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THEY DISCUSS ^
:-. MINN, POLITICS
K^ iWa&in&toii Wiseacres Pr^iioi a Ee
lv newal of the Fletcher-Hay ,
Fight Next ^Tear. -
iMoses Olapp Is Picked as the Win
ner in the Senatorial
'A . Eace.
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Eddy Laughs at Worlds Report That
Rural Carriers Axt Against
Roosevelt.
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From The Journal Bureau, Room 45, Post Build*
in*, Washington,
Washington, D. C , uJne 15. Min
nesota politics have been discussed fre
quently in Washington during the past
ten days, owing to the presence here of
several well known public men from the
. state. These men bring word of a very
| serious situation in Hennepin county. Mr.
j Fletcher, they say, IS determined that Mr.
Hay shall not be a candidate for congress,
and if nominated that he shall be defeated.
Mr. Fletcher would be glad to run for
mayor if he Could be persuaded that Hay
would not run for congress but if- Hay
'runs for congress Fletcher wants to be in
I position to draw his snickersee and go
after him. Some of those who were in
! Washington the past week thought it
.would be a good idea for both Fletcher and
I Hay to retire next year others thought
| that Hay could not afford to retire under
fire, but would be compelled by Fletcher's
. hostility to make the run again for the
congressional nomination.
The senatorship also has received some
attention here. Senator Clapp is admitted
to have a strong leverage. Many of the
holdover state senators are his friends, and
he is expected to have strong support in
northern Minnesota, and the official sup
port of St. Paul. If defeated it must be by
a fight led by Hennepin county, with the
support of the southern part of the state,
and possibly of the third district. The In
ability of Hennepin to get together in the
past suggests that she will not be able to
get together next year, and this is re
garded as another element of Clapp
! strength.
! Lowry a Possibility.
Thomas Lowry was in Washington for
a day, but on business Connected with the
Soo road. He did not talk politics, but he
found a good many Minnesota politicians
here, and they did the talking after he had
gone away. Mr. Lowry's availability as a
candidate for the senate is conceded by
these gentlemen, and the fact that he is a
railway president is rather counted as an
elemo"* of strength, strange as this may
appear. On second thought, however,
there Is nothing strange about it. The Soo
railway Is peculiarly a Minnesota institu
tion. It has done more to keep rates level
and to keep the state out of the clutches
of the Chicago lines than it has been cred
ited with thus far, and Mr. Lowry as its
president is therefore entitled to the confi
dence of the state, and if a candidate for
the senate, ought to have a large support.
So argue the politicians here, but they do
not fail to take into account the well
known inability of Hennepin county to
support anybody solidly for any high of
Ifice, and it is their opinion that the Lowry
j candidacy, should it become a real fact,
.will be strangled in the county, or so
crippled as to prevent Lowry from being
'elected.
The governorship, too, has been attract
ing considerable attention, and Mr. Eddy's
presence has given an impetus to talk of
the state ticket. It is believed here that
conditions are very likely to shape them
selves in a way that will require Van Sant
,to run again, and should he run the wise
ones in Washington think he can get the
nomination. They also think there is a
good deal more probability that Dunn,
Heatwole and Eddy will not be candidates
ifor the nomination than that Van Sant
| will not be. This is said despite the gov
ernor's recent statement that he is not a
I candidate. Events may develop that will
demand that he enter the race, and the
gossips here think the chances are more
than even that they will develop. On the
surface, however, it is cheerfully con
ceded that Dunn is the strongest candi
date.
Eddy Is Waiting.
Eddy has not declared himself, and will
not do so unless the opening should seem
to invite It. His strength at present lies
in his splendid isolation. He is in com
bination with nobody. Heatwole is be
ing figured as a powerful factor in deter
mining who the next governor is to be.
He may or he may not be a candidate
himself, this hinging upon the way in
which the situation shapes up during the
summer, fall and early winter. If neces
sary to the carrying out of his plans, he
will come into the race, altho it is felt
here that he would much prefer to have
somebody else make the race and win,
with the backing of his organization,
here are many here who believe that
3un and Heatwole parted company be
cause there was room in the proposed
Combination for only one big man, and
(neither would give way to the other. The
[rupture is said to be genuine.
Carriers Not for Hanna.
Former Kepresentative Frank M. Eddy
of Minnesota was highly amused at the
sensational story published recently in the
New Tork World, to the effeot that the
rural free delivery service was intended
to be a part of an anti-Roosevelt machine,
the rural carriers to spread the gospel of
Hannaism over the country and poison
he minds of the people against the presi
dent. Mr. Eddy said:
"A more foolish report has not come out
of the New Tork newspapers for a long
I time. I happen to know a good deal about
I the rural free delivery business, and am
very familar with its workings in the
middle west, notably In Minnesota, the
JDakotas, Wisconsin and Iowa. In these
states the rural free delivery carriers are
[almost without exception strong Roosevelt
I men, and it has been difficult to prevent
| them from talking Roosevelt while in the
.discharge of their daily work. Such talk,
of course, is contrary to the postoffice
rules.
