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Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
THREE DEAD, MANY WOUNDED
Train Carrying Officers and Nonunion
Men Fired On.

Men Fired On.
Birmingham, Ala, Aug. 10.-Three
men were instantly killed and eleven
injured, two of them fatally, when
striking miners fred into a passenger
train on the Birmingham Mineral rail-
road at Blocton.
A conductor, deputy sheriff and a
nonunion man are dead, two soldiers
badly wounded, three deputy sheriffs
shot in the back, three of the strike
breakers seriously wounded and 9TH
ers hurt.
The train was a special bearing
nonunion men to the Blocton mines,
under guard of soldiers and deputies.
The assailants, from the rocks above,
poured down a murderous fire directly
into the windows.
Practically every window in the
train was broken. Dogs were hurried
to the scene and took trails through
the woods directly to the union head
quarters. Eight negroes were arrested.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
ONE HURT IN JUMP FOR LIFE
Gladstone (Mnn.) Family Caught in
Burning Building.

Mrs. Robert Beckstrom sustained
a broken leg and serious inter.
nal injuries when, with her hus.
band and three children, she was com.
relled to jump from a second story
window of the Ehr building at Glad.
stone. Her recovery is doubtful.
7 The Beckstroms lived on the sec.
ond floor, with a store below them.
Fire broke out in the building and
when it was discovered all avenues OF
escape except through the windows
were cut off.
! The family, after rushing to the
stairway and finding their escape that
way cut off by the flames, ran to a
window overlooking the street and
jumped to the sidewalk.
The father and children escaped
with a few bruises.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
John G. Lund, the Land Man,
Suicides at Minneapolis.
PUTS BULLET IN HIS BRAN
Business Difficulties and Griot
Over Death Of Wife Gauss
Of Dependency.

John G. Lund of Minneapolis, one
of the most prominent real estate
men in the Northwest, committed sui
eide in his private Office in that city.
He shot himself in the head directly
behind the right ear. Death followed
almost instantly. Business difficult
ties, grief over the death about year
ago of his wife and general impair
ment of his own health are believed
to have induced despondency that led
to Mr.. Lund's act of self-destruction.
Since his wife's death, his friends say,
he had never ceased to mourn. Money
losses, too, had troubled him serious
ly. Negotiations made by several Of
his agents proved TO be fraudulent,
it is said, and he had been called upon
to square all the deals. This caused
his fortune, which was at one time
estimated at several hundred Thousand 1
dollars, to diminish rapidly and credi-
tors were beseiging him from every
side. Several cases had been settled
without litigation, but it is believed
that he could have gone no further
without declaring himself bankrupt.
Mr.. Lund was about forty years
old. He was born at Rushford, this
state After attending school he re
moved to Candy, where he eventually
engaged in the land business. He
went to Minneapolis in 1901 and
opened big land business. He was
elected to the legislature in 1904 and
after a term in the legislature was
mentioned for governor. He had seri-
GUS thoughts of running for time,
but withdrew before the convention.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
PiIsbuIy-WashbuFn Company il
Financial Trouble.
REORGANIZATION IS PLANNED
Necessity for Change Of Man
agement Probable Cause
for Legal Action.

Minneapolis, Aug. 8.-As step to
reorganization certain stockholders
and holders of the Pillsbury-Wash-
burn Flour Milling company's paper
petitioned the federal district court
for the appointment of receivers to
direct the business. The petition was
granted, the court naming G. s.. Pills-
bury, son of the late Charles A. Fills
bury; A. c. Loring, head of the North
western Consolidated Milling COM
pany, and A. c. Cobb, attorney. The
petitioners were the Northwestern
National bank, the First National, the
Swedish-American National of Mime.
apolis and the Second National bank
of st. Paul, together with J. S. Pills
bury.
There will be no interruption to the
business of the company pending the
reorganization.
After naming the receivers the court
fixed their joint bond at $500,000 and
announced that five days would be
allowed for them to file it. That the
petition for receivership was on a
friendly basis is evidenced by the
appearance of ]. S. Pillsbury as one
of the petitioners and the fact that the
company consented to the action with.
out opposition. This may be due to
q necessity for a change Of manage
ment, which was broadly intimated In
the petition.
Worlds Largest Milling Concern.
The Pillsbury Washburn Flour Mills
company, limited, is the largest mill.
ing company in the world and It has
extensive and variable interests aside
from those directly connected with
its principal business of manufactur-
ing -four; it is the owner Of tho st.
Anthony Falls Water Power company.
which controls all of the water power
upon the sasterly side Of the Missis-
sippi river at Minneapolis. and Is tho
owner also Of the Minneapolis Mill
company, which controls all Of the
water power upon the westerly side of
the river. In addition the company
owns the Minneapolis and Northern
Elevator company, which controls
line of elevators on the Great North
>ern road from Minneapolis to Devils
Lake. this being a subsidiary com.
Dany which has served the parent
company in the capacity Of buying
epd supplying the wheat needed in
the prosecution Of its business.
The indebtedness of the defendant
company is set at more than $5,Oo0,-
600, without security. The book value
of tho company's property exceeds
416, 100000. The total secured indebt-
sdness. covered by debenture bonds,
is $4,000,000, or a total indebtedness
Of $9,000,000. The liquid assets are
estimated at $3,5o0,o00, to pay $5,000..
900 unsecured debts.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
Road Law Knocked Out.

