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4 THE D3ILY GLOBE is~PUBL'SHED EVERY DAY AT NEWSPAPER ROW, COR. FOURTH AND MINNESOTA ST*. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Payable In Advance. Daily and Suuday, yep Month. .50 Daily and Sunday, Six Montlm - $i*.75 Daily and Sunday, One Year - $5.00 Daily Only, per Month - 4O Daily Only, Six Months - - - ?2.^8 Daily Only, One Year ----- ? 4 -°° Sunday Only, One Vcar - - - $!.»<> Weekly, One Year - - ?1.00 Address all communications and make all remittances payable to THE GLOBE CO.. St. Paul. Minn. Complete flies of the Globe always Kept on hand for reference. TODAY'S WEATHER. WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.— Forecast for Sat urday: Minncsota-Generally fair; warmer in north western portions; westerly winds. 11 XV Loon^in- Showers: cooler in extreme BoSthern portions: light to fresh northerly winds becoming variable. The Dakotas-Generally fair; warmer; east t °« S >ntan V a— Fair; warmer in eastern portion; variable winda. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. United States Department of Agriculture •Weather Uureau. Washington, Sepi lit, 6.48 ,? m . Local Time, 8 p. m. 75th Meridian Time.— Observations taken at the same mo ment of time at all stations. TEMPERATURES. IMaiv. TemTPlaoe. Tern. St. Paul 60 Qu'Appelle os Duluth CO Winnipeg 5s Huron 62.- Bismarck 62 Buffalo Williston G2 Boston o--« Havre 72 Cheyenne bO-6i Heiena US Chicago ™-->* Edmonton lit); Cincinnati S'-a* Battleiord 60 Montreal HHg Calgary «o,New Orleans ■■•■»£* Medicine Hat 64 New York 8»>-90 Swift Current .60, _ . DAILY MEANS. Barometer, 30.21; mean temperature, 62; relative humidity. 82; wind at 8 p. m., north east; weather, cloudy; maximum tempera ture GO; minimum temperature, s<; daily range, 9; amount of precipitation in last twenty-four hours, .44. RIVER AT 8 A. M. Danger Gauge Change in Station. Line. Reading. 24 Hours St. Paul 14 4.f. —U.I La Crowe 10 3.4 -0.1 Davenport 15 3.0 0.0 St. LOUIS 30 v.v »•» —Fall. - Kote— Barometer corrected for temperature and elevation. -P. F. Lyons, Observer. GETTING THKIR SHARE, TOO. Alexander Stephens once characteriz ed a rush of offlceseekers at some change of administration as "a univer sal rush for the hog- trough." It was a homely but a forcible comparison. We are witnessing another rush, this time for the prosperity in the trough, and there is the same disposition to get as much space at and in the trough as is shown by the creatures from whom Stephens drew his simile. We have had occasion to note the alacrity with whioh our millers advanced the [/.rice of their sixty-cent-wheat flour to the dollar-wheat basis, and how jubilant they were in their prosperity. We have also commented upon the speed with which the lumbermen rushed for the trough and marked up the lumber, manufactured on a free-list basis, to wards a two-dollar limit. We have seen the glassware men hurrying to the trough and a large portion of it mo nopolized by the sugar trust. And we have listened to the vociferous cry of hilarious Republicans hailing the ad vent of all this prosperity under the benign auspices of the Dingley act. We now have to record the appro priation of a generous slice of this prosperity by the line elevators .which are now receiving the wheat from the threshers. We note in several of our up-country exchanges a more or less emphatic protest against the "spread" the elevators are taking. A "spread" is the margin taken for the cost of getting grain from the initial to the terminal market. It is designed also to cover the reasonable profits with Which, as we all know, those interme diaries are always content. The Lis bon Gazttte, among other papers, can not understand why the usual snread of ficm 14 to 15 cents at that point is not sufficient this year, nor what war rant there is for increasing it to 20 cents. There has been no increa.se in railway charges or terminal expenses, and it thinks that a rise that takes five or six rents a bushel out of the men who grew the grain is not de fensible on any theory of fair dealing. These complaining and protesting papers are not up with the procession. They have not advanced to that point in the general education where it be comes apparent that there is prosper ity and also prosperity; that is. there are two kinds. They are still in the dim light where only one kind is rec ognizable. that old-fashioned one by which men worked and produc ed, bought and sold; were thrifty, pru dent, lived inside their income?, put •something aside far rainy days, drove ms thrifty bargains as they could and took their chances with all others un der laws giving none an advantage over another. Then there is this later kind that dispenses with a good many of the old requirements. If one is for tunate enough to be in the right posi tion, he need not work anything ex cept his wits and tongue; he need not — be ttirTfty, nor frugal, and yet be pros perous. All tha* it- necessary is for him to manage to get the law into partner ship with him, the law of the nation, the state or the municipality. Law will give him the power tc make others pay him more for what he makes or has than it would be worth without the aid of the law. This is the kind of prosperity very much in evidence In these days. All who can are gathering it In. There is but one way the elevators can get their Bhare. aside from false weights and heavy docking, and that is by increas ing the spread. They have the power to do this because they are the only buyers and the farmer must sell. Given the opportunity and the example of so many others it is hardly reasonable to expect that the elevators will not make use of their chance to reap their share of this prosperity. And we do not see how those who are contributing tc their prosperity are going to help them selves. Like the rest of us they will have to grin and bear it. DILITHS DILEMMA. St. Louis county's auditor calls the attention of the. county board to the fact that the county and Duluth will get the worst of a bit of a deal its dele gation in the legislature put up with the state. When