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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-10-30

slowly, as though
dazed, and, with
a h An d still
clutching Ibis
head, half stun
bled and half
ran toward the
sheds, with Os-
car at his heels.
Claiborne call
ed to the negro
blemen to
quiet the dogs,
snatched q Ian
tern a n d ran
a ay through
the pergola to
the end of the
gar den an d
thence into the
pasture beyond.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-10-30

you don't know
why"
81 have my Or
ders and I'm go
ing to find him
If 1t taxes ten
years"
Shirley nod
ded and clasped
her fingers to-
gether. Her ell
bows resting on
the high arms of
her chair caused
her cloak to
flow sweepingly
away from her
shoulders. At
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-10-30
Chapter XXI
THE COMEDY OF A sHEEPFoLD.

THE COMEDY OF A sHEEPFoLD.
C~S SCARS eye, roaming the
AA,zAlN landscape as he left Shir-
SJP\ ley Claiborne and start
NS$2 ed for the bungalow,
w swept the upland Clai-
borne acres and rested
upon a moving shadow. He drew rein
under clump of wild cherry trees at
the roadside and waited. Several hun
dred yards away lay the Claiborne
sheepfold, with a broad pasture rising
beyond. A shadow is not a thing to
be ignored by a man trained in the
niceties Of scouting. Oscar, satisfying
himself that substance lay behind the
shadow, dismounted and tied his horse.
Then he bent low over the stone wall
and watched.
ut is the big fellow-yes? He is a
stealer of sheep, as 1 might have
known"
Zmai was only a dim figure against
the dark meadow, which he was slowly
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-10-30

Stops itching instantly. Cures piles
eczema, salt rheum, letter, itch, hives,
herpes, scabies-Doan's Ointment. At
any drug store. e'ss
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1908-10-30
Chapter XXN
THE PRISONER AT THE BUNGALOW.

Y Vienna, Friday"
There s h uld be
great deeds, my dear
Jules" And NJ. Du-
rand adjusted the wick
or n cpook;pu hra &C
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
REBUILD PULLMAN SHOPS
Only Steel Cars Will Be Constructed
Hereafter. ~.

Chicago, Aug. 15.-Pullman's mann
moth car shops are to. be razed and
rebuilt upon a tremendous scale for
the express purpose of manufacture of
steel palace cars.
Plans which are to be put into i'm
mediate operation and which have
been in process of making for half a
dozen years call for a revolutionizing
of the method of building the Pull
man rolling stock. To accommodate
the greatly enlarged shops and the
new style machinery which is to be
Installed the area of growth occupied
by the workshops of the Pullman Pal
ace Car company is to be increased to
the extent of sixty acres.
The great progress made in the
manufacture of steel cars in the or
dinary construction work of the rail
ways has necessitated the radical
steps about to be taken by the Pull
man company, in the estimate of 'ex-
perienced railroad men,
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
.liany Persons Killed Of Injured
!. at Springfield, II.
white 1 WOMAN NJ IS OUTRAGED
Crime Arouses Citizens and
Troops Seem Powerless
to Restore Order.

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 15.-Two white
men were killed, negro was lynched
seventy-ave persons were injured and
two score houses, mostly occupied by
negroes, were burned as the result OF
an attempt by a mob to lynch a negro
who had assaulted white woman
The dead are: Charles Hunter, col.
pred; Lewis Johnson, white, seven.
teen years old, and James Scott,
white, seventy years old.
OF the seventy-a~e persons wound
ed probably a dozen will die. having
been shot in vital parts of the body.
The majority of the others were shot
in the legs or feet by the soldiers who
dispersed the mob.
The rioting was precipitated by an
assault by a negro upon Mrs. Mabel
Hallam, wife of street railway con-
ductor. While the woman slept alone
In her home on populous residence
street, awaiting the return of her hus-
band, the man broke into the house,
dragged her into the rear yard and
assaulted her,
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
THE COLTS FEET.
See. That the Hoof Develops Sym
y. 7. +: :.s.s* y: metrica!Iy.

