THE WEATHER
St. Paul and Vicinity— Fair and
warmer.
Minnesota —Fair, warmer in eastern
portion today; rain Sunday.
VOL. XXVII.—NO. 240
MERRIAM COMPANY
IS IN TROUBLE
COURT APPOINTS TEMPO
RARY RECEIVER
So Much Friction Develops in the
International Mercantile Agency,
According to the Complaint, That
It Cannot Continue Business Prof
itably as at Present Conducted
Special to The Globe
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—The Inter
national Mercantile agency, the
$8,000,000 corporation which went into
the hands of the sheriff yesterday on
an attachment is§ued on a claim for
$54,220, made by former President
Thomas N. McCauley, is in more
trouble. On application of Newell W.
Bliss. Judge Enright, of Jersey City,
appointed George R. Beach, of that
< ity, temporary receiver, and in a
sweeping order restrained the officers
from exercising airy of the privileges
and franchises of the company until
Sept. 6 next, when the matter will
'■nine up in the court of chancery for
argument.
In the affidavit of the applicant
Bliss states the International Mercan
tile company is insolvent, that the ef
fects in the office in New York" have
been seized in attachment and are now
in the possession of the sheriff; that
the company is without funds or credit
necessary to resume with safety to
the public and advantage to its stock
holders. Because of this and the fact
that the widely scattered assets of the
any are likely to be dissipated
unless a receiver is at once appointed,
as stated, application is made.
The application of today was pre
cipitated by the McCauley suit. The
directors include some of the best
known New Yorkers and Canadians
in the financial and commercial
world. Friction came when the com
pany, under McCauley's guidance, was
la follette works
muinst babcock
Governor Is Reported In a Deal
to Defeat the Wisconsin
Congressman
Special to The Globe
MADISON. Wis., Aug. 26. —It is free
ly charged, and there are apparent
reasons for the belief, that Gov. La
Follette has entered a deal to defeat
rongressman J. W. Babcock. chair
man of the Republican national con
gressional campaign committee, for re
election in the Third district of Wis
consin.
At the Democratic nominating con
vention in Viroqua yesterday Herman
Grotophorst, of Baraboo, president of
%he state board of control and a Dem
ocratic appointee of Gov. La Follette,
was nominated to run against Con
gressman Babcock. Mr. Grotophorst
ia well known-as a La Follette "fair
minded" Democrat and as being in
sympathy with the political measures
advocated by Gov. La Follette and op
posed by Congressman Babcock. In
the Republican congressional campaign
in the Third district last February Gov.
La Follette waged a bitter "favorite
son" campaign against Mr. Babcock,
but there were small results of it in
the nominating convention in Baraboo.
March 3, Mr. Babceek receiving the
nomination. That fight was made by
the governor on the announced basis
of Mr. Babcock being a prorailroad
congressman and for the understood
reason that the congressman opposed
the measures being struggled for in
this state by the executive.
It is learned that T. L. Cleary, of
Platteville, who was a leading candi
date for the nomination secured by
iff. Grotophorst yesterday, had an ar
rangement with St£t« Senator O. G.
Munson, of Viroqua, a La Follctte
man, to swing the La Follette voters
in the -Third district to the Democratic
nominee and it is believed that the
same arrangement will be carried out
In liivor of Mr. Grotophorst.
FALL FROM BUGGY IS
FATAL TO FRANK KELLY
Dies at His Home as Result of Accident
at Fair Grounds
Frank Kelly, aged forty-six years, died
at his home yesterday, 335 Edmund street,
as the result of an accident that occurred
Monday.
While riding at the state fair grounds
he was thrown from the buggy and badly
Injured about the abdomen. The attend
ing physicians advised that he go to the
hospital and undergo an operation, but
he refused to do so.
Kelly was quite well known as a musi
cian, having for several years appeared
in a- number .of local orchestras.
IKE CKLY GENICCRATJC DAILY AXWSF4Ff» CF GENERAL. CIRCULATION /A* THE NORTHWEST 1 *^'^
THE ST. PAUL GLOBff
beginning to prosper. Various causes
have been assigned for the trouble, but
the principal reason appears to have
been jealousy between the American
and Canadian directors over which
faction should dominate the company.
