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1 3 6 m$&M$M City News ffl/ THE WEATHER 'WHjSr ^^--'^C Th Predictions. 'jehicago, July 7.MinnesotaPair arid /warmer tonight Sunday fair, variable winda, becoming fresh south- i WisconsinFair and warmer tonijjht and Sunday fresh west to southwest winds. Upper MichiganFair tonight and Sunday fresh west winds. IowaFair and warmer tonight Sun day fair warmer in east portion. North and South DakotaFair and warmer tonight Sunday fair. MontanaFair tonight and Sunday. Weather Conditions. I *The areas of high and low barometer have changed their positions very I slightly since yesterdav morning, but barometer readings in all parts of the i country are considerably lower. Fair I weather is general in the northern half of the countrv, and along the Gull I coast, but elsewhere there is cloudy weather at most places, with rain fall in this morning at Norfolk and Sa Antonio, and raiu during the past twen ty-four hours in eastern Virginia, west I Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado. The temperatures have changed little since yesterday morn ing. Yesterday's temperatures were high in the upper and middle Rocky mountain region, Winnemucca, Nev., re porting 100 degrees and Spokane 98 de grees. The low pressure over the ex i treme northwest is expected to cause warmer weather in this vicinity tonight, but there will be no rain tonight or bun day. T. S. Outram, Section Director. Weather Now and Then. Todav, maximum 79, minimum 60 de grees a year ago, maximum 80, mini- mum 58 degrees. AROUND THE TOWN First Woman to File.The first wo man to file for nomination filed with County Auditor Scott today. Louise 0 Keyes filed as a candidate for the school board on the republican ticket. Summer Diet Discussed.The Minne apolis Health league will hold the reg ular monthly meeting next Tuesday evening McElory hall, Eighth street and Nicollet avenue. The subject will be "Summer Diet." Fire Scorches Saloon.Fire damaged Charles E. Fenton's saloon, 18 Third street S, to the extent of $300 early today. The flames started back of the lunch counter, probably from a gas stove. Park Appraisers Named. Judge John Da Smith today appointed John S. Dodge, M. R. Bratlett and Wesley A. Stevens as commissioners to appraise the property in the second ward in tended to be used for park purposes. We st En Improvement Association. The West End Improvement associa tion will hold a meeting next Wednes day evening at the residence of Frank C. Smith, 2204 Western avenue. Max Eobb will speak on "Good Citizen- ship." Republicans to Meet.The republi can committee of the seventh ward will meet Tuesday evening in the Seventh "Ward wigwam, Lake street and Bloom ington avenue, to elect a ward chairman and secretary- All members of the ward committee are urged to be pres ent, Fined for Spoiling Boulevard.Jacob Cooperman, 79 Eighth avenue NE, was fined $3 in the police court today for piling wood on the boulevard in front of his house. The city and park police have been notified to stop this practice, and other arrests for the same offense are expected. Bridge Opens July 16The Wash ington avenue bridge will be reopened for traffic of every sort Monday, July 16. The work on the bridge itself is practicallv completed, but there re mains some work on the approaches. The paving was completed today, and it is believed that the remainder of the work can be completed next week. Plenty of Willing Performers.The third ward will have aldermanic candi dates galore to choose from. Adolph W Herder filed today as a candidate on the republican ticket. W Nye, one of the present aldermen from fhe ward, is a candidate for re-election, and another candidate of the younger business element is expected in the person of George B. Hill. "Joe" Mannix Files.Joseph T. Mannix, who is credited with the wid est personal acquaintance of any man in Hennepin county, filed today as a candidate for county auditor on the re publican ticket and will enter the race against Hugh E Scott, the incumbent. Mr. Mannix is a veteran newspaper man of Minneapolis and is widely known. served as secretary to Mayor Eustis, and during the last ses sion of the legislature was a member of the house from the forty-first dis trict, comprising the fifth and sixth wards. NECROLOGIC DR. AARON V. TALBERT, formerly of Minneapolis, died at Pasadena, Cal., July 4. The remains will be brought td Minneapolis for interment in Lake wood cemetery. Notice of the funeral will be given later. WILLIAM BAXTOM TODD died to day at his home 3530 Eighteenth ave nue S, aged 82 veara. Th funeral will take place Monday at 2:30 p.m., from the residence interment at Lake wood cemetery. Mr. Todd leaves a wife and one child. MARY A TABER died yesterday at the residence of her son, W. Taber, 2621 Bloomington avenue. Funeral from residence Sunday at 4 p.m. In terment at Spencer, Iowa. STEVENS AND ROGERS i Tw Candidates for Congress in Fourth District Have Filed. tj The horses are off for the primary i election contest in the fourth congres sional district. Edward G. Rogers, present clerk of courts of Ramsey coun ty filed for the nomination yesterday afternoon, stealing a march on Con gressman F. C. Stevens, who filed his & affidavit with the secretary of state today. 