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2> ■were sent .up. Then sail covers were taken off the mainsails and after Captains"Barr . and Sycamore had gauged the strength of P the wind the crews of both yachts got out some number two club topsails. :; "We Bhall have a good breeze all-day," I said Captain Sycamore, "and this will be ■" more like Shamrock weather." .. ' * When asked what he thought of the ?** weather, Captain Barr said: :'■'•■';'■ "This Is great. I think we will sail a fast race to-day." .'' - '. Columbia took a line from her tug at 8 8:60 o'clock and started out for the horse -1 thoe, Shamrock following her five minutes 'later. Columbia rounded the hook ua ' der tow and started for the line, not at , tempting to put up her mainsail, although s it was an easy run down before the 'wind. Shamrock also went around under tow. When the tugs Luckenbach and Naviga tor, two of the comlmttee boats, passed at 9:25 the wind was still holding fresh and steady, the official gauge at Sandy Hook > giving the velocity as twenty'four knots l{ an hour. Should it hold, there was every M prospect that the race would be sailed In :• less than 3& hours. J; The racers were well out to the light * ship before the -vanguard of the great ex cursion fleet started down through the ' narrows, closely followed by a picturesque fcwarm^f white yachts and miscellaneous craft. When the steamer Victor arrived at the Hook with the guests of Sir Thom as 'Lipton they had an exciting time In ; being transferred in small launches from _' the transport to the yacht Erin. The sea as choppy and the small boats tossed about in a threatening manner. Soon after 10 o'clock both Columbia and Shamrock .hoisted their mainsails and ' 1 Columbia set her club topsail. By this time the wind had hauled to the north northeast, and while still blowing steadily had apparently decreased in velocity, though not enough to cause any appre . hension. On both yachts every sail seemed to set to perfection, and as the wind had slack ened a little, both captains sent up their • largest club topsails. Shamrock was first to drop her tow. At half-past ten she & broke out her jib, and, swinging away ■.on the port tack, wore around with a grand heel <m. Columbia soon followed suit and both yachts behaved magnificent ly in the splendid breeze. The excursion fleet had reached the line by this time, and the guard boats began to line them up in order to give the yachts plenty of room fur the start. Shamrock was stand ing off and on around the lightship, while Columbia was nearly a mile away, head .; ing toward the starting line. She came rapidly up, however, and by 10:45, when the preparatory gun was tired, was maneuvering back of the line. On the > committee boat signals had been set for .. a triangular course, first • leg east half I ; south; second leg southwest half south; • third leg north northwest. When the - warning gun was fired at 10:55 both yachts were headed into the wind a little to east . ward of the judges' boat, killing time. DAILY RACES : ■'■ i ... . These Are Practically Provided For liv Agreement. New York. Oct. C—The following offi cial statement has been given out by the signers: The agreement determining the conditions and governing the races for the America's ' cup, as agreed upon by the committees of the New York Yacht club and the Royal Ulster Yacht club, are hereby modified as follows: Strike out clauses beginning, "The first race shall be sailed on -Saturday, Sept. 21, 19ol," and substitute thu following: "The races 6hall be sailed on the following dates until the series bo completed, namely: Sept. 26, Sept. 28, Oct. 1 and Oct. I, 1901, and each fol- lowing day except Sunday; provided, how * , ever, that immediately on the conclusion of ' the race of Oct. 3, and of each subsequent race, -the regatta committee shall inquire ot each contestant whether he is willing to start the next day, and should either con testant reply in the negative, one day shall intervene before starting the day's race. The Sunday shall not count as such intervening . day." This agreement is signed for the New York Yacht club by Lewis Cass Leydard, chairman, and for the Royal Ulster Yacht club by R. G. Sharrnan-Crawford, vice chairman. Not Much Betting. New York, Oct. 3.—There is little betting in Wall street on the yacht races. The largest wagers reported are: H. M. Pearsall bet $1,000 to $81)0 that Columbia would win the ; series, .Maurice O'Meara, Jr., being named as the taker of the Shamrock end. F. H. . Broke bet $600 to $."nn that Columbia would win to-day (Thursday). George Weaver bet $500 even that Columbia would win the next two races, and W. B. Coster made a similar bet of $500. Perhaps Another Challenger. Glasgow, Oct. 3.—A report is current that, If .Sir Thomas Upton fails to win the Ameri ca's cup in the present contest, a syndicate of West Scotchmen will immediately chal lenge for it. ARID LANDS OF THE WEST HESTOX LEADS THE DISCUSSION OoTernment Moat Help the Individ .." ' ual—Morton, Hoard and . Andrew) Speaks. Sioux Falls, S. D.-, Oct. 3.— the! ■ morning session of the Farmers' Congress here to-day, Dr. J. W. Haston of the South Dakota college of agriculture, real a paper on "Farmers' Opportunity." He : discussed the necessity of immediate reclamation of the arid lands of the west. ; He declared that private enterprise had already accomplished all possible to be -done and nothing further could be ex pected until the general government came to the aid. He said that the government had re ceived a half billion dollars from the sale - of western lands since 1875 and thought it not unreasonable to ask that $15,000,000 be expended for ten years in the reclama tion of lands capable of supporting a population equal to the present popula tion of the United States. He declared that states could not deal with the problem and nothing could be done until the general government made , an appropriation and he urged the farmers | congress to press the matter to the atten tion of the government. ' The doctor discussed the probability of .a ; resolution (being adopted to-morrow in favor of national appropriation in aid of the irrigation of arid lands of the west. ••. Yesterday afternoon's session of the farmers' national convention developed -. the liveliest meting yet held. Charles nKight of Illinois delivered an address on "The Truth About the Oleomargarine Business." J. Sterling Morton, of Ne- \ braska, ex-secretary of agriculture; W. j . D. Hoard, ex-governor of Wisconsin, and [ many others participated in the discus- , sion which followed. : The feature of last night's session was an address on "The Farmstead Beauti bul'.'