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}l^ JOTWWWM1 UJ« jmU »J .tr •Mvf ABOUT THE STATE News of Especial loterest to Minnesota Readers. REAPPORTIONMENT DEMANDED Number of Other Important Recom mendations of Northern Minnesota Development Congress. "Reapportionment as one of the most important problems and fundamentals to the proper development of Northern Minnesota was given much attention at the meeting of the Northern Min nesota Development congress at Brain erd and was enthusiastically endorsed, as Avas the stand taken by Governor Eberhart, who announced that, if nee essary, he would call a special session of the legislature to pass a reappor tionment bill. In brief the meeting requests the fol lowing of the state legislature: Reapportionment of Northern Min nesota. More adequate patrol of forests to prevent fires, and establishment of contingent fund of $200 000 for that purpose. Abolition of the various state bu reaus and commissions which dele gates believe hamper the proper en forcement of law and the development of the state, and the creation of a new state department, in the three divisions of which the work of continuing the business of the bureaus and commis sions could be more easily handled. Monthly Sale of Lands. Monthly sale of state lands in every county in the state containing state property instead of the present annual sale system. Better roads and a 1-mill tax to be expended for roads and bridges under the supervision of the state highway commission. Better rural schools, to consist of graded township institutions teaching the elements of agriculture, to be fos tered by state aid. Taxation of state lands for roads and bridges Sale of low interest bearing securi ties held by the state Corn contests inaugurated by the federal government. The employment of women inspec tors in the state labor department to look after joung women who leave the country districts for the larger cities of the state. The following officers were elected* President, J. Maxfield, Wadena secretary, W MacKenzie, Bemidji treasurer, Walter J. Smith, Eveleth -executive committee, William J. Brown, Marshall M. N. Koll, Cass l,ake W. E Richardson, Duluth Duluth was selected as the next meeting place. TOWN'S ONLY SALOON CLOSED Government Agents Make a Raid on Georgetown, Minn. The one saloon of Georgetown, a small town in Minnesota eighteen miles from Fargo, N D., was raided by Special Indian Agent N. A. Way and Local Deputy Quinn. More than $400 worth of liquor was taken into the street and demolished by the two men. After completing their work the agents returned to Fargo to go to Bemidji, where they will act under orders of "Pussyfoot" Johnson, who has made the statement that the twen ty eight saloons of that city will be closed within forty-eight hours. Given $25,000 for Services. Judge Walter H. Sanborn of United States circuit court at Paul has entered an order allowing Judge Charles E. Otis $25,000 for his services as master in chancery in the Minnesota rate eases This was the sum named by the master as reason able compensation and it was al lowed over the protest of E. T. Young, former attorney general, one of the attorneys representing the state in this litigation. More Saloons Arc Closed. Special Agents Way, Quinn and Bran non closed fifteen saloons at Big Falls, Kelliher, Margie and Haupt and de stroyed some liquor. The reruaindei was shipped out of the country to the dealers from whom it came. Tenstrike is now the only wet town on the Min neapolis and International railway line in the Indian country north of Bemidji. Duluth's Population 78,466. The government census figures give Duluth a complimentary position among the large cities of Minnesota in percentage of increase of popula tion in the past ten years. Her rate of growth, 48.1 per cent, places her second in the state. The figures give Duluth a population of 78,466. Two Children Cremated. While Mrs Homer Sevilla of Gilbert was* absent from her home for a few minutes to start a fire in a rooming house near by, her two little children, both untie" six years of age, were smothered to death by the smoke from flames which broke out in her ab sence. Oldest Minnesota Woman Dead. Mrs. Mary Levallia is dead at Wa basha at the age of 104 years. She is said to have been the oldest woman «&- ^-wi* 'izjj'm. FRANCEISFLOODED Practically Every Stream Out of ItsBanks, Hundreds of Villages Surrounded by Water Being Provisioned by Sol- diers With Boats* Paris, Dec 4.