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BLAME THE INDIANS
Hunters May Have Been Shot Down
by Jealous Reds.
STARTLING THEORY ADVANCED
Wholesale Slaughter of Game Ani
mals Has Enraged Northern
Tribesmen.
Special to The Journal.
Janesville, Wis., Nov. 27.—Rumors of a
startling nature have been brought to thi3
city this week by sportsmen who for tho
last fifteen years have annually visited
the northern Wisconsin pineries for the
purpose of hunting deer. These rumors
throw new light on the alleged accidental
killing of white hunters through reckless
shooting on the part of their com
panions.
It is now alleged that in several ln-
Btances Indians have intentionally shot
the men down. The invasion this fall
by thousands of sportsmen has resulted
in a wholesale slaughter of deer at the
very door of the Indian wigwam. This is
said to have driven the red men wild
with Jealousy.
Half civilized Indians this fall have in
formed old-time hunters that the only
way to rid the pineries of city sports
men is to scare them out by means of
sending a few stray bullets here and
there wherever the "hunter happened to
be lying in wait.
HIS RESPITE
A BRIEF ONE
Continued From First Page.
nry until this year, Sept. 28, upon de
mand of the county attorney.
Schedule Q shows several cases where
charges are made, when the books make
no record of the service. Only a par
tial investigation was made of these, and
the report recommends a thorough in
spection of each bill, checking up by the
records of the courts and with jail reg
ister.
Schedule R represents fees paid Depu
ties Gould and Budd for attending court,
while they were acting as jail watchmen.
There is only one record of charges
kept in the sheriff's office, and bills are an
Identical copy of this book. This book,
In Deputy Koerner's belief, was written
up since the beginning of the investigation j
by C L. Smith in August.
The report recommends the abolition
of the fee system, and that all fees col
lected by the sheriff be turned in to the
county at the end of each month with a j
detailed statement. Bills should be made |
on safety paper, with copying ink, and
copies kept on file.
It is stated that a complete check of
the office would without doubt be of value
to the county, both financially and moral
ly. The work of the public examiner was
only partial. The report concludes:
Repayments Not in Good Faith.
The state of affairs developed and shown
to exist in the claims and accounts of the
present incumbent of the sheriff's office is
certainly appalling. It clearly and most con
clusively shows through exposure of the
methods employed, that these are not unin
tentional mistakes,erroneous charges,etc.—but
the cold, deliberate and felonious attempt of
a public officer to obtain through allega
tions of the performance of services, which
were never performed, enormous sums from
the public purse.
Up to the time of the closing of this ex
amination there had been paid into the coun
ty treasury, by Sheriff Megaarden, the sum
of $8,460, claimed to be due at different times
on account of overcharges. We do not con
sider all these payments as having been
made In good faith, or in good conscience of
money mistakenly and erroneously collected
and retained from the county—but rather iin
attempt by the sheriff to avoid if possible, by
the prompt returns of all money claimed to
have been wrongfully collected and converted,
the penalty of a triple liability—as provided
for in section 5580, G. S. 1894—and no par
ticular credit attaches to Mr. Megaarden
therefore. That this opinion is shared by
others is proven by the recent action of the
grand jury (which, I am informed, was com
posed of some of the most influential and in
telligent men of Hennepin county) in re
turning eleven indictments against the sheriff
tor misappropriation of public funds, larceny,
fraudulently presenting claims to public of
ficers for allowance and perjury.
In conclusion we desire to extend to C. L.
Smith, assistant county attorney of Hen
nepin county, our sincere thanks for the as
sistance rendered in facilitating this examina
tion, and also to commend him for his untir
ing efforts to enforce the laws as attorney for
the board of county commissioners. Respect
fully submitted, —H. C. Koerner,
Deputy Public Examiner.
ALASKA'S WANTS
Gov. Brady Epitomizes Then* in His
Annual Report.
Washington, Nov. 27.—Th.c wants of
Alaska, as summarized in the recommen
dations made in the annual report of Gov
ernor Brady, are the extension to Alaska
of all the federal land laws; survey of the
lands for immediate settlement; a dele
gate iii congress without territorial or
ganization; a cable between Alaska and
the United States; the appointment of a
commissioner of mining and enactment
of a game law for the district. Governor
Brady says the agitation for a territorial
form of government has gained very lit
tla headway with those who have any
property to tax. In the Cape Nome gold
fields the uncertainty in the execution of
the laws by the court established there
has led to the refusal of many persons
to develop their claims and to capitalists
withholding their investments on account
of this fear of Insecurity.
MAY GET THERE NEXT TIME
Frank of Unite. Candidate for Sen
ator, Makes a IJnlf Million.
Special to The Journal.
Butte, Mont., Nov. 27.— H. L. Frank, the
mining man who was a candidate for the
United States senate last winter, has sold a
two-fifths interest in the coal mines to British
Columbia to th« Canadian Pacific railroad for
half a million dollars.
Nothing
Tastes Good
And eating is simply perfunc
tory— done because it must be.
This is the common complaint of
the dyspeptic.
If eating sparingly would cure
dyspepsia, few would suffer from
it long.
The only way to cure dyspepsia,
■which is difficult digestion, is to
give vigor and tone to the stomach
and the whole digestive system.
Hood's Sarsaparilla cured the niece of
Frank Fay, 106 N. St.. South Boston. Mass.,
who writes that she had been a great sufferer
from dyspepsia for six years; had been with
out appetite and had been troubled with sour
Etomaeh and headache. She had tried many
other medicines in vain. Two bottles of
Hood's Sarsaparilla made her well.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Promises to cure and keeps the
promise. Don't wait till you are
worse, but buy a bottle today.