Duluth's pneumatic tire ran over a tack and let the wind out, there were a "t of wild riders who found themselves with quantities of dirt on their hands with actual values scandalously out of proportion to the values they had pumped into them. Added to this disheartening condition they saw the taxes, state, county and municipal, piling up annually on their dirt with no funds in bank to meet them. The delinquent tax list waxed fat and the treasury lean. Then, as usual, the state was appealed to for relief. No special legislation was pos sible, so a general bill was devised that would Jnst fit St. Louis county and no other. Any county, whose delinquent taxes amounted to a certain percent age, might have a general clearing up sale of the lands remaining delinquent after advantage, had been taken of an offer to remit interest and penalties to those who would, meantime, pay their back taxes. But there was a provision^not a new one, for it has been in all the clearance sale acts — providing that at the sale the lands might be sold for the amount due the state alone, if no higher sum were bid. That resulted as might have been expected. No delinquent would take the bait of a remission of interest and penalty if, by a little delay, he might get off with paying only the quota due the state. How much this difference ia can be estimated in dollars and cents when we know that the tax levy for St. Louis county is 26.6 mills for 1895, while the state tax is but 1.8 mills. Duluth taxpayers, who get delinquent for any cause, are not any more patriotic than taxpayers elsewhere are, and it is not to be expected that any of them will pay 26.6 mills on the dollar of his as sessment if he can get off with the payment of 1.8 mills. Human nature is not built on that line at the present stage of its evolution. Consequently there has been practically none to pay the whole levy, less interest and pen alty. They are waiting until the sale when they will go in and bid the state tax and have all the remainder of the incumbrance wiped off the slate. But there are remnants of the days before the puncturing of the tire that cannot be evaded, along with sun dry immediate demand* upon the coun ty treasury. There is that unwieldy pile of bonds, issued when public spirit was hunting up all sorts of chances for improvement, whose interest falls due with unpitying regularity. Then there are the demands for salaries and the maintenance of a municipality inflated by the boom. It was to meet these de mands that the larger part of these delinquent taxes was laid to meet, and if the million and more dollars due can be liquidated with the fraction due the state an ugly deficit will confront the county. This unpleasant situation is presented to the board by the auditor, and he wishes to know what the fathers are going to do about it. At last accounts they were scratching their heads vigorously, but failing to elicit any way out of the dilemma. It is, however, probable that they do not en tertain as high a conception of the wis dom and beneficence of the state as they did. NOTHING IX IT. It did not require any official denial to stamp as imaginary the report that the British government had secured a concession and accompanying rights for the completion of the Panama ca nal. It will be many a year hence, if ever, that the big ditch begun by De . Lesseps is finished. The gigantic en terprise and, still more, the fraudulent financiering behind it, that shook the whole of France, have put the project in such bad odor that it would be a courageous company or government that attempted to resume it. Further than that, the investigations which preceded the A collapse of the Panama canal bubble were even more discour aging than those made into the feasi bility of the Nicaragua scheme. It appeared to be doubtful, not merely whether the engineering plan of the Panama company could be carried through by it. but whether it was pos sible at all to construct a canal across the isthmus of Panama, and hold in check the flood and defy the earth quake. The British government has r.ot shown itself anxious at any time to build or own or operate an isth mian canal. Every rumor of that sort has turned jut to be a canard, whose inspiration it would not be difficult to determine. There is a bare possibility that some British company may have it in mind to revive the De Lesseps scheme, but, if so. it is rather with a view to gathering in millions of money at a time favorable for speculative enterprises than with the idea of act ually completing and operating the ca ral itself. We could wish heartily that the re port did have a basis of fact beneath it. It might be. wcrth a good many millions jf. money to the United States if Great Britain or seme other country did. by building a canal across tho isthmus, put a final quietus upon the Nicaragua job. There is something in the thing that strikes the public imag ination unaccountably. You cannot have it brought up in congress that a dozen windy orators do not spring to their feet to declare the supreme im portance of the control of such a canal by the United States, and the safety that it would give us in peace and the glory in war. The whole argument is arrant humbug. From the military and naval point of view, the control of the Suez canal is infinitely mor= important than would be that of one across the isthmus between the two Americas. Who knows, except as a matter of history, what government has the power to open or close it? Who cares by what country the majority of Suez canal stook is owned? Ytt THE SAIiVT JfAUX, GJ*Oifls: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1897, that is the connecting link, not only between England and her Indian em pire, but between France and Germany and Portugal and Holland and Italy, and their interests in Eastern Africa and Southern Asia and the Australa sian settlements. Compared with this, the national or international impor tance of a Panama or Nicaragua ca nal is a bagatelle. As far as we are concerned, commu nication between our Atlantic and Pa cific coasts is carried on by railroad, and