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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
TRAIN WRECK IN FRANCE.

y Coutras. France, Aug. 25.-Ten per I
: sons were killed and twenty-five in I
jured in head-on collision today be- I
= tween an express train bound from I
= Bordeaux for Paris and a freight I
= train. The accident was caused by I
= a misplaced switch. None of those I
killed or wounded was an Ameri- 4
can. I
; <%%<%%%@AA& :
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
FLOODS IN JAPAN.

Toxic. Aug. 25.-Floods which are be-
Iieved to be the heaviest that have been
experienced for years are reported from
central Japan. Some villages have bee
completely submerged. The extent of the
damage done is not known, but it is be-
lieyed to be very heavy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
GRAVE ERROR MADE,

Tangier AIS. 25.-The report that the
French cruiser Du Chayla had captured
a German vessel flying the Spanish flag
and loaded with cOntraband OF war was
an error. The vessel in reality has aboard
arms belonging to the Moroccan govern
ment. and will take them to Mogador.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
ONE MORE VICTIM.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Aug. 25.-Benjamin
Franklin Ree5, aged 4S. one of the most
prominent clubmen and capitalists shf
Chattanooga and a son of Hans Rees. the
pioneer of the leather industry in New
York, was instantly killed tonight in an
automobile accident
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
TAFT ON THE WING.

Oklahoma City, Okla. Aug 25.-Secre-
tary Taft and party left for Joplin, Mo.
at S;l5 O'Clock this morning. The secre-
tary conferred here with the Republican
state committee until after midnight
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
Theory of the Bankers.

Bankers who look at conditions from a
better vantage point than the average out
slider are more impressed with the idea
than the trouble through which the mar
ket has been passing is international in
character and that it is the close relations
between the money markets of this coun-
try and those Of Europe that have pro-
duced the tension here. Our markets have
not only had to absorb the liquidation of
American shareholders but they have been
forced to accept securities the value of
many millions of dollars from investors
scattered all over Europe England, Ger
many, France and Holland have greatly
reduced their holdings of American Sc
curities until now they are probably at
the lowest level in some years. Further,
the high rates for money abroad have
reduced the borrowing capacity of this
country in a field from which large
amounts of capital are annually drawn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
WAY OPENED FOR PEACE.

Chicago. Aug. 25-The leaders of the
telegraphers' strike today opened the way
to peace negotiations with the telegraph
companies by ordering the election Of q
peace committee" of fifteen. Voting will
begin tomorrow in every center where the
Operators are on strike
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
INNOCENT LITTLE JAPS.

4 Toxic, Aug 25-It is reported that the =
y investigations made on the part of :
4 Japan concerning the Pribyloff Incl ,
y dent Of June 70 show that the Japa- =
y nese fishers offered no resistance >
4 whatever and that the firing by the ,
y American guards was UnprOvOked ,
y The Washington government has >
y been notified to that effect and To- =
y kiO is now awaiting a reply. The =
\ public is watching the affair with =
y keen interest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
SAILED FOR CASA BLANCA.

Oran, Algeria, Aug. 25.-The French
transport Shamrock sailed today trr
Casablanca with a battery of artillery ana
three sections OF infantry with machine
guns. ammunition and provisions.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
ABscoNDER CAPTURED.

Logan. w. Va, Aug. 25.-James Arthur
Kemp the absconding chief clerk of the
Washington police department, was ar
rested here today. Kemp disappeared
July and an examination of his accounts
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
AcRARfAN TROUBLES.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 25.-Grave agrarian
disturbances have broken out in the pro-
ince of KUrsk. where the crops of several
of the richest landlords have been burned
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
SHOWING SIGNS
OF CONFIDENCE
Less Apprehension Among
Wall Street Operators Than
for Some Time Past.
LIQUIDATION ABOUT OVER
BANKERS BELIEVE TROUBLE is
INTERNATIONAL.

New York. Aug. 25.-The feeling of ap-
prehension with which the stock mar
ket began the week has been replaced by
calmer Judgment. There was much less
liquidation and few signs, save in isolated
instances, of selling by those whose mar
gins were impaired or whose confidence
in the future had fallen to a lower point.
Such Improvement as was shown, how
ever, was largely sentimental, based on
the belief that prices have discounted all
the more adverse conditions that may
arise and that henceforth there will be
less of political agitation, at least less
response on the part of investors to what
have formerly been regarded as disturb
ing policies. The speeches Of Secretary
Taft at Columbus on Monday and of
President Roosevelt at ProvincetoWn on
Tuesday were read with great interest in
Wall street but their effect on the mar
ket was slight.
Much more interest attached to the gen.
eral credit situation since ii became ap-
parent that the market was slowly but
surely divorcing itself from purely politi-
cal considerations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
CAUSED BY EXPLOSION.

