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CIT Y NEWS. *JtM' WEATHER NOW AND TgEN fv1* -Maximum Temperature To-day 67 - * Degrees a Year Ago 75 Degrees. Jr.," Preparing to Educate.The genera! teachers' meeting, preliminary to the | opening of the school year, will be held at 1 10 a. m. next Monday in the East Side high school hall. Examinations will be held Friday in the Central high school building. r.- . . Conroy Spoils GameChief Cohroy had [ an interview last night with a private l detective of the divorce case variety and prevented the payment of $100 hush money to the sleuth. According to the story of the woman in the case, she w as induced by the detective to lead a business man Into what might he construed as a com promising situation and the inevitable "discovery" followed. The remainder of the iea "was purely conventional until Chief Conroy appeared. The victim will f n. not pi'Qsecute. DAILY CANVASS No. 325 The Minneapolis Journal, out of 7,076 residences canvassed, had 5,642 subscribers the Evening Tribune 1,514, the Morning Trib une 882. The Minneapolis Journal in 98 apartment and flat buildings can vassed had 1,822 subscribersthe , Evening Tribune 206 and the Morning Tribune 183. The report of the weather bureau's climate arid crop bulletin for Minnesota is sum marized as follows: Showers occurrecl in the. Red River valley on the 17th, accompanied by severe local hailstorms, which injured areas of standing .grain, but the total loss 13 said to be small. 1 There were scattered showers on the 22d in jcentral and middle western portions, and jslso in the western half of the state on tho 23d. On the 21st the temperatures were about 00 degrees in many parte of tho state, jbut during the rest of the week the temper iatures were moderate or below the normal. [^Harvest is finished in all parts of the ctate, [except the cutting' of scattered pieces of late jcats, barley and flax, and some of these are istill green, especially the flax. Stacking is iiow generally so well advanced that there is very little grain in shock, except that [Which will be threshed soon. Threshing from jthe shock has been going on in some portions lit is hardly more than begun, while in other 'portions nearly all the shock threshing is finished. In the south the heavy rains of ithe 14th wet tho grain so badly that most of that threshed since that date is damp, land same oats and wheat have had to be !oponed out to dry before being threshed or {stacked In the southwest the soil was so damp that stacking and a little shock thresh jing were delayed till towards the close of Ithe week, and in the extreme southwest there tare still large areas of standing grain aban doned becat.sc the binders could not be made I to run on the soft fields. Corn has grown iWell, but a late season will be required to iynature most cf the crop, except that grown |from native seed, which is now almost out :of dangery ofblighted, frost. ! cr e badl and n many southern ifields the tubers are rotting in the ground, j Timothy for seed is doing well, but many iare cutting their second crop of clover for jiay, there being very little seed in it. r "CHECK" HOWARD CATTGHT ilWfll Be Brought Here From Illinois Robert Smith In Court. "Check" Howard, who is wanted in Min neapolis for stealing a gold watch and a diamond pin from his room-mate, is under larrest at Alton, 111., and Sheriff Dreger will &end a deputy after him. Howard was ar rested at the instigation of the president of the Leather Workers' ! bne w that he was wanted i Minneapolis.whp Robert Smith, who is said to have stolen ?30 Jn cash and two jugs of whisky from George (J. Baumann's saioon on Washington avenue S a few nights ago, was arraigned in court Ithls morning and asked to hove his examina tion continued until Thursday. His request was granted end he was held in $500 bail. Smitn was arrested in Montevideo. r Ghaapest Installment House in tie City 4 sPifc "fit: Ai t ! if mmmmmmmmm NECR0LOGI0AL MRS. LOIS L. LOGAN died at the home (ofwhestreet, r daughter, Mary E. Logan, 118 Wil this morning. Mrs. Logan was jborn in Atkinson, Me., in 1819, her maiden ijiame being Lyford. She was married to ^George P. Logan in 1849. She came to ^Minnesota in 1856 and settled at Quincy, j Olmsted county. Four