Colts feet during the winter and
spring often grow out long and
sometimes to one side. It is not un-
frequent to see colts hoof grow
very much faster on one side than
the other and cause what might al
most be called crooked foot. Even
If they grow straight and their toes
are allowed to grow out long, it
brings an unnatural strain on the
tendons which results in lameness.
Ordinarily they will break on Of
their own accord, but not al you
would like to see them. Before
colts are turned to pasture their feet
should be trimmed and leveled up.
This precaution will frequently save
permanent blemish. In trimming
do not rub them OF too short, but
leave q natural shaped foot; neither
in leveling the soles should the bars
saf the hoof be cut away.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
MOB RULE CONTINUES.
Militia Seem Unable to Control Situa.
tion at Springfield.

ton at springfield.
Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 16.-Mob rule
overwhelmed the state militia in
Springfield for several hours last
night. Fury over one negros attack
on woman again flared up and an
other negro, William Donegan, an
aged man, was slashed, trampled and
hanged to a tree, only to be cut down
by tho troops with the spark of life
still flickering in his manned body.
One unknown white man Is reported
TO have been killed at White City,
resort near here. Springfield is, In.
deed, the city Of dreadful night
But the mob is believed to have
worn Itself out and It is believed the
uprising Of infuriated citizens is over.
The aged negro who was attacked last
night is believed 20 have no chance
to live. A boy was killed at Kanka-
kee by a soldier on a train bringing
troops here. So three more lives have
paid for few hours of madness. Thus
the casualties Of Springfeld's two
nights Of terror total five dead, one
fatally injured and nearly hundred
hurt, several of whom will die.
More than three thousand troops
are now on duty here.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
IN HANDS OF RECEIVERS.
Minneapolis and Northern Elevate,
Company.

Minneapolis and Northern Elevate,
Company.
Charles F.. Amsden and Henry F.
Douglas have been appointed receiv
ers at Minneapolis for the Min
neap0lis and Northern Elevator com.
pany on the application of Albert c.
Loring, Charles 8. Pillsbary and AL
bert G. Cobb, receivers for the Pills
bury-Washburn Flour Mills company
The appointment was made BY judge
Purdy OF tho United States district
court According to F. H. Carleton
attorney for the Pillsbury-Washburn
company. the financial condition Of
the Minneapolis and Northern com
pany is not in any way impaired. The
step was taken merely to place the
property In the hands of the receivers
of the milling company.
The Minnesota and Northern com.
pauy operates 100 elevators I'M Min
nesota and North Dakota. It is q
feeder for the Pillsbury-Washburn
company. The capitalization of the
company is $1,0O0,00o. The officers
are Charles M. Amsden, general man
ager; w. D. Washburn, Alfred M.
Pllsbury. Henry L. Little and Charles
M. rAmsdon, directors.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
CORN FOR PIGS ON PASTURE.
Keep the Animals Fed Up, If 70,
Would Realize a Profit.

With the high price of corn a great
many farmers will be tempted to run
their pigs through on clover pastures,
or on rape or other artificial pasture,
aad finish them off after the new corn
is ready, says Wallace's Farmer. We
do not say that this is not q wise plan
under many conditions. It must be
borne in mind, however, that if farm
ers generally In the corn belt adopt
this method this year there will be q
great scarcity of hogs in the early part
Of the season, and glut when the
hogs come in that have been fattened
solely on new corn. 1t is quite pos
stble to carry pigs through in this way
at the minimum of expense.
Where farmers have alfalfa or good
clover they can make a fair growth
on pigs without any grain, but they
cannot make rapid growth, nor,
indeed, as rapid as desirable, for the
reason that the feed is so bulky and
so watery that the pig cannot possibly
hold enough to make the food of in
crease in addition to the food of sup
port. In short, it takes nearly all that
it can eat of this kind of feed simply
to run the machine. Hence farmers
who have plenty of alfalfa pastures
find it profitable to feed their pigs a
half ration of corn.
The same is true of clover pastures,
making the food of support from the
cheap grass and adding enough grain
to make rapid increase. Good clover
and corn are in themselves a fairly
we'll balanced ration; but it's value
can be increased by adding about a
pound of oil meal to every five or six
pounds of corn. This will bring hogs
up to marketable size a good while
before those that are stocked through
can be put in condition for market.
On large farms where much steer
feeding is done this stocking through
of pigs on grass is a favorite method
and profitable one, because in this
way they grow frames large enough
to carry 800 to $50 pounds and put
them on the market as heavy packing
or fat backs. The farmer who grows
pigs to market his corn, and who
feeds largely on corn, cannot afford
to make these weights. He finds it
more profitable to turn them on the
market at from 175 to 200 pounds, at
which weight, if they have been fed
corn, they will be in fine condition for
the market, many Of them making
prime bacon, for which the packer can
afford to pay more, whether he does
it or not, than for ordinary packing
grades of heavy weights. &: J.. <.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19