—The dyke along the river Rhone, protecting Lapalud, has burst, submerging the town. Several houses were demolished and it is feared that a number of persons were killed. Military engineers were sent to La palud to render assistance Torrential downpours continue throughout France and the flood sit uation hourly grows more serious. Hundreds of villages are surround ed by water and are being provisioned by soldiers with' boats. Immense dam age has been caused in the valley of the Loire by the breaking of the dyke near Nantes. The waters flooded farms and villages lying below the level of the embankment to a depth of six feet. The floods also invaded the lower quarters of the Nantes, ris ing to the tops of the lamp po^ts in the streets. Practically every stream in France is out ot its banks. The Rhone is again rising at "the rate of two inches an hour, overflow ing its banks and driving the people of the neighborhood to the hills. The railroad lines are cut at many places and mails are being delivered in boats. Caen, in the department of Calvades, is flooded. LEHMANN SUCCEEDS BOWERS Becomes Solicitor General of United States: Washington, Dec 4 —Announcement was made at the White House of the appointment of Frederick W. Lehmann ot St Louis to be solicitor general of the United States to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lloyd W. Bowers Mr. Lehmann was born in Prussia in 1853 He graduated at Tabor college, Iowa, in 1873, and was admitted to the bar that year For the last twen ty years Mr Lehmann has practiced law at St Louis. He is president of the American Bar association, chair man of the board of freeholders of the city ot St. Louis, a body charged with framing the new city charter, and as president of the St Louis hbraiy. BLOODY BATTLE th€ St JgiSiPTTWIlWi IN SYRIA Seven Hundred Druses Reported Slain by Turks. Constantinople, Dec. 3 —Seven hun dred Druses have been slain in battle with Turkish troops at Hauran, Syria, eouth of Damascus, according to dis patches received here. Despite the heavy slaughter the main body of the Druses, estimated to number 10,000, is still holding out and another fierce encounter is expected. The present conflict is believed to be another long chapter of outrages growing out of religious hatred, that the Turks have perpetrated on the Druses, who withdrew from the Mo hammedan faith centuries ago. The Druses are reported entrenched in a mountain fastness that will make their dislodgment difficult. THOUSANDS ARE AFFECTED Conductors and Trainmen Demand In crease in Wages. Chicago, Dec. 4.—Representatives of approximately 55,000 conductors and trainmen employed on the sixty rail roads west of Chicago, who have de manded an increase in wages averag ing about 15 per cent, are holding daily conferences with the general managers in presenting their argu ments for the advance in pay and im provements in working conditions. It is estimated that the new scales asked by the men will exceed in amount those asked by the engineers recently, which aggregated nearly $5,000,009, DIES ON GRAVE OF TOLSTOY Coachman of Late Russian Author Ends His Life. Berlin, Nov 30.—Lying on the grave of Count Leo Tolstoy at the foot of Poverty Oak at Yasnaya Po liana, Russia, the coachman of the great author, who aided his master in his flight which ended in death, opened the veins of his wrists and bled to death. The man had been inconsolable since Tolstoy's death. He believed that he was partly responsible, for he had aided the aged man in his prep arations for the flight fr*»m his home. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Con tain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense »f smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage fchey will*do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. [. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys tem. In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine, It is taken in ternally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. T. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price,75c per bot tie, Take Mall's Family Pills for constipation DR. F. A. COOK. Explorer Confesses He May Not Have Reached Pole. ,-* _i^MnFTJ**k__ ^snBSff^a^9BKS99HHSs» &£tik HP8* 4' BHpbcres'' ,*"Vi^Mk -amft «f'?'''"'^9KV^|jg fir''«•* ?cy '**s 2 Ws4f,'•&••/ ''JWm^^mMiiWI ^^^^W*^^W SMtMt i4 ^'^^Bftp-^i BBfes^^Jiiv HSK§§HZ^ MAY NOT HAVE REACHED POLE Dr. Cook Admits He Might Have Been Mistaken. New York, Dec. 1 —Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the Brooklyn explorer, in an art icle which will be published in Hamp ton's Magazine, confesses that he does not know whether he reached the North pole or not. Dr Cook, who hsa been in hiding for over a year, has informed the editors ot the maga zine publishing his story that he will return to the United States with his wife and children Dec. 22 in order to spend Christmas here The explorer states that it would be impossible for any man to demonstrate beyond question that he had been to the North pole He characterizes the region as a region of insanity, where one cannot believe the evidences gath ered by one's own eyes He says that he had always looked upon the discov ery ot the pole as an achievement for his own personal satisfaction, for the satisfaction ot a craving and desire that was gi eater than any other factor in his life. When he found how tre mendous sensation his statement that he had attained the pole created he was o\ercome with bewilderment. HUNDREDS LOSE LIVES Terrific Storm Rages on the Caspian Sea. Astrakhan, Russia, Nov. 30—During a sudden tempeet in the Caspian sea a landing stage on which were 300 Persian dock workers was dragged from its moorings and swept out to sea. The storm was so violent that at tempts at rescue were futile ana all hope that any of the men will be saved has been abandoned. Scores of ships, several with their crews on board, were sunk at their moorings at different Caspian coast towns. Seven towns along the coast were flooded, the inhabitants in hundreds of Pases being forced to take refuge in.haystacks The plight of the suf ferers is pitiable, as intense cold has added to the geneial misery. A number of steamers have been sent from this port to aid the suffer ers. BEGINS HIS EIGHTH TERM Porfirio Diaz Has Ruled Mexico for Many Years. City of Mexico, Dec. 1.—Porfirio Diaz^has completed his seventh term as president ct Mexico and today be gan another term of six years. Harrassed by revolutionists who seek his overthrow and bowed down under the weight of eighty years it is doubtful if the great statesman and soldier will he to complete the new term upon which he has just entered. The grim, determined spirit of his Indian ancestry is yet in evidencQ in the drastic measures he has taken to put down the revolts of his disloyal subjects—fc~ subjects they are, since Diaz, with the name of president, rules as a king. GARMENT STRIKE MAY END Terms of Settlement Are Put Up to the Workers. Chicago, Dec. 4 —Terms for the set tlement of the garment workers' strike were tendered to the council settlement committee and Mayor Busse by representatives of Hart, Sehaffner & Marx, chief of the em ployers affected, and were tentatively accepted by representatives of the workers to the conference called by the mayor. The end of the strike now depends upon acceptance of the terms by the strikers. FISHERMEN MAY BE DEAD Fifteen Missing From Charleston, S. C, Several Days. Charleston, S. C, Dec. 2.