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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-07
Advance of Copper.

A year ago Amalgamated Copper was the target of the most unique bear cam
 paign that has ever been waged in Wall
 street. It was the Lawson campaign.
 The man fought with new weapons and his initial success was bewildering. There
 are many clear thinking people who felt
 that the men at 26 Broadway, being re- sponsible for Amalgamated Copper, could
 i'll afford to suffer their stock to be raid
 ed and damned around in the market. Their seeming indifference created harm full impressions outside of the financial
 community and greatly strengthened the prestige of the Boston leader. It is re- ported that Henry II. Rogers. when up braided by his personal friends for suf-
 fering I.awsons attacks to go unohal- lenged. retorted in effect; "I will not reply to Lawson except through the stock market, and in time l will put Amalgamated Copper to 125. where every holder in the land may sell out to me if he wishes to do so." The stock was selling then between 60 and 70. Lawson had broken it down from above so. and 1t seemed mere child's play for him to smother it every time 1t raised it's head. Six months or more ago financial inter- ests associated with the so-called Stand- ard oil crowd openly committed them selves to the prediction that Amafga- mated Copper would cross par before the end of the year 1905, The prediction was slow In being redeemed. but once the insiders took hold of the stock in earnest it's advance was irresistible. In the last Stock Exchange session of the wear the stock sold above Ill. It is sup posed to be on it's way to l25. Its won derful recovery was in some respects the most notable incident of the last three months of the old year in the stock market. It served more than any other one thing to dscredit the Boston bear leadership. The demand for copper metal has surpassed all expectation. Nothing like it was ever known before. The mar
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-07
Perry, N. Y, September 21, 1905.

My Dear Brother:
 'Yes dear brother, it would give me lasting jo to be at your bedside through these long and trying days be able to minister to your physical wants, and to lead your thoughts along paths profitable alike to both of us. Alas, 1 cannot come to you, but lam comforted in knowing that the lung trouble is leaving you and that you in good hands and have every care. Above all, that your doctors have found in Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey the one medi- cine that is curing you am certain that this prep araton will continue to build you up, that it will put you on your feet again, we'll and strong you 1sed to be-
 You will remember the condition in which the closing months of last year found me. My voice was gone, I suffered from chronic bronchitis 1 weak in body and slow of mind. When hope had all but vanished, dear, old friend brought me Dufy's Pure Malt Whiskey. I took it according to direc tions-a dessertspoonful three times day. You know full we'll what wrought in my case.
 ''Today I am strong, robust healthy. My throat is completely cured, my voice restored. am mbued with strength energy and hope. My limbs have the elasticity of youth and possess the ex- alted powers of mind and body. This and more 1 owe to Dufys Pure Malt Whiskey the .purest and most effective medicinal preparation nature has pIo- duced. bid you then to take courage
 "Yours with warmest good wishes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-07

ket for the metal this time is genuine, unlike the fictitious 1S-cent metal on which Amalgamated Copper stock sold at 130 in 1901. Indications now point strongly to a consolidation of copper in- terests, which will include the Heinze properties along with those of the Stand ard oil crowd It Is perhaps only fair to add that the speculation in 'coppers shows symptoms of running wild. It will be overdone in the end. Copper stocks of doubtful value have advanced 200 and 300 per cent in the last two or three months. The promoters of obscure min ing stocks have had a killing
 The rise in feoppers" has appealed strongly to the public. The tale of ''Frenzied Finance" turned chiefly upon "coppers," and the author of the Grimes of Amalgamated" has been discredited in the last six months in every prediction that he has made concerning either the metal market or the stock market. For six or eight months has been predicting a crash in the metal and panic in the stock market, and both metal and stocks have steadily advanced. Now people from all over the country are inquiring If Lawsan is "all inf he has really gone broke. etc Their curiosity about him is unsuitable. Lawson himself has sought to increase it. He has advertised alleged losses through bearish operations in metal and stocks running into the mil lions of dollars. and has also given wide publicity to the fact that he recently mortgaged personal real estate in the city of Boston. It Is interesting to hear from Boston people who know their Law son that in their opinion he is very far from being broke" Some of them even assert that he has been winning instead of losing. He is without any doubt the best informed speculative operator in "coppers' in the whole country. He not only knows more about the speculative side of coppers than any other one man, but he knows a good deal about copper mining. since has copper properties of his own. It seems utterly inconeeivable therefore, that he, with all his experi- ence, should have been so misled as to actually stake his personal fortune on the short side of copper metal or copper stocks on the eve of the greatest and best warranted boom in those commodi- ties that has ever been known. He is shrewd advertiser and altogether very eanny customer, Nobody even inJ Wall street divines his methods or knows how he stands in a speculative way. He has succeeded perfectly in fooling every bOdX
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-07
Greenfield dnd.) Correspondence Indian o,oI{s CartipaI

