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CIRCULATION VALUE Such as The Journal Gives, Is What Advertisers Appreciate. PRICE TWO CENTS. Swedes Are becoming Resigned to the Dissolution the Union of the Brother Peoples. Much Red Tape and Conservatism Must Be Overcome Before For mal Action Can Be Taken. By W. B. CHAMBERLAIN, Managing Editor of The Journal. Copyright, 1906, by The Minneapolis Journal. Stockholm, Sweden, June 29Now ihat the first shock of Norway's de lithe act of June 7 has passed away, ihe Swedes are becoming quite re ligned to the dissolution of the union of the brother peoples, who have lived BO long under one king Everywhere here one hears the "revolutionary" Ret of the storthing, as it is called, Bpoken of as an accomplished fact. No one pretends to think that the divorce n^ked for by Norway on* the ground of incompatibility of temper, can in the end be refused. While official Sweden is still very far from admitting that the union is dissolved, and while the cabinet and the leaders in the riks dag (or Swedish parliament) have many plans for postponing an imme diate decision and maintaining the status quo ante, it is everywhere ad nutted in private conversation and even frankly asserted by some of, the speakers in the riksdag that a union which one partner is unwilling and dis satisfied, can never be of benefit to either. A Thing Accomplished. And so the independence of Norway may be considered, as the diplomats gay, un fait accomplia thing that is done Th4 question now is how the final decree of divorce may be granted and duly registered in such a way as to save the honor as well as the ma terial interests of Sweden It is this question that is consuming the time and enlisting the eloquence of the riksdag members. Things move slowly in Sweden. There is much red tape to be unwound and much conservatism whose inertia must be overcome before action can be taken Norway, on the other hand, is energetic and strenuousperhaps even radical. Its impetuosity fairly carried Sweden off her feet when the revolution came. Sweden had been dalVvrag with the consular ser vice question so long and had sue ceeded in postponing so frequently a final decision granting the Norwegian demands that she expected the nego tiations to go on forever. There came a time, however, when Norway would brook no longer delay and the act of June 7 struck Stockholm like a thun derbolt. Sweden Is Unruffled. Nevertheless, Sweden is proceeding in the calmest and most leisurely way to a final settlement with the brother nation and in this fact lies the b#st guarantee that there will be no such folly as a resort to arms. Swedish phlegm has long been exasperating to the hotheads of Norway, but it now seems likely to prove a most useful quality in averting the dreadful ca lamity to all Scandinavia that would be involved in the outbreak of war. It is true that the Swedish navy has been mobilizedas the cables long since told youthat certain regiments are gathered on the frontier, and that leaves of absence have been revoked and other measures looking toward preparedness have been taken by the Swedish authorities. But this is all meie prudence, such as any wise gov ernment would show. Indeed, there are not wanting those who tell one quite frankly that it is mere bluff, in the nature of notice to Norway that Sweden is ready but not anxious for trouble. The King's Lament. King Oscar, as you already know, has turned the whole question over to the riksdag. The good old king: whom every Scandinavian loves, be he Swede or Norwegianhas been much liurt by the course taken by Norway. '"Why," he plaintively asks, "could they not have waited until I was laicl away to rest with my fathers?" But It would be a great mistake to sup pose that the sturdy old man of the house of Bernadotte has been over nrhelmed by the "revolution." It is irue that he is bowed down with years ind that cares of state have weighed IO heavily on him that twice he has J00,000,000the INDEPENDENCE OF NORWAY IS A FACT ACCOMPLISHED turned over the reins of government to .4ns son, the crown prince The last time, it will be remembered, he dele gated to Prince Gustaf the task of dealing with the Norwegian cabinet which insisted on consular indepen dence But when it began to appear that Gustaf had not the firm hand needed, the king