children survive 'herRev. C. L. Logan, Elizabeth, 111. jPr. Horace Logan, Aurora, 111. Mrs. A. IXi. Bennett and Miss Logan of Minneap oli s. Mrs. Logan was a member of Wes- !'ley Methodist church. The funeral will itake place from the home of her daugh ter to-morrow at 4 p. m., and will be pri vate. Interme nt at Little Valley, Minn. Maine papers please copy. i FOUNTAIN WILSON died this morn iing at his residence, 10 E Fourteenth Street. Interment at Eau Claire, "Wis. . - CLAREN CE E. MEANES, 2700 Twenty Ijsixth avenue S, died last night of con sumption. Funeral from the residenoe i/Thursday at 2 p. m. A. O. U. W. in cited. GEORGE GRAY, 2706 Seventeenth ave jnue S, died this morning, aged 76 years. iFuneral from the residence Thursday at 12 p. m., under I. O. O. F. auspices. MAY M. DESCHAN E, 955 Eighteen and-a-half avenue NE, died yesterday. Funeral Wednesnday at 2 p. m. Inter ment at Lakewood. iOne-Half Off Shirts, Straw Hats"Hoff." One-half, think! Hoffman's Toggery 'Shop. HARVEST IS FINISHED Report of the Weather Bureau on Minnesota Conditions. tfTTESDAY EVENBRf, RA1ES ON THE SLIDE Rook Island Meets Soo's $25 Rate to New YorkSo Does *v M. & St. L. ' ' Grand Trunk Getting Business East $33 Rate Is Made to , Boston. From to-day until Saturday one may purchase round-trip tickets to New York for $25, the return ticket good until Sept. 30. The Rock Island has met the cut made by the Soo, and this noon the St. Louis management announced that it would sell at the same rate. Up to that time the Milwaukee local office had not heard what action its Una would take. A good many calls came in to-day for $8 round-trip tickets to Chicago, good Thurs day. The rate made by the Chicago lines thus far is over the Grand Trunk and by way of Montreal. As the Grand Trunk is the natural enemy of the Canadian Pa cific, it is getting back at the Soo by mak ing it possible for the Minneapolis-Chi cago Jines to take from the Soo consider able business incident to the Eagles' con vention in New York. Owing to the stable "condition of east bound rates beyond Chicago it is hardly possible that any of the roads will be able to meet the Soo cut except over the Grana Trunk. As the eastern roads are demand ing the regular fare and one-third east of Chicago, or $24, the twin city lines which sell by Niagara will have to stand a $1 round trip rate from Minneapolis to Chi cago as their portion of the business. By the Grand Trunk route, which com petes at Montreal with the Soo, the con necting lines get $7.75 to Chicago, only 25 cents less than the rate the roads be tween Minneapolis and Chicago have made voluntarily for the round trip on Aug. 27. With *the $25 rate to New York goes a $33 rate to Boston and one of $35.50 to Portland, Me., and return. The Soo has made a rate of $13.60 to Detroit and re turn $14.10 to Toledo $14.60 ttf Cleve land $16.10 to Buffalo and return. These tickets will be on sale Sept. 11, good to return in thirty days. CRITICALLY ILL Wm. H. Truesdale Recovering Prom a Serious Illness With Blood ' Poisoning. N ew York, Aug. 25.William H. Trues dale, president of the Delaware, Lacka wanna & Western railroad, has been in a critical condition for two weeks from blood poisoning at his residence, near Greenwich, Conn. H e has just been pro^ nounced out of danger. The illness came about thru a pimple which appeared on Mr. Truesdale's arm Aug. 10. $5 FOR A BREAK Mrs. Westmark Violates Quarantine and Pays for It. Mrs. Hen ry Westmark, 2742 Thirteenth avenue S, w as in police court this morn ing charged with violating the quaran tine of the residence of Pet er P. Lee, 2747 Thirteenth avenue S, by entering the place. She pleaded guilty and was fined $5. Mrs. Westmark maintained that the Lee children were not suffering from diphtheria, as the health officers had de cided, and persisted in visiting the place. 