-by Dr. E. Benjamin. Andrews, chan cellor of the University of Nebraska. :.; -:'t r THE NIGHTLY BURGLARIES Two Took Place Last Nia-ht on Irv- iiiK Avenue South. In spite of the agitation over burglaries afcout Lowry Hill and Sunnyside and the consequent increased vigilance in those districts, three more houses in that part of the city have been robbed in as many nights. This morning when John W. Hughes, 1809 Irving avenue S, went down stairs he found that during the night marauders had ransacked every room on the lower floor, picking out silverware, ijewelry and clothing. The residence of F. B. Mills, 1774 Ir ving avenue, was al«o burglarized last night. The thieves secured watches and jewelry. Early Monday morning the residence of Henry A. Barnes, 1812 Emerson avenue S, was entered by burglars. They took their time and picked out several articles of jewelry, silverware, and other table ware, valued at about $100 and carried them away without molestation. The residence of George Dearborn, 2110 Girard avenue S, was broken into last night and about $75 in silverware was taken. The thieves overlooked valuable silverware lying within easy reach on the dining-room table. INVESTIGATE EVERYBODY roiitlmiPil From First I'age. were preparing to withdraw from the har bor and that Commodore Schley had com municated the facts to the squadron. It was competent, he said, to prove the con duct of the commodore under the depart ment's precept. Captain Lemly and Mr. Hanna contended that the certain effect of such questions would be to open the gates for intermin able inquiry, and that if one side should enter upon such questions, the other must also be allowed to do so. They did not object except for the time involved. o o : Captain Parker announced his : : willingness to "open the door : : wide." He wanted the entire : : matter investigated, and would : : have the search-light turned : : upon every individual from the : : commander-in-chief to the low- : : est officer under him. o o Mr. Rayner was then permitted to ask his question, which he did in the follow ing words: „; : "Was the smoke observed on July 2 by Commodore Schley communicated to the squadron?" The reply was; Smoke was observed rising In the harbor on July 2, and my impression now is and always has bt^en since that night that that information was conveyed to the commander in-chief. The witness was then requested to give a brief account of the part taken by the Brooklyn in the battle of July 5, which he did, repeating much that he had said yes terday. After ' stating the preliminaries Lieu tenant Doyle related his observations ol the 'battle in the following language: I fired the left gun first, and Halligan shortly afterward fired the right one. Then we began to load the gune again. It was necessary, then, after loading the guns a second time, to turn the turret directly ahead, as our ship was apparently shutting the enemy out by turning with a starboard helm. Immediately after firing that left gun the second time, the order was to man the starboard battery. I got out of the turret through the roof, that being the most con venient way of getting out, and crossed over to the starboard turret. As I was going in to the starboard turret I had an opportunity to see the Spanish ships. They were then a little on our starboard bow. As soon as I had charge of the controller, which up to this time had been in charge of Mr. Wood ward, I swung the turret around on to tho starboard bow. In the meantime some of our forward guns had fired. The volume of smoke was so great that It must have oocne from one of the eight-inch guns of the forward turret, so I was entirely shut out from seeing the enemy. While the guns were in this position, Mr. Mason, our executive officer, passed down the starboard gangway calling "Sharp on the starboard quarter." The interval of time from the time the guns were on the star board bow, or starboard quarter, I think must have been two minutes. I swung the guns around to the starboard quarter and then we picked up the enemy. The range at which I fired, to the best of my memory, was about 1,400 yards, and from then on it was a con stant fire, training the guns until we finally got them on the starbgard beam. The ranga increased up to 2,000 yards, and during the run, after being parallel with the Spanish ships, the range varied from about 2,300 to I.SOO. I think when the Viscaya went ashore the range was about 1,800 yards. Just im mediately before she turned in she made a sheer with her starboard helm, apparently coming roward us, tnd then immediately put halm around the other way and went in shore. Chasing: the ColoiV. . >■ , From then on it was a chase after tt-e Colon. At the time the Viscaya went ashore the Colon, by working up inside of the otHer Spanish ships, had secured a very long lead. I should say she was at least five or six miles, perhaps more, on our starbard bow, well in shore. The order was given to cease firing, and to come out of the turrets and take a "spell" during the chase of the Colon. The Oregon, during that chase and while we were on the top of the turret, was directed to try her thirteen -inch guns on the enemy, and the shots all fell short. In a little while they were tried again and came a little closer. ''!'J''^P~! ■'■' - -■ Admiral Dewey—Directed by whom? Witness —By Commodore Schley, sir, by wigwag signal, as I remember it. Admiral Dewey—You saw that signal? Witness—Yes, sir; I