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Postmaster Holds Paper


The Record vas taken 10 the post
oflee By Brown Friday night IL
fairly sizzled With an exposure of the
crooked gambling conducted IN rhe
roadway BY a notorious gang Il tola
OF iuSidsnts n which young men rad
been heecsd AZ the roulette whesL II
Hayed Constable Robert Carroll a.s
called FOR immediate action. Wien
Postmaster Wight saw the article he
decided that the papers should not 20
out
Yesterday morning subscribers 20 the
Record eOmpiained rhzt they had nor
received their pspers- Editor Brown
began an investigation and il led him
% the poSsO1ee-
Say George he demanded o. wfzas.
how dfd Il happen that my subscribers
failed % get their papers,
That article % yours put ne In a
hi cf a hole answered the posrras-
ter Brown thsreupon demanded tha-
his papers De sent 0ut and Wight prom
ised shat they would 90 this morning
Wight was somewhat disturbed ovs-
the occurrence -Iase night and ofrersd
another explanation FOR his failure %
send the papers out
The COIma Record he said mas
been owned ard conducted Tor some
tine By William silver. who. I thought
stiu had an interest IN the paper. ana
II was upon his request that il was NOT
sent ont Il has been the practice 10
turn the copies for the mail over %
me and I would pay the postage out 0s
ny own pocket and send them our.
have always done this as an accOmuo-
dation. expecting 20 De paid back later.
PoStmaster's Explanation
The Record was brought in as usual
Friday Hight- No postage was paid.
They were Just turned over TO ne. A
short time after silver came over and
told ne not 70 send the papers out
believed he was ssflI interested In she
paper There had been no settIsmenr
for the postage. ard therefore dSd n0t
send them ont"
The source OF the dirsrenes LES in
Browns attack upon the gamblers. VINO
have been able 70 operate armoIsstsd
under the eyes OF COnsSzbls Carroll and
Wight his deputy The games are con
ducrsd by ring az ths head OF which
is John B EduOnds. recently accused
OF shaking down a victim from Ore
gon- II was only a Few days ago thar
Ben Funge. n cowboy. vas heecsd ot 81
by the gang He made sz1eh n vigorous
demand for the return of ths money and
backed up his demands with such en-
srgy thar go was returned 70 aim 4
victim OF last Tuesday was not 50 for
tunate- After losing $50 he was told 20
put Up SIS more. with ths assurance
that hs would win s5ee- He did. and IRE
SIS followed the $50
In his attack upon the gambling ring
Editor Brown hzs offended the whole
force of eOnsrzbles OF tne upper srd u
the peninsula He intends 20 force tss
issue BY taking the natter to the postal
..--.r-.,--s-fs.-
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Executive Listens With Good
Nature TO NaturaIist's Frantic
Shrek OF 'SacriIege'
San Francisco Need Not Fear
for the Hetch Hetchy Water
Supply Project
Arguments About Dissertation
Weigh Little as Against the
Necessity of Community
g - : "a. -


r. PORTAL. Oct s.-That President
Taft las not been convinced BY
the arguments against the use By
san Francisco of-the Hetch Hetehy
valley as water supply. which John
Muir. the naturalist and gide Of the
president. has invariably been slipping
II between dissertations on big trees
ara rocky peaks. became apparent to
CAY
President Tstt has shown amused
tolerance Of MuIr's emphatic views
snd. in fact. has twitted the naturalist
50 uzztIy that Muir became exasper-
s-eE TO-DAY while coming down a trail
and exclaimed -Oh. I guess the rascals
vii E=r IL IN the end
TIE -rascsIs- OF Auir's ehaacterizz-
tion means the cit yof san Francisco.
Muir Will Meet BaIIinger
BIT there is ssIve for the exaspera-
ton az John Muir. for tonight the
president directed him to meet Secre-
rary BaHiuger here Monday and 20 into
tie Hetch Hetchy valley wLth, him
when he looks over the grounds OF
san Frsnciseo-s project The seatf-
mental views which Muir entertafns
o. tie subject are as welI known 10
Bzlnugsr as they are 10 President
Taft and ID is Believed trey san be
easily discounted
President Taft VIII leave a letter for
Secretary BaHfngsr conveying his re-
gc-sst that John Malr accompany him
iaro the EEetch Hetchy-
The question OF san F-rzuufsco's water
supply in relation 70 the Ffeeh Hstchy
dan size has come uD for frequent dis
ouss1en IN the presidential party. Muir
Slowing an enthusiastic readiness 10
oppose The project. while other mem
b-rs Of rhe party favored the grant OF
water rights 70 san Francisco. During
tAe hottest or the arguments the presi-
dent would listen attentIvelr. but smil-
ing
Muir Denounced the project as sac
rllege he insisted that the Yosemite
and the adjacent Hetch Hetchy valleys
were places in which to say ones pray
ers. and should not be used for com
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EDITORIAL

