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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07

John D. Rockefeller. the most talked
of man in America. viii be siNty-seven
years old tomorrow Mr.. Rockefeller
is at present enjoying his first holiday
abroad, apparently not worrying over
President Roosevelt's threatened inten-
ton to prosecute the Standard Oil
company for violations of the anti
trust laws. According to cabled re-
ports Mr.. Rockefeller says he has had
no connection with Standard Oil
company for the past twelve years. He
will sail for home. however. within
the next ten days and will be here in
ample time to look after the interests
of the great monopoly OF which he was
the creator and principal beneficiary.
Inasmuch as the supreme crisis in
Mr. Rockefeller's affairs came in 1875
when he was in desperate straits and
owed vastly more than he could pay
il forced by his creditors. as some as
sert, or only half as much. should be
considered matter of only about thirty
ySdl S-tuIee SlOII ucCdueS. Lev uc Is
undoubtedly the richest man in the
United States, possibly in the whole
world. The growth of the Rockefeller
interests; the evolution of the Standard
Oil company; its variegated history:
the railroad rebates upon which it
throve and waxed fat; the fierce wars
made upon it by state and national Of
ficials; the indictment of its officers in
Texas few years ago: the attempt on
the part of the state of Kansas to conf
pete with it; the campaign against it
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07

stone formed his ministry he was NOM
mated president of the board of trade.
with seat in the cabinet.
After the formation of Mr.. Glad
stones cabinet in 1886 Tin which he
was president of the local government
b0ard) Mr.. Chamberlain resigned ow-
ing to disagreement with his leader
on home rule for ireland, and at the
generatssaston Of 1886. when he was
returned from West Birmingham with
out opposition, he stood as a pro-
nounced nberal-unionist. and severed
all connection with the Gladstonian
party. In 1887 he visited America on
the fisheries commission, returning to
the United States the following year,
Wnen he married the only daughter of
w. c. Endicott, a member of Presi-
dent Cleveland's cabinet.
Upon the elevation of Lord Harting-
ton to the .peerage as duke of Devon
shire, Mr.. Chamberlain became the
leader Of the liberal unionist party in
the house of commons, and discharged
the duties of this position faithfully
and ably Upon the change of govern
ment in 1896 Mr.. Chamberlain had
his choice of position and he decided
at once to take the colonial secretary
ship. With keen instinct he saw in
this post the opportunity of his politi-
cal life.
He recognized that the defeat of the
home rule party had kindled an i'm
perial sentiment throughout the length
and breadth of the British empire
England had had great" prime MN
listers, great" foreign secretaries,
great" war SECRETARIES. but it remained
for Chamberlain to become the first
great colonial secretary. He believed
thoroughly in colonial expansion and
development and in uniting England's
possessions to her by that irresistible
tie of sentiment which is lighter than
air and stronger than steel. He bent
every energy and his consummate
genius of construction to this end and
upon the success of this work rests
his worldwide reputation as states
man and an administrator.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07

counts coming to the state for pay-
ment. This means a saving of many
thousands of dollars to the state every
year.
The appropriations of the legisla-
ture two years ago included extraordi-
nary expenses of several hundred thou
sand dollars for new buildings at state
institutions rendered necessary by the
rapid growth of the institutions. In
addition to those expenses, large sums
OF Indebtedness had been contracted by
previous administrations for additional
buildings. In the expectation that
bonds could be issued to meet them.
These bonds were declared invalid by
the supreme court and it was neces-
sary for the sums to be paid from the
ordinary revenues. OF these deficien-
cy appropriations, the payments made
are as follows:
State university. Grand Forks SOS. 900
Agricultural College, Fargo. 10000
Normal School, Valley City,. $4,000
Deaf School, Devils Lake. ..... $4,000
The following extraordinary appro-
priations for buildings and improve
ments made by the last legislature have
also been paid:
School for deaf. 1900
Feeble minded institution. ..... 10000
Buildings hospital for insane. IS. 900
Buildings state penitentiary. :. 1000
Normal school, Valley City. .42,695
Normal school, Mayville. As. 900
Blind asylum. 7O00
Agricultural college. 10000
On July 1, 1904, the balance in the
general fund was $3.50 40 IN
July1, l9O6.gafter the payment of net
extraordinary expenses of $3O8, 900 as
above shown, the balance is over 5000,
On July 1, 1904, the total of all cash
on hand by the state was $743,6O2.29.
On July l, 1906, the total of all cash on
hand is $1,305, 290.29, an increase of
nearly 100000.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07
WORLDS NEWS By TEL 1EGRAPH AND CABLE

