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VOL. XXVI— .332.
NEGRO TROOPS MAY
FIGHT NEZ PERCES
Joe Morrigeau's Band of Outlaws in Montana Is Rein
forced by Indians, Whose Attitude Is Most Defiant-
Soldiers Arrive and Will Try to Get the Cattle Before
the Indians Are Brought lip.
PLAINS, Mont., Nov. 27.—There is
every indication of trouble between the
colored troops sent up to the res
ervation to eject Joe Morrigeau and
his band of outlaw Nez Perce Indians
which are said to be supporting Mor
rigeau.
The soldiers arrived at 3:30 this
morning and an hour later were load
ed into wagons and • started oh the
forty-mile drive to the Little Bitter
Root. Three hours later government
officials came in by another trail and
reported that Morrigeau was still on
the reservation and defiant. They
state that the Indian police positively'
refused to attempt to eject the cat
tleman owing to their fear of the Nez
Perces. The Nez Perces are a band
PATTI CHARGES
$6,000 IN ADVANCE
Management of New York Theater Is
$3,000 Out of Pocket inconsequence.
Special to The Globe.
NEW YORK, Nov. Before Pattl
would sing at the West End theater
today she demanded a check tor $6,000
as payment in advance and got it.
The seat sales netted but $3,000.
IP WITH MARK HANNA,
DOWN WITH ROOSEVELT
MARK HANNA.
NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 27.—That cer
tain Republicans are determined to get
for Senator Marcus A. Hanna the pres
idential nomination next year is posi
tive from the amount of literature
floating in this city and sections of
North Carolina. Circulars and news
paper clippings have been received by
Republicans and Democrats alike, urg
ing them to work for the nomination
of Senator Hanna and use their influ
ence in forming Hanna clubs all over
the South.
Among the prominent men here to
receive^ the circulars are George E.
Bowden, former member of congress;
R. R. Thorp, former member of con
gress; Maj. Banks, collector of port;
Thomas Lowrey, chairman of the Re
publican city committee, and Floyd
HE HAD TWO MINDS
Wrote Book of Which He Has
No Recollection.
DENVER, Col., Nov. 27.—What Is
pronounced by physicians a case of
double consciousness has been brought
to public notice through a suit filed by
David Charters against . the city of
Denver for $15,000 for injuries to his
head sustained by falling on a defect
ive sidewalk. After the accident,
which occurred Dec. SO, 1901, Char
ters proclaimed himself "Daniel, the
Phophet," and wrote a book entitled,
"Daniel's Vision and. Mission; Is Heav
en Real? Is Hell Real?" 7^777
He preached on the streets and es
tablished a prosperous mission. He
also traveled about the country as an
evangelist. Charters, a few. weeks
ago, fully recovered from his injury
and he declared that the Interval since
the accident was a blank to him. He
had no knowledge of having written a
book. After reading the book he pro
nounced Its contents idiotic.
TO CLEAR HIS NAME
Special to The Globe.
. LEAVENWORTH, Kan.', Nov. 27.—
Capt. Carter, who will be freed to
morrow, said tonight: 77;7- .;
"I shall live for the sole purpose of
clearing my name. I was unjustly im
prisoned and accused. The record
must be cleared." V
Capt. Carter will have the oppor
tunity desired' in the federal court in
Chicago, where the government is su
ing to recover $400,000 bonds given by
Carter's father-in-law on the ground
that they came from the contractor. I
The Only Democrat Newspaper of General Circulation In the Northwest.
THE BT. PAUL GLOBE
of about 100 under Chief Carrier Wa
ter and have been in isolated sections
of the Flathead reservation for the
last year. They refuse to ; recognize
the federal officers or the Indian police
and have staved off the Flatheads for
months.
Morrigeau has engaged the band to
assist him and unless Maj. Torrey and
his soldiers get hold of the cattle be
fore the Nez Perces are brought up
trouble is bound to occur. The troops
sent from Fort Missoula are all vet
erans and picked fighters and are ex
pected to clearly outclass .twice the
number of Nez Perces.
A courier arrived at Plains this even
ing to report that the troops were with
in two hours' march of the Morrigeau
camp and had halted for the night.
THINK ROOSEVELT
TOO STRENUOUS
Hoositr Republicans Ask Their Sen-
ators to Labor With Him.
Special to The Globe.
