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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
BRYCE LIKE JOE CANNON
Altho Sc. New British Ambassador Is a
~, .. 49, Sprightiy Fellow.

Altho Sc. New British Ambassador Is a
g.. SprishtIy Fellow.
New York Herald Special Cable Service. Copy.
right, 1905, by the New York Herald.
-, London, Dec. 29.-Altnc some criti-
cism has been passed on the appointment
of James Bryce to the British embassy
at Washington on the score of age, your
correspondent is assured by unionist
member of parliament who knows Mr..
Bryce well, that no objection ought to be
taken to his appointment On the ground
of his eight and sixty years. Mr.. Bryce
he says, is physically and mentally quite
ten years younger than his age-a sec
ond Joe Cannon.
!: Recently this man accompanied Mr.
Bryce in tour over the north of Ire
land, and he was struck by Mr.. Bryce's
wonderful physical powers. He would
cycle for miles on bad Irish roads with
out a sign of fatigue, and leap from rock
to rock with the ninble fearlessness of a
schoolboy. Intellectually, of course, Mr..
Bryce is in his prime. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
SMALL STOCKHOLDERS. .
WILL SUE MILWAUKEE
Protest Against Plan Adopted for
Subscription to New e~.
..,s d. ~ Stock. '.. -. -

, Hartford, Conn.,, Dec. 29.-Denounc-
ing the action of the directors Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul in re-
lation to the plan evolved for SUBJ
scription to an increase in the capital
stock of the corporation, as & arbitrary.
illegal and unjust to the stockholders, -
resolutions to that effect were adopted
unanimously at meeting of the stock
holders and others at the board of
trade rooms today. 80
The resolution states that in the
opinion of the board of trade common
honesty on the part of the directors of
said railway company demands that to
each stakeholder shall be restored the
right of which he has been deprived.
1t requests the company to extend the
time in which stockholders may sub
scribe for or sell their right to shares
OF new stock. The meeting was at
tended by a large number of capital
lists, many of whom made speeches con-
demning the action Of the railroad COM
pany.
Suit Is Planned.
New York, Dec. 29.-Preliminarv
steps were taken today towards bring
ing suit against the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul Railway company Mon
day to compel it to allow shareholders
Of odd lots Of stock to subscribe for
fractional parts of a share. -.
It is expected that a decision on the
point will not be handed down until
Tuesday or Wednesday and upon the
nature Of this decision will depend the
subsequent action. If it is favorable
application Immediately will be made
for an injunction to restrain the com
pany from proceeding further with the
new stock issue and the case will be
fought out in the courts on it's merits
unless some settlement is offered by
the railroad
White and Blackwell received MANY
communication from stockholders TO-
day concerning the movement and also
pledges of support Of a considerable
body of shareholders who will sustain
losses under the subscription regula-
lions as outlined by the company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
SCORES HOMELESS BY FIRE
Tenement Building eutted-city viii
Shelter Those Driven out.
By Publishers, Press.

BY Publishers Press.
I. New York, Dec. 29.-All the fire appar-
atus in IIoboken was summoned today to
a fire In the roof of a five-story building
on Ferry street. The buildings are four
teen years old, and the fire spread from
one to another with such rapidity that
the tenants were forced to the rear fire
escapes. They were in great danger.
The firemen arrived and rescued them
with ladders 5 E5
The tenements were completely Quilted
and forty families were left homeless.
The mayor has given orders that the un-
fortunate people shall be sheltered at the.
expense Of the city until they are able
to hnd new habitations. 81 ,s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
DURAND PRAISES AMERICA
Departing British Ambassador Feels
Keen Regret at Leaving v. s,

Departing British Ambassador Feels
Keen Regret at Leaving v. s.
New York Herald Special Service.
New York, Dec. 29.-Sir Henry Morti-
mer Durand, with Lady Durand at his
side, bowed his acknowledgements to a.
crowd Of his friends, wearing British and
American flags on the pier this afternoon
as the Cunard liner Umbria, glided out
into midstream, taking him home for the
last time in his official capacity as Brit
ish ambassador at Washington. .-'
Lady Durand held a large bunch Of
flowers, while beside them were their son
and daughter, Captain P. M. Durand and
Miss Josephine Durand.
II have message to say to you," said
Sir Mortimer before sailing. II feel g.
very deep regret at leaving America
where feel that I have as many friends
as 1 have in England. In fact. it seems
as tho am leaving half my heart here
The American people and the American
press have treated me very kindly dur
ing my stay Of three years, and the part
ing is a very hard one."r -. +: 49,,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
BY w. w. Jermane. Colorado Building,

