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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-13
EXPLOSION INJURIES 20
Converter of Illinois Steel Co. Blows U,
with Serious Results.

Chicago Oct. .13.-By an explosion Of
converter in the plant of: the Illinois Steel
company at South Chicago today about
wenty workmen were badly burned,
two of them SO seriously that it is be-
lieved that they will die. The accident
is s thought to have been caused by the
presence Of some foreign matter in the
converter. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-13
a1vERs AND HARnoas MEEr1No.

RI Cincinnati. Oct. 1s.--The national rivers and
+ harborS congress which now has member
ship covering thirty zone states. viii meet In
Washington DC, Dec. and Z. The organixa-
ton IS dRtendsd to further the improvement q
thu nstiena1s waterways.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-13
BRIST0W, IOWA TOWN,
SC0URGED. BY FIRE

Marshalltown Iowa. Oct. IA cigar stub
left In the -operahouse at Bristow. Iowa, started
u fire which destroyed the business section early
today. .. .I..,.l =. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-13
DAv1DsoN,s FIRST DATE

Madison Wis. Oct. 13.--It was announced to-
day that Governor Davidson would formally
open the canpaign sat Watertown next Tuesday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-03

Quate to the national needs. and 80 be
In danger Of destroying the stately
temple once reared with the highest
hopes that ever animated humanity.
Which Is 1t to be?
II we are to walk safely in the way
Of wisdom there Is much to be done.
1t Is time to begin. There must be.
first. return to conservative and
economic methods. REIMBURSEMENT Of
national ideas such as to place agri-
culture. and its claims to the best in
telligence and the highest skill that
the country affords. in the very fore
front. There must be national re-
volt against the worship Of manufac-
ture and trade as the only forms Of
progressive activity, and the false no.
ton that wealth built upon these at
the sacrifice of the fundamental form
of wealth production can endure. A
clear recognition on the part of the
whole people, from the highest down
to the lowest. that the tillage of the
soil Is the natural and most desirable
occupation for man, to which every
other Is subsidiary and to which all
else must in the end yield, Is the first
requisite. Then there will be check
administered to the city movement that
lowered the percentage of agricultural
labor to the whole body of persons en-
gagged in gainful occupations in the
United States from 44.3 in 1880 to 37.7
in 1890 and to 35.7 in 1900. With pub
lie interest firmly fixed upon the fu-
ture the country, in mere self preser-
walton, must give serious attention to
the practical occupation of restoring
agriculture to its due position in the
nation,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-03
NEW YORk,s POPULATION.

New York, Sept. By 1910, or may
be even earlier. the population of the
greater New York will be three times
what it is now, or. in round numbers,
will be twelve millions, according to
a computation made by DR.. w. H.
Guilfoy, Registrar of Records to the
Department of Health. According to
the same authority, the city's popula-
ton will be doubled by 1927.
DR.. Guilfoy has based his estimates
on the state census of 1905 and the
federal census of 1900. These show
that the growth of the city annually
is 3.15 per cent compounded.
On June 1, 1905, the population of
New York City was 4,O14,3O4; on June
1, 1910, it should be 4,7OO,442; on Sep
TENDER %, 1927, there should be
S,O2s, sos persons living within the city
limits. and on October u, 1910, there
should be 12,O42,912, If the growth con-
tinues at the rate it has in the last
half decade.
But the chance that this huge total
will be reached considerably sooner Is
great, because the death rate is con-
tinually decreasing. For the five years
1900-'05 the average death rate per
thousand was 1910, while for the year
ending June 1, 1906, it was only about
1900 per thousand. If this last rate
is maintained or is bettered, as seems
probable, there would be a gain in
population of lao or more per thou
sand. This is not taken into con-
sideration in DR.. Guilfoy's estimate
This would mean that the doubling of
the city's population would be achieved
at least year earlier than stated.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-03
THE GREAT NORTHERN ROAD
HAS MELTED 900 PER GENT.
TO ORIGINAL INVEsTORs-LEADs IN PRICE BE-
CAUSE INVESTORS HAVE FAITH IN ITS MANAGE
MENT INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT JIM HILLS
GREAT ROAD TOLD IN NEW YORK MESSAGE.

