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A. B. RICE
President
W believe that our 30 years of
business among you (the people of Kandiyohi
ABOUT THE STATE
News of Especial Interest to
Minnesota Readers.
MAKE PLEA FOR HI6HER RATES
James J. Hill and Other Railroad
Magnates Appear Before Joint
Committees of Legislature.
James J. Hill, former chairman of
the Great Northern Railway com
pany's board of directors, appeared be
fore the senate and house committees
on transportation at a public hearing
to urge that passenger rates be In
creased from 2 to 2 cents a mile,
as proposed in a bill introduced by
Senator E. J. Westlake of Minneapo
lis.
President W. A. Gardner of the Chi
cago and Northwestern and Chicago,
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
Railway companies, and President Ed
mund Pennington of the Soo line also
addressed the committee.
The senate chamber was requisi
tioned for the meeting. Senator Ed
ward Rustad of Wheaton presided
and Representative J. G. Gerlich of
Mankato, chairman of the house com
mittee, sat next to him.
Mr. Hill predicted the speedy ter
mination of the European war and
said that if it ends this year wheat
will sell for 70 cents a bushel in
1916. He asserted that the Great
Northern capitalization is $116,000,.
000 less than the money invested in
the property and said that his failure
to develop the Great Northern ore
properties was because capitalists
were afraid to invest in Minnesota
and he concluded by saying that the
railroads have been "driven to the
last ditch" by oppressive legislation.
The trend of Mr. Hill's argument,
and also that of the other presidents,
was that if some action is not taken
shortly to increase passenger rates
in this territory, either the carriers
must appeal to the United 8tates su
preme court or the interstate com*
merce commission for relief.
OPPOSED TO STATE CENSUS
County) warrants in claiming that we can offer you an absolutely
safe storehouse for your money. Cheeks on us are accepted in pay
ment of bills at par in any part of Minnesota.
Ninety per cent of the successful business men are Bank Depositors.
What better time than now to open a Check Account with usf We
have unexcelled facilities for transacting all branches of banking.
We have now installed a savings department. We would like to see
every child in town and help them get started with a savings ac
count.
Our Officers will be glad to extend to you every courtesy consistent
with sound banking. We will keep your valuables in our fire-proof
vault free of charge. We shall be pleased to have you call on UP.
BANK O WILLMA
8. B. QVALB
Vice-President
Minnesota Senate Kills BUI Provid
ing Therefor.
Although the state constitution pro
vides for the taking of a state census
every ten years the state senate has
indefinitely postponed the bill provid
ing for the census this year.
The census bill, introduced by Sen
ator J. D. Sullivan, carried a $100,
000 appropriation.
Senator G. H. Sullivan of Stillwater
opposed the bill, contending that, al
though the constitution may provide
for a census, there is nothing in the
constitution to compel the legislature
to pass a bill providing for the cen
sus.
The vote upheld his contention, 30
to 21, for indefinite postponement, in
effect killing the measure.
FORESTRY BILL IS KILLED
Providde for Carrying Out Consti
tutional Amendment.
The senate finance committee has
killed the Holmberg bill providing for
the carrying into effect of the forestry
amendment to the constitution,
known as No. 9, approved at the
1914 election by a majority of the
voters of Minnesota. The committee
report recommending indefinite post
ponement was read in the senate and
adopted without comment.
The bill provided for a $25,000 ap
propriation to make a soil survey to
determine the lands capable of agri
cultural development now owned by
the state, and to set aside such land
unfit for that use for forestry pur
poses.
ELWELL LAW IS REPEALED
Had Been in Effect in Minnesota for
Some Years.
The Elwell road law, enacted by
the legislature of four years ago, was
repealed when the lower house of the
legislature, by a vote of 79 to 42,
passed Senator Vermilya's bill, which
passed the senate two weeks ago.
Debate on the bill continued for
more than two hours, during which
friends of the repeal vigorously at
tacked various sections of the Elwell
law, characterizing some parts as
"vicious and unjust."