began operations early in the day. At
10 O'Clock In the forenoon grand par
AIDE in which was presented a specta-
Gle which was a feature of considerable
interest. Col. s. NJ. Lockerby, of Port
al. who was to deliver the Grafton of
the day was unable to be present and
In his stead Rev. j. w. Kingston, of the
Presbyterian church at this place kind
ly consented to take the place of the
colonel and did himself honor In an in
teresting and appropriate address,
Following the noon hour the crowd
proceeded to the race track until 4
O'clock wnen the scene OF attraction
was transferred to the ball park where
Bowbells team lined up with a team
from Weyburn. Canada. and 1t was at
this game that Bowbells met its equal,
the game being close one all the way
through, the home team being in the
lead until the last inning when an err
ror on the part of one OF the Bowbells
players allowed the visiting team to
run in three scores. winning the game
by two, the score standing to at the
finish. During the evening there was
constant music by the band, bowery
and hall dances and a general mingling
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07
STATE FINANCES ARE
IN EXCELLENT SHAPE

Bismarck, N. D., July 7.-Notwith-
standing the payment of $45S,000 Of
extraordinary expenses during the
years 1905 and 1906, up to July of the
latter year, the books of the state au-
ditor's Office show balance of $2O4,-
600 in the general fund of the state at
the beginning Of the fiscal year July l.
During the recent primary campaign
in the state it was charged that the ad-
min1stratiOn was in bad way finan-
cially and that the general fund was
depleted. This charge is met with the
above statement, that the present adj
ministration has had to meet eXtraor-
binary expenses to the sum above sta
ted and in addition to paying these en-
expenses and the current running ex-
penses of the state up to date has more
than 100000 left in the general fund.
The only receipts by the state aside
from the tax payments and ordinary
revenues were from the sale of $50,
wv OF bonds. to take care of 1854 600
appropriated to pay deficiency building
appropriations for the state institu-
tons which were contracted under
previous administrations, so that the
net amount OF extraordinary expenses
paid by the administration is $30S, 900.
This is showing of which the admin
1stration feels justly proud and is one
OF the reasons advanced by the suppor-
tiers OF Gov. E. Y. Sarles why he is en-
Titled to a denomination. In addition
to the satisfactory business record of
the administration, as above indicated
new systems of auditing have been ad-
opted by the governor. All bills of ex-
pense from any source are accompan-
led with sub vouchers, so that there is
= complete check upon all expense ac-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07
JOE CAAMBERLA|N'S
). SEVENTEEN MILE
STONE
England's First Great Colonial
Secretary the Idol of His
Home City.

