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'4 The St. Paul Globe /■•= THE GLOBE CO.. PUBLISHERS." Pa«« ■ <50jx$£hco^\.> St. Paw. ■ p"" ■ ■ N^^?^' ; ST' *?%.. ,: Entered at Po9toffien it St.' PauL Mtras.» _;'... as i Second-Class Matter. : r - •;.■"> ; TELEPHONE CALLS. -. ' ■■-";:'''/' Northwestern— 1065 Main. Editorial. 78 Stain. Twin Business. 1065; Editorial.. 78. CITY SUBSCRIPTIONS. . >- | .By Carrier, :\ 1 mo. mos. 112 moil • Dally only.. "......I- 740 $2.25 $4.00 Dally:and Sunday.. .68 2.75 5.00 Bunday ...r........| .20 I 1.10 >•<"> - COUNTRY SUBSCRIPTIONS. V~' * By Mail. -, 1 1 mo. 16 mos. |12moa. bally only ..:....,. .26 $1.50 $375$ Daily and Sunday . .85 2.00 ./ 4.00 Bunday .. :. .20 1.10 I 2.oft EASTERN REPRESENTATIVE. 57. J. MORTON. 160 Nassau St.. New York City. 87 "Washington St.. Chicago. THE ST. PAUL DAILY GLOBE'S ■ circulation now exceeds that of any other morning newspaper in the Twin Cities except only the Minneapolis Tribune. "THE St. Paul Sunday Globe is ■ now acknowledged to be the best Sunday paper in the North west and has the largest circula tion. ADVERTISERS get 100 per *■ cent more in results for the money they spend on advertising In The Globe than from any other paper. THE Globe circulation Is ex clusive, because itls the only Democratic Newspaper of gen eral circulation in the Northwest. A DVERTISERS In The Globe reach this great and dally in creasing constituency, and it cannot be reached in any other way. RESULTS COUNT— THE GLOBE GIVES THEM. FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1904. THE LAND HUNGRY Fifty thousand people are striving for the simple cHance of filing on a claim in the reservation lands in South Dakota which are to be opened to en try. Of this enormous number but 2,600 can hope to secure the right of entry. There are many of the others whose business is not so much to ac quire the right to settle as to supply this new farming community with the necessaries and comforts of life. But the vasi majority of the crowd will be disappointed. The gathering of this tremendous concourse of people from all sections of the country shows that the hunger of the citizen for the soil is by no means appeased. The impression is abroad that the government is conducting perhaps the last of the gift enterprises ■whereby it has made desert places to bloom. And this is measurably true. There are no more large bodies of ara ble lands to be thrown open to public settlement—at least not in those sec tions of the United States held to be desirable from the point of view of the actual or prospective agriculturist. But the general public is altogether wrong in assuming that because the govern ment has no more land to give away there is no more corn-land i n this Egypt of ours. If the great body of people now camped on the confines of the Rosebud reservation did but know it, they could as well acquire farms in Minnesota as in rhat new country. More, they might more profitably avail themselves of the opportunities offered to settlers in the northern and western sections of Minnesota and in North Dakota, buy the lands on long-time payments and secure at once the immensely impor tant advantages of established and settled conditions of life. The absorption of the public domain by individuals does not shut out other individuals from getting title to the soil. The pioneers have made the dom inant conditions in this and the settled portions of the adjoining states to com port with all that is best in advanced civilized communities. It is far cheap er for the man who desires to make a home for himself and his family to buy in Minnesota, under proper pur chase conditions, a farm from the state, the railroads or the individual, and se cure at once the advantage of a mar ket for his product, churches and schools already built, highways es tablished or made—in short, all the concomitants of civilized life—than to go into a new country and pay flu? difference" in initial cost in assessments on his streHgth, mind and purse for the gradual acquisition of the neces sary conditions of civilized life. The forty-seven thousand and odd disappointed ones might drop i n and look about on their way back from the Rosetrud opening. Minnesota has no homestead law, but has something worth looking into in arable lands for the man who has two strong arms and the pluck to wrest a living from a not unyielding soil Gen. Miles' record of fl ve years on the water wagon will be recognized by the sterling Prohibition state of Ifansaa which will put his name before the Democratic convention as that of a man who, with a thirst developed through a lustrum v had^the courage to decline the Prohibition nomination. CONSERVATIVES IN COMPLETE CONTROL In4ts dignified an&orderly procedure to the transaction of its important busi ness, the Democratic national conven tion came yesterday