Cedar Falls. Ia, Aug. 25.-An explosion
in the rear of George Seerer & Co.'S hard
ware store tonight started a blaze that
caused $4,000 damage.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
NO DEVELOPING Ts.

New York Aug 25.-Today was one of
peace so far as the strike of meat wagon
drivers was concerned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
NO NEWS OF MAGICIAN.

Tangiers, Aug. 25.-No news>was re-
ceived here today concerning Caid Sir
Harry MacLean.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
LOSS S150.Qo0.

Toledo, Aug. 25.-Fire in the Moreton
truck and storage building tonight caused
a loss of $4,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
HALF BILLION
Loss IS shown
Hill Issues Down While Roads
Themselves Are Increas-
ing in Value.

New York, Aug. 5.-The stocks of the
Hill lines show a depreciation in market
value during the past year of more than
S5OOO0,O00 There has been no more spec-
tacular development in the quotations of
leading railroad issues than the decline in
the Hill stocks. The causes of the decline
are to be found in speculative and finan-
cial reasons, rather than in any questions
of railroad management Mile for mile
and share for share, the three Hill prop
critics are worth at least as much as thew
ever were
In the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern alone the decline has been near
~ s46O, 100000, as follows:
Northern Pacific, l,550,0GO shares,
Great Northern, $4,000 shares, 'N-'''''
high of 1906 .:.......:............ So, 900, 100
Selling price Hill stocks. high of
1895 -. -. sO,ssO, 900
Northern Pacific, 1.55O,0O0 shares,
Great Northern, 100000 shares, -''-'V''''
including Ore...... ...... ...... 243, 900. OD1
Selling price at present ........... ~, $50 900
Net loss from high -.-.---.-....... 459, 81, 900
Burlington Also Heavy Loser.
The foregoing does not take any con-
sideration of the Burlington, as most of
its stock is locked up. The shrinkage in
the market value of its 100000 shares has.
however, easily been so a share. or more
than S5O,0O,000. 1t brings the total de-
probation in the Hill stocks I'D to more
than half a billion. The market value of
the stocks in the Hill roads today incluI-
ing Great Northern ore, Is a few millions
short of $650,000000. This compares with
an aggregate market price of somewhat
less than N,200O0O,00O at previous high
prices.
This enormous shrinkage has practical
ly wrecked more than one fortune and is
said to have seriously crippled from fur
Their enterprise at the moment one of the
most powerful financial coteries in the
world.
The three Hill lines earned in the lare
fiscal year nearly s209, COO 600. They in
creased their gross receipts in this period
more than SZ2.00O.000. and this notwith-
standing one of the most severe winters
they have had to combat in many years.
Small Investors Buy Stocks.
Officials of the big railroads. particular
ly those whose stocks have wide distri-
button. say that they see many evidences
of considerable buying of stocks by small
investors from all parts of the country
This has been particularly true during the
past two weeks. when the stock slump
has caused mlny small investors to enter
the market and take advantage of the
present prices and income yields
The Union Pacific Southern Pacific
Great Northern, Pennsylvania and others
report the opening of many new accounts
during The past few weeks. Most OF these
have more accounts and STOCK
holders names on their ledgers than ever
before.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26

In case of a promise Of a free write
up in a poor medium, like a promise
OF love from a chorus girl. you win
if you don't get it.-Rusty Mikes
Diary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-26
UNABLE TO FILL
ORDER FOR COAL
Reading Company Passes Up a
Contract for 100000
Tons of. Anthracite.
FOREIGN COUNTRIES SHORT
LABOR SCARCE IN AMERICAN
coLLIERIEs.

Philadelphia. Aug. 25-Because of its
inability to fill the order the Philadelphia
& Reading Coal & Iron company was
compelled to decline contract for 100000
tons of anthracite, the order for which
was rendered by representative of Aus
tro-Hungarian chambers of commerce
The proposed purchaser was willing to
pay the regular price for placing the coal
on board vessels either here or in New
York. Another order for 100000 tons of
bituminous coal wanted by the Italian
government is also being offered to the
largest soft coal operators of the United
States with little prospect of its being
taken because of the great expense in
delivering il to it's destination. The great
demand for coal by foreign governments
is attributed to the increased coal con-
coal is being used for this purpose and
the supply is not equal to the demand.
Scarcity of Labor.
An officer of the Reading company ex-
planned that his company was compelled
to decline all such orders because of the
great demand for ocaI among customers
in this country and because of the scar
city of labor at the collieries. The same
conditions confront every other anthracite
company as well as all bituminous oper-
ators, he said. 1t was further explained
that the shortage of all grades of coal
is increasing daily and many western
railroads are now much disturbed con-
corning the supply for the incoming win
ter Men who formerly worked in the
mines are seeking employment in less
dangerous lines of business. Many have
abandoned mining as a means of liveli-
hood and have turned to farming in west
ern states. Foreigners who formerly came
now seek employment in other fields of
labor.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-09-12
COMMISSIONER WHEATON :
ENF0RCES PURE FOOD LAW
Barking OF AguSeader and Other Fake Will SWerve
Him from His Duty
INNOCENT BABIES FED NARCOTICS AND FAKERS GET RICH
No Harm Can Come to the Honest Preparation But
Public from Fraud

