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Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Mack Confers With Murphy.

New York, Aug. 3.An important
conference to outline a plan of cam
paign in New York state was held by
Norman E. Mack, chairman of the
Democratic committee, with Charles
p. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall.
The conference continued for some
time and it was said that the part
which the national Democratic COM
mittee will play in the campaign In
a4his state was determined.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
BURNED FoRTY.EIGH1 HOURS

iConfIagration the Worst in the His.
tory Of Canada.
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 3.-The most
dreadful conflagration in the history
of Canada has swept the Elk river
valley in East Kootenai. For forty
miles a tremendous bush fire has
burned everything before it. 1t has
held full and terrible sway for forty
eight hours.
Estimates are that perhaps $50 peo-
tple have met death in the flames.
The following places have been de-
AStroyed: Fernie, with a population of
$500; Coal Creek, with a population
|of 1900; Michel, with fifty inhab-
itants, and Hosmer, with fifty inhab-
1tants. The homeless will number
over six thousand.
The fatalities are growing hourly
In one case five families at Fernie
were hemmed in and every soul per-
I1shed. At least seventy lives were
lost in Fernie.
The disaster is unequalled in the
History of Western Canada. In that
ways and bridges are swept away.
Ten cottages, the coal offices, the
western Canada grocery and the Coal
tcompany's new warehouse are all that
remain of Fernie. Within fifteen min
utes of the time the fire broke out l.:
the city the place was a mass o.
sweeping flames.
Fernie Quickly Laid in Ruins.
The Fort Steele brewery at Fernie
was the first large building in t,!1:
place to catch from the brush fires
and it was quickly destroyed Houses
in the immediate neighborhood soon
caught and though people turned gu,
Immediately the flames spread rap
idly and the whole place was soon
afire. Old town, where most of the
miners resided, soon burned and rhe;l
the business portion caught The
large residential portion came last.
after the fine mills of the Elk River
Lumber company mad been DESTROYED
The damage cannot fall short oi
s5,OO0,OO0, the greater loss falling or
the Canadian Pacific railroad and 1ne
Trites Aecd and Lumber company
Fully twenty-five million feet of man
ufactured lumber is gone. Fernie is
wiped off the mp and is not, as il re
mains, of sufficient Importance to it's.
THY the maintenance of q flag station.
Some 5000 people, mostly women AMI!
little children, have to be housed anG
cared for until they shall have time
to look about them. These are beina
shipped to Cranbrook, where every
public and nearly all the private
houses are being used as temporar,
shelters for the homeless and in many
cases naked refugees.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Steamer With Judge Taft on.
Board Fired Upon.
SHOTGUN the WEAPON USED
Charge Fired From Houseboat
on Bank Of Ohio River
Near Cincinnati.

Cincinnati, July 29.-The steaAer
Island Queen was fired on during it's
trip up the Ohio river with Judge
Taft and the notification committee
and guests aboard and Mrs. c. B. Rus
sell of this city, standing on the hurri-
cane deck directly under the seat oc-
cupied by the presidential candidate,
was struck in the face and breast by
number of small shot. She was not
seriously injured.
Few of those on the steamer knew
OF the occurrence and Judge Taft was
not told. A shotgun was used, being
fred by man from shanty boat
moored to the Ohio side of the river.
The identity of the shooter is un.
known.
The Island Queen had steamed
slowly around the bend at Dayton,
KY, and was near the middle of the
river when persons leaning on the
larboard rail saw a man emerge from
the cabin of shanty boat moored on
the Ohio baak and fire a shotgun.
He was in his shirt sleeves and wore
q straw hat.
Mrs. Russell gave scream and de-
clared sheahad been shot. She was
hurried into the cabin, where it was
found she was not seriously injured.
One of the shots had penetrated the
skin over her left eye and another
had struck her on the chin.
The distance from the shore was so
great that the charge Of shot had al
most spent itself when it reached the
boat. A number of the pellets pierced
her dress. A young man standing by
Mrs. Russells chair was also hit by
one of the shot, but he was not hurt.
The officers of the boat stated that
they would make an investigation in
order to learn the identity of the mis-
ereant who fired the gun.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
FREieHI 1 LINES K ].
nsfuss . Pay Taxes. On Interstate
- ~. Earnings. s. {s

Nearly alf freight line companies in
the state are refusing to report any
Of their Interstate earnings to the
Minnesota authorities for taxation.
They claim that the law is unconstitu.
tional in its requirement for report
on the states mileage proportion Of
interstate business. Their objection
has been referred to the attorney gen
eral and as this same provision has
been upheld as to railroad companies
q test case will probably be- taken
into the courts. Twenty-six companies
operating In the state have reported
earnings Of only $57,6ss.69, on which
the tax is $2,3O7.54. Some other com
panles have refused to report on the
ground that they are not y it.tiops,
but the law is drawn SO as to include
also individuals and partnerships.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
FOUR DIE FROM HEAT.