"In all of the .middle west I can say,
with entire truth, that the rural free de
livery Institution has added immensely
to the president's popularity with the peo
ple, and I am advised on good authority
that this is the case also in the east. The
rural free delivery has done the presi
dent an immense amount of good along
practical lines, and no harm. I never have
heard of a rural carrier, who being a re
publican, was not a supporter of the pres-
ident."' . 4
Hay at the Capital.
-"' Eugene G. Hay spent several days in
Washington, looking up Canadian reci
procity with the president, Secretary Hay
.and with other public officials. He did
not learn anything new. In fact, he was
told very frankly at the state department
that he had much fresher and more com-
Humors
"V-v".
They take possession of the body, and
are Lords of Misrule.
They are attended by pimples, boils, the
itching tetter, salt rheum, and other cu
taneous eruptions by feelings of weakness,
languor, general debility and what not.
They cause more suffering than anythipg
else.
Health, Strength, Peace and Pleasure
requireeffected,expulsion,gand
their this is posl-
1 tivel y accordin to thousands of
grateful testimonials, by
Hood's Sarsaparllla
Whioh radically and permanently drives
yihem out and builds up the whole system.
ttORDA? EVENING,
plete information than that possessed by
the government, and seemed in a gen
eral way to have a more Intelligent grasp
of the-siiia. question than anybody in
Washington. Nothing new can be said
as the the result of Mr. Hay~s visit re
garding the probabilities for a. reassem
bling of the joint high commission. The
government has no advices which are
definite, and its view of the outlook is
hot hopeful. The American senate is
probably a greater obstacle in- the way
than, Canada. The president has not yet
reached a point where he can announce
a definite policy regarding Canadian reci
procity. He proposes to make a careful
st$dy of it, and to consult with his ad
visers,' when he may have.. something to
say and do. At present he- has no very
clear views regarding the situation, altho
admitting that reciprocity with Canada
is a.big question and one which must be
treated seriously.
Special to The Journal. -',.,--- -f
La Crosse, Wis., June 15.William
Tibbetts, charged with the murder of Ira
Shrake on the steamer Musser about six
weeks ago, committed suicide this morn
ing at his home at Victory, a few miles
^south of here. Tibbetts was.released on
bail a few days ago, since which time he
has been despondent. Yesterday, -how
ever, he felt better than at any time since
being released from jail, and worked at
his woodyard.
About 1 o'clock this morning he got up
and told his wife he was going down to
the river to a steamboat just passing. In
stead, he went to his boathouse, where,
.with a double-barreled shotgun, he blew
pff the top of his head. He was found,
a few minutes afterward by members of
the family, who heard the shot. A cor
oner's inquest is to be held in Victor this
afternoon.
Tibbetts was 45 years of age and lived
4n Viotory ail his life. H e was to have
been tried for murder at the fall term of
,the circuit court.
NEWS OF THE FLOOD
Resent Union Interference.
Kansas City, Mo., June IB.A man who
claims to be T. M. Hager, a union car
penter from Hannibal, Mo., narrowly
escaped violence at the hands of the West
Bottoms flood sufferers while he was try
ing to induce the freight handlers of the
Missouri Pacific railway Company to go on
a strike for the full recognition of their
union. People who had lost their all and
who are depending on freight shipments
for relief were bitter in their denuncia
tion of Hager's action and only his im
mediate arrest saved him from their
wrath. At the police-station Hager tried
to commit suicide.
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Water Is Falling.
St. Louis, Mo., June 15.The river has
so far receded that several of the east
ern roads that-have been cut off from St.
Louis since Monday last are to-day enter
ing Union station, and it is expected that
the others will also be enabled to do so,
either over their own tracks or the rails
of competitors, by to-morrow or Wednes
day. This morning's reading of the of
ficial gage showed a stage of 35.3 feet, a
decline of 1.3 feet during the past twenty
four hours.
Continued dry weather" and falling rivers
above lead the weather officials to predict
a steady decline from now on until normal
conditions are reached.
Q. %, R. to Aid Sufferers.
Philadelphia, June 15.In answer to a
request of the G. A. R. department com
mander of Kansas, Commander-in-chief
Thomas J. Stewart to-day sent out the
following telegram to department com
manders thruout the United States:
"The department commander of Kansas
has appealed to the commander-in-chief
for help for comrades in the stricken com
munity in Kansas who have suffered by
flood and fire. Many have lost the savings
of a life-time. Prompt action should be
taken. Circular letters from general head
quarters will follow."
ANGKELL ON DIVORCE
Warns Michigan Co-eds Against This
Crescent Evil.