always will be. A swift transit for warships from one ocean to the other will never be needed unless we are aggressors. The defense of our Pacific coast, if that is ever needed, must be carried on by our Pacific squadron. The exigencies of war do not admit of sending North Atlantic squadrons to Puget sound, even by the way of Nicaragua or Panama. There is not a valid argument that can show the control of such a canal to be of vital importance to us. A crude and flam boyant Americanism has been ap pealed to, simply to get the govern ment's indorsement of a lot of worth less bonds to be issued by a syndicate of jobbers. If only Great Britain or somebody else would dig a canal across the isthmus, we might then have an end of this nefarious scheme. _^». The editor of the St. Paul Globe talks like a fool when he' inferentially says that dollar wheat and advanced prices all along the line of agricultural products, from an increased demand from any cause, would not advance the price of lumber by au in creased demand, but lays the lumber ad vance solely to the recent duty placed upon foreign lumber. Lumber was looking up before the tariff bill was passed. With sincere apologies to our friends for this break, and we shall attempt to see to It that it does not occur again soon.— St. Croix Republican. This fellow is evidently trying hard to say something, thinking he has something to say. There is aa instant of lucidity when what he says is intelligible— "lumber was looking up before the tariff bill passed"— followed by a relapse into maundering. Of course "lumber was looking up." Prices were advanced just as soon as it became certain that at least a dollar tax would be laid. It looked up higher when the tax was made two dollars, and we have just had a lumbermen's association instructing their price-list committee to make it look higher yet. The city of Duluth has been disgraced, and every Minnesotian will blush at the thought that the educational interests of the third largest city in the state are entrusted to men guilty of such childish action.— lsanti Press. Well, what else can you expect when Cobbs are used for school inspectors? Shelled cobs at that; just good material for Missouri meerschaums. Our own opinion is that Mr. Cleveland should feel relieved by having his name removed from a school house in a city capable of producing such a school board, cobs every one of them. The -Globe man's pen slipped when he wrote an increase of 50 per cent on sugar shares. A comparison of the leading stock quotations before the passage of the Dingley bill and those of the date of above publica tion shows sugar increased not quite half of above percentage. — Norwood Times. There was no slip. Bradstreet's quotes Sugar in '96 at 95. its lowest. The rise was nearly 60 per cent. "Tis not the place we occupy That makes us great or small, But how we flll the place we're in That counts for all and all. — forgo Forum. Tho law of gravity, my friend, That wurks alike on all, Fits everyone into his place As he is great or small. SATIKE AM) NATION. Children of tlie Revolution Sliow I.nve for Both. The Louis Malone Ayer Society of the Children of the American Revolu tion held their first meeting of this year yesterday arterr.oon. at the home of their president, Mrs. Charles E. Smith, 400 Marshall avenue. Fine specimens of Old Glory were in evi dence of love of country and bowls of sweet peas placed about the room, be spoke the love of nature. The main feature of the afternoon was an interesting talk by Mrs. C. P. Flandrau on the purchase and restora tion of Mount Vernon. Mrs. Flandrau is vice regent, for Minnesota, of the Mount Vernon association. Miss Bina Andrews, of Chicago, will wed William M. Sieger, of this city, Tuesday. The ceremony will lx> performed at the home of the bride.-; parents. 1081 West Lake street. Mrs. P. H. Kelly, who has been visiting the past month in Canada, has returned to the Marlborough. .Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Neweomh will leave for the Pacific coast this afternaop. Dr. George Day. of Farming ton, who has been attending the State Dental association, held at tho University of Minnesota, has re turned to his home. Mrs. Wii; Hunt, of Fargo, formerly of St. Paul, is visiting in the city. Miss Kate Southall leaves in a few days for a tour through the South. Dr. and Mrs. Charles C. Allison, of Omaha, Xeb.. are visiting his brother, J. B. Allison, on Iglehart street. Miss Annie Whitney and Eve'.yn Drake will leave Monday for a week's visit in Ma ple Plain. Percy Jewett went to St. Louis Thursday evening. Jl'ss Emma White, who has been visiting in Amery, Wls., has returned to her home on Twelfth street. Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. llonss have re turned from Colfax. Wis. Miss Amy Deary is the guest of friends in Waterloo, 10. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Corbett, of Detroit, Mich., are visiting Mrs. E. S. B. Corbett. Miss Grace W. White, of Twelfth street, returned yesterday from Los Angeles, where she has spent three months. Miss Annie Whitney, at Fort Pierre. S. D.. is the guest of her cousin. Miss Evelyn Drake. Frederick Ischer. of Waterloo. 10., is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Fred Liminer. of West Isabel sweet. MOW DEAL ON BA\K STOCK. State Board of Equalisation Adopts a Xew Idea. | "The state board of equalization put in a day 3f good hard work yesterday, the chief result of which was the adop tion of a new basis for arriving at the equalization of bank stock assessments. The resolution recites that an aggre ! gate be made of the capital stock, the | surplus and undivided profits. From j that sum will be deducted the value ! of legally authorized investments in real estate. Then 55 per cent of the residue will be taken as the basis for assessment. I>ast year the board deducted 10 per cent from the undivided profits as an amount to cover loans, etc., and assess ed on 60 per cent of the remainder, after deducting authorized investments in real estate. The change will put all banks on the same basis, irrespective of undivided profits, and the valuation of 55 per cent, instead of 60, as last year, will leave the state in about the same con dition as to valuation. The afternoon was spent in the con sideration of classes one. two and three, horses, in the consideration of which a number of minor changes were made in some of the counties without making any marked change in the total of the assessment for this class of property. ._ .. - _• . WET FAHWS' DAY BUT THEY WERE USED TO WATER AND TURNED OUT Mil sr PRIZE AWARDS STILL COME. ■ i ■:: NEARLY ALL HAVE BEEN ANNOUNC ED,"aND >^HJj>SE COME TO .