handling the animals after killing.
rugged up a simple arrangement so
that I am able to handle heavy hogs
without assistance. I built a fire
box with flue, b, of three joints of
old stove pipe. The vat was made
OF heavy galvanized iron four feet long
by two feet wide and 18 inches deep.
Over this erected a frame of two
by-four-inch strips, upon which placed
an old traveller from a heavy hay car
rier. With the windlass arrangement,
a, and the tackle, e, to which were at
tached the four feet of the hog, I can
convey it from the vat to the bench.
A rope, G, passing over the pulley at
g, serves to pull the carrier, d., over
the bench from the vat. I have seen
arrangements that were more simple
than this, but never used one that was
easier to work.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
MUST SERVE SEVEN YEARS
Sentence Of St. Paul Promoter |:
Affirmed, -


Samuel A. Phillips, convicted at
st. Paul of embezzllng funds of
the Hancock company of Chicago,
must serve his seven years in the
penitentiary. the supreme court hay
ing affirmed Judge Bum of the dis
trict court on the appeal taken by
Phillips. ...s
1t was charged in the Indictment
on which Phillips was convicted that
he appropriated to his own use. the
proceeds of transactions made on be-
half of the Hancock company as it's
representative. Phillips contended
that the transactions in question were
his own private deals, in which the
company had no interest.
Phillips is we'll known promoter
having been connected with a mum.
ber of enterprises in various parts @
the country. He has also been il
the newspaper business and when {
young man worked as compositor it
Chicago. He went to st. Paul as the
Northwest representative of the Han
cock company about a year ago. Late
he became interested in the ST. Pau!
Seattle Air Line company.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
Daring Ao|dup on Northern Pa
cItIc Near Spokane.
LITTLE BOOTY IS SECURED
Quick Wit of the Postal Clerks
Saves Valuable Packages
of Registered MAIL, r..

Spokane, Wash, Aug. 15.-One OF
the most daring holdups ever attempt.
ed on a transcontinental train befell
Northern Pacific train No. almost
within the city limits of Spokane.
Two masked highwaymen stopped the
train at Otis and boarded the engine.
After brief encounter with the engi-
neer and fireman the mail car next to
the engine was detached and, one of
the highwaymen taking charge of the
engine, the party came on west to
Trent, where the trainmen were dis
missed by the robbers. The bandits
then proceeded to within mile Of
Yardley, where they proceeded to rob
the mail car.
The baggage car and the express
car were untouched and none of the
passengers was molested. AS soon
as word was received in Spokane
special train was made up, consisting
of switch engine and a coach, and
with several deputy sheriffs and spe-
cial agents of the Northern Pacific
was rushed to Trent. Shortly after
wards a complete posse, headed by
Sheriff Doak, who had not been noti-
fled in time to catch the first special
train, started out to scour the coun.
try. 1t is not known how much booty
was obtained
Tricked by the quick wit of mail
clerks little plunder is believed to
have been secured by the two masked
men. Warned that the robbers were
coming the clerks took advantage of
the time after the :rain had been cut
in two and threw the local registered
packages into newspaper sack.
where they were not noticed. So far
as reported the only booty stolen was
the pouch of registered mail sent from
Chicago to Spokane and one for Seat
tie made up along the road. Neither
Is known to have carried packages Of
any great value.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
Ruling Of Secretary Garfield in
Swamp Land Dispute.
HAS ORDERED A REsuRyEY
Attorney for Leech Lake Reds
Discusses Decision of the =
Interior Department.

zone million to million and hall
dollars will be saved the Chippewa In
dians of Minnesota by the recent deci
sion of Secretary of the Interior
Garfield to have the swamp lands
of the Leech Lake Indian reservation
resurveyed," said Mr.. G. E. Richard
son, an attorney of Washington, D.
c., former secretary to Senator Clapp
He is representing the Indians in the
case.
THE story has gone abroad" Mr.
Richardson said, "that it will mean a
saving of that much to the state itself
but in reality it is the Indians thai
profit by the decision.
"By this last decision of the secre-
tary we get practically all the lands
in dispute. The lands the state vii.
get are practically now all under wa
ter because of the building of govern
ment dams and reservoirs. Many
tracts of land which in reality belorg
to the Indians are claimed by the
state. These tracts, which are classetl
as swamp lands in the original sur
vey, are high and dry, being covered
with valuable timber Everybody
knows thatN pine will not grow in
swamp lands. The Indians have a
right to these lands and the state Off
cia]s in my mind do wrong in attempt
ing to deprive them"
The secretary of the interior hiss
ordered resurvey of the lands in
question. Governor Johnson has pro-
tested against this action on the
grounds if the original survey Of the
swamp lands is inaccurate the entire
survey must be wrong.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
Order for fearing on Claims
STATE OF MINNESOTA,

