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I I 'i I W.6.RAMA6E Worthing ton Transfer. Dealer In and Shipper* of Ice. Baffge Freight and Express. Phone 50, 2, WORTHINGTON, MINN. fP. HEUERMANNI 1 CONTRACT OK Stone, Brick and Cement Work IV Work Strictly Guaranteed Estimates Furnished on Request 2 WORTHINQTON, MINNESOTA JS «... JB WHY STOP AT A HOTEL while the cities, when you can go to Rogers Turkish Bath Pariors in the Globe Building in St. Paul, and have a good Turkish Bath, including use of hot room and stean room, shower, rub, swimming pool, and private sleeping room for all night at ONE DOLLAR. Rogers Turkish Bath Parlors are the most commodious and- luxurious in the United States west of Phila edlphia. Turkish Baths are not only excellent for their cleansing and tonic effects, but are recommended for rheumatism, gout, lumbago. La Grippe, colds, asthma and muscular diseases. Rotfsn Turkish Bsths Globe Bldg..St. Paul,Minn.,Est. 1896 WHAT KIND OF Financier ARE YOU? To sell a lot of ground for $50.1e°s than it would bring if $5 were' ex pended in advertising it in veay com inou—if not very wise—financiering. To sell a sfiop or farm for $2,000 when $10 worth of advertising would have found the man billing to Day $500 more fer it—that is "near sighted" financi'riug. To allow a house or apartment to remain tennntless fi.r three, months, when $3 worth of advert'sing would have rented it in three days—is not a GOOD way to "manage property," .but it is a very usual way Through all the little affairs of life we are apt to thus trample upon all of the Financial Commandur&hts— making ourselves the poorer, and no body else especially the ribher. ADVANCE WANT ADS. WILL HELP YOU "MANAGE THINGS." PATENTS Free lEJrtoe, how to obtain patents, trade mar copyright*.etc., IN ALL COUNTRIES. Mmtiness direct with Washington saves time,\ money and often, the patent. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusively. Write or come to us at •IS Ha* SIM*, opp. HUM Itatw Vt*a* Mas, WASHINGTON, P. C. GASNOW *S. K1NDLUND* NOTARY PUBLIC REAL ESTATE LOANS AND INSURANCE Writes Fire and Tornado Insurance In companies that stood the test in the San Francisco disaster also write Hail Insurance—But say, don't forget to see me about your Farm insurance Lower rates than you ever heard of, nearly nothing—If yon need a bond have it for von—Or if TOU want a Steamship Ticket to or from Europe by any one of the best lines for cash or on time—or a bank draft or a money order to your relations in tbe old country—I have tbe exclusive agency for the- Austin and Western road graders and scrapers—I sell the Thos. Kane & Co. School Furniture and supplies. •A Will Clerk Auction Sales and guarantee satisfaction, will give you a copy of the sale before I leave the place. Will draw the notes to my self and cash the whole sale if you so desire. Correspondence solicited. Ad dress Worthlngton, Minnesota Office with Peter Thompson PATENTS land TRADE-MARKS promptly obtained In I all countries, or no fee. We obtain PATENTS I I THAT PAY, advertise than thoroaglily, at our I I axpenM, and help you to mccem. I Send model, photo or skctch for FREE report I patentability. SO years' practice. SUR PASSING REFERENCES. For free On We I Book on Profitable Pfctenta write to •03*0B Ssventh Strs WASH IWOTOW, DSWIFT& POWER 0F_01L TRUST Control of Transportation Is Its Most Powerful Weapon, STRANGLES ALL COMPETITION loathing Report of Commissioner of Corporations Smith to Presl-. dent Roosevelt. ^Washington, May 20.—The position of the Standard Oil company in the petroleum industry is the subject of a report just submitted to the president by Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner 9f corporations. Commissioner Smith sums up the result of his investiga tions as follows: "The history and present operation of these Standard interests shows throughout the past thirty-five years a. substantial monopolization of the petroleum industry of the country, a deliberate destruction of competition and a consequent control of that in dustry by less than a dozen men, who have reaped enormous profits there from. "The commercial efficiency of the Standard, while'very great, has been directed at Crippling existing rivals and