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SPATTERS MIST GO
THOSE WHO LINGER TODAY WILL
BE EVICTED BY THE
SHERIFF *
FEEL THAT IT IS UNJUST
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People Along: the Flats in Minne
apolis Contend They Are on Gov
ernment Land and Should Not Be
Ousted by the Park Board—Death
»f a Former Army Chaplain—
News of Minneapolis.
QLOBE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
" 20 WASHINGTON AY. SOUTH
Advertising— Subscriptions— '■-. ~'
Tel. "2796 J— l. Tel. 2790 J—4
"What are we going to do about it?"
That's what the squatters on the Min
neapolis East side flats were asking one
another yesterday and no one seemed
able to answer the question. For five
years passed it's been, "What are you
going to do about It?" and the question
was put to the park board. It is up to
the squatters now, however, and If they
don't move of their own accord the sher
iff will take a hand.
Last Friday they were notified that
but three more days would be given them
in which to vacate. Yesterday there
were seven houses still occupied. One
of the families had decided to move out
without asking further questions, but
the balance were determined to stay just
as long as they could. These seven
families are all that remain of thirty
three that were on the nats last May.
Twenty-six have moved since that time.
Those -hat still- remain claim that they
cannot afford to move; that it is an in
justice to ask them to do so, and that
they won't move until the sheriff backs
a. wagon up before their door.
There is a feeling among them all that
the park board has no right to evict
them. They believe the property upon
which they have squatted to be govern
ment property. The records of the park
board show, however, that It was pur
chased from Farnham and others and
th» the park board has a clear title to It.
The park board people claim that while
the squatters will not interfere with
the work of grading the boulevard they
will interfere with the beautifying of
the grounds below the boulevard and
•\etween it and the water's edge. The
sheriff has the matter in his hands and
It is expected will act today. This was
the notice given to the fiat dwellers last
Friday and no change- in the plans has
been made.
J. W. PuIIEIIOV DEAD.
A Former M i-me:i_H>l Unit Dies at His
Minnetonka Home.
John W. Pomeroy died at' his home near
Howard's Point, Lake Minnetonka, on
Saturday night. Mr. Pomeroy had been
in the best of health, and it was only
within the past few days that he had
complained of a slight Indisposition. On
Saturday evening he retired as usual
after having spent the greater part of
'the day in his garden.
On Sunday morning the family grew
alarmed at his non-appearance at break
last and when Mrs. Pomeroy entered the
room to call him she found him dead.
An examination of the remains showed
that Mr. Pomeroy was overtaken by heart
failure and met his death about midnight.
Mr. Pomeroy was one of the most popu
lar men at the lake, where he has made
his home during a good many years past.
He was born In Utlca, N. V., and at the
time of death had reached the age of
f-ixty-sevon years. He was a son of the
once well known Dr. Theodore Pomeroy,
and within but a few yean was promi
nent in Minneapolis business circles. He
leaves a widow, two daughters and two
sons to mourn his loss. One of the daugh
ters, Mrs. Getty, of St..Louis, is at pres
ent visiting at the lake home of the fam
ily, together with her sister. Miss Pom
eroy. Both of th? sons left last year for
the Klondike gold fields, Mr. Getty has
been telegraphed for. and will arrive this
morning from St. Louis. All arrange*
ments for the funeral will be deferred un
til his arrival
REV. MR. STEVENS DEAD.
Well Known Methodist Minister.
Formerly nn Army Chaplain.
E. W. Stevens, the well-known Method
ist minister, died at the Soldiers' home
hospital, Minnehaha, at 1 o'clock yester
day afternoon. Rev. Stevens was 66
years old. At the outbreak of the civil
war he enlisted and-was made chaplain
of a Wisconsin regiment. When his time
was up he re-enlisted, and served until
mustered out in 1865. At the time of his
death Rev. Stevens was pastor of the
Methodist church at Minnehaha. He
leaves .three sons and two daughters.
The funeral services will be conducted by
Appomattox post at the Soldiers' home i
un Tuesday.
DYNAMITE USED IN VAIN.
The Bodies of the Lake Harriet Vic
tims Not Yet Recovered^
Although a large quantity of dynamite,
aggregating over 100 pounds in all, was
exploded in Lake Harriet yesterday in
charges ranging as high as eleven pounds
at once, it failed to bring to the surface
the bodies of Sigurd Rudd and Ida Ol
son, drowned last Thursday evening by
the upsetting of a rowboat. This morn
ing a diver will be put at work, al
though it will be a hazardous undertak
ing with but slight chances of ultimate
success, owing to the condition of the
bottom of the lake and the many feet
of mud said to exist. The police report
that they find the water In this particular
section of the lake to be over 100 feet in
depth.