The maa vita the fixed idea Page 50
The ouineus hush in Earppe- Page %
Adopting barbar9us civilization Page 50
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-10
Spends Strenuous Hour

The hour spent on the Marfposa be-
tween the moment the newspapermen
boarded the vessel in the stream an the
steamer locked was strenuous one for
the society woman After lodging back
and forth around the deck she retreated
10 the captains bridge Positive orders
forbid any passenger from treadlng
these sacred points. but Mrs. Bruguiere
was allowed TO remain there while car
ryIug on a conversation with the men
below. Finally she escaped down the
gangpEank and away into a waiting
carriage
Attorney P. E ZabaIa Of Salinas. who
fled the suit at Salinas was awaiting
his client at the dock He rushed on
the boat and embraced Emil Jr.. and
provided for the disposition OF the lug
gage while Mrs Brugufere was being
hurried to the St Francis
4 am going 10 open UP the home at
Monterey and live a very secluded life
there until my divorce has been Sc
cured. Mrs Bruguiere explained.
Then. after December. there viii come
a trip to the orient possibly in a char
tered szeamer. with party and along
the China coast
~of course. will go to Salinas when
the suit comes up. but that, I am sure.
will be merely a formaitty All the
property questions have been settled.
and also the question Of a contest.
There will be none
Il desire only TO be allowed to live
a very quiet life After fling the d.
yorce suit / went TO Arizona and lived
for months IS miles from any town. re-
siding with my brother. and I was as
happy as have ever been Then 1
heard that the news of the divorce had
become public and I went 10 Tahiti I
would be there now were II not for the
fact that my husband communicated
10 me that he wished TO see our child :
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE kEARNY IS
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TODAY

SUNDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1893
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Property Agreement Made

Property Agreement Made
The divorce suit will not be with
drawn. Mrs. Brugufere said. but will
be allowed TO take its course I start
for Monterey tomorrow. but October
IS viii be at salinas when the suit
is called. It viii not be contested All
the property rights have been settled
out OF court. and the matter Is prac-
italy Al an end
Bruguiere does not state positively
that he viii not contest the suit. but
declares it a matter Tor deIiberatIon.
He leaves the Impression that ths suit
viii not be contested
e Ight months ago Mrs Bruguiere,
who is a daughter OF Charles Short
ridge OF san Jose and a niece Of sam
vel Shortrldge, instituted the divorce
action at Salinas. alleging cruelty. and
the suit did not become public until
five months later. Mrs Brugufere then
left for Tahiti To escape the publicity
which followed the disruption of the
family ties. and did not return. as she
says. until the agreement I have made
with my husband regarding the time
each OF US shall have our child forced
me 70 bring the baby back
Rumors Of attentions paid Mrs. Bru-
guiere in Tahiti by Marquis Lombard.
an officer Of the French cruiser ZeIes.
which is now lying at Papete. arrived
OF the Mariposa. together with gayIy
embossed sword among Mrs Bru-
guiere's baggage, that gossip said. was
recently the property Of the dashing
navy man That this is so the society
woman fatty denies She declares the
sword is merely q remembrance OF
very pleasant time she had. and that it
never aided in the adorument of the
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contlnaed ON rsse Is csluma 8
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lame back, brought on by excuses, I'M
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without any additional help or medi-
cine-that 1 think every man who
wishes to regain his manly power and
virility, quickly and quietly, should have
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charge, in plain, ordinary sealed en-
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for it.
This prescription comes from a physi-
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men and 1 am convinced it is the
est-acting combination for the cure
of deficient manhood and vigor failure
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81 think I owe it to my fellow man
to send them a copy in confidence so
that any man anywhere who is weak
and discouraged with repeated failures
may stop drugging himself with harm
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doctors would charge $500 to $500 for
merely writing out a prescription like
this-but ! send it entirely free,
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From Mondays caIiv.