again took up his duties and brought the matter to a quick crisis. The wonderful thing about it is that this cusis has acted on Oscar like a powerful tonic. He has developed unsuspected energy and initiative. He drives e^ ervwhere in his open carnage, receiving the plaudits of the people. In his open hearted, democratic way he receives deputations and del egations He dispatches affairs with a strong hand and has proved a posi tive force in moving toward the set tlement of the problem. Love for the Monarch. The Swedes love their old king and they are so proud of the way he has risen to the emergency that 40,000 of them, Stockholmers all, marched out to his summer palace one night about ten days ago and presented their loyal re spects Mindful of the divinity that doth hedge about a king, the great crowd watched from a distance while its delegates approached. A large, open space was thus left front of the palace But this did not at all suit King Oscar. Appearing on a bal cony, his gray locks bared to the breezes, he beckoned them all within hearing. "Come up near me," he said. "You are all my good friends and I want to see and shake nanus with you. Iu^ i aie not afraid of your old king, are you? Come light up this way, all of you It was from his heart he spoke. And from this picturesque little mei dent one may gain some inklinjt of the reason for the king's great popularity Sweden In the gorgeous and highly formal ceremony of June 20, when the king received the riksdag in the throne room and read his speech from the throne, his voice was loud and clear, his attitude firm and noble. Oscar is a fine orator, looks every inch a king, and makes a fine impression on such an occasion. But in spite of his firm ness he had the great good sense to maintain a pacific attitude. He pointed out that, tho the storthing had, from his point of view, acted i\e gaily, a resort to force would render necessary far greater sacrifices than the value of the union to the secuiity of the Scandinavian peoples warranted. And there was little surpnse_when he recommended that the riksdag let Nor way go her way absolutely without conditions of any kind. And so the king passed over to the riksdag the main question of the disso lution of the union together with all the numerous questions growing out of it. And with this tremendous subiect the riksdag is struggling. But "there has been no unseemly haste the matter far from it. Immediately after the pre liminaries had been disposed of and the king's communications had been re ceived, there was an adiournment to permit of the proper celebration of the midsummer holidays, so dear to the hearts of all Swedes. Not until yester day did the riksdag begin actual and practical discussion of the problem. Naturally there are many opinions as to what should be done. But this may be said with certitude The riksdag will not favor the dissolution of the union until certain guarantees have been given by Norway as to railroad mat ters, tariffs, coinage and other politico commercial matters, and as to the dis mantling of the fortifications erected by Norway on the frontier, which are considered an intolerable menace. Of these I shall tell yott another letter. Meanwhile a committee of the two houses of the nksdag is meeting secret ly in an endeavor to arrive at some piactical solution of the problem. ("Tomorrow will be told the story of the debate the riksdag.l WAR AS THE ALTERNATIVE Sweden Will Convey Last Word to Norway in Dissolution Terms, Says Captain Baumgarten. Stockholm, July 17Sweden's dis solution conditions now course of preparation will possess all the force of an ultimatum, according to Captain Baumgarten, who introduced the up er house lesolution to appropriate kroner ($26,800,000) for use in emeiger'^j The captain has led an influential party in a strenuous tight against the separation of the countries "When the riksdag has decided on the dissolution terms," said the cap tain, "they will represent the coun try 's irreducible minimum from the viewpoint of national honor. Their re jection will give us no alternative ex cept war. The riksdag is determined that the crisis shall leave no blemish on Sweden's escutcheon. Sweden Has Larger Army. "With the exception of the socialists the country solidly upholds this atti tude. The "king will not oppose it when the steadfastness of the nation's atti tude is manifest Sweden can put 100.