85th ANNIVERSARY Mrs. Minerva Joslyn Stowell Celebrates Birthday at Home of Her Daughter. Mrs. Minerva Joslyn Stowell celebrated the eighty-fifth anniversary of her birthday Sat urday &t the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Earl, 3108 Girard avenue S. Altho at an advanced age, Mir. Stowell is in full pos session of her faculties and even reads a great deal without the use of glasses. She has a great interest' in public affairs and keeps abreast of the times. Mrs. Stowell was born in Waitsfleld, Ver mont. Aug. 22, 1818, and in 1836 married Pas cal Stowell of the same town. Seven years later they moved west, settling in McHenry county, 111. Ta'ey went to Faribault in April, 1869, where they lived - until Mr. Stowell's dea-h in August, 1579. The daughter with whom Mrs. Stowell makes her home and Mrs. Lucia M. Mead of Grafton, N. D., are the only two remaining children of a family of eight. Mrs. Stowell is grandmother of ten children and great grandmother of nine. JABOTTR TO REORGANIZE Show Man Says He Will Go Back to Dubuque and Begin Oyer. A telegram received at Dubuque, Iowa, from Colonel George Jabour. v*ho is in St. Paul, announces that he will return to Dubuque the latter part of the week and re organize his show. Many of the performers are still in the city and Jabour has promised them that he will pay them in full. Jabour's paraphernalia Is in the hands of the sheriff. Potatoeis in the southeast TAKE THE WH01E ISSUE New York Firm Buys $3,000,000 Philippine Certificates. Washington, Aug. 25.Bids were opened to-day ait the bureau of insular affairs, war department, for the purchase of $3,000,000 certificates of indebtedness for the Philippine government. Harvey Fisk & sons, New York, bid for all or any part of the amount at $1.0224. This was-the only bid for the whole amount and it w as accepted.. Unionn in Alton., Beck Wants Consolation. Because he was assaulted, knocked down and thrown out of the back door of Martin Jevne's saloon on Franklin avenue, John M. Beck has brought suit in the district court for $5,000 damages against Jevne, Oscar Lundberg and Martin R u stad. IKrHfig^m ^mSSSM i 11JM [Cilfei fURNITURE GUESSING CONTESTS THE BRANC H TliRNJTURE GUMSING CONTEST^ 2nd Ave. South and Washington. THETA GIRLS HEBE #*:: : Kappa Alpha Theta Holding Its Biennial Convention at the * - West Hotel. Trolley Ride and luncheon This Morning Followed Organiza tion and Business. The fifteenth biennial convention of Kappa Alpha Theta, a leading fraternity ot college women, opened to-day at 1 o'clock in the ordinary of the West Hotel. Each of the twenty-two aotive chapters is represented by one official delegate and most of the eleven alumnae chapters are also similarly represented. In addition there is a large delegation of visiting members. The members of the two local chapters, active and alumnae, are almost all present. The visitors were taken on a trolley ride to Lake Harri et and Como this morning Luncheon w as followed immediately by the enrollment of the delegates and the organization of the convention. The fraternity council includes the fol lowing grand officers: President, Ednah Hanum Wickson, California grand secre tary and president of Gamma district, Pearle Green, Stanford grand treasurer and editor of the Kappa Alpha Theta, Edith Cockins. Columbus. Ohio president Alpha district, Miss Adelaide Hoffman, New York president Beta district, Grace Eagleson, Ohio. It w as in session at the We st all day yesterday and this morning. To-night from 8 to 11 the delegates and the members of the twin cities will atte nd an informal reception given in their honor at the West Hotel by Be ta alumnae chap ter and Upsilon active chapter. The re ceiving party will include Mmes. Halsey W. Wilson, E. P. Burch, F . M. Joyce, Misses Blanche Higginbotham, Harriet Watson, Alice Jackson and Helen Wood man. The local arrangements have been ma de under the general direction of Mrs. H. W. Wilson, president of the alumnae- chap- ter, and Miss Blanche Higginbotham, president of the active chapter, assisted by the following committees which are now on duty: General affairs, Misses Clara Fanning, Blanche Stanford, Ruth Leonard, Bessie Scripture press, Bessie Scripture flowers, Mattie Robinson muisc, Eleanor Skinner, Rowena Pattee banquet, Mattie Robinson, Josephine Thompson,. Rowena Pattee. The list of official delegates from the active chapters includes: Ruth Baker, Greencastle,- Ind. Marguerite Smith, Bloomington, Ind. Mildred Sonntag, Champaigne, 111. Cecelia Remy, Wooster, Ohio Harriet Harrington, Ann Arbor, Mich. Very C. Hull, Lawrence, Kan. Edith Bolster, Al bion, Mich. Mart ha Post, Lincoln, Neb. Herta Curme, Evanston, 111. Ruth Leon