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SfllNT POUL.
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
James Murphy, an employe of the Great
Northern shops, is lying at St. Joseph's hos
pital with a broken leg and nactured ankle.
the result of an accident while at work Satur
day.
The uiiunei's inquest in the ease of Bridget
<>'i,; c vrho was ran over and killed by a
horse and wagon driven by John Sirauss. will
be rttsmnwd at 1 o'clock this afternoon at
O'H&Uoran ft Murphy's undertaking rooms.
! . M.-V. Kerr, an evangelist from
Toi itto, Can., will hold services at 8 o'clock
eVerj • ,<ning this week at Central Park M.
E. church, Twelfth and Minnesota streets.
A fl Dible reading at o o'clock.
THE lil>\ WORLD.
J. In ing Walker. Duluth, is at the Windsor,
s 1!. I'.ieek. of St. Peter, came up last
night
.1. F. Cowan, of Devils Lake, is at the
Kyan.
I. 11. Mitchell, Louisville, Ky., is at the
htan.
Mrs. C. T. Bern] and child. Great Falls, Mont.,
arc at the Windsor.
:i-.. Crimson Rim G. A. K. Carnival club
will li.iii tomorrow evening.
<;. .1. Dean and wife, St. Louis, registered at
litan yesterday.
A X. Roberts, of Red Wing, came up yes-
He is at the Merchants.
Kartholomew's day will be observed in
ii ritualistic churches today.
It. \i. Osgood and wife, of Lansing, were
among the arrivals yesterday at the Wind
sor.
Mrs. \V. t'ronkhite and Miss Jennie Snyder,
of Los Angeles, were at the Merchants yes
terday.
.lames Akirich, clerk at the Astoria hotel,
has returned from a visit to his old home
in Belleville, Onu
The sale of seats for the Grand Opera house
parade grand stand will begin at the box
office of the Grand next Thursday morning at
ick.
A sound money meeting will be held in
the Third ward tonight at Vega hall. 318 East
Si.,.nth street. Amotig the speakers will be
Gen. Moses. E. Clapp, and Senator E. H.
Ozmun.
William Hahn and Mike Bergen were ar
rested last evening by Ducas street officers
charged irtth reckless driving. They put up
$50 each for their appearance in the police
c t: tins morning.
Theorore Roosevelt, the New York police
commissioner, was at the Ryan for a short
time yesterday morning, lie Is presomably
on his way to his ranch, lie only remained
at the hotel long enough to take breakfast.
The box office of the Grand Opera house will
open lor the aalo of reserved seats for the
engagement of Manager Litt's latest and
greatest melodrama, "The Woman in Black,"
next Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock. The
scenery will arrive on Tuesday morning and
th« company will arrive probably the same
day.
TO All ATE A NUISANCE.
Midway Residents Are Annoyed by
I'lirking House Odors.
The following petition to the city council is
being circulated in Merriam Park:
To the Honorable Board of Aldermen and
Assembly of the City of St. Paul: We, the
undersigned residents of Merriam and Union
Parks, most respectfully beg to draw your
attention to one or more slaughtering and
rendering establishments located west of
Cleveland and south of University avenues
at Meriam Park. There Is no suburban
locality about the Twin Cities so favorably
regarded as a place of residence as Merriam
and i'nion Parks. Our beautiful homes are
occupied principally by their owners, who
most earnestly but respectfully protest
against the continuance of these nuisances
In our midst. We have been most forcibly
remi tided of the presence of these establish
ments during the hot nights of the past few
weeks by being compelled to close our win
dows to escape the nauseating stench arising
from these rendering works. We rest most
implicitly on the belief that your honorable
bodies will take such action as will effectually
close and abate this nuisance without delay.
PUSHING THE PAVING.
lT"o trend Were Kept at Work Yes
terday.
Two crews of men were at work on the
Fifth and Robert streets paving yesterday
afternoon. The entire force which has been
employed on the improvement would have
been kept at work, but the men needed rest,
and those who needed it most were permitted
i" take it. The crew on Fifth street was
putting on the top coat of asphalt. The strip
between the two tracks from Cedar to Robert
street was put on, also the strip between the
rails of one of tho tracks. Each part cov
eted finishes that portion of the street, and
tomorrow will see the entire work finished
-*ith the exception of a portion of the brick
caving that is being laid between Cedar and
"v'abasha streets. This will all be down
:\Vednesday.
The second crew at work yesterday was put
•ng in the stone pavement at the intersection
Sif Third and Robert streets. Today the
•■oncrete crews will begin putting down the
«:oii(.rete on Robert street on either side of
the tracks. The progress made with the
•work during the last week has been greater
than it was supposed possible, and it now
looks as if City Engineer Rundlett's predic
ation that it will all be done for the encamp
ment would prove correct.
> THIRD RAND POPI'LAR.
Regular Army Musician* Make a
Hit at Co mo.
The Third United States Infantry
band, of Fort Snelling, made a great
hit with the visitors at Como yesterday
and fully sustained the high reputation
the organization enjoys throughout the
state. The band is one of the finest
that has been at Como this season,
and won all hearts yesterday by the
beauty of its music. Director Graves
has his company under perfect control
and in perfect training, so that the
music is played with a spirit that
makes it very pleasing.
The hand will play this evening, be
ginning at 8 o'clock.
MOKES IS IN TROI'IILE.