The state sup-e ne court "a, :,:-.
filed an oplaisn ,.:-i>n insss j..
important bearing upon the est:
ing movement for tie hetternlen. q.
roads in Minnesota The opinion.
which is by Justice Elliott, declares
unconstitutional the law providing fer
the appointment of a superintendent
of highways in counties of less than
zoe, 1000 population Population alone.
says the court, furnishes no proper
basis for the classification of counties
for the purpose of legislation Of this
character.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
Chicago Union Stock Yards.

Chicago, Aug. 10.-Cattle- -Beeves,
$3.75@765; Texans, $3.5O@5.20; West
ern cattle, $3.6O@6.00; stockers and
feeders, $2.40@4.50; cows and heifers.
$1.5O@5.50; calves, $5.50@6.35. Hogs
Light, $6.O5@6.70; mixed, s615@
$50; heavy, $6.1O@6.s0; rough, $6.10s
@6.35; good to choice heavy, $6.35
@G.SO; pigs, $5.35@5.95. Sheep, $40.
@4.25; yearlings, $4.25@5.oe; lambs.
$3.50@6.35.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
WORK ON OIL CASE.

=. 3. Kellogg and Associates Labor
ing in st. Paul. 49,
Frank 3. Kellogg, the head counsel
for the government in the STANDARD
Oil prosecution, is back in St.. Paul
where he is working with his asso
ciates, c. B. Morrison of Chicago, E.
D. Durand of the department Of com
merce and labor and Oliver H. Pagan
OF the department of justice, prepar
Ing for the hearings in the case, which
will be resumed Sept. /. Mr.. Kellogg
Is just back from Washington, where
he conferred with Attorney General
Bonaparte on the Standard Oil case
especially with regard to renewed
prosecution in the rebate proceeding
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
TWO BOYS DROWNED.

Perish While Bathing in 4 sloug,
Near St. Paul.
Alvin Hartin, fifteen years old, and
Albert Motz, seventeen years old. went
bathing in Baftons slough, about four
miles below Inver Grove, suburb of
st. Paul. When they did not return
Motz' sister went to the slough to
look for them. Their clothes, lying
neglected on the bank, told the story
of a tragedy.
The girl ran for assistance and
Frank Chadrema dragged the slough.
He found both the bodies after about
an hour.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
Motive for Suicide Revealed.

The First National bank of Belle
Plaine and the State bank at Rob.
bfnsdale, of each of which the late
John G. Lund of Minneapolis was the
largest stockholder, have closed their
doors. The day before Lund committed
suicide he was told by National
Bank Examiner Frank O. Hicks thai
the Belle Plaine bank was insolvep1
and must be closed, and the motive
of the suicide is made plain. The
Robbinsdale bank is not insolvent.5 l;
is a state institution. ta w:4.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
Fire at New Brighton.

The little village Of New Brighton.
situated six miles north of Minneap.
oils. was visited by q fire which did
damage estimated at $25, 900. The
flames consumed nineteen sheep barns
owned by the Minnesota Transfer
company. No sheep had been kept ii
the yards for q month. The remain
der Of the stock yards. which al Join
the barns. were saved.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. 10.-Wheat-Sept.,
$685. @93hc; Dec, 95%c. Corn-Sept.,
77ssc; Dec, 66Ac; May, 645sc. Oats
Sept, 4SA @4S%c; Dec, 1880;
May, 50hc. Pork-S Sept, $13.57h;1
Oct, $3.50; JAN, $16.271a. Butter
Creameries, 181a@21c; dairies, ITO
19c. Eggs-181sc. Poultry Turkeys,
lac; chickens, 111hc; springs, 15@16c.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Aug. '10.-Wheat-Te arrive
and on track-No. / hard, ;Si.19: No.
I Northern, $1.1S; No. Northern,
$1.13; Sept, $1.001a; Dec, 98Ac. Flax
TO arrive, on track and Sept, ST.
29K; Oct, $1.27A; Nov. $1.27; Dec.
$1.25h.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
Plant Trees.