to "the first occa sion that calfed f&r a te«t of strength of what may be called the radical and the conservative forces. This was on the report of the committee on creden tials. The committee reported in favor of the regular delegation. A minority report was presented and advocated by Mr. Bryan with all his eloquence and power, seating the contesting delegates. This report was rejected by a vote of 299 in favor to 647 against. This reveals the immense prepon derance of the conservatives. Leaving out Illinois, which of course was not allowed to vote on the motion, and the six delegates from the Philippines whose case "was also under considera tion, the vote stood considerably more than two to one. Admitting the 54 dele gates from Illinois, we have a total vote of 701 for the conservatives. They will therefore not only direct the framing of the platform, but they can at any time nominate a'candidate, under the two thirds rule, if they consolidate. And a considerable number of their votes might go to different favorites while the remainder would be sufficient to nominate the leading candidate. The test vote is absolutely decisive in all particulars. This is thoroughly satisfactory to the party. The radicals have made their fight and lost. Somebody had to lose, and there is no more reflection on the-' one side now than there was on the other four years ago. The convention showed the great regard of the party for Mr. Bryan in the handsome tribute that it paid to him, but the party fronts new times and new issues and goes for ward to meet them under new. leaders. Long live the party. And the best of it was that the vo ciferous demonstration of the delegates when the name of Grover Cleveland was mentioned in the St. Louis con vention did not stop the fish biting. NO HARD FEELING The Democrats of Minnesota would be extremely foolish to lend any as sistance to the'obvious game that the enemy are playing in attempting to foment and perpetuate party dissen sions. The Republican papers are dis playing alleged hostilities in the dele gation at St. Louis in the most flaring type they have, and Republican poli ticians are chortling with glee over what they hopefully call a rupture. This is natural enough and good poli tics as far as they are concerned, but no Democrat ought to help it along. There is no hard feeling and there ought hot to be any. There was a lively contest for control of this state. It re sulted in a partial advantage for each side. The Hearst people divided with their opponents the state delegation. They were not strong enough to secure instructions for their candidate. Both sides went to St. Louis with their can didates for national eonxmitteemen and places on the important convention committees. By the unexpected de fection of one of the delegations elected in opposition to Hearst that section of the party was enabled to carry its slate through. These are the plain facts, which af ford no occasion for quarrel or for hos tile criticism. Of course The Glob^ thinks that the action was ill-advised. This is entirely without reference to the Qualifications of any of the gentle- men mentioned, who are good Demo crats and, as far as we are aware, ■ worthy of the honors bestowed upon them. We think it was poor politics simply because there is nothing in it to stand by a declared losing candidate^. | and cause in a national convention. The minority is thus stripped of the influence that it might otherwise ex ert. It counts for less than nothing, and the effect upon its party at home is not helpful. That is the only proper criticism. As for all the rest of it, our representatives at St. Louis did pre cisely what they had a right to if they wished. Their policy is open to con sideration; the rightfulness of their action as men and as Democrats is not. This is not a basis for any kind of soreness. Mr. Hudson, who was chos en national comnritteeman, is a man of great ability and wonderful activity in politics. He is a .tireless worker and a good organizer. He is very welt thought of by the party in the state. The other gentlemen who received honors in St. Louis are all earnest Democrats. Th c G1 ob c has no quar rel with any of them, or with any man who supported their advancement. The time has come to stop this captious fault finding, in which Republicans alone rejoice. Close up the ranks and let us forget all our differences and present a united and enthusiastic front to the common enemy. The thought that we may do this is a daily and nightly ter ror t(5 the Republicans of Minnesota in the aangerous situation in which they now discover their party placed. For a man who Is not rich Judge Parker did fairly by that political party with which he is^ affiliated. He gav^ $250, to, the national Democratic fund in 1896— <^e second largest contribu- THE ST. PAITL GLOBE. FRIDAY. JULY 8. 