LIFTED THE DEBT.
The African M. E. Chnrch Pays Off
Its Mortgage,
As a result of three meetings held in
the exposition building yesterday, the
First-African Methodist church of Min
neapolis is now free from debt. The
church was founded many years ago;
and has since been the sponsor of two
other churches of like denominations,
the St. Peter's A. M. E. church, on Twen
ty-second street, and St. James' A. M. E.
church in St. Paul.
Afro-American League.
The Afro-American Law Enforcement
League of Minnesota held a meeting yes
terday afternoon at Bethesda Baptist
church, Minneapolis, for the purpose of
discussing in a preliminary way what
part the colored people of this state are
to have in the Chicago conference and to
select delegates to the same. In all there
are to be four delegates, two from Minne
apolis and as many from St. Paul. Those
who will represent St. Paul are F. L.
McGhee and J. Q. Adams. The Minneap
olis delegates have not yet been agreed
upon.
Hand Injured.
Herman Rockel, an oiler at the Crown
roller mill, had his hand caught in the
machinery yesterday morning and pain
fully torn and lacerated. The police took
him to Asbury hospital, where It was
found that no bones were broken and
that amputation of the hand would not
be required. Rockel resides at 2810 Du
pont avenue north.
PERSONAL OPINIONS.
Aid. Leighton— prices of building
material are going up, but we unfor-
tunate aldermen must continue to serve
the public at the old figures. It is to
be hoped the public will some day ap
preciate our sacrifices."
Aid. Jones—How happy I would be if
my name was only Brown or Smith.
City Engineer Sublette—Don't mention
It. I shudder to think of the appearance
my office force would present If I had
kept my word with the aldermen.^
Aid. Chatfleld—While I'm not . saving
much, I'm keeping up a big chunk of
hard thinking on those "flyers", on the
mterurban line. •_.:-- .- -
Aid. Kiichli—The members of the late
board of equalization are thinking about
going to night. school. the coming win
ter. That word "equalize" is a puzzler
for some of them. - - -
Aid. Anderson— Democratic alderman
that expects any fair treatment fiom his
Kcbublican co-workers in the city council
just now should take a dose of "eye-open
er. ' If you don't know the meaning of
that word, ask Aid. Nelson.
Aid. McCoy—The Ninth ward is the only
place In the city to live. If a man in
public life hasn't got sand enough to ex
press his opinions, there are banks of
that necessary material there that he
can borrow from without interest.
Aid. Main—There are times when I
would prefer to be a water main or any
other main sooner than admit that I was
an alderman. I don't see by what col
ors of the rainbow a man of my natural
sensitiveness "manes" by entering poli
tics anyway. - \»-
Aid. Dwyer—Don't you pity the Iceman?
But he is not as cold a proposition as his
stock in trade would indicate. Unlike
the butcher and the baker, his goods have
no flies on them.
Aid. Sibley— have been wondering for
some time why President Crosby put
Main on the committee on underground
wires. I think I'll open a guessing con
test on that conundrum.
Aid. Nelson—l'll furnish a new water
filter for the committee on water works
If they persist in turning down us Dem
ocratic members. There are chapters in
the city charter that some of those new
members are not acquainted with.
Aid. Peterson— Now just look at my
happy position on committees. I'm the
starting point on licenses; midway on
bends of city officers and sewers; next to
Dwyer on paving and cancellation, but
failed to wind up with "Bethany Home"
as Currier brought the news to Crosby
that Rand wanted to head the delegation.
See:
Aid. Dickinson—Rand threw sand down
my back when I was a boy, and that is
why my clothes don't fit me around the
shoulders.
Aid. Castle President Crosby put me at
the tail end of the sewer committee. With
Sutherland at the other end, backed up
by Powers, and Long next to me, I got
all there was In it.
Aid. Currier— Sutherland what he
thinks of my complexion. You know, of
ccurse, he is a dentist, but I have got no
more to say. A quiet tongue is the best
weapon of self-defense, particularly if
you are in the dentist chair.
Aid. Adams—"There is luck In odd num
bers," said Roy O'Moore. I' say th°
same thing. I'm on five different council
committees and haven't run up agair-st a
poor cigar since the first of trie year.
Aid. Merrill— lf real estate would only
boom I would not object to seeing the
firemen get a 5 per •■'ent raise In wages.