In the end McCauley resigned and
William C. Lane, president of the
Standard Trust company, was elected
president. Lane is now in Europe.
Before he went away he resigned, but
his resignation was not accepted;
It is understood McCauley was ask
ed to take the presidency again and
-,vas about to do so when he discovered
that while he was out of office the
running expenses of the company had
exceeded some $25,000 or $27,000. He
did not believe the concern could pros
per under such circumstances, and not
only refused to take the presidency,
but decided to press a claim for the
balance of a loan of almost half a
million dollars which he had made the
company while he was at its head.
Some of the directors are William R.
Merriam. ex-governor of Minnesota:
Delos P. Phelps, former assistant
treasurer of the United States;. J. B.
Foraker Jr., George W. Sadler, Ross
M. Turner and Edward L. Gould. Mr.
McCauley said:
"When I resigned from the com
pany ample funds and assets were on
hand to meet not only all liabilities,
but to carry on the development of
business successfully. Some friction
developed in March between myself
and the board of directors, as a result
of which I resigned."
MAYOR PROCLAIMS
Urges Citizens to Attend Fair
on St. Paul Day
Mayor Smith yesterday issued a
proclamation calling attention to St.
Paul day at the state fair, which is
Tuesday of next week, urging that all
business houses close at least a por
tion of the day, and ordering the city
offices closed during the afternoon. The
mayor says:
•'The Minnesota state fair for 1904
opens on next Monday, and the State
Agricultural society has set apart the
following day, Tuesday, Aug. 30, as St.
Paul day.
"I accordingly urge on our people
that so far as possible all places of I
business shall on that day be closed at
least for a portion of the day; that
; citizens, so far as possible, lay aside
their usual avocations and attend the
fair. And I direct that on that day all
city offices be closed during the after
noon.
"The good name and welfare of the
city, as capital of the state, de« Mind
that the attendance at the fair on St.
Paul day shall be as large as possi
ble."
Populist Ticket in Colorado
COLORADO SPRINGS. Col., Aug. 2<v
—The state convention of the People's
party today nominated a ticket. The
candidate for governor is Judge Frank
W. Owers.
THE NEWS INDEXED
PAGE I
Kuropatkin Again Attacked
Gov. Merriam's Company in Trouble
New Route to Gulf Pleases Millers
La Follette Tries to Defeat Babcock
PAGE II
Rivers and Harbors Committee Enter
tained
PAGE 111
Minneapolis Mattel's
Dunn Stirs Up Republicans
PAGE IV
Editorial Comment
Woman Would Be a Special Police Of
ficer
Funeral of James M. Smith
PAGE V
In the Sporting World
PAGE VI
News of the Railroads
News of the Northwest
PAGE VII
Of Interest to Women
Review of Trade
PAGE VII i
Progress cf irrigation
Popular Want* ___
PAGE IX
Financial and- Commercial
PAGE X
Fire Board Selects First Assistant
Chief
Globe's Good Shepherd Relief Fund
Increases
Examination of Stine Proceeds
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST -27, 1904—TEN PAGES
MUNROE LASTS TWO ROUNDS
BEFORE MIGHTY JEFFRIES
Butte Miner Makes Miserable Showing and Is Beaten About the Ring From Gong to
Gong—Huge Crowd Hisses Fallen^ Fight*F When Still Dazed He Protests
Against Decision—Overcome by Shame Defeated Pugilist Hurries
Away From the Scene of Blasted Aspirations
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 26.—
Like the veriest amateur in the prize"
ring 1, Jack Munroe, of Butte, Mont.,
went down and out before Champion
James Jeffries tonight in the second
round. The man from the mining dis
trict made so extremely sorry a show
ing that the great throng in Mechanics
Pavilion roundly hooted him as* he
protested to Referee Graney against
the decision that had been given in
favor of Jeffries.