1904 tion made in New York state —and in 1900 he sent a check for $500. MERITED HONOR The great demonstration which fol lowed the mention of the name of Grover Cleveland in the convention at St. Louis sounded gratefully in the ears of every true Democrat. It has been the evil and contemptuous fash ion of late years to abuse this splendid man and representative Democrat. The feeders of factton have delighted to heap abuse upon him. To the shame of our party be it said that his name has been greeted in many* Democratic gath erings of local extent with signs of disapproval. That day of disgrace has gone by and gone forever. Grover Cleveland is today the great est living Democrat. >Had he but said a word, had he but given the slightest faint that he would accept the nomina tion, nothing could have prevented his selection as the party's candidate for president this year. 'Nothing but a sense of paramount duty, the force that has constantly governed his life and ruled his actions, could have com pelled him to do this. He did not be lieve that he owed this last sacrifice to his party, and so held aloof. But here as everywhere it was devotion to Democracy and the careful considera tion of duty's demands that ruled his life. Such a man as this may well be the hero of any organization. Grover Cleveland is the only living ex-president. He is the only Demo crat who has occupied the presidential chair since 1861. He is the only man in the history of the republic to be re elected president after serving one term and then suffering defeat after having been nominated for a second. His service, his character, his wonder ful loyalty, above all his utter patriot ism and devotion to the republic, make him admirable. There are Democrats who differ utterly from him in his views of public policy, as they have a right to do; but if they are true men as well as ti'ue Democrats, they respect and revere him none the less. The tribute given to him at St. Louis was but a small portion of the honor that is his due. Grover Cleveland is one of the great Democrats of outage and one of the great men of this re public. We have always thought and always said that it would be the wisest and best policy for the Demo cratic party not to select him as its candidate this. year. We believed his election in case of nomination t© be absolutely assured; but it seemed best to us to put aside present exponents of both the factions by which the party has in the past been divided an*, In the interests of harmony, to select a new man. This has been made possi ble largely by the moderation, the ab negation and* the wise and conciliatory counsel of Grover Cleveland. All honor to him wherever Democrats meet. As long- as he lives he should receive just such a tribute of admiration from every gathering of representative Dem ocrats in the Jand as was given at St. Louis. The declination of the Democrats to admit Dr. Mary Walker to a seat in the convention is worth the attention of Chairman Cortelyou. There is a chance for an issue. A MISTAKE The Globe urges once more upon the local improvement associations of St. Paul before it is too late to reject the movement for a consolidation of them all into one centralized affair. It will be the death of their influence and the destruction of their excellent work. There is no possible escape from this conclusion, as there is no possible mo tive for a combination of them except to serve carefully concealed political ends. — AH that a general association could do would be to become a weak copy of the common council. There would be represented, as in the council, the sev eral wards of the city. No human power can keep politics from dominat ing such a body. Nothing could save the hopes and fears of candidates from becoming its prime consideration. The admirable local character of these^ as sociations and the interest that they command because they are local will be entirely lost. Membership will drop away as men see the basis of the as sociation perverted and their failures increase, until there is left nothing but a mere skeleton organization* to be called upon about the time that elec tions are in the air. I The ; local improvement association may be ; an/ immense ; power for good.' It has done excellent work several Quarters of this city already. There is a great field open, before it- ~We ear ' nestly advise - those who 1- have borne the burden of this labor to bestir them selves to- prevent the proposed consolfr dation. ■ The rage for organization*and' ever ; more organization, for" r conabina- • ; tion. after combination and ,Vi for big things just because they are big, which • isi^scH prevalent and- so" injurious in the country today, throws . a v glamor ovev this , project and : conceals its = real aim and purpose. Ail the question there is is simply between the maintenance ,« of ; individaal improvement associations in their separate : integrity and the ruin, of : the whole 7 idea and work by uniting' them. Those 4in favor of joint action are at least . partially Minded ■ta the in evitable consequences of y: their " pro- \ i gramme. Their work ; should be ; check- j led ■ before it is too late. -'.'