The financial editor of the New
York Sun has an interesting article
on the great earning power of the
Great Northern road and shows that
the man who invested 800 and hung
on has made over 900 per cent on his
money. The Sun says:
Union and Southern Pacific still
sell at prices which on the basis Of
yield are considerably under the level
of Northern Pacific and Great North
ern. the disparity apparently reflect
ing the relative degree of confidence
in the arrangements. The compare
sons thus invited between Union Pa
cific and Great Northern discloses a
remarkable record for the latter in
respect to the value of the rights
which from time to time have been
accorded to its owners. 1t has been
estimated that stakeholder of Great
Northern who exercised all his rights
within the last twenty-three years
and still owns all the stock subscrib-
ed for, would have at the present
prices a profit of about 900 per cent
from this source alone. Coming down
to the past few years the record is
still remarkable one. In June, 1893,
stockholders had the privilege of SUBJ
scribing at par for an additional share
of stock for every share then held by
them, the rights in this instance be-
ing worth IS per cent. In November
of the same year the stock was again
increased for the purpose of acquiring
the minority holdings of the st. Paul
Minneapolis & Manitoba road, but in
this instance it was matter of ex-
change and no rights accompanied
the transaction.
In the following year however stock
holders were allowed to subscribe for
an allotment of 20 per cent of. the
holdings, making rights worth IA per
cent at the time of the closing of the
transfer books. In January. 1900, an
additional allotment of 10 per cent of
holdings yielded rights worth 6 per
cent, and a further allotment in the
next year gave rights equivalent to a
dividend of 20 per cent. Following
that, the management of the road was
hampered by the Northern Securities
matter, and no further rights were
granted until October of last year,
when an allotment OF 20 per cent was
made, this giving rights worth about
80 per cent. Assuming that a stock
holder, instead of exercising his option
to subscribe, had sold these rights in
the market, his profit in eight years
would have aggregated 1873 per cent,
or an average of II per cent a year
during this period from this source
alone, while of course. dividend dis
trbiutions of per cent per annum
were regularly made. If instead of
selling, and Great Northern stock
holders as a rule do not sell, the priv
ileges had been exercised. the incre-
ments of stock would show at the
present market price net profit of
$4,000 over par value. Taking last
years rights, which were equivalent
to 80 per cent and averaging them
over the years proceeding, during
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-03

which the Great Northern was In
volved with the Northern Securities.
there is an equivalent of nearly 8 per
cent year for five years, and with
the per cent cash dividends of
nearly Is per cent on Great Northern
stock for that period. Perhaps the
handsOmest rights of all are yet to
accrue to Great Northern st0ckhold-
ers In connection with the iron ore
deal now believed to be approaching
a contamination. 1t Is said that ten
tative agreement has already been
reached as to the basis on which this
property will pass to the United
States Steel Corporation but that the
full official sanction Of the boards Of
directors of both companies has vet
to be obtained and that as matter
of fact some minor details remain to
be adjusted. If there were any ques-
ton of urgency the whole business
might be closed up at very short no.
tice, but as the Steel Corporation is
for the present we'll supplied with ore,
and Great Northern is abundantly
supplied with money, completion of
the transaction may be allowed to
await the convenience of those who
have the matter in hand. But in the
ordinary course of events it is not
likely to be much longer delayed.
There is popular superstition that
as preliminary to the contamination
of the ore deal the Great Northern
management will insist on the sale of
Union Pacific holdings of Great North
ern stock to syndicate. so that
rival road may not be in possession
of important resources which might
be used in carrying on aggression
against the company which yielded
them, but 1t is understood that Union
Pacific has already disposed of by
far the greater part of it's holdings of
the Hill stocks in the open market,
netting a profit of about $75.O0O,000
including. the rights on Great Northern
last year, and that, allowing present
market quotations for the remainder
of the holdings the aggregate profit is
brought up to about the 100000, 900
mark, or approximately enough to
guarantee per cent dividends on the
entire issue of $2OO,O0O.O0O of Union
Pacific stock for the next twelve and
half years.
This consideration may have entered
into the action taken by the Union
Pacific directors in deciding to make
the dividend 10 per cent instead of 6
per cent by drawing per cent year
from returns on Investments"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-03