INDIANAPOILS, Ind., Nov. 27.—
Indiana Republicans urge the "senators
of their state to labor with Roosevelt.
They say his impetuous policy of
strenuosity Imperils the ; party. :
Systematic Republican
Movement to Boom Uncle
Mark for the Presidency
Develops—Scores of Let
ters Are Sent Out Extol
ling the Senator and Say
ing Things to the Presi
dent's Discredit.
Hughes, a prominent lawyer. Mr.
Bond is one of the signers of the let
ter, and the others cannot be ascer
tained. i'-liU'*" 7-2-:Uj-:L .-■;--•;..-.;':=•.
Accompanying these letters is a per
sonal letter, the contents of which are
kept secret by the parties who receiv
ed them. It is a peculiar fact that al
though Democrats received circulars
exactly like those that were sent to
Republicans none of them * received a
copy of the personal Tetter.' ■* :*
Strictly . Personal.
One Republican in this city has in
his possession one of the letters mark
ed "Strictly personal." : A newspaper
man today got,some extracts from the
letter in question, which are as fol
lows: -■ '- '- *" ■' -
"It is almost impossible to elect Pres
ident Roosevelt should ,he receive the
nomination next year.for. three reasons.
" '1. He has I violated the ; policy of
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THE NEWS INDEXED.
PAGE I. ; -.;.'':.:
Battle Between Officers and Bandits-
Troops and Montana Outlaws Face
Each Other, t ■"---'.~77..7
Systematic Boom for JHanna.
Serious Testimony Against; Gen. Wood.
Murder and* Arson at Tower.
" PAGE 11. ;y
Street Railway Company Promises
Cross Town Line.
Street Car Company to Extend to Inver
Grove. "" ■>
His Cattle Affected With Tuberculosis.
Weinholzer Wins Civil Case in Su
preme Court.7.7 ■ 7 ■". >7
PAGE 111.
Minneapolis Matters.
Northwest .News.
News of the Railroads.
PAGE IV.
Editorial Comment.
Affairs Abroad.
PAGE V.
Big Nine Conference Meeting.
Football Gossip. 77 777-7
Races. -'.-.7. ■. .* _- • .__. -
PAGE VI.
Complain of Bad Air in Street Cars.
PAGE VI -" 7
Of Interest. to Women.
PAGE VIII.
Weekly Review of Trade. ,-^
Globe Popular Wants.
PAGE IX. t
Market Record. --^.-r. .: : .-*.-. "-•
PAGE X. .7 J*7
Budget Committee Decides on $2,786,
--' 800.- 2 „' ; y"7'2y.- -*--.; ,
Found With Skull Fractured.
Special to The Globe..
WADENA' Minn., Nov. 27.—A man was
found this,. morning on ; the Northern "; Pa
cific track with his skull fractured.. The
name of Sandberg . was.on his ticket,
which- read; '.'Minneapolis' to Alexandria."
The cause of the man's Injury is unknown. 1
He; is dying. T - ' _ .-' '"■•'■
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28,1903.—TEN PAGES.
THREATENS TO FORECLOSE ON ZION CITY
J. G. Hammond, a St. Paul Man, Holds a Note for $15,000, 'Signed by the
"Divine Healer," and Secured by ya ;■;. Mortgage on the Original Dowie Farm—
"Elijah" Asks for an Extension but Hammond Will Press the Case.
John Alexander ". Dowie's i Zion^ City,
with its beautiful homes : and impos
ing tabernacle-and. hundreds of- other
costly buildings, may soon be sold to
satisfy a claim held by J. G. Hammond,
president of the Manitoba-Dakota
Land company, whose - home is; at i 327
Prior avenue. 77i'7 i ' "' 7 777
"Elijah" . must pay a note of $15,00.0
which matured last 7 July, or; the 7St.-
Paul man will commence" foreclosure
proceedings in one of the Cook county!
courts. This ultimatum was sent to
the "divine healer" a few. days ago
and unless there is 7 a settlement ef
fected at once Mr. Hammond will. at
tempt to get control Xof the property
which was given to secure * the note.
Three years ago, when . Dowie was
hard pressed for coin, he borrowed
$15,000 from S. -N. j Cole, of Corinne,
Utah. The note was secured by the
original Dowie farm, on which prop
erty, Zion City was built. Last May,
J. G. Hammond bought the Dowie pa
per from Mr. Cole and on July 10 the
note fell due. Since then Mr. Ham-;
MURDER AND ARSON
7 ARE SUSPECTED
Boarding House at Tower Is
Burned, One Man Being
Killed and Three Missing.