Northern Minnesota, it was pointed
out, is in favor of the law, while
southern sections of the state are
vigorously opposed to it.
TWO MORE BODIES FOUND
Total of Seven Recovered Prom Ruint
of Mill City Hotel.
The bodies of two more persons,Zeppelins,
both men, have been remov_e_4 from
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the ruins of the Astoria hotel at Min
neapolis, destroyed by fire more than
two weeks ago. Neither has been
identified.
It is believed that one of the bodies
may be that of the unidentified
Greek who was registered at the
hotel the other may be that of Ralph
Armstrong, reported missing.
The total known dead is seven,
with two women still reported miss
ing.
VICTORY FOR MINNESOTA
Resolution Ordering Investigation Is
Amended.
By a vote of 68 to 67 the lower
house of the legislature adopted an
amendment to the University of Min
nesota investigation resolution elimi
nating the section for a special com
mittee and Instructing the public ac
counts and expenditures committee to
continue its inquiry.
The vote came after the most stormy
lession since the opening of the pres
ent legislature, during which- person
alities were hurled across the cham
ber and it was suggested that two
members retire to a committee room
and decide their personal questions
by physical combat.
The result of the vote was consid
ered a victory by friends of the uni
versity, who put forth a most vig
orous fight against the Malmberg
Greene-Lydiard resolution.
MILL CITY BANK MERGER
First National and Security National
United.
The First National bank and the
Security National bank of Minneapo
lis have merged.
The new bank will be called the
First and Security National bank and
will have a combined capital and sur
plus of $11,000,000 and deposits of
$50,000,000. It will be the largest
bank west of Chicago and will out
rank the First National bank of St.
Paul $13,000,000 in deposits.
The First National bank of Minne
apolis and the Soo road have long
been closely allied and recently erect
ed a $1,000,000 office and bank build
ing. The new institution is regarded
by financiers as a strong Soo ally.
DRAFTING SUFFRAGE BILLS
Two Measures Providing for Limited
Voting to Be Introduced.
The Minnesota Equal Suffrage
league is completing the details of the
two limited suffrage bills to be intro
duced in the legislature.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk of Washing
ton, a woman lawyer and legal ad
viser of the congressional committee
of the National Woman Suffrage asso
ciation, is directing the formation of
the bills.
One will be like the Illinois law,
which provides presidential suffrage
and for the voting by women for as
many other offices as will be thought
practical in Minnesota. The other bill
provides for presidential suffrage
only.
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COST OP LEGISLATION.
The legislature Is costing the
•fr state $3,452 a day. 4*
It has been at work forty
seven working days. The to- 4*villages
•fr tal cost, as shown by the rec
4* ords of Walter J. Smith, state
4* treasurer, has been $162,267. 4*
4* During the ninety legislative 4*
4* days of the 1913 session the 4
4 cost was $284,578, or $3,161 a 4
4» day. 4.
4* The present session is half 4
4* finished. At the present rate 4
4* of expenditure it will cost a 4*
4* total of $324,534, or $39,961 4
4* more than the session of 1913. 4*
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ZEPPELINS MAKE
ATTACK ON PARIS
Paris, March 22.—Zeppelin air
ships raided Paris and its suburbs
and dropped half a hundred bombs,
but the damage done was unimpor
tant
Seven or eight persons were In
jured, but only one seriously.
Four of the aircraft started for the
capital, following the valley of the
Oise, but only two reached their
goal.
Missiles also were dropped at Com
piegne, Ribecourt and Dreslincourt,
but without serious result.
Paris remained calm while the aer
ial invasion was in progress. Inhab
itants of the city exhibited more curi
osity than fear of the results. Trum
pets gave the signal that all lights
must be extinguished when warning
came of the alrcrafta' approach.
Searchlights were turned upon the
clouds, anti-aircraft guns opened Are
and aeroplanes rose to attack the
but their fire was handi
capped by heavy mist,
TWO SHIPS
HIT MINES
British Suffer Loss
in Dardanelles.