The two giants had not been in the
ring two minutes when it was fore
seen that the aspirations of Munroe
would be quickly disposed . of. The ,
miner was scared and awkward and
Jeffries in the first round had him
twice on the canvas taking the count.
Jeffries directed his bombardment
against the stomach of his opponent \
and each shot was followed by a blow <
on the jaw that sent Munroe to his
knees. Jeffries went back to his cor- ,
ncr after the opening round with a ■
sneer and a laugh on his swarthy face,
while Munroe's seconds busied them- .
selves with- smelling salts and restora
tives. When the two came together '
for the second round the laugh on the .
champion's visage changed to a look ■
of determination that boded ill to the '
miner.
Beaten to a Pulp
Forty-five seconds after the gon^
sounded Munroe was lying on the floor,
a bloody, bruised mass of humanity,
with Jeffries standing over him, ready,
if necessary, to put the quietus on the
championship ambitions of his adver
sary- The miner was too dazed to rise
to his feet and the timekeepers counted
him out, but the husky man from
GIRL MAY WEAR A
CARNEGIE MEDAL
Miss Gertrude Sawyer's Friends Seek
to Have Her Bravery Recognized
MARINETTE, Wis., Aug. 26.—Miss
Gertrude Sawyer may wear a Carnegie
medal for her bravery in piloting her
party of children across Green bay in
a rowboat on Thursday, during a heavy
sea, when the waves were twenty or
thirty feet high and all steamers re
mained in port. It was her courage
and nerve that saved the lives of th£
entire party, as she remained at the
oars until her hands were raw, taking
charge of the boat and keeping up the
spirits of all by assuming a light
heartedness she did not feel. Her
friends will send a full account of her
exploit to the trustee of the Carnegie
fund and ask that she be granted the
highest honor.
POLITICAL FABLES
Mi
Once up a time a Gabby'"Cid-Farty posed as a Public Benefactor. This Benevolent Assimilator proposed to
build a Fountain of Perpetual Wealth, in wEich fcr°*«J^ intimated that ihs Common Person might wallow. The
gilded prospectus looked good, and the People aliowea-T&Sl^to proceed. When the Fountain --VriS finished it
proved to be a source of great wealth, and-.Che Benevolent Being- s^^l° ualy permitted the Common Person lo
hear the Splash.
Moral: When looking a gift horse in the mouth observe the teeth.
Southern California did not under
stand that victory was already his,
bh could Munroerealize that his pugi
listic star had so early act. and the
two men, in a moment w two, were
CHAMPION JEFFRIES
"Who Quickly Demonstrated His
Right to the Title
facing one another and Jeffries landed
a terrific blow on the jaw of his stag
gering opponent.
It was at this time that Graney came
forward and ordered Jeffries away,
telling him that the fight was ended in
PROPOSE MASSACRE
Killing of "Foreign Devils" Is
Urged in China
LONDON, Aug. -OS.—The Tlen-tsin
correspondent of tire Standard says
that placards have bc?n discovered at
Tsinanfu (in the province of Shan
tung), urging the massacre of "foreign
devils after the seventh moon," and
that tlie native Christians are fleeing.
Dies a Hero's Death
ATLANTIC CITY. "^NF. J., Aug. 26. —
Alfred Davis,, one r of the oldest life
s^uards in the servict, was drowned to
day while attempting to rescue a
bather who had gone beyond, his depth.
The bather was being carried out by
the treacherous undertow when Life
Guard Conover went to his assistance.
his favor. Munroe tottered to his cor
ner with blood streaming from his face
and fell into his chair dazed and help
less. His seconds immediately began
working on him to freshen him and
when he came to a realization that the
fight had gone against him he arose
and, going over to Referee Graney, be
gan to protest.
Crowd Jeers Munroe
The crowd understood from his pre
testing gesticulations the purport of
his talk to Graney, and a mighty vol
ume of jeering and hissing evidenced
the sentiment of the spectators, many
of whom had placed money on the
miner that he would stay at least
double the number of rounds before
the champion.
From the time the bell rang for the
commencement of ths, battle to the
time that the count of ten had been
uttered against Munroe, only four min
utes and forty seconds had elapsed.