preventing the rise of nefr ones by securing for itself most unfair dis criminations in transportation facili ties and rates." It is stated that in 1904 the Stand ard and affiliated concerns "refined jrer 84 per cent of ihe crude oil run through refineries produced more than 86 per cent of the country's total Output of illuminating oil maintained ft similar proportion of the export trade in illuminating oil and trans ported through pipe lines nearly nine tenths- of ...the crude oil of. the older fields and 98 per cent' 6f the crude oil of the midcontinent fields." The report says that the monopoly enjoyed by the company does not rest on the. ownership of the source of the oil supply, which amounts to about one-sixth of the total, but "that its growth and present power rest pri marily on the control of the transpor tation facilities." DISCRIMINATION ALLEGED. Complaint Made Against the Oil Trust in Minnesota. St. Paul, May 22.—What is probably the first step in proceedings intended to oust the Standard Oil company from doing business in Minnesota was taken when Joseph Bartles of the Bartles Oil company of St. Paul, to gether with oil dealers from Stillwa ter and St. James, lodged a complaint' against the Standard Oil company with Secretary of State Julius Bchmahl under the provision of the Hinton bill passed at the recent ses sion of. the legislature. They were not, however, prepared to file their complaint in writing and as no action will be taken by the state until this Is done they left to consult an attor ney and have the complaint drawn. According to the complaint made orally to, the secretary of .state the Standard Oil company is selling a cer tain quality of oil in St. Paul under'the name "Perfection" for 9. cents a gal lon and that it is selling the. same quality of oil under a different name in Stillwater and St. James for, 10 cents, where the difference, in-the freight charges, owing to'.the longer haul to those points would only war rant charge of one-quarter of a cent more than in St. Paul. DEMAND HIGHER WAGES. Strike of Freight Handlers at the Buf falo Docks. BufTalo, N. Y., May 20.—Nearly 2, 000 freight handlers on the docks quit work during the day, demanding an increase of wages from 17% to 20 cents an hour. The freighthouse of the New York Central was the prin cipal one affected. It is said that the strike affects all the transportation companies having freighthouses along the docks and that the strike was in the nature of a surprise to many of the leading offi cials' of the freighthouses. It has been known for some time that the men were dissatisfied, but it is said that there was a general belief that all difficulties had been smoothed, cut and that there would be no strike. The strikers are what are known as "inside men" and are mostly Italians. They are said to be well organized. KAISER "APPROVES"LEAGUE German Labor Unions Organize to Combat Socialism. Hamburg, May 20.—The Fatherland Labor league, consisting of thirty seven labor unions from all parts of the empire, hag been organized here for the purpose of "combatting the errors of Social Democracy and its terrorism in business and politics." Telegrams expressing warm sym pathy with the objects of the league Were received from Emperor William and the imperial chancellor. Prince ton Buelow. SECURE $13,000 IN STAMPS Safeblowers Rob Postoffice at Pasa dena, Cal. Pasadena, Cal., May 18.—The safe in the Pasadena main postoffice, lo cated on North Raymond avenue be tween Union and Holly, was blown open early in the day by robbers and $1S,000 in unbroken packages of aUunps stolen. SCHOOL FURNITURE TRUST Members of Combine Fined From $500 to $5,000. Chicago, Slay 20.—Judge Landls has fined F. A. Holbrook, the American 8eating company and the A. H. An drews company $5,000 each and'nine other furniture companies amounts ranging from $500 to $2,000, for viola tion of the anti-trust laws in forming a conspiracy in restraint of trade. The defendants pleaded guilty. Judge Landis preceded the delivery of sentence by a scathing denunciation of the methods adopted by the church and school furniture trust, declaring that the punishment fixed by law is inadequate to fit the crime. The com parative poverty of the smaller firms furnished the court's reason for not fining them the maximum. Holbrook acted as a sort of clearing house for the combine, which called itself the Prudential club, Judge Lan dis said. Holbrook apportioned the contracts and by means of dummy bids members of the combine avoided competition. NEARLY HALF A MILLION. Deaths From Plague in India During Past Six Weeks. Simla, British India, May 17.