Ann Arbor, Mich., June 15.President
Angell of the University of Michigan de
livered his baocalaureate address to the
students of the university here last night.
He based his remarks on the life of Christ
as an example to all men, particularly
scholars.
He called attention to the fields open
to the work of the scholar, particularly
that of the educated young women in
the higher social circles. He said they
should throw their Influence against gam
bling, and also against the increasing prac
tice, under loose laws, of easy divorces
for trivial reasons.. The purity of do
mestic life and sanctity of the home is
imperative, he held, and high-minded
women should sound the alarm. In con
clusion he called attention to the duty
of contributing to the closing of the
breach yawning between capital and labor.
HE WAS PERSISTENT
Suicide's Third Attempt to Kill Him
self Ends Successfully.
New York Bun Special Service.
Indianapolis, June 15.Frank Hoover, of
Dunkirk, Ohio, committed suicide here
by inhaling gas, after having .failed in
an attempt with a revolver, and after
having sought to kill himself with gas at
a Piqua, Ohio, hotel, only to find that
there was no gas there.
He had notified his relations of his in
tention to kill .himself, and while he was
inhaling the death fumes his brother, John
Hoover, and -some friends were hurrying
here on a special train in an effort to
prevent his carrying out his intentions.
GODDARIhSETS OUT
New Commandant of Home Will
Take Charge on July 1. ^
Special to The Journal.
Pierre, S. D., June 15.T. M. Goddard*
the new commandant of the Soldiers*
Home, left with his family for Hot Springs
to-day and will take charge of the af
fairs at the home on the 1st of July.
Troop B leaves in the morning for the
encampment ground at Lake Kampeska.
The horses wer sent. up last week to be
in good shape:"fo:e'- r work%!ter several days'
rest. '
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JOUBERT XS PLEASED.
Phoenix, Ariz., June 15.General Joub^t and
Captain O'Donnell, Boer emissaries, now in this
territory, continuing lhrestlgations for the pur
pose of flnding new homes for the Boers on this
continent, express great satisfaction at the lib
eral concessions Just made by the Mexican gov
ernment and declare that many families will
emigrate upon their return to South Africa. The
general was given a big ovation and reception
at Bisbee, Ariz.
FEAR A LYNCHING. ', .? .
Cincinnati, Ohio Jnn'e 15.Sheriff Robertson
of Maysville, Ky., arrived in Covington, Ky..
to-day to take the three negroes, Mann, Morris
and Sanders, back to that city to answer to the
charge of having robbed and shot with intent to
kill John B.-.'Farrow, an aged and respected
farmer of Maysville. The people of Mayavllle
are highly enraged and lynching is feared. To
prevent this, two companies of Kentucky *tate
militia have been ordered to Maysville. ' .?- V
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Yonkers Statesman.
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOUENAE.
ARSON ANACKSON
Hotel Belonging to B. J. Ewen, Wit
ness Against Jett and White,
-. v^i? Is Burned. - .':
Reign of Terror Continues in the
Kentucky Town and the Au-
- - thorities Are Powerless. \
Jackson, Ky., June 15.Interest in the
trial of Curtiss Jett and Thomas White,
for the murder of J. B. Marcum, -attor
ney for the contestants for county of
fices, was secondary to-day to the prelim
inary hearing of the teamsters of Hargis
Brothers, arrested by soldiers on the
charge of burning the City hotel yester
day morning.
Crawford and Thorp were kept in the
camp guardhouse manacled. They were
greatly frightened during the night, fear
ing a mob would come to release them and
that the soldiers would shoot them.
W. W. Jermane.
SHRAKE'S SLATER IS DEAD
William Tibbetts, Who Killed a Man
on the Steamer Husser. Shoots
Himself.
v" Crawford Breaks Down. "'
Crawford cried during th* night and re
peated: "What a fool, what a fool I am."
It is believed that these .men will be re
leased because the grand jurors are, resi
dents of Breathitt county and fear ven
geance similar to that wreaked upon
Ewen if they indict the men. The people
of the town are completely intimidated
and' are. awaiting the results at'the court
house with greater fear than ever.
J. O. Crawford and fed ward Thorp were
brought before Judge Redwine this mor
ning and the testimony*heard on the writ
of habeas corpus sued out for their re
lease by the Hargis people yesterday. Gray
Haddloks and Jerry Lunsford identified
Crawford as one of the men seen coming
from the Ewen hotel just before the fire
was discovered. A. H. Short said he saw
Crawford and Thorp crossing the bridge
going in the direction of the Ewen hotel on
hour, before the fire. The prisoners- told
conflicting stories - of their whereabouts
yesterday. Judge Hargis and the attorneys
he employed to defend Jett and White
represented the prisoners. Judge Red
wine decided to hold them to the grand
jury which was reconvened this morning.
Big Case Is Called.
The trials of Jett and White for the as
sassination of Marcum we're then called.