saw the signal being made. Admiral Bcnham—Did you read the signal? Witness —I did not, but I understood what It was, and if I am not. mistaken it was Mc- Cauley, an ensign we had on board, who made the signal himself. Shortly after this the forward turret and starboard turret of the Brooklyn were directed to load the gun* with armor-piercing shells. The forward turret was directed to flre first two shots, | which it did. The shots rfell short. Then I i was directed to flre, and I fired at a range, ias I now recall, of 6,iJ00 yards. We tried i both guns at that range. This shot fell I '■ short. We loaded again in the starboard turret, and I increased the range to 6,700 yards and fired the right gun It went a lit tle to the right of the Colon, but the range was ntj good. The Colon very shortly after that went ashore. Captain Leirly began his cross examina tion by asking the witness whether he -was as sure of the position of the actions of the Brooklyn as he had 'been of the way i the Brooklyn bad been turned on the day of the Santiago battle. The witness replied that he was more certain. He repeated his statement made yesterday that he had made the entry in the log that the vessel had been turned with a starboard helm, -when in fact it had turned with a port helm. He said he had not consulted with anyone except Com mander Sharp before he changed the en try. The questions were then asked by Mr. Hanna and -.raversed much of the same ground gone over yesterday by Captain j Lemly In the examination-in-chief. "(iimine Right Toward Us." In response to Mr. Hanna's questions Lieutenant Doyle said that upon ap proaching Santiago on the evening of May 1 28 the squadron lay to for the night about seven miles off Santiago, but he thought that the Marblehead and the Vixen were ' placed on picket duty. The log, however, j showed no record of the latter fact. Mr. Hanna cross-examined the witness I regarding his testimony bearing upon the battle of Santiago, asking him first as to the direction in which the Spanish ships were headed as they came out of the mouth of the harbor. "They were coming right toward us," tbe witness replied, "in column of vessel, almost in line, a little on our starboard t>ow. They had not then begun to turn." "Were they firing at you?" asked Mr. Hanna. "They were certainly firing in our di rection," "was the response. The witness said after that the firing was from both sides of the bows of the enemy's vessels. "How sure," asked Mr. Hanna, "do you feel of your recollection as to the way they were headed at that time?" "That is one of the things that most firmly impressed themselves on my mind,' replied the witness. At the afternoon session, testifying con cerning the events of July 3, lieutenant Doyle stated that at 9:30 a. m. of that date the Brooklyn had been 6,300 yarde from the Moro, 300 yards farther out than the position assigned. H« thought that the Brooklyn's first shot had been fired .four or five minutes after she began to move Into action. Captain Lemly asked what efforts had been made by the flying squadron to de termine the whereabouts of the Spanish fleet while the squadron lay off Clenfue gos before the arrival of Captain Mc- Calla. The witness replied there had been no effort except in making inquiries THE MINNEAPO \ JOURNAL. of the captain of the British vessel, Adula. Judge Advocate: "Do you mean that the course of the Brooklyn took her across the Spanish 'line and that she necessarily manoeuvered so as to make a turn to avoid that?" "That is what I mean." Captain William C. Dawsoa of the United States marine corps, signal officer on the Indiana during the 'battle, had noticed the nrooklyn when that vessel turned to the southward. He had sup posed the ship was injured and gone out of action. SA.HPBOM STA'Yftt OUT No Farther Effort to Ilrin X Him Into the ('me. Washington, Oct. 3.—Attorney Rayner said yesterday that Admiral Schley had summoned 47 witnesses, but he felt that it would not be necessary to examine more than half -of these. He said at the rate the department was proceeding now, the case would come to a close about the first week in November. The most important decision of the day was the announcement of Admiral Dewey that the court would permit the asking of no questions which tended to bring the blockade established by Schley in compari son with the blockade established by Sampson. This has been the policy of the court from the beginning, but there has existed up until this time a determina tion on the part of the lawyers of Schley to bring Sampson into the case. The last words Jere M. Wilson uttered before the court voiced this intention. After the decision of the court Mr. Rayner privately announced that-no more effort would be made to bring Ad miral Sampson into the ease. NAILED HIM NEATLY A Box Car Merchant Caught by tha Dairy and Food Commissioner. HE SOLD ALUM BAKING POWDER After Two. Heavy Fine* He Packed Up and Quietly Flew by Nijtlil. P. Monaghan, of Kirn, lowa, had an ex citing day's experience at Kasson yester day, as the result of a visit from W. W. P. McConnell, state dairy and food com missioner. Mr. Monaghan is one of the fraternity of "box car merchants" who have been making life miserable for the merchants of southern Minnesota. Their practice is to send agents through a community, selling groceries and other supplies at cut prices, until a car load is contracted for. The car load is then sent out from Chi cago and unloaded into some vacant build ing, from which deliveries are made. The. railroad companies will not allow them to sell from the car. These merchants stir up all sorts of trouble, forcing people to take goods they never ordered, and unloading cheap, trashy goods on the consumers. In re sponse to numerous complaints, Mr. Mc- Connell decided to get after them, and timed his visit to Kasson so as to meet Monaghan's car. He hired detectives, who purchased bak ing powder improperly labeled, and J. J. McCaughey, county attorney, hauled Mon aghan before Justice August Anderson, who fined him $50 and costs. He was im mediately arested on a simlar charge and given another |50, which he paid with loud protests. His victims w rere correspond ingly rejoiced. The baking powder was a cheap alum product and sold at 30 cents a pound, be ing worth about one-third of that amount. Mr. MeConnell had arranged to follow Monaghan up and catch him at the next stop, but he loaded up some wagons and left Kasson last night by the country road. Plans are being laid to catch other "fly-by-nights." Their business is legal except where they transgress the pure food laws and by that method the dairy and food department intends to run them out of business. WELL WORTH WHILE Minneapolis Going After the N, E. Convention in Earnest. 