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, * ! ! ' * $ t v THE 'MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. vM, .3* 'fPi 15,000. Of this amount the business men of Minneapolis contributed 13,500, The Commercial Club seeured $1,60Q from other sources. 'With the possibility of a half million dollars being left in the city, the profit to Minneapolis business men is apparently large. *' " "'".' " - - .*- g -, * ' '^ . JBut this is not all. s " , ' - " ' \ BENEFITS TO*' T H E CITY , " " " " " Minneapolis is again one of the best advertised cities in the United States. Intelligent and observing people have been shown Its advantages. Presidents of universities and other high institutions of learning, superintendents of state de- partments and city schools/as well as thousands of instructors, will tell count- *Jority doe* not understand tod hence * does not approve. In politics, war, social less thousands more of opportunities in Minneapolis, its interesting features and its great future. These people have prestige*in their communities and rep- resent every section of the United States. - To the credit of the Minneapolis Commercial Club and the city it is to be noted that N. E. J& officials-say that no city has ever entertained this big con- vention as satisfactorily and successfully as Minneapolis. /Minneapolis has every reason to be satisfied with its N. E. A. investment. Its dividends of this week will be followed by numerous dividends from good advertising for many years to come. '' ' - * . ^FRIDAY ETENING, JULY^ II, 19US. wr: forth ABbtflier edltjpjL with its ponderous spelling. The next edition wiirbe simpler in spelling. Tne'^ampniet written*by Professor March and published by the United States m 1898 can be- had for the asking. Ask tor It. 'Read it and then go and do it. . What can 'escape revision? It is the very life of th%- national sciences One leading denomination has recently revised its creed. I t - t e a great thing. There is on especial difficulty. Those who understand and approve,- but the SCHOOL MEN ON METHODS Commissioner Harris, Chas. P. G. Scott and Thomas C. Trueblood Address a General Session at the Exposition. The morning meeting of the National Educational association to-day opened with a cornet solo by Byron Morgan, who played the familiar "Jerusalem" with fine effect. Superintendent H. S. Tarbell of Providence, R. I., was called upon to pre side at the meeting. Mr. (Morgan re sponded to a hearty encore, and the invo cation was pronounced by Rev. James M. Niool of .Minneapolis. , T h e P u p i l 's I n d i v i a u a l t i y . "... The first speaker of the, morning was "William T. Harris, commissioner of edu cation of the United States. His subject was, "How School Strengthens the In dividuality of the Pupil " He commenced by alluding to the old saying that the common school system, especially as it existed in cities, was likely to result in developing a common type of character, almost reminding one of the common re s u l t s of machinery. While this saying was plausible, yet the good school would make iits children alike in the power of develop i n g and expressing their individuality. The punctuality of pupils, it is true, was de veloped. So was regularity and the de velopment of these traits made concert of action possible. The Robinson Crusoe,, who does every thing for himself, does nothing well. But when he associates, with himself the man Friday the becomes four times more powerful. Ten men are. 100 times more powerful than one man. The errors and defects of one person save others from such errors, and defect* Ninety-nine out of 100 acts are governed by educated direction. S h a r i n g O b s e r v a t i o n s of Others. Said the speaker: "The lowest sav-% age has his traditions just as the highest' civilized men have. This savage, per haps, cultivates his sight to the highest perfection but he (has.no eye to see what mankind has learned about botany.' Bach person and group of persons is continual-, ly making observations and getting at re sults and to share in these observations is a great privilege. It is incomparable to have access to books containing the result of such observations. The family, school, community and church afford such opportunity. One may see what the school means in the development of indi viduality by going over the school course of study which is the growth of years. The.cultivated mam. cultivated or literary, thinks in the' printed word, which' de velops fine shades of thought. Without means of this sort the child has little op portunity of gaining facts and knowl edge more than the gorilla of Central Af rica. Give the child these moans and this Individuality is all tine time being wid ened. He is always growing in accuracy of thought and be grows more rapidly at. 60 than at 50. and so on during life. The literarily aided person develops more than ten times the illiterate." Bach branch of study endowed the pu pil with additional power for insight. This was shown by ithe speaker to be true in the matter of arithmetic, and he pro ceeded* to elucidate this theorem "by".