81 Il you would make your home at
tractive have an orchard or fruit gar
den. The man who plants trees gets
HIS pay day by day and at the same
time builds q monument which Will;
stand long after he - dead
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS.
Open the State Campaign at Meet.
ing in Duluth. il


ing in Duluth.
The Republican campaign in Min
nesota was opened when several
speakers Of state and national prom.
inence addressed the members OF tie
West Duluth Republican club.
J.. F. Jacobson. candidate for gov.
ernor, spoke on divided responsibility
sounded the keynote of harmony and
pleaded for a state government in the
hands of single party.
National Committeeman Frank B
Kellogg of st. Paul assailed the M
tional Democratic platform. His
speech related mainly to national is
sues. Congressman j. Adam Bede
Senator Moses 3. Clapp and Clarence
B. Miller of Duluth also spoke.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
Ore Docks Still Shut Down.

Superior, Wis, Aug. 10. The Great
Northern ore, docks are still shut
down, due to the strike OF ore han
dlers. The officials had expected to
get men, but did not and, las . result
half the ore train crews are laid Oh.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
WRIGHT Makes Fast Time.

Lemans, France, Aug. 1O.-After
two false starts Wilbur Wright, the
Dayton (O) aeroplanist, made sue
cessful ascension here. The machine
flew about two kilometres (1.24 miles)
in minute and 43 seconds, official
time #s4as8 .5Gs Z IS
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
Granulated Sore Eyes Cured

"For twenty years suffered from a
bad case of granulated sore eyes, says
Martin Boyd of Henrietta, Ky. "In
February 1902, a gentleman asked me
to try Chamberlain's Salve. l bought
one box and used about two-thirds of
it and my eyes have not given me any
trouble slnce.'' This salve is for sale
by all druggists.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
Founder Of Luverne Dead.

Philo Hawes, one of the best known
men in Southern Minnesota, is dead
at Luverne, aged seventy-seven years.
He was the first settler in Rock eoun-
ty and the father of Luverne, naming
the city after his eldest daughter. He
located there in 1867, taking up a
homestead, which is the present site
of that city
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
Wealthy Man a Suicide.

Having in his possession $1,000 and
papers showing that he was wealthy
Miller Mcclellan, supposed to live in
Hamilton, Ind, committed suicide in
Minneapolis by putting a bullet into
his brain. He had apparently lost
hope Of regaining health and shot
himself. ~.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12

loosen the ground on each side Of the
row. For this work, says the Home
stead, the hoe above, in which is cut
out a circular piece of blade, is a first
class tool.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
HOMEMADE HAND cULTIvAToR.
How One Farmer Made the Garder
Work an Easy Task.

I made hand cultivator which
does good work in the garden, writes
correspondent of the Farm and
Home. Old plow handles, a, may be
used, but they will need splicing, as
shown at b, to five feet long. The
hoe. or scraper, is shown at c. This
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
ST. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Aug. 0.-Cattle-Good toi
choice steers, $600@6.75; fair to good,
$5.00@6.75; good to choice cows and
heifers. $4.00@5.00; veals, $3.75@5.75.l
Hogs-$5.50@6.70. Sheep-Wethers,
$3S5@4.25; yearlings, $4.2505.o0;
spring lambs, S5.75@6.35. |
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, Aug. 10.-Wheat-
Sept, $1.01%; Dec, $1.OOss. On track
mo. 1 hard, $1.23@1.24; No. North
ern. $121@1.22; No. 2 Northern, $1.1S
@1.19; No. Northern, $1.12@113.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
Handy Garden Tool.

should be made of a piece of tenn.
pered steel and brought to a sharp
edge. I used plow wheel, but one
can be made Of two-inch boards fas-
tened together, then cut on circle,
and a piece of band iron put on for
tire.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
Chicago Has 2,425,oo0 People. &

Chicago, Aug. 10. Chicago can
boast of population Of 2,425,O0O, ac-
cording to the 1908 directory. This is
an increase Of $4,000 over 1907. In
the directory are listed 75S, 100 names,
an Increase Of 2O,7O0 over 1907.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
IMPROVING A GARDEN HOE.
It Is Made by Cutting Out Part Of the
Center.