'TWOULD BRING THOUSANDS HERE Guarantees Are Kot Onerous and Are Practically Provided for Already. Minneapolis confidently expects to se cure the next meeting of the National Educational association. A committee will probably be named to present the in vitation and claims of the city to the executive committee of the association which meets in Chicago next week to de termine the next convention city. Busi ness men and the Commercial Club com mittee have been at work on the proposi tion ofr several days, and it is said this afternoon that the guarantees required by the association will be made without a doubt. Business men are thoroughly in terested in this convention, and while Minneapolis has some strong opposition, it is believed the claims of the city will be recognized by the committee as su perior. New applicants for the conven tion have entered the field within the past few days. It was demonstrated at the Detroit meeting that Minneapolis was the big favorite for the next meeting. A Desirable Convention. This convention is regarde das one of the most desirable gatherings from every point of view of all the conventions held in the nUited States. A conservative es timate places the number who will at tend at 10,000 and the amount of money they will leave in the city at $250,000. The total cost of the convention to the city will be between $2,500 and $3,000. The visitors wil be in session at least four days and these meetings may be continued a week. Most of the visitors will remain here a week and many of them ten days. The convention is held during vacation time and a large number, following their usual practice, will make a protracted stay here, as it is their vacation trip. This means a large amount of money spent with Minneapolis business men. STILL HUNG UP Capitol Mechanical Equipment Is Proving a Hard Problem. The state capitol commisison spent another two hours in executive session this morning without reaching a conclusion on the me chanical equipment contract. Thq discussion was resumed at 2 o'clock. W. I. Gray, O. P. Briggs of the Twin City Iron Works, and Mr. Chalmers of the Elec tric Machinery company, all of whom are interested in the bid of W. I. Gray & Co., were called in this morning and aalwd "cer tain questions." They asked until this aft ernoon to consider their repiiea. Indications are that the commission Is try ing to split the contract between W. I. Gray & Co. and Allan BlacM & Co., so as to use Minnesota-made machinery and still achieve the greatest economy. Damages for a Shock. The case of Bernard Wandersee against the Minneapolis Street Railway company is on trial before Judge Simpson and a jury. Wan dersee claims to have been permanently In jured by an electric shock while in the em ploy of the company. He sues to recover 120.Q00. At a former trial, the plaintiff se cured a verdict of $5,000. To Care a Cold In One Day- Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if It falls to cur*. E. W.Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. EVOLUTION OF GRAIN TRADE Continued Kruin Fir«t Fn«e. of the warehouse; later it was reaaeked and carted to a Missouri river steamboat and shipped to Omaha, the then nearest railroad point. The small volume of business; uncertainty as-to time of delivery; the necessity of using muscle In place of machinery; the lack of being able to hedge, all contributed to force the merchant to buy on a very wide margin, or to gamble that wheat would advance in pri'.e. The large majority of those who pur , sued th« latter course died poor or are to-day i without money or Influence. With the advent of the railroad came par titioned warehouses, aad those among you old in the business will recall how we fought for hill or knoll locations high enough to spout to ears without rehandling. Later came the balloon elevator driven by one blind horse, with a fanning mill in the base meut. Some of you will remember alternat ing between the mill and the horse, using the same stick for both. What are now known as line elevator com panies had their origin in the early seven ties, and one of the first was located on the Dakota Southern railroad from Sioux City to Yankton, a distance of sixty-five miles. The Line Elevator Man. With the advent of the St. Paul & Pacific railroad -.now known as the Great Northern) and the Northern Pacific, and the tremen dous immigration following, the line elevator man became p. necessity. Material was cart ed miles in advance of the railroad, and at heavy expense elevators were completed by the time the tracks reached there. Business was commenced with no banking facilities and in many cases with no other building in sight; wheat receipts were heavy; steam power was used; currency was shipped from Minneapolis to the nearest express point, and then sent by special messenger to the side-track elevator man, whose life was lonely and whose pistol was ready to protect the money and property in his charge. About the came period the St. Paul & Sioux City railroad (now known as the Oma ha) was completed and established an ele vator line of its own, all charges being in cluded in the freight, thus preventing compe tition. Their houses would handle 6,000 to 8,000 bushels of wheat a day and were oper ated by steam with two unloading places. I have know farmers at Sibley and later at Luverne, Minn., to