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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-11-01
Gas Kills Aqed Couple,

Deniel Herman, seventy-six years
old, whose wife died of asphyxiation
q day before at their home in West
st. Paul, also succumbed to coal gas
fumes at st. Pauls German hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman were overcome
by gas from defective stove.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-11-01
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Oct. 2S-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. hard. $1.0S%; No.
Northern, $1.O7%; No. 2 Northern,
$1.05%; Dec, $1.06%; May, $1.1ON
Flax-On track and in store, $2.2Ok;
to arrive, s2.1Sk; Oct, $2.20h; Nov,
$2.1Sh; Dec, $2.15k; May, $2.131I.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-11-01
Two Plead Guilty to Murder.

Atanas Lazoff and Costa Nickoloff,
the two Mecedonians who were ar
rested on Sept. 6, suspected of the
murder of John Witanoff on the night
of Sept. 3, in box car at Prior Lake,
were arraigned at Shakopee on an in
dictment charging murder in the first
degree. The defendants entered pleas
of guilty as charged and were SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment at Still
water.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1911-11-01
Jealousy Cause Of Shooting.

Frank Mccormick, a switchman for
merly employed by the Twin City
Rapid Transit company, shot his
wife twice through the head while at
the Bethel hotel in St. Paul. Jeal-
ousy, occasioned by the fact that the
woman has been attending dances
without her husband, is given by the
police as the motive. The woman's
condition is critical.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26
TAFT" CAPTURES KANSAS

Taft has captured" so-called In
surgent' Kansas. /; was an easy vic
tory too. The fact Is Kansas isn't
'insurging" as much az many people
have been led TO believe The crowds
that have greeted the president in tina,
state have been the largest and among
the most enthusiastic OF his trip TO
ds'e, and Nr. Taft has been given as
81 nee BY the state Republican chair
man and others that the Kansas delega-
ton In the next national convention
Of the Republican party will be solid
D. for him. Nowhere has the president
been received with more friendliness
and evidences Of sincere support than
IN the sunhOwer state. And the fact
that Governor Stubs. and Senator'S
Curtis and Bristow. who belong TO the
-Insurgent" faction. are uniting with
TIE people Of Kansas in warmly well
coming the president would seem to-
show that when Mr.. Taft is renom-
mated az he surely will be, the Rep lb-
hcsn party will be united for his re-
election. Insurgents" stand Pa
tsrs' and Middle of the r ,aders
viii get together against IN. com
mon enemy" at election tim. IN
surgency'' will cement the breach be-
cause II will be the common sense
thing to do Splitting the parry by
knitting It's candidate at the polls and
electing a Democrat would be foolish
politics on part Of the insurgents"
and akin to political suicide Cor them.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26
BOBBY" RENWicK.

Bobby Renwick, the star pitcher Of
the Calumet baseball team. will bs
given a "try-out' next spring by
Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chi
cago American league club. Apparent
ly Renwick has the making Of a biz
league pitcher. He is comparatively
young in the game. but has speed
curves and control and conducts him
self admirably on the diamond. using
excellent judgment and fielding his po-
sion splendidly Renwick comes from
a family Of pitchers and the name of
"Renwick" i'm Calumet is quickly asso-
ciated with baseball the pitchers posi-
ton in particular. The Renwicks in
baseball hereabouts have always made
good, and the younger generation now
coming up promises to sustain the
family reputation and even extend IL
In the realm OF the national game.
Comiskey is wise in deciding to give
Bobby Renwick chance The owner
OF the White Sox has everything to
gain and nothing To lose. II won't
cost him anything because the young
man Is willing TO be tried out on his
merits without the necessity OF Comis-
key purchasing him. Renwick. under
the careful training and watchful eye
of Comiskey. may prove a find" for
the Chicago Americans. All Calumet
hopes 50. and the fans" will follow his
work with great interest next spring.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26
ITALY REACHES OUT.