—The governmental returns just published show that the deaths from the plague throughout India for the six weeks ending May 11 reached the appalling total of 451,842. In the Punjab alone 286,777 deaths occurred. LONG DEADLOCK IS ENDE Isaac Stephenson Elected Sen ator From Wisconsin. Madison, Wis., May 18.—The nom ination of Isaac Stephenson of Marl nette In Republican caucus as United States senator to succeed John Spooner, resigned, was formally rati fled in joint assembly. Mr. -Stephen son received 87 votes. State Senator George W. Bird received the compli mentary vote of the Democrats and State Senator Jacob Rummel was ac corded a similar honor from the Social Democrats. There were twenty-five absentees. Mr. Stephenson received the vote of every Republican present, Mr. Stephenson's term will expire March 4, 1HQ9. Considerable dignity was added the occasion by the presence of all the state officers and several mem bers of the supreme court. Many wo men were also present, including the wife of United States Senator Robert M. La Follette. There was great cheering when the election was an nounced. A committee was appointed to wait upon Senator-elect Stephen son, who later appeared before the Joint assembly and acknowledged the honor in a few well chosen words. to The election of Mr. Stephenson ends deadlock existing since April 16. BOMB IN POLICE STATION. Superintendent and Two Detectives Killed at Odessa. Odessa, May 20.—The superintend ent of .police of Odessa and the two chief detectives of this city were killed and seven other persons were seri ously injured by the explosion of an infernal machine in the Central police bureau. The machine .wag deposited in the bureau just before it exploded by two men and .a girl. The police pursued wounded and captured the nien, but the girl escaped The leader of the trio turned out to. be a terrorist named Tchertkoff. The two detectives killed were bit terly hated by .the 'terrorists, one of them for participation in inciting the outbreak of 1905 here and the other, who was nicknamed "the hangman," because he had tortured political pris oners. POLICE FORCE SHAKEN UP Chicago's Mayor Intends to Renovate the Tenderloin. Chicago, May 21.—Mayor Busse, in an attempt to "renovate" the "Tender loin" district of Chicago, has made the most sweeping change ever made in the local police department. He transferred the entire police force Jn the district from captain down, em' bracing 240 men, to other parts of the city and appointed other men. It had been charged that the police in the district had countenanced viola tions of the law in the district. The move was hailed by acclaim among reformers, but the mayor non plussed other reformers by a ilatfoot eti statement that, considering Chi cago's large foreign population, he would not attempt to enforce the Sun day saloon closing law unless forced to do so by the courts. RACE WAR IN GEORGIA. Serl. Five Persons Dead and 8everal ously Injured. Claxton, Ga., May 22.—Two negroes lynched, one white man and two ne groes dead, and seven other persons injured, Is the result of an attempt to capture a negro who attempted a criminal assault upon Mrs. Laura Moore, a widow living near Manassas, Tattnall county. The dead are: John Hare, white farmer Sam Padgett, negro, and his daughter, aged ten years. Those lynched were Padgett's wife and son. The injured are W. J. Pierson, shot in stomach and arm, probably fatal ly James U. Daniel, shot la eye, may die Dr. J. L. Kennedy, serious son of Padgett, seriously Flem Padgett, colored two daughters of Padgett. ED IN MIME Steamer Naomi Destroyed by Fire Off Grand Rapids, Mick BARE HULK ALONE SAVED Five Persons Perish In Flames, Mors Than Fifty Others Miraculously Escaping Death. Grand Rapids, Mich., May 21.