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SB In July The Daily and Sunday Journal carried 127.82 0 more lines of advertising than any other newspaper in the Northwest "Merchants use The ^Journal most because it gives them best results. THE JOURNAL VOLUME XXVIIINO. 257. LUCIAN SWIFT, J. S. McLAlN, MANAGER. EDITOB. PUBLISHED EVERY DAY SUBSCRIPTION BATES BY MAIL. Daily and Sunday, per month 40c Dally only, per month "8c Sunday only, per month loo BY CABHIEK OUTSIDE THE CITY. Daily and Sunday, one month 80s BY CARRIES. IN MINNEAPOLIS AND SUBURBS. Dally and Sunday, one month *B* POSTAGE BATES 0? SINGLE COPIES. Up to 18 pages 1 cent Dp to 86 pages 2 cents Dp to 84 page* 9euU All papers are continued until an explicit ordet Is received for discontinuance and until all ar rearage* are paid. Cole and Good Roads. The new state highway commission has no funds for work this vear, but it is beginning to attract attention with its plans for a system of state roads. The possibilities of intelligent state roadmaking are beginning to dawn on the people of Minnesota, who will have cause to appreciate the wisdom of the highwav commission law more every year that follows. It may not be generally known that the law in question is another piece of able constructive work Albert L. Cole, the republican nominee for gov ernor. In his two terms of service as a legislator Mr. Cole has left a deep impress on the institutions of the state, and his record of accomplishment is a strong argument for promoting him to the office of chief executive. He came to the rescue when there seemed little chance of passing a highway commission law, and framed a measure which united all interests. The con stitutional amendment authorizing the* creation of a commission was adopted by popular vote in 1898, but succeeding ''legislatures persistently refused to give it the force of law. The road and bridge grabbag tempted manv members, and there was deep feeling in all the newer sections of the state that a highway commission meant money spent for ex pensive roads in settled districts, and a standard of road-making which the newly settled counties could not afford to observe. The hostility of northern Minnesota defeated one bill after an other, till the session of 1905, when Mr. Cole was chainnan of the house commit tee on roads and bridges. Two or three highway commission bills were introduced, but they all met with the same old objection. Finally Mr. Cole himself took all the bills and worked out a draft which was adopted with hardly any change. It gives-every safe guard necessary to prevent wasteful ex penditures of state money, and at the same time is elastic enough to permit road-making on less expensive methods for the new ly settled counties. It also insures every county a share in the fund, provided the conditions of the act are complied with. It requires economy in administration, which will mean that every dollar in the road and bridge fund will go into actual construction of roads and bridges. The measure gives promise of gen eral satisfaction, and the credit for its passage is due to the republican nomi nee for governor, more than any one man. I his public life A. L. Cole has been a man who does things. Those imitative Japanese! a meat scandal, too. nvw They have A "Bloomin' Sell" on Canada. Canada is needing immigrants, and, bei ng intensely loyal, turned to the mother country and made a bid for English settlers. The supposition that these would be the finest additions to the population of the great new region Canada is opening up is rudely shat tered by the inspection of the first ar rivals. The mother country has gold bricked "My La dy of the Snows." The immigration is a frost. em ploying the Salvation Army to pick out the emigrants, London has succeeded in working off a considerable dead weight of persons who have been a charge upon the community and who would be no good anywhere fn the world. When the immigration inspec tors looked over the first few shiploads they thought black rust had gotten into the "dear old land we left." The forced immigration usually "^works out that way. The indentured servants of Virginia were the cause of many griefs to the colony. John Smith ,&t an earlier day had an experience (With assisted immigrants which caused ^im tojiflaue. his. historic order regarding Thursday Evening, (V*. the necessary connection between work ing and eating. The folks who come without inducement usually make good, and if they have any useless relations at home they do not send for them, but send back a little money to keep them where they are. Your head of a family has more sense than a government. If he has any brothers at home who are worth something, he sends them a ticket to come on and join him. But he has a wealth of domestic knowledge which saves him from the folly of sending out transportation for nephews who never were and never will be competent for a day's work. Canada has gone counter to the les sons of history. Immigration by nat ural selection