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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-11-06

a Display OF Temper
that wins admiration and approval
IAN exhibition of sharp things
thar gives much satisfaction.
Cutlery
that is made 10 cut and will cut
and on which we have
Gut Prices
is ready for those with cutlery
needs.
There's Pocket Knives for boys
of all ages, Razors and Safety Raj
orS, Table Knives, Kitchen Knives,
Butcher Knives, Carving Sets and
many other things.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-11-06

! amt feeling right to-day
something wrong must say:
Come to- think of il. that's right
forgot my Rocky Mountain Tea
last night
Geo f. Shsrrar.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-11-06
THE
Gu BIB
Real Estate Co.
Alma. Michigan.

S2l00 buys IL room house No. !
location. This is bargain. Alma.
$3.50 buys good business lot on
Woodwork avenue. Alma.
$1,000 buys 8 room house and barn
one acre of ground. Alma.
$3.50 buys room house, wood shed
large lot, street on both ends of
lot, easy terms. Alma.
$1,000 buys good residence on Or
chard street Alma.
$1,000 buys residence, furnace heat,
close to business part of city.
Alma
$1,000 buys % acre farm 3 miles
from Alma.
anted 10 acre farm cheap, good
soil, will pay $500 cash, balance
time.
$1,000 buys 40 acre farm, good
buildings, good soil, good roads,
miles from Alma.
Wanted bargain on house and
lot in Alma. will pay 5000 cash,
balance easy terms.
Have 90 acres grazing land in
Southwest Texas. worth $1,000.
viii exchange for anything good
of equal value.
All kinds Of farm and city prop
ertv for rent. sell or exchange.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-11-06
Clothing
That
Holds
Shape
suits. and Oven

Suits. and Over
coats bought Of us
hold shape and give
good service in spite of
the most strenuous wear.
We don't buy them
without they're guaran
teed and we don't ask
YOU to, either.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-11-06
SMITH e. GLASS
Hardware Dealers
PIANO TUNING
SYDNEY c. ELSDON

Late of Schaff Bros. Co. Leave
orders at GrinnelIS Music Store or
Sharrar's Drug Store.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
IOWA RANKS HIGH
AS A COAL PRODUCER

Washington, y. c., Aug. 30.--Iowa
was the only state west of the Mis-
sissippi whose production Of coal in
1906 exceeded that of the preceding
year.
The total production for 1906
amounted to 1866, 224 short tons, having
a spot value of s11, 619, 455.
Compared with 1905, when the produc-
rion amounted to 6,798, 600 hort tons,
valued at $40. $50. 1871. the output In 1906
exhibited an increase of ACT, 615 short
tons, or 60 per cent In quantity, and Of
81, 033. 074, or 9.S per cent. in value. The
average price per ton advanced from
$l.56 TO $3.50. In the ten years from
1896 the production has increased 3,312,-
i95 tons or 1873 per cent.
The number Of men employed in the
coal mines of Iowa increased from 49,
I13 In 1905 TO 1890 In 1906, while the
average working time increased from
200 10 22i days. The average produce
ton for & man employed in 1906 was
1872 short tons, against 449.9 in 1905.
The average tonnage per day per mar
was 2.15 in 1905 and 2.13 in 1906.
In 1905 Iowa had the lowest death
rate Of III coal producing states, and
in 1906 only one state, Missouri, showed
a better record. The total number OF
men killed in the coal mines Of Iowa
was 81 In 1906. against "a In 1905. OF
IN" total lAtaI last year. "a
We're due TO falls of roofs in rooms. 3
were due to powder explosions and 10
10 other causes. There were no exp!os-
ions of gas or dust reported. The death
rate per 1000 was 2.42. The nonfataI
accidents numbered 116.
Iowa probably ranks second anon
the states west Of the Mississippi river
as a coal producer. At the time Of TAX
ing tho United States census for 1870
Iowa and Missouri were the only states
west of the Mississippi in which any
coal production was reported. Missouri.
however. was credited with an OUTPUT
OF nearly 10, 900 tons for that year. while
lowa's production was given at 400 tons
II Is probable, therefore, that Missouris
initial production antedated that OF
Iowa.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
''LIAR," SAYS KARAHAN
TO FISH, FIGHT AvERTED
Ex-President Of Illinois Contra
Calls Directors Tools and
Puppets of Hartman.
EHOVED INTO A CHAIR
Trouble Starts When Fish Tric
to Start Probe Of Adj
rninistration of
Company.