-<-=*• '^^F^| q ■ ■} -$ : i S j Contemporary Comment >; & —_ i a Wall 7 Streams : Vanished Confidence £~ .*"■ It ;is - some months -■ since ;a .i midsum mer dullness settled down on the i New - Yovk ! Stoalt exchange, I and there ;is no small wonder felt in ; certain quarters at * its long continuance and the ab sence rof any indication of a v revival of -the - business; ■ • But " the i bid crop of ' lambs ; seems* to have ; been pretty well ; exhausted, and the new crop is as : slow in :. maturing as :if• it was ! afflicted = with boll weevil or some other blight. What is ; : needed.? of -.(course, is 2 "confidence;" • but this, too, is a plant of very i slow growth, atijd; somehow existing condf tions do not appear to be favorable to its : deve-Topment. '« Opinions vary as \ to ' where i the fault for this I state of affairs lies.—Providence- (R. L) Journal. : : , Republican Objections to Cleveland In order to defeat Mr. Cleveland it is easy to believe that the Republicans would have to depend mainly upon three things—the third-term, bogey, the dissensions within the Democratic ranks, and what' might prove to be — and might not—the superior attractive ness of their candidate among conserv ative people and independent voters. Their greatest resource'in this time of need would undoubtedly be the defec tion of the Bryanites and radicals from the Cleveland ticket, and only a few thousands of these voters would be needed, probably, to prevent New York, Connecticut, Indiana and Illinois from being carried by the Cleveland electors. —Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Screening the Igorrotes We think that the decision of the au thorities requiring at least a short pair of trousers is in accordance with sound judgment and good morals. The nude in art has not achieved a complete suc cess, and at best we are up only to the cold marble or bronze standards. The native Filipino may be a wonderful creation of nature, and perhaps the noblest work, but so long as we are enmeshed in certain notions of con ventionality it is desirable that no rude shocks be given the sensitiveness of the American .people.—Philadelphia In quirer. Kuropatkin Awaiting His Sedan It looks as though Gen. Kuropatkin were preparing to meet his Sedan. With the.Tatungr, Fenshui and Motren passes i n the-hands of his enemies, the left flank and rear of the Russians at Haienen and Tachichao are laid open to the armies of Gens. Nodzu and Ku roki, while the forces under Gen. Oku are being pushed against the Russians' front and around their right.—Phila delphia Record. National Calamity President Roosevelt declares Mr. Knox was the greatest attorney gen eral the country has ever had. And Root, it mil-"be remembered, was ac credited by the same authority with having been our greatest secretary of war. It would be an awful blow to the republic if it were to lose its greatest president.—Atlanta Constitution. Should Never Go to Sea Mr. Paul Morton will no doubt find a good many subordinates and clerks in the navy department who will pull him through. Mf. Morton, however, should be careful never to acknowledge symptoms of seasickness. —Cincinnati Enquirer: But They Are Too Near Home Secretary Hay has been asked to protect Christiana who are being mur dered iii.,Armema. Christians who are stoned fn. New York for riding in au tomobiles are aisty crying for assistance and protection.—Washington ; Post. That Was Very Thoughtful Possibly the Japs have considerately postponed the "decisive battle" that has been pending for some time in order that the forthcoming battle at St. Louis migiht not be crowded off the first page.—Detroit Free Press. And Will Vote to Give Jt One The Chicago platform affirms that the Republicans have done so much in the past eight years that the country might decide that the party needs a va cation. —Baltimore Sun. Is Almost Certain About It Mr. Fairbanks has not yet been noti fied of his nomination, but he probably has a pretty well grounded suspicion that he's it.—Chicago Record-Herald. This Is a Wonderful Age An Indiana^man claims to be able to create life.fro^n inorganic matter. The Fairbanks, nomination is explained at last.—New York World. Does It Without Using His Voice Judge Parker still maintains his rep utation of being by all 6dds the most fluent listener now before the public.— Boston Herald. Bring on the Old Problems "What's'inn, name?" Well, look at John Sharp Williams and then look at George Fred-—Philadelphia Inquirer. This -fe Getting ta Be Awful It seems' 1 to, 1 be generally overlooked that President Roosevelt is also a ten nis flend.