BY w. w. Jermane. Colorado Building,
2 Washington, D. c. 7 + T.
Washington, Dec. 29.--The tobacco
trust will be among the first to take
advantage Of the farmers free alcohol
bill. Application has been made by it
for the privilege of using a special
denaturant, and, beginning with the
first Of January, the trust hopes to
keep close to million dollars out Of
Uncle Sam Is treasury. There is no pros
pect that the trust will be given serious
opposition in carrying out it's purpose.
The mighty American farmer little
suspected that he was helping the to-
bacco trust when he was clamoring last
winter for that free alcohol bill. One
reason was that the average farmer
doesn't know that alcohol figures in
the manufacture. Of tobacco. But it
does, in a peculiar way. The tobacco
manufacturer uses licorice in his pro-
cess, but before it can be used it must
be cut. For the cutting a compare
lively low-proof alcohol has been en-
ployed, The alcohol, with it's burden
of icorice, is sprayed over the TO-
bacco, and the evaporation Of the al
cohol leaves the licorice; where the
tobacco man wants it.
Saves $1.50 Gallon. Y.
For that alcohol the tobacco trust
has been paying upwards Of So. But
it has figured that, by using the denaA
tured alcohol, it can save about $3.50
a gallon. How much this would amount
to in the course Of a year the. treas
ury department has no way Of deter
mining exactly, but one Of the Off
Gals estimates that the loss to the
government in revenue will crowd the
million mark each year.
That the tobacco trust should thus
take advantage Of the much-vaunted
farmers legislation, thus cutting a
good chunk out Of the revenues, is
sure to add to the criticism which has
been directed at the free alcohol bill,
especially as the benefit to the farmer
is still somewhat problematical. But
the American farmer, every time he
takes chew, can at least benevole
ruminate upon his own remarkable and
unforeseen kindness In helping the
tobacco trust add to its profits.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
QUIET FuNERA1 FOR oAssArr.

sion between the family Of the late A. T. Cas-
satt and the directors Of the Pennsylvania rail.
road. it was decided today that the funeral
on Monday will be private and not marked by
ostentation. Earnestly did the officials plead
for big funeral, but Mrs. Cassatt overruled
them. 1t was decided to hold the funeral on
Monday at 2 pm.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
TO HONOR CRAWFORD
Banquet for the Governor Elect Planned
for Friday Evening.

Special to The Journal
Huron, S. D., Dec. 29.-Iuron friends
of Governor-elect Coe I. Crawford have
arranged to serve a banquet In his hon
or on Friday evening at the Depot hotel.
Invitations have been sent to many OF
Mr.. Crawford's friends in various parts
of the state.
The authorities are looking for Albert
Hooks, who left washington few days
ago, taking with him, it is charged, a
sum Of money belonging to A. G.. House,
also several fur robes. The latter were
brought to this city, where they were re-
covered.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
CHICAGO TRADERS AGREED
Compromise Candidate viii Proven
Split Of tho Board.
BY Publishers Press.

By Publishers Press.
Chicago, Dec. &c. H. Requa having
refused the presidency OF the Chicago
Board Of Trade, II. N. Sager was chosen
for the office by the nominating caucus
today. Like Requa, he is a compromise
candidate Of the elevator and anti-eleva-
tor interests, and will doubtless prevent
a split in the organization Of the two
boards. The nomination by the caucus
IS equivalent to an election. s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30

LAURIER's HALE BROTHER DEAD.
Montreal. Dec 29.-Charlemagne Laurier,
Mp. half brother of Sir Wilfred Laurier pre-
nier of Canada, died at st. Lin last night.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-30
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd.
Guarantee on Their Products.