Aid. McCune —1 think four year.; in the
city council are enough to satisfy an or
dinary alderman.
WHY NOT LET
Jim Ege be sheriff next time?
President Crosby retire to private life
and save his bank account?
The water department do as it pleases,
thereby saving the expense of an investi
gation?
The police department go on its merits?
The firemen have what they are enti
tled to?
Lydlard, Gorham, Allen and others con
duct matters political as they think best?
Jim Cane smoke his cigar it* comfort?
The detective force run the whole thing,
especially that portion of it that knows
it all?- ,:.:, , „.. . ..... ......
The reports of stolen property be pub
lished, as was done last year? The public
will then know what is going on.
The hackmen charge all they 'please?
They know what their time is worth.
The bie: expressmen run without a li
cense? They cannot afford to pay.
.The police department have enough
money to meet expenses? They are the
poorest paid employes in the city.
The new A. D. T. company do business
for less money than the old company if
it will?
INVITATION FOR DIAZ.
Party Leaves Chicago to Convey It
to Mexico's President.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3.3.— The special com
mittee to convey the invitation to Presi
dent Diaz, of Mexico, to attend the au
tumn festival and the laying of the cor
ner stone of the new government build
ing in Chicago, left tonight in a special
car for the City of Mexico. At El Paso,
Tex., the car will be transferred to the
Mexican Central road, and taken through
to Its destination, arriving there Friday
noon. Friday afternoVuv the delegation
will call on the American ambassador,
Powell Clayton, who will make the pre
liminary arrangements for the commit
tee's reception by President Diaz. ■' I
The formal invitation is inclosed in a
handsome mahogany case made of wood
from the doors of the old postofflce
building. This case is lined with white
silk. The invitation is on rich purple
silk. On the initial page are the flags of
the United States and Mexico crossed.
he invitation is signed by Gov. Tanner
on behalf of the state, by Mayor Harri
son on behalf of the city, by officers of
tho committee on arrangements and by
240 of the leading citherns of Chicago) A
special invitation will also b*j presented
to Mrs. Diaz, and special invitations to
every member of the president's cabiret.
A souvenir will also be presented to
President Diaz in the form of a large
handsomely bound volume, in which are
260 letters from prominent men of the
United State.?, including thirty-one gov
ernors of states, twenty mayors of lead
ing cities. United States senators and
professional men. Among them Is a
strong letter from Mayor Harrison, in
which he refers to the fact that when
President Diaz visited Chicago before his
father was mayor, and the son hoped to
have the pleasure of welcoming him
again to the city.
Typographical Union.
DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 13.—An informal
reception was the preliminary feature this
afternoon and evening of. the session of
the International Typographical union
which opens tomorrow morning. The re
ception was held in Montgomery Rifles
armory. Some 200 delegates and other
members have already arrived.
THE- ST? PAUL GI/OBE, MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 1899.
RISING OF NATIVES
IT WILL FOLLOW THE • FIRST
SHOT OF A WAR WITH
"... I. ! TRANSVAAL -: ;■_ :•
BOERS ARE BLAMING KRUGER
President of the Republic Charged
With Responsibility for the
Crisis—Government Delaying: Be
fore Making- a Reply to the De
mands of Great Britain — People
Are Opposed to the War,
LONDON, Aug. 14.— Johannesberg
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
"The government is awaiting the ap
proval of the Orange Free State and the
Cape Colony ministry before replying to
the proposal of Mr. Chamberlain to sub
mit the franchise controversy to a joint
commission of inquiry. lamin a posi
tion to assert that the first draft of the
Transvaal's answer was a refusal. The
second was an acceptance conditional on
the independence of the South "African
republic not being impugned.
"This dependence on Bloemfonteln find
the Dutch cabinet at Cape Town is
proof of the chaos reigning in Pretoria.
The leading members of the raad are
opposed to war and accuse President
Kruger of being responsible for the cri
sis. More than this, despite the war
preparations, the Transvaal generally is
averse to a conflict."
The Cape Town correspondent of the
Daily Chronicle says:
"I am convinced that the first shot
fired in the Transvaal will be the signal
for a general native rising. The Impe
rial government, I can assert positively,
has been warned accordingly and is post
poning the enforcement of the new Ba-'
suto house tax."
URGE PEACE.
CAPE TOWN, Aug '13.-A meeting of
prominent Afrikander leaders today ad
vocated acceptance by the Transvaal
government of Mr. Chamberlain's joint
commission proposal. According to a
dispatch from Durban, Natal, the Liver
pool regiment, which recently left here,
will be sent to form a camp at Laing's
Neck..