CASUALTIES ARE SMALL
Other War Vessels Rescue
Crews Under Hot Fire.
Constantinople, March 21.—The
Turkish war office has officially con
firmed the sinking of the French bat
tleship Bouvet and the British bat
tleships Irresistible and Africa in the
Dardanelles straits. All three were
torpedoed. The forts on both sides of
the straits suffered only slight dam
age.
London, March 20.—The British
battleships Irresistible and Ocean
were blown up by floating mines while
engaged with the remainder of the al
lied fleet in attacking the forts in the
narrows of the Dardanelles Thursday.
The crews of the two British ships
were virtually all saved, having been
transferred to other ships under a
hot fire.
Two other ships engaged in the
fighting, the Brittish battle cruiser
Inflexible and the French battleship
Gaulois, were hit by shells and dam
aged.
The British casualties, according to
the British official report, "were not
heavy, considering the scale of the
operations."
Announcement is made that prac
tically the whole of the crew of the
French battleship Bouvet, reported as
having been sunk, were lost with the
ship, an Internal explosion apparent
ly having supervened on the explo
sion of-the mine. The Bouvet carried
621 men. It sank within three min
utes of the time that she hit the
mine.
The damage done to the Turkish
forts by the heavy bombardment has
not as yet been ascertained.
Forte Finally Silenced.
The Kephez forts replied strongly
when the battleships advanced, firing
up the Dardanelles, and all the ships
were hit. It is asserted that these
forts finally were silenced and a bom
bardment of those in the narrows was
under way when the three battleships
struck the mines.
The blowing up of the ships did not
cause a cessation of the fighting,
which continued until darkness inter
vened.
The waters in which the ships were
lost had been swept of mines, but the
British admiralty asserts the Turks
and the Germans set floating contain
ers of explosives adrift, and these
were carried down by the current to
the allied ships gathered inside the
entrance of the straits.
The sunken British ships are being
replaced by the battleships Queen and
Implacable, vessels of a similar type.
They are said to have started some
time ago for near eastern waters in
anticipation of just such losses as
have now occurred.
The Irresistible was a sister ship
of the Formidable, which was tor
pedoed in the English channel off
Portsmouth on Jan. 1. Both the Irre
sistible and the Ocean were laid down
in 1898, but the former was completed
in 1902 and the Ocean in 1900.
LOSS FIXED AT HALF BILLION
Thousands of Villages in Russian Po
land Destroyed.
London, March 21.—Statistics pub
lished in Petrograd concerning losses
to property in Russian Poland as a
result of the German invasion, for
warded to the Reuter Telegram com
pany, give the total number of towns
and larger villages destroyed as
ninety-five. It is said that 4,500 small
were destroyed, 1,000 of them
having been burned.
The figures apply to ten Polish
provinces. The damage is estimated
at more than $500,000,000.
HEAVY LOSS IN FIVE DAYS
British Casualty List Shows 112 Offi
cers Killed in Action.
London, March 18.—The British cas
ualty list for the five days from March
10 to March 14, Inclusive, during
which the battle of Nueve Chapelle
and St. Elois were fought, show that
112 officers were killed or died from
wounds and that 193 officers were
wounded or are missing.
The list of casualties among soldiers
has not been announced.
Greece Preparing for Actjon.
London, March 22.—A dispatch to
the Reuter's Telegram company from
Athens says: "Following a cabinet
meeting held Saturday night the
newspapers which are inclined to
support the new cabinet say a more
pronounced policy for favoring the
triple entente powers is probable, al
though in the event of adopting that
course Greece would obtain all the
guarantees that are considered nec
essary."
WOMEN VOTERS EXCEED MEN
Register 67,912 More Names for Chi
cago Election.
Chicago, March 18.—Sixty-seven
thousand nine hundred and twelve
women and 55,223 men added their
names to the registration lists, more
than 30 per cent larger registration
than had been expected by politi
cians.