Wewarrant and guarantee that all packages Of (
Postum Cereal, Grape-Nuts and Eliiah's Mamma
hereafter sold by any jobber or retailer, comply
with the provisions of the National Pure Food Law
and are not and shall not be adulterated or mis-
branded within the meaning Of said Act Of Congress
approved June 80, 1906, and entitled An act for
preventing the manufacture, sale and transportation
of aduterated mis- branded or poisonous or dele
ferrous foods drugs, medicines, liquors. and for reg
ulating traffic therein for other purposes"
FL POSTUM CEREAL CO., LTD,
.-. c. w. Post, Chairman,
@a2a& Battle Creek Mich
Dec IL, 1906.
Subscribed and to before 18th day Of De-
cember, 1906 %&s4 Benjamin F. Reid,
~1r. s. W. & @ Notary Public.
Ny commission expires July l., 1907.
Our goods are pure, they always have been and
always will be, they are not mis- branded We have
always since the beginning of our business printed
truthful statement the package Of the ingredients
gs contained therein and we stand back Of every
package.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
DAKO1KS SCHOOLS GROWING
Census for the Year Shows a Good Gain Enrolment Is Now
41,598, a Gain of ,704 in the School Population.

The school census reports for the
present year have been filed In the
state land department for the appor-
tionment OF the school fund, and show
an increase OF 2,704 in school popula
ton in the past year, with a total Of
141 1913 children. The reports show an
increase in population in the northern
and western counties of the state, and
q decrease in the southern counties.
The group Of counties in the south
eastern part Of the state Yankton,
Clay, Union, Lincoln, Minnehaha and
Bon Homme-show a loss Of SIG in
school population in the year, the
heaviest loss being in Union, with 17S,
and Bon Homme next with III.
On the other hand the counties OF
Butte, Lyman, Stanley, Gregory, Pen
nington and Meade show an increase
OF 1853, Of which Lyman and Gregory
show the largest increase, Lyman
showing SEC and Gregory 432.
Another feature which the business
of the state land department reveals is
that this year the payments of interest
and full payments for lands are all
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
WHOLE GANG is CAPTURED.
Officers Recover $4,000 for the Looted
Bank,

Minot, n. D., Oct. 26.-The cracks
men who operated this week at Saw
yer, just south of this city, are in the
net.
The sheriff's posse caught up with
them last evening near Max, after one
Of their number had been severely
wounded in the leg while trying to run
away.
Another member of the gang rushed
into a nearby slough and threw 5000 in
gold and bills into the water. Money
was scattered by other bandits over
the prairie, but Chief of Police Hagen
of Minot, one of the leaders of the
posse, succeeded in recovering 1900
When least expecting that they
were at the very heels Of the men sus-
pected Of the robbery. members OF the
posse, while searching a haystack.
found two of the cracksmen sleeping,
ard their capture was easily effected.
Shortly after the remaining three
members were Overtaken not far from
the first capture. All five prisoners
were we'll armed, and the last three
caught showed fight, but were soon
overpOwered.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
Northwest News.
ROBBERS GET PURSE OF GOLD
TWO MORE HOlD-UPS ADDED TO
CURRENT CRIMINAL HISTORY
IN MILL CITY.

Minneapolis. Oct. 27.-Wednesday
night added two hold-uN to current
criminal history in Minneapolis, and
after investigation ever the police
have admitted that the reports OF
these crimes as given by the victims
are probably true.
Louis Holen, a s~tonemason, was rob.
bed Of SIS in gold by two masked men
who stopped him as he was nearing
his home between midnight and !
O'clock in the morning.
Holen says that he spent Wednes'
day evening in SIMPSONS saloon in
company with w other men, and al
though he did not drink but a little
liquor himself he bought several
drinks which he paid for out of a
purse containing SIS in gold and some
silver money. He left the saloon some
time before midnight and his two com.
panions went with him, but parted
from him when he took a street Ca.
70 go home.
Holen left the car at Seventeenth
avenue M Washington street north
east, and rs he was walking along
Seventeenth venue toward Adams
the two robbers stepped out of an al.
ley. Both men had handkerchiefs
over their faces. One of them thrust
a revolver close to Holen's face and
ordered him to hold up his hands, and
while he Kept a close watch on the vic.
time his pal went through Holen's
pockets.
Charles Rose was robbed Of 81 and
a p~Ocketknifc in an alley near Wash.
ington and Hennepin avenues late
Wednesday evening, and the police
have two men under arrest for that
crime.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
RIVERS CAUSE FLOOD
Reports OF Damage to Railroads ane
Mills in WASHINGTON.