ard, Minneapolis, Minn. Faye Rogers, Madison, Wis. Katherine Early, Colum bus, Ohio Fannie Lyon, Ithaca, N. T. Emma Richardson, Burlington, Vt. Lettie Johnston, Meadville, Pa. Beatrice Throop, Syracuse, N. Y. Marguerite Campion, Swarthmore, Pa. Florence Walther, Bal timore, Md. Flora Cotton, Providence, R. I. Romola Lyon, New York city Ethel Traphagen, Stanford, Cal. Carol Day, Berkeley, Cal. POLICE HAYE A GOMPLAINT Say the Deputy Sheriffs Have the Fun and Don't Do the Work. The police are incensed at the action of the sho.riff's office in sending deputy seriffs after criminals who have been arrested at the request of the police department. They say that, altho the law prescribes that the sheriff shall bring prisoners back to the city, police officers should be deputized for the purpose and allowed to continue the cases they have undertaken. It is charged that the sheriffs office is unfair in this and seeks to get all trips for the deputy sheriffs, while the police are expected to do the work of investigating and arresting criminals wanted in the city. The police threaten to discontinue the in vestigation of cases as soon as it is learned that the person wanted has left the city, and to mrn such cases over to the sheriff's office and allow the deputies to do a little of the hard work. - - PISTOL DUEL AT NORTHFIELD Chief of Police Shoots Hans Hanson in the Leg. Special to The Journal. Northfield, Minn., Aug. 25.Chief-of- Police Rama ge had an encounter early this morning with Hans Hanson, who has been working near Parmington. Hanson was intoxicated and the chief ordered him to leave town. This he would not do, and when the chief undertook to take him to the lockup he opened fire with a re volver. Ramage then fired two shots, one of which inflicted a flesh wound in Han son's right leg. ACTION IN BANKRUPTCY Creditors Are After a Stevens Point Company. Special to The Journal. Madison, Wis., Aug. 25.An active con test w as started in the federal bank ruptcy court here to-day over the settle ment of the affairs of the Coye Table and Desk company of Stevens Point. The company on M ay 1 transferred its books and property to the Coye Furniture com pany. The Citizens' bank of Stevens Point is plaintiff in error on a claim of $9,500 against the Coye Table and Desk company, the action being to declare it bankrupt and secure the property trans ferred for the creditors. The company claims assets of $40,000, and liabilities of $29,000. NATURAL SUPPOSITION, Judge. "Archimides," reads the pupil, "leaped from .his bath, shouting 'Eureka, Eureka.' " "One moment, James," says the teacher. 'What is the meaning of 'eureka?' " " 'Eurkea' means 'I have found it.' " "Very well. What had Archimides found?" James hesitated for a moment, then venture-3 hopefully: "The soap, mum." Mrs. BrowneYou don't mean to say you use ammonia for a headache. Mrs. MalapropOh! Not the kind von mean. You get it at a drug store just ask for "acro batic spirits of ammonia." *- HIGHER AUTHORITY, Philadelphia Press. CallerAre you sure your mistress is not in? BridgetOi am not, but she sames to be, so 'tis not fur the loikes o' me to doubt it. MONTANA METHODS IN FRANCE. Baltimore Herald. Count Boni de Custellane has successfully per formed the W. A. Clark act in the French chamber of deputies. INFORMATION WANTED. Chicago News. He had been detained at the "office" until 2 a. m., and when he finally meandered up the front steps his wife's head appeared at an upper windowv "Is that you, John?" she asked. :!'.,-.- with cloves .and suspicion, "wwho else did you (hie) expect?" MORRIS J. TREVOR, Proprietor. "Shay, m'dear," he queried in a voice redolent George Vanderbilt's estate, Biltmore, is al ready the largest body of contiguous land under one ownership in North Carolina. Nevertheless, he is still adding to itj He has Just secured a large tract on the upper David son river, which will become a part of Bilt more. On his new purchase are several water powers In order to carry out his scheme of improvements Mr. Vanderbilt finds it neces sary to excavate a part of the bed of the , Swannanoa river to prevent overflows. j _ * _.- *?','!'