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VOL. XX.— NO. 190. BULLETIN OF THE ST. PflrUl^ GI^OBE FRIDAY, Jl I.V !>, IS{>7. AVewther for Tuduy — Shower*} Coolor. PAGE I. Triple Fatality From Lightning. Hravo Women Drown. Senator Barrla Dead. Minors Klnteil Wltb Strike Outlook. Ht-nt Fatalities In the Baat. Tariff Hill Sent to Conference. PAGE !J. YouiiKvr Brothers' Petition Filed. Heat Casualties in st. Paul. PAGE! 3. MlnneapollM Matters. Elks' Parade and Drill. No t iirroiM-j Message Coming, PAUB 4. X dttortul. National Bdaeators Oct to Work. Kntleuvorers Siviirm KrUco. PAGE S. Saints Nearly Knocked Frost First. Hooslers Win From lloltoliuka. r Baelceyes Drop to Third. Miller** Slaughtered l»y Illues. Results in the National. Granite Favored for the Capitol. page: v. Realising Stiles In Stotcks. Bur Silver. <H> I-4e. Chkli Wheat iv ( htcano. 7lc. World's Markets Reviewed. page: 7. juiiiH'i". Get Reduced li»n'». liail\va> l«-on«in. Wants of the People. PAGE 8. Peddlers' License li«w Knocked Ont. Court Routine. Habon on the B. of P. W. Bokds Clievlt Operators Abrood. EVEXTS TODAY. Met— June Eyre, 8.15. Lexington Pnrk- Base llall, 3.45. Turin Conferees Get Together. MOVEMENT OF STEAMSHIPS. LONDON— Arrived: Massachusetts, New N^W YORK— Arrived: Saale, Bremen; Pennsylvania, Hamburg. m While Abdul Hamid hesitates Greece doesn't have to run away. Senator Quay is still a reformer, but he isn't working at it much. — <^— At the same time people on Lake Su perior steamers are -wearing overcoats. m One can nearly always burnish up a scandal a little and call it a romance. m — ■ There is not much objection to the schooners that pass in the ni&ht these days. « Abdul Hamid smiles, but he doesn't enjoy being kicked around by the powers. m The mercury is the hardest rider of the year. It makes almost a century every day. -*»»- The enemies of the bicycle have shot another arrow. They say it affects the vocal cords. Tom Plait* has gone into New York politics with a knife. There are other knives, Thomas. , The weather man says it is going to be cooler, and the weather man some times tells the truth. The Dingley tariff is such a wall that It is likely to result in a deficit for sev eral months to come. Great Britain talks about boycotting standard oil. Is John Bull going to re turn to the tallow dip? _«. Suppose we hold a meeting to discuss ice palace plans. The discussion of ice might make us feel cooler. i^K. t New York young woman stole '..ree eases of champagne. She didn't do a thing to the Fourth of July. _^B. A whole lot of sweltering Minne sotans will no doubt he glad to know that it ha? snowed in Colorado during the past three day.--. One would have thought Nansen's book on the Arctics would have an icy reception, but it has been so warmly received that he has cleared $150,000 on it. The house may be said to be fast enough to please the most exacting rusher. Only twenty minutes for de bate on each side is to be given on the tariff bill. It made Mayor Doran perspire every time he thought about the promises he had made regarding the board of pub lic works, so he appointed Mabon and got the matter off his mind. •«. The management of the Paris exposi tion talks of erecting a gigantic device combining the Ferris wheel with a toboggan slide and scenic railway. Go ahead with it. With such a device we may avoid the dangers of over-popula tion. i A conscienceless fakir at Duluth im posed upon many newspapers of the country on Wednesday night with the announcement, embellished with hor rible details, of the killing of fourteen people by cyclones in Northern Minne sota, closing with the fabrication that the wires wore down for seventy-five miles around Glenwood. There was a cyclone at Lowry, near Glenwood, at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, in which two people were killed and one fatal ly injured. The wires to Glenwood were never down for a minute, the only fatalities were those mentioned above, and a full account of the cyclone, wired from Glenwood, appeared in the ■% Globe of Wednesday morning. The newspapers of the country are warned that there is a band of fakirs at Du luth who do not wait for news to hap pen, but manufacture it THE SAINT PAUL GLOBE. JOINERS ARE ELATED. STRIKE SO FAR A SUCCESS. In the Pivotal Pittsburg District the Shut=Down Is Now Al= most Complete. OPERATORS DO NOT ADMIT ALL THAT THE MEN CLAIM. No Lawlessness Yet Reported, but Trouble Is Feared at Dillonville, on the Wheeling & Lake Erie — Roads Confiscating Coal. PITTSBURG, July B.