STRIKE OF SWITCHMEN
SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT SERIOUS
Thin Is According to the Look: of the
Future Rather Than of the
I'resent.
Pittsburg, Nov. 27.—While there were
no additions to the striking switchmen
this morning, the situation was more
serious. P. H. Morrissey, grand master
of the Brotherhood of Trainmen, and Val
entine Fitzpatriek arrived in Pittsburg
early to-day and are now in consultation
with W. G. Lee, first vice grand master
of the Brotherhood of Trainmen. De
velopments that probably will follow this
meeting, it is said, will be of consider
ably more importance than the present
trouble. Morrissey made a visit to
Pittsburg last week and held a conference
with the grievance committee of the lo
cal lodges of the Brotherhood of Trainmen
and it was agreed to prepare a uniform
scale and present it to all lines in this
district. The trainmen are strongly or
ganized and should their demands not be
granted it is believed that they will be
able to more effectually blockade traffic
than the switchmen have.
It cannot be learned what increase the
trainmou's brotherhood will ask for and
for that reason railroad officials decline
to discuss the probable outcome of the
demands. W. G. Lee stated that the
scale will be presented in due time, but
not likely before the settlement of the
present trouble.
"It would be folly," said he "for us to
put a gun to the faces of the officials now
and ask for a raise in salary. After a
certain time has elapsed we will make
our demands known. Ido not know what
success the switchmen will meet, but I
do know that we will not aid them, as we
do not believe in sympathetic strikes."
A meeting of the striking switchmen
began shortly before 11 o'clock this morn
ing. Reports received from the various
railroads to-day indicate that so far the
strike has not greatly interfered with
traffic except on the Allegheny Valley
road, which is pretty badly crippled. The
officials have sent for new men and expect
to have business in good condition in a
few days. According to the railroad of
ficials not over 200 men are out, but the
switchmen claim there are at least twice
that number.
The Marshall Foundry and Construction
company closed down this morning owing
to its inability to get coal from the Le
high Valley road. The Allegheny Valley
railroad has been almost completely tied
up by the striking switchmen. These
comprise thirty-one crews of six men
each. At Marshall's foundry, the Park
Steel plant and Shoenbergers, the man
agement conceded to the men the Chicago
scale. They are private switchmen, but ;
went out in sympathy with the strikers.
F. T. Hawley, grand master of the switch
men of North America, will arrive from
Denver this evening and will take su
preme charge of the strike. J. D. Hughes,
the vice grand master, will preside at a
secret meeting of the strikers this after
noon.
About 200 members of tbo Brotherhood
attended the meeting. At its close, First
Grand Master Lee said it was an har
monious gathering and the sentiment of
the men was almost unanimous in con
tinuing at work. The object of the meet
ing was to show the members the disas
ter that would follow if they joined the
strike begun by the switchmen's union.
The scale of the brotherhood expires on
Saturday, Nov. 30, and negotiations for
termfc for next year are pending. The
brotherhood, it was explained by a mem
ber, never had a strike and never vio
lated a contract. The railroad companies
have confidence in the organization and
it would be a serious matter to violate
the terms of the agreement.
E>i JOINED
Building' Trades Council Must \ot
Instigate Strikes.
Philadelphia, Nov. 27.—Judge McCarthy
of the common pleas court has issued an
injunction against the council of the al
lied building trades forbidding the coun
cil or its agents to instigate strikes at
buildings where contractors employ labor
that is not affiliated with that organiza
tion. Judge McCarthy also denies the
right of the defendants to order contract
ors to discharge members of labor organi
zations that are not affiliated with the
council of the allied building trades. Fur
ther, he ordered them to refrain from
threats, expressed or implied, that em
ployers would suffer loss by hiring the
plaintiffs. The injunction proceeding was
brought by Erdman and others. Until
April 22 last the plaintiffs had been em
ployed for many years by a local plumb
ing firm. Under threat of a strike, Gen
oral Contractors Wells & Wells of Chi
cago had the plaintiff removed from a
building in course of erection. The plain
tiffa were members of the plumbers'
league, an organization not affiliated with
the building trades council, and. their
places were taken by United Association
plumbers who were menrbers of the build
ing trades council. The case probably
will be taken to a higher court.
ON MACARONI WHEATS
THEY PRODUCE LARGE YIELDS
Demand for This Cereal, Owing to
the Department's Efforts, Ex
ceeds the Sopply.
From The Journal Bureau. Room 43, Post
Building, Washington.
Washington. Nov. 27.— annual re
port of the'secretary of agriculture dis
cusses macaroni -wheats, which are now
being grown so successfully in the Dako
tas, -where experiments have been under
way for several years. The United States
annually imports over 16,000,000 bushels
of this wheat from Italy at a cost of $800,
--000, but Secretary .Wilson thinks that the
time is now at hand when this money can
be kept at home. Already the demand ex
ceeds the home supply, and increased
acreage will follow next year, and there
j after, until the home market is fully
supplied by a home product. Experiments
made in the Dakotas during the past few
years demonstrate that macaroni wheat
yields "one-third to one-half more per
acre than. any pther wheats grown side by
side with them," and that in 1900, when
other, wheats were almost a complete
failure in the Dakotas, "the macaroni
varieties produced a very good yield, and
the grain was of an excellent quality."