55. Calumet, Mich., Jnly 7 MattI Antlllch, aged 20, was killed in No. 5 shaft of the Calumet branch of the Calnmet & Hecla mine today by falling rock. He had just finished his first jt day's work and wfts waiting for the skip to I take blm to the surface. *V|*i Saturday Evening, STARBER CAUGHT HAS CONFESSED 1 EMIL OLSON ACCUSED OF KNIF- ING ALFRED DORE. Man Whom the Police Sought for Two Days Is Arrested, and the Police Say 1 He Has Owned He Attacked Dore in a Brawl Over FirecrackersTwo Witnesses Known. headquarteis, where they weie ques tioned. The police say that Olson told his story willingly and asserted that he had acted in self-defense. Accord ing to the police, Olson and the two other men weie returning home after drinking in seyeral saloons. When they arrived at Tenth avenue S and Washington, several other men were shooting firecrackers. Annoyed, Olson and his friends told the celebrators to move on. A quarrel followed and sud denly Sanders was knocked down by someone who came up behind him. Then there was a rush and Olson, thinking a general attack was being made on his party drew a knife and stabbed Dore, who happened to be the man nearest him. then ran home, but thought he had not wounded the man senously. does not read or write English, and says he heard nothing of Dore's condi tion. Altho Sanders and Roseland were with Olson, they quarreled in a general way with Dore and his friends and will be released. Dore'8 condition is improved and phy sicians say he has a chance of recover ing- Accused of stabbing Alfred Dore dur ing a general brawl Thursday morning at Tenth avenue 8 and Washington, Emil Olson is locked up at Central sta tion and is said to have made a com plete confession to Police Superintend ent Doyle and John Bernhagen, assist ant county attorney. Olson was arrested early today at his home, near Seventh avenue S and Fifth stieet. Holger Sanders and Mike Rose- ha v,v ._ ,f. lund were also arrested, but they will the veterans, and in the route outlined probably be released, as they are only 1 hi morning members believe that the witnesses to the affair and were not DEATH'STOTALS INCREASE EIGHTEEN MORE DIED I N JUNE THAN I N JUNE O 1905PNEU- MONIA AND TUBERCULOSIS WERE LEADING CAUSES. The month of June for the year 1906 .shows an increase in mortalities over June of 1905. The record* of the month in the health department show 198 deaths for the month this year against 180 a year ago. Of this num ber 111 were males and 87 females. The number of accidental and violent deaths is large, 'seventeen. Al are males and the number is accounted for by the drownings of boys while in bathing in the river along the log booms. As a cause of death pneumonia stands at the head of the list, with tubercu losis second. The number of deaths from typhoid is small. The principal causes, as shown in the monthly report of the health department, and the num ber of each are as follows: Pneumo nia, 35 Tuberculosis, 21 accidents, 17 heart troubles, 15- cancer, 12 Bright's disease, 12 typhoid, 7 diphtheria, 4. UPPERliKYlSMND IS SOLD TO C. G. GOODRICH C. G. Goodrich has bought Shady Isle, in upper Lake JMinnetonka, opposite the Palmer house property, which he already owns on the main land, for $10,000. It was sold by S. Burhyte. Whether the property is for Mr. Goodrich's own use, or for a pleasure resort !n the upper lake for patrons of the Twin Citj Rapid Transit company, of which Mr. Goodrich is vicepresldent, is a matter, ^j^eonjec- ture. The Island comprises thirty-four acres. The Big Island property which the rail way company owns on the lo^er lake is some larger. Twenty-five years ago the only good place for transients on the lake was the Harrow house, and It was a favorite resort The Harrow house still stands on Shady Isle. Several families live on the Island. It Is well wooded and is val uable. SUSPENDS ONE O'Brien Revokes License of Foreign Com* pany Hit at Frisco. D. O'Brien, insurance commissioner, today Issued a notice practically suspend ing the Minnesota license of the Trans atlantic Fire Insurance company of Ham burg, Germany. The notice is as follows "It appearing to my satisfaction that the Transatlantic Fire Insurance com pany of Hamburg, Germany, by reason of losses sustained by that company in San Francisco is in such financial condi tion that its authority to issue policies in this state should be suspended until such time as its affairs may be adjusted, no tice is hereby given that the company's