Greenfield Gnd) Correspondence Indian
 apois Sentinel
 Divested of his coat of mail and his bullet-proof helmet, George Case, young man who has been the terror of the neigh borhood in the southern part of this eoun- ty, is prisoner in the jail at this city
 Case. who has attracted attention by his inventions, is believed to be insane.
 He invented a system of burglar alarms to protect his melon patch from thieves a few weeks ago. and since that time 1t is said, he has become more eccentric, finally arming himself and threatening the life of any one who approached his home.
 By system of charged wires stretched to all corners of his melon patch and con nected with an electric. bell in his bed room Case was aroused whenever any one attempted to enter his field.
 When It was learned that he had great faith in his invention some of the boys of the neighborhood planned to keep him busy, and they repeatedly caused Cases electrical devise to sound the alarm Case became convinced that he was continually besieged by robbers who were attempting to steal his invention and he armed him self with A-calibre revolver and big hunting knife.
 Several attempts were made to place him under arrest, but it was not until yesterday afternoon, when he was per suaded to accompany two of his friends on hunting trip, that he was caught off his guard. overpowered, disarmeo ana brought to this city.
 When he was searched in the jail it was found that he wore bullet-proof coat of mail, which he had made of the steel
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-07
HiII.Morean Interests Active.

There is no longer any doubt that the Hlll-Morgan interests have bought through the open market a very large interest in the Union Pacific railroad. Through the Union Pacifics participation in the Northern Securities affair it be- came q large holder of Great Northern and Northern Pacific stocks-both Hill securities-and MT. Hill discovered that he could not work out his plans respect ing these properties without enriching the Union Pacific treasury. The Union Pacific would be benefited by anything he might do to benefit his own stockhold- CTS. These benefits already have amount ed to many millions ofS dollars and will amount to many millions more, and in order to have some interest in the profits that were being diverted to the Union Pacific treasury the Hill-Morgan inter- ests determined to invest heavily in Union Pacific stock. They have done it. and their Influence in the future affairs of the Union Pacific will, it goes almost without saying, be strong anti -Harri- man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-07
COAT OF MAIL WAS MADE
 FROM TEETH OF MOWER

teeth of a mower. His hat was also con verted into a bullet-proof helmet, lined with the same steel sheets. The teeth were ingeniously arranged on rlvets that made the coat of mail pliable and abso- lutely bullet-proof.
 Case. who is only 2S years old, will be held pending a sanity inquest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-07

sum- M. Turquet accepted at once, but his visitor added that there was one es- sential condition to the bargain, Make me a Knight of the Legion of Honor' The official was shocked, but the visitor went on: You need not mind, I am not Frenchman, but an American citizen. Give me the red ribbon and say it is 8 reward for services rendered to French
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picture is a curious but true story told about it. When shown at the Salon it was much admired, but no one felt in- elined to buy till at last M. Turquet, then director of fine arts. to encourage the painter purchased it out of his own pocket. Soon after a man called upon him, saying that he knew he would like to get rid of it and offered a handsome
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-07
How a Picture Was Sold.