I quote one paragraph from the report
concerning macaroni wheat:
The department has made every effort to
bring the producers and buyers of this class
of wheat together, with the result that the
i demand for it now more than equals the sup
j ply. Moreover, certain companies are now
i for the first time offering for macaroni
j wheats, which include the ■well-known Wild
Goose that was heretofore invariably rejected
in the markets, about the same price as is
paid for No. 2 northern. There is a demand
for carload lots'of macaroni wheat for seed
as well as for milling. ; Our own factories
for making macaroni are awakening to the
importance of using these special wheats in
j stead of the ordinary bread wheats, and the
i demand for macaroni flour for this purpose
| is already greatly in excess of the supply.
j Besides the home demand for these wheats
j there is a good market abroad.
j Secretary Wilson discusses- the results
I accomplished under. the Lacey
I game law, which was passed
j during the first session of , the
fifty-sixth congress. Congressman Lacey
of lowa was its author, and the progress
of the bill through both houses of con
gress was watched with the closest inter
est by hunters and game lovers in Minne
sota and other northwestern states. It
marked the first effort of the national
government to co-operate with the sever
al game states in an effort to prevent il
legal hunting and shipping of game. The
legislatures had done all they could, but
could; not reach offenders . outside their
respective borders, and so it was impor
tant that congress " come to their help
with a law that would articulate perfectly
with the state laws. Secretary Wilson
says that the law is doing much good in
the preservation of game.
. —W. W. Jermane.
SAID BY TOERANCE
Patriotic Address From the Head of
the G. A. R.
MINNEAPOLIS CAPTURES CHICAGO
Civil "War Vterana Give a Banquet to
Judge Torrance and Kaw
lins Post.
Special to The Journal.
Chicago, Nov. 27.—Five hundred vet
erans of the civil war gathered in Me
morial hall last evening and took part In
a banquet and campflre given by Columbia
l'osr. Xo. TOO, of Chicago. The affair was
jgiven in honor of General Ell Torranee,
commauder-in-chief of the Grand Army of
the Republic; Department Commander
Thistlewood, Walcoit Post, Milwaukee;
Abraham Lincoln Post of Chicago, and
Ravvlins Post of Minneapolis. Tho mem
bers of Columbia and Lincoln Posts
marched to the union depot, where they
received the Wisconsin and Minnesota
visitors and escorted them to the hall in
the public library building. After ex
changing greetings the veterans sat down
to an elaborate feast.
Stirring speeches were made by the
heroes of "61 at the cainpfire that fol
lowed. Men whose voices had command
ed battalions, regiments and.brigades on
the battlefield, spoke words of praise and
joy for tho peace and prosperity of tho
country and these gray-haired men re
joiced because they realized that they had
laid the foundations for the conditions of
to-day.
Commander If. H. Wagar of Columbia
Post brought tears to the eyes of the vet
erans when he thus referred to the as
sassination of President McKinley:
You all remember the last time we saw
our martyred president and comrade, how
he sat with us at our banquet board and
how we pledged a toast to him. We we then
drank a toast to McKinley living, let us rise
and drink a toast to our departed comrade.
Every one in the hall rose and drank
the toast, afterward singing "Nearer,
My Cod, to Thee."
Commander-in-Chief Torrance was in
troduced as the first speaker of the
evening. After paying a tribute to the
meory of McKinley. General Torrance
pointed to an illuminated portrait of
Abraham Lincoln, which hung on the wall,
and delivered a touching eulogy of the
war president. In concluding his speech
he said:
Let me leave with you this one thought: "Wo
are of regal lineage; not emperors or kings,
but we belong to the great army of heroes
and defenders of liberty. We are on the same
plane with the men who fought at Marathon,
Marston Moor, Lexington and San Juan Hili.
I bring to you the congratulations of 3G0,000
of your comrades scattered over the land.
Many are old and feeble and some of them
are dying to-night, but all are hopeful and
have faith in this country, because that which
has been preserved will be preserved to the
last generation and will uplift mankind
everywhere.
Department Commander Thlstlewood,
Commander Louis Sholes of Wolcott Post,
Commander C. E. Vaughan of Lincoln
Post, and Colonel R. R. Henderson of
Rawilns Post then made addresses, after
which Major General Mac Arthur of Wol
cott. Post was introduced as "the sol
dier who has just come from the
Philippines."
Former Judge David B. Murphy of John
A. Logan Post, Past Department Com
mander Joel M. Lonsenecker, Past Master
Coyne, the Rev. R. A. White, Adjutant
General Silas H. Towler of Bawlins Pest,
Former Governor George Peck of Wiscon
sin, and former Governor Hoard of Wis
consin were the speakers of the evening.
MARRIED HIS SISTER
West Virginia llan Is Sent to Jail in
Consequence.
Jfew York Sun Special Service
Morgantown. W. Va., Nov. 27. —For
many years Minor Feld, a citizen of
Preston county, this state, courted Martha
Webber, an attractive woman of this
place, and recently married her. While on
a business trip to Morgantown he was ar
rested upon a warrant charging him with
unlawful marital relations.
At the hearing before Justice Hays,
! Ann Webber, the mother of Martha
j Webber, upon oath, testified that both
! "Martha Webber and Minor Field are her
children, making the marriage that of
brother and sister. Justice Hayes held
Field for the grand jury and he is in
Jail. He protests innocence of any knowl
edge of the relationship, and says that
when Ann Webber told him of it before
the marriage he took it as a jest. Accord
ing to Ann Webber's statement, she placed
Field with a strange family when he
was a small child and never divulged the
secret of his birth until a day or two
before the marriage.