The total previous registration was
665,906, of which 447,194 were men.
the latest list will bring the total to
789,041, a record voting population.
fiA TA PHIIDfH Above All Days Be Sure
UU I UlUJvUl to Go on Easter Sunday
O TO CHURCH EASTER SUNDAY.
Everybody should GO TO CHURCH at this time and
thank God for his many blessings.
Churches throughout the country report that there is a re
vival of religion everywhere. The GO TO CHURCH MOVE
MENT, which got such an impetus about a year ago, is still
booming along. Lest it might lose some of its swing there is now
on a big renewal of the GO TO CHURCH slogan.
PRACTICALLY EVERY PERSON ONE MEETS WILL SAY THAT
HE BELIEVE8 IN QOD. MANY ARE READY TO FIGHT AT THE
MERE SUGGESTION THAT THEY ARE WITHOUT RELIGION AND
FAITH. YET THESE 8AME PER80NS WHO PROFESS PROFOUND
INDIGNATION AT THE VERY THOUGHT THAT THEY ARE IM
PIOUS, WHEN ASKED WHY THEY DO NOT GO TO CHURCH
8HRUG THEIR 8HOULDER8. THEY MAKE A LAME EX
CUSE. OFTEN THEY OFFER NO EXCUSE. CAN ANY MAN
WHO PROFESSES FAITH IN GOD, WHO DECLARES THAT HE
18 A BELIEVER IN RELIGION, OFFER A VALID REASON WHY
HE DOES NOT GO TO CHURCH7 IF A MAN WANTS TO WOR
SHIP GOD HE MUST GO TO CHURCH. THE CHURCH 18 THE
HOUSE OF GOD. THE LEAST ANY RIGHT THINKING MAN
MIGHT DO 18 TO SPEND A FEW HOURS WEEKLY IN GOD'S TEM
PLE.
Let there be a fine renewal of the GO TO CHURCH move
ment in this community. If you GO TO CHURCH your duty
is only half done. Get your neighbor to go. He will not resent
your talk. BECOME A MISSIONARY. DO IT ADROITLY.
Call his attention to the GO TO CHURCH movement. Speak
to his wife, to his daughter. Everybody can be a missionary.
Every church in the land should be filled to its capacity once the
GO TO CHURCH movement gets its swing.
By all means—
GO TO CHURCH on Easter Sunday.
Go to church every Sunday.
PRINCE RUPPRECHT.
Bavarian Crown Prince
Said to Have Been Shot.
London, March 22.—Crown Prince
Rupprecht of Bavaria has been seri
ously wounded by a shell, according
to the Daily Telegraph's Boulogne cor
respondent.
Rupprecht of Bavaria is the eldest
son of King Ludwig. He was born in
1869. He has been prominent in many
of the battles on the western frontier.
DIPLOMATIC NOTES
ARE MADE PUBLIC
Washington, March 18.—Six diplo
matic notes were made public by the
state department, constituting the en
tire correspondence of the last few
weeks between the United States
and Germany, and between the Unit
ed States and Great Britain and
France, relative to the abandonment
of submarine attacks on merchant
ships, the shipment of conditional
contraband and foodstuffs to civilians
in a belligerent country, the use of
neutral flags by belligerent merchant
men, the removal of mines and the
proclamation of a virtual blockade by
the allies against Germany.
The communication revealed that
the United States government, realiz
ing the difficulties of maintaining an
effective blockade by a close guard of
an enemy coast on account of the
newly developed activity of subma
rines, asked that "a radius of activ
ity" be defined. Great Britain and
Prance replied with the announce
ment that the operations of blockade
would not be conducted "outside of
European waters, including the Medi
terranean."
While Germany agreed, it is dis
closed, to abandon its submarine at
tacks on "mercantile of anyflag,"ex
cept when they resist visit or search,
provided foodstuffs were permitted to
reach her civilian population, Great
Britain and her allies rejected the
proposal originally made by the Unit
ed States government in an effort to
bring the belligerents into an arrange
ment which would safeguard the in
terests of neutrals.