Newsboy Says Shanirc Took Slxty
Cents From Him.
Moses Shapiro, a peddler, was arrest
ed yesterday afternoon by Patrolman
Tschida, charged with larceny. The
complaining witness is Wallace Orme,
ti newsboy, who alleges that Shapire
took from him 60 cents. Joe Brady and
Paildy Larkin, two of Orrae's com
panions, are given as witnesses to the
affair. Shapire, who was released on
bail, indignantly denies the charge.
CHECK WHEELS AT CHURCH.
St. Paul I « Now Up With Ihe Times.
Not to be outdone by other communities
where the courtesies of church life are ex
tended to wheelmen and wheel women St.
Paul now has a church where bicyclists may
check their wheeis before entering the serv
ices, and secure them again at the close.
Plymouth church yesterday had appended
to its usual Sunday notice the announce
ment of the new movement.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cure dyspepsia
Moating, sour stomach, nervous dyspepsia
constipation and every form of stomach trou
ble, safely and permanently, except cancer of
tho stomach. Sold by druggists at 50 cents
full-sized package.
The Woman,
The Man,
AodThe Pill.
She was a good woman. He
loved her. She was his wife.
The pie was good; his wife
made it; he ate it. But the
pie disagreed with him, and
he disagreed with his wife.
Now he takes a pill after pie
and is happy. So is his wife.
The pill he takes is Ayer's.
Moral : Avoid dyspepsia
by using
Ayer's
Cathartic Pills.
FOR PRESS FOIiKS
VISITING NEWSPAPER MEN WILL
BE WELL LOOKED AFTER
NEXT WEEK.
NEWSPAPER DAY SATURDAY.
THE PROGRAMME FOR THE FINAL
DAY OK THE FAIR IS AR
RANGED.
AX EXCIHSIO.N TO MACKINAC.
It It* at Present Occupying- the At
tention of Minnesota Editors
Almost Wholly.
Visiting newspaper men to the en
campment will not be overlooked in
the bustle of preparations for the gen
eral crowd of visitors to St. Paul. A
meeting of the press committee, of
which Capt. H. A. Castle is chairman,
was held at the St. Paul Press club
rooms yesterday afternoon, when the
arrangements heretofore talked over
were considered and the details
planned. Capt. Castle presided, and
C. R. McKenney was elected secre
tary.
It was reported that when the esti
mates of the amount of money for each
branch of the G. A. R. work were
originally made, it was thought that
it would take $800 to prepare for and
suitably entertain- the vrsttmg news
paper men. When, however, it was
found necessary to shave down the
proposed expenditures, it was neces
sary to reduce the appropriation to
$500. In view of the fact that the
quarters and some other necessaries
which it was thought would be a bur
den of expense have been secured
free of cost, this amount, it is believed,
will be sufficient for all purposes.
Ed A Paradis reported that three
large rooms on the third floor of News
paper Row had been secured, and
would be fitted up for headquarters
for the visitors. Tables, typewriters,
telephone, messenger service, etc., will
be provided, and every facility given
for those who have any work to do.
There will be sufficient room also for
general sociability without disturbing
those who may happen to have work
to do.
Capt. Castle said that the committee
had asked for 300 seats on the grand
stand for the newspaper men, and he
thought when the general committee
get around to it that they would allow
that number. Each accredited news
paper man will be furnished with a
badge and card,- and an effort will be
made to secure for them all the courte
sies that may be desired, even to ad
mission to the theaters during that
week. The chairman was authorized
to appoint a reception and entertain
ment committees, and members of the
latter will be found at headquarters
day and night.
PRESS DAY AT THE FAIR.
Committee* Met Yesterday to Ar
range the Programme.
A meeting of representatives of the
State Editorial association, the Minne
apolis Press club, and the St. Paul
Press club, was held at the St. Paul
Press club rooms yesterday afternoon
to arrange a programme for News
paper men's day at the state fair.
Some of the features have already been
mentioned and it is the intention of I
the men interested to furnish the best
grand stand list of attractions that will
be given during the entire week.
There will be races of various kinds
and of sufficient local coloring to in
terest the people of either city besides
furnishing amusement for all who may
see it. It was decided to have a horse
race between Minneapolis and St. Paul
policemen, if it can be arranged, and
a bicycle race between St. Paul and
Minneapolis firemen. A genuine cake
walk will also be put on and nothing
furnishes more amusement than to see
a number of colored couples stepping
off in such a competition. These are
but a few of the features of the enter
tainment that will be added to the at
tractions of the fair proper. The ar
rangement was placed in the hands of
the following: Smith B. Hall, director
of ceremonies; C. C. Whitney, repre
senting the State Editorial association;
Fred W. Bushell and C. W. Somerby,
representing the Minneapolis Press
club; George W. Dodds and John A.
King, representing the St. Paul Press
club. This committee will prepare the
list of events for the official programme
which goes to the printer today.
THAT MACKINAC EXCURSION.
Editorial Association Is Busily Pre
paring for It.
The executive committee of the State
Editorial association talked over the
details of the start for the annual ex
cursion at a meeting held at the Wind
sor hotel last night. It was decided to
send out another letter similar to that
which was mailed to the different
members of the association ten days
ago. The party will leave St. Paul the
morning of Sept. 8, and go by the
Great Northern steamers to Mackinac
j island. In order that the committee
I may provide the necessary transporta-
I tion and berths, they must know by
j the 31st just how many are going and
the character of the accommodations
desired. Editors should notify C. P.