•iJiJDAY. IN SPITE OF THE DAMPNESS Those Who W»>r«oii Hand All Had a Fine Day's Amusement Tl'trougrhout. Yesterday at the state fair was dedi cated to the farmers of Minnesota. The weather was most cheerless and disagreeable, the frequent showers of rain and the penetrating wind keeping thousands at home who had anticipat ed attending, and making it very un pleasant for those who had the hardi hood to face the elements, but notwith standing these drawbacks, the attend ance was good, larger than It was Monday or Tuesday. When Min nesota people, and especially Minnesota farmers, are enthusiastic, it takes more than wind and rain to keep them at home. Treasurer Moffatt reported last even ing that the receipts for the day were $2,951.50, representing a paid attend ance, including the rxilroad tickets yet to be accounted for. of between 6,500 and 7,000. Owing to the muddy track many fea tures on yesterday's programme were postponed and will come off today, so that the sport of this, the last day of the fair, will be the best of the we-?k, weather permitting. All the buildings were filled with sightseers, and so many of the visitors are tillers of the soil that they were es pecially interested in the live stock, the horticultural display and the exhibition in machinery hall; it was to them an object lesson of the advancement :n agricultural methods and appliances since their visit to the fair a year ago. The judges were busily engaged jn completing their* onerous task of mak ing the awards and all the prize ex hibits now bear the blue, red or white ribbons. Secretary Randall issued an order, however, that no exhibit should be removed from tne grounds until this evening, so that everything will be in place today far inspection by the crowds of people who are sure to be out if the weathir; is favorable— and Observer Lyons is inclined to the opin ion that it will be. The side show's also came in for th-air full share of patronage yesterday, the farmers varying their study with lighter — and some of it is exceedingly light— recreation. All the holders of privileges report having done an ex cellent business during the week, do spite the keen competition, and they also, as are the fair officials, are hap py in coming out on the righ.t side of the financial problem. Every effort is being made by the management to convince the farmers of the state that the fair is an insti- j tution for their especial benefit, and j that this is being appreciated by them j more and more as the years roll by, is . shown- .-.by their increased attendance. Tents have been provided by the S.ate I Farmers' Institute,' on the grounds, in | which the farmers and their families j may live during the week at a meiely | nominal cost. and.. Superintendent O. C. Gregg, of the institute, is anxious that they ail be filled next year. Not only will the fair prove, valuable to the head of the family arid^ to his wife, but the practical knowledge the children will acquire in a week will, he says, bo of more advantage to them than a year's schooling. ' Next year many more j tents will be provraed, as well as | water, toilet rooms and other conven- j ier.ces in the camp. - There is a large hall (Institute hal) close by where so cial meetings can be^held as well as lectures on practical farm topics. The fair managers heartily approve of the plan In speaking of the fair as an adjunct. to the work of the Farmers' Institute. Mi. Gregg said that the farmers were becoming more .interested in learning how to till the. soil and the kindred pastoral duties* from a scientific as weli as a practical standpoint. It was in response to thi* growing demand for more agricultural education that about eleven years ago the board of regents of the state university began as an experiment what is now known as institute work,' the intention being to furnish the education as fast a^ j they found what fthe farmers wanted | and needed. The work at that time ] was conducted entirely by the regents and for a short time met with some opposition from those who thought it j was but a guise for political actions and other schemes. When it became known it made many friends, and the mee-tings, heM in different parts of the state, grew in attendance and the good will shown ] them. At first the meetings were at- j tended only by from ten to forty peo- j pie. in places where now the largest I halls and opera bouses are filled. The institutes are non-partisan in i politics— politics being never discussed j I in them, and the workers are pledged ! to refrain from any political contro- j versy. This has met with the appro- I batioa of the farmers. At present the institute board con sists of three regents from the state : university, and the presidents of the state agricultural, horticultural and ! dairy associations. O. C. Gregg was the first lecturer sent out and remains superintendent of the work. He is as sisted by Dr. J. C. Curryer, in charge of the horse department; Theodore ! Louis on swine husbandry; W. L. Car ; lysle. on dairy work: Mrs. Ida E. TH son on poultry; E. J. Cutts, on horti culture, and Mi?s M. C. Thompson on domestic economy. The meetings will commence Dec. 1, and will be held this winter throughout the northern and southwestern parts of the state. HOT OFF THE SHORTHORNS. Ribbons on thefj&teers Are Safe Ip to W. L. Carlyle^ane of the judges of cattle, laid his cofeX pknvn in one of the barns while h«~ wtes inspecting the stock, and a fex*> nMmutes later found that he had be^n tObbed. A pocket book containing, f! pai>ers of