COLE FORTUNE IS $250,000
Duluth Mining Man's Will Offered
for Probate.
William H. Cole of Duluth, pioneer
Minesota mining man whose death oc
curred March 8 last at Pasadena, CalJ
left an estate valued at upwards of
$250,000, according to a petition filed
in probate court by D. B. McDonald,
who asks to be appointed executor in
accordance with the terms of a will
which the petitioner seeks to have
admitted to probate.
I The will which is offered for pro
bata leaves $100,000 to the widow.
CARRANZA WILL
AID DEPARTURE
Promises to Assist Foreigners
to Leave Mexico.
CAPITAL CITY REPORTED QUIET
Provisional President Garza Returns
to Seat of Government and As-
sures Protection to All
Washington, March 18.—Consul Sil
liman at Vera Cruz reported that Gen
eral Carranza has agreed to co-oper
ate in providing transportation for
Americans and other foreigners wish
ing to leave Mexico City and to facili
tate the transportation of Red Cross
supplies to the Mexican capital.
Unofficial advices reaching the state
department told of the return to Mex
ico City of Roque Gonzales Garza,
elected provisional president by a
committee of generals Jan. 1, and of
his issuing a statement assuring pro
tection for the public in the capital.
Advices telling of Garza's return
said there is no disorder in the city
and that business houses had been re
opened.
Garza succeeded Eulalio Gutierrez
and presumabfy he entered the capi
tal with Zapata forces last week after
its evacuation by General Obregon.
Information concerning actual con
ditions in Mexico City has been scant
since the latest change in control,
but state department dispatches
from the Swedish legation there have
said conditions are deplorable. These
dispatches told specifically of alleged
outrages to Swedish subjects.
CARDINAL AGUARDI.
Chancellor of Catholic Church
Dies at Age of Eighty-three.
Cardinal Anthony Agliardi is dead
at Rome. He was eighty-three years
of age.
While serving as the titular bishop
of Albano he was proclaimed a cardi
nal in 1896.
He was chancellor of the Catholic
.church and a sub-dean of the Sacred
College.
Aeroplane Off English Coast.
London, March 21.—A German aero
plane dropped several bombs off Deal,
a seaport on the Srait of Dover. The
bombs all landed in the sea. A patrol
boat opened fire on the aeroplaM,
which turned and disappeared.
OF INTEREST TO
SCANDINAVIANS
News Gathered in the Father
land and Elsewhere.
FOR WORK IN THE NORTHWEST
Scandinavian Foundation, With Head
quarters in New York, Opens
Office in Minneapolis.
SWEDEN. 4*
That the old sagas of the North
land may not be forgotten by de
scendants of the Vikings who have
chosen America for their homes, and
that in the perpetuation of this racial
culture and literature Minneapolis
Minn.,may be the sphere of influence
for such a propaganda, the American
Scandinavian Foundation has opened
an office there, through which will be
conducted its work in the Northwest.
The foundation has offices in New
York. It publishes a bi-monthly re
view, translates into English some of
the monuments of Northland litera
ture, arranges for exchange of pro
fessorships between American and
Scandinavian universities and en
dows scholarships for American stu
dents to study in Scandinavian coun
tries and for sons of the North to
pursue studies in the country. Henry
Goddard Leach, secretary of the foun
dation, has been lecturing in several
Northwestern cities lately, and has
opened a branch office in the Turn
bull-Nelson building in Minneapolis.
Doctor Leach is the executive mana
ger of the foundation and in that
capacity is getting in closer touch
with the Scandinavian center of the
continent. While this foundation
aims to perpetuate Scandinavian cul
ture, it does not do so at the expense
of the Americanism of the Scandi
navians. It would place no restraints
on the nationalization of the immi
grants or their descendants. It mere
ly wishes them to realize that the art
of the Northland is a contributing fac
tor to the world's civilization. Every
pamphlet and page that is circulated
from the offices of the foundation is
printed the English language. The
pens of the Norsemen are simply dip
ped in the ink of the English language
by the best translators obtainable.