Rev York, Aug. 3l-Stuyvesart
Fish. ox-president and member of the
board Of directors of the Illinois Gem
tral, declined today to comment in any
way on the personal encounter between
himself and James T. Harahan. presi-
deaf Of the system, at a meeting Of The
board yesterday.
J'le trouble arose when Mr.. Fish at
lution demanding a complete investi-
cation of the administration Of the
company.
interrupted by motions calling for &n
immediate adjournment and despite
the protests Of Mr.. Fish that he q a
right TO be heard, the motion to adj
journ was finally declared carried.
President Harahan, with other d.
r~eCtOrs, arose TO leave and Mr.. Fish
protested.
You can't adjourn in the middle OF
business said Fish. 1T is contrary
To all parliamentary proceedings"
Harahan, however, replied: The
meeting stands adjourned"
Fish then said: You are tools of
Hartman and puppets"
You're a liar" said Harahan,
]spriuging TO his feet.
An instant later the big eX-president
reached across the table, grasped his
successor by the shoulder and showed
hin roughly n a chair.
Then other members of the board
rushed in, separating the two men.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06

Minneapolis, Aug. so. - Sunshine
flowed into the strike headquarters IN
Minneapolis when the striking telegra-
piers were told hat william Randolph
Hearst. newspaper owner and demo-
cratic fgurehead, had given his check
.or $780, 900 for the striking t~elegraphers'
benefit fund. Tammany leaders are
also said to have given $685. 600 for the
same object.
The Brokers' Operators.
New York, Aug. 2S.-The proposal to
call out all the telegraph operators
employed by brokerage firms regardless
OF whether these firms had signed the
union scale is the latest development
In the telegraph strike. President Small
read a message from the southern
telegraphers urging that this step be
taken. He replied that the men must
remain at work until prope instruc-
tons are given by the governing body.
He at the same time called a meeting
of all men employed in brokerage offices
In New York al which the question Of
whether 4 strike shall be called will be
discussed.
Will Wait for Congress.
I'VE are going to keep up the strug-
bte ulllH the DuSllleSS HllSIeSlS VI the
country force congress to act" says
small. I'VE will be able to hold on
until the mex session of congress. l do
not believe the telegraph companies a
hold out much longer"
Wires Grounded.
Chicago. Aug. 2S.-Criminal prose-
cution of railroad telegraph operators
who are out Of sympathy with the
striking commercial men and are said
to be causing trouble on the wires,
Is threatened by officials of the tele-
graph companies. Active results from
the federal government meeting with
direct interference with the trans
action of it's business may be the
detailing it's troops to patrol the
lines over which II desires to send
messages.
Wires leading from LaCarne to Camp
Perry, Ohio. were tapped at 10 o'clock
Monday night and an operator who
broke in scored the camps keymen
who were sending out messages for the
government.
Later the wires became useless and it
was found by an investigating party
that they had been looped and
grounded.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
FEDERAL INSPECTORS
uNEARTH CONTRACT
LABOR SMUGGLERS

Chicago. Aug. 31.-Railroad OFF,
rial3, labor contractors and employment
agencies were drawn into the govern
ment immigration investigation and
conspiracy indictments against prOmi-
ncnt men involved in the sensational
disclosures may result. Evidence is be-
ing unearthed by government agents
showing the importation OF thousands
OF foreigners to the west for contract
labor on railroads and for big cor
pOrationS in open violation of the inn
migration laws. Men who engineer the
labor contracts, hirine the foreigners
in CrOVes in Europe and bringing them
to Chicago, where they are turned over
to the railroads., are under the surVeil-
lance of the government inspectors. Ar
rests will be made wherever sufficient
evidence is found to convict them of
violating the law, and the government
will break up the ring in control OF the
immigration traffic.
Instances have been reported to AS
sistanL District Attorney S. S. Shirer,
who has charge Of the investigation,
where these agents thrive upon the
earnings of the ignorant foreigners in
their power. The labOrers are COM
PEELED to pay them a monthly tribute
out Of their small earnings, and in ad-
,lition to this the railroads pay the
agents a commission for their work.
some of the labor importers make
SrCm $500 to 81 900 a month upon the
toll of the men in their charge. Sew
sral women are declared to be among
the agents who are making a fortune
In the foreign labor traffic. They have
agents in Greece, Italy and other for
eign countries, where the laborers are
received and by glowing promises the
foreigners are induced to come tc
America.
The foreigners arrive in Chicago IL
gangs of fifty to geo in charge of ar
employe of the immigration agent
They know nothing of the country
a speak only their own tongue, anc
many of them cannot write in theiI
own language. They become prac.
tically slaves at the mercy of tn,
prosperous agent.
The startling developments In the
government crusade resulted from the
investigation of the Greek peonage
system. immigration Inspector De-
raphic is collecting the evidence
against the labor contractors and /,
probably will be presented to the nexi
federal grand jury.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
POLICE PUT BAN ON
YOUTHS GAY HOSIERY