The fight demonstrated, if nothing else,
that the world has yet to produce a
pugilist who will displace James J.
Jeffries as champion of the world.
A great throng witnessed the con
test. Estimates of the number in at
tendance range from 7.000 to 9,000, and
it is believed that the gate receipts will
approximate $35,000.
The miner's showing 1 was a disap
pointment to those who had the con
fidence that he would at least re
peat in some degree his performance
in Butte when Jeffries failed to put
him out in four rounds. In the first
few moments of the opening round
he made some show of aggressive-
Continued on Fifth Page
INDIAN OFFICIALS
CHANGE POSITIONS
One Loses $400 Annually Thereby,
While the Other Gains
Globe Special Washington Service.
1417 G Street
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 26.—
was announced at the Indian burea
today - that an exchange of positions
has been effected between Jesse F.
House, for some yetirs supervisor of
Indian schools for the district em
bracing lowa Nebraska and South Da
kota, and Samuel B. Davis, superin
tendent of Indian schools at Rapid
City, S. D. The exchange was made at
the special request of Mr. House and
acquiesced in by Supt. Davis.
In making this change Mr. House
sacrifices $400 per annum in salary and
Mr. Davis gains a like addition to his
annual income. Mr. Davis will, as did
Mr. House, make his headquarters at
Sioux City, lowa.
—Walter E. Clark.
PEICE TWO CENTS SvFce'nts
URGES THE KAISER
TO BE MEDIATOR
FRENCH SYMPATHIZER OF
RUSSIA SPEAKS
Acknowledges the Military Superiority
of the Japanese and That Russia
Has No Show—Japs Resume the
Attack Upon Kuropatkin With Vigor
Special Cable to The Globe
PARIS, Aug. 28.—A military man of high rank and a Rus
sian sympathizer in an interview acknowledged the Japanese
superiority pertaining to military operations in the East and
that everything is lost to Russia. He urges the kaiser to act
as mediator to bring peace.
ASSAIL KUROPATKIN AGAIN
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 26. After four weeks' interval
the Japanese have resumed their advance against Gen. Ku
roj^atkin's positions. The opposing armies are in contact east
and south of Liau-yang and fighting has been in progress
since Wednesday. The advices at hand are too meager to
enable the officials to form a correct opinion as to whether
it will result in a general engagement, but the extent and
character of the Japanese movement leads to that conclusion.
Since the rains ceased a week ago, there have been con
tinued intimations that Gen. Kuropakin was about to asssum%
the offensive, but instead of that, it was the Japanese who
attacked the Russian commander's eastern and southern po
sitions. A Japanese column 30,000 strong was reported on
Tuesday to be marching up the right bank of the Lianhe river
which would^seem to indicate that three Japanese armies are
co-operating in enveloping three sides of Liau-yang.
CHOSEN FIELD OF BATTLE
It appears that Gen. Kuropatkin selected Tantziaputzy as
the point for his attempt to drive the wedge into Kuropatkin'3
outer defenses at Anping and^Liandiansian, which are sit
uated respectively ten miles northwest and southwest of
Tantziaputzy, the latter being on the Lianhe river, eight miles
above the confluence of the Taitse river, whence a mountain
ridge runs westward. The fact that the Japanese are prepar
ing pontoons at the Taitse river was noted.in these dispatches
several days ago. The capture of this bridge will be the first
-obstacle ot the Japanese and doubtless will entail severe fight
ing, in which the Japanese probamy are counting on the su
periority of their mountain guns.
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CONCLUDE TO WAIT
New York Democrats Will First
See What Republicans Do
Special to The Globe
NEW YORK, Aug. 26. —David B. Hill
spent today in the city and held con
ferences with Sheehan, State Chair
man Meyer, Executive Chairman Mc-
Carren and other state leaders. As a
result of these conferences the Demo
cratic managers have agreed upon a
waiting policy in the state campaign.