-j-Baltimcre Herald. TODAY'S WEATHER ; WASHINGTON, "D. C, - July Fore , cast for Friday and Saturday:. -. . -Minnesota—Showers - Friday; Saturday fair and warmer; light to fresh northeast ; winds, becoming southeasterly. --.-.-■ [•i: Upper» Michigan—Fair Friday and Sat urday; light variable winds. . lowa —Occasional showers Friday Sat urday' fair. .;.*:. . <- f ' ' Wisconsin—Showers in the west portion Friday and Saturday; fair in east; light :to fresh northeast winds. - . rv North Dakota and Montana— Friday '■ and Saturday. " * ..: 'W..^ - , South Dakota—Fair. and warmer Friday > and ■ Saturday.. ■; ';. . -'• : t : .", ■ --^ . ,■ . | St. !/'"; Paul — Yesterday's observations, : taken by the- United States weather bu il reau, St. Paul," W. E. Oliver, observer, for the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock i last: night—Barometer I corrected ! for tenj ; perature and elevation. - Highest tempera : ture, 73; lowest • temperature, 62; j average ■ temperature, 66; daily range. 11; barom |- eter, 30.06; humidity, .86; precipitation, > .02; 7 p. :m. temperature, 67; 7 p. m. ■ wind, ■ north; weather, cloudy.- .■;■".'•' . •*, : ..- '; y - Yesterday's Temperatures—■ - , ■■-.:■- -; '.". L' -. * ;-7-. BpmHigh! ■■-- 7 ■s;': *■?'. BpmHigh Alpena 66 72'Martjuette 5S 64 . Bismarck ' .....72 7.72 Memphis. • .... 78 - 84 , Buffalo . .;*.... 68 74? Medicine Hat. 90 96 •Boston : .7.. r. 66 .; 74'Milwaakee ':T. 6? ■ 68 Chicago ......58 62;Minnedosa % ...72 76 Cincinnati: .'..,60 84 Montreal. .....70. 78 Cleveland '. r : T 6B ; 72'Moorhead ;:.: 68 74 ! Denver .V. '...1 60 70' New Orleans..76 " SS. ■: Dcs Moines'...66 1 70|New York .;. 74 •. 8& ■- Detroit . .- T ..'.74 ; 74iOmaha v.V: 68 6S ;Duluth ....62 G4; Philadelphia. .72 8° ET Paso ..:.:.\92 i *S|Pittsbarpr &££ 74 ISO l Escanaba .!..".70 >Appelle : ...78 Bfi, • Galveston ......82 86S. Francisco .58 58 Grand Rapids, '■ 72 c '.76!St." "; Louis ■ . '. .80 82 ! Green Bay^v.^egr 7?Salt Lake '.'.r: 78 '-84 Havre . :fir. 192 < 92JSan Antonio .8-1 '£ 9t> : Helena *.."..,: 84; 86! S. ,Ste. f Marie. 6« '7S Huron-.■.■• i.°."'62*;64lWasbington .74 ' g& : Jacksonville v 76': &O]Wlnnipeg .;.: 70 72 Los Angeles. -.68 76 : • :.>.:- .:;-.'. ;"• ■. ♦Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul). .' River Bullets— 1: -"- :..-.'_ f." _V »■ --. - - i , Danger. Garage. Change in L; ■ ■■'- . . - Line. Reading.-,'; 24 Hours L ; St. Paul ..,..*...14 -' -.4.8-:,-- ■ - _» 1 ■La Ciosise ..'.*..,. 10 U'^ 6.2 .- ■;.^.:: —0 1 Davenport ..;..... .15 - .>-: 5.7. -" —0 1 St. f Louis . 5.;...50;.'•'•• --21.0, •■ — o'& —Fall. The Mississippi : will fall* slowly ?in the vicinity of § St."; .Paul "- during. the next j thirty-six hours. «■ —- - At St. Paul Theaters « — .. . .. There will be but two more per formances- of "Catherine" at the Grand this week by Miss Percy Haswell and the George Fawcett company, a per-' formance tonight at 8:15 and a mat inee tomorrow at 2:30. For the final performance Saturday evening a change of bill will take place and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" will be presented again by request. Commencing next Sunday evening Hall Caine's famous religious drama, "The Christian," will be the bill that the Fawcett company will offer for the fifth week's engagement at the Grand. This play should prove the biggest drawing card of the company's reper toire. The Twenty-first Infantry band will give the following concert programme this evening at Fort Snelling: March—"Grand Reunion" Zimmerman Overture—"William Tell" Rossini VI fltz— 'Mercedes" Trlnkaus Selection—"Trovatore" Verdi (a) Intermezzo—'Forget Me Not'— ... . . Macbeth (b> Air de Ballet—"Titania" ....Sired Medley of College Songs arr. Tobani Grand March— "Tannhauser" Wagner What the Editors Say The now assured defeat of Mr. Hearst in the Democratic national con vention, ihe practical assurance that he will not have enough delegates to dictate the platform or to prevent the nomination of a man diametrically op posite to himself, even with the aid of the two-thirds rule, is good news to the country as well as to the Demo cratic parts'. For it would have been a national disgrace had such a man as this been presented to the voters as a candidate for the highest office, even though th.ere was not the slightest possibility of his election.