SPEAKS FOR THE WEST
Senator McCnmber on Ship Snbsidy
and Reciprocity.
Vetv Xork Sun Special Service
Washington, Nov. 27.—Said Senator Mc-
Cumber of North Dakota to-day:
In my judgment the people of the western
states will want the ship subsidy bill mortified
In a great many respects before it becomes
a law. The measure should include a provis
ion for paying subsidies to ships based on the
amount of freight they carry and not on the
speed of the vessels. Our section of the coun
try is in favor of reciprocity. We want reci
procity treaties negotiated which will open
up markets to our products, but this should
not be attempted if there is the slightest dan
ger of disturbing the business situation of the
country. I am certain congress will take up
the Nicaraguan canal project in a way to in
sure the completion of the great interoceanie
waterway without much delay.
MONEY-MAKING DOG
Son of the Cuban General Maceo Has
a Canine Prize.
JVew York Sun Special Service
Ithaca, N. V., Nov. 27.—Antonio Maceo, son
of the great Cuban general and at present a
student in the mechanical engineering depart
ment of Cornell university, has a dog worth
having. This morning it came home to its
owner with a |20 bill in its mouth. Upon
investigation it was found that the knowing
dog picked the note out of a pile of papers
in a corner of the postofEce. Midget Addie
Shoemaker, who has sold candy in the post
office since time immemorial, claims she saw
the canine nose around a pile of dirt and pa
pers and then depart with something in its
mouth. An Italian laborer claimed the note,
but could not describe it, so Maceo still
keeps it.
I Kate Shelly to Have a Place
Special to The Journal.
Dcs Moines, lowa, Nov. 27. —The noted lowa heroine, Kate Shelly, will apply to
I the legislature for a position as file clerk during the coming session. She is now
i making an active canvass of the members and will doubtless be selected. Miss
> Shelly's heroic act, which resulted in saving the lives of 200 passengers on a North-
Western train, is familiar. On the night of July 6, 1881, she crossed the Dcs Moines
river, in Boone county, over a high and dangerous railroad bridge, and in the midst
of a fearful storm, and stopped an approaching train that would otherwise have
gone through a broken trestle. She was then 16 years of age. She is 36 now, and is
the entire support of her widowpd mother. She has been in somewhat poor health of
late, and her friends have advised her to seek a position from the legislature.
Skull Hanging From a Tree
__——
Special to The Journal.
Mora, Minn., Nov. 27.—A skeleton of a man was discovered about seven miles
above this place by a farmer. The skull waa dangling by a rope from a birch tree,
the remainder of the skeleton being on the ground and torn from the head by wolves!
The indications are the man had been dead for at least a year, the rope, by which he
had been hanged, being enclosed by the bark of the growing birch. He is supposed j
to have been a lumberman who web demented and committed suicide.
THIS MIJNJNKA.roLIS JOUKJNAE.
LOLA IDA AND AYRES
MORE LIGHT ON THEIR RELATIONS
Domestics of the Kenmorr Report
What They Heard ait Well
as Saw.
Washington, Nov. 27.—When Lola Ida
Bonine entered the court in which she
is being tried for the murder of James
S. Ayres, Jr., to-day, she was handed
three or four letters and was engaged for
the next ten or fifteen minutes in read
ing them. Several witnesses who were
out with Ayres the night preceding the
murder, testified that he went to bed
sober.
Dr. Martin W. Glazebrook, assistant
coroner, who performed the autopsy on
Ayres 1 body, was called. The face was,
he said, almost unrecognizable on account
of the mass of blood which covered it,
and the arms were half flexed in front o£
the chest. Dr. Glazebrook described the
three wounds in the body of the victim.
One was in the left arm, one in the left
thigh and one in the breast, all except
the thigh wound showing powder burns
and indicating that the weapon had been
in close proximity to the body when at
least two shots were fired.
A colored chambermaid of the Kenmore
who had charge of Ayres' room was then
called. She said she never had seen a
pistol in the room. She said that Mrs.
Bonine often came to Ayres' room when
she was there to get a book. She testi
fied that on one occasion last February
she went to Mrs. Bodine's room and found
her ill. The latter had asked her to tell
Ayres of her own accord that she (.Mrs.
Bonine) was sick abed and to suggest thai
a little whisky would do her good. She
accordingly told Ayres of Mrs. Bonine's
illness, but he was so indifferent that she
did not suggest the need of liquor for
Mrs. Boniue. Ayres was at the time read
ing a book and had not looked up when
she entered. In reply to questions by Mr.
Fulton, counsel for Mrs. Bonnie, witness
said she had never seen Mrs. Bodine in
Ayers' room when Ayres was there and
that when Mrs. Bonine had asked her to
get the whisky she had told her to gee
it from some one else if she could not
get it from Ayres.
Emma Brown, colored, who was a nurse
in the Keumore, testified that about two
weeks before the tragedy she had seen
Mrs. Bonine and Ayres coming out or'
Ayres' room about 10 o'clock on a Sun
day morniug; that Ayres had on only his
trousers and undershirt and that Ayres
went to the bathroom and Mrs. Bovine
toward her own apartments.
On cross-examination witness said she
did not know but that Mrs. Bonine had
simply stood at the door; that Mrs.
Bonine was fully dressed.
Mary Grayson, another domestic at the
Kenmore, testified that about March 20
last she was working in Ayres' room when
Mrs. Bonine came in and that Ayres or
dered her out, telling her not only to go
but to stay away, as he did not want her
there. Later Mrs. Bonine had told her
that Ayres was angry with her because he
thought that she (Mrs. Bonine) had told
people about the hotel that he was drink
ing, but that she had not done so.