* reference to the familiar algebraic formu la of Karl Marks, the socialist political economist, "m-c-m, money, commodities, money or* c-m-c, commodities, money, commodities." The speaker's reason for mentioning Marks was that the person who invents exchange is a benefactor, because he unites widely sundered peo ple and effects exchange of commodities. "In school," said the commissioner, "the child learns of production, and ax change. The surplus crop is of no value unflese it can he so exchanged. So the study of geography contributes immensely to the ability of the child in, understand ing of the daily news ^hat comes to him. Think again of grammar the. form of one's speaking. This study develops the power of introspection more than any otheT study taught in school. It separatee the essential from the non-essentials, Then, too, the situdy of history: the person** of national (history. How lame the person who has not the ability to read I" We must remember that oral in-, formation comes largely from idle men. (Laughter and applause.) The school habit of silence and the ability to dig out one's lesson from the printed page is one of the grand results of the development of individuality. The ohild thus learns to get at the principle of his lesson and to urmoun* all difficulties. The dialectic developed in the classroom is not a sub stitute for the other kind of attention. This attention of alertness gives one self possession. The studies of school de velop a knowledge of nature and also re late to character and relate to human na- ture." Of the human studies are all the selec- tions in-the school readers, the speaker thought. The poet took un one or more phases of subconsciousness axud made it forever a consciousness of the child.. The frontiersman develops resourcefulness in all the matters pertaining to his exlstr ence. The individualism t o be developed in urban society or industrial civilization is a knowledge of human nature and the motives which actuate it. The man with ssmall individuality takes his initiative from others. The best individuality is the civilized individuality which enables a person to care for ihiniself. It takea two directions first, to defend itself against the social whole. This may even take a negative shape, as in the criminal. The second development may take the ntormal direction, that of conquering and directing some phase of the social whole, as in the church or state. Literature was the study par excellence for (this develop ment of individuality. "Dr. Thwing," continued the speaker, "says that the college graduate Is 200: hapmans 8th and Nicsllet SPECIALS F9R SATURDAY: Jiff.1 m OUR P A S T R Y KITCHEN special cakes for Saturday will be Maple Cream also Fruit Loaf Oake, with wine frosting and A !- _ Orange Squares, each t v v OANDY. KITCHEN SPFC1ALS will be Pipped Walnuts, At\m special, per pound 4 1 1 6 Swiss Milk Chocolates, regular 25c, I P . special, per oake....'. . . . . l O v D i n o a n n l o e Ver? fancy, EXTRA LARGE t X r i l i e a U | l l 6 a Florldas. average weight of A" each pineapple is 3 pounds, lowest price of ----. thejeason. | 0 A Per 0 4 A f t - \ Each..,.. I O C doze. . # 4 i U U nkMttlftAM Fancy Georgia Free- Q A . 1 * 8 3 6 ( I B S stones, per basket ...... g | | C blueberries tx 12k Tomatoes So* .20c B..ll M H Our celebrated XXXX Sep- O J I f| D l i n e r arator.pe r B-lb . ja r . dlal U Salmon Steak 2 K S ! S. Cherries isn:^:.25c 65 * LUNCHEON GOODS Yarmouth Bloaters, special, per can! 20s Deviled (Lobster, special, per -can. 26c -TjevHed Ham and Tongue, special, per can'.' 4c Turkey and Tongue, Libby's 1-lb caru..,...S3o Sausage, Armour's Luncheon, per can.... 8c Boned Chicken, Armour's, 1-lb can 38c Corned Beef Hash, Armour's, 1-lb can.... 12c "Whole Ox Tongue, Armour's, 2-J'boan, reg ..- ulaf, 75c special .. 