—Red Wing Republican. Congressman McCleary believes in revising the tariff—upward. We as sume that the schoolmaster congress man believes the tariff is not high enough, and that the people are not paying enough for their household needs. McCleary at least is logical. If the tariff is a good thing, why not give us lots of it? If a 50 per cent tax is beneficial, why shouldn't a 100 per cent tax be better?:—Red Lake Courier. The Minnesota Democrats acted wisely last week in their state conven tion, held in Duluth, when they ceased their wrangling and contention and and peacably elected delegates and uncomplainingly accepted, the re sult. If the convention had acted as judiciously in the beginning as it did towards its close, it would have been a credit to the party in this state. — Faribault Pilot. The Democrats of South Dakota are looking for a good dresser as their candidate for governor, and then they will open up their campaign against Sam Elrod against whom the awful charge is brought that his clothes don't fit. Sam should get his trousers creased at once. This would spike the cannon of the opposition.—Sioux Falls Argus-Leader. Some of the state papers, published in localities where there are no wolves, advocate the repeal of the wolf bounty law. If there is to be no restraint on wolves, then the game laws should also be repealed, so that the people would have at least an equal show with the wolves. —Duluth Herald. Swan J. Turnblad, editor of the great Swedish newspaper, Svenska Amer ikanska Posten, can be elected gov ernor of Minnesota on the Democratic ticket by 25,000 majority. He is a gen tleman of ability and character, fitted by nature and education to discharge the duties of chief executive. —Fair- mont Sentinel. Now let it be some years before w& hesr Steams county asking for any thing more at a Democratic conven tion. Two alternates at large to a na tional Democratic convention, at the same time, should satisfy her far sev eral years to come.—Wabaaha Herald. The Dunn convention knifed every Van Sant appointee. Justice Douglas and Attorney General Donahower are among the slain. "Bob" has promised to bounce ill who are left. —St. Cloud Times. T Among the Merrymakers f o « Appropriate '.'What are you doing?" asks the hus band, watching his wife snipping into some goods with her scissors. "Cutting out my spring suit." . He laughs merrily at her. "Good joke on you," he says. "You have mtViaker a map of the war In Man • churia for the pattern." "It will .not make so much difference." she smiles, putting some more £* ns in her mouth. "It is to have a Russian blouse effect." —Judge. No We* Nip, Either "Yes, sir." said the sad-tooking citizen, "I had an awful time last night with the mosquitoes. I would feel one of them nip me and then, thinking, perhaps I had left a place for them to enter. I'd get up and tuck the bar in. It was no use. Soon an other one would nip. and I'd tuck the bar some more. In fact it was 'nip and tuck' all night with me!"— New Orleans Times- Democrat. The Limit of Statesmanship "I think, my dear," remarked the party boss-, "I have found" a man to sweep the state." 'Fine," she replied; "but can you find a girl to sweep- the parlor?" Confronted once more with this issue, the strong frame of the great statesman shook with anguish.—New York Sun. Insufficient Cause "There, mamma, I don't believe that your friend, Mrs. Newly, was to the man ner born." "Hush. dear. She's worth three mil lions in her own right." "That's hardly enough to justify a woman in trying to eat soft-boiled egg 3 with a fork."—Detroit Free Press. A Lie Nailed Cassidy—l suppose ye heard the news about Flannery. Casey—Phhat news? Cassidy—He was drownded this mam Casey—l don't believe -it Shure, I was talkin' to him yistherd'y an' he niver sed a word about it.—Philadelphia Press. A Coined Word Short —Meet me at the club this even : ing and Til take you arotmd and intro duce you to my nnancee. Long—Oh. you mean your fiancee. Short —I mean just what I said. She is worth $150,000 in her own right.—Chicago News. Unworshiped When he tried to buy up the censor. The latter replied: "No, the yen, sir, Though respected, perhaps, Is not worshiped by Japs. Don't mention the 'subject again, sir." —Fnck. The Fields Wfl] Provide Be thankful to the fields!— When summer days are sped; It is their fleece that clothes you— Their green blades bring you bread! —Atlanta Constitution.* A Misunderstanding Mrs. Newpop—Why don't yotl stop ■whipping the child; you make it hOßer. . Mr, Newpop—l'm Hckrnx it to make It stop hollering.—Chicago Journal. <s>— ■-,■• ■•^ : -,:::--.