— The close of the third day of the miners' strike finds the diggers gaining strength rapidly in the Pittsburg district, elating the of ficers and men correspondingly. The net result of the struggle up to date, as gleaned from unbiased, as well as from partisan sources, is about as fol lows: 19,000 men idle, an almost total suspension of work in the mines along the Monongahela river; suspension practically total on the Wheeling divi sion of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, only about fifty men working there; all of the railroad mines closed down with the exception of the M. A. Hanna & Co. mines along the Panhandle, the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal com pany and a few individual mines which can have but little effect on the situation. The Hanna mines have about one third of their usual number of men at work and this slight increase over yes terday appears to be the only advan tage the operators have gained. The situation as to the supply cannot be called serious as yet because there are from twelve to fifteen millions of bushels of the black diamonds in stock at the various pools along the river which can be placed In this city at short notice and, if need be, a portion of it could be shipped to the lakes. Up to the present time no sign of unlawfulness has developed among the strikers, and no evidence whatever that there will be. It is reported that a meeting has been scheduled between President Ratchford, of the Mine Workers' association, arid President Gompers, of the Federation of Labor, in this city tomorrow, and the miners' officials announce that a systematic movement will be started to bring out the diggers now at work for the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal company. The miners' officers are likely to meet with a serious stumbling block in their efforts to induce the miners of the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal company to join in the move ment. A visit to the mines today dis closed the fact that a large number of the men are opposed to striking at this time because of their contract agreement. The officials of the com pany say the men have given positive assurances that they will remain loyal and are in nowise alarmed over the claim of the miners' leaders that they will have the men out before the week closes. It is safe to say that the amount of coal dug today on the Wheeling di vision of the Baltimore & Ohio rail road would not fill one Hat car. Such a complete shut-down, as exists in this dst let, so soon a'ter the inaugu a tion of the strike, is admittedly a sur prise to the people living in that sec tion. A number of miners were at work yesterday, the majority of them in the pits of the Pittsburg & Chicago Gas Coal company at Snowden and Gastonville, but today it is doubtful if the diggers at work along the whole line would number fifty, all of these at the Gastonville pit of the Pittsburg & Chicago company. A careful review of the situation proves the assertion of tin- miners' officials that the Wheeling division is solidly advocating the strike. Miners along the line have been anxiously watching the diggers of the Pittsburg & Chicago company at Gas tonville and Snowden. Up till today it was a matter of doubt whether or not they would come out. These men have all been working under the ironclad agreement, and. as this m.ant a forfei ture of 10 per cent of their wages, held back since the first of the year by the firm, if they voluntarily quit work the strikes were in c'oubt as to whether they could be induced to join the move ment. At a meeting held last night, however, it was decided to come out for the district rate, and today the miners were practically idle. By their action, it is said, the men will loose nearly $8,000,000 in percentages. The miners on the Wheeling division apparently have no fears in regard to the length of the strike. A large num ber of them were asked how long the strikers could stand it without suffer ing from want. One and all were firm ii; the belief that they could "scratch along" for several weeks all right. About one-third of the full quota of diggers was at work at the Panhandle mines of M. A. Hanna & Co., today. This is an Increase over yesterday and is due to the fact that the firm posted a notice to the effect that Tariff Conferees Get Together. The First Session Largely Formal. WASHINGTON. July B.— The first meeting of the conferees of the senate and house on the tariff bill began at 2:40 p. m. today in the room of the sen ate committee on finance. The meeting was attended by both the Republicans and the Democrats constituting the committee from each of the houses. The clerks of the senate committee on finance and the house committee on ways and means were also present. The meeting was a formal one. The Democratic members of the conference remained less than ten minutes. They withdrew upon the intimation of the Republicans that they desired an op portunity to reconcile their differences before consulting with the Democrats. It was recalled that this privilege had been conceded to the party in power in 1890 and in 1894 and the Democrats did not demur to the proposition. With the departure of the Democrats the Republicans representing the sen ate and the house entered upon a gen eral exchange of views regarding the FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 1897. if the men did not return to work to day