68c' Lynch Tongue^ Armour's, 1-lb can, special.SOu Baked Pork and. BeansSt. Francis, 2-lb cans, worth 15c special, per can 10c A j g f f . j i O u r Coffee is always hot from I f V T f S s j our roaster. Chapman's Q f l A . Java,Combination, per lb v U v life, and particularly in spelling, we can not bear to "be In the minority. W e may be in the majority at commencement or at educational conventions, but at elec tion, times or in the fell we don't like to ipe..un-American. Rational beings are always prepared to find the majority not at all august and salute it. Teachers' duty is to improve their pupils and their mlnda t o lead them up the stony track to the heights of reason. Teachers are inclined to assent too much. They them selves ought to be an authority. The past is fact the present/science. There is ho thinking in th e tomb." The attention of the audience was calel dto the fact that the English lan guage wae the' compound of-.many "lan guage*. Two great empires, spoke Eng lish, but'the speaker doubted that the wards of America and England would toe glad when they learned thow their "owners spelled, "If the Lord has given us the heathen for an inteerltance, we must in struct tlhem how they must go, and they will go." Words became ideas, and ideas deeds. ''Spoken "EnflrHsn" C o n s i d e r e d . After a two-minute recess, the third speaker of the morning, Thomas Clark son Trueblood, professor of elocution and oratory at the University of Michigan, was Introduced. He spoke on "The Edu cational Value of Training iij Spoken English." Hia paper was delivered in a olear voice which contributed much t o its interest. As speaking involved, the body, soul and spirit the speaker treated %he subject from the physical, mental and moral standpoints. The practice of ora tory developed the power of respiration. Such discipline was a prime element of - good health' and fine spirits. The voice must be trained for purity, tone produc tion/force and flexibility, and the speaker dweBt particularly-upon the proper train ing Of the voice and the articulatory or gans. Wrong, methods of speaking was disastrous to health. - Correct methods worked often a complete revolution. It was often very disappointing not to be able to hear a speaker who had neither volee nor method. This statement ^brought out a round of applause from the audi- - ence, many of which.had not been able to hear the preceding speaker:: "Nerve force," said the speaker, :"is(- another necessary fact in good'speaking/ Recreation arid resting should precede every speech of lawyer or preacher? Most persuasive, men are. vigorous,, vital men, with good digestion: They need 'lungs', to beat the truth into men. Spurgeon thought the mind and body should botih be trained and the training of the body 'ds certainly an essential, . .' '- "The student of public.speaking deals with all literature. He studies the na-: tions and hence studies the. thought and eloquence which produced them. If a man can grow eloquent, with the - words of another he can grow eloquent himself. He must develop his logical faculty. The walls of every school house rlng with' the eloquence of Phillips, Patrick Henry, W*hatr: tod Ltncljlfc4- T h e W n -who can ispeak V e i l g i t h e T B t ^ Public apeakitfg^eQould btf venoouraged *ndy direct. JJimpJ^ forceffeliltyltf should be/v cultivated..* ,H*ne-bre fAaglo^axon words should he used to reach the com mon people,- but thBre-BhouM be variety of style.,.. Qet the, mouth open with a laugh fth4,'iken ohuck jg a chunk of wis dom. The oultiyatipp of the imagination "is another thittg to-be eought. It grows by what i t feedia on, and while I do not believe in extemporaneous-speaking, an audience develops imagination with the speaker/*. '-,: i."..- . :. * T h e S t u d y o f Me n A d v i s a b l e . Speaking of the moral side of public ad dresses, Mr. Trueblood advocated the study of men, and-getting close to the people. Synjpathy pf the masses makes the orator go before the public with a message. Men should care less for the speech and more for the truth. The best is never too good for1 the pepple. The development of persbhal character was one of the most -Importa'nt .phases of public speaking. Th e rise to leadership made mep strive to be what they ought to be. To make oratory richer, nobler, finer, the charactfer must be- made finer and better. The gift, 6f persuasion dis tinguishes man,above (his fellow man.' It calls him to the position of leadership and is it n^ our duty'to* 3 d everything in pur power to cultivate'public speak ing?. "- T i e P a p e r s D i s c u s s e d . / The discussion of, the three preceding papers wae opened,.by Carroll Gardner Peaxse, superintendent of city schools, of Omaha, Neb. The speaker called him self an_ anti-climax, a sort of "boy-on- the burning-deck'' which had been set on fire in thr'e places by three eminArit men. 