B~ellingham, Wash, Oct. 27.-The
continuous rains and the warm wealth
er of the last two days have caused
all the streams of the Northwest IL
rise to a height neve before known
since the country was first settled.
The Skagit river has risen fifteen
feet in fifteen hours. and the Nooksack
Is overlooking its banks and causing
much damage. A section of the Great
Northern railroad was washed out at
Lyman creek; q portion G.. the North.
ern Pacific at Wickersham has been
washed out, and the B%ellingham Bay
4 British Columbia track between
Everson and Linden is flooded so thai
trains cannot pass.
Several lumber mills have been
forced to close down.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
THREATENS TO BLOW UP TRAIN.
Bandit Wanted $4,000, but Failed to
Keep Appointment.

Weep appointment.
Chicago, Oct. 26.-Threatened by
an ANONYMOUS letter writer with the
blowing up of one of its passenger
trains unless ii paid him $4,000, the
Lake Shore road last night ran a
dummy train. filed with armed men,
out of Chicago. and at a point in In
diana designated by the bandit the
train was stopped. No one was found
in the neighborhood. Three posses
are searching the Indiana marshes in
Two employees of the Aetna Powder
works have been arrested because OF
the finding in their of a bottle Of
nitroglycerin.
The bandit instructed the railroad
company to carry the money to him
on the limited express, which leaves
Chicago at $50 in the evening.
Il will be at the side of the tracks"
he wrote, somewhere east of Pine.
When the limited approaches me | will
fire two shots from my revolver. Have
the money in a bag and drop it off the
hind end of the train. If you don't do
as W your train will be blown to
atom. with dynamite"
Three letters in all were received
from the mysterious writer, and the
railroad officials turned the matter
over to the United States postal au-
thorities, who planned the dummy"
train to trap the bandit.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
GAS AND HOT WATER FLOWS.
Freak Artesian Well Reported Near
Midland.

Freak Artesian Well Reported Near
Midland.
The contractors who sunk the ar
tesian well for the railroad company
near Midland say the water shows a
temperature Of 1876 degrees as il comes
from the mouth of the pipe. This is
too hot for bathing, and is almost
scalding In temperature.
With q flow of water Of that temper
allure the people only need to pipe
their homes and turn the flow on to Sc
cIre heat sufficient to keep their build
ings warm. This well also brings a
good supply Of gas, and this could be
utilized as we'll as the hot water.
Every well sunk In that part of the
state but emphasizes the fact that an
abundant gas supply exists II it can
be located, and it is expected to send
the drill deep enough in the well to be
sunk at the Indian school at Pierre to
give the matter at least a partial test.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
SEVERAL LIVES LOST IN FIRE
KANSAS CITY BOARDING HOUSE
eURNo AND TWENTY ARE
MISSING.

Kansas City, Kan, Oct. 26.-ln a nre
III a lodging house in the Riverview
district OF Kansas City, Kan, at al
early hour this morning, it is report
ed thai one woman was burned TO
death and seven persons were badly
injured. The stairways were destroy
ed.
The lower floor of the building was
occupied by stores, while the upper
three floors We're used as a tenement
end contained 100 rooms. The faml'
lies of sixty laborers were asleep IN
the building when the fire broke out.
The fire started at the bottom and be-
fore the inmates were awakened all
means of escape were cut of.
At. 2:15 a. m. twenty persons are
missing and several : believed to
have persisted.
The infant child of John Sparks is
known to have been burned to death.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
SHOT HITS GIRLS PILLOW.
Accidental Discharge Of Hunters
Wespon Almost Fatal.

weapon Almost atai.
The accidental discharge OF a gun
while it was being cleaned by its own
er almost had fatal results. s. r.
Fight and a party of Aberdeen men
were at Hecla for a few days hunting
In the lakes and sloughs about there.
While cleaning his gun at his boarding
house the weapon was discharged &C.
cidentalIy. The barrel was pointing
dow inward and the entire charge went
through the floor into the below,
where Miss Winnie Harris was in bed.
The shot passed through the pillow
within two inches Of where her head
lay, but fortunately she was not in.
jured.
Insurance commissioner Perkins in
his last annual report calls attention
to the new life insurance companies
which are starting to IIild up In this
state, and recommends care in legisla
ton in regard to such that they be not
hampered in their growth by legisla'
ton which will be to the benefit OF out
side companies. He also recommends
legislation to provide for appeal from
the decisions Of the commissioner In
proceedings under the anti-compact
law passed at the last session. and
which makes the commissioner the
court Of last resort, which, he says.
opens the way to abuse OF such mower.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
COUNTY SEAT FIGHTS "OFF."
Forestburg and Presho's Contests De
feated for the Ncnce.