the money due them on their ironclad contracts would be retained. The amount, it is said, aggregates $4,000. In the first pool the men, who were under contract also, came out. There is no basis on which to estimate the amounts sacrificed by the first pool miners. The local miners' officials, flushed with victory, are now preparing to make a move against the mines of the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal com pany. They express confidence in their ability to bring these men out before the end of the week and then the sus pension in this district will be com plete. Then the strike extension work will proceed eastward. The mines shipping to the seaboard will be at tacked. First will come a movement against the mines of the Westmore land Gas Coal company, and the Penn sylvania Gas Coal company, and thence the officials "will direct their attention to the central Pennsylvania fields. From hints dropped by the miners' officials, it Is improbable that a suc cessful culmination of the strike agita tion in the soft fields will result in the assignment of strike emissaries to the anthracite region. The output of that district is restricted to a stated amount by agreement entered into be tween members of the operators or ganization. The miners' oilicials think this agreement was broken, and an effort will be made among the anthra cite producers to supply, in part, the need of coal among the bituminous consumers. They are watching those phases of the struggle with great care. Any intimation of increased output among anthracite mines will result in an immediate strike agitation In those fields. Coal operators dispute the claims ol the miners' officials as to the situa tion on the Monongahela river. "There are probably six or seven thousand idle river miners," sakl one, "but they can not be called strikers as the majority of them have not had work for several weeks. There are now at least fifteen million bushels of coal loaded in the harbor and in the pools, and it is not likely that any of it can be sent to the Southern markets before fall. Most of this coal can be loaded in cars if the strike is prolonged and used for the lake trade. TROUBLE THREATENED. An Effort to 9c M»de to Open Mine* Today. WHEELING, W. Va.,.July B.— United States Marshal Devanney, of Cincin nati, accompanied by a large force of deputies, passed through Wheeling 1 early this morning on a special train for Dillonvale, up the river, on the line of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, where the railroad company is to make an effort to start the mines tomorrow morning. Twenty-five additional depu ties were sworn in today at Dillonvale. Some of the miners at Dillonvale, who were forced out by Long Run men on Wednesday morning, say they will not work if it is necessary for them to be protected, but General Manager Blick ensdorfer, of the Wheeling & Lake Erie, is confident that he will have all the men he wants tomorrow morning when Dillon No. 2 mine will be started up. The notice that the mines would resume tomorrow was given tonight by the blowing of the whistles at" the works. Notices were posted today by the coal company, announcing that the working miners would receive protec tion from the deputy marshals. Tonight Antonio Domincko was ar rested at Dillonville at the instigation of the United States authorities on the charge of bringing in a carload of beer for the purpose, they claim, of inciting the strikers to violence through drink! Receiver Blickensdorfer says the re port that the Wheeling &■ "Lake Erie road would not receive the coal from West Virginia mines in transit to the lakes is untrue. "We will haul any thing offered to us," is the language attributed to him. The situation on the Wheeling & Lake Erie is undoubt edly serious. More trouble is appre hended from the passing through of West Virginia coal than, from the partial operation of one of two mines through protection given by the United States marshals. As wßfi seen three years ago. the small force of marshals is inadequate to prevent the stopping of coal trains. Half of Ohio's national guards was unable to cover the storm center in Eastern Ohio counties of Jefferson, Belmont, Guernsey and Stark three years ago. bill. The Republican members of the conference remained together until af ter 6 o'clock, devoting themselves as siduously to an adjustment of the dif ferences between the two houses. The representatives of the house were found to be excellently informed upon all the changes made and also to be fajnillar with the reasons for making them, and were also found to be in the main willing to concede much on ac count of the peculiar conditions exist ing In the senate, but while generally apparently willing to accept increases made to insure the passage of the bill through the senate they were not so willing to concede the reductions. The members of the conference re fused absolutely to give out the de tails of the proceedings, having en tered into a general pledge to this end. This understanding was reached because of the conviction that any rev elation of the rates agreed upon would add immeasurably to the work of the conferrees by bringing down upon them the remonstrances of those whose wishes were not met in the adjust- IP THIS HRAT KBEI'S UP, WE MAY HAVE TO POT ON SALE ELONGATED THEUMOMK'IEIIS. ment. Senator Jones (Nev.), silver Re publican, sat with the Republicans after the Democrats left. The conferees will meet daily at 9:3."