'Mr. 'Pearjse. briefly referred fo Dr. Har ris' paper, differentiating the individual ity developed .in the-schools from that inherent in the -individual. . The speaker would not take issue with Mr. "Scott on the (present duty tp correct spelling, bu doubted that-It was the duty of the N. E. A. A. royal United States commission might accomplish it perhaps, but until that is appointed, the matter will prob ably rest with lexicographers and diction ary makers. * The association listens to reformers but merely to r information. The platonic slde^of Professor True blood's paper was reinforced by the speaker by the presentation of the dy namic sld. 'Public speaking was, he thought, going into desuetude. This was probably diue to the dissemination of news and argument by means of* the newspapers. The growth of social life in the university had too much usurped the oratorical aide. TJwp pendulum was now swinging back, said Mr. Pearse, and ora tory was becomlng'ffl&Ve aftdtimore a cul tivated art All great teaching must be dbhe by the voice, by some men who tand done by 4ihe voice, by some man who stood face t o face with the people and Bhaped their thought, influence and action. Thesewere theDebses.the Bryans, the MeKihleys, the Rbosevelts, th e Mitch ells: j..^ _: ,_ E. O. Vaile, being called upon, asked the. last speaker what. the resolutions passed by the ..association at its meeting* me%nt. Mr, TruebloodWpyed amid much laughter, "Mighty Uttlef^ m most in-, .stances." . ...-. ?i,. ^ : . In reply, the speaker thought it was the duty of t h e eduoatora to declare themselves upon the questions presented to ithein. It, certain^ was, reasonable to relieve th e little PillpinpSrom the burden of outrageous etymology!'*"":&- " - NATIQ3^AX FEDERATION! OF cTEACHESS The New Orgafflzatibii Formed to S^gcffiS pf Grade Teachers T^roiggto times as apt to attain position and power as the non-collegian. Whatever contrib utes to this.end of the development of in dividuality makes the man/ a better citi zen and a more useful member of so ciety." (Long applause.) T h e Spelling R e f o r m . - -':'-- - "The Simplification of English Spelling a Present Duty" was presented by Charles Payson Gurley Scott, the etymological editor of the Century Dictionary. He took his text from,the.Coverfele transla tion ofv.the English Bible from the sixth chapter of Ecclesiastics, ttte eleventh verse, "A vain thing is It to cast out many words, but what has a man else." (Laughter). The speaker deplored that he had but ,000 words In which to speak as an "Exploder of Words." \ A general introduction including some personal facts, led up t o what the. speaker Wanted Jtd say, namely, that what he had to say was not his own opinion, but that of many qualified authorities. Spelling was im portant because of its endless iteration. The.simplification of English spelling was the present duty of the teachers. "It is your, duty," said Mr. Scott, "you the presidents and professors of our colleges you the membeia^jf the N. E.'A. This is a bold but true statement, for the reason that you are rational beings perhaps this is a bold statement, (laughter). As rational beings you must also accept the grave responsibilities and duties of your calling. English, spelling is about as ir rational as anything can be. For in stance, "rhyme," spelled by your pupils 'rime' is corrected. Why do you correct the spelling of i-1-a-n-d to island? So sometimes did Professor Marsh and Pro fessor Whitney. So sometimes do- I. Reason demands .truth and simplicity in the teaching of the young from you.? Every, possible objection has been raised and met, and the arguments are over whelming." There had been in the minds of many a confusion of spelling with literature. This was not right. Spelling was but a method,. a tool, and it was the duty of teachers .to mend it. It was not etymol ogy. In many instances it was a foe, and phonetic spelling would hot harm etymol ogy. Simplified spelling was to the direc tion of phonetics, but no philologist ad vocated phonetic spelling. It was.not to be a large substitution. Phonetic