There will be no serious lining up on
the governorship, it is assured, until
after the Republican state convention
has been held. Nor will the Demo
cratic managers decide upon their
course regarding nominations for the
court of appeals. The question of
nominating at the state convention a
candidate for Depew's place in the
United States senate will also be held
in abeyance. Hill said that New York
state would certainly be carried by
Judge Parker and that only bad judg
ment could prevent the election of the
entire Democratic ticket.
Chairman Sheehan took active
charge of affairs today at the execu
tive committee j-oom and received a
steady stream of politicians from New
York as well as from other states.
Coh Henry Watterson, of the Louis
ville < 'ourier-Journal, was at head
quarters conferring with Vice Chair
man Deiancey Nicol and Secretary
Woodson regarding the coming con
vention of Democratic editors in New
York city. Mr. Watterson and other
prominent Democratic newspaper men
have taken an interest in this matter.
It is expected that from 1,000 to 1,200
I editors will be present.
STEAM TURBINE
WORKS TO A CHARM
Naval Engineering Experts Make a
Satisfactory Examination
WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 26.—A
board of naval engineering experts has
just completed a thorough examina
tion of the Turbina, one of the latest
developments in the use of the steam
turbine as applied to vessels. The per
formance of the Turbina w>as regarded
as highly satisfactory. There was a
complete absence of vibration, a most
important consideration in gun point-
ing- and in the comfort of the crew.
Almost no repairs are necessary to the
engines, there being no friction except
in a few bearings. There is no pound
ing and thudding of engines, nothing
but a soft rush of steam through the
pipes, so that noise is suppressed, an
other valuable consideration in naval
combats. The engine room force is
largely reduced, additional coal carry
rng-vn££Ci Ty *s gained by the reduction
of weight of the engHte»-£r:d the center
of grayity is lowered through the mo
tors being placed just above the keeL
READ THE GLOBE
THE ONLY LIVE NEWSPAP=*
IN ST. PAUL
HILL'S m ROUTE
BOON TO MILLERS
Connections With the Gulf Give
New Outlet for European
Trade
"If Mr. Hill contemplates any suoh
plan," said William C. Edgar, editor of
the Northwestern Miller yesterday, "it
will be a great boon to the Northwest
and no one will appreciate it more than
the Minneapolis millers. It will make
them independent of the Atlantic sea
board and will permit them to handle
their output more advantageously."
Mr. Edgar was discussing the report
that the Burlington road proposed to
construct terminal facilities costing over
$1,000,000 at Kansas City for the pur
pose of handling grain and grain prod
ucts_from the Northwest which were to
be shipped to the gulf ports for export
to Europe over line's in which Mr. Hill
is more or less interested.
"I think this plan should be welcom
ed and not opposed. It will make the
Minneapolis millers independent of the
Eastern trunk lines and will, in a meas
ure, obviate the great blockades which,
we have had every fall for several
years, it will be possible for the grain
man and flour manufacturer to take
advantage of the most advantageous
route.
Need Another Route
"We have needed another route to
the seaboard. We are at present com
pelled to ship over great railroad sys
tems already congested with local traf
fic and when navigation closes it is a
matter of guess work when consign
ments get through. With another road
we will be more independent.
"Minneapolis has nothing to fear at
the hands of Mr. HilL He is as anxioOS'
-for the upbuilding of the Northwest as
any man and he is as anxious to carry
Minneapolis flour to the seaboard as
any railroad manager.
"Mr. Hill is one of the few men who
can see ten or twenty years ahead. I
anticipate he is preparing to es
tablish trade with Europe by a new
route,_and when the Panama canal is
constructed the nearest route from
Minneapolis to the Orient will be by
the way of the canal. I am on record
as saying that before long Minneapolis
will ship more flour westward than
eastward and the opening of a mid
continent route at this time will be of
immeasurable benefit to the Minne-
apolis millers.
"There may be some wheat diverted
from Minneapolis to Kansas City, but ,
so long as Minneapolis milleps can sell
flour they will secure all the wheat
they need and Mr. Hill will be willing
to haul that flour from Minneapolis to
the tmi£ by way of Kansas City. Trie
greatest sufferers will be the railroads
east of Chicago and they have shown
every fall and winter they are in
capable of handling the through traffic
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