> o'clock a. m., and continue in session until 6 p. m., with an hour for lunch They will reassemble after dinner and continue in session until 11 o'clock. It Is expected that this will enable them to report the bill back by Wednesday next. It is understood that the agree ments reached as the conference pro gresses will be considered tentative, and then upon the last day they will be bunched and agTeed to. This will be done in order to prevent the ac tion of the committee upon each amendment from becoming- public and probably causing renewed pressure from interests affected. SKvr to cii.\n;BKKs. Prompt Action in the H*u«e on the Amended Tariff •111. WASHINGTON, July B.— The house today sent the tariff bill to the con ference. Chairman Dingley, Payne (N. V.), Da-lzell (Perm.), Hopkins (111.), and Grosvenor (O.), Republicans, and Bailey (Tex.), McMillln (Term.), and Wheeler (Ala.), Democrats, were ap pointed conferees. The proceedings were in nowise sensational. This ac tion was taken by means of a special order brought in from the committee on rules. The minority made no ob jection to It, but protested because the majority refused, in advance, to enter Into an agreement as t > -the length of time to be allowed foe, debase "when the bill is reported bacjt by the con ferees. They also attempted to make some political capital out Of the re fusal of the majority to permit action on the Cuban, belligerency resolution arid the bankruptcy bill t Mr. McMillin tried to offer an amend ment to the special order setting aside tomorrow for the consideration of the senate Cuban belligerency resolution and Saturday for the consideration of the bankruptcy bill, but Mr. Dalzell said he had not yielded for the pur pose of amendment. Besides he sub mitted that the amendment was not germane. "•* ' Mr. McMillin argued that if the house was to proceed at last to do business, these matters should be dis posed of, "You should enact legisla tion," said he, "to release the people from the bankruptcy into which you are thrusting them and aid the people of Cuba in their struggle for freedom." Mr. Bailey, in closing the debate for his pule, said if the minority had been Riven assurances of a reasonable time for debate when the conference re port was presented to the house, the adoption of the special order would not have been antagonized. He defend ed the course of tbe Democrats in the senate, showing that no attempt had been made there to delay action on a partisan tariff measure and contrast ed with that the refusal of the house to consider the non-partisan Cuban resolution and the bankruptcy bill, both of which, he said, were approved by the overwhelming sentiment of the poo ple. Mr. Bailey's allusion to Cuba was warmly applauded by the Democrats, who renewed their demonstration when Mr. Bailey said that the president had found time to send a special ambassa dor 3.000 miles to attend the festivities In honor »of a European monarch, but none to »?nd even a message of sym pathy to people struggling for freedom at our very doors. Mr. Dalzell in closing the debate, said that there was no doubt that a reason able time would be allowed for debate on the conference report. Before the tariff bill was acted upon, Mr. Lewis (Wash.) for" the minority, endeavored, as a privileged question, to secure the adoption of a resolution, de claring that the house by Its three days adjournments, in violation of the constitution, was "disorganized and unconstitutional, and could not give legality to the trust amendments to the tariff bill." The speaker declared the resolution not to be a privileged, question. Mr. Lewis appealed, but the chair refused to put the appeal to the house. The house spent the afternocwi under the special order adopted last week listening to eulogies on the life and public services of Judge Holman. Those who paid tribute to the memory of their departed colleague, who began his service in the house forty years ago, were Messrs. Steele (Ind.); Rich ardson (Term.); Zenor (Ind.); Hender son (Iowa); Cummlngrs (N. V.); De Ar mond (Mo.); Cannon (111.); Sayers (Tex.); Miers (Ind.); McMillin (Term.); Bromwell (Ohio); Hunter (111.); Robin son (Ind.); Lanham (Tex.); Clark (Mo.); Cox (Term.); Wheeler (Ala.), and Catch ings (Miss.). At 5 o'clock, as a further mark of respect, the house adjourned. UNEVENTFUL SESSION. WASHINGTON, July g.