DULUTH, Minn., Nov. 27.— a re
sult of the burning of Thomas' saloon
and boarding house at Tower at 4:30 a.
m. today, Thomas Gheen, ; pilot on the
steamer Odd Fellow, was burned to
death and twenty-five guests, asleep
in the building, narrowly escaped cre
mation. Frank Thomas, a teamster,
was seriously burned about the face.
Three other occupants of the place are
missing. • 7 7
A half brother of _ Gheen, who was
sleeping with him, says he was awak
ened by the smoke and Gheen I arose
and said he would escape by the win
dow. Gheen's charred body was identi
fied by rings that were found when the
remains were dug " out of the ruins.
The pine building was enveloped • in
flames in a few minutes and* the gown
ed sleepers leaped from the windows
along the entire length of the second
story. All lost their, clothing. It is re
ported that several had rolls of bills,
the result of pay day on the 24th. • :.
The theory Is entertained by some
Tower people that a murder was com
mitted and the | murderer 7 fired the
premises to escape under j cover of the
excitement and hide the evidences of
his crime. The mercury registered 28
degrees below zero at the time. The
suffering of 7 the . guests was terrible.
None of 'them had time to properly
clothe themselves before getting out
of the burning building. •
' The missing men were strangers in
Tower, and their names could not be
ascertained tonight. The theory of
murder is based on the fact that one
man appeared fully clothed early after
the discovery. of the fire and has since
gone to another range town. He is un
der surveillance.
MESSMER BECOMES
ARCHBISHOP
Pope Ratifies Green Bay Prelate's
Nomination for Milwaukee Diocese.
ROME, Nov. 27.The prefect of the
propaganda, Cardinal Gotti, today
submitted to the pope the name .of
Bishop Messmer, of ) Green Bay, - Wis.,'
as the choice of the propaganda for
archbishop of Milwaukee in succes
sion to the late Archbishop Katzer,
and the pontiff ratified the nomination.
STILL ANOTHER SOCK AT OUR FIRESIDE.
mond has been, busy trying to collect.
'A In vain* did he ask for his money.
Dowie : begged* for time ? and time was
given, but when rthe coin was not
forthcoming, Mr. Hammond finally
placed the claim ?In the i hands *of Hor
ton & Denegree 7 collection.' The
attorneys yesterday 7 7 forwarded 7; the
; note to Reynolds & Burry, of Chicago,
with :; instructions to get ; the money or
to take the town. 7< , ' y^ZX'ZizZ-: .-':
\ -,vWhen?-"Elijah":fslgned his name - to
the Cole * note three ; years 'ago; and . se
cured . the loan ; with ■ a mortgage on • the
•Dowie 7 farm; Zion City 7 was in its in
fancy. 7;Wheat % and corn were \ growing
in* the fields of the "hearer's" J domain
and the property did not greatly ex
ceed in value the amount of the loan.
Since j then Dowie has * - flourished.
The corn fields have f been converted
into ; a busy "city, 7 with 2~ finely built
houses, a ■ tabernacle, ' public building
and - the , . famous Zion City \ hotel.
Dowie's new home, too, was : erected on
the '.site, which was given as j security
for the Cole loan;- '77. >»7
■7 More ' than 1 150 ' homes- have y been
built -z on 7 the ground 77- adjoining the
WILL NOT RATIFY
QUITE SO SOON
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Panamans Do Not Want to Be
Thought Hasty in Matter of
Canal Treaty.
PANAMA, I Nov. 27.The 7 plan out
lined in these dispatches yesterday by
which the treaty was to be signed and
dispatched to Washington on the day
of its arrival has. been abandoned be
cause it is i feared that such rapidity of
action} might give the impression ' that
the treaty had been hastily and inade
quately considered and '• thus 2 lay the
members of the Junta open to criti
cism. It is certain, however, that the
treaty will be 7 ratified -.without the
slightest opposition. 7; 7* 7 " V7 7
In governmental circles here it 7is
now said that the junta, as soon as the
treaty: has been ratified,*- will '•- address a
note to * Secretary Hay asking that $2,
--000,000 be paid in cash to the Pan
ama government and . that $8,000,000
shall be transferred in such a manner,
that it can* be invested, the interest be
ing payable to the government.