The Portuguese have detained the
steamer Reichstag from Hamburg, June
23, at Delagoa bay. She has on board
.15,000 rifles and other war material con
signed to the Transvaal government.
READY TO MOBILIZe.
JOHANNESBERG, Aug. 13.-The
Transvaal government, it is reported, has
provisionally arranged with the Nether
lands South African Railway company
for mobilization on the shortest notice
if required. Immense stores of provis
ions and war material have been collect
ed at Pretoria. It is rumored that orders
have been issued to mobilize the artillery
reserve.
It is alleged from Boer sources that
the government intends to introduce a
passport law, aiming to prevent Out
landers from leaving the country with
out permission in the event of war.
RIOTING IN IRELAND.
Stormy Celebration of the Anniver-
sary of the Roller of berry.
LONDONDERRY, Aug. 13.—The Protes
tant celebration of the anniversary of
the relief of Derry, besieged by James
IP's army in 1659, led to riotous
scenes here today. An excursion party,
composed of 400 members of an "89 club,
arrived from Belfast, but the police re
fused to allow the excursionists to en
ter the city. The appearance of an or
ganized party and a band to meet the
party caused stone throwing. Both par
ties attacked the police.
The riot act was then read and the
garrison called out. Eight constables
were seriously injured. The rioting was
resumed on the departure of the excur
sionists. The police made repeated baton
charges and many persons were injured.
FIVE DROWNED,
French Schooner Sunk by Collision
With an English Steamer.
LONDON, Aug. 13.— French schoon
er Pauboto was sunk in collision today
off Lowestoft by the English steamer
Hercules and five persons were drowned
The steamer rescued the remainder of
the crew.
MINNESOTA MEN BACK.
Maj. Hannny, of the Third, and Gal-
lagher, of Thirteenth, Arrive.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 13.-The United
States transport Centennial arrived here
from Manila today after a most excit
ing round trip. She narrowly missed a
couple of typhoons, was ashore on a cor
al reef, where the entire crew barely
escaped capture at the hands of the
Filipinos: one of the sailors was killed
by a parting hawser, and one of the quar
termaster's men stabbed by a colored
cook. Because of the stabbing Charles
"Wilson, of the Centennial' galley staff
arrived here in irons, while Herman
Brevey, the transport's quartermaster,
will have a sojourn in some hospital un
til he recovers from the effects of the
cook's knife.
During the lightening process necessary
to get the Centennial off the reef near
Manila on her outward trip a quantity
of government stores to the value of $13,-
COO had to be jettisoned, and were appro
priated by the Filipinos, who swarmed
about the reef and made more than one
attack for the purpose of capturing the
vessel and crew.
Upon her return trip the Centennia'
brought a number of invalided officers
and men from various regiments. Capt.
C. F. Spear, of the Thirteenth Minne
sota regiment, started from Manila on
HOW BEATJTITTJL THE STARS ARE TONIGHT, JOHN!
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the transport, but left-the "ship at Naga
saki. Among those on board are: Edwin
E. Hawkins, South Dakota volunteers;
Maj. J. W. Hannay, Third infantry, and
Private G. O. Gallagher, . Company I,
Thirteenth Minnesota regiment.
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TREATY WITH CROW INDIANS.
Million and a Quarter Acres of Land
..to Be. Opened. _'*'.:..
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 13.— special
from the Crow Indian agency, Montana,
says: Government commissioners have
effected .an agreement with the «, Crow
Indians which will become a treaty when
ratified by congress. ''About a million
acres of land will be purchased on the
northern end of the Crow reservation
from Fort Custer to z Yellowstone river
and from Pryor creek, to. the eastern
boundary of the reservation, embracing
the Lower Bighorn and other smaller
streams. This leaves the Crows two and
a half million acres and will make them
independent in time and furnish homes
for thousands of clvlHttdd- people. The
price to be paid is about a dollar per acre
ln payments. 'Itip *.-■'_
Considerable land is, arid, but most of
it is excellent for gracing.; with timber
on the streams. The Northern Pacific
railway runs along th-» northern border
and the Burlington diagonally through it
from east to west. bi . n
CHURCH A BUMBOAT.
Famous Old Structure to Be Used
tor. the Sale of Beer.
CHICAGO, Aug. 13.—Evanston's famous
old Methodist church, the building in
which Frances Wlllard read her essay
as a girl graduate, in which Abraham
Lincoln spoke, and a landmark in Evans
ton since its erection in 1555. Is to pass
the rest of its days In ignoble service.