— The session of the senate today was uneventful, the deficiency appropriation bill bein^ considered throuhout the day. Among its provisions Is one accepting the In vitation of France to participate in the Paris exposition, of 1900. The bill was not completed up to the time of adjournment. During the day Mr. Berry (Ark.) offered a resolution re questing the president to dvmand of Spain the release of Ona Melton, one of the Competitor prisoners. The reso lution was referred to the committee i on foreign relations. Senator Harris Passes Away. Conspicuous Figure in Public Life. WASHINGTON, July B.— Senator I. G. Harris, of Tennessee, died at his residence here a few minutes before 5 o'clock this afternoon. The senator had been growing constantly weaker for several days past, the intense heat which prevailed greatly hastening his end. There were times when he would rally slightly which gave his family hopes that he would be able to regain strength sufficient to be removed from the city, but his vitality had become too much exhausted to withstand the strain. This morning the senator re vived somewhat, but only temporarily. During the afternoon he sank rapidly SENATOR HARRIS. and passed away peaceably. There were present at his bedsido when death came his son, E. K. Har ris, and the latter's wife; Representa tive Benton McMillin, of Tennessee; Miss Polk, a friend from his nativo state, and the members of the house hold where the senator has lived for some time. Charles H. Harris, not realizing the end was so near, had left the house a short while before death came. Another son, James E. Harris, residing in Tennessee, is expected to arrive in the city tomorrow, and a fourth son, Isham G. Harris Jr., is now on his father's ranch and stock farm at Abilene, Texas, and probably will meet the funeral train when it reaches Memphis, where the interment will be made. Senator Harris was last in the senate chamber about ten days ago, but he was unable to stay for any length of time and had to be Smiles of Old Sol Are Fatal. Heat Still Intense in the Central West. CHICAGO, July B.— The intense heat cojitinued today, the mercury reaching 95 and 97 on the streets, although the weather office showed a high mark of only 85. At midnig-ht it was 87 on the down town streets. There were four deaths and twenty-three prostrations, four of the latter being probably fatal. The dead: Martin Varley, prostrated Monday and died today; Henry Holz knecht, unidentified man, Fred Kayser, committed suicide, excessive heat given as the cause. Six male prisoners from the Bridewell were today brought into the insane court and sent to the asylum. The physician in charge at the Bridewell said the great and long continued heat was the principal cause of the insanity in all of the men. The intense heat continues through out Illinois and lowa. The maximum temperature was at Marshalltown, 10., where the mercury touched 107 de grees in the shade. One fatality result ed. Dubuque reports two serious pros trations. Business, especially farm work, is practically suspended, and crops are beginning to wither. At Bloomington, 111., many prostrations, including one fatality, occurred. The mercury reached 104. Decatur, 111., reports one fatality with a dozen pros trations. Minnesota and Wisconsin are also receiving a scorching. ST. LOUIS, Mo., July B.— This was the eleventh day of 100 degree street heat in St. Louis. By 3 o'clock in the afternoon seven people bad died from the heat, one man attempted suicide, and at least four of the many pros trations will prove fatal. There !s no relief in. sight. Following is a list of the dead up to 3 p. m.: Henry Floorks, Henry Bampman, Jacob Her- PRICE TWO CENTS— { f?vl ctkx\ taken home in a carriage. Probably no man in public life had been Identified with more of the history of this country than had Senator Harris. He had ahn&st completed his seventy-ninth year, having been born in February, 1818, and first became a member of congress In 1849. His congressional career thus began earlier than that of any member of either house, ante-dating Senators Morrill and Sherman by seven years, and Hon. G. A. Grow, now a member of the house from Pennsylvania by one year. Mr. Harris had, when he was elected to the national house of representa tives, already become a man of state reputa tion in Tennessee, having the year pre viously served as a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket, and two years before been elected a member of the legislature of the state. He was three times in succession before the war, beginning in 1857, elected governor of his state, and was serving in that capacity when the War broke out. He took a pro nounced stand for the Southern Confederacy, and was known as one of the Southern war governors. The vicissitudes of conflict ren dered a frequent change of residence neecs sary, and he was often with the army in the field. He attached himself at different limes to the staff of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston, Beauregard and Bragg. Albert Sidney Johnston fell from his horse into Senator Harris' arms when