Accented Press Gable to The Evening
Times.
London, July 7.-Birmingham is pre-
pairing for a grand celebration of
Joseph Chamberlains SEVENTEEN birth
day. which occurs tomorrow. Despite
the vicissitudes of his political career
during the past few years Mr.. Cham
berlain remains the idol of his home
city, which he has represented in
parliament continuously for thirty
years.
In 1863 (when 80 years old Mr..
Chamberlain began his political ca
reer. For five years he was an agi-
tat0r, chiefly in support Of a national
education entirely free from denomi-
national control. Ten years later he
was unanimously elected president of
the Birmingham school board, which,
next to that of London, is the most
important in Great Britain. Thrice
elected mayor of Birmingham, he re-
formed, swept clean, lighted, and set
In order this important city, deserv-
eddy earning the highest reputation as
q municipal administrator.
After having unsuccessfully contest
ed Sheffield in 1874. he was returned
to parliament for Birmingham in June,
1876. At the general election a.
April, 1880. Mr.. Chamberlain was re-
turned for Birmingham with Mr.. NUM-
and Mr.. Bright, and when Mr.. Glad
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed bids for the erection of a
three-story and basement hotel build
Ing at Devils Lake, N. d. for E. F.
Flynn, Esq, will be received at his
Office at Devils Lake up to 2 O'Clock
p. m. Of Thursday July IL, 1906.
Plans and specifications can be seen
at Devils Lake, at the Office of Han
cock Bros architects, Fargo, at
Hatcher Bros Office, Grand Forks, and
at Builders Exchange, Minneapolis, up
to the hour for receiving bids.
Each bid for the building must be
accompanied with q certified check
for $500 and each bid for the plumb
ing. heating and wiring with a check
for $3.50 made payable to Edward F.
Flynn as a guarantee of good faith to
enter into contract.
The right to reject any or all bids
is reserved.
Ed F. Flynn,
Hancock Bros,
Architects.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07

DENVER. COLO.-Annual Meeting Of
Benevolent and Protective Order Of
Elks. Tickets on sale for trains ar
irving in st. Paul July 10 to Is, 1905
inclusive. Good to return until and
including trains leaving Denver
Aug. Il. 1906. Tickets will be good
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07
A GRAND SUCCESS.
Bowbells Done Itself Proud In Ccle.
bratiOn Of July 4th.


Special to The EveninE Times.
Bowbells. N. D.. July Z, Especial
Bowbells, July THE grand celebra-
ton which was arranged to take place
at Bowbells ON the fourth turned out
to be a success in every sense of the
word. The town was on that day the
scene OF more visitors than at any one
time in its history, there being near
three thousand people here is the most
general estimate given. The midnight
train from the west brought a large
crowd of people from FlaXton. Portal
and Canadian points. there bling spe-
cial car attached carrying the Halbrite
band and large number of visitors
from that town. Most of the people
coming from across the line were for
mer Americans. but there were also
large number of the pure Canucks.
The days celebration was begun by
music from the Halbrite band which
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07

While enjoying an evening stroll,
don't forget that F. ]. Cummings, 220
Demers Ave-, East Side, makes a
specially of Ice Cream Sundays. Fine
Ice Cream Parlors. Remember he
keeps Ice Cream Cones nice and fresh.
A large soda fountain. and all good
things for the pala:e-get the habit
and come over-left hand side as you
eO nm town
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07

Fur Repairs-Have it done now
~nen you can save 25 per cent on ali
repairs. We clean. dye. repair, and,
refine all kinds of ladies' and eents,
fur and fur-lined garments. store
your furs with US. M. Cohen. No. 117
soutn Third street Phone 51eL.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07

Have you a horse for sale? An ad-
vertisement will cost about as much
per day as 1t costs to keep the horse
and YOU won't need to keep" him
long after you begin to advertise him.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07

II you want perfect shirt, send 1t
to Elliott's laundry, where they have
just installed a Newark polisher,
which enables us to prLiuce three fin
Usher. dull, gloss, and extra gloss.
This is the only finisher of its kind in
the northwest, the very best money
can buy. Go to Elliott's for fine work,
602 and 604 DeMers avenue, Grand
Forks, N. D
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07

Notice-Life insurance companies
will reduce the rate SO per cent to all.
who agree to use HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. A wise measure Tea
or Tablets IS cents.-Lion Drug Store.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07

Nordlund says this is the last of the
season. and he will give bargains on
spring suits. Come in and let me give
you prices.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07

Times Want Ads. find good tenants
for good houses and good houses for
good tenants.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-07
IMPORTANT LAWS