is a safer tho perhaps a slower process of filling up a new land. Thirty years ago Titoen and Hendricks issued their letters of acceptance and straddled the money, question. -W^^J. B. was then making the welkin ring'-triple bob majors in Whipple's academy. Czar Bryan Turned Down. The ukase of Colonel Bryan prescrib ing the time, place and manner of Mr. Roger C. Sullivan's retirement from politics was not a blow in the air. It was delivered in the most timely man ner to affect the result in the Illinois primaries. This shows that Colonel Bryan even while whiling away the time in India or scudding across Judea on a mule, kept in close touch with the party in America. Few outside ofMlli nois knew when .the primary would be held, as it was under a new law,'and the date fixed was earlier than such events are customarily set for. But Bryan had kept track. Likewise it appears that his appeal to the democracy of Illinois has been turned down with a sickening thud. The Sullivan-Hopkins faction elected three fourths of the delegates to the coming state convention, and it now rests with Mr. Roger C. Sullivan to say whether the titanic commoner shall be indorsed or repudiated by the state of his nativity. Czar Bryan is having the same trials as other autocrats who attempt to rule vast dominions by wire. He may give orders but he cannot know that those orders are carried out. this time the kaiser of Lincoln probablv has learned that in Illinois the seal of the czar "don't go," on any old kind of a document. There is no public protest against the recent performances of the Chicago teamsters. A New Opportunity. Some reference was made the other day in these columns to the demand for graduates of the department of en gineering in the state university. It was noted that men trained in mechan ical and civil engineering in this school had no difficulty in securing employ ment at good wages. The University of Minnesota has a reputation in the industrial world which enables its graduates to secure desirable employ ment as fast as they are ready to take it. N less true is-this of the department of agriculture. Indeed, the probability seems to be that experts in agricultural pursuits will be more in demand than men for other industrial occupations. TSe science of farming is only just be ginning to* be recognized among the sciences, and yet it is one of the most interesting and inviting. I is invit ing not only because of the compara tive ease with which it enables the in dividual owner to maintain himself independently, but, because it is an attractive field for the investment of capital. Such investment calls for skillful management, just as any other industrial investment, and the skillful management hafc not been easy to get. It is only within recent years that-ag ricultural education has been worthy of the name. So-called agricultural col leges have existed in sufficient number, but they have been ,given that name chiefly that their founders might ob tain certain public funds, while follow ing along the old lines, preparing for the professions rather than for any branch of active business. 'Minnesota has been a pioneer in prac tical, agricultural education. N insti tution in the country has served the public so well in this direction as the school of agriculture at St Anthony Park, from which last year there wefe graduated 110 students and at which there was a total _attendang|\df 536. This in a school only about seventeen, jar eighteen years old is supstaiitial Evi dence of-, the need of its existence. I has been stated with regard to this school that 95 per cent of its graduate* MSM pursue agricultural occupations, where as of, the graduates of the old-fashioned agricultural college probably not more than 0* per cent engaged in agriculture. Nor was there anything in the work of th e' Old-style agricultural college to awaken interest in agricultural pursuits. On the contrary, the whole tendency and influence of the school was to take the best types of young men and women from rural communities and send them into business and. professional life in the cities. But Minnesota is not content merely with a school of agriculture, which is practically a high school of agriculture. '1$ o^s provided in the university a col- 3eg**-of agriculture which builds upon .the^.work of the school of agriculture and equips men for positions of in structors in schools of agriculture and gives th em not only that technical edu cation which is necessary to the agri cultural expert but a liberal course in arts and letters, making them men of general culture as well as specialists. And for such men the university is un able to supply the demand. Of the twelve graduates of this col lege at the last commencement, two have been engaged by the United States forest service, one as assistant chemist in the University of Califor nia, one in the department of agricul ture at Washington, another in the California experiment station, two oth ers in forestry, two have returned to the farm,, one