Three Other Persons Are Frustrated
~ in St. Paul..
Four deaths and three prostrations
from heat occurred in St. Paul, while
seven persons were prostrated in. Min
neapolis. The dead are: ,.ss
William Haverberg, twenty nine
years old; driver for Hamm brewery;
stricken while driving. -. -.
Ole Olson, fifty-fve years old !:
quarryman;' found dead in bed.
Carl w. Lindgren, two years old. .
Henry Dipple, five months old.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Child Burned to Death.

Peter Weise's residence, about
three miles east of Willow River.
and occupied by George Rhom-
berg, was totally destroyed by fire.
Mr.. Rhombergs four-year-old son and
only child perished in the flames. Mr..
and Mrs. Rhomberg were working on
the farm near the: house when they
discovered the flames, but. too late to
save their child or furniture.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Duluth Dentist a Suicide,

/ DR.. William T. Neimi, a Finnish
dentist Of Duluth, twenty-three years
of age, committed suicide by TAX
ing carbolic acid at the ST. Louis ho-
tel, where he had made his home for
several months. It is suspected
that he had become discouraged or
was disappointed in love, or both.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
JOHNSON: TO HELP BRYAN

Governor Becomes Member Of Demo.
cratic Advisory COMMITTEES. ="
Governor John A. Johnson has &C.
cepted an invitation to become a mem
ber OF the advisory committees;of fif-
teen that will have charge Of the Dem.
ocratfc national campaign.
The request came in the form of a
telegram from Norman e. Mack, Dem.
ocratic national chairman, and has
been accepted. The committee will
include In it's membership several OF
the most distinguished men of the
Democratic party and the friends OF
Governor Johnson feel pleased that
he has been offered place among
them.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
ST. Paul Boy Drowned,

In fierce struggle for life, during
which he grabbed hold of compan-
ion who went to his rescue and almost
pulled him in with him to sure death,
Ernest, the ffteen-year-old { son of
Ernest Uhler, "a St. Paul black
smith, was drowned in the Mississippi
river. The body has not been re-
covered
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Population Of MinneapoIis.

Advance figures from the new Min
neapolis directory, which is to be is
sued soon, give the population of Min
neapolis at 310,950. This total is ob-
tanned by multiplying. the 139,20O
names in the directory by 2N: The
book contains 13S,200 names, exclu-
sive of deaths, removals and business
firms.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
HeadIess Body on Tracks,

The headless body of an unidenti-
fled man was found on the railroad
tracks of Camden place, near Wash
ington avenue north, Minneapolis.
Coroner ]. NJ. Kistler of Hennepin
county believes that the man was
stunned by lightning and before he
could arise was run over and killed
by a train. :
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Killed While Cleaning Gun.

Leonard Henning, aged twenty-oney
years, former resident of st. Paul,
accidentally shot himself with a
shotgun at Heron lake and died in
two hours. Henning was cleaning the
gun when the ramrod discharged the
shell. the charge lodging in his alb.
domen, which was torn to shreds.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Kaiser William in Sweden.

Stockholm, Aug. emperor Will.
lam and his party arrived here on
board the imperial yacht Hohenzol.
lern on a short visit to King Gustav
A fleet Of Swedish warships met the
imperial yacht at sea and later tho
king and queen Of Sweden welcomed
the imperial party aboard the Swedish
royal yacht.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
81 l'Il ~. ov MllusrI..sorA, Y! =! ]. ]:

03ASD or Ai0N1oOTA,
County Of Mowers.
In Pr0bate Court.
q IN I1he matter Of the estate 6f i ajnnrlla.za ajnrl.za
sEitxSoFald, docodont. = 8 "a; -
The State q Minnesota 70 tho heirs & IL iax6.
Of said jdeeeased and to al persons zintsisStsd
II. the deternination Of the descent Of the raj
estate Of said decedent. Tho petition Of Flor
ence a Fitzgerald widow Of said deceased hsv-
ing been aled s. this court. representine that
sald desedent died more than i've years prior.
70 the filing thereof. leaving certain real estate
y said petition described. and that 40 Win of
decedent has been proved nor administration Of
his estate granted tn this state, and prayinh
that the descent Of real estate be determined
Therefore. You, and each Of you are lore. heitss-.
t by cited and required g show cause il any yon
room insthe court house III the city. Of Austin,
county OF Mower, state Of Minnesota. .t14 fka
Why said petition should not be tranted.
witness, the Judge OF said court, and the
.seal thereof this 4th day of August 1905. 15=
LAFAYETTE FRENCH Judee az fro6ate.
Attorney for Petitioner.
3SS:s Aug S, IL, 10
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
FAMOUS MINE CLOSED.
Operators Take Last Ore From Chan
dier Property. ~

dier Property.
= The famous Chandler iron mine of
the Vermillion range made it's final
shipment of ore Aug. 1. It was one
of the first iron mines to be opened in
Minnesota and the quality of the ore
was high. Chandler ore was known
throughout the iron and steel world.
The property was located at Ely and
it has produced 100000 tons since
it was discovered in 1886. The value
OF the ore has been about $45, ,0O0, 600.
The Chandler helped to make DR.. Co.
nan OF Milwaukee, R. B. Whiteside of
Duluth and Martin and William Patti
son of Superior millionaires, for they
were the owners. The mine was oper-
ated by the steel corporation. -
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul, Aug. 3.-Cattle-Geod to
choice steers, S600@6.75; fair to good,
$5.00@5.75; good to choice cows and
heifers, $4.005.00; veals, $3.75@5.00.
Hogs-$6.00@6.75. Sheep-Wethers
$4.OO@4.25; yearlings, $4.25@5.05;
spring lambs, $6.OO@6.25.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Chicago Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. 9.-Wheat-Sept..
94ssc; Dec, 96Mc;; May, $1.011s. Corn
Sept, 76Ac; Dec, 65Ac; May,
65Kc. Oats Sept, 45Ac; Dec, 46c;
May, Acc. .Pcrk-sept., S15.S7k; Oct,
$1525; ;Ien. $1S.75.. Butter Cream
cries, 1S@20c; dairiss, 170pl9c. Eggs
-17111c. Poultry Turkeys, 14c; chick
ems, 12c; springsi 15@16c.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Elevator Kills Duluth Man.

John Rerguist, a painter, was
crushed to death in cne. of the ele.
vator shafts of the isellwood buildiag
at Duluth. He was in the bottom OF
the shaft and got caught.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
MINNEAPOLIS Wheat.

Minneapolis, Aug. 33--Wheat-Sept.,
s1o277a;; Dec::' s1O1. On track-No. 1
hard, $1.1S: Nc. / Northern, S1.141s;
NO. 9 Northern, S1.12@1.l21k; No. 3
Northern, $1.OS@1.10.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Big Fire at Reaudette,

The Shevlin-Mathieu Lumber COM
pany's: large saw mill at Beau
dette caught fire and burned TO
the ground. This fire is thought to
have originated from sparks from the
large burner. The exact loss is not
known, but it is in the neighborhood. Of
$225,000, with insurance of $113;0OO.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Aug. 3.-Wheat-To arrive
and on track-No. 1 hard, $1,1s:; No. J.
Northern, SLIT; No. 2 Northern, ST.
12; Sept, SLOPPY; Dec, $1.00. Flax
To arrive, on track and Sept, S1.273k;
Oct, $1.26A; Nov, $1.26; Dec, S1.25.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
LESS THAN 5000 WORDS.
Bryan's Speech Of Acceptance Will Be
Comparatively Short.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug 8. Contrary to
expectations the speech Of acceptance
of William J. Bryan will be short
one. He stated that by actual count
1T contains $500 words. While the
issues Of the campaign will be dis
cussed it is understood they will not
be gone into at any great length, his
views being reserved for more elab-
.orate treatment in the several speech
% he intends to mako.
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Youth browns While Rathinu,

Joseph King, aged eighteen, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph King, Sr., Of
Wabasha. employed by the DWalle
Telephone company as lineman. was, was
drowned at Wabasha while taking an
evening bath The body was recov-
cred an hour later,
Mower County transcript., 1908-08-05
Minneapolis Millionaire Dead. /

s. T. Mcknight, prominent real
estate man and millionaire lumber
man of Minneapolis, is dead of heart
disease
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-16

