The evening times. [volume], March 14, 1907, Image 6

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RACES THAT WILL
BE PULLED OFF
ATFAIR
Minnesota Has a Nice String
of Them For the State Fair
This Year.
St Paul. Minn.. March 14.—The
State Agricultural society has been
more liberal than ever in arranging
the racing program for fair week.
Nearly $30,000 will be paid out in
purses.
The races are assigned to the first
five days of the week, Saturday be
ing left open for a possible automo
bile meet
The complote race program of the
fair from Sept. 2 to 6, is as follows:
Monday.
No. 1—2:2$ class, pacing, hopples bar
red, $1,500.
No. 2—2:1 class, trotting, $1,000.
No. 3—Freo for all calss, pacing:,
*3.500.
No. 4—Running race, one-half mile
heats, two In three, $200,
No. 5—Running race, 1% miles, sell
ing, |250.
Tur*il»v.
No. 6—2:21 class, trotting, $5,000.
No. 7—2:22 class, pacing, $1,000.
No. 8—2.45 class, trotting, two in
three, 3-year-olds or under, $1,000.
No. 9—Running race, five-eighths
mile, heat's, two in three, $200.
No. 10—Running race, 1% miles, sell
ing, $250.
Wedaeaday.
No. 11—Freo for all class, trotting,
2,500.
No. 12—2:08 class, pacing, $1,000.
No 13—2:40 class, pacing, two in
three, 3-year-olds or under, hopples
barred, $1,000.
No 14—Running race, one-half mile
heats, two in three, $200.
No. 15—Runing race, 1% miles, sell
ing, $250.
Thnrnday.
No. IS—2:30 class, trotting, $1,500.
No. 17—2:17 class, pacing, hopples
barred. $1,000.
No. 18—2:25 class, trotting, $1,000.
No. 19—Running race, mile heats,
two in three, $200.
No. 20—Running race, 1% miles, nov
elty, $250.
Friday.
No. 21—2:13 class, pacing $5,000.
No. 22—2:16 class, trottnlg, $1,000.
No. 23—Running race, one-half mile
heats, two in three, $200.
No. 24—Running race, 1% miles, sell
ing. $250.
The board committed itself to the es
tablishment of a northwestern futurity
stake, the details of which will be
worked out later.
COCPLE SKATERS.
finltoi Makes Challenge to Crookston
Fast Ones.
A challenge has been issued by J.
A. Heder and Miss Lewis of Grafton
to skate against any couple of Crooks
ton on roller skates. Endeavors are
being made to find some one in
Crookston that is willing to enter the
race.
Hie Grafton pair are said to be
rather speedy skaters, and a good race
is expected.
SMETBBDGE
Why it Was Never Officially
Opened By Mayor Although
There Were Doings.
Ceremonies attending the opening
of a bridge are not calculated to in
spire poetic or patriotic feelings, but
to open a new structure without some
sort of "fireworks" would be contrary
to all rules of municipal etiquette.
The 8&te street bridge, however, was
not opened with the customary speech
making by city officials, and, although
four years have elapsed since it was
put in service, it has not been officially
opened to this day.
But the span was opened, just the
same, with elaborate ceremonies and
duly christened with a bottle of cham
pagne. When the last nail was driv-.
en into the structure State street
business men on the south side of
die river, who for months had suffer
ed by reason of the street being clos
ed to traffic, held ceremonies of their
own, which they deemed proper. They
might not have been appropriate to
the occasion, but, nevertheless, when
the city officials and drainage trus-.
tees arrived a few hours later to do
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the job according to Hoyle, and were
told by the bridge tender what had
happened, without leaving their car
riages they turned around and drove
away. The speeches that Mayor Har
rison and Thomas A. Smyth, presi
dent of the drainage board, had pre
pared to fire at a defenseless bridge
were not taken from the pockets in
which they reposed. All kinds of bad
luck, it was predicted, would befall
the structure because of its inaugua
ation without oratory, but, on the con
trary, it has been freer from acci
dent since its opening than any bridge
that spans the Chicago river.
The bridge was more than a year
in building, and during that time the
business men in the vicinity of South
Water street lost heavily on account
of the traffic being diverted to Dear
born and other streets. Foremen in
charge of the work were bribed with
fruits and vegetables and dairy pro
ducts to hurry the job along, and some
days as many as three men and a boy
would labor industriously toward its
completion. The date of the opening
had been set several times by the
commissioner of public works, or
some one connected with the office,
but each time something .came up to
cause a delay.
