The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-10-07

Hancock, Jefferson, Neal and other
schools have been well represented \
It is estimated that there were TO-
900 persons at the four registration
points, Gregory, Dallas, Chamberlain
and Rapid City, awaiting the opening
of the registration ON October /. Five
hundred thousand acres Of Mellette
county land appraised by government
experts at from rs cents to So per acre
will be awarded to the lucky winners
Of the drawing, which is one Of the
biggest ever undertaken in the United
States.
The first blow in the Turko-Italian
war was struck by Italy within "a
hours of the declaration Of hostilities.
Italian warships under the command
of the Duke d'Abruzzi bombarded the
Turkish seaport Of Preyesa, destroyed
the government houses there and dis
abled a Turkish torpedo boat.
A report submitted by the Great
Northern to the New York Stock Elk
change shows that the company for
the fiscal year ended June 80 last had
available dividends equal to 1874 per
cent on the $209,981,8 75 capital stock,
as compared with SAT per cent for the
previous year. The balance for divi-
dends amounted to $17,516,927, de-
crease of $274,898 from the year pre-
vious, leaving a surplus of $2,818,338,
decrease Of $274,824, compared with
the year previous
The bronze statue of Parnell, one of
the finest achievements of the great
sculptor Augustus st. Gaudens, which
has been erected largely through sub
scriptions by American admirers, was
unveiled in Dublin on October / by
John E. Redmond, leader of the Irish
parliamentary party.
Throughout the Hartman and Illi-
nois Central systems from Chicago to
the Pacific coast the order to the shop
men to strike at 10 o'clock on Septem-
Der 80 was generally obeyed and union
leaders estimated that over $4,000 men
were out.
The gross earnings of the Mime
apolis & st. Louis for August were
$412,545, decrease of .$20,755 from
August, 1910. The expenses and taxes
were $309,116 a decrease of $6,409.
On September 80 the Turkish Gov
eminent addressed another appeal to
the powers, expressing panied sur
prise at Italy's action in declaring war
and saying that there is still time to
prevent the disastrous and evil effects
of a war which nothing in the attitude
of the Turkish empire justif1es. The
porte appeals to the peaceful humani-
tartan and friendly sentiments of the
powers to assist in convincing Italy of
the conciliatory intentions of Turkey.
and so prevent the useless shedding
Of blood and grief to thousands of
families
Since the Introduction of modern
methods in the Minnesota state prison.
nearly twenty years ago, many
changes have been made, the latest
being in the clothing worn by the con-
victs. In the past few days the gray
and checked uniforms have been dis
carded for natty looking khaki suit,
the only distinction to be noticed be-
tween the first and second grade in
mates being that the first grade men
have chevrons, while the second grade
suit is plain. The third grade inmates
wear the old striped suits and there is
so much contrast as to make it an in
centive for the lily behaved inmates to
improve their conduct. Light khaki
suits are to be furnished for the sum-
mer and heavier suits of the same kind
of goods for winter.
Four hundred thousand citizens Of
the Ottoman empire living in the
United States may be called upon to
furnish an army of fighting men to
take the field against the Italians, ac-
cording to declaration made by
Dgelal Bey, the new Turkish consul
general at New York. Dgelal Bey said
there were $4,000 Turkish subjects liv-
ing in New York City, or about one
eighth of the entire number of Turks
in the United States. "Such call is
entirely possible" he said. "It would
be issued by the Ottoman embassy at
Washington"
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