The prisoners, who have been greatly
alarmed over the arrest and detention of
Crawford and Thorp on the charge of
burning the Ewen hotel, were brought into
court by the militia and turned over to
Elizor Jones.
The mothers of both the alleged as
sassins were in court as was Miss Sarah
Hargis, the young daughter of Judge Har
gis, who has all along been very atten
tive to the interests of the prisoners.
There was much excitement about the
court house and those entering the court
room were not only searched but also
closely watched.
Town is Terrorized.
, This feud-ridden town is to-day the
same timid place it was before the state
militia arrived. When the troops were
first sent here there was a feeling of re
lief and the people said that some of the
wrongs would be righted because the in
timidated citizens would now talk out.
Since the burning yesterday of the large
hotel of B. J. Ewen, the principal witness
against Jett and White, and the rally of
the Hargis faction to the aid of the
men suspected of having burned
it, even sanguine citizens say the state
can render no relief. '
The Ewen family, including seven chil
dren, in the military camp, presented a
pitiable spectacle to-day. Ewen tried to
console his heart-broken wife and daugh
ters, but their distress was too great.
The two daughters had escaped in their
wrappers and the smaller children in their
night clothes Kindhearted citizens, altho
in doing so, they risked their lives arid
property, have sent them clothing and
bedding. They were breakfasted by the
soldiers, Quartermaster Casey providing
for them an especial bill of fare.
SojWPes gathered near by to look at them.
Major Allen, in charge of the troops, or
dered the crowds dispersed, and the guard
lines set back so that the distressed fam
ily might not be annoyed.
The jail last night was under a heavy
guard and the prisoners su.fecte of
burning Ewen's house were detained in the
camp.
Altho this place has become accus
tomed to assassinations and to incend
iary fires during the feud of the past three
years, it never experienced such a night
of terror as last night. Men
spent a sleepless night of vigil
ance, not as members of any vig
ilance committee patrolling the streets,
but within their own doors as many are
expecting the torch to be applied to their
houses next. '
Fourteen residences and stores, owned
by those known as Cardwell-Cockrill
sympathizers have been burned in Jack
son since 1900 and the list of lives lost
greatly exceeds that number.
One week ago to-day the trial of Jett
and White began. Many witnesses fled
and the commonwealth had to close its
case because witnesses could not be se
cured. The fate of B. J. Ewen, one of
the witnesses who did not run away,
shows that the apprehensions of other
witnesses were well grounded.
Story of the Burning.
The City hotel, a three-story building
owned by Captain B. J. Ewen, the prin
cipal witness against Jett and White, now
on trial for the assassination of Lawyer
J. B. Marcum, was burned early yester-'
day morning.
Fifteen guests were in the hotel, but
all escaped without Injury. There was no
insurance on the structure, and the hotel,
with its furnishings and the effects of
the guests, is a total loss. The origin of
the fire is unknown, but the belief is gen
eral that the fire was of incendiary origin.
The town of Jackson has no fire de
partment and its citizens were awakened
by the firing of pistols and guns and much
excitement prevailed. A detachment of
militia Came on the double q\iick from
their camp across the river and rendered
aid in assisting the guests to escape and
preventing the flames from spreading.
Captain Ewen has been kept at the camp
of the militia since he testified last. Mon
day that he saw Curtiss Jett fire the shot
which killed Marcum. '
The burning of the hotel is considered
not only as incendiary, but also as acces
sory to other acts of intimidation, in con
nection with the pending trial of those
accused of the murder of Marcum, who
was an attorney for the contestants for
the county offices, now Weld by leaders of
the faction with which'- the defendants
were identified. It had been openly pre
dicted - that- arson would go along with
assassination.
GALLEY CITY NORMAL SCHOOL GRADUATING CLASS
IT HAS THIETY-THEEE MEMBERS AND IS THE LARGEST IK THE HISTORY OF THE NORTH DA-
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Von JyltYes Miss" "Koeket said he
would be a sister to me.
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Ewen ,^aw the Shooting. - **
Captain Ewen "was the chief witness for
the prosecution in the pending trials of
Jett and White. He testified that he saw
Jett as he advanced with the pistol In
hand to fire the last shot into Maroum's
prostrate body? as 'it lay in the court
house doorway^ Through fears for his
own safety he testified that he 'did not
dare to Jtell Sheriff- Callahaji and County
Judge Hargis what he had seen. When
it did become known : he was first
a prisoner in his- home arid then he fled
the couftty until he oould have the pro
tection of tropps. His house has been
under.the guard of' a^detail of soldiers
for several weeks and as a more stringent
precaution against assassination he slept
in camp at the provost marshal's head
quarters. . r
Several days ago a man visited him at
his home and made a proposition that if
he would repudiate what he had testified
on the, witness stand, stating that he
testified to what was not true because of
the excitement he was under he would
be given $5,000 by a certain prominent
citizen, and that If he did riot accept this
offer he would be assassinated. He en
couraged his caller to return in the after
noon. At that time two witnesses sta
tioned in a closet overheard'the repeti
tion of the offer, and threat, which was
accompanied by five $1,000 notes.