—Fc :r aoal passers were burned to death and one passenger, J. M. Rhoades of Detroit, was fatally burne£ when the Crosby lino steamer Naolitii, formerly the Wisconsin, was burned to the wa ter's edge early in the day in the middle of Lake Michigan. Fifty pasi sengei's and all of the crew except the four coal passers were taken off in small boats by the steamer Kerr and the Naomi's sister ship, the Kan sas, which was en route from Milwau kee to Grand Haven. The loss on the Naomi is estimated at $225,000. After the passengers and crew were rescued a barge which had been attracted to the scene by the fire put a line oh the burning hulk and is now towing her into port. The fire started in the vicinity of the kitchen, between decks, and spread so rapidly that the whole ship was a seething furnace before the crew could get the fire apparatus working. Escape of Passengers Miraculous. The flames swept the whole length of the ship and the upper works burned like tinder. It is considered miraculous that the passengers all escaped. Many of them were taken off in their night clothe3, while scarce ly any one was more than partially clad. The fire was not discovered by any of the Naomi's crew, but was first seen by the lookout on the steamer Kansas, which was proceeding in the opposite direction from Milwaukee to Grand Haven. TJie Kansas made di rectly for the Naomi and in the mean time the passengers of the ill fated, boat were being awakened. Captain Thomas Traill was the last man to leave the steamer alive and his clothing was almost burned off from his body. The four coal passers who perished were below in their bunks and are believed to have been penned down there by the flames. They are be lieved to have shipped from Milwau kee. It is said by the passengers that the screams of the dying men in the hold were heard, but that it was im possible to reach them. NEW SPECIAL VENIRE. 8ftcty/More Talesmen Ordered In the Haywood Case. Boise, Ida., May 21.—The special venire of talesmen in the Steunen berg murder trial was exhausted at 10:45 a. m. and Judge Wood at once adjourned the trial for two days to permit .Sheriff Hodgin to gather an other venire of sixty men. There were only nine men of the old special venire left when the trial was resumed and they went very quickly.Five were examined and excused under challenge' for. bias in thirty-five minutes. The sixth man, Levi Smith, a farmer, was, after an extended examination, accepted and given 'seat No. 10, just vacated by John Fisher, upon whom the defense exercisedv its sixth peremptory chal lenge. After the acceptance of Levi Smith Juror Orrie Cole, who is In bad health, was excused by consent of both sides, it being feared that his condition might seriously interfere with the trial. BULLET FOR THE KAISER? Alleged Attempt to Kill the German Emperor. Berlin, May 17.—According to the Mittag Zeitung what may have been an attempt to shoot the kaiser oe curred in the neighborhood of Wies baden. Some one fired a revolver at a high power automobile running be tween the villages of Ehrenseim and Hattershelm, but the bullet passed harmlessly over the heads of the oc cupants. Ten minutes later the kai ser's car passed. It is assumed that the person who fired the shot mistook the first automobile for that of his majesty. A reward has been offered for the discovery of the shooter. PAYS HEAVY FINES. Railroad Company Guilty of Violating Anti-Rebating Law. New York, May 18.—The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway com pany' through its feneral counsel, Charles B. Keeler of Chicago, pleaded guilty before Judge Holt In the United States circuit court on two indict ments recently returned against the road for the granting of rebates in violation of the Elkins anti-rebating law. The court assessed a fine of $10, 000 'on each count pleaded to, or 20, 000 in all, which Attorney Keeler paid. Electricians Join Strikers. San Francisco, May 18.—All the electricians in the employ of the Unit ed Railroads have struck in sympathy with the striking carmen. There is direct authority for the statement that the electricians employed by the San Francisco Oas and Electric eompap? will not strike, as to do so would bo a breaking of the union's oomtraot, I.':' NOW ON A PAYING BASIS. Receipts of Postoffice Department Ex ceed Expenditures. Washington, May 20.