—Fifteen fishermen are supposed to have been drowned off Charleston, their smacks having been missing for several days. A report says a smack, probably one of their?, was sighted floating bot tom upward FIVE FAMILIES DRIVEN OUT Suffer From Exposure to Cold in St *'%*&*yJ%4i* Paul Blaze. ,"" Flame and smoke, which threatened every moment to give them into death's grasp, compelled five fam ilies living in- a two-story house at St. Paul to flee into the street. With the temperature hovering about the zero mark they hurried in scant attire to the homes of neighbors for shelter. Two children, aged seven and six years, were rescued by their mother, a frail woman, who carried them down stairs through choking emoke. Both children have been suf fering from scarlet fever and the ex posure to the cold may result seri ously. The house in which the families lived caught fire from sparks wafted by the high wind from the burning woodwork shop of the Mahle Wagon company. Aged Woman Taken to Prison. Mrs. Eliza Goebel of Moorhead, aged eighty-seven years, recently sentenced to five years for manslaughter in the first degree, has been taken to the penitentiary to begin her term. She was accompanied to Stillwater on what many believe to be her last jour ney by her son and Sheriff Archie Whaley and wife. Mrs. Goebel was sentenced as a result of the death of Stina Narverud of Hitterdal, upon whom she performed an operation. CENSUS BY COUNTIES Table Showing Population Now and Ten Years Ago. Minnesota gained 324,314, or 18.5 pel cent, in population in the past ten years. The following is a table show ing the comparative population by counties in 1910 and 1900: County. 1910. 1900. Aitkin 10,371 6,743 Anoka 12,493 11,313 Becker 18,840 14,375 Beltrami 19,337 11,03G Benton 11,615 9,912! Big Stone 9,367 8,733 Blue Earth 29,337 32,263 Brown 20,134 19,781 Carlton 17,559 10,011 Carver 17,455 17,544 Cass 11,620 7,777 Chippewa 13,458 12,495 Chisago 13,537 13,24* Clay 19,640 17,942 •Clearwater 6,690 Cook 1,336 81C Cottonwood 12,651 12,069 Crow Wing 16,861 14.25C Dakota 25,171 21,73i Dodge 12,094 13.34C Douglas 17,669 17,964 Faribault 19,949 22,055 Fillmore 25,680 28,238 Freeborn 22,282 21,83* Goodhue 31,637 31,131 Grant 9,114 8,93£ Hennepin 333,480 228.34C Houston 14,297 15,40C Hubbard 9,831 6,57* Isanti 12,615 11,675 Itasca 17,208 4,572 Jackson 14,491 14,793 Kanabec 6,461 4,614 Kandiyohi 18,969 18,41( Kittson 9,669 7.88S •Koochiching 6,431 Lac qui Parle 15,435 14,285 Lake 8,011 4,654 Le Sueur 18,609 20,234 Lincoln 9,874 8,96« Lyon 15,722 14,59] McLeod 18,691 19,595, •Mahnomen 3,249 Marshall 16,338 15,69* Martin 17,518 16,936 Meeker 17,022 17,753 Mille Lacs 10,705 8,066 Morrison 24,053 22,893 Mower 22,640 22,33E Murray 11,755 11,911 Nicollet 14,125 14,774 Nobles 15,210 14,932 Norman 13,446 15,045 Olmsted 22,497 23,11$ Otter Tail 46,036 45,375 Pine 15,878 11,546 Pipestone 9,553 9,264 Polk 36,001 35,428 Pope 12,746 12,571 Ramsey 223,675 170,554 Red Lake 15,940 12,195 Redwood 18,425 17,261 Renville 23,123 23,692 Rice 25,911 26.08G Rock 10,222 9,668 Roseau 11,338 6,994 St. Louis 163,274 82,932 Scott 14,888 15,141 Sherburne 8,136 7,281 Sibley 15,540 16,862 Stearns 47,733 44,464 Steele 16,146 16,524 Stevens 8,293 8,721 Swift 12,949 13,503 Todd 23,407 22,214 Traverse 8,049 7,573 Wabasha 18,554 18,924 Wadena 8,652 7,921 Waseca 13,466 13,76C Washington 26,013 27,808 Watonwan 11,382 11,496 Wilkin 9,063 8,080 Winona 33,398 35,686 Wright 28,082 29,157 Yellow Medicine 15,406 14,6X)2 •Organized since 1900. Of the eighty-five counties in the state twenty-eight declined in poula tion this year, as compared with the official returns for 1900. The counties that showed decreases are: Blue Earth, Carver, Dodge, Douglas, Fari bault, Fillmore, Houston, Jackson, Le Sueur, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nic ollet, Norman, Olmsted, Renville, Rice, Scott, Sibley, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, W tonwan, Winona and Wright. 11-35 N Ul Review. IPS hi Din Feeff Cerea Hill Co. Buckwheat and Wheat Flour blended in perfect proportions. IT PLEASES EVERYBODY. Five cents per pound at all grocers. Stove Season at Hand EWE Blast Heaters WithAshPan w****™™* Quick Powerful beaters great fuel savers Jewe Quality throughout—built to last. Burn soft coal, slack, siftings, coke hard coal, corn cobs, etc. Hot-Blast Tube—operated without touching swing-cover—introduce! intensely heated air to fire, effects Perfect combustion and extracts all the heat from ail the fuel. 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