authority to transact business of fire in surance in this state is hereby suspended and that no new business shall hereafter be done by it or its agents in this state until its authority to do business is re stored. "T. D. O'Brien, Commissioner." No Fairy Stories Here W talk facts, advertise facts, act facts and sell Pianos that fill the measure of our promises to overflowing. Where will you find more or so much? New Hardman, Krakauer, Mehlin, McPhail, Behning, Sterling, "Grown," Huntington Pianos, cash or $6 to $10 monthly. Representatives forth Xnatoe-Angelus Piano. DEEDED TO MRS. McNAIR Donaldson Property, Bought of the Hulls, Is Transferred. Mrs. Louis K. Hull has deeded the Donaldson homestead, On Groveland ter race, which she recently bought, to Mrs. Louise W. McNair, her mother. The con sideration named in the original deed is $50,000 and the transfer coveis one whole lot and the southeasterly twenty-two feet of two others. ST. FATTL BALKS AT RISE. FOSTER & WALDO, 36 Fifth Street South. Cor. Nicollet Avenue. Employees of the St Paul public library will not realize this year their hopeB of an in crease in salaries. The library board yesterday passed a resolution turning down a petition of the library employees and maintaining sal aries at their present schedule. ROUTE OF PARADE i ^IS DECIDED UPON GRAND ARMY COMMITTEE SET- TLBS IMPORTANT MATTER. Veterans Will Start at Park and Tenth and March to Nicollet, to Old City Hall, Hennepin to LibraryRe- viewing Stand at Eighth and Hen- nepin. Down Nicollet and up Hennepin ave nue is the route which will be covfred by the Grand Army hosts in the gala event of encampment week, the official parade of the organization. This an nouncement was made this morning by the Grand Army committee, which has had in charge arrangements for the annual procession of the veterans. Ever since Minneapolis was named as the convention city the committee been working on a line march for mos directly concerned in the stabbing. hem has been obtained. The last step Tne three men were taken to police i arrangements was taken today, when satisfactory solution of the prob- T. B. Walker announced that he would permit the building of the official re viewing stand in front of his residence at Eighth street and Hennepin avenue. Assembling Point. With Park avenue and Tenth street as the starting point, the veterans will congregate on the morning of parade dav, Aug 15. All the streets crossing Tenth from Seventh avenue back will be utilized in forming the divisions of the parade, and, headed by Commander in-Chief Tanner and his staff, the pro cession will start down Tenth street at 10 o'clock in the morning. Reaching Nicollet, the line will swing down the main thorofare of Minneap olis to Bridge square, where the col umn will swing around the old city hall and begin the march up Hennepin. At Eighth street, in front of T. Walker's residence, the veterans will pass in review before the commander in-chief, who will take his place in the reviewing stand as the head of the col umn reaches Tenth street. The stand, thru the courtesy of Mr. Walker, will be erected over the sidewalk and will be shaded by the giant trees in Mr. Walker's yard. Continuing past the reviewing stand, the veterans will march to Tenth street, where the different divisions will be dismissed by the officers in charge. Exactly Tw Miles. According to those in charge, the vet erans who participate in the Minneapo lis parade will march exactly two miles. This distance is less than that usually covered, but notwithstanding this fact every precaution will be taken for the comfort and safety of the marching hosts. Benches for the use of veterans alone will be erected on the cross streets near the starting point of the parade, and thru a system of official telephones unnecessary delays will be prevented. Practically every foot of the Minne apolis line of march will be over as phalted streets. Famous Club Coming. Arrangements were completed this morning for the presence in Minneap olis during encampment week of the famous Flambeau club of Topeka, Kan., noted for patriotic fireworks display. The club numbers fifty-five veterans of the civil war, and its exhibitions have been a feature of many Grand Army encampments. Equipped *in uniform suits made from asbestos, and drilled to precision, the club will give fireworks exhibitions during encampment week. It is planned to hold one of the exhi bitions in the Nicollet avenue ball park. SHERMAN SMITH FILES Wants to Nominated by Republicans for Shrievalty. Sherman S. Smith, a member of the house for the fortieth district filed to day as a candidate for the nomination for sheriff on the republican ticket. He has been an active figure in Henne pin county politics for years and has a wide acquaintance thruout the county and state. Mr. Smith will make his campaign on a platform promising competent, indus