- 000 effectives into the field the week after the declaration of hostilities and Norway can only put 45,000. Sweden could maintain the same rate of pre ponderance thruout the war." America has sudjcten^y raised the Continued on 2d P&ge 4th Column. KING OSCAR, Aged Ruler Whose Hold on Hia People Is Remarkably Strong. f** r o**. DEATH FOR 2 IN BORROWED AUTO Girls Fatally Hurt in Crash of Car Were Friends of the Chauffeur. New York, July 17.Two young women were probably fatally hurt and their two male companions had a re markable escape from m-jury today when the automobile of Fiederick E. Marshall of St. Louis, which had been borrowed by Mr. Marshall's chauffeiu, was caught between an elevated 1 ail way pillar and a streetcar The auto mobile was reduced almost to scrap iron The forty-horsepower machine at tempted to race in front of a surface car bound down hill, and as it dodged between the elevated pillars and whirled on the track, it was pinched between the car and a pillar. The rear half of the automobile, in which were seated Miss Cora Michaehs and Helen Donn jjchauser, friends of the chauffeur, was demolished and the girls were so tangled in the wreckage of the car and automobile that it took half an hour to extricate them. A male companion of the chauffeur was thrown out on the sidewalk, but the chauffeur was uninjured Nearlv all of the occupants of the streetcar were thrown to the floor and the conductor was so severely injured that he was taken to a hospital. J^redprick Marshall, owner of the ma chine, was not the city at the time of the accident. KOREANS WANT FREEDOM JUST AS CDBA GOT IT Honolulu, July 16 Koreins here have raised a fund to send Bev P. Yon, Korean, a Methodist minister, to Washington, to ask President Roosevelt that efforts be made by the United States in the forthcoming peace negotia tions to bring about an agreement bv which the Korean nation will become independent within twenty vears if it shows fitness for self government Eev. Mr Yon will solicit the good offices of President Roosevelt to ask Japan to grant independence as the United States did Ouba after the Spanish American war. SKYSCRAPER LIFT FALLS 6 STORIES .^_ High Officials in Philadelphia Hurt in Plunge of Ele vator Car. Philadelphia, Pa., July 17.District Attorney John C. Bell, Assistant City Solicitor Harry T. Kingston and Wil ham Born of CoUmgswood, N. were seriously miured today by the fall of an elevator in the Land Title building, the highest building in -the city. Mr Bell sustained a compound frac ture of a leg. Mi. Kingston had both legs fractured and Mr. Born was m lured about the body and received lac erations of the scalp. The elevator op erator, the only other occupant, es caped with slight injuries. The elevator diopped from the sixth floor of the building to the basement. The cause of the accident is unknown. The news of the accident to Mr. Bell and Mr. Kingston created a sensation. Mr Bell is one of the legal, political and social leaders of the city, and Mr. King ston is almost equally prominent. Mr. Bell has been prominently before the public since the political upheaval be gan in this city sorfijfe weeks ago. Be cently he declined to assume the mitia tive in causing the arrest of political leaders who are also large city contract ors, and the mayor and his advisers, as well as citizens' Teform organizations, have criticized him for hi attitude. Mr Bell has repeatedly declared that he will vigorously prosecute all per sons brought for trial, but as those al ready indicted for offenses against the municipality are expected, to be tried in September, it is ^probable another rosecutor will have be appointed the governor. 