willing TO pay for None of it has
been shut out from sale in South
Dakota, but they must say on the la
bel OF what il is composed The people
who make some of the worthless con-
coctions styled patent medicines have
been going on the rule that fool has
been born every minute, but they
never realized the editor of the Argus
Leader would be fool enough to at
tack the commissioner for making It
little harder to fool all the people all
the time. No never Then there are
others besides those. who are so borne,
some become so by association and
this is one of the penalties witch the
good people of the state pay for ,a,s-
placed confidence
Art. ). If Gov. Crawford wants an
issue, which will be ten times worse
than the stone issue and one that will
cost him votes enough to make him
dizzy, just let him or Mr.. Wheaton re.
fuse to infOrce the pure food law We
think we know what the people want.
ed when they had those laws passed
by their representatives
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-09-12
NORTH DAKOTA PROSPERITY

Arthur Adams, who went to Lans-
ford, N. d., with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chris Adams, about year ago.
arrived here Saturday morning for a
visit of few days with friends. Since
leaving here Arthur has been working
in the bank at Lansford for his bro
ther, Clarence, and he says that he
likes that country first rate, and that
his parents, while the miss their
Brookings friends. are we'll satisfied
with the change. He reports that the
bank is doing a fine business, due to
the general prosperity of that country
Lansford is located in the northern
part OF the state, north of Minot, and
is on the Great Northern and Mime
apolis & ST. Paul roads. 1t is one of
the booming towns in that section, and
has bright future ahead of it, Ar
thur says that the reports of the hard
winter in that country last year were
greatly exaggerated, and while there
was lots of snow, there was sufi
cient supply of fuel and they did not
suffer any Inconvenience. He says
that Lansford had a pretty good ball
team the past summer. He played
first base, and Theo Nelson. of the
Brookings Reds OF l905-6. was one
of the pitchers.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-09-12
Argus-leacer. August, 81, 1907.
WHO is TO BlAME?"

Art. t. We regret very much that
the ArguS-I Ieader force should be so
harrasSed and importuned by their
bosses for savage attacks of some sort
against the present administration, that
its editor could be driven to print such
as untruthful statement as appeared
under the caption of who is to
blame" on August 3lst, 1907. All that
is necessary TO disprOve every word of
the article. is for one to go to any
local druggist before or after October
LIST, and ask for a patent medicine
which he ever bought at that place
and ten to one he will get the article
asked for, ii he has the price. Certain
il is that the Food Commissioner nor
Governor nor any other in authority
has ever made a ruling or order which
will prevent anyone from selling
any prepared medicine, ever kept on
the shelves OF any drug store in the
state. provided it is labeled so the
purchaser will know Of he can read)
just what he is buying No one is to
blame This is what the people want
and what their representatives passed
the drug law to effect.
Art >. We are reliably informed by
the eminent state chemist himself that
he has never made a statement or
has any desire to drive out patent
medicines from the state. We do not
believe the druggists feel so badly
as the ArguS-L Leader would have US
believe since We are reliably informed
by both the state chemist and the
state commissioner that the new rul-
ings complained of were made at the
request Of the state executive board
of the state druggist association, and
they are perfectly satisfied that the
ruling is Just and equitable under the
law If the druggists, the doctors and
the people are satisfied with it. what
is all this howl about any how? We
have heard Of no political campaign
being waged this year and can only
account for it by the presumption that
the editor OF the Argus-L Leader be-
lieves that he knows what the people
want better than they do themselves
he believes he is living next year
instead of this. That he can tell the
governor the commissioner, the people,
and everybody not only what they
want, but what they must do regard
less of what the law is or what their
oath Of Office preSCrbes. This bluff
of his will fool no one, however, be
cause every one knows who his promp-
ter is and that his disease cannot be
cured by patent medicine-legal or il
legal
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-09-12
ATHLETIC PARK IMPROVEMENT

The college athletic park improve
ment has been III charge Of w :. Ell
lott the past few weeks and he has
completely transformed IT, SO great
is the change that anyone Visiting il
now would BE- ast0ai-had at the
change The entire field has been
plowed up aud aft-rw3rd graded and
it is as level as a table The track
has been straightauei out in some
places and leyelei up in others. The
high embankmenrs have been taken
off on the north side. a fence will
be built along the north side Of the
field, and some improvements Will be
made to the grand stand The field
is in a pretty soft condition now. due
to the loose dirt pat on. and on this
account it is NO. thought that it can
be used for f2Otba, this tll, How
ever. good rain should harden it
sufficiently to De u.-'
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-09-12