&'>- Dig JOXJENAt: A TERM OF 35 YEARS : 35$^ This Long Sentence Possible for Hayes if He Is Con- - , victed. He Will Be Arraigned To-morrow '.. on a Charge of Ab- , - duction. ' - If it can be proved that James Hayes broke into Ruby Steele's room without any encouragement from her and attempt ed to assault her after dragging her from the. house, the colored prisoner is liable to heavy penalties. The maximum would be thirty-five years' Imprisonment and $1,000 fine or thirty years and $2,000' fine. There is' no law in Minnesota which prescribes specific punishment for crimes such as Hayes is charged with. Tliere are, hbwevei-, in. the acts charged against Haye's, ,the elements of four dis tinct crimes, for.6ach of which he may be punished with "the"'' maximum penalty, making the total given above The central and most heinous crime will have to be charged under the title of at tempted carnal knowledge of a child. The maximum penalty, .which is but one-half of what could be inflicted if the attempt had been successful, is fifteen years in the penitentiary. Burglary in the. first degree Is the felony of second Importance.and entails a penalty of "not leS9 than ten years." A charge of abduction may also be pre ferred and the maximum penalty for this offense would be five years in the peni tentiary or a fine of $1,000. Assault in the second degree, based upon the use of chloroform to assist in committing a crime, may also be charge able and entails a penalty of five years in the penitentiary or a fine of $1,000, or both. . Hayes will be arraigned to-morrow morning on a charge of abduction and it has not been determined whether any of the other charges will be made against him. In case of a failure to convict, the state may have recourse to the other charges. Hayes Positively Identified. Mrs. Steele and her daughter were at the court house this morning and posi tively identified Hayes. When the girl saw the prisoner she trembled and w as so excited that she had to be taken from the room. P. P.'S ON THE TRAINS Passengers Report Thefts by Pick- , pockets, on Trains Near the City. A Gang Seems to Be Working the . Field With Considerable Success. That a gang of pickpockets is working on the trains leading into Minneapolis is shown by thsfts reported at police headquarters yesterdey. Three persons said their pockets had been picked on trains. F. M. Gillett, 428 Fifth street N, coming from Wheat Bear Lake Sunday afternoon lost, evidently by the work of pickpockets, bis purse containing a check for $50 and W in cash. He did not miss his purse until he arrived in Minneapolis.- James F. Blame, residing in the Swineford flats, 18-20 Thirteenth street N,' lost his gold watch while riding on a crowded Great Northern train en route from Lake Minne tonka. The pickpocket did a clever piece of work, for Mr. Blame did not miss his watch until he sought to look at it to learn the time. All he found ivas a piece of his chain hanging to his vest. J. J. Johnson, who works for W. S. Nott & Co., lost h:s pocketbook and $25 in cash while he was waiting at the Minneapolis & St. Louis station NAMES FOLK FOR 1908 Astrologer Says the District Attor ney Will Be Elected President 3?ive Years Hence. New York Sun Special Service. St. Louis, Aug. 25.The stars say that Circuit Attorney Joseph W. Folk will be elected governor of Missouri and then President of the United States in 190S. The horoscope of the eminent St. Louis circuit attorney has been read by Julius Erickson, the St. Louis seer who foretold McKintey's career with remarkable accu racy. Curious to see what fate the stars had planned for Mr. Folk, Astrologer Erickson obtained the hour of liis birth and pre pared the horoscope, which is remarkable in that it makes great predictions of the future success of the circuit attorney and tells some things in his past with an ac curacy that it almost amazing. BOHOOLMARM BEACHEM. There was once a school teacher named Beau champ, And her pupilsdidn't she teaehamp? For when they were bad, She made them feel sad, If ever she happened to reachamp. New York Commercial. LIFE INSURANCE. Brooklyn Life. * JohnnieMother, say, that is all nonsense with the life insurance, isn't it?