value only to hfm and also -a cHeck for $100 on the Security Bank of Minneapolis and a small amount of change had disap peared. Paymerh- on the check was stopped. ' I J It's a mighty mean person who will steal the ribbonf ia\\;arded to exhibit ors, but several of these badges of merit were taken from the prize arti cles they adorncfe y^terday. Col. W. H. Brown, of Grand Forks, past department commander of the North Dakota G. .A. R., was a visitor at the fair yesterday. Conductor IJryant picked up a pock etbook he' saw lying in the mud at the curve opposite the en trance to the fair grounds Thursday evening It contained $18 in money and a' railroad ticket to Ellsworth. Wis. A few minutes later a woman who got on his car. was about to pay her fare when she discovered she had lost her purse, and on inquiring the conductor learned that it was her pocketbook he had found. One of the officials of the fair has what the small boy would call "a hot snap." He frequents the woman's building and is the unofficial cake taster. During the week he has sam pled every exhibit of pastry. "Georgia will have no state fair this year," remarked L. H. Key, of Atlanta, a member of the Georgia Agricultural society, and a visitor on the grounds yesterday. "It was decided by the society last winter to hereafter hold the fair at Atlanta instead of Macorr, and this caused such a row that the whole enterprise was abandoned, for this year at least. We have held some excellent fairs, with good exhibits of cotton, grain, fruit and stock." J. W. Steed, of Anoka, has a display of vegetables and grain he raised on the site which was proposed for the fourth insane hospital. It introduces a new variety of beans to which he has given the name "Donnelly beans. '' T. A. Hoverstad, superintendent of the agricultural experiment sub-sta tion at Crookston, was a visitor at the fair yesterday. The site for this station, 640 acres, was a gift from President J. J. Hill, of the Great Northern, two years ago, and is iis good running order' now. It is devoted exclusively to experimental work for the Red river valley, including the growing of grain, grasses and fruits and the forestry as may be produced so far north. PRIZES FOR SWEETS. swuiir. Honey and the Bectt That Make It. The only exhibits in the main build ing competing for premiums are those of honey, and sugar and syrup. The display was, as in everything else, larger than heretofore, and attracted much attention. The judges made the following awards: White clover comb. H, G. Acklin, St. Paul, first; F. W. Uric, Minneapolis, second; J. A. Howard. Hammond, third; William Russell. Minnehaha Park, third. Linden comb, P. W. Uric, first; J. A. Howard, second; William Russell, third; E. Moeser. Minneapolis, fourth. Extracted white clover, E. Moeser, first; Will iam Russell, second; H. 1.. F. Witte. Min neapolis, third; J. A. Howard, fourth. Ex tracted linden, E. Moeser, first; F. W. Uric, second; Mrs. H. Bright, Mazeppa, third; William Russell, fourth. Fa.l comb honey. Mrs.. H. Bright, first: F. W. Uric. second; William Uussell, third; J. A. Howard, fourth. Display of comb honey, H. F. Ackliu, first; F. W." Uric, second; J. A. Howard, third; William Russell, fourth. Display of extract ed, William Russell, first; E. Moeser, ssc ond; F. W. Uric, third; H. L. F. Witte, fourth. Display comb honey. F. W. Uric, first: H. C. Acklin, second: E. Moeser, third; Mrs. H. Bright, fourth. Nucleus Italian bees and queen, H. G. Acklin. first; William Rus sell, second; :-irs. H. Bright, third; E. Moes er, fourth. Collection different queens, H. G. Acklin, first; William Russell, second: Mrs. H. Bright, third; E. Moeser. fourth. Beeswax, Mrs. H. Bright, first; J. S. Bass. Hamline, second. Honey vinegar. E. Mopser, first; H. G. Acklin, scond. Largest and best variety of uses that honey may bs applied to, E. Moeser. first: H. (i. Acklin, second. Sweepstakes, best exhibit. H. G. Acklin, first: E. aloeser. second; F. W. Uric, third; William Russell, fourth. Exhibit of maple sugar, W. L. Parker, Farmington. first; J. S. Bass, second. Ex hibit maple syrup. J. S. Bass, first; W. L. Parker, second. BREEDERS' STAKES. Sotlaam First, Brown Seenntl, Good win & Judy Third. In the cattle classes the only thirg left to be disposed of yesterday was the breeder's stake, a cla?s made up by the breeders themselves, each pay ing an entry fee of $100, and the society adding another $100, the stake to be divided to first. 50 per cent; second, 25 per cent; third, 15 per cent; fourth, 10 per cent. As all the beef breeds were eligible to this class, the Short horns, Herefords and Polled Angus were all represented. After a lively contest, Sotham won first with his Herefords; Brown second with his Shorthorns: Goodwin & Judy third with their Polled Angus, and West rope fourth with his Shorthorns. The judges were Prof. Shaw and Charles Kerr. Tomorrow morning there will be a parade of the winners in the cattle de partment on the main streets of the ground, which will be one of the at tractions of the fair. PRIZES FOR WOMEN. Cu>llipi('ir I..ist of Award* in Tills De part lit en t. For the first time in the history of the state fair, a special building was set apart this year for the woman's exhibits, and right royally did the ladies embrace the opportunity. The result was one of the- most attractive departments of the fair. The judges made the following awards: Fancy apron, Hatti^ A. Peterson, Minne apolis,' first ; Miss Pusch, St. Paul, second: Shopping tag. Mary M. Flagg, St. Paul, first. Opera glass bag. O. F. Skclton, White Bear, first. Infant' 3 basket. Mary E. Baker, ac onrt. Hand-made buttonhoUs. Mrs. M. J. Weed, St. Paul, first; Mrs. M. S. Norgan, Minneapolis, second. Glove case. Miss C. Blake. Minneapolis, second. Photograph cage, Mrs. K. H. Hoyt. St. Paul, first; Miss Freda Bjorklund. sc-ond. Center piece, linen, em broidered. Miss Louise Scneffer, first, and commended; Mrs. E. H. Hoyt. second: Miss A W. Walls, highly commended. Lunch cloth, embroidered. Alice D. Stratton, Minne apolis, first; Mrs. E. H. Hoyt. s-i-ond: Mrs. B. A. Waters, St. Paul, third. Tray cloth, embroidered. Mrs. I. M. B. Cooper. St. Paul, first: Miss Ida Mead, St. Paul, second. Lunch cloth, drawn. Ann;i Schoene. St. Paul, first; Mrs. S. E Keller, second. Tray cloth, drawn. Miss C. Drexler, St. Paul, first. Mrs. !. .