Paris Letter to London Telegraph.
 One of the pictures disposed of at the Jaluzot sale was an immense military canvas shown at the Salon in lSI7 by M Jean Paul Laurcns, '"rhe Austrian Staf Marchnk Past the Body of Marceau" (c520). Perhaps the chief interest in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-07
ster-Nortf1ingtonD Drug Company, Distributors

art" The official was persuaded, the picture changed hands and the buyer be- came and is still a Knight of the Legion of Honor He eventually parted with the picture to M Jaluzot.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-07

Apostles Perry N
 
 
 
 
  
  poon M keeps the old and the Dus Pure Malt Whiskey the Government medicine This For sale by all reliable  bottle Make the Doctors advice medical booklet Duffy Malt Whskey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-01-07
Nv fife a Sermon of ThankfulneSS

treat Pulpit Orator and Former Rector of the
 in gratefully acknowledging the debt he owes to Duffy's Pure Halt Whskey. Im= pressive truths from the lips of this dis divine, who bids his ailing brother be of good cheer and prophecies that health, strength and the joy of living will return to him:
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Look out for Knowledge Contest.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-07
NO EFFORT AT RESCUE.
Passenger Says ships Stunned Valen-
ria Wreck.

cha Wreck.
At Tuesdays session OF the investi.
cation at Seattle into the loss OF the
Valencia c. A. Allison, Of st. Paul,
passenger, testified that the sea was
not rough. He explained that he had
himself been sailor and that the surf
that finally battered the Valencia to
pieces could not be called high. This
testimony caused a mild sensation, as
all published accounts of the wreck
have been described as high seas"
and terrific surf"
Everyone seemed to shun u.s." said
Allison. 'All seemed to be afraid to
help or to attempt to help the unfor-
tunate men and women who were fac
ing death.
'All those that succeeded in getting
ashore Immediately left the scene. The
vessels at sea stood off and made no
attempt to lower boat. In the morn
ing, after the last raft had put off
from the Valencia, there was no great
sea running. Not a wave had comb
er on it.
There might have been some ex-
cuse for the Queen not coming in close.
but there was tug alongside of her
that did not come any closer than the
larger vessel. 1t all looked wrong 10
me, all wrong"
Did the conduct of the officers of
the vessel meet with your approval ?"
Il was in my bunk when the vessel
struck, and Immediately went on deck.
Everything was quiet and orderly
then. Someone gave an order to lower
the boats to the saloon deck. / could
not see, but think the order came from
someone in authority. After a few
| moments, when they were lowering
| the starboard boat, the crowd gather
| ed around it. After people were
| jumping in there was much confusion.
| l could not distinguish faces, it being
| so dark. l do not know who gave the
| word to-lower the boat to the water,
but it might have been one of the Of
| ficers or some excited passenger. Any
| way, the boat went down the ships
| side For a moment it hung, one end
up. the other down, and all the time
hanging against the side of the vessel
Finally it was caught and capsized
| There was great excitement then and
cries of pull them out came from all
| sides"
| How did it happen that so many OF
the crew were on that life raft ?" ask
ed Inspector Whitney
| "As soon as the raft struck the wa
ter the crew took possession" said the
| witness.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-07
To Hear Condemnation Shit.

An Aberdeen special SAYS: Judge
j. IL. Mccoy has granted the petition
OF ex-Gov. Herried, as attorney for the
Great Northern road, to hold a special
term of circuit court and impanel a
special jury to hear the condemnation
proceedings commenced against the
towners of the Park Place hotel by the
road to secure the ownership of the
hotel property for a site for the down.
town station of the Great Northern
The date for the special term was set
For February &C.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-07
FATAL FRISCO FIRE.
Blaze on Transport Meade Costs Sew
cral Lives.

A San Francisco special says,
Flames broke out late Wednesday
night in the hold Of the transport
Meade lying at the Folsom Street
wharf The fire ragged for hours, de-
spite the efforts of the fire depart
ment.
Three men are dead, three are miss
ing and about score were injured.
At 8 o'clock Thursday morning the
fire was well under control and the
ship was flooded with water.
The Meade was to have sailed
Thursday for Manila with 1000 men
OF the Second infantry and the Eighth
and Thirteenth batteries of light ar
tillery.
The damage to the vessel Is not vital.
Deeds of thrilling heroism marked the
IRE
! Eighty thousand dollars in gold.
being carried as military treasure
to Manila, was rescued from the ship
and guarded by soldiers.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-07
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A con-
DENSED FORM.
The First Indian Bankrupt-Fuii
Blooded -Wahpeton Files
Petition-Causes Uneasiness Among
Business Men i'm South Dakota.