NOTHING BUT A MEMORY
CIRTAI\ FALLS OX YUKON SCARE
Superintendent of the Mounted Po-
lice Reports to the Govern
ment at Ottawa.
Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 27.—Superintendent
Primrose of the mounted police, who has
been in charge of the Dawson district for
some time past, arrived yesterday on a
three moths' leave of absence.
He was one of those who first advised
the government of the report that reached
him of a scheme to capture Canadian ter
ritory in the Yukon. He afterwards said
he was unable to confirm it.
He reported to Controller White of the
mounted police here, and the latter after
ward stated that the last had been heard
of th& Yukon scare.
STUDEBAKER SUCCUMBS
LEADING WAGON MAKER NO MORE!
A Large Business Developed From
Small Uofiiiiiiinus— Held Many
Appointive Offices.
South Bend, lad., Nov. 27.—Clem Stude
baker died at 11:55 o'clock to-day. He
was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania,
March 12, 1831. When 4 years old his
father's family moved to Wayne, now
Ashland, county, Ohio. His father, John
Studebaker, followed blacksmithing and
wagonmaking. In 1850 Clem moved to
South Bend, where he taught school dur
ing the winter of 1850-51. In the spring
of 1851 he found employment in the
blacksmith department of a company
manufacturing threshing machines, re
ceiving his board and 50 cents a day. He
reached South Bend with a cash capi
tal of $2.
By careful saving, in February, 1852,
he was able to start in business with his
elder brother, Henry. They began black
smithing, their stock embracing two sets
of blacksmith tools and $68 in cash. Later
they received a government contract for a
hundred wagons, which was executed to
the entire satisfaction of the government.
This gave them a start, and from that
time the firm grew to its present propor
tions. The company was incorporated as
the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing
company la 1868, with Clem Studebaker as
president, which position he has since
held.
He was for many years a member of the
New York Book Concern of the Methodist
Episcopal church. He was twice a lay
delegate to the general conference of
the church, twice delegate to national re
publican conventions, United States
commissioner for Indiana to the Paris ex
position in IS7B, also to the New Orleans
exposition, president of the Indiana board
of world's fair managers, member of the
Carriage Builders' National association
since its organization, and at one time its
president; was appointed by President
Harrison member of the Pan-American
congress during the winter of 1889 and
1890; member of the board of trustees of
Depauw university, Greencastle, Ind., and
president of the Chautauqua association.
Stops the Couch
and Works Off the Cold.
Laxative Bromo-Qulnine Tablets cure a cold
In one day. No cure, do Day. Price 25 cents.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1901.
ORATORY ON TAP
What the High School Debating
League Is Doing.
SIXTY PRINCIPALS FAVOR IT
A Review of the Preparatory Work
by District!*—The League*
StimulaM.
The High School Debating league,
which was organized last spring, has suc
ceeded thus far beyond expectation.
Twelve good schools, it was thought,
would insure a fair trial of the new plan.
But before the close of the spring term
thirty-one of the best schools in the state
had sought admission.
More than sixty principals and superin
tendents have written personal letters in
the matter. With two exceptions they
commend ir. Many of them have at
tempted some work of the kind locally,
but they say it has been spasmodic and
desultory at best. They admit its value
in training students and express hope
that under the stimulus of a state league
it will find a permanent place in the high
school course.
| When the fall term opened, however,
: and principal and teachers began to sift
I their material to find debaters for the
| team, they discovered that their students
I were much weaker in this line of work
! than thry had anticipated. Several schools
! frankly admitted that they had no stu-
I dents whom they would like to put for
i ward this year. They thought it would )_.?
j safer to make a local beginning ihis year
| and enter the league later. They were
j permitted to withdraw.
i But other schools, that did not Join last
I spring have found conditions better than
they expected. They have sought ad
: mission to the league and have kept the
! number of schools up to its original limit.
j Probably thirty-two schools will compete
i in the first series of contests.
These contests will occur all the v/ay
from Dec. 6 to Jan. 27.
The Third District.
From the inception of the plan the
third congressional district has been In
terested. Superintendent William F.
Kunze, the director in this district, Is a
thorough believer in debate as a factor in
education. Under his management every
school in the district has been posted on
the progress of the league and the third
is sure to be heard from later. Northfleld
Will meet St. Peter Dec. 20. Hastings and
Zumbrota will meet later and probably
Le Sueur will be paired with some other
school.
The First District.
Early in the fall Superintendent La
fayette Bliss asked to be relieved of the
duties of director in the first district on
account of other outside work and ill
health. Superintendent P. J. Kunz was
appointed to fill the vacancy. Mr. Kuuz
is thoroughly interested and the schools
entering the local contests in his dis
trict will be well cared for. Final ar
rangements have not yet been reported,
but at last writing Owatonna was ex
pected to meet Waseca, and Rochester
was to debate Austin.
The Second District.
Seven schools applied for admission in
the second district. But in spite of the
earnest efforts of Director Edwin B. Uline
of Mankato only three of these have
thought advisable to compete this year.
Mr. Uline thinks that lack of confidence
and perhaps neglect of this kind of work
in the past is keeping them out. This
district contains several strong schools
and many of them have shown interest
in the league. No doubt eight or ten
schools will be anxious to come in later.
As it now stands three schools have had
courage to try conclusions. Blue Earth
will meet Wells, and Mankato will try
to defeat the victor.
