The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-06-10

shed. her back broken and her hull
left dangling over one edge. In this
position the crew and passengers,
rudely shaken but not seriously in
jured, were left helpless until fire
brigade, hurriedly summoned to the
scene, ran their ladders to the top of
the balloon shed and pulled the ma
rooned ones out of the wreck.
The Brussels paper, The Peuple,
states it has learned from an authori-
tative source that serious Royalist
plot against the Portuguese Republic
is now being organized. The plotters
are anxious not to move without
reasonable chance of success, and are
seeking to raise funds to cover the cost
of military expedition, which will
start from Vigo, Spain, and enter Por-
tugal at Oporto, where the conspira-
tors have sympathizers in the garri-
son. The Journal adds that repre-
sentative of financial group, which
has already collected 100000 pounds
Isl ,000,000) for the purpose, is now in
Brussels, where he is interviewing
various financial personages, to whom
he is offering mining and railway con-
cessions in Portugal, should the ex-
petition be successful.
Germans are thoroughly taken by
surprise at the disclosure that the
Washington administration has sub
mitted the Anglo-American arbitra-
ton treaty simultaneously to the
Government of France at the latter's
request. The Berliner Tageblatt wants
to know what there is in German
American relations to have prevented
the German Government from seeking
to make the proposed English agree
ment the basis of an understanding
with the United States, as the French
Government has done.
North Dakota has another fire in
surance organization, effected by the
retail merchants of the state. 1t is
mutual and controlled entirely by the
retailers. J. T. Nelson, of Glen Ullin,
was chosen president, w. w. King of
Tower City is secretary and J. D.
Dahl of Fargo is manager. The head
quarters will be in Fargo.
One of the biggest railway mergers
of recent years, involving the Great
Northern and Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy railways, a total of $1,000
miles of line, was reported as being in
prospect last week. The report came
as the result of an announcement by
James J. Hill in ST. Paul of the execu-
ton of a $6OO,OO0,0OO first and refund
ing mortgage covering the bond issues
of the two roads. The Great Northern
proposes to take over the Northern
Pacific's interest in the Burlington.
Ninety-seven per cent of the Burling-
toms capital stock, OR $1G7, 613 900,
was acquired jointly in 1901 by the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
at 5000 share and deposited with
the Standard Trust Company of New
York as collateral for an issue of
s215, 227, 900 per cent bonds, due 1921
and guaranteed jointly by the two
companies. Mr.. Hills statement de-
clares that of the $6OO,0OO,O 900, $780,
100000 is to be used for refunding
like amount of outstanding obligations
of the company, which would include
the Great Northern's bond issue of
$10O, 100000 and the Burlington issue
also.
June commenced auspiciously in Du-
luth, Mimi, with the convention of
the Minnesota Development Associa-
ton, which was held in the Armory
On June 1st. The program was the
most comprehensive yet prepared for
convention of the association and
dealt with variety of subjects i'm
portant in the development of the
State. Governor A. O. Eberhart adj
dressed the convention on the subject
of Estate Development" Settling of
Minnesota" was the theme enlarged
upon by Right Reverend James Nc
Golrich, Bishop of Duluth.
w. J. Price, one of the unsuccessful
bidders for the filtration plant in Far
| ings May 81 against the city council
and James Kennedy, the successful
contractor. Price, who is a member
of the Legislature from Fargo and
the head of a local firm, alleges that
the advertisement for bids was not
properly worded; that the contract
was illegally let, as the council made
still further changes with Kennedy,
who was the lowest original bidder,
and that the council exceeded author
ity in letting contract for sum that
exceeded its bond issue and visible
cash on hand to pay for the work:
| The filtration plant has been long de-
layed through different sources, and
Fargo people were congratulating
themselves that fine water supply
was in sight. The injunction case
may hang up construction for year.