Mounted on a raft in the lake off Evans
ton, beyond the pale of local prohibition
laws, the old church will be used as a
bum boat, from which beer, whisky and
all the ordinary brands of hard drinks
will be dispensed.
The old structure, for a year has been
unused, and a month ago the Northwest
ern university, which owns the ground,
declared the building a nuisance and
ordered its removal by Sept. 1. It was
sold for *ro. and as the liquor ordinances
of Evanston do not apply to shipping on
the lake beyond the shore line, the pur
chasers will secure a government license
and turn the church Into a floating saloon
and dance hall. The Methodists are en
deavoring to regain possession of the
building, but as the sale was legal they
are powerless.
MOB THREW STONES.
Attack Made on a Street Car by
Strike Sympathizers.
CHATTANOOGA. Term., Aug. 13.—A
number of sympathizers with the locked
out union employes of the etectri.. street
railway tonight at a secluded point on the
road attacked a car containing a number
of passens-eis with '...•«■• Windows in
the car were I'orofc-sn and the motorman
was struck. One lady in jumping from
the car.was struck by a huge boulder and
seriously hurt. The motorman drew a re
volver and fired Into the mob. A posse
of policemen were sent to the scene and
dispersed the mob. -I H'
At another point on the road today a
car was stoned but no one was hurt. The
tracks of the electric road wore greased
at various points today, impeding and de
laying traffic. - ;
DARED BY A GIRL.
Louisville Athlete Dived From Big
Four Bridge and 'Lived.
LOUISVILLE. Aug. 13.-Because a girl
dared him, William Crowe borrowed a
bathing suit and. dived' Into the river
from the Big Four bridge;'a* leap which
killed Thomas Heayry just. a week ago.
row.?, who is .an .athlete of local re
pute, made the dive of ninety feet, suc
cessfully and .expresses 'a willingness to
repeat the performance.
Gertrude Moore is a fisherman's daugh
ter; Crowe is a suitor, who up to today
at least stood second in her favor. His
bridge jumping feat was the result of
bantering by the girl and his rival.
DEWEY AT LEGHORN.
Olympia Arrives From Naples and
Is Given Cordial Greeting.
LEGHORN, Italy, Aug. 13.— United
States cruiser Olympia arrived here at
noon today from Naples and was re
ceived with salutes and cordial welcomes.
The commander of the Italian cruiser
Tripoli and the captain of the port both
visited Admiral Dewey on board.
German Cruiser.
SAN FRANCISCO.Aug. 13— fourth
class German cruiser Geier, Commander
Jacobson, arrived here today on a cruise,
ten days from Acapulco.
Richest Farmer ln the "World.
David Rankin, of Taikio, Mo., who is
said to be the richest farmer in the world,
made his beginning with no other capi
tal than a horse. This he sold for $52,
Invested the money in calves, and bought
an eighty-acre farm. He is now. at the
age of seventy-four, tall, athletic, and
raw-boned, with gray hair and beard and
keen blue eyes. He owns 23,000 acres of
land, worth from $50 to $100 an acre.
Students In French Universities.
The census which has just been taken
of the French universities shows that out
of 22,261 students under the various fac
ulties only 817 are women. In Paris the
proportion is scarcely so high, for there
are but 325 women among the 11,827 stu
dents, and of these 129 are foreigners.
Sunday Baked Loaf.
A crusade has been started in London
against the "Sunday baked loaf." It ap
pears that there Is an act of George IV.
making it illegal to bake bread on Sun.
day In the city of London, though the
fact has long been ignored. The ques
tion of Sunday baking is now to be taken
up in parliament.
GIVE UP PHILIPPINES
RICHARD CROKER BELIEVES
THAT IS THE DUTY OF THE
UNITED STATES
POSITION FRANKLY STATED
Before He Went Abroad He "Was In
Favor of. Keeping: the Islands,
Now He Is Convinced .That Such
a Course In Against Policy
and Morals—Views as to Mr.
Bryan,
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Richard Croker,
at the Democratic club, tonight said: "I
was wrong in the statements I made be
fore I went away concerning the Philip
pine islands. I based my belief that we
should not give up a foot of soil our
soldiers have won on Information that
was not complete. I would not give two
cents for a man who, when he found
that he had been wrong, would not at
the very first chance set himself right.
Such a man would not be fit for either
politics or private life.