4 TRAINS HELD UPj BY WILD BEAST 2,000 Persons Wait While Fierce Jaguar Is Returned to Cage. Colorado Springe* Colo., July 17. More than 2,000 pesms and four pas senger trains on th^ Colorado Midland railroad have been ad at Tunnel No. 6, two nulCT ?had west |od Mamtou by a fierce South American'jaguar. Before he was captured the animal clawed Joseph Beraistt of this city, cutting a severe gafh| across the right leg. Miss Delmon, a passenger on one ot the trains, became frightened and endeavoring to scalp a high Cliff fell a distance of twenty fleet, breaking her leg. 1 The jaguar and a polar bear occu ie two compartments in a large cage was loaded on 4 flat car of the tram belonging to a (ircus. Th.9 *age was too high to enter' lie mouth of the tunnel ana as the cag struck the roof of the tunnel it wn: torn off. The keepei threw on the yr brakes, stope ping the tram ^ro rriek at th bear and fired bWst cartridges at the jaguar to keep them from escaping. The animal crawled under the car and during the effort to drive it m+o an other cage Bennett received his in juriss The animal was finally driven into a small cage, but before tho or could be closed, the tram started and the jagitor again leaped for liberty. It dashed thm the tunnel, but on einerg ing at The other end found itself in narrow out* After some effort the animal was again captured aivd placed in his cige. DEATH CAME SUDDENLY South Branch Young Woman Dies Un- expectedlyCause Unknown. St James, Minn., July 17.Elma Locke, aged 24 years, daughter of James Locke of South ^Branch, died suddenly at 2 p.m., Sunday. The cause is unknown. %VKfX^A*"MjeA'* (iWf rrrswavft ft tm,tf**itA r* ft r*Wbts*t f%o rjFfVff**/rfffsyf*rf\* rfw f*Tf r*jr* f***Tf o#* KEEP COOL Uncle SamI must avoid a hotbbx in this peace conference whatever happen*,.^t^^ itiH HEAT CASUALTIES THE DEADMINNEAPOLIS MRS. CAROLINE SOHEFFEL, 127 Twelfth avenue NE, overcome at Thir teenth avenue NE and Main street at 2 p.m. Sunday, aged 70 years. ST. PAUL. CHARLES TIERNEY, 992 Courtland street MRS. JOSEPH A. FREDERICKSON, 534 Collins street. DROWNINGS Nine in two days. PROSTRATIONS H. B. ELIEL and 7 B. SANBORN, both of Peoria, 111 overcome at Washing ton and Nicollet. KATE NORTON, employee at Holmes hotel, taken to city hospital. GEORGE KELLER, 1102 Main street. FRED SCHEIBERT, 2226 Fourth ave nue N WILLIAM WTETT, 1218 Nicollet ave nue taken to city hospital WILLIAM WELSH, fireman engine com pany No 12 Unknown man, taken to city hospital, unconscious. -$ MODERN MOLOCH'S HARYEST GROWS 232 Killed,- 3,713 Hurt in Three Months' Train Accidents in 1905. Washington, July 17.Accident bul letin, No. 15, just issued by the inter state commerce commission, giving an account of railroad accidents the United States during the months of January, February and March, 1905, shows that during that quarter there were 28 passengers and 204 employees killed, and 1,651 passengers and 2,062 employees injured in train accidents, making all 232 persons willed and 3,713 m-jured in tram accidents. Other accidents to passengers and employees not the result of collisions or derail ments, brings the total number of cas ualties up to 15,306 (909 Killed and 14, 397 injured). There was an increase of 42 in the total number of persons killed, as com pared with the quarter ending Dec. 31, 1904. The total number of collisions and de railments was 3,108 (1,787 collisions and 1,321 derailments), of which 284 col lisions and 177 derailments affetced pas senger trains The damage to cars, en gines and roadway by tnese accidents amounted to $2,449,248 There was an increase of 27 in the number of collisions and of 131 the number of derailments, as compared with the last preceding quarter. The total number of employees re ported killed in coupling cars and un coupling cars during this ysar was 62*, GLARK OF MONTANA IS NOW HOLDING HIS OWN New York, July 17Senator W. A. Clark, who is recovering from an opera tion on an abscess the ear, passed a comfortable night, and the indications this morning were apparently very fa vorable. Dr McKernon visited the pa tient at 6 45, remaining but half an hour While the conditions are all in favor of the patient, the gravity of the sen ator's condition is not withheld from the family They are aware that it will be at least four or five days befoie his ultimate safety can be assuied Mrs. Clark, who is Pans, has been ad vised of the exact condition of the sen ator. THREE DEAD FROM HEAT: CREST OF WAVE PASSING -$ 8 Twin Cities May Now Expect Relief from Local Storms Which Weath er Man Predicts fof Tonight Ten Prostrations, Three Fatal," Are Re- ported While Waters Take Deadly Toll of Bathers. Waking from a hot, restless night, Mmneapolitans were surprised this morning by a cool breeze and a de cided drop in' temperature. Between 7 and 7 80 the sky became overcast with heavy gray clodus and everv indication was for a Bevere