Europe's real southern boundary was
not. will not, and ought not to be the
Mediterranean. Europe really stops AT
that sea Of sand. the Desert Of Sahara.
The true Africa only commences with
the Sudan What we style the Bar
barry states, Morocco. Algiers, Tunis
and Tripoli. are separated from Africa,
by this desert. across which commune
cation has been possible only by DIM
cult caravan routes. But the ports
from Tangier TO Tunis lie open to ships
across the smiling Mediterranean.
Thus Europe today is engaged in res
cuing the Barbary states, not from
Africa, but from Asia.
These reflections are induced by the
cable which announces that Italy con-
templates reducing her theoretical
.oyerlordship OF Tripoli to actual pos
session. Turkish suzerainty will dis
appear, as It has practically disappear
ed In Egypt
Tunis. lying one hundred miles
southwest Of Sicily, is naturally an
oversee possession OF Italy. which had
so regarded II. But Bismarck at the
Congress Of Berlin in 1873 secured Flu
ropes tacit permission for France to
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26
MONOPOLY AND EARNINGS.

Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner
of corporations, yesterday submitted
to the department of Commerce and
Labor Part II OF report on the to-
bacco Industry dealing with earnings.
capitalization and investment.
The report shows the vast earning
power that arises from substantial
control Of a large industry. The great
tobacco combination, which centers
round the American Tobacco company.
started in 1890 with $25 200, 600 capital
ization, operating only i'm cigarettes.
BY 1903 IL controlled about four fiftns
OF the whole domestic tobacco indus
try. except cigars. and It's net capital
ization exceeded $4,000 900, This
concentration is the basis of the com
binatlon's great earning power High
rates of earnings have gone with mon
opolistic control of the industry, and
the less the degree Of control the less
the rate
In 1890 the combinations earnings
were over Is per cent on the actual in
vestment They rose in 1891 TO more
than Fl per cent. IL was then oporat-
ing principally. and with a practical
monopoly, in cigarettes. In 1895 came
expansion into other branches, a keen
competitive struggle. and "A sharp drop
In earnings. But by 1900 the combina-
tons broad domination Of the whole
industry took effective shape. Its
earnings from that date cover the
great bulk of the industry. In 1901
they were 10 per cent, In 1903 over i6
per cent, and from 1904 to 1903 the
average was 10 per cent. or s31 zoo. 900
yearly.
This was the earning power of sub
stantial monopoly. the result of the
concentration above stated.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.


Chief Justice Ira &. Jones of the
South Carolina supreme court. has
resigned from the bench to become a
candidate for governor.
Daniel w. Lawler. Former mayor Of
st. Paul, has announced himself as IA
Democratic candidate for the seat Of
Knute Nelson of the United States
senate.
j. ID. Billiard, mayor of Topeka, has
announced his candidacy for governor
of Kansas and will make the race on
an anti-prohibition platform
Progressive Republicans i'm Colorado
have started an initial movement to
secure control for their faction of the
state Republican organization this
fall.
I'm the referendum election held i'm
Maine early this month the voters de-
cided by large majority to adopt the
direct primary system of nominations
Eugene S. Ives of Tucson has made
formal announcement of his candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for
United States senator from the state
OF Arizona
Within the period of a few weeks
death has removed Roger @. Mills OF
Texas and Thomas VI. Carter of Mon
tana, the former one of the most emf
nent Democratic leaders of his day
and the latter occupying an equally
conspicuous place on the Republican
side.
If the new Levy election law is adj
judged constitutional The voters OF
New York state will have two ballots
to vote in the presidential year of 1912.
Upon one of these official ballots will
be the names of candidates for presi-
Dental electors only, while the other
will bear the names of candidates for
state officers.
1t is claimed by the Woodrow Will
son supporters in Teyas that the deci-
sion of United States Senator Joseph
w. Bailey to Withdraw from public
life at the end of his present term
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26
A MoNEYLEsS MILLIONAIRE.