The Langdon Democrat says one of
the most peculiar phenomena ever
seen in Langdon was apparent last
Wednesday afternoon when the butter
flies were so thick that they completely
covered the trees surrounding the
court house grounds. The scene pre-
sented was SO peculiar that many per-
sons gathered along the sidewalk to
view it. The trees were SO completely
covered that they appear to be
brown, as from the frosts during the
late autumn.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-03

The state papers are giving con-
siderable space just now to the con-
dition of the insurance companies do
ing business in the state.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-09-03

The plan of carrying the mail daily
between Rolla and Dunseith has been
abandoned as there were no bidders
for the contract.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-27
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
.reMs OF A WEEK FROM vAa,.
ovs PARTS OF THE STATE.
Nine Men Are Killed and rhirsy-seven
Other Persons Are Seriously In.
jured in Wreck on the 500
at enderlir.

Nine men were killed and thirty.
se:cn Other persons were seriously in
tired in a wreck ON the 500 at l,ndcr
lin eary Sunday morning. The south
bound passenger train crashed into "a
switch engine at that place and both
engines were demolished and the
smoking car WAS tclescorcd by the
baggage car All of those killcd and
most of the injured were in The smok
Ing car. The dead are Charles
BackMs. Bergen. y D.; " j Volkcr
ing and John Saltcrburg Anamoosc
~ D.: TONY Glenn and " HoscnbaMm
Vclva. y. ~. ID. j. Dercsfotd Medicine
Hat. Can. w. j Danielson. sheldon
~ d.: A. o. Anderson, Starbmck
Mimi; Nels Hansen. kenmare. n. u.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-27
Fuel Famine Situation Improved.

fnc car shortage inquiry by Messrs
Harlan and lane Of he interstate com
merce commission AT Minneapolis last
week resulted In great Improvement in
the coal famine in the state Tele
grams To the commissioners from var
iOMs cities and towns in North Dalsot
informed t.,em OF he seriousness Of
the situation and when these tclegrams
were shown to railroad officials at the
hc;rinS and they We're asked what
they intended to do. they all replied
that they would rush coal to the suf
fering cities. and they have done so
and still are doing so. Many railroad
officials testified at the hearing and
naturally sought To show that the rail
roads were moi to blame for the fuel
famine and car shortage. the burden
of their story heinz that coal dealers
had not ordered enough coal. being
content with a stock that would last
only from day to day. This, however
did not alI ear 10 he the case in all
had been on the road for over a month
In travelling less than 300 miles. IL
surprised the commissioners to find
how slow some of the coal Travelled. a
mile an hour being the average made
In several cases. President Hill Of
the Great Northern said the great de-
velOpment Of the Northwest and in
creased traffic were 10 blame for the
fuel famine and car shortage
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-27
LAND MEN CONVICTED.
Found Guilty OF Conspiracy to psfraud
Government.

SOvStUtUSUSs
Omaha, Dec. 21.-The trial in the
federal district court OF Bartlett Rich
ards, president; Will q. Comstock,
wee president; c. c. Jameson. secre.
tary-treasurer and general manager Of
the Nebraska Land and Feeding com.
pany, controlling the 400,000.acre
Spade ranch. and Aquilla Triplett.
sheir agent. has ended in the convic.
ton of the four defendants on thirty.
six counts OF an Indictment which
charged conspiracy to defraud the
government Of public lands and subor-
nation of perjury.
The trial began Nov. 10 and the
Jury was completed two days later,
The entire time of the court since
then was devoted to the hearing Of
testimony for the government and the
arguments of the attorneys, no wit
nesses being introduced for the de.
fense.
The defendants were charged with
attempting to secure title to vast
tracts OF land within the Spade"
ranch enclosure in Cherry, Sheridan
and Box Butte counties, Neb.. by
means OF fraudulent homestead entries
under the kinkaid law, which permit
ted the homesteader to take up sec
tlon of land in the semi-arid districts,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-27
SAVES PATRICK = LIFE
GOVERNOR H,oo,ms coMMvres
DEATH SENTENCE 70 L,FE
,MPa,soMMGnv.