spell ing was scientific simply and was. not for the use of th e public. Soholars around the world used the Roman alphabet This was the best basis for a phonetic Re form. The principles were simply first, the vowels should have their usual Ho man pronunciation second, the conso nants, with the exception of "c" and "s, " should be used for their simple sounds, "c" being used for "k." As rational be ings' teachers should not pronounce the vowels as they are now pronounced* here. It waB irrational and Improper.' P a r a l y s i n g : to R e a s o n . The ordinary teaching of the child in spelling was at first simply paralyzing to reasdn,: and when the ohild tried to ufee reason and analogy, h e was corrected and "kept in.". In 1630 occurred) the gen eral adoption of th e variation of "i" and "v,"' and-it would be hard to find any books printed later than 1636 when this regulation, was not observed. It would 'be difficult now to find one so bold as to adopt and carry out euch a change. In 1800 the superfluous long "s" was dropped from use. - The change was effected by John Bell, a printer and publisher. H e ordered his compositors to drop the long "s" and i t . w a s done, and has been so written "s'J eVer since. Noah Webster was another innovator who-advocated a simpler style of spelling, t. " "In America,* 'said -the ||peaker, "we^ have decided wherever possible to adopt the simpler spelling. It is so with all lexicographers and I can say officially that the publishers of Worcester*e TJn- * abridged Dictionary do not intend to pu t A National Federation of Teachers ^with a membership restricted to grade teach ers, was organized this morning i n the rooms, of the Chicago Teachers'. Federa tion atf,the r West HPtei, after the re - port of a committee--on*' orgahizsitlbhi named at the mass meeting yesterday aft ernoon: Miss Margaret Haley, the Chicago teacher who has won tfame by the tax fight, presided.. Miss Haley was elected chairman ahd iMlss KMau Clunr'bf St. Paul, secre tary. Miss "Glum presented the report of the committee, a simple, working con stitution under which to get the federa tion started. It specified the object' of the organization, named it and restricted the active membership to. classroom grade teachers in elementary . ebhobls. The. doles were made 5ft cents a*year arid the time and place of meeting will be the same as the N. E.-A. One jwenman'asked if the men were to be admitted. Miss Haley 'answered that no. distinction of sex "was made. ^The questioner remarked, "Well, then the men will come in.and run things, .and we won't have anything ito. say about it. i f I had my way, we'd have a wonian's federation." To the executive committee, consisting of the officers, was given power" to add new bylaws if necessary and to act in all matters. It will for the present appoint the Iboard of directors consisting of one member from each state, whose chief du- and ties shall b e - t o -td itr^ehlarging strengthening the organization. Sixty present-paid, their dues to the temporary freksiirry* Mies M^ary B Rey nolds,.of Chteagq* iTJ^afc-lfowingri)fllo?rs were then elected .. .fe-widiant, Misl^Map Jaret Haley, Chicago Hirst vice president, 'Miss- Maud XJlunjirm.^ Paul v second - vice presiden-tf Miss Mary. McOowari,Clncin nati secretary, Miss Annette Rotenthal, Milwaukee treasurer, Miss EmmaJ Mc- Cabe,'.New"oyrk. The meeting Was de sirous of honoring Minneapolis by giving it an office, but a- New York member was chosen by a close vote. Miss Haley said thait -she was In a posi tion to pledge the,.hearty support of "the Chicago federation, and she assumed the support of the grade teachers of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and .expected fully that of Cincinnalti "and New York. In pointing out the need of an Investigation of the problems the new organization 1B .pledged to take up she said that the average sal aries iri Nebraska are -$38 a month nd in Maine, so small that graduates of Smith and- WeHeseley, who get some of these pittances, are i.ashamed to have anybodv know about it.'-* . , " She said that if there wasn't an im provement in the salary situation within ten yeare it wopld be because the asso ciation had not done its-duty. She recom mended the employment of an attorney to prosecute cases for teaohersfunjustlv dealt with. - '. * M U O W SHE READS GUILTY Murder Case of Mrs. Tanke Quickly ^. . .f:fJfg Disposed Of.