For eight years. up TO the time of
Cecil Rhodes death in 1902. Philip
Jourdan acted as his private sccre-
tary; now, as his biographer-and de-
voted admirer-Mr. JOurdan reveals
the ry-day life of the great South
African financier and imperialist. Mr..
Rhodes did not possess watch, a
set of plain gold studs being his sole
possession in the form of jewelry. AS
for money-evidently he understood il
only in enormous figures
He never would carry money with
him, and on more than one occasion
he suffered for the want Of It.
During the KNberley Industrial ex-
hibition i'm 1892. i'm the promotion OF
which he took n prominent part, he
was refused admission to the grounds
on one occasion because he had neither
n ticket nor money to pay for one.
He told the attendant ut the entrance
gate who he was, but the official. after
having looked him up and down sus-
piciously, refused TO believe him. say
ing that ii was not likely that a
wealthy man such as Cecil Rhodes,
would go about in an Indifferent suit,
with neither money nor watch.
He was Obliged to wait outside the
grounds until he was able to borrow
some cash from a friend. He appre-
ciated the officials strict adherence
To his duty SO much that he after
ward sent him a handsome present
When Mr. Rhodes had money he
handled it carelessly and irrespoonsib-
ly, like child who did not under
stand the value of it. He frequently
came to me for money i'm London. in
order To pay his cab fares to the city
and back. When l gave it 10 him
he would clumsily close his hand on
ms much gold and silver as il could
hold. and without counting the money.
would drop il loosely into one of his
coat pockets.
When he had to pay for his cab
he would take a coin out of his pocket
and hand il to the cabhy without
looking at It, IT II happened to be
o gold piece, the cabby would touch
his cap gratefully and drive away,
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

occupy Tunis, with the result. as the
prince designed, that Italy became
alienated from France and consented
to enter with Germany and Austria in
TO the triple alliance
But TriDoh lies apart from Tunis
and Algicrs and from Egypt on the
other side. II is insulated by the desert.
For the surplus population Of southern
Italy and Sicily. Tripoli will furnish a
true home. Italy, like Germany. has
dreamed Of an overseas dominion.
which she failed to establish i'm Abvs-
sinia. In Tripoli she can meet with no
resistance Of moment
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

means hard blow to the Harmon
presidential boom. which they declare
has depended largely upsn the inhu-
encc Of Senator Bailey.
The leaderships OF the two United
states senators from Pennsylvania are
deeply involved I'm the primaries Go be
held in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
at the end of this month senator
Penrose is battling To hold Philadel-
phia against the present city admlnis-
tration. while. in Pittsburgh. Senator
oliver is striving TO wrest the leader
ship from Mayor MCGEE.
Arthur Il. German. who has been
nominated by the Democrats for gov
crnor of Maryland. has been an active
participated i'm the public and political
life of the state for eight years. dur
ing which time he has been a member
Of the state senate. His career has
attracted attention. not alone because
he is the son of his father. who so
long was one of the national leaders
Of the Democratic party, but on ac-
count of his own strong personality.
The chief interest of the national
politicians i'm the state elections of this
fall Is directed toward Massachusetts
and Rhode Island. as IL is predicted the
country will hear much about nation
al issues and the presidential election
OF 1912. Both states are interested
principally in manufacturing and are
directly concerned I'm tb0 tariff which
comes forward as a prominent issue.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

~Ji cannot bs TOO positively stated
tat the department % justice is not
,.a- slrstng a campaign against the
business interests o, the country, or
sr indiscriminate attack on all large
prosperous concerns" said Attorney
General wlckersham yesterday. "On
the contrary the care and caution with
which the law officers u the govern
ueut are proceeding % the ezamina-
t.0u " each case should be a guaran-
Tee 20 the country that the depart
u.ent is proposing 20 enforce the law
With care not to unnecessarily lnJure
any interest"
Ir other words the attorney general
means there viii be mo- war on busl-
nesz. This attitude Of the depart
nsnt - justice should prove a big
factor ia bringing about return Of
confidence in business affairs gener-
ally.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

ING with intensity that unknown those who make
mouhfuls of Social bettermcn" and kindred phrases feeble
tempts to help without perceiving the cause.
The sights Ellis island and the aspects of life which that
of all nations presents in the way of PATOS
MISERY TRAGEDY and the agony despair Kpng could
describe No artist paint such picture and those who safe
guarded in the COMFORT AND PROTECTION OF HOME
and friends can but very imperfectly realize it.
CRITICISM DIRECTIONS
UNDEsERvEO MY GREAT
CONDITIONS FULLY UNDER.
AS BEING COLD
HEARTED DISCHARGE THEIR DUTIES BUT WE KNOW
DIFFERENTLY
While safely his his Sleeve innu-
merabe where inspectors go FAR OUT OF THEIR WAY
make admission possible to be blind unmporta
deaf answers make deficiencies by subscriptions and
similar discretionary discharges of kindly ocea these
beyond shadow of doubt that spirit tender
pervdes the service and that the dpensaon of Justice well
pered with mercy.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26
THE DOG CATCHER.