From Mondays Geiiv.
Mrs. Ellen Williams Pugh, wife of
Senator Thomas NJ. Pugh, passed away
at the family residence at Duluth at
seven o'clock last night, death being
due to cancer, from which disease Mrs.
Pugh has been sufferer for nearly a
year Mrs. Pugh was born in Oneida
county, near Utica, n. Y, and came to
Minnesota in 1858. She was the daugh-
ter of Robert R. and Winifred Williams
and would have been sixty four years
of age had she lived until next Febru-
airy. She was married on Jan. 80, 1868,
to Thomas NJ. Pugh, who with two
married sons, Edward and John Pugh,
survive her. Other remaining members
of her family are a sister, Mrs. Jen-
ME Lake of Madison, S. D., and two
brothers, w. R. Williams of Mime
opa Falls and John Williams of Min
netapolis.
Mrs. John A. Pugh of Clark street
received message this morning stat
ing that the funeral would take place
on Tuesday afternoon at Duluth and
that the remains would be shipped
to Minneopa for burial.
The funeral party will reach Mime
opa on the train that passes through
Mankato at 1890 a. M, Wednesday
morning. The services viii be held i'm
mediately upon their arrival. Rev. w.
E. Evans will conduct them.
Mrs. Pugh was possessed of many
excellent qualities of mind and heart
which endeared her to large circle
of friends and acquaintance. She was
a devoted wife and model mother,
whosewhose home life was ideal
Mrs. Pugh was well and favorably
known in Blue Earth county and
Southern Minnesota She was before
her illness an active worker in the
Welsh church and a most devout Chris
tian woman. She was kind of heart
and her many charitable deeds will
ever be remembered by those who were
the recipients of her bounty.
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EXAMINATION FOR FORESTERS.
Uncle Sam Is Seeking Services of
Sturdy Young Men.

Washington, Oct. 25.-An examina-
ton to fill vacancies in the ranger
force on one hundred and forty-iline
national forests in twentyone states
and territories, including Alaska, will
be held today and tomorrow. From
this examination it is expected that
500 appointments will be made. This
examination will be held at each for
est supervisors headquarters in the
national forest states and territories,
including Arkansas, Minnesota, Mich
igan and Florida, which are the most
easterly states having national for
ests.
The rapid development of the nation
al forests is making continually in
creasing demands upon those engaged
in their management, and men with
ability to assume responsibility and
serve in supervisory capacities are in
demand. The more responsible posi-
lions on national forests are filled by
promotion from lower grades, so that
any one entering as a ranger is eligi-
BILE for promotion to any of the more
responsible and higher paid places,
including that of forest supervisor.
Only men who are at least twenty
one years of age, not more than forty,
of good character, temperate and in
good physical condition are eligible to
take this examination. The salary
paid to beginners is 5000 year.
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Nearly years either stroke Of apopzy
something he failed rapidly He
sious during three days preceding his death
t @ WAS and n was the youngest of three children He came
followed religious beliefs of the Friends and he MIN
belief He raised and his early education
was s'iF0 III INC ENTERED Enter THE MILITARY SERVICE
When the Civil broke out Mr. Thomas enlisted July 3D. 1861
regiment afterwards became the Ninety ninth Regiment Pennsylvania voun.
Philip and Keameys d
d before ordered the He then offered discharge
Charlottesville Gettysburg, Cap Wilderness
Wa" a h a su @ h thus enda ai N a e0
He orderly sergeant of his when last wounded He
an but could not be mustered this commission because of disability
Ass W." iss4 fro" service " the expiration Of his time Of enlistment
county county,
bar He removed NanatO Mn 1871 where he resided that
post department
i'm 1885, and became department commander the department Of Minnesota
wards Two daughters born them Misses Mabel Alice Thomas
PROFESSION.
Besides being member Wik post Colonel Thomas member
S mpA s s S and n was member Sto Of c the Blue s Earth
position that he has ned almost its
Lancaster PENN with Judge D and for
this time l. whbun
n nn of 1 Mn cn. ra s became Of the leading firms
that of an active court practitioner and enjoyed reputation
he waspa particularly fond of. "' ''''"''s 'H"'
Colonel Thomas took ho M AFFAIRS financed a " d ae ea"h
profitable
also chosen president of the
frequently sought business affairs and
WAS A MOST AFFABLE
Who easivm
friends did in
and succeeded accmuaing
ways liberal and public spirited
was as go his bond His tastes domestic
called
that his fellow ownsmen noted his death causes GEN.
Funeral services will be held the residence tomorrow
afternoon ana Will be charge Wikm
nance WI" preach the sermon The remains will
or the old nome Penn HILL PENN no
inferred IN the Friends buyng
IL the request OF the family that there
' ~ NV 'e"Ss
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BROTHERHOOD IN SESSION.
Baptist Organization Had the Right
of-Way; the Officers.