Albany. ~ v. Dec. 1i.-Aibsrt T.
Patrick has been saved by Governor
higgins from the death chair, in the
shadow of which he has stood for near
'y five years. He was convicted In
March, 1902. OF the murder Of viii.
lam Marsh Rice. an aged New York
city millionaire. In brief memoran
dunn laying stress upon the dissenting
opinions Of the judges Of the court Of
appeals. which afsirmed Patricks con
vic,ion by a vote Of fonr to three, the
governor announced that he had COM
muted the death sentence to impris
onment for life. Later in the day the
governor strongly intimated q doubt
of Patrick's entire sanity, attriblting
his mental state to the strain under
which the condemns lawyer has Ia
bored all these years in the death cell
at Sing Sing.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-27
ESCAPES BY HAIRS BREADTH.
Attempt to Assassinate Judge Cutting
of Chicago.

Chicago, Dec PA desperate effort
was made during the day TO assas-
sinate Judge Charles S. Cutting of the
probate court by Frank +. Ellerbrock
Of this city. The wouldbe assassin is
believed to be insane. Judge Cutting
escaped injury by hairs breadth and
overpoweved his assailant after a
fierce fight.
AS the Judge entered the criminal
court building on his way TO his cham
bers Ellerbrock, who was standing in
the hallway stepped forward and
when but two feet distant drew re-
yolver and fired point blank at the.
Judge. Judge Cutting instantly turned
and struck his assaiant heavy blow
in the face. almost knocking him
down. Before Ellerbrock could re-
cover Judge Cutting grabbed him by
.he throat and threw him backwards
over a steam radiator. where he held
him despite his efforts to escape
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-27
Rob JeweIsry Store.

The first burglary which has oc-
Cured in Bismarck for several years
took place last week when Strauss
jewelry store was broken into and
plunder to the amount cf $3.50 taken
The thieves entered by breaking n
window in the rear of the store and
took what goods welc. in The show
cases. No attempt was made TO enter
the safe. An attempt also was made
TO enter the .iewelry store of j. u.
Cook 4 Co, but the thieves apparently
we're frightened away before thcv
accomplished their purpose
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-27
Independent Shippers Meet.

Al the meeting of the independent
shippers in Valley City there were
fully seventyfiye interested parties
present. as we'll as thirty-two elevators
represented. The alleged liscrimin-
alton in favor Of the line elevators as
against the independent was discussed,
md the shippers arrived at the con
clusiOn tina, they have but one remedy.
and that is state and federal control.
They will ask tho legislature 10 pass
reciprocal dcmurrasc law. and will
also ask the legislature To Incmorialize
congress for federal control, A per
manent organization was affected with
the following officers President, A
]. kildahl. Maza vice presidents. o.
j. Majors. Hope; Louis Thompson.
Hatton: r. ". Modnc. Flora. A. Was
ter. Carpia. \. ID. T. Thompson. Val
ley City. secretary and treasurer.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-27
FORMER GOVERNOR GENERAL lc.
NATieFF OF kIev VICTIM
OF AN ASSASSIN.
Shot Six times and Instantly Killed
While ia Refresment Room of Hall
Occupied by Mobiles Assembly at
Tver-oead Man an Active coadju.
tor OF General Trepotf in Enforcing
Repressive Measures.

Tver, Russia, Dec. 22.-Count Alexis
lgnatieff, member of the council OF
the empire and ex-governor general OF
kiev, Volhynia and Podolia, was shot
and killed by all unknown man in the
refreshment room of the hall occupied
by the mobiles assembly. The assas-
SIN fired six bullets from a revolver
into his victims body and then tried
to commit suicide, but was seized be-
fore he could do so and is now in Gus
tody OF the police
General Count Alexis Pavolich Igna-
tieh was born in lS42 and after COM
pleting the usual course in the corps
OF pages entered a regiment of hus-
sars of the guard In 1868 he was
of Chevaliel guards, the most coveted
post in the Russian army, and in 1881
he became chief OF staff of the guard
corps. Count Ignaticff entered the
administrative service in 1885 as gov.
ernor general of lrllutsk and in 1889
was appointed governor general OF
kiev, which position he held until
1897.
As a result of the disorders which
occurred throughout Russia after red
Sunday jan %, 1905, lgnatieff was
sent by the emperor to investigate the
situation in Southern Russia and his
report on the immediate necessity for
granting reforms was one of the chief
reasons which induced the emperor
to proclaim the first Russian parlia-
ment During the debates preceding
the adoption Of the parliamentary law
of Aug. 8, 1905, Ignatieff advocated
the granting OF large measure of
power to parliament, but it appears
that the success OF the repressive
measures following the Moscow revolt
changed his opinion, for he became
the active coadjutor of General Tre
poff in supporting the repressive pol
icy of Minister of the Interior Dur
novo and in the intrigue which result
ed in the downfall of Count Witte. II
was said at the time that the plan was
to proclaim lgnatieff premier and
dictator. turn the guard regiments
against parliament and apply the iron
rule which ,I'repoff, Ignatieff and their
colleagues considered necessary TO
govern Russia.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-27
Aromatic petit Larceny.