"Publicly I made the statement that I
did not believe we should give up the
Philippines, which had cost us so many
lives. I am not ashamed to say now as
publicly that I was wrong. I am not
playing a political game. No one is re
sponsible for my change of mind.
"While I was in Europe I talked with
some of the best Informed men on public
life there and anywhere else. I made In
vestigations and found that we had no
right to take the Philippines. We- were
wrong In the first place to spend $20,000,
--000 for them. On a question like this
there should be no dividing line between
Democrats and Republicans. Humanity,
not politics, is Involved and I am con
vinced that humanity, as represented by
the votes of American citizens at the next
presidential election, will record its hor
ror and execration of the men and the
party who are, for private ga'.n, putting
bloody pages Into history. "Believing
these things now I go straight to the
public and frankly say that I was wrong.
"I said I believed William J. Bryan was
one of the greatest men America has
produced. I believe that very thing now.
But that does not mean that I shall work
for the nomination of Mr. Bryan or that
1 think he ls the only man fitted for the
nomination. He is as good a man and
learned as could be found, but I have
no candidate. It is for the convention to
name the man, and the convention will
not meet for at least ten months. • It
would be a travesty on popular suffrage
to pick the candidate before the people's
delegates meet, and I shall have no part
in making such a selection. I shall not
even try to influence the New York state
delegation for anybody.
"Mr. Bryants great strength lies In his
sympathy for and knowledge of the
plain people. No other American has
ever been so close to the masses. He un
derstands and feels for the toller and the
toller understands and trusts him. I
consider him to be one of the greatest
men America has ever produced. ■ ....
"Within the coming year the Demo
cratic party must agree upon its nation
al programme and prepare for the over
throw of trusts and Imperialists. I be
lieve that the party will be united and
.harmonious.
"Naturally I am principally interested
in securing a national platform that will'
be a source of strength to the party
in • ray own state. We hope .to carry
New York for the Democratic can
didate next year. I am satisfied that
nothing will be. done by the next Demo
cratic national convention that will drive
any good Democrat away from his party.
The silver question will be regulated in
time and congress may safely be trust
ed to settle the ratio.
"There .never has been a time in my
experience when the Republican party
has so clearly shown Its unfitness to be
in control of the national government.
Mr. McKinley has turned the war in the
Philippines into a partisan scheme for
his own re-election. The administration
has purposely dragged out the struggle
and ls spending tens of millions of the
people's money without making any seri
ous effort to bring the war to a close
this year.
"The presidential election takes place
next year, and the Republican managers
are openly making preparations to use j
the war as a means of working up an
other outburst of popular enthusiasm |
just in time to sweep Mr. McKinley into j
a second term. But the people, who are I
paying the war taxes, art beginning to j
see through the plan. It is almost in
credible that a president of the United
States is willing to desolate and destroy
thousands of homes and to shed the
blood of the unfortunate Filipinos chief
ly to keep himself and his friends in
office, but the facts are plain to be seen
by every right thinking man. The situ
ation is so shocking, so Indecent from
the ordinary American standpoint, that
thousands of Americans are turning
away from McKinleyism In disgust. The
strongest men in the party have turned
their backs on the administration. In
New York city the party was never
stronger. We will carry all before us this
fall."
ANTI-GOEBEL CONVENTION.
The Attendance Will Not Be as
Large _s Anticipated.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Aug. 13.—The re
turns from the different county meetings
yesterday indicate that the state will not
be as fully represented here next
Wednesday as was expected for the antl-
Goebel state convention, but there will
be small delegations from nearly all
the counties. It is conceded that the
state ticket will be headed by ex-Gov.
John Youngbrown and Mayor P. P.
Johnson for governor and lieutenant
governor against the Democratic nom
inees of the Louisville convention, and
the rest of the ticket will be named
without opposition. The resolutions are
also known In advance as reaffirming the
Chicago platform, Indorsing Bryan and
free silver, denouncing the Goebel elec
tion law and its author and the chair
man and the action of the Louisville
convention.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Aug. 13.—Gov.
Bradley, discussing the interview with
Congressman A. S. Berry, of Newport,
in which the latter declared Bryan
might be shot if he persisted in coming
to the state in the interest of Goebel,
said: V.v
"I cannot think Mr. Berry made the
statement attributed to him. In any
event such a statement is an insult to
Kentucky and wholly without founda
tion or excuse. Mr. Bryan would be
in no more danger in Kentucky than In
any other state In the country." Ex-
Senator Blackburn also discredits the
statement.