wait twenty-four hours and even longer to be unloaded. A line would be formed, horses or oxen unhitched, and farmers would attend to their other wants, about once an ho-ur or so all those 'n line would return with their horse*, hitch and draw up, and this process would be con tinued until each team arrived at the eleva tor and was unloaded. This method of handling elevators did not prove successful to the railroad company, who sold or leased their buildings and con fined themselves to their legitimate business of transportation. To-day, through the agricultural districts, the grain buyer is usually located in ad vance of the railway agent, bis elevator be ing completed before the statiou-house ia ready. As the country becomes more dense ly populated new towns Bpring up and new side tracks are put in, and heuce we have a eteady Increase in country elevators, and in j ir.ost cases the new houses are built of crib bing and operated by gasolene power. Through the older states the houses are owned by the independent buyer; in the northwest the line elevator men predomi nars The Terminal Elevator. While the increase in the number of coun try nlevators has been very rapid, the growth of the terminal elevator is still more mar velous. Terminal elevators are a necessity to transportation and commerce; they are the reservoirs which carry the product of the country until the grain is wanted for home or foreign consumption. Large terminals are now contemplated, er are under construc tion, in New Yorft, Boston and New Orleans in the United State*, and in Quebec, Mont real and Port Arthur in the dominion of Canada. You will pardon me for being somewhat personal, but I have always aimed to keep abreast of elevator improvements, and ten years ago my firm became interested in the building of a system of three elevators in West Superior, Wis., of a total storage ca pacity of 5,000,000 bushels. The working house of 1,000,000 bushels capacity was lo cated on the dock, and the other two houses, running lengthwise, were connected by steel galleries, the three houses being placed 150 feet apart. We had previously lost heavily through fire by the use of wooden galleries and were at the mercy of the insurance com- ■panics—rates having become oppressive, and in addition ,there was not enough insurance in tbe country to go around when wheat was high-priced, and with the transfer rates cut from 1% cents to half a rent a bushel, it be came imperative to adopt such Improvements as would reduce the rates of insurance on grain. James J. Hill built in Buffalo the first eteel elevator, and it proved a success; he later built one in West Superior. Minne apolis has two and Chicago one. About two years ago the hollow-tile tatik system for storage was successfully adopted by some elevator companies. My firm were not entirely satisfied with either plan. We sought a material for elevator construction that would be absolutely fireproof, one that would grow stronger with age, would not re quire paint or repairs, and we derided upon the use of cement, and are now just about, completing a plant in Duluth costing between $750,000 and $1,000,000, that I believe to be the most complete and up-to-date elevator In the world. Men have come from Liverpool, Montreal, New York and elsewhere to inves tigate this system of .construction, and wj have had letters of inquiry from Buenos Aires. In adopting the cement system of construc tion, we did not act hastily, but made an ex haustive and intelligent investigation. We first noticed that the railway companies were using cement instead of stone for bridge work, and three years ago we quietly erected a circular tank, 114 feet high and 25 feet in diameter, having an average thickness of 8 inches, as a test, and had it full of wheat from early fall until late epring, when the wheat Came out dry and sweet. The following fall one of my partners, ac companied by an expert, spent three months in Europe, visiting Denmark, Germany and France, and went as far north as Russia, noting and investigating all structures built wholly or partly of cement. At Braila, in Roumanta, a large elevator, owned and suc cessfully operated by the government, and built wholly of cement, was found. Anothor member of my firm visited Italy and exam ined the cement used in the Collosseums in Naples and Rome over two thousand years ago. I give you these details that you may know we spent time and money before ar riving at a conclusion. Our Duluth plant has a capacity of 6,000,000 bushels—l,ooo,ooo in the wooden working house and 4,000,000 in cement cylindrical tanks, each 104 feet high end 33 feet in diameter, these tanks being located 50 feet -from the working house and connected by five conveyors, each capable of carrying 20,000 bushels per hour. About one third of the cement part of thus plant was completed last fall, and in thar j part we car-' ried 1,000,000 bushels of wheat all winter and spring without insurance, and we shall not carry any insurance on building or contents. We are Justly proud of our undertaking, be lieving it to be in advance of any known elevator construction. Phenomenal Growth. The moat phenomenal growth, of the grain business has taken place In the northwest, with Minneapolis and Duluth as terminals. When we commenced doing buiness through Duluth, the elevator capacity of that city was 350.000 bushels; to-day it has a capacity of 32.0U0.000 bushels. Minneapolis, in IBiO. had an elevator capacity of 1,000,000; in 1901 its elevator capacity is 33,000,000 bushels. Diverging a little, it may interest you to note the Immense growth of the grain option or speculative business in .the northwest. Citing Minneapolis alone, the first pit was put in on the floor about fourteen years ago; afterward it was taken out on account of no business. Two years later it was again tried and succeeded, and since that tim» has grown to large proportions. Last year the trades averagod nearly 8,000,000 bushels a day of wheat alone. The largest trade of any one day was 24,000,000 bushels of wheat—dizzy