And while the Scandinavians are
delving in the lore of their fathers
they are improving the tongue of
their adoption. "The people of the
Scandinavian countries are proud,
very proud, of the place their country
men have attained in the development
of the Northwest, particularly of Min
neapolis. They are proud of the
Scandinavian governors who have
presided over Minnesota. I have talk
ed to the monarchs of these countries
and they have referred to this pride
in a spirit of endorsement," said Mr.
Leach. "And the Scandinavians of
this country are pleased with the sin
cere and enthusiastic efforts of Presi
dent Vincent to make the University
of Minnesota a center of Scandinavi
an culture in the United States, a
center which typifies and expresses
the magnificent art of the North
land."
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The leading papers of Stockholm,
commenting on the German subma
rine blockade, show a sympathetic
view in regard to Germany. Says the
Stockholm Dagblad: "Should the
German people allow themseves to be
starved? Is it the wish of Great Brit
ain that children die for want of
food? These are questions which the
German people have to ask them
selves. They are the result of the
British answers to the protest of the
United States, in which England ex
presses her arbitrary views in regard
to contraband." The Nya Dagligt Al
lehanda is of the opinion that not
Germany by her decree, but England
by her North sea pronouncement of
Nov. 3, had led maritime war into
channels which are destroying all
rules on International law. "Eng
land," the Nya Dagligt Allehanda con
tinues, "gives as an excuse her life
interests. But that is hardly a mo
tive which will justify the starvation
of the German civilian populace. It
is clear that he who was first subject
ed to such barbarous treatment has a
right to try to rid himself of the
murderous assailant."
Reports from Stockholm say that
indignation prevails among the peo
ple of Finland because of the deporta
tion to Siberia of Judge Svinhufvud,
the president of the Finnish diet. The
Stockholm Dagblad reports that the
visit of Czar Nicholas to Helsingfors
probably is intended for a proclama
tion of conscription. Up to the pres
ent time the men in Finland have
been free from military service.
Count Carl Bernadotte, son of
Prince Bernadotte, eldest brother of
King Gustaf, was married in Stock
holm March 16 to the daughter oi
Baron de Geer, colonel of the king's
Horse Guard. King Gustave and
Queen Victoria, the members of the
royal family and of the court and Ira
N. Morris, the American minister, and
Mrs. Morris attended the ceremony.
NORWAY. 4-
"At least one good thing seems like
ly to result from the war for the peo
ples of the North—and that is a
closer Scandinavian union." This is
the opinion of H. O. Opdahl, editor
of the Verdens Gang, the leading
daily of Christiania, who has recently
started on a tour of the Scandinavian
Northwest and who will include in his
Journey many of our greatest cities
the East and the West. Editor
Opdahl made the following statement
which is receiving wide publicity in
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Henry Goddard Leach, secretary
of the American-Scandinavian Founda
tion of New York, has been lecturing
in the Western states recently. Mr.
Leach is an old lineage American who
has taken upon his shoulders the
praiseworthy task of perpetuating ra
cial culture and literature among the
Scandinavians of America. The Ameri
can-Scandinavian Review, published in
New York, is doing much to aid in
the perpetuation of the Scandinavian
languages and racial characteristics
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languages, songs and poems of the
Northlands are being perpetuated on
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dard Leach! It will all serve to
strengthen our love for a higher cul
ture, will not lessen, but will also
tend to strengthen our love and devo
tion to our own dear America.
Just one single person is all that
now remains of the titled nobility of
Norway. This is Baroness Wedel
Jarlsberg, and she is ninety years old.
The titled nobility of this country was
abolished in 1821. From her age it
will be seen that she was not born
before that year herself. But her hus
band was born before that year and
they had a right to the titles of baron
and baroness until their deaths.