- MotherMy, what an idea, Johnnie. What makes you think so? JohnnieWell, didn't Mr. Brown tell vou the other day that he had his life insured, and now he is dead all the same. ' A MATTER OF ENVIRONMENT. Philadelphia Press. "Sir," began the beggar, approaching a prom enader on Bongtong square, "I am in distress" "Here's a nickel for you," said the prome nader, proffering the coin. "Pardon me," replied the beggar scornfully, 'but I cannot accept anything less than a dime on a fashionable street like this." 4-: Hit! 73 ^^M^M^M^^^^ 1 Four Days Left of These Terms. over 5oc a yard FREE during this sale. Just stop and think of the saving this means to you. All the New Fall Styles and Patterns Now m. Ready for a Range? . Come then. Peterson's are the ACCUSE LABOR LEADER. Burlington, Vt., Aug. 25.C. K. Jones, vice president of tbe state federation and financial "iecretary of the local federation of labor, is un der investigation on charges of not turning over dues paid to the latter organization. He organ ized the state body and has been the most promi nent factor in unionism iu the state. COULDN'T LIVE APART And So These Two Young Lovers Planned to End All by-Dying Together. Pittsburg, Aug. 25.With bullet wounds In their breasts and clasped in each other's arms. Obersol Latimer, aged 25, a well to do Hungarian of Homestead, and, Ellen Ringle, aged 18 years, of Allegheny City, were found lying unconscious on a. bed in a little house near Homestead early to-day. The girl's wounds are fatal and her death is expected at any moment, but the young man will probably recover. The couple had. been lovers for a long time, but their parents refused to consent to their marriage. Pinned to the girl's dress w as a note stating that they had decided to die together, as they could not live apart. MORE THAN EMPEROR Former Senator Butler Says Roose velt Does Things the Kaiser Wouldn't Dare to Do. HIS FIRST NAME. Chicago Post. "What Is your first name?" they asked. "Jones," ho replied. "Oh, surely not Jones," they insisted. "That may be your last name, but hardly your first." "It's the first name I ever had," he protested. "I was born with that name. Of course, later they tacked on 'John,' but 'Jones* was certainly my first name." HER LATEST, Philadelphia Press. HOW THE INNOCENT SUFFER. New York Sun. KnickerHave you named the baby yet? BockerNo we're waiting to see "which boat wins. THE ZEBRULA ZIGZAGGED. - Chicago Tribune. 'Tis said that in prim Ashtabula They locked up a gay young zebrula, Because wheu he pranced It seemed that he danced The movement once called hula hula. New York Sun. Special Service. - New York, Aug 25.General Matthew Butler, who prior to the advent of Till manism and populism in the politics of his state long represented South Carolina in the United States senate, discussed the general political situation freely. "It seems obvious to me," he said, "th at the democratic party has an opportunity to win in the coming election such as it rarely has had since the civil war. I am convinced that were the democratic party to come into the field next year with a candidate representing conservatism and a platform reassuring the business inter ests of the country, many of the more conservative republicans would vote its ticket as they voted for and elected Cleve- land." Of Bryan General Butler said: "Bryan is a populist, if he is anything. . If he is sincere, he lacks common sense if he is not. he is a demagogue of the worst sort." Of Roosevelt he said: " He seems to carry - a spectacularly personal element. H e apparently lias the impression that he is Emperor William of Germany. STRANGE. ~ Philadelphia Press. ' "We're goin' to have interestin* services up to our church to-day." said the first Kansas farmer. "Parson's goin' to pray fur rain." Huh," grunted the other, "quite a crowd o' ye goin', ain't there?" "Yes. We've all got a deal o' faith in our minister" "So? I ain't seen none o' ye carrvln* um brellas." ' Benjamin Franklin was a Bostonian, Sam uel F. B. Morse and Blias Howe were New Yorkers. The Maxims are Maine men. Gat ling was born in Virginia. Thomas A. Edi son, the inventor, first saw the light in Ohio. "Carmen Sylva," the royal authoress, met her husband, the king of Roumania, in quite a romantic way. As a girl of seventeen she was running down the staircase of the palace at Berlin, when her foot slipped on the mar ble and she would have fallen to the-floor belcw but at the moment Prince Charles of Hohenzollern stepped from an ante-room and caught her in his arms,, ...,.,..,.,, if even Emperor William would have ven tured to summon a great fleet to line up in front of his house for his own personal pleasure and glorification." ATTGITSlf 35, 1903/ " 7 5 SOUT H SIXTH ST^/j^p ' WE TRUST YOU. OhlyjOnl-Tenth Cash ? Down COM E WHILE THEY LAST/ Peterson'sAnnua l August Sale Carpet* Chances W e make and lay all carpets of Sum^ best made. Warranted. Here Are Our Terms: FIGHT FOB CONTBQL Democratic Factions in the Buckeye State Line Up for To-morrow's Convention. Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 25.Preliminary meetings of the democratic state conven tion here to-day are the most hotly con tested in the history of the party in this state. The contest between Mayor Johnson of Cleveland and John L. Zimmerman of Springfield for the gubernatorial nomina tion overshadows everything else politi cally. If Johnson wins at the district meetings this afternoon and at the meetings of the conventions to-night, he will be able to na me the senatorial candidate and the rest of the ticket and control the new state central committee as well as secure the adoption of his platform, and if Zimmer man controls the district meetings of the delegates and the committees he will be nominated and the conservatives will re turn to the control of the party. While the race between Johnson and Zimmerman has been very close for weeks, on the day of voting the odds seem to be in favor of Johnson. His arrival on a special train from Cleveland, accom panied by hundreds of shouting followers, gave an impetus to his candidacy, altho he had many managers and more workers here than Zimmerman before '"the triumphal march" from the depot to-day. The Johnson men have the old state com missioners with them and the influence of the party organization is seen mu ch more distinctly to-day than heretofore. SHE WAS 114 YEARS OLD Aged Negress, the Mother of Twen ty-two Children, Dies at New Orleans. New Orleans, La., Aug. 25.Marie Derans bourg, a widow, supposed to have reached hte age of 114 years, is dead at her home here. According to statements made by members of the family the woman was born in the year 17S9, in St. Charles parish, and was tto property of Pierre Laria., a rich planter. She was a slave until 1852, when she was purchased from the Lorio family by her husband, Victor Deransbourg, with nine children. All told the deceased has given birth to twenty-two ch'ldren, of which number only nine survive, the eldest being sixty-nine years old and the youngest forty-seven years. Her husband died twenty-two years ago. Tbe woman had never known any severe illness, and had only been confined to her bed two weeks before her death. Prior to that she was perfectly sound and could move about without assistance. Her hearing was almost perfect. NEW POSTMASTERS TO-DAY. Special to The Journal. Washington, D. C , Aug. 25.Postmas- ters appointed to-day: MinnesotaPhil brook, Todd countyf Oscar C. Poore, vice Benjamin F. Marsh resigned. Wisconsin Alban, Portage county, Adolph S. Gren He, vice Charles C. Gilbert resigned. Downing, Dunn county, E. F . Storrad, vice A. H. Park. K. "That historical novel of yours doesn't road as if you had stduied history much," said the brutal critic. "Thank you," said the author T\hom nothing disconcerts. "This is the first time you have given ine credit for originality." I doubt ,:/A ^}^X^\iii^d%:d^^'^',&\ - The secretary's office at the fair grounds is no longer "the red brick building with a small porch in front of it." It w as red for many years, had a small porch, but this year it is white, its porch is of such ample dimensions that 400 callers could be comfortably seated thereon. Secretary Randall is the busiest man at VV -3vW/'M^:^4^'j^/::,: 73-75 SOUTH SIXTH ST. Over $25.00. )fff-^f - * Bargains m Misfit* Rugs A number of these fine rugs, all new and pretty, in Brussels, Velvet,. Axminster, etc. If they fit your room it means r One-Third Saved. Chilly These Evenings? Buy a Heater. Here are the best hard coal heaters, soft coal and wood heaters, and they heat, too. All guaranteed easy terms all styles and prices from down and $3 $15 Up. per month THEY'RE NOT WORRYING Leech Lake Timber Will Go Readily Enough, Says Commission- er Eichards. From