The accompanying illustrates a
western farmers idea of what he re-
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12
J r.
E,ncaTIAp G:

Account 42nd National En-
campment OF the Grand
Army Of the Republic to be
held in Toledo. Ohio, August
81 to September 5, 1905, the
CHICAGO
Milwaukee & St. Paul
RAILWAY
will make greatly reduced
fares to Toledo and return
from all stations on it's lines
Dates OF sale are August 81,
%, 20 and 30. Return limit
September Is. Fare from
Austin to Toledo, O., and
return $3.50.
Special Sleeping Car Service
For information in regard to routes
and train service, see nearest ticket
agent of this Railway, or write to
F. A. MILLER JOHN R. COOK,
General Passenger Agent Excursion Agent
Chicago. West Union.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-12

Mrs. Dashaway-And has your hus-
band learned to drive his own auto?
Mrs Newrich-Yes, indeed: he can
run it jist as good as some O. them
philadelphia Press.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
RESULT OF A JOKE.
Rich Church Makes False Report
Good by Feeding Hungry Mob.

~SSo ~ VSSS''S ssoUSSy V0C'
Some enemy Of the fashionable Sec
ond Presbyterian church in Pittsburg
recently played a joke with surprising
results by circulating a story that at
the morning service a good breakfast
would be served to $50 Of the city's
needy. Long before the time set for
service the vestibules and halls of the
big church on Eighth street were
crowded with the worst looking lot Of
people who had ever been inside the
doors. They We're hungry and had come
to be fed. though neither the pastor
nor any of his flock knew what was
expected.
Pastor S. Edward Young scon found
out. however. and. starting the collec-
ton with a dollar. which he said would
find breakfast for ten men. he went
through the church and 500 had
enough to feed every one and have a
surplus for permanent Sunday NORM
Ing breakfasts. Now every one is in
vited each Sunday morning to eat in
the basement at the expense of Pastor
Young's breakfast Brotherhood club"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
Thrilling Rescue at Sea.
Five Men Of the White Star Steamship Risk Lives and Save
Castaways From the Heios, Who Had Resigned Them
selves to Death-An Unparalleled Spectacle.

With its burden, the saving of twen-
ty-dve men from a watery grave, it
was a thrilling story Of a rescue In
midocean, in the height Of a fierce gale
and battling against heavy seas, which
Captain B. F. Hayes Of the steamship
Majestic reported on the arrival in
New York Of the big White Star liner.
Captain Hayes was seamanlike in his
modesty in praising the heroism of
Jake Walker. his fourth officer, and
four volunteers Of the Majestic's crew,
who risked their lives In aiding the
work OF rescue. To them and to the
providential arrival Of the Majestic
Captain Kjorboe and his crew Of twen-
ty-four Of the Norwegian tank steam
ship Helios, now lying in the grave
yard Of the Atlantic, 1--WE their lives.
It was on the eastward voyage from
New York that the Majestic fell in
with the Helios, sighting her at day
break, as she was about to blow up or
sink, with half Of her crew uncon-
scious.
For three days the Helios, which was
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
B0WSER FEUD IS OVER
Samuel and mother-in.laW Have
Sincere Reconciliation.
HOW IT ALL CAME ABOUT.

Trouble In the Past Had Been Due to
Misunderstandines-They Beg Each
Others Pardon and Promise Never
More to Offend.
copyright, 1908, by 7. c. McClure.l
Mrs. Bowser had run into a neigh
boris the other evening after dinner,
and MI. Bowser sat smoking and read
ing, when there came a ring at the
front door. He waited until It was re-
peated and then went down the hall
with his mind made up to throw the
tramp off the steps. As the, door
swung open his mother-in-law walked
in. It was the same woman, with the
same satchel. He started back and be-
gan to glare at her. and, to his amaze
ment, she smiled and held out her
hand and said:
"Howdy do, Sammy? l hope you are
glad to see me-"
"Y-e-s," he replied as he took the
hand and shook it Imply.
II hope Sarah is not i1l?"
mo. She's just gone into Green's for
a little while"
Then I'll just go down and help my
self to a bite to eat. Don't you put
yourself out. Are you feeling we'll, my
SOM"
Eyes. pretty well. You-you didn't
write that you were coming"
"Nope. I just got ready and came
right along. Fact is ! wanted to see
you and have a little talk with you.
Wen have a chat after I have some
thing to eat"
She went down to the dining room.
and Mr.. Bowser sat down to think.
The relations between him and bis
mother-in-law had been strained fol
almost twenty years. She had arrived
on a visit many, many times before,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
Whose Youngster Is This?
Parents Dilemma Over Child Lost Two Years Ago-s the One
That Has Just Been Found on Streets the Same7