he received hig death wound. After Lee's surrender Mr. Harris was one of a small pany of political refugees who es caped to Mexico, going across the country on horseback. Parson Brownlow, who had be come the military governor of Tennessee, offered a large reward In a characteristically worded poster for the capture of his prede cessor, but the later remained absent from the country until his return was safe. He remained in Mexico for several months, going thence to England, where he resided until 1867, when he returned to Memphis and resumed the practice of law. Mr. Harris was allowed to follow the pur suits cf a private citizen until 1877, when he was elec.ed to the United States senate, de feating Hon. L. L. Hawkins, Republican. He has remained a member of the senate ever since, and would have completed his twentieth consecutive year In that body on the 4th of next March, if he had lived to that date. He had been four times elected to the senate, the last time in 1895, and his term would not have expired until 1901. Senator Harris had received almost all the honors that the senate could bestow. He was the president pro tempore during the Fifty-third congress, a leading member of the committees of finance and rules, and also of the Democratic advisory or steering committee. He has long been awarded by common consent the front place on both sides of the chamber in parliamentary questions, and in recent years he had been more fre quently heard in expounding these questions than in the elucidation of oilier subjects. Senator Harris had not been especially active in the senate since the passage of the Wilson-Gorman tariff act in 1894. He was one of the three Democratic senators entrust ed with the arduous duty of putting the bill in shape In committee, and to him was nV| efiated the parliamentary work of getting the bill through the senate. Although then a man of advanced years, his energies never seemed to flag. He was at his post of duty day and night, and no man in the oppnsit'oii who sought to turn a legislative paint against the bill ever caught him napping but once They adjourned one day earlier than he in tended when he was temporarily absent, but he made the incident so disagreeable to friend and foe that the experiment was not repeated. Senator Harris was a native of Tennessee His father was a pianter who had emigrate! to the state from Xorth Carolina. Ho was admitted to the bar in lis-U. y.og, Henry Arkeas, William Spllt meyer, Charles Seffel, John Braun. The following prostrations are expect ed to prove fatal: Henry Dassen, William Shelly, John Sullivan, Oscnr Heck. John A. Crouch, crazed by heat, shot himself in the mouth. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July B.— To day is the hottest of the season in this part of the Southwest. In Kan sas City at 2 o'clock the government thermometer registered 94. Four pros trations, all of which were slight. have been reported. A special from Menott, Mo., says the most Intense heat ever known prevails there Frank Contra, a 'Frisco railroad con ductor, was overcome and may die. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., July B.— The hot spell continues, the official ther mometer reaching 96, and prostrations are becoming more general. Patrick Relley, a well known hotel clerk and Leonard Cox died today from the heat, and there were at feast ten other prostrations. Tonight the ther mometer is above 90. BANKERS OF WISCONSIN. Annual Bcmlon of the State Associa tion at Waukenlia. WAUKESHA, Wis.. July B.— The annual meeting of the state bankers' association opened this afternoon at the Fountain house. The delegates were welcomed by a committee con sisting of local bankers, and this af ternoon were driven about the city. The meeting proper commenced this evening with the lecture at Silurian casino by Dr. Lawrence Laughlin professor of economics at the Univer sity of Chicago, on "Some Aspects of Socialism," which was followed by an address of welcome by Mayor H. M. Enos, and response by J. W. Lom bard, of Milwaukee. Tomorrow's programme includes the business meeting of the delegates and a ban quet and hop in the evening. pi in BT ONE HH.I OF U6HIHIH6. Family Near Larimore, N. D. t Almost Annihilated in an Instant. FATHER, MOTHER AND CHILD KILLED. Brave Women Drowned at North Branch in a Noble ani Suc cessful Effort to Save Two Children. Special to the Globe. GRAND FORKS, N. D., July B.