\i. B. Cooper, second. Comforter, Mrs. I). F. Akin, Farmington, first: Mrs. M. J. Weed. St. Paul, second. Sidebcard cover, fancy. Mrs. W. I!. Shaw, St. Paul, first; Mrs. EL H. Hoyt second. Table cover, fancy, Mrs. E. H. Hoyt, first: Miss L. Robideau. Min neapolis, second: Mrs. George W. Edgerly, Minneapolis, commended. Crep? paprr work, Mrs. L. C. Charles, St. Paul, first; Miss Butcher, second. Crochet work, cotton, Mrs. I. M. B. Cooper, first. Crochet work, wool luce, Mrs. J. L. Rcdien. first; Miss L. S Goettel, St. Paul, second. Crochet work, cotton lace, Mrs. I. M. B. Cooper, first; Mrs. J. L. Rodien. second. Crochet work, silk lace. Miss L. S. Goettell. second. Crochet facinator. Mrs. G. J. Mits?U. St. P.;ul, first and second. Toilft cushions, Mrs. George W. Edgerly. first; Mrs. Watson. St. Paul, second. Best specimen of- darning, Mrs. L. L. Longbrake, Minneapolis, first; Mrs. M. J. Weed, second. Doilies, drawn work, Mrs. I. M. B. Cooper, first; Mrs. M. E. Hraedon. St. Paul, second. Doilies, embroidered. Miss Louise .vhoffer. first; Miss Annie Schneider bauer Ft. Snelling. second. Doilies, honiton idea!. Miss Ida Mead, first; Mrs. L. B. Fish, Hamilton Station, second. Drawn work, best specimen, Mrs. I. M. B. Cooper, first; Mrs. D. W. Sterrett. Lake City, first; Mrs. I. 11. B. Cooper, second. Embroidery, solid linen, Mrs. Kalish. St Paul, first; Sirs. I. M. B. Cooper, second. Embroidery, solid silk, Mrs. I. M. B. Cooper, first: Mrs. Watson, second. Etching in silk, Mrs. M. C. Tuttle, St. Paul, first; Mrs. H. A. Blodgett. St. Anthony Park, second. Fancy handkerchief, Mrs. S. M. Sterrett. Lake City, first: Miss M. L. Os trore, Minneapolis, second. Handkerchief, lace, hand-made, Mrs. I. 11. B. Cooper, first; Mrs. 11. A. Blodgett, second. Knitting in cotton. Tillie Gautzer, St. Paul, first. Knit ted lace, wool. Mrs. D. F. Akin, first; Mrs. M. J. Weed, second. Knitted lace, cotton, Miss Abbie Heebner, Minneapolis, first: Mrs. Anne Bunnell, Minneapolis, second. Knitted lace, silk, Mrs. George W. Edgerly. first. Lace, Battenburg, Miss Catherine Simmer, St. Paul, first; Mary D. Goss, St. Paul, sec ond. Lace, hand-made, Hanover, Mrs. I. M. B. Cooper, first; Mrs. J. B. Moorehead. St. Paul, second. Fancy lampshade, Mrs. Owen George, St. Paul, first; Miss Butcher, second. Toilet mat. Mrs. I. M. B. Cooper, first, Mrs. L. Longbrake, second. Mat, table, crochet. Miss Georgia De Camp. St. Paul, first: Mrs. I. M. B. Cooper, second. Mat, table, embroidered, Mrs. Charles Wan zer, Minneapolis, first: Mrs. George W. Ed gerly. Mittens, silk knitted. Mrs. E. L. Sutherland, Minneapolis, first; Mrs. A. W. Sonnen. St. Paul, second. Mittens, wool, knitted. Mrs. M. J. Weed. St. Paul, first; Mrs. E. L. Sutherland, second. Napkins, em broiderled, Edith Baker, St. Anthony Park. first; Mrs. H. A. Blodgett. St. Anthony Park, second. Needlework by lady over sixty years, Mrs C. If. Barringer. Minneapolis, first; Mrs. J. W. Cooper, St. Paul, second; Mrs. B. Schweitzer. St. Paul, commended. Needle work by boy or girl under fifteen, Nellie M. Frdflenburg. Minneapolis, first; Anna Mltsch, St Paul second. Patching on old garments, Mrs. M. J. Weed, first; Mrs. S. A. Vittum, St. Anthony Park, second. Photograph frame, embroideried. Mrs. George W. Edgerly. first; Mrs I. M. B. Cooper, second. Pillow, sofa, embroidered Kensington. Persian or Dresden, Mr? E H. Hoyt. first; Mrs. Gecrrge W. Ed gerly, second. Pillow, sofa, fancy. Mrs. E. H. tontf.nued uu sixth l'atfe. TWO DAYS' SPORTS WILL BE BANDED IN ONE AT THE STATE FAIR TO DAY. FINE BICYCLE PROGRAMME, INCLUDING SCORES OF FAST' RIDERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. FOOTBALL GAME A FEATURE Of the Day's Programme at the Race Track— Balloon Ascension* and Iliiros, Too. Thanks to the weather of yesterday, the state fair programme today will surpass that of all the rest of the week ccmbined. It will simply be so im mense as to prevent adequate descrip tion, and only by witnessing 1 it in per son will any one be able to realize the great attractions which will be concen trated on the fair grounds at Hamline today. Beginning- at 9 a. m. there will be a livestock parade of prize animals. The livestock display has been unusu ally large and choice, especially so in cattle, and this parade will surpass anything the Northwest has heretofore seen, because never before has such a collection been gathered together. Bear in mind also that all the exhibits will be found in place during the fore noon; in fact there will not be one of them removed until the gates close at night, so that no matter how early you eeme to the grounds you wil find some thing to attract and entertain you until the great amusement programme of the afternoon begins. The postponed 2:1!) pacing race for a purse of $800, with twenty-three en tries, will be put on at 1 p. m. sharp. This was really the choice race of the whole meeting, and its postponement until today makes an unexpected and splendid addition to the grandstand attractions. Following this, the bicycle races will be called. Nearly all the riders have been training all summer for these races, and good time is sure to be the result. Max Littman, of Minne apolis, who is undoubtedly the fastest man in the West at a quarter of a mile, .expects to reduce his own record of twenty-six seconds. The triplet paced mile is sure to bo run in less than two minutes. Robert H. Mc- Cleary has been in hard training for this event, and it is to be his last appearance on any track. The new surfacing of the track has greatly Improved it. as it dries very quickly after rain. The rain of yesterday has thoroughly laid the dust and was a positive benefit for bicycle racing. The large list of entries shows the interest taken in the event, and the public will have a corresponding in terest in seeing the best bicycle meet ever given in the Northwest. W hile the