Business men were tearing their
hair over what seemed to them an
interminable delay, and delegations
made weekly trips to the mayor and
commissioner of public works, plead
ing for at least the employment of
another boy on the bridge.
At last the auspicious day arrived.
Mayor Harrison announced to the re
porters one afternoon in March that
the State street bridge would be open
ed the next morning without fail, or
he would perform the oft-repeated
threat of eating his old Fedora hat.
With this assurance the long-suffer
ing business men began preparations
for a "grand opening" as they called
it. Joseph Keane, whose restaurant
had been practically closed for a year,
was appointed master of ceremonies.
His cashier, a comely young woman,
was given the honor of being the first
person to cross the bridge. Midway
of the structure she paused to smash
a bottle of wine on a steel girder and
remark "I christed thee State street."
A little German band, stationed at
the south approach of the bridge, dis
coursed a selection of airs including
everything from "Die Wacht Am
Rhein" to "Casey, He Waltzed With
the Strawberry Blonde." Fifty or
more business men and their clerks
tramped over the bridge and back
again, and all expressed satisfaction
with the new structure. A South
Water street commission merchant
delivered a speech, which if there had
been a stenographer present to take
down verbatim would have been well
worth printing. The merchant, an
Italian, had only a limited knowledge
of English, and those who heard his
forensic effort said it would compare
favorably with anything ever written
by George Ade or Mr. Dooley.
The band had been hired for $5 to
"play everything they knew," and if
Joe Keane had not paid the leader
another $5 to quit he and his musi
cians would have remained for a
week. The man who played the clar
inet was just getting his second wind
and it was with difficulty he was shut
off.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon two
carriages drove on the bridge and
stopped. The occupants were Mayor
Harrison, Comptroller McGann and
Commissioner of Public Works Block!,
representing the city, and Thomas A.
Smyth, Zina R. Carter and Frank
Wenter of the drainage board. Mayor
Harrison opened the carriage door
and beckoned to the bridge tender,
who recognized him and hurried to
ward the vehicle.
"We would like to see the bridge
raised before we begin the dedication
ceremonies," said the mayor, in his
usual dignified manner.
"Indade, thin, yeer honor," replied
the man in charge of the structure,
"ye needn't get out av yeer carridges
f'r that. Joe Keane an' a lot uv da
goes from South Water sthreet were
here airly this mornin' an' they chris
tened th' bridge with champeen
wather."
"Drive back to the city hall," said
the mayor, curtly, to the man on the
box. The other carriage followed,
and that is why the State street
bridge has never been officially open
ed.
HUMAN SOIL HAS WEIGHT
Hitncknetti troves Existence
of the Immortal Part of MM
His curiosity aroused while present
at the bedside of dying patients, Dr.
Duncan Macdougall of Haverhill, Mass.,
aided by four physicians of high pro
fessional standing, has been for the
past six years in a private sanitarium
near Boston conducting experiments to
discover the existence or non-existence
of a "soul" in the human body.
As concrete results, it is claimed the
mysterious human soul has at last been
catalogued upon scientlfis principles,
just as is the heart and all vital or
gans of die body, as an actual, mate
rial tbing that when this soul flits
from the body it diminishes the weight
of the body by a certain measurable
amount, and that this amount can be
weighed in actual pounds or fractions
of pounds.
The difference between the weight of
the
live human body and the body a
moment after death, or when the soul
has quitted it, was found to be from
one-half ounce to one ounce and to
this, it Is said, there can be no other
possible solution except that It is the
weight of the human soul.
In every case the loss was shown
Pension Clerks Discharged.
The statement printed a few days
ago that Commissioner of Pensions
Warner had disrated four pension of
fice clerks because of errors discov
ered in their handling of important
pension papers recalls something said
recently about the government's idea
about pensions for superannuated em
ployes. The four clerks referred to
were old soldiers, and it is to be in
ferred that age had dulled the keen
ness of their enthusiasm .and efficien
cy. On account of their war records
they were not dismissed, but they were
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MISS ANNIE BEST, A NEW YORK BELLE.