thunderstorm. At the weather "tation the barometer rose almost nistantly one twentieth of an inch. But a few minutes the tempera ture began to rise and the barometer fell to its former level, It looked as if tjhe weather was tryittg to plav a joke on the worn inhabitants on earth, for the clouds disappeared rapidly and the mercury continued its steady up ward shoot. The explanation at the weather bu reau of the phenomenon is that it was purely a local wmd storm. As is usual before such a squall, tho barometer rose slightly. The drop in the temperature from 79 to 72 was sufficient to con1 dense the vapor in the atmosphere and the clouds formed almost instantly the clear sky. As soon as the tempera ture began to rise, the clouds were dis pelled The reading of the barometer, not re duced to sea level pressure Teadmg, is 28 90. Based on this and other indi cations the weather man behoves that there will be cooling showers tonight and that tomorrow will reap the bene fit with a decided drop temperature. Hottest in Four Years. While yesterday was the hottest july day since 1901, the hghiest official heat mark touched was 92 08. In 1901, July 20, the mercury rose to 100.02 and for three davs the maximum was above 100 From July 12 to 24 inclusive, it was never below 89 The fact that the tern peratures on the street several places have lately passed the 300 mark is ex plained by the weather station officials, who sav that the air on the street is confined and is not free from radiation. The official thermometer is placed high above the postoffice building and comes contact only with the free aiTv On the street a variation of from 10 to 17 degrees from the official figures is re corded by the drug store thermometers. Public Baths Inadequate. Th^t the bathing' facilities of the city are inadequate during the hot days is shown by the long death list from drowning. Long lines of men and bovs besieged the Lake Calhoun baths all day yesterday in an almost vain attempt to get a chance to plunge in the cooling waters. The dressing booths were filled from morning to night an dthe capacity of the baths was wholly inadequate of filling the demand The water was just right and some of the smaller boys remained in the water for long hours The force of attendants was kept on the jump all the time, while the long, long* line outside pushed and struggled to get to the front. Many, after waiting a long time, went to Cedar lake or to any place where there was a chance to get a moment's alleviation from heat. Others realized the impossibility of a bath at Calhoun and made immediately for the river No one knows how many hundreds risked their lives, but the harvest of deaths was fearful. The BEGGARS' TRUST HAS BANK BOOKS New York Mendicants 'Caught and Fine Flan to Reap Is Nipped. New York, July 17JDetectives em ployed by the charity organization so iet3 have caused six alleged beggars, all property owners, to bo arraigned in the Harlem court. It was asserted by the officers that the six prisoners had formed themselves into a sort of beg gars' trust, to do the Italian feast of our lady of Mount Carmel, which is be ing celebrated in Harlem's "Little Italy." All of the prisoners were de clared to have bank accounts and are landlords. When searched by the police one beggar had $588 in bills and a quantity of small coin. Another had a bank book showing deposits of $1,400. It is alleged the gang made elaborate plans for their operations in the neigh borhood of the leading Italian church near which they were caught. They found the Italians quite libeial during the festival and were reaping a harvest. *r mm Defective Page SLAYEWRL HELD FOR KILLING HER MASTER New York, July 17Bertha Claiche, on trial by a coroner's iury for killing JEmil Gerdron on July 9, was today held responsible for his death. The "|ury rendered a split verdict, seven merely finding the girl responsible for Ger dron 's death and the remaining lurors declaring she acted self-defense. After enticing Berthe Claiche to America from France under false prom ise of marriaee, Gerdron forced the girl to go on the streets and earn fc, living for him at the saenfice of her own good name. His excessive cruelty caused the girl to have Gerdron arrested and then, frightened by his threatening attitude, she shot him while the police were mak ing the arrest. The young woman was later indicted by the grand iury today after the cor oner's ."jury had returned a verdict find ing that Gerdron came to his death at her hands. The case probably will not go to trial before autumn. 