figures and practically the growth of ten years. Mow Rateo Have Been (a(. In the old times we have paid 20 cents a bushel freight charge!" on wheat from Du luth to Buffalo; to-day we regard a 2-cent rate excessive, und have shipped wheat for three-fourths of a cent. In 1885 the all-rail rate from Fargo to the seaboard on wheat ■was 39 cents a bushul, and this fall the rat? has been 21 cents a bushel. In other word^, the producer at Fargo can ship his grain to the seaboard and sell H for 18 cents less than he did in 1885 and etill realize- as mucn money. In the old days the capacity of a freight car was 20,000 pounds; to-day it is 80,000 pounds. Twenty years ago the ship on tlu great lakes carrying 30,000 bushels of wheat was regarded of large capacity; ships of to day will carry 250,000 to 275,000 bushels each. In those old times it took all day to load a small vessel with wheat; to-day ther<> ar ■• elevators at Duluth that can load 150,000 bushels per hour into a steamship. Twenty five years ago there was little or no corn raised north of Sioux City; to-day, in the state of Minnesota, the corn crop amounts to 40,000.000 bushels. In 1876 the receipts of grain at Minneapolis were 5,155,000; in IS3S they were 1U;,090,160. HIRSCH'S COLONIES The New Jersey Ventures Are a Success. PERSECUTED RUSSIAN JEWS They Develop Into Thrifty People un«l Are Quickly and Kaaily Americuuiicd. Trenton, N. J., Oct. 3.—The most suc cessful industrial colonies which of late years have been established in the United States are those which are supported by the Baron Hirsch fund in the southern part of New Jersey, the most important of which are Woodbine, in Cape May county, and Carmel and Rosenhayn, in Cumberland county. A little more than ten years ago this fund, which was estab lished by Maurice de Hirsch and which was fostered after his death by his wife, who died within the last two years, has been the means of porviding small frame houses for more than 4,000 persecuted Russian Jews, who have come mostly from southern Russia to escape the hardships placed upon that race there. In the town of Woodbine ten years ago there stood but three bouses, one of which was a postoffice and another a railroad station. No business whatever was done there, and the only evidence of life was the passing through of the trains which run between Philadelphia and Cape May. Early in the spring of 1891 the Ameri can trustees of the Hirsch fund closed negotiations and purchased 5,100 acres of land in and around Woodbine for $39,000. In April of that year work was begun in this colony. A number of small dwell ing houses were erected for the accom modation of the men who came to the place to clear the land and build the houses. A survey was made of the land and sixty-two farms of thirty acres each were laid out. These farms are now occupied by as many families. They were sold to the settlers on terms which were extremely liberal, and yet not calculated to make the buyers entirely dependent. By the terms of the purchase the refugees, upon their arrival in this country, were brought to Woodbine and placed on their farms, which were thirty acres each In extent. To every family was allotted a neat house, barn, and all necessary outbuildings, one cow, twenty-five chickens, farming im plements, and seeds. Ten acres of the thirty were cleared and plowed and sowed with rye and wheat. For the farm com plete the trustees asked $1,200, the cost price. Every settler has ten years' time in which to pay for hie purchase, and in order to give him a start the fund only requires the interest on the principal to be paid during the first three years. The colony now has a population of nearly 2,000 souls, and those who do not work on farms are employed in the cloth ing, tool, and other factories which have been started there by prominent New York firms. They have developed into a thrifty people, and have become Ameri canized to such an extent that they are making one of the best class of citizens which that section of New Jersey has* There has not been any tendency on their part to put a pack_on their back and go out peddling, but they are content to re- j main at home and work their farms and find employment in the factories. The homes of the refugees are neat two story structures of frame, with solid brick foundations. Each house has two large rooms on the ground floor, three on the eecond floor, and a large attic. Near ly all the settlers display taste in arrang ing the interior decorations, and many of their homes are more cozily furnished than that of the average American me chanic. There are two new school build ings in the colony, each in the charge of a competent teacher. The average atten dance of the scholars is 125. About eight years before Woodbine was established the colonies of Carmel and Rosenliayn were founded. Nearly one half million dollars was invested in the villages, and the payments of the col onists were made in such a way that for tho small sum of $8 a month the Hirsch fund receives the interest on this invest ment and the colonists quickly pay for their small homes. On the farms the whole family works, the children taking an equal share with the father. Aside from these, an industrial and ag ricultural school has been started at Woodbine, at which about 500 students are in attendance each winter. The fac ulty is composed of some of the brightest minds in the branches of studies, and when a boy graduates from the school he is capable of taking charge of any form of mechanical industry. Many of the graduates have already become instructors in other state colleges throughout this country. They are a class of people who seem to hold tenaciously to all that they undertake, and they make a success of everything. When the colonist enters on the prem ises which he purchased he only makes a payment of 10 per cent down in cash, the Hirsch •fund takes a mortgage of GO per cent at 4 per cent a year, and the 'builders take a mortgage of 30 per cent. Each of the cottages is worth about $1,100. and by paying $8 a month he will