Albany, Francis Key Pendleton, New
York; James E. Schwarzenbach, ior-
nell, William +, Rafferty,, Syracuse.
After the platform had been adopt
ed and delegates named a scene Of
Wild disorder followed the announce
ment of the names of the new state
committee, delegates from several dis
triets protested that the names read
were not those selected The chair
man replied that the question was
whether the convention, through its
own committee should be empowered
to name the new state committee. The
aisles were crowded with delegates de-
nouncing the proposition. Order
could not be restored, men refused to
be seated and the police for many
minutes were powerless to keep the
protesting men quiet 1t was then
past midnight and the excitement was
greater than during the McCarren en-
element and while It was at Its
height the sergcant-at-arms was
knocked from the platform. The
committees report was declared car
ried.
Harry w. Walker, one Of Bryan's
most enthusiastic supporters in New
York declared that he would issue a
call for another state convention. 10
send a contesting delegation to Den
ven.
The convention adjourned at 1880.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-16

of more than local reputation and that
he Is In all probability wanted else
where Sergeant Dcnnehy who had
charge Of the case Is now starting In
operation methods of finding out Whe-
ther or not other places want him.
Last night the sergeant sent away two
letters one of which went to the pub
fishers Of the weekly illusUated peri
odical entitled the Detective which
Is published in Chicago, and which
scatters the most prominent of the
Rogues Gallery physiognomles broad
cast for those who wish to identify
them. ono Of the photographs Of
Brand which was taken here was en-
closed for publication and 1t Is be-
lleved that the picture may result in
calling attention Of some city which
wants him to the whereabouts of the,
man
Another letter went to the chief Of
the detective bureau of Baltimore,
whore It is believed that Brand Is
wanted under another name Other
steps are to be taken later. Papers
found on Brand and suspicious actions
make the local detectives believe that
he has had broadcast practice which
has not been legal and that he Is un-
der the ban of other forces besides
that in this city.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-16
THOUGHT IT MURDER
CONTINUED from First Page.)
arc and said he was retirod solliol

age and said he was a retired soliior.
lie denied the murder, however
On the return to the station the
officers found a woman answering the
description of the supposed victim of
the murder. She denied that she had
been drowned or that she had been
with n man at all that night. The
boys identified her as the victim, now
ever Later developments showed
that she was the wife of Merritt that
they had started to walk out to AL
lingtown last night and had quarrel
cd at the river. 1t Is supposed that
the man knocked the woman down
and chat the frightened boys thought
she had disappeared into the stream
The man said the woman was his
wife, and told the story Merritt Is
held on u charge of drunkenness.
The woman was over Jealous in her
denial of the trouble, Sergeant Me-
Gam met Sergeant Herman and told
him of the case and the latter met
the woman short time afterwards.
When she saw the officer approaching
she did not give him time to ask her
anything. but at once assured him
that she had not been drowned, had
not been in the water at all and that
she had not been with any man that
night She was not arrested, though
the police say she was also somewhat
wet on the inside instead Of the eX-
terror.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-16

Whether Andrew d. Parker of
Brooklyn. n. Y, Yale 1902, shall have
TO pay $4,000 for the consequences of
an accident in which he and his au-
topobile figured, was the question
considered by Judge Reed and a Jury
in the civil side of the superior court,
yesterday.
The plaintiff in the case Is Joseph
Meagher, boss plumber who lives
in Campbell avenue, West Haven.
On August 81, 1905, Meagher was
run into by the automobile. driven by
Parker, Just as he had alighted from
a trolley car at Campbell avenue and
Lester street
DR.. George r. Converse, who at
tended Meagher after the accident
was the first witness and testified for
the splaintiff yesterday He stated
that he found Meagher unconscious.
condition in which he remained for
three days.
The injured man had bad wound
on his head and broken rib The
physician said he had attended
Meagher periodically since. The
patient, he said, has lost his senses of
smell and taste, and the sense of hear
ing In one ear.
Meaghcr, the plaintiff testified, mar
rating the circumstances of the acct
dent
He said that after getting off the car
he had not taken two steps before he
was struck by the automobile, which
had given no warning, He also told
bout the indrmities 1t is alleged he
suffers.
Other witnesses who were passen-
ger on the car were John Hart and
1sadore LIGHTER.
EX-Judge Robertson and Eliot
Watrous are counsel for the defend
ant. DR.. Rand will testify as an OK
pert for the defense.
DR.. Harold Barnes, a graduate of
the Long Island College hospital, was
put on the stand during the afternoon
He told how the accident happened as
far as he could describe 1t. He was
with the defendant in the auto at
the time.
The court adjourned the case about
o'clock until next Thursday because
a witness who was to testify was not
present in court. At the request of
counsel the case went over.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-16
Trolley Road Sued Again.