-
Enacted by Fifty ninth Congress- First Session. December T.
1906 to June 80, 1906
of the seth congress its first session lasting seven
months
president
of his party
To the clearly
advantage the nation
enabled
legislative
few have failed of
one OF work wisely conceived and faithfully performed shown by
the following
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wearing and other soldier organizations
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Falsely alloys imported
s:sss
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G,ss's;
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Thanks @ extended General
officers prevent deficiencies Of appropriation
bridges dams across nagabe
5 sna acts for the of
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;s.; t. voted e. D ssses;
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Prohibiting corporation contributions
ctize
reduction of tariff hlippines
united States to and Legation
10 build government
A ans1;sa1 n White Mountain
Aaodlncaton Of Chinese aw
Prescribing punishments ses
Codhcaton of revised
Navy to have biggest float
removal OF IN works of
to irriga
Cable to Guantanamo zone
AntEinjunction
Eghthour
Nominations of Isthmian commissioners
Army and dental
Increase of artillery
the and
retirement OF superannuaed clerks
banks andpar
Limiting working hours employees
Federal insurance " ~ 'o-e.
terms four
Sea level canal
Inc president
courts Two Indian bills Of
da bill allowing
"eo'o.' o~S'~N'NoNA -"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-10-06

bottle labeled "Spiritus" He poured the
contents over the wood and struck a match.
In moment the blue flames leaped up
and the wood cracked. He crouched down
to the leeward side, SO close that his
clothes were singed and gave forth n
sharp, acrid smell. He withdrew his
mittens and held his bare, SCARED hands
right into the flames.
ALI" he murmured in gurgling
voice, that is good !"
But 1t did not last long. The wood
was light and very dry. and In FIVE min
utes there was nothing left but a few
smoldering ashes.
The doctor rose to his feet and looked
long and steadily out to the north over
the broken ice. His eyes fingered over
each white mound and hillock-not loving
ly, for 1t was horribly dismal, almost too
dismal to be part of this world at all.
Strange to say, his eyes finished their
inspection by looking up to heaven. The
great snow-clouds were rolling south,
bearing in their huge, rounded bosoms the
white pail to cover a continent for many
months to come. But this man seemed
to be looking beyond the clouds, seeking
to penetrate the dim ether. He was not
looking at the sky, but into heaven. At
last he gave a contemptuous little shrug
OF the shoulders, full of terrible mean
ing. The next moment he sought for
something in the inner pocket of his fur
tunic. There was CLEAN of dull, rusted
metal, and he raised his hand toward his
open mouth. At the same instant a sharp
report broke upon that echoless silence,
and little puff of white smoke was bor
southwark on the breeze.
Ito DE continued.)
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A certain woman who wished to have
some fun at the expense Of an agent
who had oftentimes solicited her 10 In
sure herself and family asked him on
one occasion II he would insure the cat.
The agent, to the establishment and no
small amusement of some friends,
promptly offered 10 do so, provided she
paid the first premium down. The wom-
an. still thinking to hoax him, ex-
pressed her willingness to do so, and
placed a shilling on the table. The
agent quickly produced a proposal, filled
1t in and obtained her signature while
those present were on the tiptoe Of ex-
pectancy as to what was to follow.
Now, madam. with your permission,
may l see the cat?
Certainly" she replied. at the same
time pointing to glass case which con-
tained the stuffed remains of the poor
defunct cat
A chorus Of derislve laughter burst
from all present, but to their dismay
the agent turned, bowed politely, at the
same time picking up the shilling, and
exclaimed:
when the cat dies, madam, kindly
call at our once and claim the insur-
ance money."-London Telegraph.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-10-06
EARTHQUAKES in cARiseEEs.