Not all of the New York society belles worthy of special mention belong
to the "Astorbilt" family. There are many other families in metropolitan so
ciety "just as good." and to one of these belongs Miss Annie Best, who Is
prominent In what some persons like to call the younger set. Miss Best Is ons
of the charming girls who know how to enliven the conventional social function.
after all known scientific deductions,
such as the loss of respiratory air, of
moisture and of all excretions and se
cretions of the body had been taken
into consideration.
The method of finding this result was
to place the dying patient in bed upon
one of the platforms of a pair of scales
made expressly for the experiments,
with an equal weight in the opposite
platform.
These scales were so delicately con
structed as to be sensitive to a weight
of less than one-tenth of ,an ounce.
In every case when tfhe sould was
set free ydeath the platform opposite
the one in which lay the subject of the
teet fell suddenly just as naturally
would have happened if a weight had
been taken from the opposing balance.
The figures on the dial index indicated
the diminution in weight.
SHE LOST HER HEEL.
Milady was tripping down Fifth av
enue. Suddenly her foot slumped—
apparently an uneven place in the
sidewalk. However, at the next step
the left foot slumped again. Milady
turned to behold the heel of her boot
lying on the sidewalk behind her.
Quickly she sped, though with slight
ly irregular steps, to the lost treas
ure. As she stood undecided what to
do and intently regarding the place
where the tragedy had occurred a
gentleman, observing her evident dis
comfiture, gallantly came to her as
sistance. "Have you lost something,
madame?" he inquired. He was of
clerical appearance and the neighbor
hood is one where clergymen do con
gregate. Milady therefore responded
with propriety: "I have not lost my
soul, but—" and she held forth the
lost heel. "If you will help me to
this store perhaps they can fix it for
me." Fortunately, both milady and
the clergyman were blessed with a
sense of humor and were able to ap
preciate the somewhat unique picture
presented a few moments later, as
the heroine of the adventure sat
perched on a high stool in the rear
of a book store while an office boy
pounded on the replaced heel with
lusty strokes of a hammer.
put on work less important where they
could not well make errors which
might prove costly or embarrassing.
This is in line with the policy pursued
in all departments of the government
service. Often attempts have been
nsade, and it may be supposed that
they will continued to be mate, to get
congress to sanction a pension system
for all government employes. The pen
sion system abroad is not confined to
the army and navy, but in some coun
tries practically all public servants,
and in Germany, for instance, private
servants as well, are pensioned under
certain regulations. Possibly the gov
ernment of the United States plans
that matter more wisely, for instead of
dismissing the old men in the country's
service when their efficiency fails, they
are given less onerous tasks at re
duced pay, and even if they are not
able to earn that smaller stipend they
earn something at any rate, whereas
their retirement on pensions would be
a heavy stated expense, amounting to
many millions yearly, where the pres
ent system costs, in reduced efficiency
through age, but a few millions an
nually.. Within the year there was a
readjustment of the working force in
the San Francisco postoffice on this
basis, the older men who had seen
their best days being given less re
sponsible positions and younger, more
ambitious and more energetic men be
ing advanced to the more remunerative
positions. The old men may still feci
that they are needed, and they can
continue in useful careers and be more
contented, as a rule, than if they were
compelled to rust out in idleness on
pensions.
OTeihauling Education.
A good deal of money has been spent
on our present system of education,
but we are now told that it is all
wrong and that it has to be modified,,
both as respects methods and scope.
We have it, appears, been Ignoring nat
ural limitations—trying to "make a
silk purse out of a sow's ear," so to
speak. Many persons are utterly in
capable of education of the kind in
fashion. Practical training Is what
Buster Brown" is Coming Soon.
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wanted, as a rule, not the curriculum
of a doctor of philoso[Aiy. It is now
proposed to turn most pupils into ap
prentices, to learn how to make a liv
ing with tools, instead -of books, and
workbenches, instead of desks, with
skilled workmen for teachers, instead
of persons who know nothing but his
tory, geography and modified spelling.
In Prussia the king's son, it is said, Is
taught a trade, in the idea that a trade
is a worthy employment We in Amer
ica seem to put a stigma on practical
work by not recognizing it generally In
our school system. Everyone that
wishes to substitute tools for books, it
is contended by advocates of practical
training, ought, after he has mastered
the rudiments, be allowed to do so.
Politics and
Politicians
In the Sixtieth congress there are to
be only two Democratic senators who
do not represent southern states. They
are Newlands of Nevada and Teller ot
Colorado, and.their terms will expire
in 1909.