Stine, of the Minnesota Type foundry,
St. Paul, enclosing remittance called
for in circular, without delay.
NO MORE SUNDAY SHOWS.
Prof. Gleason Meets Wltli His Third
Accident.
Prof. O. R. Gleason, the horse tamer,
has vowed never to give another Sun
day exhibition. Three times in his pro
fessional career he has been hurt while
giving exhibitions and each time it has
been on a Sunday. The third time was
last night and a stalwart equine from
Cottage Grove, possibly one of John
Zelch's Norman Percherons, although
this fact is not officially reported, did a
few ballet steps on the professor's
frame and put him out of the betting
for about twenty minutes, while local
surgeons readjusted the tendons of his
wrist, reduced the muscular Irritation
about a broken rib, and oiled a number
of bad bruises. The Cottage Grove
brute has a bad name in his own local
ity and his owner brought him to the
Auditorium with mingled feelings of
triumph and despair. He did not be
lieve the beast could be taught the
dove-like precepts of peace. Prof.
Gleason, however, thought he could,
and after some effort, he had reduced
the animal to a state of apparent do
cility which seemed to be complete sub
jugation. Thus encouraged he had the
animal hitched to his buggy and start
ed to drive him. The animal made one
lunge and projected his hind legs high
In the air. Being unable to get them
as high as he wanted to with the buggy
on the floor, he lifted the vehicle with
them. When it came down the pro
fessor was not in it, but under it, and
the animal dragged buggy, trainer and
all around the floor until attendants
seized the frantic animal's bridle. A
number of women in the audience
fainted, and great excitement pre
vailed, hux after his injuries were
THE SAINT RAU^ M ROBE: MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1896.
dressed, Prof. Gleason resumed his.per
formance — with another horse.
Another performance will be given
this evening.
GEN. SMITH'S GUERRILLAS.
Reminiicencei of the Sixteenth
Army Corp*' Start.
Col. James J. Lyon, assistant inspec
tor general on the staff of Gen. A. J.
Smith, commanding the Sixteenth
Army corps during the war, writes
from San Francisco, Cal., to Capt. C. J.
Stees that he will be present at the
national G. A. R. encampment. He
says:
I want to greet and take by the hand
the surviving members of the gallant Fifth,
Sixth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth regiments of
Mlnnesotians, of whom Gen. Smith was so
justly proud, for a braver set of men never
wore the blue, and It was a favorite ex
pression of his that "those Minnesota boys
are all right!" After the fight at Sibley's
Mills, when the Sixth Minnesota— who had the
advance — camped on the other side of the
creek away from the main column, an aide
rode up to the general and reported that
a regiment had camped on the other side of
the creek beyond supporting distance and
suggested that they be called in. "What
regiment is it?" demanded the general. "The
Sixth Minnesota," was the reply. "What!
Call in a Minnesota regiment? Not by a
d — d sight, sir, not by a d — d sight: we will
go to them, sir, we will go to them!" and go
he did, that was old A. J. every time.
While I press the hand of the gallant Hub
bard, of the Fifteenth, and Grant, of the
Sixth, I shall drop a tear to the memory of
the brave and fearless Marshall, of the Sev
enth, and the intrepid and dashing Wilkin, of
the Ninth, and smile over old times on the
march, in the field and around the camp fire
with the Jovial Jennison, of the Tenth.
It seems to me that with the survivors of
five Minnesota regiments in St. Paul, to say
nothing of regiments from other states that
will be present, we should have a reunion of
the Sixteenth Army corps. Suppose you men
tion it to the Minnesota boys and see what
they think of it.
Did I ever tell you of the telegram Gen.
A. J. Smith sent to Secretary Stanton? We
were lying at Cairo, 111., waiting for trans
portation. It was just after the Red river
expedition and had not as yet been designated
as an army corps. So Smith sent the follow
ing to Stanton: "Headquarters Wandering
Tribes of Israel, Cairo, 111. — Have we not done
enough to earn a name? If not, tell us what
to do and we will do it." The answer came:
"You have done nobly; a name will await you
at New Orleans." And when we arrived
there we found we were designated the "Six
teenth Army Corps." While en route down
the Mississippi the question of a corps badge
came up, and the general suggested to his
officers to draw up a design to submit to
him. This was done, and so many excellent
designs were submitted that it was difficult
to choose between them, so they were all
put in a hat and shaken up and a blind
folded officer elected to do the drawing, the
first badge drawn out to be designated as the
badge of the Sixteenth Army corps, which
proved to be the design of Gen. McArthur,
commanding the first division of the corps,
which was four conical shells on a disc point
ing to the center. The shells being cut out
left a cross somewhat similar to the Maltese
cross, except that the former was round and
the latter square, and this is the badge now
worn by the veterans of the Sixteenth Army
corps, a corps that never was whipped nor
ever turned its back to the enemy.
Regards to all the boys until we press flesh
in your Saintly city. Fraternally and sin
cerely yours. Lyon.
Capt. Stees says Col. X.yon is a
nephew of Gen. Lyon, who was killed.