The Seventh District.
The seventh district will no doubt pre
sent some good work. Several of its
schools have supported debate at home
for some time. Neighboring schools have
met several times, but no league" has been
organized before. They are very much
in earnest, and one of the four "schools
entering from that district may push its
way well to the front. Superintendent
Hilleboe of Benson reports that satisfac
tory arrangements for the contests are
being made. Morris will debate Glen
wood at Glenwood on the evening of Dec.
ti. Benson and Browns Valley are ex
pected to meet about Dec. 13.
The Twin City Schools.
The twin city schools of the fourth and
fifth districts are giving a reasonable
i amount of time to the league question.
I Four schools will enter from Minneapolis
! and probaly three from St. Paul. Some of
I them have supported literary societies for
j several years; they have access to good
, libraries, they have an opportunity to at
tend the big intercollegiate debates held
at the university, and they have large
numbers to choose from. But contests
j are not won en masse, and all these ad
| vantages do not necessarily portend vic
tory. Some of the country schools have
a few mature students, farm boys, per
haps, who have learned to think while
holding the plow. If not always polished,
they are at least vigorous and independent
and these elements go a long way toward
making a good debate. Moreover, the
stimulus given to its heroes in any kind
of a contest by the loyal support of a
| small school often outweighs all the ad
| vantages of a larger school. Certainly
the country schools are to be reckoned
with in contests of this kind.
The North,>rii Districts.
The northern districts have fewer eligi
ble schools and yet they are showing
surprising interest.
In the ninth district Fergus Falls will
meet Moorhead and Crookstou will meet
Ada. Warren will probably be ready to
enter next year. Director Vandyke re
ports that the work is progressing satis
factorily. Barnesville has just applied
for admission.
Director F. O. King reports progress In
the sixth. Park Rapids is to meet Long
Prairie and the winner will be paired
with St. Cloud. It was hopod that more
of the larger schools of this district would
see the advantage of the work and join
the league but so tar they have not seeu
fit to take it up.
From the eighth district Superintendent I
R. E. Denfeld reports that Duluth will
have to enter the inter-district series
without having held any local contests.
This will be both an advantage and a dis
advantage to Duluth. It will place her
at once at the head of her district with
out any danger of losing to other schools. !
But it will also deprive her of. much
valuable practice which other schools
have in their local meetings. And after
all that is the primary purpose of the
league. It is not so much to win the
contests as it is to gain power to state
ideas clearly. If a school chances to win
honestly so much the better but too much
stress should not be laid on mere victory.
Everyone knows that perfectly fair judg
ment is hard to obtain and often it is
more honorable to lose than to win. The
work is valuable from an educational
standpoint and that fact should be kept
to the front. A little systematic work
throughout the year in preparation for
these debates will give hundreds of boys
and girls power to think independently
and to state their ideas clearly and per
suasively. This is worth more than the
championship of the league—though the
school winning that honor fairly may well
be jiroud of it.
HEART WAS BROKEN
Yonnu Woman Kills Herself Be-
cauite of I'nrequlted Love.
Racine, Wis., Nov. 27.— Florence Blake, 22
years of age, died in a hospital early this
morning from the effects of a dose of arsenic
taken last Sunday evening with suicidal in
tent. The art was committed because of the
refusal of a young man of this city to marry
her.
How to Tell (he Genuine.
The signature of E. W. Grove appears oa
every box of tbe genuine Laxative Bromo-
QuiDine. the remedy that cures a cold In 1 day.
STIRRED BY
ROOSEVELT
Continued From First rase.
Should the message omit this spectacular
attack the brokers and millionaires will :
be very "thankful; but it is plain.that
they are acting on the old proverb that in
time of peace one should prepare for war.
BABCOCK It does not appear that
there is'any warrant for
IS NO the statement that Repre
sentative Babcock is a
"QUITTER" "quitter." • He said at the
time of ■ the McKinley
funeral, repeating what he said last win
ter when his bill was being discussed,
that he was a republican and a protec-
I tionist, and that he would not unite with
I the democrats in order to attain his ends.
: He has said from the start that it was his
| intention to lay his bill before the re
publican members of the ways and means
I committee this winter and ask them to
j pass upon it. This he will do. It is gen
erally known that a majority of the re
| publican members of the committee op
j pose his views. The conference will
probably refuse to indorse the bill and .
i that will probably end the matter until i
j the time comes when the committee can j
Ibe made to see differently. But this j
i statement does not mean that Babcock j
jis a "quitter." He will not bolt the re
| publican party nor consort with the ■
; democrats while still claiming to be a j
I republican. He will do all that he can j
j within the party and will throw respon
sibility for failure to act where it be-,
longs. It cannot be learned that the tax
on beer has anything to do with Mr..Bab
cock's position. Such insinuations .do
him a rank injustice and are without
proof.
NO MORE In a letter to a north- j
western representative, I
VACCINE. Secretary Wilson has an- I
nounced the policy of the
department of agriculture not to furnish
black-leg vaccine to stock owners. When J
the question of appropriating funds for j
continuing the investigations of remedies
for this disease came up there was con
siderable opposition from manufacturers
of vaccine who claimed that government
distribution hurt their business. This de
cision of Secretary Wilson will confine
distribution to farmers whose cattle are
suffering from this disease and will leave
large stock owners to be supplied through ■
other channels.