Kthan Allen Hitchcock ot Missouri,
who has just given up his position is
secretary of the interior, was appoint
ed by President McKlnley in 1898 and
served longer than any of his prede
cessors in the office.
Friends of ex-Congressman Frank B.
Posey of Evansvtlle, Ind„ have started
a bconi for 'him for tho Republican
nomination for governor of Indiana.
Mr. Posey is now serving his second
term as surveyor of the port of Evans
vllle.
Just before the recent session of con
gress adjourned Representative Lacey
of Iowa was presented with a hand
some silver loving cup by his col
leagues oi the house committee on
public lands, of which he was chair
man.
The successor of Senator Spooner is
to be elected March 26. It is generally
conceded that the result depends al
most entirely upon the attitude of Sen
ator LaFollette, whose following in
the Wisconsin legislature holds the
balance of power.
Missouri has had thirty-one govern
ors, of whom but six are now living.
Including the present incumbent, Gov
ernor Folk. The living ex-governors
are Thomas T. Crittenden, David R.
Francis, William J. Stone, Lon V. Ste
phens and A. M. Dockery.
The widows of six members of con
gress who died during the recent year
will each receive $5,000 under the gen
eral deficiency bill. They are Mrs. R.
R. Hitt of Illinois, Mrs. H. C. Adams
ot Wisconsin, Mrs. Rockwood Hoar of
Massachusetts, Mrs. W. H. Flack of
New York and Mrs. J. F. Rixey of Vir
ginia.
Isaac Stephenson, the wealthy Mari
etta lumberman who appears to lead
in the race for the seat made vacant
by- the resignation of United StateB
Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, is a na
tive of New Brunswick. He went to
Wlnconsin in 1841 and has served in
the 'legislature of that state and also
as a member of congress.
Senators Daniel and Ma run of Vir
ginia, Foraker of Ohio, Burrows of
Michigan, Kean of New Jersey, Scott
of West Virginia, Warner of Missouri,
Brandegee of Connecticut, Barry of
Arkansas and Carmack of Tennessee
have been appointed by Vice President
Fairbanks to represent the senate at
the opening of the Jamestown Tercen
tennial exposition next month.
Fred T. Dubois of Idaho, whose term
in the United States senate expired
March 4, has signed a contract with a
lyceum bureau to deliver a series of
lectures during the coming summer
and fall For many years Mr. Dubois
has been fighting the Mormon church
in his state and he has chosen the
"Menace of Mormonism" as the sub
ject upon which he will speak.
Members of congress will watch with
no little interest the result of the sen
atorial fight in Mississippi this sum
mer between Governor Vardaman and
Representative John Sharp Williams.
Whichever way the contest goes the
result is certain to have an important
bearing on the minority leadership in
Che house, which honor was held by
Mr. Williams during the Fifty-Ninth
congress. The contest will be decided
at the general state primary, which
will be held in August.
Express Companies 'ext.
It Is stated on reliable authority that
the interstate commerce commission,
after completing the Harrlman inquiry,
will begin an investigation of the busi
ness methods of the express compa
nies. It has been repeatedly charged
that many, if not all, of the'express
companies of the country are engaged
in other than the transportation busi
ness, selling fruits, meats, liquors and
other merchandise at both wholesale
and retail. Charges of excessive rates
and discriminations have also been
filed with the commission, and these
will be probed within the next few
months. In the past the "express
trust" has enjoyed great freedom from
governmental regulation, possibly due
to the alleged fact that it "owns" many
members In both houses of congress.
There are so many uselera things in
the world that we sometimes think the
Lord made some things just to be mis
chievous.
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Quality remains long after price is forgotten.
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that makes shirts from the Star Laun
dry stand hot weather, damn weather
any kind of weather so well. The shirts
find out how really good it Is.
THE STAR LAUNDRY
BAST GRAND FORKS, MINNESOTA
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BILLINGS & KAISEK. Proprietors
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N«w aad Secoad Baai
Watches, Clocks,
Jswelry, Maalcal
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Grata* Fnralshla^s
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Oar prices are the
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Oar prices are the
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A Ten Room House. Modem Except
Heat Corner Lot 70 by 70 (eel
Suitable for Business Purposes. Cement Walks. Paved
Streets. Very close in.
Bacon £k Van Alstine
Livery and Hack Stable
$3000.00
povm at. mmoffi 131
Grand Forks. North Dakota
We have a few food country livery horses for sale cheap.
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