Speaking of the Sixteenth corps badge,
he says: By some unaccountable mis
take, the design placed upon the chart
of army corps badges issued from the
office of the chief engineer at Washing
ton, D. C, was simply a sign or circle
with two lines crossing at right angles,
and looked like a cart wheel with four
spokes, without a hub. When in Phila
delphia, in 1884, Col. Lyon wrote to
Stees, saying: "While you are East
have that abortion of the Sixteenth
corps badge erased from the army
corps chart and the proper badge sub
situated, at the same time inclosing a
diagram of the proper badge." Capt.
Stees Immediately wrote to Robert Lin
coln, then secretary of war, who re
ferred his letter, to the engineer-in
chief. United States army, who wrote
to Stees, saying: "What proof have
you for your statement; send us your
authority, etc." Stees immediately
wrote to Gen. A. J. Smith, Gens. Mc-
Arthur, Garrard and Carr, commanding
the First, Second and Third divisions
of the Sixteenth Army corps respect
ively, inclosing diagrams of the proper
badge, which they returned, with a let
ter, marked "correct." These letters
were forwarded to the chief engineer,
United States army, who made the cor
rection and change on the United
States army chart of badges forthwith.
Any G. A. R. comrade who possesses
an old G. A. R. badge issued prior to
1880 and will compare It with one is
sued at the present time will
discover the "cart-wheel," as the Six
teenth corps boys termed it, upon the
former, and the proper badge as now
worn upon the latter.
The letters written by the above
named distinguished generals were re
turned to Capt. Stees, per his request,
from the engineer's department, at
Washington, D. C, and were intrusted
to the care of the assistant adjutant
general of the department of Pennsyl
vania, with the request that they be
brought before the national encamp
ment, G. A. R., then assembled at Bal
timore, Md., with a view of notifying
the G. A. R. of the change, to have
them adopt the same. The letters were
never returned — letters from such dis
tinguished generals were well worth
appropriating. Such is the history of
the badge of the Sixteenth Army corps,
the corps that saved Banks on the Red
river expedition.
BIG POULTRY EXHIBIT.
This Feature of the Fair Will
Eclipse Winter Shows.
Leslie Parlin. president of the Min
nesota State Poultry association, "who
is superintendent of the poultry divis
ion of the state fair, says that the
showing of poultry this year is going
to be the greatest ever seen In the
Northwest. Over two thousand birds
will be shown, which is more than ever
have been exhibited at the annual
poultry shows of the association which
are noted as great successes. This is
remarkable as what the chicken fan
ciers most value is the careful mark
ings by points that they get at the
winter poultry shows when the chick
ens are In better condition. The judg
ing at the state fair is largely done by
comparisons of necessity and that
there should be such a large exhibit
at the fair argues well for the great
and increasing interest taken in the
breeding of poultry.
Some of the exhibitors from outside
the state will bring carloads of chick
ens and the display will be so large
that several exhibits will be shown in
tents. Mr. Parlin will be at the fair
grounds on and after Thursday, super
intending the arrangement of exhibits.
Another meeting of committees from
the state editorial association and the
St. Paul and Minneapolis Press clubs
was held at St. Paul yesterday, and
the programme for newspapermen's
day at the state fair was further con
sidered. The newspaper men are en
thusiastic and declare that they will
furnish the greatest programme of the
week on their day. Several additional
contributions to the programme were
received and new features for sport
were considered.
Exhibitors are expected to get to
work on their displays early in the
week. Secretary Randall cautions all
exhibitors to remember that the fair Is
larger than ever before and that prepa
rations should be made accordingly.
SAYS IT WAS COLIC.
Albert Johnson Denies That He At-
tempted Suicide.
Albert G. Johnson, 235 Grove street,
has secured for publication a card
from the physician who attended him
stating that the cause of his illness
was colic and not an overdose of ar
senic taken with suicidal intent. John
son was able to be about yesterday and
sticks to the statement "that it was
neither a disappointment in love or
arsenic which caused his illness.
Do You Feel Depressed?
Use Horsford's Aeld Phosphate.
It invigorates the nerves, stimtalates diges
tion and relieves mental depression. Espe
cially valuable to tired brain-workers.
SLAVERY OF PARTY
THE K)l HTII-( I.ASS POSTMASTERS
WANT TO BE FREED THERE
FROM AT ONCE.
EIGHTEEN COUNTIES SEND
REPRESENTATIVES TO A WARM
MEETING « 1-1 1. 1» YESTERDAY AT
'WHITE BEAR,
THE IMttUTOls SPOILS SYSTEM.
In Mich llai-Hli Terms Do the Reso
lutions >(4doipted Refer to Ex
isting Atmses.
The movement on foot in Minnesota
to organize the 1,360 fourth-class post
masters in the state in an association
for the purpose of securing better com
pensation and other concessions from
the government, crystallized yesterday
in a very successful meeting at Har
dy's hall. White Bear Lake.
There were not a great number of
postmasters present, probably owing
to the location of the meeting, but in
all eighteen counties were represented
either by letter or in person, and the
movement starts off with every prom
ise of success. At any rate, the asso
ciated postmasters expect to wield an
increased power in the effort to se
cure legislation in their behalf.
The real object of the fourth-rate
postmasters Is to secure the passage
through congress of the Cummings and
the Hardy bills. The former provides
for an increase of wages, and the lat
ter for the payment of satisfactory
fees for the handling of money orders
in fourth-class postoffices. Both bills
are now hung up in the pigeon holes
of the national capitol, and it is the
intention of the postmasters to arouse
interest in their final passage as soon
as congress reassembles.