-- -■. , .: - _-„ ■-—^— k ~~ ' ~~ —"~ " y-^rr —r— —-— : —< . WHMEN CAUGHT UNDER FALLING WALL Charles A. Frarizen's Life Is Crushed Out by Stone Foundation Charles A. Franzen, 2402 Tenth ave nue south, was instantly killed, ana Herman GuTbrandsen, 11031£ Seventh street south, seriously injured, by a falling wall at Ninth avenue south and Third street, yesterday morning. Dr. Irvine, deputy coroner, who visited the scene of the fatal accident, stated em phatically that the man's death was due to gross negligence on the part of the contractor, who ordered his men to dig along an eight-foot stone foun dation of the Minnesota Linseed Oil and Paint company's elevator, whil<> no braces were used to support the wall. The men were employed in exca vating for the building which is to be erected for the United States Radiator company and the oil paint company building adjoins the excavation. The foreman ordered Franzen and Gul brandsen to work next to this founda tion and they had reached a depth of about three feet below the base of the foundation wall when the sandy soil gave way and Franzen was caught beneath tons of rock. His body was badly mangled. Gulbrandsen was far ther away and his only injury was in the shape of a collision with a flying stone, which resulted m a concussion of the hip. He was taken to the city hospital. Coroner Williams is determined to find out if the foreman ordered the man to this place while it was obvious ly dangerous and while the law will not permit him to hold an inquest over the body of Frarrzen, he will make as thorough an investigation as the law will allow. The wall which fell was built of heavy stone and was eight feet high and fifteen feet long. The coroner be lieves that it was a matter of gross carelessness on the part of the con tractor not to have used braces to sup port the wall while the excavating -was under way. Mr. Overby, the fore man, stated to the deputy coroner that he had been instructed by the con tractor to excavate at the point where the cavein occurred and he put the men to work there. The coroner was unable to interview the contractor H Fergstadt, yesterday, but he will be called in to explain the matter today. Franzen had been on the work but two days and boarded with Mrs. Swan son, whose husband was killed a few weeks ago on Park avenue by having a load of wood fall on him. ROBBED WHILE COUNTING COIN Masked Man Takes $20 Away From Restaurant Proprietor While counting- over his money, just before closing for the night, W. N. Webster, proprietor of a restaurant at 2535 Hiawatha avenue, was held up and robbed by a masked man Wednes day about midnight. The booty" amounted to $20. Detectives wne at once detailed on the case, and they decided from the description given by Webster that it was one of the many tramps that have infested the railroad yards in the vi cinity for several days. A crusade has been started against the gang.' Societies at Sangarfest The Normaende?ie, the Kjernlf and the Danish societies of the North western Scandinavian singers are in attendance at the eighth biennial San garfest which opened in Grand Forks, N. D., yesterday. The three Minne apolis societies number about seven ty-five members. Over four hundred members of the association, representing Minneapolis, St. Paul, La Crosse, Decorah, Fort Dodge and Chicago were in attendance at the opening sesion . The sangarfest Hill continue during the balance of the week. KANSAS IS AGAIN FLOOD STRICKEN Continued From First Paze feet and a half higher than at present, when it will begin to subside rapidly. , Other Rivers Rise West and southwest of here in Kan sas and Oklahoma serious conditions exist, although North Topeka, where many were drowned in last year's flood, and from which hundreds fled today, is gradually resuming its normal condi tion. At Wichita, Emporia and Win field, the Cottonwood, the Neosho and the Arkansas rivers are causing the most disastrous flood in the history of these places, and it is believed the worst is yet to come. All Kansas streams are high and thousands of acres of rich farming land has already been inundated, causing losses to crops that will run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Farmers at a dozen different points have been forced to flee from their homes, driving their cattle before them and taking their horses and what botrsehold goods could be gotten to gether quickly to higher ground. Seven Have Perished As far as known tonight seven lives have been lost, one at Wichita, Kan., and six at Clinton, Okla. The wife and two children of Case Weeds, a police man at Wichita, reported drowned to day, were rescued. Railroad service south and west of Kansas City is demoralized, numerous washouts being reported and trains on the Rick Island, the Santa Fe r the Union Pacific and the Missouri Pacific are stalled. The first break in the river came at midnight at Armourdale. Here are situated five big packing plants and half a dozen large manufacturing plants, besides the storage depart ments of the Standard Oil and the National Oil companies, railway shops and the Badger Lumber yards. Six Are Drowned OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., July 7.