trious and courteous service systematic management in the office including a strict daily report system for all out side deputies a division of charges for service where papers are filed at the same time for the same locality rigid discipline among deputies and entire time and attention. IS PATRIOTISM ASLEEP? N Minneapolis Patriot Enters Navy in the Great Week. fered the Independence Day patriotism in Min neapolis had no tangible results, accord ing to this week's record at the naval recruiting station. Despite the fact that Minneapolis celebrated in ap proved fashion and that the bombard ment on the Fourth was enough to arouse the martial spirit in the most eaceful breast, not one ha been mus into the naval service this week. The minimum before this was five men in one week. The recruiting officers are at a loss to account for the showing, as the week is regarded as one of the best in the year for securing recruits. BENEDICK WAS WORRIED Hopkins Man Doubled the Strength, of the Nuptial Knot. George Pavelka of Hopkins was the worst worried man in Minneapolis today when he invited the clerk of the district court to find out if he was really mar ried. He took out a license to marry Mary Kane and the ceremony was per formed by a Catholic priest on April 21. Everything was lovely until some thoughtful friend informed the bride groom that he was not legally wedded, since he was not a Catholic This was too much for Pavelka, who rushed to the clerk's office to learn the truth. His fears were set at rest by the clerk. CUT OUT BY CODE Provision for Dividing School Dis trict Property Eliminated. George T. Simpson, assistant attor ney general, has written an opinion in reply to a query from the superintend ent of schools of Otter Tail county, .holding that under* the new code the county board has no authority to make a division of school property, where a new district is created -tHi of the boundaries of an old one. The powefr to make such division existed in the, old 'law, butvwas not re-enacted in the code, and there is no waV provided forf ing this division of property. mak- RECEIVER IS APPOINTED German Mutual Dwelling House Insur ance Company Goes Out of Business. The German Mutual Dwelling House Insurance company has suspended busi ness and W. C. Leary was today ap pojnted receiver, by Judge John Da Smtjth. Suit for the appointment of a receiver was brought in the district court by Insurance Commissioner O'Brien, wTio says that while the company is unable to carry on Its business longer, it Is still PLM IS SELF '-DEFEASE jig' ri i STEPHEN SHURBA BELIEVES E WAS JUSTIFIED I N KILLING JOHN HARMONAOK* Self defense will be the plea of Sto-" Sohn he Shurba,, the youthful slayer of Harmonack, when his case comes to trial in the district court. Shurba, in a talk with Police Super intendent Doyle, said that as Harmon ack had started the quarrel in the sa loon at 1814 Washington avenue S, which resulted in the murder, the mat ter should be dropped, fie does not take his arrest seriously and thinks he will be let off with an easy sentence or none at all. Several such murders have occurred in that part of the city, and in nearly every case the man charged with the killing has been set free owing to the difficulty in getting the friends of the victim or murderer to testily. Th Slav people,keep their knowledge to themselvos, and as most of the men in the saloon at the time of the murder were foreigners, the police expect trou ble in getting the case together. It is known that Harmonack attacked Shurba first, and Shurba says that, be ing intoxicated, he had no control over himself when he was annoyed. has not retained an attorney, but he is de termined to fight the case, and several of the eyewitnesses to tne murder are known to be his riends. 17 HORSES DIE IN FIRE FLAMES DESTROY OLD OAR BARN, A RELIC OF THE HORSECAR DAYS OF MINNEAPOLIS. Fire nearly destroyed the old street car barns at Dupont avenue S and Twenty-eighth street early today, and caused the death of seventeen horses that were kept there. The old barn is a relic of horsecar days, and since it was abandoned as a car barn it has been used for the work teams and as a storage place for repair equipment. The origin of the fire is a mystery. A watchman who is employed at the barn was returning home from the cir cus when he noticed flames coming out of the windows. turned in an alarm but before the department could arrive the entire building was in flames. A large stock of hay made the flames spread rapidly, and* it was nearly four hours before the fire was under con trol. Immediately after turning in the alarm the watchman gave his attention to saving the horses, but little could be accomplished because of the heat. Tw of the horses were taken out uninjured, but the others had to be left to the flames. All of the horses were valuable, and the loss on the animals