WASHINGTON; D. C, Nov. 27.—The
state department advices jby cable
from Minister Beaupre at Bogota, dated
Nov. 26, in which he states that con
siderable excitement still prevails at
the Colombian capital; f that there ;■_ is
much talk of raising an army, but no
troops have yet been enlisted; and that
there are rumors in the city of a revo
lution in the state of; Cauca directed
against the Marroquin! government.7,
Rumors have reached * the state de
partment from another r source that
Gen. Reyes' : mission| to. Washington . is
primarily to try to array opposition
senators against the ratification of the
Bunau yarilla-'Hay, canal treaty. y-Z.'x
~ There also is talk' of the formation of
a combination 7of South American
countries directed' against the Jj United
States. ".Z-- y y,.. ; y -
COLON, \ Nov. 7 27—The captain 7* of
the , royal mail steamer, Trent, which
has . arrived from % Cartagena,' reports
that while he was lying in. the harbor
of Cartagena the United: States consul
at "that place, Luther; F. Ellsworth, was
invited to come aboard as* 5" his (the
captain's) guest. 7. Mr. Ellsworth re-"
sponded :' to the 7 Invitation, but ; when
half J way up the gangplank was stop
ped by Colombian ' soldiers and turned
back.; *j :'X r Z:yZ ' '.' "■ '-'- zZ'Zz:- '■-" ;.
7* Consul Ellsworth -.told. the people' on
the ; Trent that :he " had been repeatedly
insulted by the Colombian officials.,
Dowie 7 palace t for T.his disciples, and
; these have * been ; leased to - his tenants
for a period of 1,000 1 years. ? Mr. Ham
mond may soon be their new landlord
unless Dowie settles. •
When - seen as his home, \ 327' Prior
avenue, last night, Mr. Hammond ; said
that he ' was going .to : force - the collec
iXonTczSZ"* Zy-Zzzzy-yyZ ■ :. ' ■
7 "Mr. Dowie," said he, "must pay : the
money or I'll get the farm. I have been
trying to get my money since the note
matured, July '10,' arid; have been far
from successful. 'A ' few days ago I
placed the claim with Horton & Dene
gre, *< with 7 instruction • to them ,'- press
'Elijah' for the money.
7. "Several times since July 10 Dowie
has tried to have me extend the note.
I am willing to do so at my own terms,
■but not on his terms. Probably we will
effect - a compromise, - but I want my
money. ~"X22-- .-."'7' ■-: 2 -■•■.:.■■ ■
... "How did I get the note? I bought it
from S. N. Cole, of | Corinne, Utah. The
interest was : deducted .:from the orig
inal I sum,*; but 1 since ; the* date ;. of : ma
turity no interest has been ■' paid, al
though" five months have passed."
TELLS SEVERELY
ON GEN. WOOD
Witness Says Wood Was Party
to Publication of Article At
tacking Gen. Brooke.
WASHINGTON, D.C, Nov. 27.—
senate committee' on military -affairs
today heard Maj. James E. 7 Runcie,* of
Havana, ;• probably the most " important
witness that will be offered by the op
ponents of Gen. Leonard Wood in their
attempt to prevent '•his ;; confirmation to
be major general. Maj. Runcie told the
committee of 7a ( dinner ;at Santiago,
Cuba, attended by himself, Gen. "-. Wood
and Ray • Stannard Baker, a newspaper
man, at which, it ;7 Is 7 alleged, was
planned j the magazine article : attacking
Maj. Gen. Brooke ] that has* figured * con
spicuously in. the Wood case. Maj.
Runcie's. story resulted in the issue of
subpoenas \ for .three i other witnesses, *
among whom Is Gen. Brooke. T
Maj. Runcie explained that : he: had
acted as | the' ; confidential * adviser of
Gen. Wood T for nearly two years and
that they lived together at Santiago.
It was 1 while they were living •in the
same house that Mr. : Baker went to
Santiago' in search 2of j material for a
magazine article. A meeting, was ar
ranged ; between the men and a dinner
followed,_: testified -Ma j. Runcie, 7: at
which they discussed the plan to have
published \ an' article which -would ex- j
ploit the success of Gen. Wood in deal- I
ing with affairs at Santiago and draw a
comparison with 7 . the situation at
Havana unfavorable-to the administra
tion of ,Gen. Brooke.