own tls land in ten years' time. The local superintendent of the colonies 1b Prof. H. L. Sabsovitch, who has been a professor in tbe Russian Agricultural School at Moscow. He is one of the most polished men of his race, and has been honred since becoming a citizen of New Jersey by being made an honorary mem ber of a great many societies. The total outlay in New Jersey for all the colonies, schools, and improvements has reached a grand total of $3,000,000, which is financed by ex-Judge Meyer S. Isaacs, of New Jersey, and Judge Mayer Sultsberger, of Philadelphia. BUT ONE TICKET < hamlirr of Commerce Re-elects Preii't John Wanhbnrn. The annual election of the Mlnneapolit Chamber of Commerce is being held to day. As there is only one ticket in the field the result Is already known. Up to noon there had been no rioting and the ticket that will go through is as follows; Pr&sident, John Washburn; vice-presi dent, F. W. Commons; board of directors. James Marshall. S. D. Cargill, Samuel Morse, A. M. Woodward, W. A. Freemire; board of arbitration, G. F. Ewe, G. P. Harding, Alex McGregor; board of ap peals, (two years), Thomas N. Taylor, J. H. Riheldaffer, George Duvignaud; (one year), E. N. Osborne. BELGIAN COAL STRIKE EXTENDING. Liege, Belgium, Oct. 3.—The coal strike \a rapidly extending to all the coal pits on the left bank of the Meuse and has Involved ten thousand strikers. THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1901. Boys' Department. SPECIAL FRIDAY OFFERINGS. Little Tots—Saflor and Vest Suits, ages 3 to 10 years, in navy and cadet blue cheviots, extra heavy weight and d* f g? /V nicely trimmed, worth double. Bargain Friday ... «P 1 •&\J. Extra Special Boys' 3-p;ece Suits, . $2.9s—Ages 9 to 10 years; in heavy dark brown and gray mixed wool cassimeres, 4*/<^ f\ C the latest cut, a regular U Suit. Friday .;...... \P^«VO Reefers—For Boys' 3 to 16 years, made with velvet or the high storm collars—they come in blue chinchillas, mcl- d* 4 f\JSi tons and tan coverts, worth §3.00. Friday $ 1•V «5 Boys' Sweaters—Heavy all wool garments, in navy blue, ma roon and all the new fancy stripes; worth up to $1.50. QA- ' Friday .'. OVC Iron Strength Knee Pants for boys 3 to 16 years, in heavy all wool cassimeres, worsted and cheviots; 25 different patterns, *y I good values at 50c and 75c. Friday i)i)l Boys' Fleece Lined Underwear—Good heavy weight; extra well made, with pearl buttons, all sizes; worth 50c. V^J_ Friday £ «J> C Boys' Suspenders—Fancy elastic web, wire buckles, _ the 15c kind /C NICOLLET ... an mi — " ramum *"^y THIRD ST. THE ST. ANN RELIC! Stories of Some of the Cures in New York City. A HERETIC IS BADLY USED A Doctor Who Trie* to Get Some AdvertiMinK Almost Cauitei a Riot. New York, Oct. 3.—"Kill him! kill the heretic!" shouted a crowd at Seventy sixth street and Third avenue, as they closed about a colored man carrying a big placard on whicn was tnis inscription: |100 REWARD. To the Church of St. Jean Baptiste, East Seventy-sixth street, I will pay the above sum for every case proved to me irrefutably by its synodus that the relic of St. Anno, ! now enshrined in said church, has cured per sons afflicted with bodily shortcomings. —Dr. I. Custar, No. 150 Sixth avenue. New York. A woman, rushing at the standard bear er, struck out wildly with both fists at his head. Turning on her he struck back, using the placard as a weapon. A man I leaped from the crowd and began to pound the banner bearer, who was old. When j his hat rolled off the sparse gray wool : glistened on his black head. But he was I courageous, and, with the men, women ; and children pulling at him, he went half j a block up the street, still grasping the | obnoxious banner. A woman with Ama zonian aspect beat him on the head with her umbrella, to the joy of the onlookers. Again he made effective use of his standard and beat his way through the jeering mob. But at every step progress became more ifflcult, and finally, acting on the principle that "he who fights and runs away lives to fight another day," he leaped upon a car and was borne from the clutches of the crowd. Policeman ran up from the church in time to see him escape and to see another man with a similar placard appear. The crowd saw him, too, and was after him with a howl, but the policemen rescued him and gave friendly advice to him on the superiority of discretion to valor. Therefore he fled, leaving the placard in the hands of the big roundsman, who trailed it up the street, while street urchins united in reviling it. The man responsible for the oetbreak, Dr. I. Custar, is an orthopedist. He says he has no hostility towards the priests of the Church of St. Jean Baptiste, where cures by means of the relic of St. Anne have been freely reported, but that he wishes to emphasize the fact that the relic does not cure and that he does. He wants the priests to measure the success of the relic as a healing medium with his treatment of the cripple and maimed. He says he is a Roman Catholic. When his first emissary returned to him, bat tered and beaten, the doctor said: "Oh, you haven't any sand." The other col ored man said that all that saved his life was the fact that he wore a G. A. R. button. A man with handbills bearing the doc tor's challenge tried to pass them around in front of the church earlier in the after noon, but was chased away by the police men. The disturbance occurred at the close of a day remarkable for its demonstration of faith and religious exaltation. From the first gray of early morning until almost midnight a long line of human sufferere filed through the portals of the little church of St. Jean Baptiste eager to wor ship the relic of St. Anne and to regain health and strength thereby. It was the last day -of the novena and the saints feast day. Masses were said every hour in the forenoon in the church, and the vener ation of the relic in the crypt was unin terrupted. The relic was passed swiftly from one kneeling suppliant to another. "Pray!" the priests would cry as the waiting crowd shifted uneasily and the weaker