Topeka, Kas., Aug. 30.-No more
shall the gay INC festive youth OF To-
2eka array themselves in bright colored
hosiery, and then, rolling their trousers
Np to the danger point. parade the
streets of Topeka showing the contour
Of their limbs from the knees down
ward The imperial ukase has gone
forth and already victims Of the rule
against the exposure Of a mans calves
are languishing in the city prison.
Pete Thompson, aged IS ears. and
Bill Millege. aged 10, are the first vic
Tins of the new rule. They are charged
with disorderly conduct and il is evil
dent hat their appearance vas OF the
kind that grated OF the nerves Of even
n policeman. They We're arrested last
night at the corner OF Ninth and Kan
Gas avenue.
Early during the afternoon the young
men, clad in one bright pink and one
brilliantly green stocking each began
a parade Of Kansas avenue and side
streets. Their trousers We're rolled up
TO a height hat Is surpassed only by
the French women when they cross tho
street.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
TEARING LAW, 5ata
lAvc AEIMgle)MIDnM2
1910 stiNGiiG VIZ
Reflects of Workmen Killed by
White Dang Get Pension
Settlement.

Hazleton, Pa, Aug. 3l.-Acting OF its
own accord, the Lehigh n Wilkesbarrt
Coal compan has effected a settlement,
with the relatives Of nine miners smoth'
cred by white damp in an old working al
Honeybrook last month by p~ensioning tho
widows, thus averting an appeal to tho
new employers liability law passed by the
lest legislature. Such generosity on the
part of big mining companies was UNI
known before the passage of the law.
Z Under the employers liability law all
mine bosses, even 10 the lowest grade, are
regarded as vice principals of the employ
er, who must stand responsible for dam.
ages caused by their ignorance or neg
lect. Mine ventilation is, of course, looked
after by foremen, chiefly fire bosses, and II
twas through lack of enough air to driv,
out the gas that the miners met death.
This accident was the first to happen
after the passage Of the employers LA
interest by the union miners, who expected
Ia test, Some mine inspectors said tn,
accident was one that might happen in tn,
best ventilated mines, n could not pos
lsibly be foreseen.
! They left the impression that the com,
ipany was not 20 blame, but the company
itself compromised with the miners sur
vivors by agreeing to pay each widow So
per mont until her youngest child is L
years old, and will give zach family TIVE
loads Of coal per month. The Lehigh ana
iWilkesbarre company Is a Baer corpora
ton, being the coal department OF the
Jersey Central railroad.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
YORK SUN
SCORES R~OOSEvELT'S
NAVAL PROGRAM

washington, ID. c., Aug. 30.-Some
| of the "re~actionary" influences are bent
on attacking President Roosevelt for
his order sending the Atlantic fleet TO
the Pacific. The New York Sun, which
Is a general representative Of the COR
porate interests which have been rem
dered uncomfortable by Mr.. Roose-
yelt's aggressive policies, let's out an
awful scream I'm it's issue Of Wednes-
day morning. i says: -
L I'VE DO not believe the fleet Will
go to the Pacific. We are firm in our
conviction that there Is still a greater
power in this country than Theodore
Roosevelt. We believe that the pub
lie opinion Of the American people will
forbid the departure OF their wal YES
sels; or. IL they depart, Will demand
their recall"
The Suns attitude Is significant, not
of any knowledge OF the actuating dip
lcmatic reasons for the transfer OF the
bulk Of the fighting force to the Pa
cItic, but of an attempt on the part
Of anti-Roosevelt interests to put the
president In "a hole. These interests be-
lieve that because the navy yard en-
,plCyes along the Atlantic coast want
the ships to remain so they will have
plenty of work to do and because the
people of New England like a snug
sense of security, that the whole people
of this country will frown upon the
fleet transfer.
What makes the matter even more
Interesting is that President Roosevelt
,expects TO be attacked upon this score
and 81 glad of il. He feels that the
whole country is willing to trust the
commander IN chief of both army and
navy TO make the best disposition Of
the Warships.
The opposition of certain interests to
the naval movement is a part OF a cam
paiyn 10 find some ground on which
10 light the president. Senator Aldrich
and his crowd IN the ia are anxious
10 wrest the control of the next con-
yention from the Roosevelt wing, but
VIII not precipitate a fight unless they
fesl sure OF success.
Not half the story of the Pacific
feets's mission has been told on the
chicial announcements according to
unofficial information from ava
tcourcas.
That a LARGE share OF the battIeships
In the fleet is going 10 the Philippines
Is asserted. and tx may be necessary
for some Of them 10 stop IN Japanese
waters to coal. More than this. in
stead OF an early return from the Pa
cilc X is said the fleet viii, stag there
through Rooscvelt's administration.
Much consideration Is being given to
maintenance on the Pacific. Waich is a
real problem with which naval experts
are wrestling. An important disclosure
rs q result OF ordering the fleet TO the
west is that twelve British c~olliiers
will have 10 be chartered.
Naval officers are discussing with
great zest the decision of the Japanese,
| 10 establish a new For gkoag squadron
ron ard it is regarded as a direct an
swer to Americas dispatch of the ships
TO the Pacific.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
MAIL EXPLOSIVE TO
CORTELY0U, CLERK HURT