has gone to study bac teriology in the University of Wiscon sin and others are employed in other ways contributing to the promotion of agricultural science. It is the testimony of those best ac quainted with the situation that there is today no better opportunity any where for young men of industry and intelligence than in the field of scien tific agriculture, acting as managers and superintendents of enterprises which cannot be successful without such direction. Minnesota has spent a great deal of money on agricultural educa tion, but in no direction has her ex penditure for educational purposes pro duced better practical results. Sandals for grown-up people are being manufactured. Give your feet a chance to breathe. Rushing to Destruction. Birmingham, England, which has been going "over the cataract of mu nicipal ownership into the abyss of bankruptcy" for many years, has pro gressed far enough toward the goal of destruction to announce a reduction of the price of gas to 38 cents a thousand cubit feet for manufacturers. But lest the Minneapolis Tribune should give the prize for idiocy to Birmingham it ought to be added that the Birming ham rates are high. They are higher than in Manchester, where the people have been in the abyss and gas business for a number of years, and much higher than in Sheffield, in the center of the coal fields, where the rates are 28, 32 and 36 cents a thousand. Such rates, appear to be impossible in America, where something over a dollar is the average rate and where dollar gas is considered a free gift to an ungrateful public. New York, which burns more gas than Birmingham and Sheffield combined, has dollar gas by law, but the companies are fighting it in every court. The consul who makes this report on Birmingham com ments on the distinguishing feature be tween gas undertakings in England and America. In England companies are or ganized to make gas. In America they combine that function with the other of making issues of stock. I England when a private gas company needs more capital it must get its authority there for from parliament, and the new issue, instead of being given to those who already own the gas works, is sold to the highest bidders. A a result there is no over-capitalization of gas com panies in England, no blocks of stocks lying in family chests and which are never useful except on dividend day. Even with this limitation upon the financial vagaries of gas companies it has been found possible for public plants to compete with them, owing to the discovery that the byproducts of the manufacture pay all the expenses, The New York "World seriously con templates the election of William R. Hearst governor of the state, and his re moval from office of Jerome, the late re form district attorney. Idol-smashing is a sad thing. The Standard Oil company was In dicted so quickly in Chicago that it has almost completely cured H. H. Rogers of his "disease 6f enterprise" by absent treatment. The trouble with standing pat on a four flush is that some tyro in the game may call your hand with four aces. From random thoughts by Leslie Mortu ary Shaw. John D. Long intimates that there were some scamps among the elder Puritans. This may be true, for some of their de scendants today will skin you in a horse trade. Banker Stensland is said to have shaved off his whiskers before retiring from public view. From the depositors he not only took the hair, but the skin. Mr. Hill is suddenly found cutting a canal from the Great Lakes to Hudson's bay. Ocean steamers will soon be run ning from Minnesota to Europe overland. Messrs. Dover and Dick went to Oyster Bay( and settled matters with the president. He gave them a dollar and asked them to call again after election. It seems that Colonel Bryan cinched the "400" vote and influence by getting a promise from King Edward that he would visit him in the Whtte House. The czar has just had fifty seanoes with a medium named Papus. That may account for the mysterious knockings heard in Russia. Somebody' has noticed ^that New Jer sey mosquitoes no longer sing at their work. Mad about kerosene in the marsh es, perhaps. ~x v, ^ZL^^^JZ ,j -*-*f Colonel Harris of Chlcago-Lawpenee Is to toa rebuked by, Kanaaa for the "4emo- THE MTONEAPOLIS^JOURNAL. erotic rebellion of Bl-'i glory. Fling out old. One of the serious comments upon the career of the late actor, Toole, is .that he could make Englishmen laugh. .Since the departure of Russel( Sage Mrs. Hetty Green feels a double respon sibility for saving money. It is said that the late Alfred Beit never wore diamonds, tho he could get them at cut prices. Hell, Norway, freezes up every winter. That's the kind of a hell to maintain in a civilized country. Uncertainty regarding the intentions of the Ixmgworth-Longworths Is giving sassiety the sillies. WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK Length of Army Service. To the Editor of The Journal. I note your article about long service of soldiers of the civil war. As I was but 9 years