The fourth-rate, postmaster is not a
well paid official,-, and the government
poorly repays the services these men
render. In isany instances the fourth
rate postma^er- earns but $50 a year,
doing hard manual labor which should
command fdur times that sum. The
fourth-class postmaster is paid in pro
portion to the amount of business his
office transacts 'annually.ln the sparse
ly settled districts this sum is very
small, being •practically no compensa
tion at all for services performed.
There are in the United States over
70,000 fourth-class; postmasters, and if
the movement is successful in organiz
ing this big army of national employes
its influence will' be strongly felt. There
are already organizations in Connecti
cut, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and oth
er states, and the movement is rap
idly spreading through the country.
At yesterday's meeting, Chisago,
Washington, Meeker, Hennepin, Ram
sey, Isanti, Anoka, Wabasha, Wright
and Steams were heard from by let
ter or in person in answer to the cir
culars sent out, and the reports were
all very favorable to the plan of op
eration. The secondary object of the
association is to secure the introduc
tion of a more rigid system of civil
service reform in connection with the
appointment of fourth-class postmas
ters, and the placing of this division
on an equal non-partisan basis with
other national l 'branches* of service.
The staff of officers appointed by the
committees was confirmed at yester
day's meeting, as foilows:
President— P. F. Murphy, North St. Paul.
Vice President— F. W. Jayne, Grant.
Recording Secretary— L. J. Markoe, White
Bear.
Corresponding Secretary — W. J. O'Brien,
St. Paul Park.
Additional Members of Executive Commit
tee—T. Fee, Mendota; William Rawleigh,
Combs.
Treasurer— Miss Mary Beason, Centerville.
President Murphy made a very satis
factory report of the work yesterday,
saying that he had heard from nearly
all of the circulars which had been sent
out, and that in every case the fourth
class postmasters were greatly inter
ested in the project, and would lend
every aid. It was thought that had
there been time to have sent out more
circulars there would have been a still
greater response.. The work will be
pushed in every county in the state,
and the next meeting of the fourth
class postmasters will be held subject
to the call of the executive committee.
The real result of the meeting was
the adoption' of the following resolu
tions, which speak for themselves in no
unmistakable/ termte:
"Whereas, Tl|e -fourth-class postmasters of
the United States, a body of government
officials numbering now about 70,000 persons,
are admitted by all 'those who have given
special attention to the subject, to be
amongst the most inadequately paid of any
body of men in, the government employ, in
view of the responsibilities and the steady
and unremitting attention to duty required
of them; and ~
"Whereas, The civil service commission,
the postmaster genesal and our friends in
the United Staies congress have now taken
up our cause with a view to improving our
condition and enabling us to give to the pub
lic the most perfect service within our
power; therefore, be It
Resolved, That we, representing a large
proportion of the fourth-class postmasters of
the state of Minnesota, do hereby fully ap
prove and adopt as our own the resolutions
passed by several of our brother postmasters
on the 9th inst. at a preliminary meeting in
North St. Paul, Minn., and that we appeal
to the people of the United States to aid us
In our demands for fair compensation for
services rendered and in our demands that
the fourth-class postoffices of this country
be made an integral part of the postoffice de
partment of the United States on the same
basis that any large commercial house would
conduct its business, viz. : That the employes
of the department be appointed and retained
in office simply on their merits and ability
to perform properly the important and re
sponsible duties assigned to them.
"Resolved, That this can be best accom
plished by extending to those offices the pro
tection of the civil service laws, which pro
tection we urgently request for all fourth
class offices in this country.
"Resolved. That we indorse the Cummings
and Hardy bills now before congress for the
relief of fourth-clas-s postmasters, and we
urge their immediate passage.
"Resolved. That we confidently rely upon
the public press of the country to aid us In
these, our just -demands.
"Resolved, That with a full consciousness
of the justice ajid fairness of our demands,
we, united as brother postmasters, regardless
of political affmatiorrs or opinions as indi
vidual citizens, "do hereby solemnly pledge
ourselves to work earnestly and unremittingly
to lift our offices out of the humiliation and
degrading positions, of victims of the iniquit
ous spoils system until such time as they
shall be made a .permanent branch of the
postoffice department,' subject solely to its
orders without fee interference of others for
mere political partisan reasons.
"Resolved, That we thank the St. Paul
Daily G1 o bf e and White Bear Life for
the interest they have already manifested in
our movement ; .and also Joseph Hardy, for
the free use of tqjp-hail for this meeting, and
William C. Reaff, agent of Getty's block, for
courtesies extended t© us.
Resolved, That we" "respectfully invite the
patrons of our offices to aid us by signing
the petitions to the civil service commission
which will be {presented to them by each
postmaster in his own district.
Resolved, Further, That we call upon our
brother postmasters In every state In the
Union to organize at once with a view of
establishing at the earliest opportunity a na
tional league of fourth class postmasters.
FLAX AND ITS GROWTH,
Subjects of Bulletin 47 of the State
Farm,
Bulletin 47 of the state experimental sta
tion is devoted to a 'chemical study of flax,
with resultant lessons for farmers deducted
therefrom. Tables are given showing the
chemical constituents of the grain at various
stages of Its growth, and it Is shown that It
is exhaustive on the soil only for a short
period of time. For that reason It requires
ft well nourished and well assimilated soil,
clayey enough to hold considerable moisture.