The Journal Bureau, Room 45, Post Build ing, Washington. Washington, Aug. 25.Officials of the land office here are not worrying over threats that the Minneapolis lumbermen may decide not to bid on the Leech Lake timber next December. Commissioner Richards would not discuss such a con tingency at any length, contenting himself with saying that he didn't think "fine merchantable white pine like that would go begging." Other officials say that there is little doubt of good competition now that the time limit for the removal of the timber has been extended 'to five years. Many inquiries have been received at the department for copies of the new regulations and lists of lands to be sold. These inquiries come from ' operators in Wisconsin and Michigan and indicate an intention on the part of those men to bid an derect mills on the reservation if suc cessful. I t is said at the land office that copies of regulations for the cutting of this tim be rwill be ready early lnext month. The law requires that they shall be available ninety days before the sale, and the de partment intends to have them ready on the exact day they are due. W. W. Jermane. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY EXPERIENCED OFFICE MAN WANTS WORK temporarily. City references. 1156, Journal. WIRELESS FOR ALASKA The Government Will Try to Link Far Northern Cities by Mar- . coni System. Washington, Aug. 25.With the begin ning of the new year the United States will be independent of British telegraph and cable lines in communicating with its Alaskan possessions. This will be brought about by a new cable between Seattle, Sitka and Juneau. The line will be a military one, but open for all uses. A t present the United States has sev eral hundred miles of telegraph lines in Alaska. These extend from Skaguay to St. Michael and other important military stations, but the British telegraph lines crossing the Alaskan boundary near Skag-*' uay are the only means of reaching the Alaskan lines from the United States. In case of war with Great Britain the United States could reach Alaska only by Sea and would have no means of com munication with Yukon ri%rer '- fi points other than by the circuitous steamer route. The cable laid by the government be tween St. Michael and Fort Davies 100 miles in length, was broken by the ice last winter and has not yet been repaired. Experiments are being made there now with wireless telegraphy, and if this proves a success it is likely that the gov ernment wil lestablish communication be tween many of the Alaskan coast cities by means of the wireless system. aiRL IS ONLY FIFTEEN Young Elopers From St. Cloud Are Caught at Benson. Special to The Journal. Benson, Minn., Aug. 25.A runaway couple w as arrested here to-day. George Elmer, 20 years old, and Gusta Kenbell, aged 15, eloped from St. Cloud ten days ago. They remained some time at New London, Minn., where Elmer w as working in a livery barn, but came to Benson a few days since and passed as man and wife. Sheriff Berinet of St. Cloud ar rived in Benson to-day and found the couple at Franzee's hotel and took them to St. Cloud on the noon train. SAID THE OM SALT. "My foot 5s asleep." the young woman com-, plained who had been induced to sit in an un comfortable position while the yacht was on a long tack. "I thought so," answered the old salt at the tiller. "I noticed some time ago that your toes turned in." "This heat is enough to jlrive. a man to ul- cide." "If he's a fool." "I'm not so sure." ' ~* "Well, a good man won't kill himself any way, and a man who* isn't good certainly would be foolish to kill himself to escape the heat." The dahlia was introduced into Europe for the value of its bulb as a substitute for the Irish potato, which it resembles when baked. THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE Old Bed Building at Fair Grounds Has Been Made White. the grounds these days. There is a con-! stant stream of callers being admitted! to his office,horse men, cattle owners,? renters of privillges, women who wish tcT ask his advice, others who are on com-i mittees which look to him for sugges-l tions, and a thousand and one persons who go to make up the vast army of exhibit ors or employ/ * 'x *. v rr- SUMMER THOT/GHX. - Detroit Free Press. r j , t