old at the commencement of the war I have nothing to say for my self, but my brother, Dr. P. M. Cowles of Chardon, Geauga county, Ohio, was 20 years old in Mdroh, enlisted, on first call of Lincoln in a local company, called the Geauga Reifies, which formed a part of the Nineteenth Ohio regiment. He was mustered out after four months' service, re-enlisted in the Forty-second Ohio (Garfield's regiment), and was the regi mental color-bearer in every battle that regiment was ever in, and mustered out at the end of three years He again re enlisted as an officer of the One Hun dred and Ninety-sixth Ohio, and served one year, the term of enlistment, making a total, almost continuous service, of four years and four months. f'\ X\ The pastor cannot afford to hold John D. down to ten minutes, and: tie great rhati. dearly" love* to Instruct, exhort andj |re- prove. The only thing that will convince Harry Thaw that he is insane is the elec tric treatment at the state sanatorium. The Chicago grand Jury has accepted Mr. Rockefeller's invitation to a closer acquaintance and better "understanding. C. S. Cowles. Merriam Park, Aug 7 Survivors of Sanitary Commission. To the Editor of The Journal. As far as I know I am the sole sur vivor of the "Auxiliary Relief corps" of the United States sanitary commission, organized in May, 1864, to accompany the Army of the Potomac in its movement against Richmond. The corps numbered from thirty to fifty men, with special diet kitchens attached. It was designed for special personal service at the base hospitals, and had its own transportation and its own supplies. This corps kept its organization until after the surrender of Lee's and John son's armies and the grand reviews at Washington? A^hTsieie'of Pe'tersburg ^PT the James, with a base at Point of Rocks. From January, 1865, I was in charge of its work. I desire, if possible, to find some mem ber or members of this corps, or, in fact, sanitary commission men or women or any organization east or west. Will The Journal t$ll me .hpw to do this? Is there a G. A'P"R. 'headquarters staff with whom .oner'rnaj? "reg'feter? Possibly publication of this' note by The Jour nal might find some one. A. M. Sperry. Dodge Center, Minn R. F. D. Aug. 8. Registration headquarters for veterans will be opened at 510 Second avenua S. It is expected in this way to afford vis itors in any way connected with the G. A. R., or in any branch of the service during the war means of finding those whom they want to see. This Seems Fair. Xo the Editor of The Journal. Referring to Dr. U. G. Williams, can didate for republican nomination for mayor, it was reported in your paper on Aug. 3 that Dr Williams was asked the I question: "If elected mayor will you keep the saloons closed'on Sunday?" He is reported to have replied: "Oh, I will enforce the laws, of course. A mayor has to enforce the laws." This reply seems evasive, and there fore the writer repeats the question to Dr. Williams thru your paper: "If elected mayor will you keep the saloons closed on Sunday?" Also the question: "Will you, if elected mayor, prohibit public gambling?" I be lieve that the voters of Minneapolis are entitled to a definite answer to these questions, and that the reply given to the Journal reporter is too general and does not give the specific answer that these inquiries should have. William Unsgaard. Aug. 9, 1906. A DEFECTIVE GLANCE Nebraska State Journal. From Don Ayer, chief of the bureau of animal industry at South Omaha, it is learned that one of the packing houses there is now ready for inspection under the new law, and that another by work ing night and day will be in presentable shape in a few days, having yet some im provements to make in hygienic and other arrangements. When the revela tions in the packing business were at their height a couple of months ago a committee of Omaha business men visited the South Omaha plants, saw at a glance that everything was exactly as it should be, and so reported THE WRONG WAY Baltimore American. The posthumous exaction of unpaid taxes on the estate of Marshall Field is "not a proof that Mr Field was less hon est than other people, but only another demonstration of the mockery which our attempts at personal taxation present all over the country. PKOBABLY A BACHELOR Topeka Capital. It is all right to be kind to some Women, but you have to whip the others. & THIS DATE IN HISTORY AUG. 9 I 1 Defective Page AMUSEMENTS *"*r Airship 8taye Here. The Knabenshue airship Is to re main at Wonderland until Aug. 23, which insures this unusual attraction for G. A. R. week. This will be the longest stay that the airship has made anywhere this season, and necessitated the canceling of contracts for two weeks elsewhere. Foyer Chat. Only second to their thoro enjoyment of "Old Heidelberg" as presented by the Ferris stock company at the Metropoli tan operahouse this afternoon, was the satisfaction expressed by the members of the fair sex who packed the playhouse and were eaoh presented with a beauti