AGAINST Opposition to the new
Indian policy favored by
NEW President Roosevelt, Sec
retary Hitchcock and In-
INDIAN dian Commissioner Jones
I threatened favored
NEW President Roosevelt, Sec
retary Hitchcock and lv-
INDIAN dian Commissioner Jones
is threatened from rep-
POL.ICY. resentatives of western
states in which Indian
reservations are located. Members who
have been informed of the proposed
change say that it is impracticable, as the
Indians cannot be made self-supporting
in the way indicated by Commissioner
Jones. They say the Indian must be sup
ported for years to come and that to allot
lands and thrust the Indian upon his own
resources will prove a burden on the
states in which they are now living.
Many of them will become public charges
and the states will not feel called upon
to support them when the national govern
ment should assume that responsibility.
It is not altogether improbable that these
opponents of the new policy see that they
will be robbed of considerable patronage,
which is dear to their hearts and helps to
build up political organizations.
Congressman McCleary
PAY OF conferred with the postof
fice department to-day re-
RURAL garding better mail facili
ties for Walters, Fari
j CARRIERS bault county, on the new
railway line between Al
bert Lea and Germania, lowa. The de
, partment will investigate and do what it
can. As a member of the appropriations
I committee Mr. McCleary conferred with
| the postofflce department to-day regard
! ing an urgency deficiency appropriation of
I $250,000 for rural free delivery. Such an
i appropriation will enable the department
to put into operation shortly after the
first of the year a large number of routes
j which have been approved, but which,
without it, would have to wait until the
beginning of the next fiscal year.
In all probability the salary of rural
free delivery carriers will be increase
jto $600 during the winter. Mr. McCleary
j recommended the increase to the post
master general to-day. When the service
was begun the salary was $400, and last
' year it was increased to $500. The $600
J figure is not too large, considering th
i fact that the carriers must have two
j horses each. The recommendation was
| the easier because of the statement in th
j annual report of the first assistant post-
I master general that in a few years rural
{ free delivery would yield to the govern
ment considerable revenue.
MINNESO- Thomas H. Shevlin came
from New York to-day to
TANS SEE see President Roosevelt.
The trip was on his own
ROOSEVELT notion, and the president
did not know he was com
ing. It is understood that Shevlin too!:
up with the president some political mat
ters, probably a Minnesota federal ap
pointment, although its nature could not
be ascertained, Shevlin declining to dis
cuss it. This afternoon Shevlin returned
to New York with his wife. He will spend
the winter here, arriving about Jan. 20.
Congressman Morris was at the White
House this morning at the request of the
president, who wanted to discuss some
matter with him confidentially. Judge
Morris declined to say anything about the
interview.
—W. W. Jermane.
Washington Small Talk.
Representative Tawuey has been notified
by Superintendent Matchen that eighteen ru
ral free delivery routes will be established
In hia district in January and February.
Three routes running from Caledonia will
be put In operation Jan. 2. Thoae to be
established Jan. 1 include two routes at Kas
son, two at Mantorvtlle, two at Bayfield an 4
two at West Concord, JJodge county, four
at Owatonna and two at Blooming Prairie,
Steele county, and one at Alden, Preebora
county.
Ground for the Louisiana Purchase Expo
sition will be broken at St. Louis Dec. 20.
Representative Tawney, chairman of the spe
cial committee on that exposition, has ac
cepted an invitation to be present and will
deliver the principal address.
Representative Burke of South Dakota, hav
ing arrived in Washington for the session,
tells folks here that there is practically no
interest in the tariff in his state. The peo
ple out there believe in "letting well enough
alone" so far as they believe anything. They,
are all busy making money and are takiug'
no Interest in politics or in public questions
that are likely to come before congress.
R. H. Garrett of Minneapolis has been ap
pointed a clerk in the pension office.
E. J. Birchard was to-day appointed post
master at Kellogg, Jasper county, lowa.
REPRESENTS CHINA
Chen Knai Yut Conies to Oppose Ex-'
elusion Act Extension.
San Francisco, Nov. 27.—Some excite
ment has been caused in Chinatown by
the arrival of a special emissary of the
Chinese government in the person of
Chen Knai Yut. Ostensibly Chen Knai
Yut's mission to the United States is that
of joining the Chinese embassy at Wash
ington, but it is rumored that in reality
he is here to bring about. if possible, the
defeat of the proposition to re-enact the
Chinese exclusion act.
PRINCE NOT a PAUPER
Denied That Henry and Wilhelnilna
Quarreled Because of Money. '•''",
Jfoto York Sun Special Serving
Berlin, Nov. —The Lokal Anzeiger
declares that the report of estrangement
between Queen Wilhelmina and her hus
band are circulated by Dutch enemies of
the marriage. It says that Prince Henry
is financially quite independent of his
queen, and that recently he bought, an
estate in Mechlenburg-Schwerin for half
a million marks out of his private in
come.
Nervous Dyspepsia
A CURE FOR IT.
Not a Patent Cure All, Nor a Modern
Miracle But Simply a Rational
Cure for Dyspepsia. *':
In these days of huaibuggery and deception
: the manufacturers of patent medicines, as a
rule, seem to think their medicines will not
sell unless they claim that it will cure every
disease under the sun. And they never think
■ '*- -J -"' •'■'' "* I-,
of leaving, out dyspepsia and stomach trou
! Dies. They are sure to claim that their
: nostrum is absolutely certain to cure every
. dyspeptic, and be need look no further.
| In the face of these absurd claims, it is re
freshing to note that the proprietors of
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet have carefully re
i framed from making undue claims or false
| representations regarding the merits of th
j most excellent remedy for dyspepsia and
; stomach troubles. They make but one claim
i for it, and that is that, for indigestion and
i various stomach troubles, Stuarts Dyspepsia
I Tablets is a radical cure. They go no far
| ther than this, and any man or woman suf
i fering from indigestion, chronic or nervous
dyspepsia, who will give the remedy a trial
will find that nothing is claimed for it that
the facts will not fully sustain.