—For the first time in the history of the postal serv ice the receipts for a quarter have ex ceeded the expenditures. This is credited to the prosperous financial condition now prevailing. The total- receipts of the department for the last quarter exceeded the ex penditures "by $1,800,815.81$, which Is eaid by officials to be the best showing yet made by the department. The ex cess of receipts over expenditures for the corresponding period of the previ ous year was only $309,704.68. War rants in favor of the treasurer of the United States and the nine assistant treasurers of the United States and designated national banks who receive and handle all funds deposited on ac count of the service of the postoffice department have been countersigned by the postmaster general and the amount, $22,359,120.39, covered into the treasury. AFFECTS 100,000 WORKWO Lockout in Building Trades Occurs in Berlin. Berlin, May 18.—A lockout in the building trades began here during the afternoon, all attempts to effect a com promise having proved fruitless. About 60,000 men are directly affected and 40,000 are affected indirectly by the movement, which is the most serious labor difficulty in Germany since the great coal strike of 1905. THE VOTE IS UNANIMOUS Irish Nationalist Convention Re jects Government Bill. Dublin, May 21.—The Nationalist convention called to decide whether the Irish bill introduced in the house of commons May 7 by the chief secre tary for Ireland, Mr. Birrell, was ac ceptable to the people of Ireland unan imously adopted John Redmond's res olution rejecting the measure. The resolution declares that the bill "is utterly inadequate in its scope and unsatisfactory in its details and should be rejected by the Irish nation and we regard the introduction of such a measure by a British government pledged to home rule as confirmation of the position we have always taken —that any attempt to settle the Irish problem by half measures would be entirely unsuccessful and we call upon the Irish party to oppose the bill in the house of commons and press upon the government with all their strength and power to introduce a measure for the establishment of a native parlia' ment with a responsible executive power over all purely Irish affairs and at this crisis In the fortunes of Ireland we Invite all the Nationalist forces of the country to unite in sup port of our representatives in par liament and enable them to effectively press for ihe speedy and genuine set tlement of the Irish question." C0NCERTEDACTI0M BY BEARS Bad Break in Prices on the Stock Exchange. New York, May 21.—There was a bad break in prices of stocks daring the day which was unexplained by any Immediate news developments. Sentiment in speculative circles was Very much depressed and brokers were throwing- over stocks without finding any sufficient demand to ab sorb them. Activity by an organized bear party in the Speculation was sus pected owing to the sudden and unac countable nature of the large selling. The tactics of the bears, however, were successful in inducing much liquidation. Rumors were in constant circulation of intended borrowing on a large scale by corporations, many of these rumors being denied as fast as they got into circulation. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, May 21.—Wheat—On track—No. 1 hard, $1.06%g1.08% No. 1 Northern, $1.05% @1.05% No. 2 Northern, $1.02% @1.03% No. 3 Northern, 99c@$1.00. St. Paul Union 8tock Yards. St. Paul, May 21.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50 @6.25 fair to good, $4.00@5 .00 good to choice cows and heifers, $3.60@4.75 veals, $4.2604.75. Hogs—$6.1006.87%. Sheep—Wethers, $6.50 ©7.00 good to prime lambs, $7.75 ©8.50. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, May 21.—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.06 No. Northern, $1.05 No. 2 Northern, $1.03 May, $1.04% July, $1.05 Sept., $1.05%. Flax—To arrive, on track and May, $1.25 July, $1.26% Oct., $1.25%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, May 21. Wheat—May, 99%c July, $1.01%. Corn—May, 55lie July, 47%c. Pork—May, $16. 72% July, $16.92%. Butter—Cream eries, 15@22c dairies, 17(g)20%c. Eggs—15c. Poultry—Turkeys, 12c chickens, 12 %c. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, May 21.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.30®6.50 cows, $1.80®4.90 heifers, $2.70 @5.40 calves, $4.50® 6.50 good to prime steers, $5.45 @6.50 poor to medium, $4.30@5.40 stockers and feeders, $2.9005.20. Hogs—Light, $6.40 ®6.6%% mixed, $6.3006.60 heavy, $6.0506.47% rough, $6.0596.25 pigs, $6.90@6.50 good to choice heavy, 9.SS06.47tt. Sheep, 14.5006.20 lanba, $6.2608.71. Mix This at Home. The following simple home made mixture is said to leadily relieve and overcome any form of Rheu matism by forcing the kidneys to filter from the blood and system all the uric acid and poisonous waste matter, relieving at onoe such symptoms as buckache, weak kidneys and bladder and blood dis uses. Try it, as it doesnt' cost much to make, and is said to be absolutely harmless to the stomach. Get the following harmless in gradients from any good pharmacy: Fluid Extract Dandelion, one half ounce Compound Eargon, one ounce Compound Syrup Sareapar llla, three ounces. Mix by shak ing well in a bottle, and take a teaspoonful after each meal and again at bedtime. This simple mixture is said to give prompt relief, and there are very few cases of Rheumatism and kid ney troubles it will fail to cure per manently. These are all harmless everyday drugs, and your druggist should keep them in the prescription de partment if not, have him order them from the wholesale drug houses for you, rather than fail to use this, if you are afflicted. True Politeness. True politeness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply consists in treat* Ing others Just as you love to be treat* *d yourselL When your Watch Stops Yon cannot make it go by shaking it. When the bowels are constipated you can disturb them with cathartics but, like the watch, they .will not be able to do their allotted work until they are put into proper condi tion to do it. One cannot mend a delicate piece of mechanism by vio lent methods, and no machine made by man is as line as the human body. The use of pills, salts, castor-oil and strong cathartic medicines is the violent method. The use of the herb tonic laxative, Lane's Family Medicine is the method adopted by intelli- 1 gent people. Agents for J. I. CASE THRESHING MACHINE CO. Anyone wishing new or second-hand machine* will do well 10 s°e or write us before bujiotf. Phone L-2, Line No. 4 R. F. D. No. 1 WORTHINGTON, MINN Summer Excursions /MXMKWM cmrpmIUMAW. Mad* to by ratmi mnd —rricm mfforHmd ky Koch Maud Limm* One fare for th« round trip from all Rock 1*1 and atatioM aale daily. CALIFORNIA AND BACK oa aaie aaiic, April as to May it and June 8 to s* Ticket* are firrt CUM, with lonf return limit and liberal atop, over priviltf e». Also one tare plnab for the nana trip to Loa Anfelei and San Franciaco, Juno aa to July s, account National Educational Aaaociation. Return limit, September is. Via Portland lor alisht additional coat. A I I I Onefareforthe fjJLILTIHFHI•C Vn I & ft f-i 1 Headache, backache, indigestion, constipation, skin diseases—all are 1 benefited immediately by the use 1 of this medicine. Druggists sell it at 35c. and 50c. 1 Matheson Bros •f •$* round trip from all NORTHWEST I Rocklylaydautiooa I —on aale daily, Juno ao to uly 11, to Fort, land. Tacomn, Seattle and Vancouver. Very low rate also on aamo dates to Spokane. Theae ratea account Christian Endeavor Convention at Seattle and B. Y. P. U. Convention at Spokane. Return limit, September IS- Via California lor slight additional coat. The Rock Island TWO ROUTES TO THE COAST providea through the service over I two bestrouteato California: SOUTHWEST I Vflf Colo- rado Scenic Line and El Paso Short Line. You have your choice, or can to one way and return the other. The excursion tickets are all good on the GOLDEN STATE LIMITED, finest train over the lowest altitude route. IOW RATFS I Very low ratea for I msnd trip Home- seekers' tickets to ______J practically all points Southwest arc ia effect May 7 and si and June 4 and it. Probably no further reduced rates South west until Fall, therefore avail jouraelf af one of these opportunities. Foil particulars about aay aadafl ash* iecta from A. W. LITTLE, Agent, Rock bM Uaaa Worlhlagleai Mian