Chute and
Loaded Into Ore Car.

Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal,
Calumet, Mich, Dec. ga mirac-
ulous escape from horrible death &C.
Cured at Amasa a few days ago, when
a drunken Finn went to the Hemlock
mine shaft at night and rang "stop'
to the engineer as he was lowering the
empty skip. The fellow then caught
hold of the rope and slid to the bottom
and lay down to sleep. The engineer
held the skip at the spot long time
and, getting no signal, went to the
shaft TO inquire the cause and was in
formed by the lander that no signal
aad been S gwen from that point. The
cautiously to the bottom.
The delay to the skip had caused a
congestion of cars on the plat below
and as soon as it rested on the bear
that had been waiting on the piat was
dumped into the skip, the SLEEPING man
in the bottom not having been de-
tected by the skiptender. 49, -,
The skip was "rung up,'' hauled to
the surface and it's contents dumped
| into the pocket. The ore fell out first
and after 1t the man who had been
thoroly awakened and sobered by this
time. He followed the ore as It de-
seended into the pocket and thru a
chute into another compartment of the
| pocket, and then out thru the main
chute into the railroad car
The fellow had no sooner alighted
IN the car than he sprang to his feet,
jumped off the car and ran to his board,
ing, house. Except for a few slight
bruises, he was uninjured, and went to
work the next day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09
TELLS OF TERRIBLE
COLD IN THE YUKON
Strange Manifestations Seen
When the Mercury Sinks to
60 Degrees Below Zero.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal .'"
Winnipeg, Man., Dec. Sc. L. Par
sons, an old-time Yukon miner, has ar
rived here from the frozen north and
tells some remarkable stories of hap
penings at Dawson City, when the Their
mometer drops many degrees below the
zero mark. He says:
Strange manifestations appear as
result of the extreme cold; one is the
way fire burns in the stove. 1t
roars and crackles like a great forge
and wood in the stove seems to dis
solve in the flames like a chunk of ice;
the wood is gone and we wonder where
the heat went. At so below, every
stovepipe throws out a great white
cloud Of smoke and vapor.
Exposed hands, ears and noses
freeze while one is going few yards:
The breath roars like mild jet of
steam, while dipper Of boiling water
thrown out into the air emits pecu-
liar whistling hiss as it drops thru the
frosty atmosphere.
q dish of rice or beans upon camp
fire unprotected from the weather,
find that the side of the dish which is
in the fire will boil while the part of
the dish exposed to the weather will
freeze. Edged tools subjected to this
temperature become as hard and as
brittle as glass and will break as readi:
e ly under strain. With the temperature
so below zero, I have seen a safety
valve blowing off steam, with icicles
hanging to the valve, having formed
from condensation, the icicles not melt
ing with the outrushing steam, but re-
naming there many days.
Mr. Parsons tells some remarkable
stories of thawing out a frozen foot,
ear or hand by immersing the frozen
member in coal oil for some time
often for several hours. He says:
"This is absolutely safe remedy and
one thus escapes the surgeons knife,
as no bad results follow.
"A man from our camp was found
after he had been out all night with
the thermometer so degrees below zero
and both his hands were frozen to the
wrists He was taken into camp and
his hands soaked in coal oil for five
hours and all the frost came out and he
did not lose, even q finger tip. The
doctors were amazed; they thought am
putation would have to be resorted
to- .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09

Her Family the First to Take q
Prairie Homestead Husband
Killed by Indians. s
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Mankato, Mimi, Dec. S.-The death
of Mrs. Sidney Jones of Cambria re-
moves a woman about whose life much
historic interest from local point Of
view hangs. She was born in Wales
to America settled in Cambria Wis.
From there she moved with her husband
and children to Blue Earth county in.
the spring of 1861.
They were the first family to take
purely prairie homestead, and for that
reason Mr.. Jones went by the name Of
- Sidney Jones, prairie.'' In Septems
Der, 1862, while Jones was on his way
to assist neighbor to do his stacking,
he was murdered by the Sioux Indians,
who also killed four or five other set
tiers on the same raid. The bodies of
Jones and three others were buried in
one grave. ~@s<:-.
Mrs. Jones took her six small children
and went to South Bend, where settlers
were more numerous. She had little or
no means, and her struggle to rear her
children was hard one. When she
had accomplished it, she was forced to
see them die from tuberculosis one
after the other, until but one was left,
Edward Jones, who is now prominent
farmer of Cambria ~ - -
Mrs: Jones returned to live on the
homestead when the Indian war was
over. Having no timber to build
fences, Mr.. Jones had followed the Eng
ish custom of building a stone fence,
but having little or no stone on his
place, he used much sod, and by infinite
labor constructed sod fence around
the farm The remains of. this fence
can still be seen.
The funeral Of Mrs. Jones was held
yesterday, the remains being placed
beside those of her husband in Jerusa-
lem cemetery
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09
TURNER COUNTY ~. HAS
!. BEsT-KE]P'I|... FARMS
Hill Prize Money ofS$45o Goes to
Farmers Residing Near .
Hurley, S. D.
Special to The journal.