No one has doubted that Ewen was in
actual danger, .hut few prepared for a
step as desperatetas that which came to
day, and it is.generally believed that the
incendiary Are *ras due to the statement
made to State Inspector Hines about the
attempted bribery as well as to Ewen's
testimony.
FUND FOB EWEN
Lexington Newspapers Start Subscription
for His Relief.
Lexington, Ky June-15.The Leader,
Herald and Democrat,, the three Lexing
ton newspapers, assisted by prominent
citizens, have started a subscription for
Captain B. J, Evans, whose home was
burned at Jackson yesterday by incen
diaries. A comfortable sum has already
been raised, A call is made on the peo
ple of the state generally to help refund
the loss. It is understood that Captain
Ewen, with his family, will leave Jackson
at once, and he, has been invited to make
his home here. Jackson is over 90 miles
from Lexington.
BOOM'S OUTPUT
Estimated at 200,000,000 Feet for
the Season at Stillwater.
Special to The Journal,
Stillwater, Minn"., June 15.The St.
Croix Boom corporation has sorted 93,-
000,000 feet ofVlogs this season, and as
there is a large amount of logs in Never's
dam it Is estimated the output for the
working year will be 200,000,000 feet. A
crew-of 230 men.is, employed.
The Clyde took 'out a tow of logs to
day for Zimmerman & Ives, of Gutten
berg and Ott, Meuser & Co., and others, of
Dubuque.
The Glenmont and bowboat cleared from
Prescott, Wis., with logs for Taber & Co
of Keokuk, and the Eclipse left the same
port with a tow for Lindsey & Phelps, of
Davenport. t
The steamer Park Bluff struck a dead
head and stove a hlg hole in her front
above the hull. AHs her hull was not damd
aged sh.e lefte for Prescott where repairs
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f sunken .log s an
other similar menaces of navigation are
causing river men much trouble
Miss FrederickalMorgan died this morn
ing of a, liver conjplaint.
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MURDER m CHICAGO. '
Chicago, June 15.The bodv of n m ,
skull crushed and face covered witt brataS was
found betwen two garbage boxes in the rear^of
Dearborn avenue residence early to-day. Three
men and a woman were found sleeping in a near!
by barn and under arrest, charged with the
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all admit having seen the dead man, whose name
they say to William M. Brown, lalt IveX
They deny all knowledge of the crime, howl
FATHEB AND DAUGHTER
How the Former May Broaden the Life of
the Latter by His Loving
_-,'.../- Good-Fellowship.
Henry Thurston Peck in Detroit Free
Press.
There are two things that can be done
by a father for his daughter, and that,
if they were always done, would, in the
course of a single generation, make our
womankind approach a level which they
have never yet reached. The first is to
gain the confidence of his daughter in her
earlier years, and the second is to keep it
unimpaired and to perpetuate it. If he
be his daughter's friend and chosen com
panion, sharlrig all her little confidences
and imparting to her much of what he
knows, with the intuition of a woman and
the breadth and sanity of a man, the girl
will grow up with a mind unlike the minds
of many women in whom femininity verges
upon fatuity. From close association with
a lather the young girl quite unconscious
ly acquires some'thing of the largeness of
of the man's nature and loses something
of the pettiness and narrowness of the
woman's. His tolerant, genial spirit will
moderate her tense emotionalism. His
sense of humor will rid her of sentimental
ism and imbue her with, a sense of true
proportion. His fun, his g^od-fellowship,
his affection and his knowledge of life
will help to send her forth into the world
strengthened and .developed as no purely
feminine influence could strengthen and
develop her. The love of a father for his
daughter is, I think, the very purest love
that earth can knowthe, nearest to what
we all imagine the divine to be. The love
of a father for his son is intense and over
mastering, yet there is a touch of per
sonal pride, of almost conscious egotism,
in it which renders it not. wholly selfless
and serene. But the love of a father for
the girl child who has been born to him
is more than any other love on earth, in
its purity, its unalterable,constancy, its
power of self-sacrifice, its profound de
light and its infinite tenderness.
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THE LIFE OF A BAIL
Altho there is no recognized standard
minimum, it would be generally conceded
that a rail of less section than 75 pounds
per yard is not safe foe main line traffic
on a busy railway. And so we find that
railway engineers are now using metals
of a much heavier section than those in
general use a decade or two ago.
On some railways rails so heavy as
100 pounds per yard have been laid down,
but these are not in general favor. Bails
weighing 85 pounds per yard are more
generally used than any other, and these
are found to be quite heavy enough for
ten or twelve men to move about with
that celerity which is always necessary
when doing work which affects a running
road on our busy railways.