It follows a corn crop with good success. The
feeding value of flax poducts, which has been
advertised quite extensively of late. Is also
discussed scientifically in this bulletin.
FAITH WITHOUT WORKS
Not the True Belief, Says Rev. J. F.
Stoat.
Rev. J. F. Stout's third sermon of the
series on "Great Christian Themes,"
delivered at the First M. E. church
yesterday, was on "Faith." His text
was John xx„ 27, "Be not faithless, but
believing." He said:
Nothing is more important, according to
the teachings of Jesus, for the individual
than faith, and yet It is difficult to define.
It is the purpose of this discussion to state
the things about faith that Jesus plainly
teaches, leaving each one to form for himself
his own definition. The word which, in the
New Testament, Is translated faith, or be
lief, is not a word which has to do with the
head, but with the heart. The noun Is well
represented by the word faith, but there
was and Is no English verb "to faith," so
it was necessary to express It by the word
that cama nearest to the meaning, and hence
the verb "to believe" was adopted because no
better one could be found. This selection has
led the many false conceptions of the sub
ject, chief among which is, that which could
make faith mere belief or truth. Jesus uses
the word in Its various forms upward of a
hundred times, and not once does he use it
In the sense -of believe. The text has In it
the same word twice, and to bring out the
play of the word, I shall give It this literal
translation, which Is the requirement of God
on us: "Be not faithless, but faithful."
The teachings of Jesus assume, first of all,
that there is In every human heart the basis
of faith. As sight is universal, except In ab
normal rases, so this inner perception or
power of faith is everywhere present. Sight
is a matter of conditions, and when those
conditions are met, then the man can see, so
faith is a matter of conditions, and when
these are met the man has faith. It is not
to be sought as something that can be given
of God outright, but rather as something
which a man should have through obedience
to divine requirements. Faith is the name
of a personal relation between the soul and
God. This is assumed and stated. All the
quotations which could be given from the
words of Jesus, would reveal to us that faith
is in God as revealed In Jesus Christ, and
not on the words of God or the teachings of
Christ. God has finished his work and re
tired from business, signalizing that retire
ment by the event of the crucifixion. Jesus
is the assurance of the perpetuation of the
divine presence among men. It was the
world's look at God In Jesus Christ, that
great personality that made faith possible in
men all through the Christ life. The sermon
at the last supper is a revelation of that close
personal relation to which faith stands as
revelator and sponsor, for without faith that
divine life is impossible, but with it all the
glories of it are made real to the one that has
faith. This personal relation hangs on faith.
Yes, even the Holy Spirit is so revealed.
This faith, in the third place, is farther
revealed in the things which it includes, for
there are expected as component parts of a
real faith, three things which when present
declare that faith is regnant. They are con
fidence, courage and obedience. Confidence
is so thoroughly recognized as a part of faith,
that some have identified it with faith Itself.
He that hath faith must have confidence.
The individuals in all ages who believe in
Him must have a confidence that in spite of
persecutions, sorrows, disappointment and
threatened death, shall buoy them up in the
hope of the victory of the truth, even though
the kingdom of God may, like the boat on
Galilee, seem plunging to its ruin— a con
fidence such as the poet desired when he
prayed.
The second factor is courage. The dis
ciples believed that they had the confidence,
but the presence of seeming peril dissipated
it, whether it was the storm-tossed waves of
Galilee, the sneering, wrathful Pharisees
menacing them, or the mob that swarmed up
the slopes of Olivet from which they fled,
and to which they left their Lord. It is a
puzzle still that faith seemed dormant while
Christ lay in the grave. It was possible to
have builded such an argument from his life,
so outlined by prophecy, even up to resur
rection, that there should have been a confi
dence that should have made them laugh
while he slept, only sorrowful for his suffer
ings, buoyed up with the glad expectation
of tomorrow's triumph. But they were recre
ant to their trust. Cowardice surrendered
them to despair. He Who lacks courage be
comes faithless, and he who dares, faithful.
The third factor is obedience, which Is the
practical consummation of a definite confi
dence, and a true spirit of courage. It is a
necessity of the relation, and a proof of the
reality of faith. It is the outer activity re
sulting from the inner convictions. There is
a spurious faith which is mere sentiment
which gives itself to the inception of states
of mind, and grades of belief, but does not
Issue in unquestioned obedience. It is not
faith unless it has works.
IS 3IUSGROVE HRENNAN?
Wisconsin Authorities Have Such a
Suspicion.
Inspector James Hankinson, of Minneapolis,
in response to a communication from F. R.
Allen, county attorney at Glencoe, visited the
Jail here to identify Musgrove, who is held
with Cingmars for the murder of Sheriff
Rogers in July. It was thought that Mus
grove was one Brennan, for whom they are
looking in Wisconsin as having robbed F. C.
Sanger, of Rhlneiander. The Minneapolis
detective decided that they were not one and
the same. All efforts to locate Brennan have
thus far proved unsuccessful, despite the
strenuous efforts on the part of the Wisconsin
authorities.
LEAGUERS IN THE CREAM CITY.
Preparations for the Rig Convention
—Davis Will Speak:.
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 23.—Dele
gations from several states, here to at
tend the convention of the National
League of Republican Clubs, have ar
rived today, although the convention
does not open until Tuesday, and Min
nesota, lowa, Illinois, Indiana and
Michigan already has representatives
on the ground.