_ Maj. Runcie declared that Gen. Wood
asked him to . write the ' article and that
he had done so. The article was given
to Baker ~ and ; published in February,
1900, over the name- of Maj. Runcie.
He asserted that Gen. Wood knew what
the article contained and that they had
corresponded about it as the result of
the furor created by its publication. '
WIFE'S MISTAKE HAS
FATAL CONSEQUENCES
.. TIFFIN, Ohio. Nov. 27.—The family
of Frank Miller, consisting of husband,
wife and three.children/ was extermi
nated today through the forgetfulness
of the ; wife, : who 7- last ' night i mixed
strychnine with ! cornmeal. ; The - corn
meal was mixed with other meals: to
day and used in preparing breakfast.
Soon the five persons were beyond
medical assistance, dying in a -few
minutes. „ . ** •■.'■':.-..-.
PRICE TWO CENTS. &&&*>. '
YOUNG BANDITS
HI FIGHT OFFICERS
Three Boys Concerned in the Chicago Car Barn Murders*
Are Captured in Indiana After a Desperate Battle—
All Are Wounded, a Detective Is Mortally Shot and
an Heroic Brakeman Killed.
-CHICAGO, Nov. 26— Chained wrist
to wrist, their hair matted to dried
blood, 1 their clothing covered with dust
and dirt, two boys.-'Peter Niedermeier
and Harvey Vandine, sat tonight in the
presence of Mayor Harrison and Chief
of Police O'Neil calmly confessing to
their . share in a three-month career of
crime which j has "included nine mur
ders, the wounding of t five 'other men
and a long series of robberies. 1.
The two young bandits, 7 neither of
whom is over twenty-one years of age,
together with their companion, Emil
Roeski, who is *no "older, were captured
near ' Liverpool, Ind., today, after a
fight, in which they battled against po
licemen, railroad 7 dectectives, railroad
laborers and farmers. One man was
killed, another fatally wounded and all
three * of . the young bandits were
wounded, but not seriously. -.'„
•The Victims. -" *
The dead: , -._"-. 7
T. J. SOVEA, brakeman on the Penn
sylvania railway. .
; Wounded:7 ■ . ;*. 7.
Joseph Driscoll, detective on the Chi
cago police force, shot through abdo
men and can live but a short time.
Matthew Zimmer, S detective on the
Chicago police force, shot in head and
arm. ■/■ y^zzzy.......
Niedermeier was wounded "In the
hand by bird shot Vandine was sim
ilarly injured and sustained in addi
tion a flesh wound in the left thigh.
MR. CLEVELAND SAYS
NO WITH A LARGE N
He Writes the Editor of the
Brooklyn Eagle That He
Will Never[Again Be a
Nominee for the Presi
dency — His ~ Determina
tion, He Says, "Is Unal
terable and Conclusive."
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—Grover Cleve
land has sent • the following letter to
St.. Clair McKelway, editor of the
Brooklyn Eagle:
"I have wanted : for a long ' time to
say something which I think should be
said ■to you before others. You can
never know how grateful I am for the
manifestation of kindly feeling towards
me on the part |of my 7 countrymen
which your paper has > brought out.
Your advocacy in the Eagle £of my
nomination for'the presidency came to
me as a great surprise and it has been
seconded in such a manner by beautiful
sentiment that conflicting thoughts of
gratitude and ' duty. caused me to hesi
tate as to the time and manner of a
declaration on my part concerning the
subject—lf such a; declaration should
seem necessary or proper.
"In the midst of it all, and in full
view of every consideration: presented,
TAKEN EARLYBYREDS
White Woman Is Found Among
South Dakota Indians.
PIERRE, S. D., Nov. 27.—While on
a rcent hunting' trip into' the • western
part of the state Gov. Herreid at Cher
ry, Creek ■ subagency learned of the ex
istence of 7 a white woman among a
band of Indians on that creek. % On re
quest of the govenor Agent Warner
sent out one of "the police, captains
and had the woman \ brought in for a
conference. She came reluctantly, as
she evidently feared |that an attempt
was to be " made to , take her. from her
Indian home. The woman, who is
about sixty 7 years ' old, is the wife of
Red Prairie Dog, one of the reserva
tion Indians, and could ; neither speak
nor .understand the English language.