- * : ? - - - ATTORNEYS MADE A COMPROMISE P Second-r/egrree .Murder Confessed^. T a n k e Gets P e a t b Sentence i , s Wlfe Sent Vp fo r JAt9, Special o The Journal. , ' - " - ' - ' Henderson, .MtaB....July U.Bmijia Tanke, Indicteu on a charge of the murder of her husband, John' Wellner, entered a plea of guilty of murder m the second degree to day and was sentenced to the penitentiary for lifei C. - R. Stone of the' prosecution asked for a recess of twenty minutes.' It was then rumored that the prosecution and defense,^ad'agreed to a plea of guilty In the tecond' degrSe.- H- J. Peck, in behalf of the defendant, ad dressed the court after the recess. He said that since Tanke's trial she had made a par tial confession. .The defense was willing to enter i& plea of second degree murder. - The state's attorney assented thereto. Mrs. Tanke then said that murder in the second degree was her plea. She was re manded to the custody of the sheriff, the jurors were excused, and court adjourned until 1:30 pi. m. - It .was generally believed the defense would endeavor Co clear the defendant on a plea of self-defense.. Josph A. Eckstein stated after court- adjourned that were lt*aiot for the fact that two bullets had been foumid in the body such a plan would have been adopted. Again, the fact that Mrs. Lanke had perjured herself at Tanke's trial would be to ther dis advantage. He said tbat if she had told the - ruth about the snooting at Le: husband's trial, he vovld have, been cleave 1. She had deceived her own attorney and the insinua tions that tne defense had flxed up her story were faise. In referring to the story published that Mrs. Tanke had killed Wellner on a load of hay at about 5 o'clock, he said her confession placed the hour between 11 and 12 o'clock,, arid that the former/tdry emanated from the prosecution, to harmonize the time of the murder with the state's theory as to the hour. The following is a portion of Mrs. Tanke's sworn statement: That on the night of Dec. 31, 1898, between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, she shot and killed John Wellner on his farm: that the revolver (with which she killed John Wellner and his watch and pock etbook were buried by her in the barnyard of John Wellner. The motion of the defense asking for the deferring of sentence of Frank Tanke, .pending the motion, for a. new trial, was denied, and he was sentenced to -death., with a stay until 6ept. 5 ifor %- bill ol excep tions, i . Mrs^arike made a. statement to the court this afternoon. She said she auarreled'with. her husband, Wellner lall the evening of. the murder. He abused.and threatened heY, arid she gojL rap in -the night and went to the b*rn^ *Vellnei' followed and igot her down. "She had secreted a .revolver under an oat box, arid when he let her up she secured the wetpon, Wellner inthe meantiine leaving the barn., She kept watch, an^ saw him return ing with a club, and ,soon she saw he had a gun also. She fired upon him and he fell, but soon rose,' and she shot him a second time. FREIGHT HANDLERS their 'Strike in Process of ttle- - imejit TpHJay^^ .,^r t J' '' BY ARBITRATION COMMITTEE W h o A r e A c t i n g a s Mediatorsojme C o n c e s s i o n s t o t h e v . ^ . s t r i k e r s , . -'"-'tvi.N Some "Wing^ Shots at N. E. A. Birds.! , HMER H. SEERUEV. _ _ i^RtCilDEHT IOWA STATE rlopMAt PR: JACOB GrOUfD i' aCHURMAN, FRE5I0BNT sajgag^-w CORNEU. UNtVEl?5iTY^ai / A : T."AN EMyrniMNEApoLi s\. CHAIRMAN NORMAL 3ECT10N?k JPROR P A V I O reLMi-Er A NWir TRANBCONTIBT'ENTAL UiNiB. -.' Santa Fe, iN. iM., July U.A large, surveying party Is in the lleld ftw the Cimarron & Taos Valley x^lcead,'maWnar a survey from Taos ito^l^Pi^lfeBte end from the latter point ?nor^|feM*nte o^the. Qanyon iLargo, striking rtne'mput?'.of the cahyon on the San-Juan rive?, thenoe west along the "river -to Fferm-v lngton and through Arizona to California, San iMfrgo being the objective -point. A road buHfr along the proposed survey "would be the shorts est .transcontinental line by 150 miles and would pass through a good timber, coal, niin eral and live stock country, as well as,sec tions of the richest* fruit and agricultural lands in^the southwest.' vH o i ^ f t THIS IS TOO QUICK. ." '' -- i)eft)hos, Obio^iJnly^ lLr^TAe.^Iaijt-news- paperijcnall train bri the Perinsyifvania-'feail road ^s.morning.decap^ated Jack.jC5nf, 11 ,. years old. "When It reached Lima tii pame train killed Andrew, Steuber. ' " CROP AVERAGES Statletios C o m p i l e d b y t h e D e p a r t - m e n t of A s r l c ^ l t n x e . . Washington, July ll.