SAVED HIS LIFE
By Changing His Boarding Place,
nnd So Did Hi.i Wife.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Up till now I've always doubted my
luck more or less," remarked a young
lawyer whose office is ln one of the big
buildings not far from the city hall, "but
hereafter I shan't complain, no matter
what happens."
Gazing reflectively off into space for a
minute or two, he continued:
"It was this way. My wife and myself
had been .boarding for some time at a
house up on North Eleventh street. The
landlady, for Borne reason or other, de
cided to retire from business, and conse
quently we were requested to give up our
rooms. The removal was to begin today,
but yesterday the landlady Intimated
that if we could arrange to go then she
would appreciate the favor, as the ad
ditional day's time would enable her to
get moved before Sunday.
"To make a long story short, my wife
hurriedly packed our trunks, and we got
out that afternoon about 5 o'clock. You
remember the big electrical storm of Fri
day night, don't you? Well, one of the
storm's many streaks of lightning struck
the boarding house, and damaged it to the
extent of several hundred dollars. The
room in which the most damage was
done, too, was the room my wife and
myself had just moved out of. As the
hour was about that when, after having
eaten dinner, we were accustomed to be
sitting in the room, the chances are that
one, if not both, of us would have been
hurt. My wife is as pleased over our
escape as if she had been presented
with a pair of diamond earrings, and
I'm just a little Inclined to shake hands
wth myself, also."
—
"CIGARETTE BEETLE."
A Destructive Little Insect That Is
Dreaded by- Tobacco Dealers.
"Oh, no," said the tobacconist to a cus
tomer, who had just handed back a pack
age of cigarettes across the counter,
"those cigarettes are perfectly fresh. I
received them from the factory less than
a fortnight ago, but I am not surprised to
iiear you say they are old stock."
Each one of the cigarettes was per
forated from one end to the other with
small holes and the paper had a yellow
appearance.
"These holes," continued the mer
chant, "are the work of the most trouble
some insect known in our trade. The
entomologists at the agricultural depart
ment have a long scientific name for
him, but to us he is known as the 'ci
garette beetle.' He infests all sorts of
tobacco, but appears to be especially
fond of cigarettes. Thousands of cigar
ettes are ruined by the little pest and he
gets In his work on all kinds of dried
tobacco.
"Nor is his peculiar appetite appeased
by tobacco alone, for he feeds with equal
relish on rhubarb, ginger, cayenne pep
per, ergot, tumeric, and all sorts of
stuff like that. The beetle damages ci
gars and cigarettes principally by bor
ing them out and making round holes
in the wrappers so they will not draw.
Leaf tobacco is rendered useless for
wrapping purposes by being punctured
with holes made by both the larvae and
the beetles. Fillers and fine cut tobacco
suffer from the reduction of tftlr sub
stance by the actual amount consumed
by the larvae.
"There Is one case on record where the
beetle was accidentally Introduced into a
store in a shipment of plug tobacco. Ii»
a very short time— three weeks, I
think— Insect Increased and almost
took possession of the place. It entered
the cigar cases and completely ruined
a high-priced stock of goods. We are
beginning to know how to deal with the
pest now, and don't suffer from it as
much as formerly. This is the first
package of cigarettes I've noticed the
beetles In this season, and I've got to go
right to work to put them out of busi
ness."
DOLL AVERTED WAR.
One of the Episodes'of the Troubles
With the Indians.
Philadelphia Times.
A strange story is told of how a child's
plaything once had a soothing influence
upon a warlike Apache tribe, and was
the means of avoiding a serious war. It
happened when Mr. Bourke was in Ari
zona with Gen. Crooke. The general was
trying to put a band of Apaches back on
the reserve, but none could catch them
without killing them, and that he did
not want to do. One day his men cap
tured a little Indian girl and took her to
the fort. She was quiet all day, saying
not a word, but her black beads of eyes
watched everything. When night came,
however, she broke down and sobbed jus.
as any white child would have done.
They tried in vain to comfort her, and
then Mr. Bourke had an idea. From the
adjutant's wife he borrowed a pretty doll
that belonged to her little daughter, and
when the young Apache was made to un
derstand that it was hers to keep her
sobs ceased and she fell asleep.
When morning came the doll was still
clasped in her arms. She played with It
all day, and apparently all thought of
ever getting back to her tribe had left
her.
Several days passed, and as no over
tures about the return of the papoose
had been made by the tribe, they sent
her, with the doll still in her possession,
back to her people.
Mr. Bourke had no idea of the effect
his benevolent ac* would have upon the
Indians. When'the child reached them,
with the pretty doll in its chubby hands!