Philadelphia, Aug. 31.-Employes OF
the Nicetown s~ub-postal station WERE
startled by an explosion following the
cancellation of a stamp on a bulky
package addressed to Secretary of thu
Treasury George b. Cortelyou.
Investigation showed that the ex-
plosion had been caused by a large
percussion cap which was placed IL
quarters Of The striking telegrapheri
of st. Louis it is stated that the
Western Union offices are now CLOSED
in Fayetteville, Jonesboro and Var
Buren,. Ark; Demopolis, Eufala and
Tuscaloosa, Ala; Barnesville and &c.
dartown, Ga, and LAGRANGE and Car!
roiton, Mo.
The strikers say with the financial
the envelope directly beneath the
stamp, so hat it was bound TO be dis.
charged when the stamp was can.
ccled.
AS far as could be ascertained, the
package was brought into the post of.
fee shortly afte" 70 o'clock by tht
letter carrier who covers the cute or
Germantown avenue, in Nicetown
There are many foreigners in this Sec
ton employed in the steel mills In
Nicetown and it is possible that the
letter may have been sent by n OF
them.
Flash Follows Stamp.
The clerk brought the stamp down
heavily on the package. There was a
binding flash and q terrific report. The
clerk jumped pack and threw his hands
to his face. He was SO da2ed by the
explosion he could not see.
By a peculiar coincidence the letter
was placed in the hands Of Chief Pos
tai Inspector Cortelyou, OF the Phila-
delphia district, for investigation. He
is a brother of the cabinet official and
was eager to get at the bottom Of
the case for other motives than pure
ly professional reasons.
He admitted that the package had
been received and that the explosion
had occurred, but refused to give any
intimation concerning the contents Of
the envelope. 1t was a bulky package
about -four inches in width and
quarter of an inch in thickness.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
CHANDELIER,
is "ELECTROCUTED

Chicago, Aug. 30.-L. II. Carter. son
Of General w. II. Carter. commander OF
the department of the lakes. was in
stantly killed last night by a remark
able electric shock in the dairy room
OF the University Of Illinois. at Cham
palgn, where he was a special student.
He had been working during the
summer in the electrical department to
gain practical experience. His parents
were ont OF the city and neither have
been reached by telegraph.
Young Carter was stone dead when
found.
AS is customary in industrial schools
he had been set at the task Of polish
ing and cleaning a combination chan
lelier in the dairy room n had been
working some time when a piercing
scream vas heard by G. CT. Potter, en-
ployed in the next room.
Potter rushed to the dairy room and
found Carter's body pierced by an cleo
trio current. He had been standing on
an engine, which completed a circuit
20 the ground.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
BRIDGE ~C0LLAPSEo:
W0RkMER PERISH