II hope you notice how sweet l am, ("
smiled the girl when they we're out on
the street again. while the man was
wrapping up the toothbrush was
trying all the perfume on the counter.
He looked at me awfulIy hard"
II should think he would have had
you arrested" remarked her companion
severely What n everybody tried all
the perfumes like that! How much
would he have left TO sell?'-New
York Press.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-27
VICTORY FoR OIL ravsT.
Recent Verdict Of Guilty at FindIay, o.
Thrown oueby Higher Court.


Thrown oueby Higher Court.
Findlay, o., Dec 25-The Standard
Oil company won victory in common
pleas court here during the day when
Judge w. S. Duncan decided that the
probate court had no Jurisdiction In
the case brought against 1t in the pro-
bate court and threw out the recent
verdict of guilty against the company.
Prosecutor David some time ago
filed an information in the probate
court against the Standard. charging
it with violating the antitrust laws of
the state. He maintained that he
could get action quicker against the
company by this proceeding than
through indictments in the common
pleas court.
The Standard attorneys contend
that the probate court had no juris-
diction in the matter. that if there
had been violation of the law the
prosecutor should have proceeded
against the company through indict-
ments. This point was upheld by
Judge Duncan and the case Is thus
thrown out of the probate court.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-27
BISHOP M'CABE DEAD
NOTED PRELAre succvMes FOL
LOWING RECENT STROKE
OF APoPLexv.

New York, Dec. 2O.-Bishop Charles
G. McCabe of the Methodist Episcopal
church died in the New York hospital
at s: 90 a. m. Death was due to apo
pleNy, with which the bishop was
stricken several days ago while pass.
ing through this city on his way to
his home in Philadelphia. Mrs. Nc
Cabe and the bishops niece, who have
been with him almost constantly since
he was stricken, were at the bedside
when the noted clergyman passed
away.
Bishop McCabe was born at Athens,
o., Oct II. 1886. He entered the Ohio
conference of the Methodist church in
1860 and two years later became chap
lain of the One Hundred and Twenty
second Ohio infantry. He was cap.
tured in the battle of Winchester and
spent four months in Libby prison.
His experiences as prisoner Of war
were later recounted on the lecture
platform For more than thirty years
he was popularity known as Chaplain
McCabe" and the title clung to him
even after the general conference Of
the Methodist church in 1896 made
him bishop.
Following the war he became pas
tor of church at Portsmouth, o., and
later was associated as assistant Sec
retary with the board of church exten-
sion.
His success as money raiser was
remarkable and later as secretary Of
the Methodist Missionary society. to
which post he was elected in 1884. he
added $500,0O0 to the annual income
of the society. He was singer and
his songs were feature Of his pleas
for funds. He was chosen chancellor
of the American university at Wash
ington Dec. 10, 1902.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1906-12-27
BY DROPPING OF CAGE
SIX MINERS MEET DEATH IN Ac.
clpENT At coLLlERY NEAR
CARLYLE, Ill.

st. Louis, Dec 22-One miner is
known to have been killed, five others
are believed to be dead and another
was seriously injured by the dropping
OF the cage in the shaft of the Breese-
Trenton Coal Mining company about
ten miles west of Carlyle, Ill. Carlyle
is forty-eight miles east of ST. Louis.
The accident occurred as the second
cage full of day shift miners was
descending into the mine The cage
containing six men had descended 300
feet down the 4O0-foot shaft when 1T
stuck momestarily and then went
crashing to the bottom with a noise
similar to an explosion.