If is a modern discovery, composed of
harmless vegetable ingredients acceptable to
the weakest or most delicate stomach. Its
great success in curing stomach troubles is
due to the fact that the medical properties
! are such that it will digest whatever whole
; some food is taken into the stomach, no
matter whether the stomach is in good work
ing order or not. It rests the overworked
i organ and replenishes the body, the blood
I the nerves, creating a healthy appetite- gives
j refreshing sleep and the blessings which al
ways accompany a good digestion and proper
assimilation of food.
In using Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets no
dieting is required. Simply eat plenty of
wholesome food and take these Tablets at
each meal, thus assisting and resting the
stomach, which rapidly regains its proper
digestive power, when the Tablets will be no
longer required.
Nervous Dyspepsia Is simply a condition in
which some portion or portions of the ner
vous system are not properly nourished.
Good digestion invigorates the nervous sys
tem and every organ in the body.
Any druggist will tell you Stuart's Dyspep
sia Tablets give universal satisfaction.
LANDED HIM IN JAIL
Henry Perigot Was Trying Simply
to Pay an Election Bet.
ARRESTED FOR A BUGGY THIEF
i
A Niarkt and Day of Incarceration
Has Cared Him Perma
nently.
Special to The Journal.
Omaba^ Neb., Nov. 27. — In making a
faithful effort to pay a freak election bet
Henry Perigot, a traveling man, landed
behind the bars and spent a night and a
day in the city jail. Perigot had laid a
wager with a fellow salesman and the
forfeit was to be paid when next they
"Sundayed" together. At Council Bluffs,
therfore, it became incumbent upon Peri
got to pull the first empty buggy he could
find a distance of five miles, returning it
in due time to its owner.
The salesman secured the loan of a
buggy Sunday afternoon and made a
valiant start for Omaha, striking a bri:-k
pace with a hand on either shaft. His
comrade took a motor car with the ex
pectation of greeting him at a certain bar
on this side of the river.
Perigot persevered until he reached the
Omaha bank where he was romptly ar
rested by the bridge policeman. Perigot
explained to the officer, but the latter
replied that election day was over and
forgotten these three weeks past. Then
Perigot explained to the policp captain
and an officer was sent to the specified
bar. Perigot's friend had grown weary,
however, and decamped. The Council
Bluffs hotel keeper knew nothing of the
wager and the matter went over until
Monday.
Perigot had telegraphed his house and
money for his release arrived in retina
just as the prisoner's friend rushed into
the station. He had supposed that Peri
got had met more congenial friends and
was just starting for a train when news
of the real situation reached him. The
owner of the buggy also appeared with a.
belated explanation and the police captain
apologized. Perigot says he has laid his
last wager on an election.
PALATTTRESiDENTIAL
It Will Be Delighted To-morron by a
Corpulent Turk.
Washington, Nov. .7. —President Roosevelt's
Thanksgiving turkeys have arrived and Henry
Pinckney, the colored steward of the Whi'.rf
House, is expecting to put before the chief
magistrate and family one of the finest birds
ever rooked in the executive mansion. The
regular annual contribution from Horace Vose
of Rhode Island came this morniug. It
weighs thirty pounds and is' one of the
largest turkeys he has ever sent to the White
House. A splendid turkey also waa received
from Mrs. Lillie E. Nissloy of Lobata, Pa. It
weights thirty-two pounds, dressed. Pinckney
will make a choice between these two birds.
COFFEE IMPORTER
Tells Some Plain Facts.
One of the heaviest Importers of coffee
in America, and who requests thu: n.^>
name be kept from the public in connn
tlon with the following subject because < I
the effect it would havo on his business
says: "I have used coffee for over thirty
five years, but about a year ago was com
pelled to discontinue its OM en account
of its effect on my health- Since that
time I have used nothiug in its place but
Postum Cereal Food Coffee and properly
prepared, it is simply delicious with
cream and sugar.
In connection with this I have also used
Grape-Nuts Breakfast Food. While in
Florida this winter I carried a package
with me all th* 1 time, so if I was unable
to get what 1 wanted for breakfast 1
could rely on my own supply.
Any one who could have known of my
condition a year ago, and the very great
improvement now, would have no cause to
question the wisdom of my change Erom
the old-fashioned diet to the present
This man is one of the best known col
fee experts in the world, and his testi
mony regarding the flavor of Postum Ce
real Food Coffee Is noteworthy.
Now and '.ben a person gets Postum
Food Coffee served under-boiled and con
sequently almost tasteless. A chemical
change takes place in Postum after it hu*
been actively boiled for twelve or fifteen
minutes; this change brings out the food
value and the delicious taste. It does
not answer to simply leave it on the
stove for 15 minutes; it must stand on the
stove until boiling commences, the# be
allowed to bubble fifteen minutes.
A piece of butter twice the size of a pea
should be put in the pot to keep it from
boiling over.
Many a man or woman continues in a
half sick state from month to month, not
knowing that the drug in the coffe they
knowing that the drug in the coffee they
use is the cause; try leaving off coffoe and
using Postum Food Coffee. That change
has worked salvation for many skeptical
sick ones.