There are, however, many miles of 80-
pound section raiis still in use.
When some such rails laid dQwn on a
certain railway in 1879 were tested last
year, none were found to have lost in
weight riiore than 4 pounds per yard
notwithstanding the fact that this seo
tion of line had over it a fairly heavy
mineral traffic.
On one of our leadirig railways, in the
year 1882, some miles of 85-pound section
rails were laid down, and last year's test
showed they had worn not quite 2 pounds
per yard.
If the traffic over this line should not
increaseand there are now 100 trains
passing up and down over it in the 24
hoursthe rails will at least wear for
another fifty or sixty years before being
reduced to the 75-pound miniiriumwhich
would bring them to the ripe old age of
80 years!
Even then they would not be worn out.
Put in a refuge shunting siding, they
would be good for another half century.
The life of a rail will vary with its
situation. On a straight "road" between
stations the rails sustain very little fric
tion from the wheels running over them,
and in such places will last the longest.
The rails in curves will not Wear so
long, as both the strain and friction are
greater. The "outside" rail of a curve
has to be raised up higher than the "in-
side" rail, and this "super-elevation," as
it is termed, will vary from one inch to
six Inches, in accordance with the sharp
ness of the curve and the speed required
of the trains passing over it.
The tendency of an engine is, of course,
to run in a straight line, and the outer
rail, of the curve is ...raised up. so^ as it
were, to lead the engine round. ""
Consequently the inner edge of the high
rail gets an abnormal amount of friction
while the lower rail receives a greater
proportion of weight.
It is, however, between the platforms of
a station that the rail suffers most, by
the constant brake action of stopping
trains. This can be readily understood
when one considers' the enormous fric
tion produced by a train sliding into a
station at the rate of ten or fifteen miles
an hour, with all its wheels braked. Iri
such a position an 85-pound section rail
will be worn out, for main line purposes,^
In about, twenty years.
There is always a small percentage of
faulty rails sent out by the manufac
turers, the fault being such that cannot
be discovered until after the rail has
been in wear for $^me time.
In rolling, a small blob or blister may'
be formed under the "skin" of the rail/
or a rail may be turned out a little tod
"soft" in its temper.
After being run upon for two or three
yearssometimes a much longer period
than this will elapse before the fault
shows^a bad place will appear in the
rail. The skin will crack and become in
dented, or a Bmall piece of metal may
come off. This makes the rail unfit for
main line traffic, and it has to be re
placed.
In order to obtain rails of the same age,
so that a good and even juncture may be
made with the rail at either end, a
length of new rails is generally laid down
somewhere on the same section of rail
way, and the faulty rails replaced with
those taken up.
- LOVE-MAKING IN MEXICO
Pearson's Weekly.'
In northwest Mexico the courting is alj
done by the lady. The young people meet
at the feasts and there the damsel who
has fixed upon a member of the opposite
sex. whom she wishes to become her hus
band, tries to attract his attention by
dancing before him. persistently keeping
her back toward him. Eventually she
may sit down near him, and pull his
blanket, and sing to him in a gentle, low
voice. When she desires to bring matters
to a focus she begins to throw pebbles at
the chosen one. If he throws them back
at her they are betrothed.
NATURAL SUGGESTION
The doctor came and said that he
Would make another man of mei
"All right," said I, "and if you will,
Just send the other man your bill."
Philadelphia Record'.
JUNE 15, 1903
REGIMENT AND BATTER!
Third Infantry and First Battalion
of Artillery Encamped on
.. Lake Pepin's Shore.
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What ts Done When a Defective
. Rail, Is Discovered in the '
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' * ' " Pearson's Weekiy. '**.??,
"How long will a steel rail wear?" is a
question which is often asked. It is also
a matter whioh receives careful attention
at the hands of railway engineers. For
it affects very closely the safety of the
passengers and the pockets of their share
holders. On most railways the rails are
carefully tested each year at certain
definite points and the record compared
with that of the previpus year. These
results are tabulated and kept for the in
formation of the engineer.
The testing is carried out either by
measurement or weighing. In the one
case a special instrument registering to
1-100 of an inch Is used, and in the other
the rail is taken out and weighed upon a
steelyard slung from a tripod. The sec
tion of the rail and the traffic passing over
it are the two dominant factors affecting
the "life" of a rail. By the term "section"
is meant the weight of the rail per lineal
yard.
%
WOODMEN GATHER
Head Camp Opens at Indianapolis
To-morrow Morning.
Indianapolis, June 15.Modern "Wood
men of the World, from every direction
arrived here to-day to attend the head
camp which begins to-morrow. The weath
er is ideal for an outdoor gathering such
as the camp will be.
Hundreds of tents are spread at Camp
Reede, on the eastern edge of town and
as fast as the teams arrive they are sent
there and are assigned to quarters.
The senior teams, the junior teams and
the "ponies" will begin their competitive
drill to-morrow morning.