ful souvenir, photograph of Florence Stone, the popular leading lady of the company. Saturday afternoon souvenirs of DJok Ferris will be presented to all ladies holding seat checks. The Lewis Stone stock company ex pects to break all records at the Lyceum during encampment week with the great production of "Held by the Enemy," one of the greatest war dramas ever written. The new company which Mr. Stone has selected Includes many of the old favor ites at the Lyceum, and great things are expected of an organization headed by Lewis Stone, Ernest Fisher, Aubrey Beat tie, W. H. Murdoek and Rose Currie The Valdare trio, trick and sensational bicycle riders Rand and Byron, and Crawford and Howard, high-class sketch artists, and Henry Fink, the Hebrew im personator, are winning applause at the Unique this week. Dora Taylor, the beautiful Australian toedancer, who does buck and wing stunts with the grace of a ballet queen, is making a big hit. Her act is regarded as the best dancing spe cialty of the year. The advance guard of the several thousands who will want seats at the Orpheum theater during the coming week was on hand at an early hour this morn ing waiting foi the box office to open. From the manner in which the sale for the first week opened, it would appear that only those who come early will avoid the rush of G. A. R. week. The Seventeen Pekin Zouaves and Dave Lewis are the big features on the modern vaudeville bill -with which it is proposed to entertain the city's visitors next week, beginning with the Sunday matinee. The advance sale of seats opened to day at the Bijou operahouse box office for the inaugural week of the fall season, which opens next Sunday afternoon, pre senting the George Fawcett company in Franklin Fyles' and David Belasco's thrilling and most entertaining drama, "The Girl I Left Behind Me." Judging by the demand for seats Mr. Fawcett's company is sure to meet with a cordial reception. I 1607First settlers from England landed In Maine. 1673New York aurrendered to the Dutch. 1809N on-Importation act pro claimed by President'Madison, 1813Battle of Stonlngton, Conn, 1830'Louis Philippe proclaimed king of France. 1862President Lincoln called for 300,000 men for nlrfe months. 1870First yacht race to regain the America's eup. 1893Severe earthquake shocks' In California. 1899Hurricane In- West Indies 2,000 drowned. ,4W$Y-Pope Plus X. crowned. f- 1904Ex-Senator George Q. Vest of Missouri died. Born Dec 6, 1830. LAST DAYS OF POMPEII IS GORGEOUS SPEGTACLE The production in this city of Pain's big spectacle, Last Days of Pompeii,'' represents the most vividly realistic at tempt to re-enact the terrible catas trophe of nearly thousand years ago. The mimic city in this spectacle Ctwr August 9, 1906. aC Ji S I ^^fated city v^i th ,5 The scenery used in the production covers four acres of ground, but so de ceptive is the perspective that it ap pears to spread over many times that space. The view is said to be histor ically accurate, being like what the ar ch eolo gists now suppose the ancient city was at the time it was destroyed. Fully four hundred gorgeously cos tumed people participate in exciting episodes and picturesque pageants. Fol lowing these stirring scenes there is presented a beautiful exhibition of fire works. Seats are provided in the port able amphitheater for nearly 10,000 people, and a scale of popular prices, ranging from 25 cents to 75 cents will prevail. The opening performance on Monday night has been designated as "G. A. B. night,'' in honor 01 the city's guests. One of the fireworks features of the evening will be a huge fire portrait of General Tanner. STABAT MATER" TONIGHT Liberates Band Will Give Notable Program at Harriet. After nearly two weeks of prepara tion, Signor Liberati and his big mili tary band and concert company will give the complete "Stabat Mater" of Rossini at the Lake Harriet roof gar den this evening. The "Stabat Mater" was given at the roof garden Sunday night by the full band and was pro nounced one of the artistic events of the summer season. Tonight's concert will be a still more arduous endeavor, since the solos and part numbers will be taken by the vocalists and the in struments will be used only for the accompaniment and the chorus effects. Tomorrow night will be Wagner night, and it is arranged that a party of about one thousand Shriners and their ladies will attend the concert in honor of Signor Liberati. There will be another souvenir mat inee Saturday. For Loss of Appetite HORSFORD'S ACID PHOSPHATE It nourishes, strengthens and imparts new life and vigor. An excellent general tonic. Ancient Use of Concrete. The use of concrete masonry probably begins with the Romans, who employed it in road building and foundation work, says the Scientific American. The ancient city of Ciudad Rodrigo has walls existing at the present day in which are buried large bowlders of stone. It is an interesting matter to note that the modern practice of put ting large masses of stone in concrete masonry follows exactly the scheme used in building these ancient walls., The modern method of preparing gpld en grain belt beer renders it abso lutely pure. It is coming more and more into favor as a home beverage. 