1*LAOLSS. $f,pAW 4 DARNS SOCKS BY MACHINERY. Denver July 17 Mrs George Henry Uaynard of thia city has invented a machine which darns socks doing tbe work much more rapidly than could be done by band and turning out as smooth work the^ best ever seen The darner can. be attached to a sewing machine, and any rate ot speed c* be attained. ^MidnaM 4& iKerSt THE MKRcrrara EANGE. (These are official readings for the actual temperature at street level add frod 10 to 17 degrees $ SUNDAY'S TEMPERATURES 6 p.m f. 92 7 p.m 89 I i 8 85 9 p.m 83 10 79 11 78 12 p.m 77 I I I TODAY'S READINGS I I 1am 77 2 a.m 76 8 am 75 4 am 75 5 a.m 74 6 a.m 76 7 am 79 8 a 72 9 a 75 10 am 79 11 am 84 Noon 88 1 89 2 90 i 3 p.m 92 $ public baths at Calhoun closed at 6X and the attendants were nearly mobbed by the indignant citizens who were thus robhed of a dip. CHALLENGES ANY 3 FROM PULPIT Preacher Offers to Fight When Church Members Call Down His Conduct. New York Sun Special Service. Wilhamsport, Pa., July 17.Eev. William Matthewson, pastor of the Swedish Valley Methodist church, cre ated a sensation dunag the Sunday service by offering to fight any three men the valley. The challenge came as the climax of a series of sensational attacks on mem bers of the Masonic and other secret orders. This time his remarks were resented and a public quarrel followed, several of the leaders in the church as sailing the minister while he was in the pulpit. Mr. Matthewson declared from the ?raternity ulpit that no member of the Masonic should have a place in the church, and that no minister who was a member of the order had ever had a successful revival. He savagely at tacked, at the same time, the Grange and Odd Fellows. In the midst of his harangue Hiram Lent and Warren Whit, two prominent members of the church, challenged his conduct, asking him to confine his ser mon to topics of religion. He ordered them out of the church and then issued a challenge to fight any three men. Matthewson is a converted woodsman, and has up to the present time been successful the ministry. His chal lenge has not been accepted. 1i -A $ r. Heat Incidents. Tbe wholesale price of lemons on the market todav la $6 a *te Saturday they were sell ing at $5 Bven the sogar trust feels tire shock bnt tM prices have not vet gone np Minneapolis consumed thousands of gallons of lemonade yesterday as it seemed to be the onlv thirst quencher that worked The wax figures In the window of a stove at First avenue and Sixth street ran awav yesterday Saturday night the janitor left the awnings up and today It was discovered that the once rosy and attractive feminine forms had been reduced to grease spots Twenty fresh air enthusiasts were rounded up, at the Havmarket Second street and Twelfth avenue S last night by the police Realizing that the cells In the city lockup were worse than fryingpans, the coppers announced that all the open air sleepers could go If they told where thev lived and showed that they had the price of a bunk Everyone but one forked up 10 cents and showed It proudly The unfor tunate was told to report at the .police court tl-is morning which he did Judge Smith told him to duck and It is to be presumed that he duckd for the Mississippi Altho the trains running to the lake were crowded Saturday and Sunday, the trains com Ing into the city today have seats for all From appearances ninety nine out of a hundred are taking their summer vacation this week The lake hotels are crowded and there are camp ing parties at every turn OSHKOSH BANKER DEAD Richard T. Morgan Passes Away at the Age of 76. Oshkosh, Wis., July 17.Kichard T. Morgan, a wealthy pioneer lumberman and banker died at his home in this city at the age of 76 years. He was president of the National Union bank of Oshkosh and also vice president of banks atTigerton and Winneconne. *Si PIN PRICE KILLS Sioux City Girl Dies of Blood Poisoning Caused by Scratch. Special to The Journal. Sioux City, Iowa, July 17.Miss Anna Walworth died yesterday at St. Joseph's hospital from blood poisoning caused by pricking a finger with a pui. i.JnTiirfl'i -nllfitfiiir-^ii^v,