Winona, Oct. 23.-The State Bap.
list Brotherhood had the right of way
at the convention yesterday Herbert
M. Bierce, president of the organiza,
ton, made his report. He referred to
the recent naturalization of the bro
therhood and said it was primarily the
agency through which the Christian
man expresses himself in all efforts
and activities requiring Christian en-
deavor.
Baptists, he said, were the first
among federative brotherhoods to Gre
ate state organization, and Minnesota
was the first to organize after Indiana
which was the brotherhood itself. New
brotherhood had been formed during
the year at Rochester, Anoka, Detroit
breckenridge, First Duluth and Wood
land Park, st. Paul. At meeting OF
the executive committee of the nation
al organization, Minnesota was select
ed as the model brotherhood organiza
tion.
Rev. w. E. Loucks reported for the
committee on city organization recon-
mending separate organizations in Min
neapolis and st. Paul.
Rev. J. HI. Carsten reported for the
committee on associated organizations,
recommending the incorporation of a
form of associate organization
Rev. J. M. Nixon of Minneapolis, re-
ported for the committee on the state
brotherhood conference, recommending
such conference, interdenominational
in character, to be held some time each
winter, the cooperation of other broth,
erhoods to be sought.
Officers were then elected as follows:
President, Herbert M. Bierce, Winona
vice presidents, j. S. Kirtley, d. d., Du-
luth; j. c. Barnes, Jr., st. Paul; DR.
L. w. Armstrong, Breckenridge; secre-
tary, j. r. Holman, Albert Lea; treas
urer. o. H. Freeman, Minneapolis.
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New York. Oct 25.-To settle final
ly in the public mind the rival claims
of Peary and Cook is the object of
mighty movement that has been set
on foot in this city today. Backed
by the people of the entire nation and
the four millions of this town sitting
as committee of the whole, this or
ganized inquiry is to be headed by all
the scientific societies, arctic clubs and
geographical authorities that recognize
the right of the public to an immediate
solution of the polar problem. Warm
friends and bitter partisans of both
explorers are today being united in
this call for a speedy settlement of
their controversy here, and within q
few weeks it is expected that definite
plans for the test by tribunal will be
announced. Meanwhile DIR. Cook is
engrossed in lecturing his way about
the country and nothing is heard from
Lieutenant Peary except the platform
praises of Matt Henson, his black man
Friday. Unless its people are soon
shown the facts in the much'mooted
matter Gotham is prepared to dismiss
the achievements of both pole hunters
as dull, dreary farce.
Political Peepshops.
Never in its history has this city
seen as bewildering and comic city
campaign as that which is today whirl-
ing about town. More than a million
dollars is calculated as being spent
here at present to give the people
some slight chance of at least getting
peep at the men for whom they must
vote. Barnard in his bank, Gaynor on
the bench and Hearst among his news
paper copy singers had been known
only to the few of their profession
before the bosses trotted them out to
bid for the votes of millions who never
saw them. Today the party leaders are
wildly waving the public gaze toward
the men whom they have made to head
their tickets and the voters are dunn
ly following the fracas with little real
interest in the issue. With popular
apathy recorded in an enrolment
shrunken by many thousands, even the
professional politicians are beginning
to read the plain lesson of this mock
campaign. The people of the party
ranks must be given voice in their
nominations by direct primary, they
admit, before another such face can
be perpetrated here.
/ Panic in Pastry.
With every eclair and tart factory
working over time to make up for the
detection of the strikers, who ordi-
narily turn out $4,000 pies for the pa
lates of New Workers each day, a
pie panic has this week been averted
by the importation of tons of scab
pies from the neighboring country.
Facing this pastry problem at every
lunch counter about town, the pie re-
tailers declare today that they can
appease their frantic customers little
longer if the pie works of this island
are not at once freed from the ter
rible tie up and the wheels of this
essential industry set in motion. Go
than has endured much of late years !;
but the impending pie famine seems
almost more than her hungry hosts
can even contemplate.
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POLEQU|zENDFUSS
PEARY-COOK CONTROVERSY IS,
REALLY TIRESOME.