12,665 MEN Want ed at Once to Harvest the Mar velous Crops in Minnesota and North Dakota Along the Soo Line. Low rates in effect from St. Paul and Minneapolis to all points west in Min nesota and the Dakotas daily, Aug* 1st to 31st inclusive, 1906. Splendid wages are offered, ranging from $1.75 to $3 per day, including board. An opportunity for everybody to get busy. "Ask at the ticket office." & 119 Third street S. "A Delightful Summer Trip for $10." In connection with the Booth Line steamers "Easton" and "Soo City," the Great Northern Railway will sell tickets to Isle Royale Ports and return via Duluth, including meals and berth on steamer, for $10.00. Tickets will be sold every Thursday until Aug. 30 in clusive, good returning the following Monday, and on every Saturda y, and Sunday until Aug. 26 inclusive, good teturning the following Thursday. City Ticket Office, corner Third ,ancL Nic ollet, Minneapolis, Minn, "f Gulf Coast of Texas. Mr. W. N McNeil, Santa Maria, Texas, planted 15 acres of onions this spring and sold his crop for $4,275.00. is now raising a crop of corn on the same land. $27,50.for the ronnd.-trip August 21st. A. L. Steece, C. P. A., Rock Island Lines, 322 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. Ok "Mi* WATER POWERS FOR THE MAKING UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR STUDIES NORTHERN WISCONSIN RIVERS. The St. Croix, Chippewa and Wisconsin Can Produce Power Equalling and Even Exceeding That of the Lower Fox Wonderful Development of Wisconsin Water Powers. Special to The Journal. Madison, Wis., Aug. 9.The proposed reser voirs for the St. Croix, Chippewa and Wisconsin rivers, for which the United States geological survey engineers have completed the survey, are to have a total storage capacity of nearly 80.- 000,000 cubic feet. The intelligent operation of even a part of these thirt} two large reservoirs would have a marked effect In steadying the river discharge, which in the past was made ex ceedingly irregular by the use and control of rivers largelj for logging purposes. ThU and other aspects of the extent and posible devel opnient of northern Wisconsin waterpowers form a large part of tbe study made recently for the United States geological survey by Leonard Sew all Smith, professor of topographic and geodetic engineering at the University of Wisconsin The department of the interior at Washington has just published the results of Professor Smith's work. So far as is known, not a single important river in the state has yet been made fully to produce its avaUable power. The lower Fox comes tbe nearest, with a total pf 81,888 actual hoisepower, all proddee* in the thirtv-flve miles between Lake Winnebago and. Green Bay. This1 lmge waterpower" bad caused tbe district to take high rank as a paper and pnlp manufacturing center. Wisconsin, Chippewa and St. Croix rivers cau each be made to produce power equaling and even exceeding that of the lower Fox. Growth in the development of Wisconsin wa terpowers has been rapid, being a gain of 75 per cent in the decade preceding 1900. In thirty years the increase has been from 33.700 to 99,000 horsepower, representing an annual saving over the cost of an equivalent amount of steam power computed at $20 per horsepower, of nearly $2,000,000. Changes in Faculty. At the last meeting of the regents of the University of Wisconsin several changes in the faculty were made by the appointment of in structors and Assistants in various departments. Three new assistants in physics were named: Karl O. Buffer of Granville, Ohio Thomas L. Bewick ot Madison, Wis., and Benjamin W. Bridgeman, Darlington, Wis. A. S. McDanlel of Bellevue college, Nebraska, succeeds E. B. Hutchins, resigned, as chemistry instructor, R. B. Macnisb, a former assistant in romance Ian guages, is succeeded by Douglas Macduff. New ton B. Weyson is the new assistant In bacteriol ogy. To fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Professor Hobbs in the geology department the following changes were made* W. O Hotch kiss is reappointed instructor in petrography, to devote half his time to this work and half to tbe Wisconsin geological survey, on which be has been appointed economic geologist G. W. Corey, assistant in geology, was made assistant in mineralogy. In the engineering college the following ap-_ polntments were made: W B. Wlckenden suc ceeds F. J. Petura, resigned, as instructor in electrical engineering. G. Post is succeeded by Lewis Fussel as assistant in electric engi neering. W Lawrence was made assistant in hydraulic engineering. CONVENTION O N SHIPBOARD Novel Arrangements Made for Meeting of Wisconsin Mayors. APPLETON. WIS.The state meeting of Wis consin mayors to be held the latter part of this month at Ashland, Wis., will have its headquar ters on one of the