In the court of common pleas yes
terday afternoon before Judge Isaac
Wolfe and a jury the case Of Joseph
Gregg vs.. The Consolidated Railway
company was heard. The counsel was
Arvine & Woodruff for the plaintiff
and Watrous & Day for the lefend-
ant company, The plaintiff vas SUI
ing to recover 5000 for injuries re-
ceived by his horse and wagon in Il
collision with one of the cars of the
company on Whalley avenue, near
Norton street, on November 80 last.
The case went over until next Tues
day Another suit with the same par
ties Is now pending in which personal
injuries are the cause of action, large
damages being asked.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-16

Jail sentences of ten days were i'm
posed by Judge Tyner of the rollce
court yesterday in the case OF the
Misses Rose Quinn and Lulu Kirby.
whose little stroll about town after
midnight Saturday resulted in their
arrest for being on the streets ut un-
timely hours. The judge remarked In
passing sentence that severe punish
mcnt Was necessary to clear the street
of young girls at night. With the
development that James Harrigan, the
student who was arrested with them
had don, little more than to CALAMITY
offer them the use Of an autom >5ile
in which he was riding, when he came
upon the girls in their flight, the
charge against him was declared off,
The girls Immediately took IN APP
peal through their counsel, Attorney
John f. Wynne. Bonds OF $40 We're
furnished by Peter j. McNerney. Both
are twenty years old and good look
ing They live on East chapel street,
Miss Kirby at No. 179 and Miss Quinn
at No. so.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-16
FoMlcr Estnte. S20.GiN.

The inventory Of the estate Of
Charles II, Fowler, the we'll known
lawyer, who died recently, AMI who
resided at 205 Whalley avenue, was
filed in the probate court yesterday
morning. The entire estate was found
to be worth $29,6466i. There was
$1,000 in real estate s3,4SO.iO , per-
sonal property. Chooses IN action
was nearly all mortgage holding with
the exception of few government
bonds, amounted to $l9.916.54. There
was an insurance of $1,000 ncld In
two different companies, The appras-
ers were James Il. Fowler OF East Ha-
ven and Frank r.. Bollman, George
D, Fowler Is executor OF the estate.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-16
SWEEPING, Def,

tEldorado kan Republican,
Dr Allan McLane Hamilton, alienist,
who IL home from Europe, says the
people of this country have no idea OF
the widespread lack of confidence the
Old World has In this more or loss hap
py land. Wen, who In thunder cares
what they think about us and ours?
We're II not for this country thousands
of people In the old country would die
of starvation daily Europe cannot
raise a crop of peanuts without Ameri-
as plows, and they would not have q
shirt to their backs without Americas
cotton, while half Of them would GO
barefooted but for American shoes.
And II the iupudent Holsters think we
won't lTht they better try us, Ameri-
ca can turn all Europe hatless, coatless
shirtlcsR, barefooted, and barelegged
IN six months white starving them TO
death, and # would not take us many
months to whale Tho dnNlishts out Of
them just to restore confidence.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-16
APPEAL in FISK CASE
Judge Robertson Says the Suit
Will be Carried to High
est Court.
CARMALT APPEAL. TOO
Greek Candy Men Dlschargcd--Glrl
strollers Sent to Jall--othcr
Court News.

EN-Judge A. lIeaton Robertson,
when asked what would be tho final
disposition of the Fisk appeal aase, In
which Judge Roraback handed a YER
diet the day before for $4,000, the
largest verdict ever handed down In
the superior court, said yesterday that
the decision of the Judge would surely
be appealed from to the highest court
IN the land ~ need be. He said he
believed the Fisk estate, for whi2h he
appeared as counsel with Stoddard &
Goodhart, had a good case and can
win out ultimately even yet.
If the case Is contested In this way
1t promises we'll to be a historical one
In the history Of Connecticut ,itiga-
ton. The amount at stake Is large
one.
Ely, Zacher & Ely appeared for
the plaintiffs In the case. The plain
tiffs were Louis a. Fisk of Bradford
and Leonard d. Fisk of Hartford. The
suit Is over the estate Of the late Eu-
gene Fisk. 1t Is claimed that It
should go to the children of his first
wife instead of the children Of the
second wife.