The city is gaily decorated for the vis
itors who will be here the greater part of
the.week. Between 40,000 and 65 000
Woodmen are expected.
'Rah for Clean Linen.
Chicago, June 15.The Laundry Work
ers union, by a referendum vote, just
taken, has decided against another strike.
Less tlian one-third of the members voted,
and the majority against another walk
out was small.
JOKES ON TWO STATESMEN
"Ham", Lewis Recalls One on
of the Treasury Shaw. Colonel Lewis is aTreat
admirer of thecamPal*n secretary,f who ran, twice for
governor
AS USUAL. ' - - -
Yonkers Statesman.
PatienceI hear you are breaking in a
new gfrl?
PatriceWell, we've got a new girl, but
she seems to be doing the breaking.
HmmHNinmiMnmiiiiMiMnHiuiHm
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CROPS TO BE SHORT
Washington State Wheat Is Already
Greatly Injured bythe Dry y
Weather.
/
Special to The Journal.
Lake City, Minn., June 15.All is ac
tivity to-day at the National Guard camp.
The Third regiment of infantry and First
battalion of artillery arrived as scheduled
about noon, and are established in camp.
Major Lambert of the artillery started
cannon target practice" immediately and
,the big guns are now in place.
The-Third regiment, under Colonel C.
A- Van Duzee, established its camp quiet
ly and routine duty -was immediately
.taken up. One battalion is preparing for
target practice this afternoon. It
necessary, owing to the short time here,
that all work be hurried, but at the same
.time all necessary instruction will be
given.
Captain O. E. Lee, the veteran rifleman,
has charge of the range, and everything is
in readiness. Lieutenant A. F. Pray, ar
tillery ordnance officer, and Lieutenant
J*. P. Nelson, artillery quartermaster,
arrived on Saturday, and have been busy
in their departments.
Company G of Princeton did not arrive
juntil 4:35 this afternoon. .
Captain R. R. Slgmond of Zumbrota,
regimental commissary, is a busy officer,
as he has full charge of the issue of com
missary stores, and the Third is the only
regiment that issues these supplies, the
others leaving everything to the company
/quartermasters.
Predictions as a Rule Are for JTot
More Than a 50 Per Cent V L
Tacoma, Wash., June 15.Advices re
ceived heje by wheat exporters from their
agents in the wheat growing section of
Washington, and from a deputy state
is \ grain inspector, who has just made a trip
thru the eastern portion of the state, are
to the effect that the crop is greatly in
jured and its growth retarded by the lack
of rain. The reports from the light soil
districts are particularly discouraging and
as a rule the predictions are for not more
than a 50 per cent crop. If rain fell at
once it would do a great deal of good, but
even then the crop would not be anywhere
near an average one.
In the heavy, black soil districts wheat''
is reported to be
state of Iowa. '
."DHrll
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h
o the state after the
second election of Sha#\ I was one of the demo
cratic speakers who were returning from Iowa
and. Just preceding us the governor had gotten
to his home town in Dennison." says Colonel
Lewis. "Through the complications that fre
quently arise in a man's home county, particu
larly where he is a banter, the governor lost his
own county. It went democratic.
"There was a little * Irish shoemaker in the
town who had always done the governor's work
His name was Mike Finnigan. The governor
stopped at the shop and the following conversa
tion transpired: -
. " 'Good morning, Pat," said the governor.
'Good morning, guy'nbr,' said Pat. .'I guess
I must congratulate yez upon yez getting elect-
ed.'
"Whereupon the governor said: 'Well, I am
glad to be elected, but I am sorry to have lost
my home county.'
"Pat said not a word but hammered away
upon the sole of the shoe with more vigor. The
governor, noting the silence, remarked:
" 'Yon see, Pat, it's a hard thing to have
your home go against you, though for purely per
sonal reasons."
"Pat was still silent, and the governor be
coming interested, added: 'What could you
say, Pat, when a man loses the county In which
he lives?'
"A new democratic gleam gathered in the face
of Pat, and he burst out: 'Phat wud Oi say,
guv'nor? All Oi could say is that it's a dom
bad thing you didn't live in every county in the
sthate."
A good joke is told upon Colonel Lewis himself.
As was well known here in Washington while
Lewis was in public life he displayed an unusual
amount of information upon many subjects. As
ex-Speaker Reed was known to say, "there was
nptbing scientific, political or literary that Lewis
did not know enough about to be absolutely right
or always wrong." In science, in medicine, in
his own profession of the law, literature and polr
itics, to say nothing of the sciences of natural
philosophy, classics, astronomy, etc., Lewis was
constantly appealed to by members of the house.