Bewildering and Comic Municipal Cam
paign New in Progress in New
York City; More Than a Million
Dollars Is Calculated AS Being
Spent in the Political Peepshows;
Panic in Pastry; Notes of Gotham.
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GREEN SELLS HIS NEWSPAPER
Disposes of The News to the New
Ulm Publishing Company.

j. j. Green has disposed of The
New Ulm News to the New Ulm Pub
fishing company and the paper will be
consolidated with The New Ulm Re.
view. The deal was contaminated to-
day.
Mr.. Green is among the pioneer edi-
tors of the state. He has been editor
of The News for eighteen years. Prior
to that time he conducted newspapers
in ST. Peter and LIE Sueur. He will
probably go to st. Peter to live. He
disposed of The News for 5000. He
retains the Prouty newspaper press and
iobber Mr.. Green has earned rest.
He is about eighty years of age.
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And every woman is proud of her
husband-for a time.
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Friday. October 20, 1909
VETERAN OF THE WAR AND A
PIONEER IS GONE TO HIS reward

Colonel William Thorn
as passed away at ten
o'clock Sunday fore
noon, after a long i'll
ness. His death oc-
CURED at his home, 7l2
South Broad street, and
was not unexpected.
While it was due to a
general breakdown, the
immediate cause was
cerebral effusion. He
began to fail as far
back as 1901, when his
eyesight became i'm
paired, and a year later
he lost his sight. This
was a serious misfor-
tune, as he was very
fond of reading, and it
was really over indul-
gence in this that led
to the loss of mis- sight.
That same summer he
was thrown from a
carriage and was in
iured in such a man
ner that he gradually
grew increasingly help
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Johnson Will Hearing.

st. Paul, Oct. pa hearing was
held today on the petition of Mrs.
John A. Johnson, widow of the late
Governor of Minnesota, for the APP
pointment of Justice Thomas d. o.
Brien, of tine Supreme Court, and
Frederick B. Lynch as general adj
ministrators of the Johnson estate,
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DULUTH HORSES ARE AFFLICTED.
Stricken Suddenly With a Disease Re-
sembling "Pink Eve"

Duluth Oct. 26.-More than third
of Duluth's horse population, it is
estimated, is on the sick list, and the
number is rapidly growing. The cpl
demic is city WIDEN its proportions
and is serious, though not often ia
tai in its ravages.
The disease is either "pink eye,''
"opthalamia," typhoid fever" or Sin
fluenza." Veterinarians are not agreed
on a diagnosis of the ailment. Some
contend it is contagious. Others in.
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BOILER IN BREWERY EXPLODED
One Man Killed; Another Injured;
nararo Jc S25 O00

Milwaukee, Oct. 25.-The boiler in
the power house of the Pabst brewery
exploded today, killing Fred Stern, and
injuring another man, probably fatally,
and causing damage in the sum of
S25,
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sist that it is merely infectious and
that if the animals are segregated it
will soon disappear.
The sickness descends upon its vic
tins with startling suddenness. An
owner may leave a perfectly sound
horse at hitching post, only to return
an hour later to find him shivering
in cold perspiration like human
being with an ague, tears from weak
eyes streaming down his face and his
knees wobbly with weakness.
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Real Estate Transfers.

August Shostag to Otto L. F. Kam-
merer, south % feet of lot four, block
eighteen, Mankato, for $3.50