Phenomena Always Attended by
Dread bordering ON Terror.
To us the lands and countries about
the Caribbean Sea are of the greatest
interest and Importance. Our people
will be locating there with more and
Increasing frequency, and all the while
the ties of international cooperation
will become stronger. says Francis c.
Nicholas In the Review of Reviews.
That eruptive and seismic disasters
have afflicted places In those regions
Will not deter us very much, for one
has abundant faith that it Is not going
to happen to him, and good many of
our people are locating directly in
range Of the volcanoes, happy and pros
pering along with the natives.
The region is not very far away. A
few days on the steamer and one is In
the tropics. That bit Of yellow seaweed
picked up at the shore last summer be-
cause 1t was different from the others
was probably brought by the gulf
stream from the Caribbean regions and
carried to our shores by a southerly
wind. Surely 1t Is not far-away coua-
try that we are considering, and it is
very beautiful-sunshine and flowers,
green savannas and towering noun
tains, torrential rivers, clear, splashing
brooks and deep blue seas.
Why should one think of earth
quakes? My own experiences with them
have happily been free from scenes of
death; yet the coming of an earthquake
Is so sudden, so wildly terrible, that the
stoutest hearts must quail. Even wild
animals shrink with fear, and one ia
always filled with dread bordering on
terror. 1t is all so sudden. A sense
OF some unknown fear pervades all ma
ture, as If the spirit of the world had
caught Its breath and held all life an
instant In suspense, while sounds seem
to beset ones nerves rather than to
assault the ears. Then comes reel
ing, sickening, staggering motion, and
fear, and human crying out, and then
quivering silence for the space of a
breath, followed perhaps by crushing
uS'eA ""'ioht oi' ~ may oe, ny SOUND
like great signing and the earth set
ties back, that the pulsations of ma
ture may begin again in harmony. Then
excited people find their voices, be-
wildered faces CLEAN with intelligence
and every one Is talking, comparing ex-
periences, wondering what it was.
where 1t had come from and how 1t
had gone away. Such have been my
experiences with earthquakes In the
Caribbean regions.
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CHAPTER XVI.

well, at all events, we have tried 1t ~
These words were spoken by the mere
.emnant Of a man to a solitary compan-
lon while both looked out-peered through
the twilight-on death. He who spoke
crouched in a singular way on the hard
snow. supporting himself on one fur-clad
arm. He could not stand, for he had
but one leg. The other had been cut off
lust above the knee-a recent amputation
rudely tied with rope, was stained a deep.
suggestive color. His face was a horrid
sight to look upon, for here and there
in the pasty yellow flesh were deep in
donations of half-healed sores, the re-
suit of frost bite. One eye was quite
closed by swelling which deformed the
features and drew them all up. He spoke
in mumbling way, as if his tongue were
swollen or diseased, and the language was
most dramatic of all tongues-Russian.
His companion, a short, thick-set man,
stood beside him; but he stood weakly,
and the terribly sunken lines of his cheeks
told story only slightly less horrible
than that depicted by the face and form
OF the cripple. Both faces alike bore
that strange dry look which tells unerr-
hgly Of starvation.
Within a few yards Of the two men,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-10-06
Stalking wild Gee.a.

In number of counties lying ON both
sides of the Sacramento River, In the
central portion of California, the farm
ers are greatly harassed every winter
by the depredations of countless fiocks
Of wild geese, which swarm over the
broad grain fields and destroy the
young, sprouting grain stalks. Indeed,
SO serious has this annual invasion be-
come that nearly all the large farms
have employees who regularly patrol the
fields. and do nothing else but keep the
feathered pests on the wing.
One of the most novel blinds or stalk.
ers ever used In that section, or any
other, for the purpose of destroying the
geese, Is that of a Colusa farmer who
lives on the bank of the Sacramento.
He has big red steer which he has
trained to stalk geese. The steer walks
round a flock of geese In an ever de-
creasing circle, his master, armed with
repeating shotgun, walking beside
him, but on the farther side from the
flock.
The geese have become 80 used to
seeing animals grazing near that they
pay no attention to them; so the farm
er is enabled to get within shotgun dis
lance and pour broadside into the
flock while 1t is feeding on the ground,
and two more shots before the birds
are out Of range when they rise.
This dumb hunter is held In great es1
TEEN by its owner and his family, It IL
needless to state. and receives the best
of everything.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-10-06

President Castro of Venezuela has an
original way of doing things. He left
che capital In the spring. and an.
nounced that he had retired from the
presidency for while. The vice pres
ident one of his partisans. performed
some Of the functions Of the presl-
dsncy. In the middle Of June Castro
let 1t be known that he would resume
his office on July 9th. 1t would be
dimcult to imagine the American Presi-
dent taking vacation and leaving the
Vice President to exercise his powers,
even II the Constitution permitted such
q surrender OF duties.