Felix Rondell, full blood Sisseton-
Wahpeton Sioux Indian, who lives on
the shores of Ptckerel Lake, in DAY
County. is the first full-blooded Indian
in the United States to take advan-
tage of the provisions of the national
bankruptcy law.
Rondell has just filed petition IN
voluntary bankruptcy in the United
States courts in Sioux Falls. In the
schedule accompanying his petitlon
Rondell places his liabilities at $2,6I4
and his assets at $3.50. OF his assets
property to the value of $2,l4O is
claimed to be exempt, leaving but 500
to be distributed among his creditors.
Rondell is a farmer and $4,000 OF the
scheduled assets which are claimed TO
be exempt is represented by his home
stead, which, under the law, he is en-
titled to hold.
The only portion of Rondell's petit
ton in which he refers to the fact
that he is an Indian is the following,
which refers to interest on his annui-
ties from the United States govern
ment: 81 am an Indian, and l get $lO
a year interest on account of being a
Sisseton and Wahpeton Indian"
Rondell states that he has a wife
and family. The filing of this petition
will likely create uneasiness on the
part of business men in the towns ad-
jacent to the region in which Indians
have taken their allotments of land
and engaged in farming, for the reason
that the business men make a practice
of letting many of the Indians have
goods on credit pending the receipt by
the Indians of interest money due
them from the government.
Many Of these accounts aggregate
several thousand dollars, and if the
Indian creditors should follow the eX-
ample set by Rondell the business
men who have large standing accounts
with the Indians would receive only q
small per cent of the sums due them
Should the Indians generally adopt
the bankruptcy route in the effort tC
be relieved from their indebtedness il
would mean ruin to a number of the
business men.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-07
MERCHANTS UP IN ARMS.
Wcr I'm South Dakota On Catalogue
Houses.


A Mitchell special says: After the
most successful meeting ever held by
the South Dakota Retail Merchants
association the convention adjourned
Thursday afternoon with the feeling
that step had been made in the di-
rection of self-protection against the
catalogue houses.
The date and place of the next meet
ing by consent of the convention,
was delegated to the board of direc-
tors, with the president and secretary.
and their decision will not be announce
ed until later. Mitchell, Sioux Falls
and Aberdeen are after the meeting.
The following officers were elected:
President-A. F. Grimm, of Parks
ton.
Vice Presidents G. Leyoy OF
Webster, A Mittlestaedt of Milbank,
Ed Oschner of Kimball, Robert Sund-
strom of Beresford, j. T. Hansen OF
Canton and ID. III. Lotus, of DeSmet.
Directors-P. F. Wickhem of Alex
andria, l.. n. Grill of Elk Point A.
p. Mcmillan of Condo, Andrew h. Lee
of Vermillion, w. III. Bunting of Albee
and T. J. Courshon of belmont
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-07
WILL BE HANGED.
Date for Execution of Lord Barring
ton is Set.

ton is Set.
A decision was handed down in the
supreme court at Jefferson City, Mo-,
Wednesday affirming the decision OF
the lower court in finding Lord" Sey-
mour harrington guilty of having muir
dered John p. Mccain In st. Louis
two years ago, and fixing the date OF
his execution for March Is next.
A st. Louis special says: Lord
Darlington is one of the most interest
ing figures ever brought before the
criminal courts of this city. He is a
man of undisputed brilliancy of intel
lect, but he has devoted his talents to
crime since he was boy.
When arrested the bogus lord was
identified as the notorious Barton,
sometimes known under the equally
notorious alias Suydenham, wanted In
London by the Scotland Yard detect
ives for many crimes, among them the
alleged murder of an English army Of
ficer. He has done time in several
prisons I'm England.
With nothing to back his word but
a charming personality and an appar-
emily inexhaustible supply of ready
cash, harrington, or Barton, came to
st. Louis and announced himself as an
English lord and major of the Horse
Guards OF the houshold troops. He
obtained a place in the most exclusive
society of st. Louis without question
At a social affair at the home OF
one of the aristocratic members of So
ciety he met Miss Grace Wilhelmina
Cochran, Of Kansas City, and soon
they were married This was the first
downfall Of the bogus lord. The
brother of his bride doubted the sto-
ries Of the newcomer, investigated and
found that harrington was a criminal
with a long prison record, and had
been married twice before, all three OF
his wives being alive and undivorced
The false nobleman served term III
Jail and then got a job in saloon
where he met Mccain.
The victim of the st. Louis murder
Mccain. a ST. Louis race follower and
hotel owner, was not Barrington's en-
my and was never known to have
crossed harrington. On the contrary
Mccain was his benefactor; had fur.
nished means for his release from the
workhouse; had taken him into his
home; had given him money; ha6
shared his profits on the races with
him.
AS to the motive, the police say Il
was robbery. inasmuch as Barring.
ton stole winning tickets from the
dead mans body amounting to $164
The murder took place in lonely spot
near BonfilS.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-07
HELD AS BURGLAR.
Unknown Young Man is Under Arrest
mt Sioux Falls.