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Norwegians, Swedes and Danes that
they must stick together and present
a united front to the world. The re
cent meeting of the three kings in
Malmo was in recognition of this feel
ing. No one can say just how far
the alliance will go, but it will prob
ably extend not only to measures of
concerted defense, but to other eco
nomic and political measures. The
feeling used to be that an alliance
of Sweden and Norway was practical,
but that Denmark was too close to
the great German war power to make
It practicable for her to enter the al
liance. This feeling has now changed
and it is recognized that the 9,000,000
or 10,000,000 Scandinavians of the
three nations must act together. The
dream of Bjornstjerne Bjornson, of
the forming of a great united Scandi
navian power, is likely to be realized
sooner than most of us thought possi
ble. Scandinavia has suffered less
from the war than most of the neu
trals in Europe. In Norway we are
somewhat concerned over what ar
rangements are to be made the com
ing summer for taking care of the
large government loans made abroad
for building railroads, telephone lines
and so on. But no one is worrying
much, for though we cannot get gold
we are piling up credit. Our mer
chant marine is doing an enormous
business. The new Norwegian-Ameri
can line, wh^ch is really a govern
ment enterprise, has chartered twenty
ships in addition to those it owns.
The greatest difficulty is in finding
bottoms to take the goods out of New
York."
Stations
supply you:
Raymond
Kerkhoven
Murdock
Maynard
Spicer
Kandiyohi
their hopes have been realized. The
althing, or Iceland congress, has
passed a bill, and at no very distant
date the steed of steel will worm its
way between the glaciers and among
the hot springs of Iceland. The main
line of this railway will run from
Reykjavik, the capital, to Thorsjaa
here the road will divide, with one
branch to the geysers and the other
to Oerbak. The total distance to
be covered by rail is about one hun
dred kilometers, or about sixty-two ^,
miles, and the system is to cost ap
proximately $1,000,000. At the pres
ent time the facilities for traffic and
trade are still very primitive. Trav
elers are obliged to ride on any ani
mal which is available, while freight
is moved in rude carts. The roads
are for the most part very bad, and
they are often made impassable by
mountain torrents.
4. 4. 4.
Edward Brandes, the Danish min
ister of finance, introduced three bills
in the folkething to procure increased
revenue to cover the extraordinry ex
penditure caused by the present situ
ation. The bills contain proposals
for an increase of the tax on property
and a succession duty and for a levy
of a special income tax for the curi^
rent year.
4. 4. 4.
The hotels of Copenhagen are
crowded with well-to-do Germans,
who are ineligible for military serv
ice. It is said that those people are
leaving Germany in order to conserve
the food supply at home. The other
Scandinavian countries report similar
conditions.
MARION S. NORELIUS.
SCOTT'S MISSION SUCCEEDS
General Induces Piute Indians te
Lay Down Arms.
Bluff, Utah, March 22.—The Piute
uprising in Utah ended when Briga
dier General Hugh L. Scott returned
to Bluff with Chief Old Polk, his son,
Tse-ne-gat, Chief Posey and Posey's
oldest son.
The capture of the ringleaders by^w
the United States army officer and
his small party of personal escorts
accomplished the peaceful settlement
of the rebellion by the Indians which
had resulted in the deaths of six men
and the wounding of many others in
the early fighting between a posse
and the redskins.
The prisoners brought here were
sullen and uncommunicative.
JILTED BY INPIAN,~SHE SAYS
Minneapolis Girl 8u«s George P. Go*
don for $15,000.
Viola M. Moore, nineteen years ot _—
age, has filed suit in district court
at Minneapolis for breach of prom
ise, asking $15,000 damages from
George P. Gordon, an Indian, grad
uate of Carlisle college and former
member of the Carlisle football team.
Miss Moore alleges that she was to
have been married to Gordon in Jan
uary, but that before that date Gor
don married Miss Gazel Golbner, her
friend. She says Gordon owns prop
erty in Texas valued at more than
$35,000.
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