On Sunday morning, March %. 1906,
during a snowstorm, William Leonard
Bentley, two years old, disappeared.
He was last seen playing outside the
house Of his father, Frank Bentley, st.
James road, Watford, England. Search
parties were organized, the river was
dragged by the police, gypsy vans were
overhauled, but no trace of the child
could be discovered.
On Feb. 20 last q boy between four
and five years old was found crying
in Bushey High street. He said his
name was Jackie Brown, but nothing
definite could be got from him as to
how he got there. The police took him
to Watford workhouse. He was we'll
dressed and we'll nourished. To some
extent he answered the description of
the Bentley boy.
The Bentleys in the meantime had
moved to Leeds. A letter vas sent to
them, and they travelled posthaste to
Watford to see the child. They were
not certain Jackie Brown was their
child, though he bore a certain resem-
blance.
They went home, talked the matter
over, and, clinging to the hope that the
child might, after all. be theirs, they
sent to the guardians asking to be al
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
ODD CASE OF
Sleeping Girl Read and Wrote In the
Oark-Studied Harmony.

Sleeping Girl Read and Wrote In the
Oark-Studied Harmony.
The particulars Of an extraordinary
s of somnambulism we're recently
communicated to an English medical
journal by Dr.. James Russell. assist
ant physician at the Birmingham hos
pital. He says that a girl twenty-one
years old, who is a teacher Of the type
writer and a student of music, entered
the hospital to be cured of sleepwalk-
ing. While under observation there
she habitually left her bed after three
or four hours sleep and busted her.
self in various ways. including de-
scending into the music room and
playing the piano. tuning a violin and
fitting new strings to it and crochet.
ing.
Her most remarkable feats. how
ever. We're reading and writing in the
dark. If there was even q faint artif1-
cial light in the room she would avoid
1t and go to the darkest corner, where
she would read various books, study
the theory of harmony and write let
tiers. One Of her letters was addressed
to her music teacher. It contained a
short essay on 1.-THE Sonata Form"
which was accurate in sense and con-
struction. Another letter she wrote
was in German.
When she was awake she did not in
the least remember writing or reading.
An examination Of her eyes did not re-
veal the reason for her being able to
see in the dark. She has now left the
hospital. her condition having improv-
ed. but she occasionally walks in her
sleep still.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27

lowed to adopt Jackie Brown for Il
month on probation. The guardians
readily granted consent.
The little boy Travelled to Yorkshire Il
few days ago in the carc Of a Great
Northern guard. Mr.. Bentley met the
little fellow ut Leeds station and took
him to his home. ut Lower Wortley.
The child at first displayed consider
able shyness, although this wore off a
good deal on his being coaxed.
As soon as he had been given some
thing to eat Mrs. Bentley began a great
experiment. Two years ago their little
son used to play with a little toy
wheelbarrow. This was brought out
for the youngsters inspection. He &C.
ceptcd 1t %graciously, but did not be-
tray any special mark Of recognition.
Mrs. Bentley subsequently said that
so far she was uncertain about the
identity Of the boy. He had not be
trayed a knowledge Of any former con.
nection with the family. Still she cher
ished strongly the belief that the eli
was their son and she was going I
continue her experiments. They -
emphatic in their opinion that Jac'
has all the manners Of the lost IL
ard. They have practically decide
keep him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27

after III hours hard rowing reached
the lee side Of that steamship.
Time and time again the seas, toss
ing tho boat around like a cork, threat
ened to dash it to pieces against the
steel sides Of the Majestic. But finally
all We're safely landed on board. Then
Captain Hayes called for volunteers to
60 to the Helios and finish the work of
rescue.
Jack Walker and twoscore members
Of the crew ut once responded. Walker,
selected four. They were lowered In
the lifeboat of the Helios and. anil
the cheers of the passengers, started
on their journey. 1t vas almost an
hour before they reached the side OF
the Helios.
Failure repeatedly threatened until a
huge wave. which almost dashed them
to pieces against the doomed Helios.
poised them for a moment on its crest,
then, receding. allowed them to slip
down into the watery valley. and thus
protected they reached their goal.
In M instant Of safety that followed
Captain Kjorboe and the rest of the
crew jumped or were bundled into the
lifeboat, and the trip back to the Ma
jestic was 500 negotiated.