A young man named Tobin, with
some companions whose identity has
not yet been established, has been
placed in Jail at Sioux Falls with the
serious charge of burglary lodged
against him.
His arrest grew out of the robbery
of a local grocery store. The building
was entered by breaking in a door.
From the safe, cash drawer and slot
machines the young burglars secured
between $40 and $50 in cash. In addi-
ton to the cash quantity of canned
goods was also carried away.
Suspicion pointing to young Tobin
as one of those implicated he was
placed under arrest. When searched
he had in one of his pockets pocket
book which was readily identified as
belonging to the proprietor of the store
which had been robbed. In the peck
etbook were letters and papers with
the proprietor's name on them.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-07
FIREMEN'S TOURNAMENT.
Program Prepared for June Meeting
i'm Sioux Falls


Now that Sioux Falls has been Sc
iected as the place for holding the
next annual tournament of the South
Dakota Firemen's Association, the cit
liens will take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to make the occasion a mid
summer jollification. An effort is be-
ing made to secure the Talbot Fight
ing the Flames show for the same
week as the firemen's tournament, and
If these efforts are successful the week
will be one of the most interesting
In the history of Sioux Falls.
I The local committee which will have
charge of the arrangements for the
firemen's tournament already has
raised ample funds for the event
The dates, June 26, 81 % and 20,
are at time when there will be no
other big gathering anywhere in the
state and this will materially increase
the attendance.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1906-02-07
MINERS FOR STRIKE
STRUGGLE ALMOST CERTAIN TO
FOLLOW CONFERENCE.
Offer TO Continue the Present Scale,
but Emphatically Refuse to Meet
the Miners Demand for Increase
Miners Are Equally Firm.

An Indianapolis, Ind, dispatch
says The rejection Of the counter
proposition offered by the coal opera
trict by an almost unanimous vote of
the national convention of United
Mine Workers and the adoption of a
resolution offered by Secretary w. ID.
Ryan, of Illinois, placing the miners
on record as a unit in refusing to sign
an agreement for any district until an
agreement was signed for all dis
sftuation which, in the opinion of the
United Mine Workers, has created a
situation which,, in the opinion of the
nfficers of the miners organization,
will result in a disruption of the joint
agreement and possibly one of the
greatest strikes OF oranized labor the
country has ever known.
The action was taken during a call
ed session of the mine workers ma
tional convention, which was called to
brder Immediately following short
session of the joint session of the OPP
orators and miners, during which the
toint scale committee reported that
1t had been unable to reach an agree
ment on any of the principal ques-
lions involved and after F. l.. Robbins,
of Pittsburg, floor leader of the opera
tors, had replied to President Mitch
ellis question that the operators had
no further proposition to lay before
the miners, concluding that If there
was to be an interruption of the joint
agreement he wished the responsible
ty for such a severance of relations TO
be placed upon the miners.
The counter proposition submitted
by the operators, which was said to be
their ultimatum, provided for their
sagning for another year at the present
wage scale, with certain notifications
TO reimburse the Illinois operators for
expense incurred under the shot
nrers" bill now effective in that scale.
Immediately following the rejection
pf the operators proposal the conven-
lion set about to provide means for
accommodating a strike fund of $6.500,-
900 in addition to a like amount now
DOW on deposit in the international,
district and subdistrict treasures OF
the miners organizations.