ones groaned in pain. The heap of braces, surgical boots and all sorts of appliances for supporting weak and distorted bodies mounted higher and higher as the day wore on, and one after another declared that he or she could walk unsupported. "My child can walk without that dread ful brace!" cried a mother, breaking into sobs of joy. The little one looked up wonderingly at her mother and then down at the freed little leg and stepped brayely iforth. I There are three pieces of the bone of St. Anne's arm for which miraculous pow ers are claimed. Two of these were used by priests in the crypt in the greater part of the day, and when the crowd grew to insistent proportions another priest ueed the third relic in the yard outßide. There was no time through the day when the waiting crowd could be housed entirely. It surged into the street, made its way along the outside of the build ing, where a view of the interior could be had through the windows, and filled the courts and steps in the rear. A large proportion of the petitioners were children, and the cures announced were mostly from that class. A baby with spinal trouble, strapped to a board, after being touched by the relic tried to raise himself from the sup port. He was David Hayes of Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Little Helen Nelson of East Ninety eighth street, was presented by her mother to be cured, and when the brace was taken from her leg she was able to walk from the church. John F. Leahy of West 114 th street, who had been violently Insane, was reported as much improved mentally. Irene Coveny, 8 years old, who had spinal trouble of several years' standing, was pronounced cured. She lives at No. 229 Bast 117 th street. Mrs. P. M. Blegen of No. 578 Mott av enue, who was about to have a cancer removed when the novena began, said she had been cured by the relic. The priests were too busy to make up a complete list of the cures, but will do so later. England now has seven admirals of the fleet and nine field marshals. Bargain Friday. Fifty dozen misses' and children's 98c vici kid, button and lace shoes, sizes 8% to 11 and ll'/B to 2, kid or pat- j o e«t tips. Bargain Friday, 4ISC pair Mi~r*o> Our misses' and children's line of $1.25 kangaroo calf, lace and button shoes, sizes 84 to II and 11-i to 2; O/"» splendid school shoes. Bar- cS*-§C gain Friday \J^\* Our boys' and youth's $1.69 line of box calf and surpass lace shoes, sf» * ■** C sizes 13 to i and 2>/4 to 5..% I £f% Bargain Friday *P *•*'** Our $2.50 lines of men's box calf, velour calf, and vice kid lace shoes, extended soles, all sizes, new fall //» « s~ f\ shoes. \ / r) */ Bargain Friday fJM» \J*S Our 76c line of children's fine kid lace and button shoes, with turned jf\ soles, sizes 5 to 8. Bargain 4*7 C Friday .....^ r -* ** OurGUcllue of ladies' nice quality felt slippers, with leather soles; colors, red black or brown, sizes 4to 8, Jf\ nice for house work these cool /-L *4C mornings. Bargain Friday .... ■* **" & Home Trade 7 Shoe Store <5 % 219-1 £3 Ntcoliet MlnT EPISCOPALS AT WORK SECOND DAY OP THE TRIEXMAI, Both Bodies Are Still Engaged in. Preparatory Pro ceeding*. San Francisco, Oct. 3. —The second day'a session of the triennial Episcopal conven tion was proceeded by morning prayers, conducted by Bishop Potter of New York, assisted by Dr. Olmstead of Massa chusetts. In the house of deputies Sec retary Hutchins moved the list of the standing committees. Officers Elected. The triennial convention was for mally organized yesterday by the election of Bishop Dudley of Ken tucky as president and Rev. S. Hart of Kansas City, secretary, of the house of bishops; Dr. John S. Lindsay of Massa chusetts chairman, and Rev. Charles Hutchins secretary, of the house of depu ties. No other business of importance was transacted during the first business ses sion of the convention, which did not assemble until late in the afternoon. It was nearly 4 o'clock when Rev. Dr. Hutchins, secretary of th 9 last house, brought the convention to order and called the roll. It was an nounced that a majority of dioceses were represented. Dr. Greer of New York arose, and after expressing the general regret of everyone that Dr. Morgan Dix was not present and could not be unani mously re-elected, placed Rev. M. M. Huntington in nomination. Dr. William Hodges of Maryland nominated Rev. John S. Lindsay of Massachusetts, and was seconded by Dr. Fulton. Other nomina tions were Dr. Cameron Mann, Dr. Dav enport and Dr Reese F. Alsop. In a speech Dr. Huntington declined the nomi nation, and then several delegates an nounced that they would support Dr. Lind say, whose election followed by a de cisive majority. The whole number of votes cast was 349. Rev. Dr. Lindsay had 234 votes, Dr. Mann 55, Dr. Davenport 35 and Dr. Alsop 26. On motion of Dr. Fulton the committee on rules was instructed to report as soon as possible the matters of chief im portance that are to come before tho house and such order of precedents as they might suggest for consideration. This was substituted for a resolution sub mitted by Dr. Huntingtop which would have made a report on the new constitu tion the first order of business to-day. NEW MAIL LINE. Mail service has iMn established on the new Eseanaba & Lake Superior railway line, running from Channig to Eseanaba, Mich., connecting the Milwaukee line with the Ncrth-Western and the Soo at Wells and Gladstone, near Eseanaba. The road is sixty-three miles long and the service will supply Cornell, Northland and Bryden, which heretofore have had indifferent post office service. SHE WANTED TO KNOW. They sat on the portico of the Rush Street House. "Annie, dear," he said, "do you love me?' 1 She looked down at the tall, handsome youth, who upoke to her with such pleading in his voice. "You say you are soon to become the Junior partner of the firm, GeorgeT" "Yea, my own." "And that you have $50,000 in the bank?" "Ye«, darling." 'And that you will inherit at least £00,000 from your mother?" 'Yes, pet." 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