Rcd Jacket has new dog catcher
The methods OF the former official 81,
not meet with the approval Of the pub
lie. and Marshal Trudell prompt,
dismissed him. II isn't necessary ~
a dog catcher to make himself an,
his work a public show Neither is q
necessary for him to use liquid bait O
the kind that inebriates. brutal fore,
or foul language. II he goes about hi
duties as quietly as possible. conduct
himself properly and handles the doc
he captures humanely he will not ct
tract much attention. The public nov
city of his duties will soon wear OF
The people will endorse his work an,
let him proceed without interruption
unless now and then some irate owner
of a pet canine makes things uncom-
Portable for him.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

An automobile association in Hough-
ton county is now proposed Such
an organization could DO a lot Of good.
principally I'm creating a stronger and
nore widespread sentiment for good
roads. The automobile has been the
forerunner OF better roads throughout
the countrv, and the farmer particu-
larry has p.nchtted by the good roads
can align. Good roads are a big as
So N any community and Of late years
IN fact has been appreciated by tae
people -e than ever before.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26
This DATE IN HISTORY"

1777-The British troops under Loi d
Howe entered Philadelphia.
17S6-Thomas S. Grimke, one of the
early advocates of international peace,
born in Charleston, S. c. Died in CO.
lumbus, o., oct II, 1894.
lish social and political reformer, born.
Died Jan. 80! 1891.
1S91-Gov. Pattison called an extra
session of the Pennsylvania senate to
investigate charges against the finan-
cial officers of the state.
191O-Serious riots in Berlin between
strikers and the police.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

The disaster on the French Battle
ship LAberte On TOulon HarbOr yester-
day was the worst IN the naval annals
of the world. the blowing up Of the
Battlcshlp Maine Of the American
navy being second In the number Of
lives lost. The carnage on board the
Liberte could not have been greater
u the ship had been In actual engage
mcnt, The blowing up OF the magazines
came without warning TO the crew
which persisted like rats In a trap.
Discipline held many to their posts and
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

deaths. and they died as heroicaily as d
the guns Of an enemy had snuffed on
their lives. Naval disasters in time ol
peace are all too frequent and war
ship crews are In constant dangcI
The destruction OF the Liberte and IN,
loss Of so many lives constitutes 3
good argument for disarmament.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26
One May
OUercon1e

constipation permanently by proper
personal cooperation with the bene.
fetal effects of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, when required. The
forming OF regular habits is most i'm
portant and while endeavoring to
form them the assistance of Syrup of
Figs and Elixir of Sienna is most val
liable, as it is the only laxative which
acts without disturbing the natural
functions and without facilitating and
it is the one laxative which leaves the
internal organs in naturally healthy
condition, thereby really aiding one in
that way. To get its beneficial effects,
buy the genuine manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for
sale by all leading druggists. Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of Sienna is never
classed by the well.informed with
medicines which make extravagant
and unfounded claims to cure habitual
constipation without personal coop.
Grafton.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

very much pleased with himself If,
on the contrary, his tender amounted
to less than the fare, the cabby would.
of course. tell him 80, and the chances
were that he got gold coin in addi-
ton to the silver.
Some times he would forget to pay
at all, and the cabby would address
him:
HI mister! Fare, pleased"
Then Mr.. Rhodes would become ter
ribly confused, and hurriedly feel in
all his pockets excepting the right one
for the necessary cash.-Youth's Com
panion.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

Aviation. judging by the experiences
of Fowler and Rodgers. appears TO be
progressing by leaps and bounds
principally leaps or mere jumps.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