When "first*- brought in she stated
through 7 the interpreter that she was
not 7 white, * but Indian, but on being
assured that no move was;. to be made
to take her from* her . family she said
that her father was white, but her
mother: Indian; that she had no 7 desire
to live among the whites, as the In
dians were her : people and that all her
children were Indian. 7 The woman -has
all the appearance \of being full white,
her eyes being blue, and her hair light
where it has not turned gr?y, while her
complexion is light.7 - .*
7; The Indian tradition about this wom
an is that sixty years. ago, when she
was a mere babe, - she * was all - which
was left alive out of an emigrant train
which was attacked far south of here,
and that she was adopted by an Indian
woman. She grew up among the In
dians, adopting "all/ their ways, and,
aside " from the ; color of her skin, is as
much of an Indian 7in her traits and
characteristics as any of .them.
St. Paul Will Have a New Consulate.
; BERLIN, Nov. 27. —The ; foreign of
fice * budget provides for the establish
ment of German^ consulates at ' St. Paul,
Minn., and other American cities. ~ZXy£
READ THE GLOBE.
THE ONLY LIVE NEWSPAPER
; 7 IN ST.PAUL.:
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Roeski was shot in the right hip. His'
wound is the most serious of any In- '.
flicted upon the three men.
■;.-. The three men were wanted by the j
police for complicity in the murders
at the car barns of the Chicago City
Railway company on Aug. 3, when two /
men were killed, a third badly wounded
and $2,250 stolen from the company.
Gustave Marx, who last Saturday night
murdered Officer John Quinn when the
policeman endeavored to place him un
der arrest, confessed after his cap
tupre, that he, with the three men, had
committed the crimes at the car barns.
The hunt for Vandine, Niedermeier and
Roeski has : been hot ever since. Al
though they knew that the entire po
lice force was looking for them, the
three men remained in the city until
Wednesday morning.
"We .were laying for a fellow that |
was a witness against Marx," said
Vandine. -7-7
Z7yZ In a Dugout.
On Wednesday they left Chicago, go
ing to a dugout made by railway la
borers near the tracks of the Michigan
Central railway, near Miller's, Ind. Last
night they spent in another dugout
near Miller's Station, and there they,
were surprised by the police this morn
ing. ::-.- - - ■-'-■-.-••■-•'
Word was brought to the police last,
night by T.S. Reichers, a school 1
teacher, near Clark Station, Ind., that
three men answering the description}
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GROVER CLEVELAND.
I have* not for a minute' been able nor
am I now able to make up my mind to
the thought that ln any circumstances
or upon any consideration I should ever
again become the nominee of my party
for the presidency. My determination
not to do so is unalterable and conclu
sive. This you, at least, ought to know
from me and I should be glad if the
Eagle were made, the medium of its
conveyance to the public."
The Eagle announced today that the
support it had given Mr. Cleveland
would now be given to Alton B. Parker,
chief.judge of the court of appeals of
this state.
WRITER IS WEALTHY
James Lane Allen Makes Near* \
ly Two Millions.
AUSTIN, Tex., Nov. 27.—James Lane
Allen, the . novelist, has suddenly be
come a millionaire through a chance in
vestment of a few hundred dollars in
the Texas old field. Some time ago he
acquired a tract of 350 acres of land
situated in Southeast Texas. The land
was worth less than $5 pUr acre, and
was practically of no use except for
pasturage.
A few weeks ago a gusher oil well
was brought in at Batson Prairie, with
in a mile of Mr. Allen's land. The new
oil field has been the scene of the wild
est excitement since then, and a town
of 1,000 people has sprung up at Batson
Prairie,.where there was only one store
building prior to the discovery of oil,
and Mr. Allen could sell his entire tract
at $3,000 per.acre, but it Is said he is
holding It for $5,000 per acre, which
would bring him a fortune of $1,750,000.
MINNEAPOLIS FLOUR
IS BOYCOTTED
Federation of Labor Takes Action
7 y Against Washburn-Crosby Co.
Special to The Globe.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Nov. 27. —
President Gompers,- of the American
Federation of Labor, announced today,
that the products manufactured by the
Washburn company have been
placed on : "We-do-not-patronize" list,
and circular letters are being sent to all
labor organizations allied with the fed
eration urging that : the * boycott, be en
forced. He stated also that aid would
be given the striking millers. 7 xSggM
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