III the county seat contests which
were looked to for additional spice at
the coming election appear to be off"
The petition Of Forestburg to wrest the
honor from Woonsocket in SanborD
county failed to secure the required
number Of signatures, and there will
be nothing doing in Sanborn. In Ly-
man county the commissioners held
that the requirement of a majority of
the voters Of the county did not mean
a majority of those who voted at the
who are presumed to be In the county
at the present time, and on that basis
turned down the petition of Presho as
insufficient, stopping the move in that
county.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01

Articles Of incorporation have been
filed for the Bank Of Midland, a state
bank at the principal point On the
Northwestern extension from Pierre to
the Black Hills. 1t is incorporated for
$4,000, and numbers among It's stock
holders a long list Of Stanley county
residents. including stockmen, farmers
apd BUSINESS men generally. The Of
ficers of the institution are to be c. L.
Millett. president. and w. c. Sherwood.
cashier.
The Milwaukee Railroad company is
sinking artesian wells along Its Black
Hills extension.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
MILsANk OUT FOR REFORM.
Resorts Raided and Inmates Fined
Churches Combine for a did"

Resorts Raided and Inmates Fined
Churches Combine for a "lid."
A determined pro-lid fight Is being
waged at Milbank, the police having
raided the fourteenth d~isorderly house
within the last few days. Two women
were arrested during the last raid and
were fined SIS each. Theodore Kaehn,
proprietor of the Commercial cafe and
hotel, is in Jail awaiting trial at the
November term Of court on a charge OF
q similar misdemeanor.
Evidence is being secured against sew
eral places where it is alleged that
poker games are being run on a gam
bling house basis. The South Dakota
Temperance league is to take part in
the campaign, and at a union meeting
of the city churches on Sunday night
$50 a raised to aid in the work.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
CLEARS $4,000 ON PALACE.
Mitchell Organization Names Dates
for Next Year.

The corn palace executive commit
tee at Mitchell has announced it's
dates for 1907 as Sept. % to %. This
has been done thus early to prevent
any conflict In dates for the next fall
exhibitions which will be held through
out the state. Since the inception OF
the corr palace in 1892 these dates
have always been named, for good
weather always prevails at that sea-
son.
This year the management cleared
5000 in the week Of the Corn palace.
and last year the same amount was
made. AS a result OF this great sue
cess the palace management is now
nearly out of debt, which was brought
about last year by the expenditure OF
500, 900 for the erection and decoration
Of the new building.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
WILL RE-ESTABLlSH CONVENT.
Sisters Of Charity viii Have Charge
of School.

Preparations have been completed
for the reopening Of the convent at
Turron on Nov. I. The convent will
be in charge OF five Sisters of Charity,
who come from France for the purpose
of giving their attention to the con
vent. Sister Mary, superior Of twelve
converts in the Province of Quebec,
Canada, and a large number In France
and England, recently arrived in Tur-
rOn for the purpose of locking over
the ground and arranging for the re-
opening Of the Turron convent . She
expressed pleasure with the building
formerly used as a convent and with
the surroundings, and believes the con
vent will prove a great success when
1t is reopened. The course OF study
will consist of music, drawing. paint
ing, needlework and other branches.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01

coming In from the northern part OF
the state, and the southern portion is
tagging behind. Several years ago the
opposite was the case, but the wet sea-
sons OF the past two years have not af-
fected the people in the northern and
western portions, except favorably.
and they are reaping immense har-
vests, while the southern part OF the
state has been too wet and the con-
ditions discouraging.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-11-01
Two Killed in Wreck.

Kenton, Ohio, Oct. 26.-In a freight
wreck here yesterday two men were
killed and two seriously hurt. A fast
freight drawn by two engines crashed
into a cut of cars standing on the
main track. The engine and many cars
were wrecked and hundreds of sheep
were killed.