—Dur ing a heavy storm at noon today, S. E. North, living four miles east' of I.arimore, was, with his wife and three year-old child, killed by lig-htning. Mrs. North had been preparing dinner, and from appearances it would seem that the three had gone to the door to look at the storm, when the lightning struck the house, running down the kitchen stovepipe to the floor, thence to the door, striking all three. The only mem ber of the family who escaped was a fifteen-months-old child at its grand parents', fifty feet away. North wa? well known throughout the county. BRAVE WOMBS DROWN. Lose Life In an Effort to Save Chil dren. Special to the Globe. NORTH BRANCH, Minn., July 8- Mrs. Mary Robinson and Miss Mattie Plummer, aged eighteen, were drowned today at sunrise, eight miles east of this place. They were bathing together with the children of Mrs. Robinson. ! W ?v Of J he cnlldr& n got beyond their depth. The women rescued the chil dren, but could not get out themselves, *ive children are left motherless. THOUGHT IT WAS HOT. Others Than St. Paallte* Troubled With the Hallucination. Special to the Glebe. WINONA, Minn., July B.— This has been the hotest day of the season in v\ inona, the mercury running up to 101 in the shade. The excessive heat has prevented the usual amount of street traffic. Thermometers placed in. the sun ran up to 147 degrees. Special to the Globe. PIERRE, S. D., July B.— The hot weather has been slightly modified this afternoon by a northwest wind. Yes terday the mercury was up to 9S ami remained above 95 for most of the night. This forenoon was hot and sultry, but indications now are for a cooler period. FOR MITIAL AID. Retailer* of South Dakota Form an Organisation. REDFIELD.S. D.. July B.— The South Dakota Retail Merchants' convention completed its labors here today. The association is now permanently organ ized. Among the numerous merchants' associations, which have been formed in this country, this one is the most comprehensive and promises to be a model for other states to pattern after. Instead of organizing grocers or hard ware men. etc., separately, as has been clone in other states, this association takes in all classes of retail dealer.-;. The object of all mercantile associa tions is the same: To protect trade against fraud and impositions, to direct and keep business in its natural chan nels, to counteract a tendency to undu6 centralization of trade and populai in large cities, to ?eek out and correct merchants' shortcoming?, t<"> improve the facilities of towns and villages for serving the, public, to work toward a cash system, to promote honor and friendliness in the conduct of mer chants toward one another and to the public. These objects can best be ob tained by the method of union pursued by this association. Special emphasis was laid by the convention on the declaration that nothing savoring of raising prices boycotting or restraint of healthful competition will be tolerated by the as sociation. Many plans for bettering fa cilities for marketing the agricultural and dairy products of the state were suggested. Farmers and merchants suffer tremendous loss from present methods of handling products. It waa proposed to have in each town a cold storage warehouse and hire an expert to buy all butter and eggs market? 1 to be paid for at market value in checks good :'■>;• cash or merchandise at any store in town. This plan has prov en a success In Nebraska. i ii <l urns Ovoi'imlil. WASHINGTON, July s._ w. F\ Campbell, attorney for the Chippewa Indians, is in Washington on business before the Indian bureau. Tudor the law one-fourth of the Interest payment to the Indians is to be de ducted and applied to the building of schi and for school purposes generally. The lav lms not been complied with, and a proposi tion was made by Hip Indian office officials to apply all interest due the Indians to this fund until arrears had been made up. Mr. Campbell represented that this would de prive the Indians of the money for about two years, and also that there was ni W about $10*1.000 in the school fund, and the Increase is nut absolutely necessary. He has had several conferences with Acting Com missioner Smith and is confident that tho payments already made will be onOrmeil and that the one-fourth deduction will h? made only from future payments. The amount of tho school funds In arrears Is about $ISO,OOO. Military Tactical for Ktirmrr Boys. GRAND PORKS. N. D.. July S— Tho b.v.rd of regents of the University of. North Dakota have been notified by the authorities at Washington that the military detail which has heretofore be>-n allowed ihr university will be withdrawn from this point to the agri cultural college ;it Pargo. As a result of this decision Lieu;. Farnsw.irth, the military iu structor detailed by the government, who has accomplished so much good at tine univer sity. Will BOOS Wave it for Fargo. This lias been a bone of contention for years, and is just what Fa,rfio h:is been struggling for. Striken IIel«l the Train . BISMARCK, N. D.. July g.— Fifty laborers employed on the Northern Pacific road at D&wson struck last night, and seized a freight train and held it for several hours. The train was finally permitted to leave, but further trouble is expected. No Money f«T Flr« Protection. BISMARCK. N. D., July B.— The city coun cil has voted to rescind the contract with tho waterworks company, by which tho city pays $4,000 yearly for water supply for fire protection, and the authorities have been ordered to receive no more water under con tract.