largest passenger steamers of Lake Superior, according to a letter received by Mayor Hammei of this city today. On hoard the steamer all of the important sessions both of business and recreation will be held. SAVED BOYrROMELECTROCUnON Defective Wiring for Carnival Almost Caused a Death at Green Bay. GB.EBN BAY. WIS.Raymond De Witte, a Western Union messenger boy, was saved from electrocution today by Engineer Denis of the steamer Fannie C. Hart. While passing along the street young De Witte caught hold of an electric -wire used In the hlgh-dlvlng apparatus of the Hatch Carnival company. The wire was not Insulated and threw the boy to the ground with sreat force, while Mr. Denis received a severe shock In trying to rescue him. Da Witte's whole left side was burned and he has not yet recovered from the shock. The barbers' union won out In the case of Phileaa Janelle. the Beaumont house barber, charged with keeping bis shop open on Sundays. The case has lasted over two months, Janelle entering a plea of not guilty at first, and a hard fight ensuing. Yesterday he changed his plea to that ot guilty and was fined $1 and cost*. SNAKE BITES BAREFOOT FARMER Pfelffer of Wheaton, Wis., In a Critical Condition. -7BAXJ lMRB, WIS.While walking bare Xeoted In the grass, Rudolph Pfelffer, bach lor farmer living sear the town of Wheaton. was bitten by a rattlesnake and is in a criti cal condition. Pfelffer did not step upon the snake, bat it struck at hiai as he passed by. He was able to summon help from a neighbor and the usual remedies were applied. In the night, however, the patient became so much worse that medi cal aid was summoned from Chippewa Falls. The physician pronounced the case a serious one. OOITIJMrT^IVE~APART Couple Divorced in April Are Granted a Permit to Remarry. LA CROSSE. WIS.In circuit court at Maus ton on April 10 Judge Fruit granted a divorce fa Floes Price from Charles W. Price of New Lisbon. Yesterday .the/ appeared before Judge Frnlt in this city and representing that moulted the differences existing between them monized the difference existing between them arfked for permit allowing them to be remar ried' within a year. The application m granted sad the marriage will take place, at once. While on his way to La Crosse on a Burling ton freight train. John P. Alexander was Veld up -and robbed by two men near De Soto. He was riding oa flatcar loaded with farm ma chinery on permission ot the tralnsMB, whea *.aw*fc^_*/ *^SX^u TRAIN WRECKED BY INTENT GREAT NORTHERN FREIGHT TRAIN, PURPOSELY DERAILED AT FERGU8 FALL8, TO AVERT A COLLISION. Special to The Journal. Fergus Palls, Minn., Aug. 9.The ac companying picture gives an idea of the wreck of the Great Northern freight train which was derailed in this city last week in order to a\oid a collision with a Northern Pacific passenger train. The freight train was approaching the Northern Pacific crossing, and the Northern Pacific train had been given the right-of-way, and was passing di rectly in front of it. A frightlul catas trophe was averted bv opening the derail and throwing the Great Northern train from the track. The crossing where the accident oc curred is in the eastern outskirts of tho city, and fully 2,000 persons spent part of the night on the adjacent railwav banks, watching the wrecker at work clearing the track. Three cars well back in the train were derailed in addition to those shown in the picture. The freight en- Eineeer saw the signals and set the air rak to stop his train, but it failed to "take hold." He thn threw on the emergency brake, but it also failed to work, owing, as it afterward developed, to a broken pipe. suddenly be was attacked bv two men. One bad a gun and the other struck him on tbe bead with a club. They then robbed him of about $30 and made' their escape Horry Johnson residing near l)e Soto, is at the hospital in this city with one of his leg* pulled from its socket. He was riding on a wagon heavily loaded with grain when the horses ran away and he was thrown betweea the wheel hnd to be taken off before tbe Tiottm in the wheel pulling it from the socket. The wheel had to be tak off btefure the victim could be released His condition is serious The State Veterinarians' association Is holding its semi annual meeting in La Crosse About fifty members are in attendance ELKS DISPATCH BUSINESS Waukesha Chosen for 1907 Moetmg and New Officers Elected. LA CROSSE WISThe HK State associa tion unexpet tedl\ to up and di?iose of all business before it at last evening session in cluding tbe settlement of tin piece of the next meeting, the election of officer* nd the am^nd mnet of the constitution in some important places, The next state -meeting to be held in 1*17 was awarded to Wiukefcha This was a surprise, as Wausau was generallj picked as the winner. Green Bay withdrew. The foUon mg officers were elo ted Presi dent. Samuel Martin. Milwaukee \i-e 'r"-l.ent Dr. E Gatterdam La (.ro-sc ti-a ,rer. Labudde. Oshkosh, chaplain Kev S. Ferguson Hudson. secrotarv E Bur