Special to The journal.
Hurley, S. D., Dec. 8.--Turner county
has the two best-kept farms in South
Dakota.
This is the verdict Of the prize con-
test instituted last spring by j. J. Hill
OF the Great Northern road. The. first
prize of 5000 went to s., E. Mccullough,
who has a farm east Of here, and the
second of $3.50 went to John Lakings,
residing south of Hurley. The third
prize was awarded A. L. johnson, liv-
ing near Lennox Farmers from all
over South Dakota entered. the con-
test.
Mccullough came here from Greene
county, Iowa, and purchased a farm
that was run down, and brought it to a
high state Of efficiency: Every animal
On the place is thorobred, even to the
ducks and Chickens, while fences and
buildings are in perfect condition. .
: Professor Thomas Shaw of Mime
apolis was chairman of the Judges and
made a personal visit to the farms.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09

With the materials for history and
those in touch with the actual history
Zthe present time. -. = ~,
Z. >2 Pupils in high schools ought to- feel
2 pride in this work and gather and
eo4leet material W " e. is fresh. =
>. 3 "AlaPhases Of Life. 49,. =
r North Dakota, has here communities
1Iepresen ting the aboriginal hunting
l1fe,of the indians, the PASTORAL life Of
herder and anchman5& all phases Of
agricultural conquest of the soil, and. a
rapidly developing city and Industrial
life. All this the historical society
can record and note the blending and
lnterlocking Of the various stages, part
OF which will soon have disappeared
Every loyal citizen Of North Dakota
should help in this work which will be-
the glory of theJcommonwealth to have
done and an irreparable5loss to neglect,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09
cRAWF FORD J. VISITS ALL
STATE INSTITUTIONS
. - - - go
s.. D. Govenor-elect Makes the
: Rounds to See and Know
for Himself.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. +
Mitchell, S. D., Dec. 7.-Governor-
elect Crawford is personally investigat-
ing all state institutions. He has Just
been to Plankinton to examine the
reform school and was here on his way
to inspect the insane hospital at Yank-
ton, and was going from there to the
state university at Vermillion. During
the campaign he. visited all the insti-
buttons in the Black Hills. ,.Sa IS. s
Mr.. Crawford says it is his object.
and he feels it to be his duty. to know
thoroly the needs and the conditions
surrounding each institution, and he
believes that he cannot ascertain them
better than by a personal investiga-
tion. 3. -.
1"The reports that are made bv the
heads Of the institutions, said Mr..
Crawford, edo not convey the same
information that T can get by going
over the buildings When the appro,
priations are up at the coming session
[ will be in a position to know some
thing OF the requirements of each case
presented, and what ] have seen will
act as a pretty safe guide.p y
This is the first time in the history
of the state that a governor elect has
made such trip.
Frame County Option Law.
Officers of the State Anti-Saloon
league and representatives of the W.
G. T. u. and Of the prohibition. party
were in conference in this. city concern
ing the formation of a county option
bill as an amendment to the present
state liquor law,
The. bill is designed to give every
voter in the county an opportunity to
vote on the question whether licenses
shall be issued in any town in the
county. It is well known that the
sentiment in the country precincts is
against license, and with the farming
element E Ia g voting, the promoters Of the
will be defeated in most Of the towns
Of the state. The liquor men viii fight
the bill when it is presented and say
they can defeat this sweeping reform.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09
BIG CISTERN FULL OF CIDER
Iowa Mans Place Will Be Mecca p:

Iowa Mans Place Will Be a Mecca If
..Z No Lid Is Clapped On. ~ ~
Special to The Journal. -.
Lake City, Iowa, Dec. 8.-The home
of Alfred Fullis, near this place, will
be the mecca for all his friends this
winter if no one, puts the lid on. =.
Not being able to market all his
apples from his 1o0-acre orchard at a
price that would net him proper re-
turns, he dug "a .cistern ten feet in
diameter and twelve feet deep, had it
cemented and installed pump and has
made the entire remnant of his apple
crop into cider and stored it in the big
underground jug A chemical treat
ment keeps the slider from becoming
too hard. Az ~, b.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09
SALT PLANT NEAR AT HOME.
Special to The journal.

Deadwood, s. D., Dec. S.Much inter
est is being taken in the operations Of
anew salt plant at Cambria, Wyo., Just
short distance from the South Dakota
line. A test run was made and only a
required to produce salt Of 4 fine quail
ity in almost unlimited quantity and at
= reasonable price. II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09
NINTH DISTRICTS FIRST DEBATE.

Fergus Falls, Mimi, Dec. s.--The first
high school debate OF the state league
series insthe ninth district will be held
at Ada on Friday evening, Jan. ii !,
between the Fergus Falls and Ada high
school teams. The winning team will
then meet the East Grand Forks team
to decide the championship Of the dis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09
ALMOST KILLED IN RUNAWAY.
Special to The Journal.

st. Peter, MINI. ~ Dec. s.-Tamess
Picker. a farmer of Nicollet township
narrowly escaped being killed in a run.
away accident in this city His team
sprinted several blocks, and when they
attempted to turn corner Picker was
thl out, his head striking the curb
bones were broken, a1tho he receiyeSy
several slight scalp wounds and deep
cash across his cheek -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09
NEW BLOOD IN LEAD FIELD
Upper Michigan Men Prepare to De-
velop Wisconsin Mine.
Special to The Journal.

oPoC1"1 20 111o
Crystal Falls, Mich, Dec. s.-For the
purpose of taking over and operating
the Graham Stephens lead and zinc
Superior & Platteville company has
been organized at Crystal Falls, and
capitalized at 100000. The property
consists Of 100 acres, and has been but
meagerly developed. 1t will now be
opened on an extensive scale.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09

During the nineteenth century fifty
two: new islands rose from the sea by
volcanic action and sixteen disap
peared. - - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09

Frank B. Chapman of Buford, N. D.,
who was reelected as representative
from his district, is candidate for
speaker of the next North Dakota
house, and his friends all over the
state are, making vigorous campaign
examiner in North Dakota for two
years and was prominent as member
of the house in the advancement of the
irrigation project which is now under
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09

construction in this section of the state.
He is a skilled parliamentarian and a
conspicuous figure in any body in which
he may sit.
M. J. CLANCY Of Wakonda, s. D., is
seasoned legislator and a man of
much ability and force Of character. He
early announced his candidacy for
has strong and enthusiastic follow
ing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-09

Special to The Journal. ., -,
st. Peter, MINI, Dec. 5.-Thirty
years of married life were completed
yesterday by Rev. and Mrs. L.. G..
Almen, who celebrated the anniversary
BY entertaining a small company Of
MI. Almen is a widely known Swed
lsh Eutheran minister. While pastor Of
ton, he was elected president of the
Gustavus Adolphus college board and
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16
EXCAVATIONS REVEAL
CUSTOMS OF $500 B. C.

By Associated Press.
the ancient city of Gezer, mentioned in
early sacred history, carried on by
members c the Palestine exploration
fund for the last three years, have de-
VelOped numerous finds, according to
advices form Jerusalem published in
the September number of the Biblical
| World, which was issued from the Uni
versity of Chicago press yesterday.
Eight cities have been superposed
upon each other on the site of the old
defense to the western road to Jeru-
salem from the mountains of Judah.
The culture history. religion and GUS
toms from as far back as $500 B. c. have
been revealed by architecture weapons,
masonry, etc.
DIR. f. w. Masterman, a member of
the excavatng party, writes as fol-
lows:
THE earliest inha bitants lived in
caves and made all their weapons and
instruments of flint. In the middle
period bronze is the only metal known,
while at a time roughly synchronous
with the coming of Israel, iron appears
and gradually replaces bronze.
Work of excavating is temporarily
suspended, as the three years Turkish
firman has expired. 1t is hoped to
secure a new firman, when the re-
searches again will be resumed"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16