Charles H. Gordon, of Chicago, who
will probably be elected president of
the National league, arrived, and is
quartered at the Hotel Pfister, with a
part of the steering committee of the
Illinois delegation, including Dele
gates-at-Large H. Dorsey Patton and
W. R. Payne, Frederic W. Upham, O.
E. Chapin and others. Mr. Chapin is a
leading candidate for president of the
Illinois state league of clubs. The
Marquette club, of Chicago, of which
Mr. Gordon was president for four
years, will send a representation of 150
of its members tomorrow, and the Lin
coln club, of Chicago, fifty members.
New York's advance delegation, 1,000
strong, will also arrive tomorrow.
Those from the far West will be here
Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.
Those in charge of the local arrange
ments are very busy preparing for the
convention, and nearly everything now
is in readiness. Enough progress has
been made at the Exposition building
in the decorations to show that the hall
will present a finer appearance than
that of any the league has ever con
vened in before, although the work will
not be finished until tomorrow evening.
Although Senator Allison will not be
here, as hoped for, there will not be a
lack of good speakers at the big meet
ing on Wednesday night. A. B. Cum
mings. of Dcs Moines, lowa's national
committeeman, will deliver an address.
D. D. Woodmansie, of Ohio, one of the
candidates for the presidency, a well
known orator, will speak at the meet
ing, and Senator Cushman K. Davis,
of Minnesota, will be here with the del
egation from that state and address
the gathering. Congressman McCleary,
of Minnesota, whose special forte is
finance, has agreed to come and make
a speech. National Committeeman
Dawes, of Illinois, will be here, and
will probably take part in the speech
making. Other orators of note who will
come as visitors and delegates will
probably be added to the programme
j of addresses.
Ex-Consul Wlnser Dead.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.— Henry J. Winzer
died at his home in Newark, N. J., today of
Bright's disease, aged sixty-three years. Mr.
•Winzer was engaged in newspaper work In
New York City for many years as an editor
ial writer for various publications, and was
also a correspondent during the civil war.
In 1863 he was appointed by President Grant
consul to Saxe-Coburg, and held that posi
tion for twelve years.
Insult Was Deadly.
LEBANON. Ky.. Aug. 23.— Last night at a
negro dance about four miles from here, Char
ley Warner accidentally stepped on the dress
of George Mays' partner. Warner ap-rfbglzed,
but Mays became enraged and opened firs,
killing Charley Warner and Charley Pipes in
stantly, and fatally wounding Bud Hardin.
Mays escaped and Is still at large.
GOOD USE Of TIP
REV. DR. J. W. COWLEY FINDS IN
XT THE SECRET OF
GENIUS
RATHER THAN AN INSTINCT.
PERSISTENT DEVOTION TO IN
DUSTRY AND THE GRASPING
OF OPPORTUNITIES.
THESE ARE- THE WATCHWORDS
That He Advises for All, Young and
Old Alike, for the World's
Good.
There was a large congregation at
the First Baptist church yesterday
morning to welcome Rev. J. W. Con
ley, D. D., on his return from his sum
mer vacation, and they were treated
to an eloquent and eminently practical
discourse from Ephesians, v., 16: "Re
deeming the time, because the days
are evil."
Dr. ConJey said in part: "Perhaps
there is nothing of which we are more
careless and wasteful than time, al
though there is nothing upon which the
success of our life depends more than
the faithful use of it. The person who
has found out how to utilize to the
best advantage all the moments of
his life has found the highway to suc
cess. Genius is not so much peculiar
endowment with peculiar gifts as it is
the ability to make the most of time.
Those who have succeeded in accom
plishing the most in this life have, as
a rule, been those who have known
how to use to the very best advantage
the days and the years as they came,
and those who have fallen by the way
side, whose lives are characterized by
no attainments of any worth, are those
who are careless of the use of their
time. Most 'of us are painfully con
scious of the fact that we are not ac
complishing what we ought to accom
plish, and that we are In a large meas
ure failing of the attainment of the
higher ends of life. We resolve in the
valley of humiliation that we will
make a better use of our time, and
soon we drop back into the same old
channels again, and of very many of
us, I fear, it is true, and will be true,
that we shall reach the end with a
sense of having wasted a large part
of life. In childhood days everything
is strange and new, the future is
boundless, and time practically illim
itable, but the gravity of life more
and more impresses itself upon us,
although it is too often true that per
sons approach the very end of life
before they appreciate the value of
time. We are aided in this under
standing of the value of time by see
ing what there is crowded into this
life. Marvelous have been the discov
eries of recent times, and it seems
as if, in the scientific world, we were
standing on the verge of others more
wonderful still.
♦h« i / c <* om « s to us a sense of
the value of the opportunity for being
useful. That soul has never found
the proper use of time that has never
found time to minister to the needs of
those about him. If your life does not
bring hope and help and strength and
courage and confidence into some other
Me, then that life is not what it ought
to be. Another consideration is that
this life is directly connected with the
life that is beyond. What I am here
determines what I shall be hereafter
The use I make of time determines my
position in eternity. If I trifle with its
opportunities, reject God's mercy shut
Christ out of my mind, and live this
life for self, then eternity is darkened
and blighted by the life I have lived
here. I know many say it is all wrong
to try to crowd the destinies of eter
nity into the time we live here, but
the whole possibilities of the oak are
wrapped up in the little acorn. This
life is the germinating period of des
tiny. Then, too, we must not over
look the brevity of life. We should
seek to crowd each day and hour with
something useful. One more reason is
given. Because the days are evil. This
life is beset with evil and temptation
on every side. The forces of evil are
abroad, using every device that can
possibly be employed to drag us down
Many young people are making the
awful mistake of resolvine to give
their youthful days to the world and
pleasure, intending to turn round after
a while, little dreaming that they are
selling themselves to the devil until
he shall bind them hand and foot with
fetters that are almost impossible to
break.