— A waterspout, accompanied by terrific wind, passed through Clinton and vi cinity last midnight. Six persons were killed and several injured. The dead: MRS. BAKER and three children. MR. AND MRS. JOHN FLENNER. All were drowned. Report from Arapahoe, Weather ford, Geary, Cordell, Anadakro and other points in Western Oklahoma tell of great damage by flood. WOMEN MAY W DRINKBJN SALOON Judge Dickinson Says They Have the Same Rights as the Men Judge Dickinson, in the police court, yesterday morning handed down a de cision to the effect that women have a right to enter saloons and drink with out being arrested for vagrants" Rose Hofkis. Josie Smith and Lily Olson were arraigned on the charge of vagrancy and the evidence was that they were habitual frequenters of sa loons. The judge stated that as long as the women were not of objectionable character he could not find them guil ty of the charge. In dismissing the case, he,said: "Women have a perfect legal right to walk into a saloon and get a drink." DROWNS HERSELF IN LAKE MINNETONKA Mrs. Isabella C. Marston, a Widow 66 Years Old, Commits Suicide Mrs. Isabella C. Marston, 624 Ninth street south, committed suicide yes terday afternoon by jumping into Lake Minnetonka off Breezy point. She was in her sixty-sixth year, an«T her husband, Moses Marston, "has been dead for several years. The matter was hushed up as much as possible and did not reach the coroner's office until a late hour last night. No reason for the act could be found. She was sup posed to be in comfortable circum stances financially, and a friend of the family, when se\i last night, said that he believed it was due to general de pression over the -death of her hus band. TRIAL OF SHEVLIN CASE IS RESUMED Defense Tries to Show That Brother of Thomas Knew Value of Timber After an adjournment of five days the Sheviin brothers case was re sumed in Judge Simpson's court yes terday morning, and the day was spent by Defendant Thomas Sheviin trying to prove that E. C. Sheviin knew the value of the timber owned by the Crookston and St. Hilaire companies at. the time he transferred his stock to his brother. E. C. Sheviin was on the stand, and Judge Lancaster subjected him to a severe cross-examination. Letters written by the witness to his brother were introduced to show that he was well acquainted with the details of the business of the two companies and that he had confidence in the future of that section of the state. TO LOWER LAKE OF THE ISLES Latest Plan Is to Drain Portion of It Through Sewsr The park board is still considering the requests of the citizens in the neighborhood of Kenwood and Lake of« the Isles in regard to lowering the level of that lake, but a scheme put before the body by Aid. Sehoonmaker to con , nect the lake with the Twenty-seventh street sewer and lower it in that man ; ncr, without affecting either Calhoun or Harriet, win probably settle the matter. The water in the Lake .of thft Isles has been so high that it has been a constant menace to the abutting property and the boulevard, and the plan at first discussed by the board was to lower all three of the lak*>s but this did not meet with the ap proval of the residents around Harriet and Calhoun, who were perfectly satis fled with the lakes at their present level. The plan to drain the overflow ing lake through the sewer is a feasi ble one and will undoubtedly be adopted by the park board in the near future. JAPS LOSE FIGHT AT LANTYANSAN Continued From First Page stan vanguard, to fall back. A whole brigade of Japanese with masses of cavalry, followed and occupied the village of Nan Tay, driving out two companies of Russian infantry and two companies of Cossacks who were in trenched there. The Japanese ar rived within five miles of Kaichou. It was then nightfall. Gen. Samsonoff made a heroic attempt to check i%t Japanese, galloping out with guns to shell the Japanese left and inflicting great loss to them, trut fearing his re treat would be out off he fell back and is now holding Kaichou. Are Near Port Arthur CHIFU, July 7.— A trustworthy Chinaman,who arrived here today from a point on the east coast of Liaotung peninsula, near Port Arthur, brings the information that on July 5 one division of the Japanese army reached the northeast slope of the Takusjan moun tain, the top of which is less than three milea from Port Arthur. F«ught No Batik ST. PETERSBURG, July 7.—The war office denies that a battle is in progress, as reported by the Liau yang correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, who, in a dispatch under today's date, said that a severe battle was proceeding twenty-five miles from there. Cholera Threaten* Armies WASHINGTON, D. C, July 7. — A cable report from Minister Allen at Seoul points to the existence of a great danger to both belligerent armies in Manchuria. He says that he has learn ed from a missionary surgeon that cholera has crossed Manchuria and ap peared at Antung. HEARST IS SAID TO HAVE SPENT FORTUNE New York Paper Says His Political Am bit ion Has Cost Him $1,400,000 Special to The Globe NEW YORK. July 7.—The World says thaf to date Hearst's efforts to secure the presidential nomination have cost him $1,400,000.