bicycle races are in prog ress there* will be a lively football game between the Northern Pacific and Y. M. C. A. teams, of St. Paul. Those teams are in full practice, and there is a sharp rivalry between them, so that a hotly contested football match, with all that implies, can be relied upon. Happy Jack, who paces without rider, driver or sulky, was not on the original programme for Saturday, but he is on the programme for today, and a!l the other amusements as well. There will be a grand balloon as cension and parac-hute leap by a lady, the dog also being taken up and mak ing' the parachute leap. This will make the balloon ascension even more sensational than when the balloon ran away Wednesday night with a lady, jf npardizing her life, as that is at small affair in comparison with the dog, in the judgment of the Humane society. The aeronaut, however, has the dog ascension as part of his stock in trade, and he feels that he might as well make a test one time as another. Lee Richardson, the trick bicyclist, will be continued on the programme one day longer than scheduled for the purpose of making the day tbe most complete on record. The log-iollins contest, which at tracted much attention, will also be given, the result yesterday giving an added zest to the event of today. Prior to yesterday the log-rolling has been in charge of professionals exclusively, but yesterday an experienced log driver tackled the conundrum with the result that the professionals got wet. The chances are that the same result wi!! occur today. Takicg everything into consideration, the public may be thankful for the storm of yesterday, as it caused the management Lo concentrate in today's programing many features which they did not anticipate, and gives an op portunity to see all the exhibits and witness a combination of amusements comprising the very best concentra tion of the entire week's entertainment all in one day, and for a single admis sion. The party who may have visited the fair for the five preceding days will really have seen less of the great ex position and its entertainment^ than the one who goes only today. The pro gramme is simply superb, and with bright skies tner^ ought to be 50,000 people on the grounds. I'OK THK <Yfl.K RACES. KhJI i List of the Events and Kjitrlt-M. The full staff and entries in the bicycle races to-day: Officials— Will A. Whitelaw, manager; Dad I Moulton. referee; H. S. Taylor, clerk; A. E. I Nctt, hand.capper. Timers— H. L. Jenkins. 11. M. Dunsmjre, S. D. Giles. Judges— Tom L. Bird. E. Bouquet, E. B. | Smith. C. E. Reynolds. First heat, one mile novi<-( — A. \\ . L.nd i eren H Hebcrle J. Buhmann. 11. C. Grun -1 b-e P. A. Carmichael. E. Hadlich, St. Paul; ' F. Perkins, Hamline; D. T. Rutledgf, Made i Ha; E. J. Suchs. St. Paul; A. Bergeron, E. '< Lee L. Niederhofer, Minneapolis. Se'eaud heat, oae mi'.e nuvi-e-E. Levies | F Miller. J. Langner. G. H. Payette, A. M. Townsend. C. A. Cross, C Asylund, L. W. Holmer, J. R. McDowell, P. J. Hayes, M. Nelson, Minneapolis; A. J. McCollum, St. Paul- F. P. Hoy, Minneapolis. One mile triplet, Dayton team— N'ei'.sen, ' Lidberg. Johnson. Ide team— Littman, Mc i Cleary. Jackson. Final heat, one mile novice. First heat, one mile, three m:nute class— E Kramer, E. Lang, A. G. Pollock. J. D. Pollock. J. Buhmann. E. Hadlich. A. W. Lind gren F K. Campbell F. Perkins, E. W. Ericic St. Paul; H. M. Asal. Arlington; O. T. Rutledge. Madelia; E. J. Suchs. St. Pau'. Second heat, one mile, tiiree-minute ?lass— V H Jones, G. S. Keller. A. Bergesqn. E. Lee L. Xiederhofer. F. Miller. E. Levie, M. Nelson P. 3. Hayes. J. R. McDowell. L. \\ . Holmer. Charles Aspelund. Aj M. Town«jend, N. C. Burnett. Minneapolis. Mile and a half, handicap, profess. onal — Robert Mcf'leary. scratch; John Xilsen. scratch- B. B. Bird, scratch; O. E. Rydell. 30 yards- John Lidberg. 40 yards; Max Littman, 50 yards; M. A. Johnson, 60 yards; \V. B. Jackson, SO yards. Final heat, three-minute class- First heat, mile, 2:43 class— F. A. f'ar michael. E. Kramer, P. Mayer, H. Perkins, St. Paul; I. T. Dugan, E. Sudheimer. F. Per kins. Hamline: H. L. Sinclair. Minnehaha; H. M. Asal, Arlington; L. McKeever. Worth ington: C. Wilson, 1). T. Rutledge, Madelia. Second heat, one mile. 2:45 class— H. Dow ney, F. L. Kel'.er, C. A. Cross. B. -Erickson, A. H. Jones, A. Bergeson. L. Niederhofer, If. Nelson. L. W. Holmer. C. Aspelund, Min neapolis; Charle3 F. Peterson. E. J. Suchs, St. Paul. , „ . One-quarter mile, open, professional— Roo- ert McCleary St. Paul; John Xilsen, Minne apolis; 0 E. Rydell. Hamline; John Lidberg. .Max Litiman, w. b. Jackson, Minneapolis. Final heat, one mile, 2:45 class- Lee Richardson, premier fancy bicyclist v, ne T^ U . arter mil °- vn P»eed, flying start- Max Littman will attempt to lower the state record of :27V£ seconds. One mile, paced, flying start— Robert H MeCleary will attempt to lower state record." One mile, open, amateur— E. Hadllch Will iam Martin. P. Mayer. P. A. Carmichael S' Paul: P. Pferkins. E. Sudheimer. I. T. Dugan G. Sudheimer. Hamline; H. L. Sinclair. Min nehaha; H. M. Asal. Arlington: G. Wilson Madelia: L. McKeever. Worthington- E Lee G. S. Keller. W. R. Keller. F. L. Keller' Charles P. Peterson, Minneapolis. One mile, open, professional— Robert EL Me C!eary, St. Paul; O E. Rydell. Hamline; John Nilsen. John Lidberg. Max Littman, W. U Jackson. Minneapolis. "Happy Jack"— The original and world's famous lone pacer. Sensational balloon race between "lady and gentleman— two monstrous baKojns wit'i'para chute leap from each. One mile juvenile handicap— George Ed- - wards, .1. Langner, G. H. Payettc. Loui3 Riedle, J. Wagner. J. McDonald, P. Peterson. F. Peterson. P. Cooke, L. Buxton Minne apolis; J. McKay. J. A. Ballard. J. D. Pol lock. St. Paul. Five-mile handicap, amateur— Fred Per kius. scratch. William Martin, scratch. George Sudheimer, scratch; Charles F. Peter-, son, 25 yards; W. R. Keller, 25 yards; I. T. Dugan, 50 yards; C. Wilson. 50 yards; P. Mayer. 75 yards: E. Sudheimer, 100 yards: H. Perkins 100 yards; F. A. Carmichael. 12.1 yards: I. W. Letcher. 