alone will amount to several thousand dollars. Sleighs and carriages owned by of ficials of the street railway company were burned, as was a new "hurryup wagon." N estimate of the loss has yet been made by the street railway company. The watchman was slightly scorched about the hands. N other person was injured. MINNEAPOLIS BREAKS MORE MAIL REGORDS Fifteen per cent more registered mail was handled by the Minneapolis post office in the fiscalr year ending June 30 than in the preceding year, and the total for this year was 75 per cent more than that of five years ago. According to the report of J. S. Thurston, superintendent of the regis try division, 528,251 pieces of regis tered mail passed thru the Minneapolis office in the last year. The totals for the five preceding years were as fol lows: 391,492 in 19'01 335,927 in 1902 373,266 in 1903 428,021 in 1904 457,- 367 in 1905. In the year just ended, 80,188 regis tered letters and 31,908 registered par cels were sent out from Minneapolis, and 121,918 registered letters and 27,- 929 registered parcels were received by Minneapolis people. The remainder of the total of 528,251 was made up of registered mail checked as it passed thiu Minneapolis. The stamp sales for the month of June shows a healthy increase over those for the same month in 1905. The totals are as follows: $107,202 in 1906 $101,660 in 1905 increase, $5,542. 400 MEN WANTED TO CHARGE THE JUNGLE Meat inspectors, 400 of them, are wanted at once by the bureau of animal industry of the department of agricul ture, in order that it ma carry on the task imposed upon it by the recently enacted meat inspection bill. I re sponse to this demrnd for inspectors, the civil service commission has an nounced an examination for appoint ment to this position to be held on July 21. It is desired to securo applicants who have had not less than one year's ex perience in slaughtering, curing, pack ing or canning meats, and who, by rea son of expeiience in cutting rooms, dry salt and sweet pickle cellars, sausage, lard, oleo and beef extraet departments, are competent to inspect meats. These inspectors must be able to pass on meats and meat food products as to their soundness, healthfulness and fit ness for human food. Citizens of the United States be tween the ages of 2 1 and 50 are eligi ble to take this examination. Sixty points will be allowed for experience as shown by the application and informa tion filed with it, twenty-five points will be allowed on the answers to practical questions. The remaining fifteen points will be divided between spelling, arith metic, penmanship, letterwritmg and copying. Minnesotans who wish to try for one of these 400 vacancies should file an application as soon as possible at the federal building in St. Paul, Duluth or Mankato. Examinations will be held in those cities on July 21. CALL FOR CONDITION Insurance Companies to Make State ment as of July 31. Insurance Commissioner T. O'Brien today issued a call for a state ment of the condition of fire insurance companies July 31, to be filed by Aug 4. This is to ascertain just what the San Francisco losses of each company were, and if there are any now financially embarassed. LAUREL IS SAFE. Washington, July 7.All anxiety for the safety of the lighthouse tender Laurel was re lieved today when the lighthouse board received a telegram from Lieutenant Commander Hood, 4.h MILWAUKEE WIS.Mrs. Christina Dr'aut killed herself with a revolver today because her into wash the- RIVER MADE RATES IN GOOD OLD DAYS GEORGE BEA0KETT TELLS OF EARLY FLOUR SHIPMENTS. Steamer Minneapolis Loads First Cargo in 1867, Greatly to the Wrath of Railroad Freight Agents Who Prom ised to Seed City's Streets to Grass Old Street Railway History. I am glad," said George A. Brack ett today, "to see a revival of interest in the use of the river as a means of transportation. The first flour shipped by water from Minneapolis was sent out in 1867. I was running two mills here at that time and had gone to Mil waukee to see Mr. Merrill of the Mil waukee road and secure from him bet ter rates on flour than we had been granted before. "While I was talking with him at the Chamber of Commerce in Milwau kee he received a telegram advising hira that the river boat Minneapolis was lying in the dock in this city and preparing to load flour for the lower river. Of course I knew that this boat was to arrive and had arranged to ship by her. Mr. Merrill became an gry at the thought that he was to have competition in the flour-carrying busi ness, and in a burst of passion he de clared that he would make the grass grow in the streets of Minneapolis if they ventured to bring in river compe tition in the flour traffic. W had an animated conversation and I left him, both of us in a bad humor. Merrill Relents. "Later in the day a friend of Mr. Merrill wanted me to see Mr. Merrill again, stating that he believed he would be more reasonable in his view of the matter. I told him that I had no further occasion to see Mr. Merrill, but if he wanted to see me he could find me at my hotel. That night he came to see me, still in a rather un pleasant frame of mind. 