"How shall we redeem the time?
"By having a right aim in life. The
boy or girl that is pushed or dragged
through school and college without any
inclination to make good use of the op
portunities afforded will never amount
to anything in the way of scholarship,
and the person who drifts through life
without a purpose will never redeem
the time. In the home seek to exalt
Christ. In business have some worthy
aim, not merely, the accumulation of
money. The social life of today is poi
soned with an insidious worldliness
that is destroying the character of too
many who have entered its circles. In
the church have some definite work,
some definite aim; do not drift along
as the tide may carry you, but seek
out some work and do it. We must
look out for the robbers of time. There*
are those who are always late, and in
this way waste the time of those who
have to wait for them; those who have
nothing to do themselves take up the
time of others who have and prevent
them from employing it to good advan
tage. A vast amount of time is wasted
in reading. This is a time of books
and periodicals, and papers, and the
world is full of them. Even this day
is profaned by boys on the streets call
ing out the morning papers, great
sheets, which If you read them half
through, you would have time for very
little else. There are books you should
read, and books it is a waste of time
to peruse, and others which are moral
poison, corrupting the soul and defiling
the imagination.
"If we are to redeem the time we must
lay peculiar emphasis upon the present
moment. Whatever I do with it is
the all-Important matter for me. The
tendency all the while Is to look a
little ahead for work we are going to
do. We will take our ease now, and
just a little .further on will do heroic
deeds. Live today."
Now
Is the time to purify your blood and
fortify your system against the debili
tating effects of warm weather. For
this take
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
The best— in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Hnn/l'fi FHIIc cnre Liver Ills; easy to
wu *-» *rin» take, easy to operate. 25a
A MOTHER'S DUTY.
Your daughters are the most pr***
clous legacy possible in this life.
The responsibility for them, and
their future, is largely with you.
The mysterious change that develops
the thoughtful woman from the
thoughtless girl, should find you on
the watch day and night.
As you care for their physical well*
being, so will the woman .
be, and so will her children «S^
be also. v-ivk
Lydia E. Pinkham's /~?^^Y~\
" Vegetable / krarmni |
Compound " is the sure reliance in thi*
hour of trial. Thousands have found
it the never-failing power to correct
all irregularities and start the woman
on the sea of life with that physical
health all should have.
Womb difficulties, displacements and
the horrors cannot exist in company
with Lydia B. Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound.
MORTON A POSSIHILITY.
lowa Democrats May Support Him
tor the Nomination.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 23.— A special to th«
Bee says: Secretary J. Sterling Morton has
written a letter to L. M. Martin, of Dcs
Moines, national committeeman for lowa of
the national Democratic organization, which
will probably have the effect of causing the
lowa gold standard convention to indorse him
for president. Morton was invited by the con
vention to address it. There has been a move
among the gold Democrats to indorse his
candidacy, and in view of this, the letter he
writes is regarded as equivalent to an an
nouncement of his willingness to accept.
He expresses regret that he cannot address
them and concludes :
"It is a strange thing that any farmer or
other citizen of the state of lowa (which has
neither silver mines nor geld bullion) who
buys money with cereals and meats.should in
sist on being paid always only sixteen
ounces of silver instead of one ounce of gold.
When they collect their dues from those who
have purchased their products why are they
unwilling to accept thirty-two ounces of sil
ver instead of sixteen for one ounce of gold.
Dealers in bullion will give only one ounce of
gold for thirty-one or two ounces of silver.
"Do the farmers and other citizens of the
Northwest know more about the real value of
silver than those men who deal in the
HE Hi
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These patterns are retailed in stores
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A paper pattern of any size, of this
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20032
LADIES' COSTUME— An extremely
stylish gown of figured taffeta is here
represented. The handsome bodice dis
plays surplice fronts crossing from left
to right and adorned with huge draped
revers edged with full ruffles of grass
linen embroidery. A jaunty vest of
allover embroidery fills in the space
between the revers. The back of the
bodice is cut In one piece and moulded
to the figure. It has its slight fullness
confined by plaits at the waist line.
The sleeves are the very latest style,
being made with short puffs at the top
and tight fitting from waist to elbow.
The handsome skirt is sure to hang
perfectly. It possesses five gores and
has Its two back gores gathered. Al
most all the fashionable materials are
adopted to this design.
20633— Ladies' Basque Waist (with sur
plice front) requires for medium size
4% yards material 22 Inches wide, 4
yards 30 Inches wide or 2% yards 41
Inches wide. Lining required, I*4
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in 5 sizes, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 inches
bust measure.
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lng its two back gores gathered) re
quires for medium size 7% yards rmtc
rial 22 inches wide, 5% yards 26 inches
wide or 5 yards 44 inches wide. Lining
required, 7 yards. Length of skirt in
front, 41 inches; width around bottom
5 yards. Cut in 6 sizes, 22, 24, 26 28*
30 an>* 32 inches waist measure.