Cub fans have come to the conclu-
sion that It will be better for the Ma
tional league to allow some other team
TO win the pennant once In while.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

A washington correspondent hears
that Hearst will be a presidential can
didate. and then again hears that he
will not. Probably both rumors are
well founded.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

Lord Yarmouth, we are told. is a
hopeless bankrupt The hopelessnese
lies I'm the fact that ne can not mar
~ another American heiress.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

When Little Bob" heard OF Sena-
tors Curtis and Bristow and Governor
Stubs hohnobbing with the president
in Kansas II must have made him
feel quite friendless and alone.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

Mr.. Taft would be warranted I'm the
suspicion that for him life appears to
be just one speech after another.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

Justice Hard to
Dispense
Where Human
Woe and
Misery Exist
BY CHARLES NACEI. Sec
rotary OF Commerce
and Labor

" MAN who daily faces
the record of HUMAN
Il WOE, of HEART
ACHE, of MISERY
and sometimes of brutality TO be
found at Ellis island, the immi-
grant station of New York, rises,
if he rises at all, to heights of ear
nest desire TO ameliorate the con-
ditions of HUMAN SUFFER
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
BY Mail or Carrier.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1911.

Kansas also is in the Taft column.
Tell IL to LaFollette.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-26

Classified Ads bring results.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-02
EXPLOSION CAUSES
TRAGEDY AT MATTOON
Two Women Dead and Three Children
Injured In Aeetylene Gas ExpIo-
sion In Farmers House.

Mattoon, ILL.,, Dec. 1.-TWO women
are dead, third is believed to be dy-
ing and three children are severely
injured as the result of the explosion
OF an acetylene gas heating and light
ing plant in the home of J. M. Henton,
a wealthy farmer near here yesterday.
The dead are:
Mrs. Rachael Gearhart, 70 years old.
Evelyn Henton, 16 years old, grand
daughter.
The injured:
Mrs. ]. M. Henton, IS years old, may
die.
Bernardine Henton, is years old
body mangled and leg broken.
Cecil Henton, IA years old burned
and bruised.
Geneyieve Henton, 10 years old, in.
ternal injuries. 4.
Mr.. Henton was away from home
hunting. but heard the detonation,
which shook the countryside for miles,
He hurried home to find his home in
ruins, his daughter dead and his wife
and children painfully injured. The
gas plant was in the basement, and in
some manner the top of the container
became loose, filing the basement
with gas. When 1t leaked up to the
kitched and caught from an open fire.
the explosion followed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-02
FORTY BURGLARIES
CHICAGO'S RECORD
Highway Robberles and Pickpocket
Thefts Add to Thanksgiving oay
List; Few Arrests.

Chicago. Dec. 1.-Forty burglaries,
more than a score OF highway rob-
berries and several pickpocket thefts
were reported to the police Thanks.
giving eve and night, brought the toll
OF the present crime wave to its high
est proportion In only a few of these
cases have arrests been made. The
thieves worked with apparent i'm
munity in all parts OF the city, scarcely
precinct being without reports of at
least one robbery. The greatest num-
-ber came from the south side resi-
dence district and the downtown sta
tions,
These total burglaries and holdups
this year has run far larger than for
years. Each year residents have been
accustomed to a marked increase in
crime as the cold weather starts and
the criminal classes who have spent
the summer on the road return here
for the winter. This year, however,
many police, commanding officers and
patrolmen have been occupied princi-
,pally in the defense against charges
Of the civil service commission and
the crime record has grown steadily.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-12-02
BRYAN OUTLINES
VIEWS ON ISSUES

Lincoln, Neb., Dec. IA fight
against the federal Incorporation law
and the Aldrich currency scheme,
passage Of a non-partisan amendment
relating to popular election of United
States senators, the amendment out
of the Sherman antitrust law of the
term reasonable instituted by the
supreme court, the reformation OF
tariff schedules beginning with free
wool, the passage Of resolution In
favor of Philippine islands independ.
ence, the creation Of department OF
labor and the giving of territorial
form Of government to Porto Rico
are urged in the current issue of W.
J. Bryan's paper, the Commoner, in
an article taken to be Mr.. Bryans
message to congress.