''In all of the products the percentage
produced by the corporation has de-
clined since the corporation was or
ganzed with the exception of coke and
wire nails. The question which it
seems to me is pertinent to ask is
whether you consider that the United
States Steel corporation, on account of
manufacturing the percentage of pro-
ducts mentioned above, is a trust and
for that reason should be refused a
license.
''If you consider the percentage too
large to what extent would you COM
pei the corporation to sell or dismantle
its plants so that it will not be a
trust?"
To this letter Mr.. Bryan responded
as follows:
"Your favor at hand. l thank you
for the information given in regard to
the steel trust.
Il note that in some cases it controls
more than half of the product and in
some cases less. l am not prepared
to state just how much a proportion
corporation can control without be-
coming a. trust in the sense that it
limits competition and competition con-
trolls the price and terms of sale.
-"For the conduct of my own paper
l draw the line at so per cent and do
not accept an advertisement of cor
poration controlling more than so per
cent of the product in which it deals.
"I have only been contending for a
principle. The details are less impor-
tant. as they can be determined ac-
cordng to experience and experiment,
'I am inclined to believe. however,
that the steel trust controls more of
the product that is good for the Ameri-
ican people that one corporation
should.
"In saying that a corporation should
not be licensed when it controls enough
to eliminate competition, I do not mean
to say that the individual industries
that are under one management should
be destroyed. The corporation should
simply be compelled to reduce its fac
tories until it's production is in the
limit fixed by law"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
PARIS, Sept. 15.-Adelina Patti, once
the worlds greatest soprano, has an
nounced that she will probably make
another farewell" tour of America
provided she can get anyone to finance
it.
Patti made a tour of the United
States couple of years or so ago, un-
der a 100000 guarantee, hedged about
by certain conditions which enabled it
to be knocked out at a critical moment.
The tour was huge success in the
east, but the farther west the former
diva went the worse receipts fell off.
She struck her first frost in Kansas
City, where for the first time the news
paper critics took decided exceptions to
the exploit. The eastern papers said
she was almost as good as ever, but the
candid westerners could not salve their
consciences, and told the facts. The
result was that when she reached Butte
the advance sale was only SAT, with no
more in sight, and no performance was
Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16
BELL IS COMING
TO LOS ANGELES
Continued from page one.

its essentials by all of the gentlemen
named. Judge Trask was chairman OF
the committee. 1t is safe to say that
the delegates from Los Angeles consti-
tuted q large part of the motive power
of the convention.
"Mr Finlayson. by reason of his at
tendance upon many state conven-
tions and a personal acquaintance with
members from every part of the state,
was enabled to do heroic work for the
platform. He modestly refrained from
accepting prominent places which have
usually been accorded him i'm the con-
Vention, but the benefit of his skill in
convention matters and his, acquaint-
ance were plain to be seen.
Speech a Masterpiece
"Isadore b. Dockweiler's speech NAM
ing John Markley for state comptroller
was a masterpiece, one delegate saying
that he came to the convention Just to
hear Mr.. Dockweiler speak. In mem
tioning the names / have, / do not
intend to intimate that other members
of the Los Angeles delegation We're not
active and energetic in the work, be-
cause they all We're along different
lines. Earl Rogers was made chair
man of the committee on permanent or
ganization and order of business.
81 talked with a number of Republi-
cans in Sacramento county at the con-
vention and Others In San Francisco
and Santa Clara county where | vis-
tied, and everyone that expressed him
self declared an intention of voting for
Mr. Bell, 1 understand it is Mr.. Bells
intention to spend large part of his
time during the campaign in Los An
geles county. He Is one of the best
campaigners / ever saw and every line
of his face shows character and hon
esty He will undoubtedly be elected
the next governor of this state.
II am just i'm receipt OF a telegram
from Tim Spellacy stating that Mr..
Bell will be here September 20 and ar,
rangements will forthwith be made for
a great meeting and reception"