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If*.* 2 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. $ & & Eddy Laughs at Worlds Report That Rural Carriers Axt Against Roosevelt. !.. 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. M- 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. ' ", . :' "- - ! --w ' 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 '^:--fU . ...-,- HOW IT HAPPENED *J Yonkers Statesman. *$**' *'!/&' 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- ... . KOTA INSTITUTION. A ZubblerIs it true that you've i^^^an addition,to your family?" , . ^^1 Von JyltYes Miss" "Koeket said he would be a sister to me. i * 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 W*v be mad - al 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. ? ri1 ^ ^niifoidn "Services at St StahpS ?* Wl ft prese n? e r-sr *4f * of\mind_extin- SwasXe? 6 ' Th e ^ u ^ -man's 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 'S"S^. ^ ,e ,arrei pBone M te conflictto g Btoi S but 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. f#PP? It Depends Greatly on the Number lt of Curves in" the Eoad and^ii . et Their Sharpness. -^ ^4 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. , i-M^-, What ts Done When a Defective . Rail, Is Discovered in the ' : ,- /y'-_ Line, *,' .. fA ' * ' " 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 ofth*e 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 J * 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. 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