It made a gieat sensation among them,
and later on its mother came back to
the post with It. Vt7.*
She was kindly received and hospitably
treated, and through her the tribe was
soon afterward persuaded to move back
to the reserve.
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A New Bedford, Mass., young lady
sends for a dollar bottle of Ripans Tabules
for herself and some friends, who are anx
ious to try them. " I intend to use them
until my stomach is able to work as it
should," she writes. " I have never used
anything that relieved my trouble in so
short a time."
DEMOCRATS OF IOWA
STATE CONVENTION OF THE
PARTY TO BE HELD ON
WEDNESDAY
TICKET IS STILL UNCERTAIN
Only Candidates to Lead the List as
Yet Discussed - Rev. Mr. Bashor,
of Waterloo, the Favorite for the
Leading Pl ace on the Ticket-
Anti-Trust Plank Will Be In the
"Platform.
DES MOINES, 10., Aug. 13.-Every
body is at sea regarding the ticket and
Platform of the Democratic state con
vention which meets here Wednesday
Only the head of the ticket has been
talked of as yet, and for it three names
are mentioned as candidates. Rev H.
H. Bashor, of Waterloo, is at present the
favorite, as he is known to be on the
16 to 1 side of the silver question. Cato
Sells, of Vinton, who will be temporary
chairman, is also being pushed by his
friends for governor, but he does not
want it and the tone of his speech will
have much to do with his success as a
candidate. As yet no one knows just ex
actly what his views will be. Judge
M. J Wade, of lowa City, has been
brought out in the last few days as a
gubernatorial candidate, but apparently
has little show of success, as his posi
tion on the main issue is doubtful
For the rest of the ticket absolutely
no names have been mentioned. it is
believed the Chicago platform and Bry
an will be indorsed, but not unanimous
ly, as there will be several contesting
delegations from various counties and
both sides will make a fight for the as
cendancy. The platform will be anti
imperialistic and anti-trust. There are
no state issues on which to make a cam
paign.
W. J. Bryan will speak here Tuesday
evening, when all the delegates are ex
pected to be in the city.
Harvest Delayed.
LISBON, N. D., Aug. 14.-(Special >—
Hajvest is much delayed owing to rain
_»? threshing and haymaking are now
On of the question for a While * come!
On Saturday there was a steady rain
for several hours in the afternoon _£_
grain is terribly soaked. The latest de
velopments show grain to be more serl
__d«7i_S_S ged th„ at first forecasted,
wheat land IPeCially1 PeCially ° * regard to
Trouble at a Dance.
ALBERT LEA, Minn., Aug. 14.-(Spe
cial.)— a result of a misunderstanding
at a dance, held at a farm house in the
tcwn of Freeman last night, Theodore
lorgerson, a young farmer about 26 years
old, has a deep wound in the left' fore
arm, caused by one of three shots fired
from a revolver by an old man named
Ole Grefsheim, a resident of the house
where the dance took place. Torgerson
was not communicative- as' to how the row
started, but expressed doubt as to
whether he would prosecute his assailant.
Beverldge at Banff. «';• S ;■"*!
BANFF, N. W. T., Aug. 13.—(Special.)—
United States Senator A. J. Beveridge has
not yet fully recovered his health after
his Asiatic visit, and his stay -here will be
Indefinite. "You may say," said the sen
ator, "that I am now getting into excel
lent trim. I don't know when I will reach
Indianapolis, as I hope to see something
of Western Canada, with its great grain
areas and stock ranges, and my trip
home will be made by easy stages."
Swallows for. Food.
Along the Adriatic sea swallows and
other migratory birds are caught ever,
year by the hundreds of thousrunds anil
eaten by the Italians, who spread nets la
which as many as 300 to 500 of the tired
birds are caught at once.
Ancient Prayer Book.
A large folio book of common prayer,
of 1652, which belonged to Bishop Creigh
ton, who was bishop of Bath and Wells,
England, In 1670, has been returned to its
old home in the palace at Wells, and
added to the many historic treasures of
the library. It is an excellent specimen
of the binder's art, having been bound
by S. Mearns, the binder to Charles 11.
Disproportion 'of Sexes.• '-> :; *
The disproportion of the sexes is-s_till
very great in Australia. In West Au
stralia, c. g., there were only 54,000 women
In a population of 168,000.
Bland's Library.
The library of the late Congressman
R. P. Bland, of Missouri, numbering some
159 volumes of an estimated average cost
of $2.50 each, was lately sold at auction
in Shelbina, Mo., for $11. .-$ .
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