k'er, Waukesha, trustee*, (.eorge Burrows of Madi son, B. S Wltte of Milwaukee 11 Turner of Hudson, A Schmidt of Ke.io^ba nnd II O. Evenson of LB Crosse John keeler of Ke nosha was inoorsed for grand tnibtee. Resolutions were adopted fixing the sennd Tuesday in June for the regular date of the meeting hereafter and petitionine the lee la ture for tbe exemption of Elks clu* houses f-om taxation. It wav voted to establish a b^aid of five trustees to have control of tbe lodppv of the association A resolution wa adopted fa voring the election of district deputies by each state association. ONE ROOM TWO JUDGES Contest at Wausau Between Circoit and Municipal Judges Comes to a Head. WAUSAU, WISA remarkable comro.ersy came to a beiid here when Circuit Judge W C. Sllverton walked Into Municipal Ti.dge Mar chetti's conrt here, ordered the latter to ad journ and declared ciicuit court in session Judjre Sllverton further issued an orde- re- quiring the Marathon count} board to chow cause why the ciicuit court sbcu lie eu'iied from the room at any time. He declares that the room was designated for the circuit court and the other judge has been making a contest against this assertion for some weeks. There is only one room at the disposal of the two Judges. HEARING TAX KICKS South Dakota 's Assessment Board in Session at Pierre. PIERRE. S. Tbe state board of assess ment today listened to representatives of dif ferent interests who appeared to argue for as sessment reductions. H. Sheldon of Water town, E. C. Issenbotb of Redneld and 11. R. Dennis of Sioux Falls appeared as representa tives of the State Banker* association asking for reductions on the claim that their class of property is called upon to stand a higher assessment rate than is any other in tbe state. Representatives of different railroads operating iu the state thought the railroads were lein assessed too high, but moat of them said they would be satisfied with a "ttancUa polio by tbe board. The board will probably be la session for most of the week. Articles of incorporation have been filed for the South Dakota Union Telephone compary at Northville, with a capital of $60,000. The In corporators are Frank C. Mariner, William Boekelhelde, W. H. Drisko, W. Clarke and Mariner, all of Northville. Articles bare also been filed for tbe Farm era & Merchants' bank of Atbol. with a cap ital of $6,000. The laeorporators are John Schamber of Freeman, J. W. Schultx of Wea sington and Horace Burnette of Athol The precipitation t this station for the first week in August amounts to 3.37 inches, which Is in excess of the normal for tbe whole month. DRAGGED I N TEETH OT RAKE Ranch- Bradshaw, a' Stanley County man, Almost Killed. FOKT PIERRE. S D.After looking death squarely in the face foi several minutes, M. C. Bradshaw, a Stanley county ranchman, by fortunate chance came out the victor. His hordes became frightened while he was operating a hayrake and ran awav, colliding with a wagon. Bradshaw was thrown violently to the ground, bnt was unable to extricate him self from the iayrake. Ill's horses, recovertiig themselves, dashed away st top speed, dragging Bradshaw some distance between the teeth of tbe rake. He had abandoned ail hope of escaping whea the hsyrske suddenly bounded over him, releas ing him from his dangerous position. He was badly bruised and cut CANNOT HOLD HIS OFFICE Decision in the Gray Case at Huron Is of State-Wide Interest. HURON. S. D.A decision In the case ot F. B. Gray against the board of county commis sioners for Besdle county has been made by Judge Whiting. Mr. Gray was a member of the bosrd from the second district and resided at Hitchcock. Some time since be remoTea from thst city to Huron, and the oemmtssioiers passed a resolution to the effect that his seat on the board was vaeaat and asked t,ae voters of the second district* to recommend for appolntmeaS his successor. Mr Gray took exception to tbe action of th toard wben It nam*d for his "place J. J. Borah and instituted mandamus proceedings, with a view to compel the board to rescind its action snd thereby be retains his membership. The court holds that Mr. Gray is no longer member of the board, for the reason that when a public officer remotes from the state, dis trict, county, township or precinct in which the duties of officers are to be exercised, or for which he was elected and such office be comes vacant he, by his removal from tbe dis trict for which he was elected, forfeitt all claim to the office. Denver, Col., Only Twenty-five Hours from Twin Cities. Via the Minneapolis & St. Louis rail- Toa-9. -Denver, Colorado Springs and I'ueblo, $27.50 Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah. $40.40. Return limit Oct. 31. variable' routes and stop-over privi leges on sale daily'. Kound trip rate to Denver, Colorado Springs or Pueblo, Sept. Id to 22, $25. Limit Oct. 17. Brand new parlor cafe cars, Pullman standard sleepers and first-class coaches. But one night en route. 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