One day in the cloakroom, where a little lunch
was served, Lewis and the late deceased mem
ber, Dr. Stokes of South Carolina, happened to
be present. The doctor was a member from an
interior district in the state and bad been elected
because of the universal esteem in which bis
patients held him for his high eminence as a
physician. There were present Colonel Elliott of
South Carolina, who vouches for the truth of the
Joke McClellan of New York, Foss of Chicago
and De Trees of California. Dr. Stokes and the
others were taking malted milk Lewis was in
vited to participate. The colonel commenced
to dilate upon the digestive qualities of malted
milk. He learnedly started out upon all the
elements of acids, lime and proportion of salts in
the compound, and the effect chemically it had
upon the gastric Juices.
Dr. Stokes was a calm, quiet gentleman. To
all of Lewis' essay and homily he spoke not a
word, except to Inject, "of course," "indeed,"
"I dare say." The others stood about with mani
fest interest in the western congressman's talk
and learned dissertation upon the physician's
own science. All at once Lewis spied a medal
dangling upon the watch chain worn by the doc
tor. He touched it with bis fingers and re
marked: "Doctor, that's, a very beautiful medal.
Might I ask you Was that given you for deport
ment (laughing) ?"
It was the doctor's time. Every one was In
terested when he quietly said: "No, colonel, I
won this medal in a post-graduate course at a
New York medical college, out of a o
106, for the best1
C
essay upon the digestivclass e qualif -
ties of malted milk."
And lo, there it was, written upon the medal.
There was nothing else.for Lewis to do but what
he did do, which was to.turn around and say:
"Gentlemen, the drinks are on me. What will
you. have?"
HE KNEW
- Indianapolis JournaL
. "What makes the boat reel so?" "_t
' "I guess the sails are full."
,i -
v looking well, tho rain
is needed. If the weather should be good
for growing from this time until the crop'
is harvested the yield would be fair, but
it is said that even then it would not be
more than 75 per cent of the yield last
year. There is an increase in acreage
this year and this would help to bring the
crop up to last year with fair weather.
Other Side of the Picture. A
Special to The Journal.
Mitchell, S. D., June 15.A drive thru
the country surrounding this city reveals
a crop condition that has not been
equaled in years. While corn was put in
late on account of wet weather the stand
is perfect. Wheat is making a remarkable
growth, and is over eighteen inches in
hieght. In several fields wheat and oats
ore so heavy they are lodging. The mois
ture has come at just the right time this
season. The situation over the county
could not well be improved upon.
GOT'EM MIXED
A Young Theological Graduate's Tribute
to a Dead Politician and a
Dead Family Man.
Boston Herald.
A certain graduate of one of the local
theological schools was visiting a minis
terial friend In a neighboring city during
his last vacation, when the friend, on Sat
urday, was suddenly called out of town
by the unexpected death of a near rela
tive. The student friend was asked to
officiate in the minister's pulpit the fol
lowing day and also to deliver eulogies at
two funerals in the afternoon. _ The hour
of the funerals had been so arranged that
the minister would just have time for
luncheon after the morning service.
One funeral was to be in the cemetery
chapel and the other In the church. One
was that of a well-known politician, a
bachelor of doubtful reputation, and the
other that of a humble citizen with a large
family. The minister merely left notes
on the points to be emphasized, so that
the student was obliged to write the eulo
gies himself. Just what to say for the
politician he found somewhat difficult, but,
as he confidentially expressed it afterward,
"I did my best to give him a good send-
oft."
The combination of funerals and ser
mon rather flustered the young dominie
a bit, but everything went smoothly and
he arrived at the chapel just in time. All
went well, he concluded the final prayer,
and as soon as circumstances would per*
rait, he took his carriage for the church.
Again he arrived just in time.
The church was well filled and he real-?
ized that here he must make an extra
effort. The opportunity was an excellent
one, the man had been most industrious
and he had raised a large family, some
of them to manhood and womanhood*
With voice tempered with emotion he
sketched the man's career, his honest
struggles, his Christian fortitude and his
model home life, referring to his taking
off, surrounded by those whom he had
reared to honor and cherished him. "He
was a kind husband and a loving father,"
concluded the young minister, "and al
though his fame is unknown on earth it
is registered with the heroes above."
A s he descended the pulpit steps he was
met by a red-nosed, sporty appearing in
dividual in loud clothes, who said indig
nantly:
"Say, yer darn fool! Who told yer dat
Bill was unknown? Dere wusn't a better
known politician in th' state than BUL
It's the like of youse prohibition gillies
dat's alius tryin* to trow a good feller
down. A kind husband and a loving father
wus he? Who gave yer that tip? Youse
daffy, youse is! I wish Bill could a-heard
yer, dat's all."
And then it dawned on the temporary
clergyman. In his haste and Inexperience
he had confused the funerals. And he
broke into a cold perspiration as he re
membered the reproachful looks at the
preceding funeral which he had inter
preted as a tribute to his efforts to give
the (wrong) man a good send-off.
Secretaryy
When He Was Governorn of Iowa
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