Caterer Bartlett under the direction
or the club had an excellent spread
prepared after partaking of which the
guests were called upon to offer testi-
monials. Congressman PhilO Hail
gave happy talk and was followed
by several others. Just what was said
by each We do not propose to make
public but one thing is certain there
seemed to be determination to
Boost for BrOOkings" and If the inter-
est continues as was manifested Mon.
DAY night there will be an Increase
In the prosperity of the city and its
business institutions.
II every citizen will devote one half
the amount of time to boosting" that
the members of this unassuming BODY
or business men has. and will continue
to devote, there is no reason WHY
Brooklngs III ten years cannot be
classed among the largest. as it now
stands among the very best cities In
South Dakota.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-09-12
Argus-Les1er, August 30, 1907.
"Wlll IT STAND?"

Art. t. We think the Crawford ad
ministration will stand pat on the rul-
ing of the food and dairy commits
sioner on drugs and prepared medi-
Cines, whether they have been in use
80 years or 30 centuries, because it is
the law.
Art. =. The Argus-Leader says the
fight is now merrily on Well We did
not know before that the barking of
a republico.democr paper cOnstitut-
ed a fight. but we are consoled by its
own statement that the pure food COM
missioner appointed by Gov. Crawford
seems to stand firm and steadfast and
we presume the governor knew he
would before he appointed him. From
our knowledge OF the man neither the
governor nor the people will ever re-
gret that he is the commissioner at
this or any other time. IL this ruling
stands South Dakota will indeed be in
a unique position and is already being
recognized as having the best laws,
best state chemist and one of the best
commission erS in all of the states:
if this were not true they would never
have asked them both to occupy places
on the programme at the recent State
and National Pure Food Congress at
Norfolk, and the good people will arise
on the first opportunity given them
and vote the continuation of the good
work.
Art. 3. Mr. Editor of the Argus
Leader, don't you spend any sleepless
nights worrying about the people go
ing without all the patent medicines
and home remedies they want and are
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-09-12
BROOKiNGS TO SIOUX CITY

A dispatch to the Sioux City Tr-
bune says: After having their hopes
and expectations blasted a dozen times
or more, the people of Alsen at last
believe that a new interurban electic
railway is in sight. Last week a man
by the name OF Gross from Sioux Falls
together with Smith. of the Granite
City bank of Dell Rapids, and A. b.
Mills a millionaire from New York,
pass through Alsen in a touring car,
looking over the route of the proposed
line. The route TO be traversed will
be on the quarter lines from Brook
ings to Sioux City, via Sioux Falls.
Work has been commenced from
Brookings and that the road will be
a realization seems to be fact. Four
farmers, Simpson. Peterson. Anderson
and Henrickson, all living in the sec
tion through which the survey passes
half a mile west of Alsen. have al
ready granted each ten acres for a
town site.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-09-12
Araus-leader. September 3. 1902.
will FIGHT THE LAW"

Who ever before heard OF a
great moral (?D paper fighting for
manufacturers and great corporations
as against the people of their own
state? The pure food law was not
passed in the interest of manufacture
ers and corporations, but was passed
for a long suffering people, who had
become Onyinced that protection
against further authorizations and all
kinds of chicanery known only to the
trade must be had. The commissioner
is just simply Obeying the methods of
the law and living up to his oath of
office. If he shall do that then he
will do what the people expect of
him and the only thing that any
honorable man can do. namely, to en-
force the provisions of the pure food
law as judiciously and conservatiyely
as possible, with the least possible in
jury 10 all concerned. 1t cannot be
changed in a minute, it will take
weeks, and months to get a full COM
pliance with the law by the dealers,
manufacturers and wholesalers, but it
is coming Brother Day, and if you
and your paper choose to fight the
people and stand by the adulterators.
the blenders, the compounders, make
up your Little bed and lie down in it.
SO far We haven't seen any nervous
ness on the part of the food commits
sioner. We do not presume to know
what the policy of the Argus-Leader
is, but in our boyhood days we have
noticed a ram butting his head against
a stone wall trying to knock a hole
through 1t, and predict that the Argus
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-09-12
RECEIVES ITS CHARTER

The labor union which was organ
lied here abOu, month ago has re.
ceived it's charter from the American
Federation of Labor The union stars
out with good prospects and the inter
est manifested by the memhprs should
make it a success The charter re.
ceived by the union is signed by the
executive council OF the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. includinG Samuel
Gompers and John Mitchell. the Two
most famous leaders in the country
today. The other signers are Jas. NJ.
Duncan, Jas. O'Conuell Max Morris,
Dennis Hayes, Daniel J keefe. VIM.
d. Huber, j. F. Valentine. John B. Len.
non and Frank Morrison. all we'll
Known laber learders