125 yards; H. L. Sin clair. luO yards; L. McKeever, 150 yards: H. Downey, 175 yards: C. A. Cross, 175 yards; E. Lee. 200 yards: L. Neiderhofer. 200 yards; E. \\. Erick. 225 yards; D. Beaudett. 223 yards; G. S.- Keller. 250 yards: F. K. Camp bell 250 yards: A. H. Jones. 275 yards; H. <-. Gruudee, 275 yards; Frank Perkins. 300 yards: E. Levie, 325 yards; F. Miller. S2S yards; W. P. Stillman. 350 yords: E. Hadlick 000 yards; J. D. Pollock, 375 yards: A. Taylor] 400 yards; E. W. Erick, 400 yards. POOTBALI, LIXE-IP. T.-am.s AVhU-U Will Part ici {mi te in the i.niiii- Today. The football teams, which will play this afternoon at the state fair grounds are- N. P. Tea.m Position. V.M.C.A. Tram Gahapen R. E Oealer P° wer s R. T McCollough Hornsby R. G Rlley Hunter C Mead Quires U G R U dd H. Rogers L. T. ... McMahon. Capt Banning L. E Lyons G. Rogers Q. B Oaks Voßes K. H. B Furness Fosbrook. Capt. L. H. n Smith Maedonald F. B Nicol DISK ASKS OF HOGS. Farmers Listen to a Lecture l»>- Dr. RrynoldM. A number of farmers congregated in Institute hall last evening to listen to a lecture on a matter that is of vital importance to them just now, the hog cholera, by Dr. M. H. Reynolds, di rector of the veterinary department of the state board of health, and pro fessor of veterinary medicine at the state university. O. C. Gregg presided at the meeting, and spoke briefly on tho objects of the farmers' institute, of which he is the superintendent, and the value of the hearty co-operation of every farmer in the state in the work. Dr. Reynolds then spoke in brief as fellows: The state board of health is organ ized for the purpose or prevention and cure of diseases, and specially infec tious or contagious diseases; the local board must carry out the work in their own particular neighborhoods. The chairmen of town boards of supervis ors are the local health officers and in to quarantine or destroy the infected the matter of contagious diseases or animals they are empowered by law to quarantine or destroy the infected animals as they may think best for the Interest of the community. It is high ly essential that they enforce this, but in many cases either through careless ness or ignorance of their powers they fail to do their duty. There are two kinds of hog diseases, both commonly called hog cholera; one is hog cholera and the other is "swine plague," but the diseases frequently appear in the same herds at the same time and then there Is a mixed infec tion. The cholera is an infectious bowel disease and the swine plague is an infectious form of pneumonia. The mixed contagion shows both symptoms of which the symptoms of the more prominent disease are the most marked; that is why the farmers say that this is not like the hog cholera they used to see back in Illinois and lowa. One disease is just as contag ious and spreads as rapidly as the other and local health officers should deal with both a^ike. The disease g*Vms do not attack other animals, but may be carried from place to place by them; a horse or a dog may convey the dread mic robes from one farm to another, or they may be carried on people's cloth ing or shoes. When a suspicious swine disease breaks out in a neighborhood, the adjoining farmers should not visit those hog pens; they simply convey the germs to their own pens by so do ing When the plague or cholera first breaks out. the first few cases usually (iio very suddenly without shewing any symptoms; then the others are at tacked by a cough or by constipation, followed by a diarrhea, depending on th^ disease; the skin becomes Inflamed, the ears scabby or swollen and, on light colored, hogs, the skin become* purple on the flank. The longer the disease runs in a herd, the longer the afflicted hogs live after being attacked. Spend no money for medicine, it la worthless and your money is simply thrown away. Experiments are being • made with blood serum treatment, but they are not yet beyond the experi mental stage ami their success has not been established. The only thing the farmer can do is to take the well hogs out and leave the infected ones in the pen; if any of the well hogs come down with the disease, another partition is necessary and so on until the disease has run its length. The mortality in a herd when the disease breaks out ranges from 50 to 90 per cent. Hog! running at large are more subject to infection, but the results are seldom as fatal. Dead hogs should never be buried on the edge at a pond or lake or close to a running stream as the germs are thus distributed. The law forbids that sick hogs be driven or hauled along a public highway, or be exposed in a public place for sale. I wish tr. again emphasize the pre cautions against the spread at the dis ease. When any suspicious swine dis ease appears in a neighborhood the first step is to quarantine the herd, A great many supervisors think the mat ter is not worth reporting until the cholera has spread over six or eight farms; do not wait to make sure that it is cholera before notifying the state board of health. The indifference and listlessness of the farmers and super visors is the most difficult feature to encounter in the fight against the con tagion. The cholera is now confined to the southwestern and south-central parts of the state, and is, on the whole, un der better control than it was at this time last year, but it is certainly bad enough and is very serious. The dis ease spreads less rapidly, and in fact dies out in cold weather, but experi ence indicates that the germs will live for six months and outbreaks >n the same farm would lead to belief they live much longer under certain conditions. THIRTY KILLED By an Exploxlon of Dynamite in » Sou tit Afri-nn Mine. JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 10.-An ex plosion of dynamite has taken placv in the magazine >£ the George <Joon deep level mine, causing «ferni..»i«> havoc. Five white and twenty- i\v Kaffirs are known to have been killed. Bouuiliiry Treaty- LONDON. Sept. 10. -The text itttHtrtj concluded between Great Britain .and « < '• regarding the boundary line betw i-hj AU m< o and British Honduraa. was issued today.