'Brackett,' he said, 'wh at do you want!' I told him that all we wanted was a fair rate on our flour, and that if we couldn't get it from him we could get it from somebody else. finally saw that the control of the sit uation had passed out 6f his hands, and we had much better treatment from the Milwaukee after that. Street Railway for Freight. "Commodore Davidson built the Minneapolis at a Crosse, and it took on flour down near where the Tenth avenue bridge is now. The river trans portation from that time on cut a large figure in our flour shipments, as it had done in all other lines of business for several years, and I believe it is going to do again. With an assured stage of water sufficient to make it practicable to float barges up and down the river, the Mississippi will influence rates from this point to a degree cer tain to be beneficial to this city. "You may be interested in knowing that our street railway system was orig inally projected as a freight line for the purpose of carrying flour to the boats at the landing. I was not in tended at that time to be a passenger line, but a freight line, but out of that beginning grew the street railway which Mr. Lowry afterwards took" up and built into our present extensive sys- tem." HAN WHO COACHED JAP ARMY IS DEAD Berlin, July 7.Major General Meck el, former professor of military tactics in Japan, died yesterday. went to Ja pan in 1885, stayed there three years, reorganized the Japanese army and wrote a noted book on tactics. Field Marshal Oyama, after the battle of Mukden, telegraphed to General Meckel ascribing his success to Meckel's in struction. The emperor of Japan con ferred the Grand Cross of the Order of the Sacred Treasure on the general af ter the battle. MINISTERS PUT BAN ON PEEK-A-BOO WAISTS Special to The Journal. Dubuque, Iowa, July 7.The minis terial association of this city has de clared war on the peek-a-boo waist. A the regular monthly meeting today the theme was "Fine Clothing and the Be ligious Life." The discussion readily turned to the peek-a-boo waist, and it was unanimously agreed that each mem ber preach a sermon on "Slaves to Fashion," special attention to be paid to the particular styles which seem to compromise feminine modesty. ANOTHER FORTUNE FOR "THE JUNGLE" WRITER Journal Special Service. London, July 7.Such success as that gained by Upton Sinclair naturally brings to light his earlier and hitherto obscure books. What sort of prices are paid to those who have attained success may be seen from the fact that for his earlier novel "King Midas" a weekly paper, the Gentlewoman, has paid Sinclair $10,000 for the English serial rights only. FIFTY YEARS OF N. E. A. Publication This Year Will Contain a Review of the Period. Special to The Journal. Winona, Minn., July 7.Secretary Irwin Shepard of the National Educa tional association expresses gratifica tion over its incorporation by act of congress as a national association to put it on a par with the Carnegie insti tute at Washington and one or two other national bodies incorporated by special act of congress. the provisions of the bill the asso ciation is put on a permanent basis, its invested permanent fund carefully safe guarded, and its work given the ap proval of congress. On account of the abandonment of the convention this year because of the destruction of San Francisco it will be impossible to issue a volume of pro ceedings. Instead the association will issue a volume which will be especially appropriate for the closing year of the first fifty years of association work. This volume will be made up of a his tory of work for the fifty years, a complete subject index of all published volumes of proceedings, and a classified bibliography of all topics discussed in the annual meetings. I will also con tain a review and analysis of all resolu tions and declarations of principles, isf sv,nwino- llghthonse inspector at Key West, repoitlng that Ii^a ia a w WlT l vJ, 1 she had been anchored under Lobos light from V* light June 25 to July 2. The Laurel T\as due at Guantaiiamo. June 27, and when she failed ,to show Up there several days after that date Lieutenant Commander Hood left Key West 4n search of her. The Laurel was waiting for less wind before leaving the anchorage at Lobos light. of thwhich July 1906. *J3 PROSPERITY'S W~ IS HOGS AND CATTLEis What the Establishment of Great Packing Plants at Fort Worth, Texas, Has Done Toward Build ing Up That City! 1: PROPERTY HAS DOUBLED AND TREBLED IN VALUE Incidentally, the Whole State of Texas Has Profited by the En terprise Shown by Two Great Chicago Firms. BY