-r-Prelimiiary returns to the statistician of the department of agri culture on the acreage of corn planted in dicate an increase of about 3,520,000 acres, or 3.0 per cent on the area harvested last year.. The average condition of the growing crop on July 1 was 87.5, as compared with 81.Son July 1, 1901, 81.5 at the corresponding date in 1900, and ten-year average of 89.2i The condi tion in Illinois was 81 in Iowa, Nebraska and Indiana? 90 in Kansas and Oklahoma, 99 in Missouri, 102 in Ohio, 87, arid in Texas 41.. The average condition.of winter wheat im proved during June 9-10 of 1 point, standing on July 1 at 77, or 11.3 points below tfhe com dition on July 1, 1901 3.8 below that on the corresponding date in 1900, arid 2 points below the ten-year average. It fell oft during July 4 points in Kansas, 2 points in California and Oklahoma, and 1 point In Illinois, and im proved during the same period 2 points in Pennsylvania and Ohio, 7 iri Indiana and Ne braska, 10 in Michigan arid 3 in' Missouri. Special field agents report a decline of 4 points in Indiana and^Illiaioto since July 1.' The average condition of spring -wheat de clined3 points during June, standfng at 92.4 on Jrily 1, as compared with 95:6 on July 1, 1901 65.2 at the corresponding date in 1900, and a teD-ye*r average of 86.8. The decline dur ing June amounted to 5 points in Minnesota, 6 in South Dakota, 3 in Iowa and 4 in Wash ington. On the other hand, there was an Im provement of 9 points in Nebraska, with no appreciable cfhange in'North Dakota. ! Tb.e condition of spring and wiriter wheat combined on July 1 was 82.9, as compared wlthtftL.1 on July 1, 1901 69.8 on July 1, 1900, and '76.2 at the corresponding date in 1899. The. amount of wheat remaining in the hands of farmers on July 1 is estimated at about 52,440,000 bushels, or 7 per cent of the crop of last year. The average condition of the oat crop on July 1 was 93.1, as compared with 90.6 last month, 83.7 on July 1, 1901, 85.5 at the cor responding date in 1900 and a ten-year aver age of 87.3. . "- . - v The average condition of barley Is 93.7, against 93.6 one month ago 91.8 on July 1, 160r 76.3 at the Corresponding date'in 1900, and a ten-year average of 87.1. , The average condition of winter rye is 91.2, as compared, with 93.6 on July 1, J901, 89.6 at the corresponding date1 in. 1900, and-*, ten-year average of 89.2^ -'"- The average condition of spring rye Is 89.3, as compared with 99.9 on July 1, 1901 69 7 at the corresponding date in 1900, and *^te%" year averagw of 87.8. , - i The acreage of potatoes is 3 5 per cent, or about 100,000 acres, greater than- that of last year. The average condition of potatoes*on July 1 was S29, ae compared with 87.4 on July 1, 1901, 813 at the corresponding date*dn 190tf,-aod ten-year average of *2.8.- -*-*- Reports-of hay crops are very favorable, an improvement*Jn"cohdiaoa beiag. noted jlurUS} June In nearly every important hay-producing state. The rains of the past two months bavl been very beneficial ^pastures . * THEMILWADKEE'STflREAT IT* W I U BU1I,D TO T H E COAST If I t I s No t "Used R i g h t " b y M e r g e r RoadsThe M o n e y t o "Make Good." '-./-,'- ., - .Chicago. July 1^.-Werything indicates an intention on the part^ of the Chicago Mil waukee & St. Paul to make good its threat to extend-its line to the Pacific coast Unless proper consideration is given^to it by the Great Northern systems concerned in the re cent merger. . The management has provided %20,K)0JDO0 for such, an extension, and its construction forces are now in the. field. I t is said-that the survey has been completed from Evarte, S. D., to.vBoufdfer, Mont., and from Boulder through the Rocky mountairis to Seattle^!. A.TO.JBBT AROUND CHICAGO F r e i g h t H a n d l e r s ' S t r i k e M a k e s S t r e n n o n * Efforts N e c e s s a r y . News that the freight handlers' strike in Chicago is to be continued has caused Mln rieapolis business men much concern: Much freight destined for. Minneapolis is already tied up in Chicago, and northwestern roads are taking, precautions to see that no more gets "caught in the squeeze." For freight that must come from the east, itjgs thought, some of the belt lines can be used in getting around Chicago. Peoria routes will also ,be utilized more until' the trouble is over. It is thought that if the strike continues for any time more than the average amount of fcelght will b routed over the Soo and the lalje arid rail lines. - ? ^ KV 1 v HALIFAX A GIBRALTAR i ? ^ ^ .',*.. ': * - '"- i - v ^ v ,' - - -i-.