Quebec, Can, Aug. 31.-A section of
The new bridge across the st. Lawrence
river, five miles below this city, col
lapsed late Thursday, carrying scores
of bridge workraen and mechanics iato
the water. 1t Is estimated that the
loss of life is az least sixty, and may
exceed that number by twenty.
The bridge was about one and one
half miles in length, and half Of It,
from the south shore 20 nlidstrearn,
'crumpied up and dropped iato the
water.
Ninety men were at work OF this
section OF the structure, and the
whistle had blown at $3.50 O'Clock p.
m. for the men TO quite work for he
day when there came q grinding
sound from the bridge in midstream.
The cry went up that the bridge was
falling. The men made a rush shore
ward, but the distance was too great
for them 10 escape.
The falling section OF the bridge
dragged others after it. and the snap
ping girders ard cables doomed like
a crash of artillery.
The bridge did not go below the sur
face Of the water and eight Workmen
who remained above water were res
cued. although they were badly injured
by being caught in the falling debris.
Sixteen bodies have been picked up
Of eight men in the Lewis hospital
two are not expected TO live.
The bridge was begun about seven
years ago and ii was to have been fin
iished in 1909. Subsidies had been grant
ed by the federal and provincial gov
!ernment and the city of Quebec. The
estimated cost of the work was $40
100000. The PhoeniXville Bridge COM
pany had the contract for the construc,
ton of the bridge, and its crews vert
working from both sides of the river.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
"a ROADS ENJ0INED;
CREAMERIES COMPLAIN
Five Express Companies In
Guided in Order Prohibit
Ing New Rate.

Chicago, Aug. 31.-Judge Kohlsaat IN
the United States court today issued a
temporary injunction against fourteen
western railroads and five express
companies restraining them from es-
tablishing in September a new rate on
shipments of cream, milk and butter.
The complainants are fourteen cream
cries OF the middle west who allege
that the railroad and express COM
panies combined TO fix All excessive
rate, which would drive the cream
cries out of business.
The protest has already been filed
with the Interstate Commerce commits
sion. but the complainants allege they
cannot be heard this year. October
IS the date set for the hearing.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
POSES NUDE.
CAMERA NAN ARRESTED

Wichita, Kas., Aug. 31.-After posing
apparently nude, in a lily pond in North
Riverside park, Miss Mona Payton, 10
years old, was sent home and the pho
~tographer, j. j. Todd, of this city, was
arrested.
Todd said he wanted a picture to en-
ter IN a photograph contest. He said
he wanted TO take the picture Of the
girls head and shoulders and convert
it into the picture Of a mermaid bask-
ing in a pond OF lilies. Women who dis
covered the photographer at work de-
clare the girl was nude. They found
her clothing on a park bench.
BY the time they reported the matter
to the police a crowd of curious persons
had assembled and the photographer
was forced to leave his camera and sub.
ject to drive the intruders away.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
VENEZUELA FINES
ASPHALT COMPANY
A COOL S5,0OO,0C0

Caracas. Aug. 30.-Venezucla has as
sessed a fine of s.. 900, 000 against the
New York and Bermudez company for
aiding the Matos revolution. a COM
mission of experts is TO fix other sums
to be paid by the asphalt company.
which probably will amount TO &c.,
600. 600 more. or sl5. 600, coo in all. The
So, 600, 600 represents the cost to Vene-
zuela OF subduing the revolution.
h decision comes three years after
the beginning of the trial by the asphalt
company which was announced by
Judge Juan Liscano OF the civil court
of first instance.
The judgment is appealable to the
supreme court and from there 10 the
court of cessation.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
MIND Affected,
MISSING, HAD $4,000

Cincinnati, Aug. 31.-Seward Heidel.
bach, a wealthy manufacturer OF
women's wearing apparel. is missing
and his friends fear his mind Is affect.
ed. He disappeared shortly after noon
Monday and has not been seer since.
He was known to have 81 900 on his
person. The last seen of him was wher
he was eating luncheon at a downtown
restaurant with his brother, from whom
he departed just after.
Heidelbach is known to have been III
for some time with an affection OF the
heart, which is said to have weakened
his mind. He had not gone about UNI.
attended for several months until Mon
day.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-09-06
2-YEAR- old Hailed IN
COURT FOR MISCHIEF
Accused by Neighbor Of Ruin
ing His Lawns Turf,
Proves AIibi.

Pittsburg, Aug. 31.-Alderman VIM
2. Armstrong today acquitted 2-year-
old George Williams Shaffer, jr, of the
charge Of malicious mischief preferred
against him by his full grown neighbor,
Z. d. Fisher. George was alleged to
have torn up his neighbor's lawn with
a plckaxe. The costs of the prOsecu-
ton, ~aggregating about IS, We're as
sesEed against Fisher.
The case attracted the whole neigh
bCrhoOd to the court room.
George Williams, jr., was in his IA
Tiers arms. wearing a nice, clean white
dress, and was the most interested per-
sen IN the gathering. His father and
mother testified that he was sick in
bed the day the sod disappeared. This
alderman accepted the alibi.