HERBERT VANDERHOOF. Fifteen years ago Fort Worth, Texas, began to grow from the little settlement that had been populated by the hardy herdsmen and cattlemen who ventured Into the great Panhandle of the state years ago, and by degrees the city has grown to be one of the most prosperous In the South and Southwest. Today it stands as the cattle center of the South westa city of over 40,000 souls, with a future as bright as the rays of the rising sun. Fort Worth Is situated in one of the most fertile spots of the Southwest, in a district that has been properly termed the "charmed circle." This district is admirably watered by rivers and artesian wells, and the soil is extremely fertile. Geographically, Fort Worth is the prac tical outlet for the great Panhandle, and it is on this account that it stands today as one of the leading cattle districts of America "I remember npt more than ten years ago," said a cattleman located in the Fort Worth district, "when you could travel over the ranches within miles of Fort Worth, and e nothing but land, land, land. Sometimes you might go five miles and not see a steer or a hog. Today look at Fort Worth. What do you see? Packing houses, commercial houses which do an, enormous business pro rata of the population, and every one looks prosper ous. Lands which had been practically deserted are now under cultivation, and Fort Worth and its tributary country present a view that to the eye of ,the American citizen or the foreigner gives rest and happiness and a desire to lo cate. Why, I came here not so many years ago, fifteen, with but a few hun dreds in cash, and by degrees I have amassed, not what you might call a big fortune, but I've got $100,000 in hard cash to show for my work. This is what Fort Worth and the district have done for me, and this is what it will do for any young man or any old man." A Climate That Is Superb. The climate of Fort Worth and its dis trict is superb There is no cold weather to speak of the weather Is not too warm, for the healthy growth of grass and the sleek cattle and hogs show that there is something in the soil and in the clear air which makes for health. The city of Fort Worth is looked upon as the natural outlet of the great Pan handle. In this section of the state thou sands of head of cattle are bred annually and sold to the dealers of the country. But what have done a great deal for the good of Fort Worth, and. incidental ly, Texas, are the packinghouses which have been constructed there. Previous to their beginning business at Fort" Worth, hogs were practically a foreign feature to the Texas stockman. After several years of solicitation on the part of the packinghouse industries, the farm er and cattle-raisers of the Panhandle were, interested in the growth of hogs, arid though every one could not see of what benefit it would be to grow or raise them, there were some wise enough to give them a trial. Within a very short time the Industry has grown to enor mous proportions. Two packing establishments in particu lar have done a great deal to assist in the material building up of the industry in Texas, they being those of the Armour and Swift companies. The establishment of these packing houses has been a great thing for the city of Fort Worth. Nothing has ever taken place in that part of the countrv that has brought such marked and swift increase of business prosperity. 'Within the short period that the Armour and Swift packing-houses have been opened outlying real estate in the city of Fort Worth has doubled in value, down town business property has nearly trebled in value, while the population has been nearly doubled. Building Up a City. The suburb of North Fort Worth, which may be considered really a part of Fort Worth in a business sense, has grown up and is still growing. In a week, recently real estate transfers in this one suburb aggregated J33.000. The new packing in dustry is directly responsible for about 3,000 families. The Armour packinghouse employs between 1,100 and 1,200 men the J3wift house about the same. Employes of the Belt railroad, the Union Stock yards, the commission firms, the horse and mule markets, and other enterprises Incident to the packing Industry bring the total of families who look to this in dustry for their livelihood to about 3,000 A good deal of the increase of popula tion of the whole state is traceable to these Fort Worth conditions. With the packing-houses making a market, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas farmers are mak ing their way into the state, and are undertaking to repeat what has already taken place in those states farther north. The surface of the state, of course, has as yet been only scratched, but tht scratches show enough of the latent pos sibilities to convince any one that Texas is on the eve of a period of grtat pros perity. In a few years one will see re