STATE OF MINNESOTA, ..
County of Mower-ss
In Probate Court.
Special Term, Aug. II, 1908.
In the matter of the estate cf Winfield s.
Willis, deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate of said
deceased being this day granted unto William
S. Willis of said county.
It is ordered. that all claims and demands Of
al! persons against said estate be presented to
Chis court for examination and allowance at
the probate office, in the court house, in the
city of Austin in said county, on Monday, the
tday of March, 1909. at ton o'clock a. M.
1t is further ordered, that six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the e1-
piration of which time all claims not presented
to said court, or not proven to it's satisfaction,
shall be fore YER barred, unless for cause shown
further time be allowed
Ordered further, that notice of time and
place Of the hearing and examination of said
claims and demands shall be given by publish
ing this order once in each week for thrae
successive weeks in the MOWER COUNTY TRAN.
SCRIPT, weekly newspaper printed and pub
ushed at the city of Austin in said county.
Dated at Austin, Minnesota, the 18th day of
August, 1908. BY the Court,
e.. (SeaD j. M. GREENMAN,
Judge of Probate Court.
Aug 10, rs. Sept.2
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
EDlToRs IN
ltatisnai Association Holding 70 An.
nuaI conve vention.

sSo1t0ssN NoO0OtN1lOn t50l0ln0 10 An.
nuaI Convention,
After getting the conventioa fairly
under way in the morning the mem
bers OF the National Editorial asso-
citation at St Paul took it easy the
rest of the day, making trip to Still
water in the afternoon and an inspec-
tion of the plant Of local refrigerator
company In the evening. Six charter
ed cars, containing the editorial con-
thgent to the number of 400, carried
the editors to Saltwater The edi.
tors and their families were the guests
of the Saltwater Citizens association,
transportation facilities and all forms
of entertainment being furnished by
the association. ~ " -
Owing to a hitch In the proceedings
neither the city nor the state was Of
ticfally represented at the opening ses-
sion. -.--.
Governor Johnson was to have de-
lfvered an address of welcome to the
state, but he was out of the city. May
or d. w. Lawler appeared at the con-
vent1on at the time scheduled for the
opening of the convention, but as the
members had not assembled, Captain
H. N. Castle was drafted into service
to welcome the visitors to st. Paul.
He was responded to by B. B. Her.
bert of Chicago, founder of the asso-
citation, and H. F. Diamond of New
Orleans.
Much interest is already being
shown in the contest between the
cities that are after the next meeting
Of the association. Seven invitations
have already been received. The cities
that have entered the lists are To-
1edo, Cincinnati, Seattle, Atlantic City,
Put-in-Bay, Chattanooga and Chicago.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
New Uprising in Algeria,

Paris, Aug. 17.-Reports from Al
geria received here are to the effect
that new uprising is under way on
the Moroccan frontier, where an Arab
army of $4,000 men is mobilizing and
preparing to surprise the French posse
located at Bechar and Bonanane. Cen
eral Lyauty, high commissioners Of
the Algerian NJ Moroccan frontier, has
arrived at Colomb Bechar and is or.
ganizing flying column of 1000 horse
men. The advance guard of the en-.
emy is maneuvering near Bondenib.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
DEATH LIST INCREASES,
Victims Of .Rioting at Springfield Now
Number. Six,


Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 18.-One more
victim was added to the death list of
the Springfield mob when J. w. Scott
succumbed to gunshot wound in the
lungs received Friday night. SCOTS
death brings the total to six and is
the fourth chargeable to the disorder
In the "Black Belt" near Twelfth and
Madison streets. It was here that the
hunted negroes made their stand,
firing upon the heads of the mob from
windows and roofs. Another death
is expected momentarily.
w. H. B0we, clerk in the county
treasurer's Office and one of the most
popular citizens of Springfield, is slow.
ly sinking from the effects of the bull
let wounds and the beating which he
received from crowd of negroes Fri
day night. Bowe's friends have
warned the authorities that "Billy'
will be avenged and the event of his
death will cause redoubling of vigi-
lance by the troops commanders.
Scattered sections of the city were
In an uproar at different times dur
Ing the early part of the night The
storm center was Harvard Park,
where the troops were called Sunday
night, twice patrols were fired upon
In that vicinity, but in neither case
was anyone injured. Shots were also
heard in other sections of the park,
which is new suburb adjoining the
city on the southeast. Over in tho
Western end of town, in the vicinity
of the state house and arsenal, there
were several cases of revolver frina
by rowdies.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
GRAVES READY FOR VICTIMS
Californian Kills His Children and A.
tempts Suicide.