^':^^ New Yorlf Uuly U.Rya .enginelrs wtll take the necessary measurements this, week, says a World special from Halifax* N. S.,. for the proposed new fortiflction,t which- will be larger, and" more' powerfully armed' than that at York Redoubt, which is next*to Gib- ^raai#in^mpi3spwry. The rierw fort will befconstrttefpa*on ^tejnls Island,- at the west- er^j0rance-to Halifax harbor, and one and one-yuarter millions of dollars is placed at thj diB^osa^'^of the authorities for the first - yeafs work^ "^ * ^ ^ ^ ' CRESTQ?|, IOWA N' I '$ ' ^ ' W * *Harry Q^Rnmere, sOri of a torom5nent farmer, was killed while attempting to break a bron cho pony. The pony seemed to ibe working outfall r4ght-.when passingt neighbor's.. Shortly afterwards tte^'bodr of the young man was found lying across the road and the pony-waif 4wfi a total wreck, - Chicago, July 11.The board of "arbi tration'early this morning decided to meet at 10 a. m. and arrange a plan of settle ment of the freight-handlers'-strike to be submitted to th e railroads. .Jlembers of the board say they believe the strike will be settled by evening. At 9 o'clock tfle following authorized statement was'given tpLihe Associated Press: " ^ .The arbitration committee which is at tempting to secure a settlement of the freight* handlers' strike, is awaiting word from the railroad managers. They have been requested to meet with the , executive committee of freight handlers in the presence of the arbi tration committee. The arbitration commit tee has made no plan nor .fixed up any scale which either side will be asked to accept, T,he^ committee is acting more as mediator than as arbitrator.'-..The committee feels as sured that the railroad managers will come to the nieeting and has every liope of a set tlement to-day. At 11 o'clock th e railroad men had not appeared, at the Temple Court building, where the.* conference was to be held. John D. Drlecol, secretary of the Team Owners association, declared that a set- tlemenJt would be reached within half an hour after .the two sides go t together. "There were concessions, the railroads would not grant t o the freight handlers," eaid, he, "that they will grant. to the business men of Chicago. The managers^, I am reliably informed, have already agreed privately to-grant, at the confer ence, practically^ all the strikers demand, in order to protect Chicago bsusiness In terests against a general strike of the most serious proportions." Following are the points remaining to be -settled, and to which both sides are said- to be willing to agree: , Firsi-The new wage scale to be effective at once. , SecondStraight time for over-time. Instead of time and a half. ThirdFreight handlers to receive pL7% cents an hour instead of the 18 cents asked by the men and the 17 cents previously of fered. -' i ) - Recognition of the union Is waived, al though this,is merely'Ho facilitate a set tlement of the other questions, and it is not now* in' dispute. ^ At 11:30 o'clock Chairman Selfrldge^ with another member of the arbitration* committee, le/t hla office to try to hasten a meeting of the railroad managers, which had beep set for 2 pi m. It is un likely that the opposing factions will meet, a s was previously planned. At the meeting of the railroad'managers the ar bitration committee will be informed of the willingness of the roads to settle on the basis given. The committee will then carry the term* to the officials ^ of the ettrlkers.vwho will, it Is said, accept them and the strike Will then Te declared off by President Currap. \ , j* -.,.'. - \_Attack 6 a T e a m s t e r . "-. Shortly jjtfter 11 o'clock to-day, fifty or .sixty atriklng teairiBtere attacked a wagon loaded with..Joffee which was being jlriren along Jack&bn bouievard.\ .The driver took fright a t the threatening demonstra-r tions and deserted his wagon, fleeing for safety to the store/of the Heusner Bak ery company, Qulncy street and Fifth avenue. Here'he was given shelter by the waitresses and when his'-pursuers Unajly left the surroundings |,was quiet ly let out the back door. In the meantime the strikers had taken possession of the load of coffee and cutting open, tbe sacks, Strewed the contents along the street. Quite a crowd had collected, but when the police arrived the ^ streets were cleared. No arrests were made. , , ^ * ANOTHER SHAW FROM IOWA.' 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