peated in Texas what has taken place in other Western states. More farmers and better farmers are coming in every day, they are the kind of farmers who ap preciate that the time and care expended on their lrve stock pay dividends, and big ones. They are the kind that ap preciate that it will be worth while to provide shelter for stock and to supple ment grazing with feeding at certain seasons of the year, or when grass short. Consequently It is to be doubted if we will ever again hear of entire herds or the live stock of whole counties being wiped out by sudden storms In the whiter. Where Prosperity la Rampant. The diversification of crops that Is en couraged by the packinghouse demand for highly fed cattle is also promoting prosperity, and, as In other Western states, Texas la rapidly approaching the condition where, Instead of the bankers owning the farmers, the farmers are go ing to own the banks. The Fort Worth district is noted for the excellence of the quality of cotton that Is grown there and the enormous crops. In 1905 there were about 60.000 acres of landl Ins Tarrant count under cotton, and 8mdbuildings, will also be a review nroorrss in figuration ethp el financial history of the associa tion, has resulted in the gather ing of a permanent investment fund Qf $165,000. Oyster Bay, July 7.Secretary of War Wll* 11am H. Taft came to Oyster Bay today to spend a few hours with Presldint Hoonevelt. tin the absence from Washington of the prcal the saloon business and or- dent Secretary Taft has asmmed manf addl- each are being gradually the front windows. ttouul care*. *^t% thi vast cultivatioy about 0 one-half to three-fourths of a bale to the acre of cotton was the result of tilling the soil. Corn produced about twenty-ona bushels to the acre and wheat nineteen bushels to the acre, which facts go to show the value of the land from an agri cultural standpoint. "I would not sell my land for less than 4150 acre." said a big Texas farmer. whn I asked him what he would sell his farm for. "I came down here from Iowa With practically nothing in my pocket. Land in those days was cheap. 1 hired tome, land on shares and made enough out of my first season's crop to buy land of iny own. In twelve years I have made enough to buy 1,500 acres of land, put and stock It. "Some of my I bought as low as $6 and tS a,n acre. (Today I figure that it Is paying me 15 per cent on a valuation of (100 an acre. W have the advantage of the North ttere In climatean Boil.' and we can T0W crops with a certainty that no Northern fanner can count upon." *Of the great tide of immigration that has set in toward Texas a large part I settling in the counties contiguous to Fort Worth. There la land enough in Texas for an empire, and the great raiiohes that embraced thousands -of acres spli.t. Intot r~ .up pvtezo is a real "brain food" because it is a perfect body foodit produces an abundance of rich, red blood because itcontains a proper proportion of every needed food element. 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Close to best theatres and shopping district. 22S rooms. 150 private baths luxurious writing and reception rooms woodwork mahogany throughout: b.ass beds and all modern comforts telephone in every room beautiful dining rooms the best everything Michigaof nd JacksonmoderateChicagosprice^Blvdsta Tenders for the Purchase of Provincial Government Lands Sealed tenders addressed to the Prorlnelss Lands Commissioner marked "Tender for the purchase of lands" will be received at this offic* nntll 10 o'clock a.m. on Satarday, the 14th ot Jnly. 1906, for the smrcitase of all Provincial Government lands lying in Townships 11, 12 and 13, Ranges 0 and 10, East of the Principal Meridian, being about 7S.000 to 113.900 acres. Each tender must be accompanied by cash or a marked cheque for one-tenth of the purchase price offered, the same to be considered as the first payment, cheque to he made payable t the Provincial Lands Commissioner. No tender by telegraph will be entertained and the highest or any tender will not necessar ily be accepted. The conditions of pnrchase will be as follows: One-tenth cash and the balance In nine equal annual installments with interest at 8 per cent. Of the area offered a large percentage has good soil and all that Is required to make these lands arable is a system of drainage. In order that this may be accomplished the Government la offering this large tract so that the purchaser can organise a drainage district and saake the area one of the most valuable in the Province. For further particulars apply t L. J. HOWE, Deprty Provincial Lands Commlsrioner. Department of Provincial Lands. Winnipeg. 11th Jnne. 1906. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. CHALFONTE, vs* ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. ALWAY8 OPEN. On the Beach. SandforLiteratim. i I i i I i FireprooL