Los Angeles, CAL, Aug. 14.-After
having prepared three graves in
Evergreen cemetery and caused head
stones to be erected, one for himself,
one for his son and one for his mar
ried daughter, Henry J. Duffy killed
his two children with an axe and at
tempted to kill himself with a butch
er knife. An effort to kill his wife
also failed.
Duffy now lies strapped to a cot in
the hospital.
II don't remember anything about
hitting my boy" he said. *'That part
of it is blank. l do remember hit
ting my daughter. ! seemed to wake
up then"
Duffy, the physicians say, will not
die from his self-inflicted injuries. He
is suffering from locomotor ataxia
epilepsy and typhoid-pneumonia.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
Minnesota Red Men Elect,

The state convention of Red Men
at Winona closed with the cleo
tion of officers and their in.
stallation by Great 1ncohonee w. A. S
Bird, who also addressed the conven
tion. A complete list of the officers
is as follows: Sachem, w. S. Wright
st. Paul; senior sycamore, William
Erickson, Red Wing; junior saga
more, William M. Barber, Long Prai
rie; keeper of records, Frank J. Hebl
st. Paul; prophet and great represen.
tative, Vivian Prince. Eveleth; keeper
of wampum, George J. Fischer, Wi.
mona; trustee, S. c. Tubbs. Park
Rapids; member of board of appeals,
u. Curtis, Lake City. The convention
decided to meet next year at Brainerd
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
SUED FOR LARGE SUM.
Minneapolis Publisher Defendant in
Case Involving a Million,

Swan J. Turnblad, publisher of the
Swedish-American Posten of Minneap.
oils, has been made defendant, direct
ly and Indirectly, in a suit Instituted
by Isaac Ekberg for over $1,000,o0o.
Two amended complaints were filed
by Ekberg, one calling for a judgment
in favor of the Swedish American
Publishing company. The grounds on
these are similar to those of the for
mer filings. Ekberg claims that Turn
blad received large profits from the
Posten which Ekberg claims belongs
to the publishing company of which he
is a stockhOlder.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
Will Reveals a Romance.

Filing of the will of the late Rob
ert Pratt of Minneapolis, former
mayor of that city. revealed ro
nance. A. share in an estate valued
at $4,000 Is left to Mary Bettin. Mr.
Pratt's housekeeper, who had agreed
to become my wife," reads the will
Miss Bettin gets $4,000 capital stock
in the Zenith Telephone company OF
Duluth and $4,000 from life insur.
ance policy. Mr.. Pratt's five sons and
daughters by former marriage share
the estate with their fathers fiancee.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
LIBERALS WILL BE UNITED
Gomez Only Party Candidate for Pres
ident Of C.ka.

Havana, AIS. 49, It 4 NEE :,lg { !!
the executive cll-.1..i.,e2 oi - Ii.
,eral party Alfredo Zayas rendered his
resignation as a candidate for the
presidency Of the republic and as
president of the Liberal party. The
first was accepted but the latter was
refused unanimously.
A committee was appointed to con-
fer with the followers CT Jose Miguel
Gomez for the purpose of arranging
terms of fusion, which probably will
result in SeEor Gomez becoming the
presidential candidate of the united
Liberals @ "
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
Marriage Broker Arrested.

Because they considered his offer Of
q $4,000 widow for $5 too good to be
true the postal authorities at Minneap-
oils arrested Charles A. Hudson, the
alleged proprietor Of the keystone
matrimonial agency Of Chicago, on a
charge Of using the mails in an at
tempt to defraud. Hudson entered !
plea Of not guilty in the federal court
and was taken back to Chicago, where
he will have his trial Ell
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-19
HANDLING HEAVY HOGS.
Device by Which One Man Can DO
the Butchering.

While it may be little late in the
season to be considering butchering
devices, the following taken from the
Home and Farm will be of interest to
all farmers, especially those who make
1t practice to butcher for the town
trade during the summer. The old
fashion Of having lot Of help around
at hog killing time is going out owing
to the use of better appliances for