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TWO
PARTS
VOL. XXIV.—NO. 160.
FURIOUS CYCLONE
SWEEPS OKLAHOMA
Towns Wiped Out and Farms Laid
Waste F, very where in the
Track of the Storm
Only Small Loss of Life, However,
as the Population Sought
Shelter in Cellars.
PERRY, O. T., June The storm
Which passed over Eastern Oklahoma
last night was one of the most severe
since the opening of the strip. A feature
of the storm was the extent of the terri
tory covered. Sweeping down from the
Kansas state line and covering about fif
ty miles In width, the rain, wind and
hail swept over the country as far south
as Old Oklahoma. The rain simply fell
in torrents from early in the evening
until midnight. The "fury of the storm
centered in a cyclone at about 6:30 p.
m., which formed at a point near the
Kansas state line and just on the county
lines of Kay and Grant Oklahoma. The
twister took a southeasterly course and
was most dangerous on a tract ten miles
square in eastern Kay county. The
little town of Eddy was struck, and of
the twelve or fifteen buildings In the place
all were leveled to the ground except the
railroad station and elevator. Flying
lumber was scattered for miles. The peo
ple of the town sought places of safety
early. Three persons were killed and
several injured by flying debris.
OF WIDE EXTENT:
Everything in the track of the storm
between this point and Tonka wit, a dis
tance of about eight mi'es, was laid waste.
Five farmhouses, with barns and outbu Id
ings, were blown away, but the occupan s
all escaped without, injury. Fine fields
of wheat in the midst of harvest weio
laid waste. The tail end of the storm
fell with terrible force upon Tonkawa.
Thirty dwellings and business houses
were scattered like so much loose lum
ber. The citizens of the town had been
M3!ClMley Wot oUt
FOIJ THE Ttfl^p TEI^M
The question of a third term for Mr-
Kinley, the keynote of which was sound
ed by Senator Chauncey M. Depew in one
of his characteristic. speeches a few.
days ago, has gone over the breadth
of the land, and at present is receiving
unusual comment from men of promi
nence. What St. Paul politicians who
are high In the councils of their party
think of the proposition is given in the
following interviews in response to the
Query: "Do you think that McKinley
Will receive a third term?"
"It's nonsense to talk of a th:rd term,"
paid Gov. "Van Sant, when queried as
to his views on the matter. "In my
Judgment President McKlnley could not
pYINfAjVfiTE EXPLOSION
FOLLOWS COLLISION
BTNGHAMPTON, N. V., June S.—
While a freight train on the Lacka
wanna was taking water at Vestal, ten
miles west of here.at 9:45 o'clock tonight,
it was run into from behind by a dou
ble-header wildcat freight. In the sec
end car of the caboose of the station
ary train was a large quantity of dyna
mite, which was exploded by the im
pact. Six men are known to have
been killed, three others are thought to
be in the wreck and a number of others
are known to be badly Injured. The
dead are: J. M. Kelly, of Elmira; Theo
dore Pohlemus, of Elmira; Fireman
RESORT TO ARBITRATION
MAY RE THE OUTCOME OF PEKIN
INDEMNITY WRANGLE.
WASHINGTON, June B.—The United
States government has again appealed to
the powers to submit the present issues
at Pekin over the indemnity propositions
to the arbitration of The Hague trib
unal. Mr. Rockhill, who has been watch
ing for an opportunity, cabled Secretary
Hay last night for permission to make a
proposition, and the secretary this morn
ing cabled him authority to do so. It is
believed that the ministers at Pek'n have
become involved beyond extrication in
the present Issues and this proposition
may be the only way out.
The Chinese minister, who has been
lending his co-operaticn to the movement
for raising an American relief fund for
the famine-stricken people of Shan Si
province a few days ago cabled Li Hung
Chang that Mr. Louis Klopsch, of the
Christian Herald, had by cable placed at
the disposal of the relief committee
formed by American missionaries in
China a preliminary contribution of $20,-
CCO. Today Minister Wu received the fol
lowing acknowledgment:
"*] ekin, June 8, IDOL—Wu Ting Fang,
Washington, D. C.: Your cable of June
6 received. The famine In Shan Si is
causing great suffering and distress to
people there. The benevolent people of
America, through-the Christian Herald,
ere very kind in raising a relief fund and
remitting as a first installment the sum
of twenty thousand American- dollars to
afford immediate relief. We are ex
tremely grateful to the Americans, who-e
liberality and beneficence make no dis
tinction of race or country. I have duly
informed by telegraph the imperial gov
ernment and the governor of Shan Si.
—"Li Hung Chung."
SHANGHAI; June B.—An imperial edict
issued June C announces that owing to
the hot weather and the advanced age of
the dowager empress, the return of tho
court to Pekin has been postponed until
Sept. 1, which the astrologers pronounce
to be a lucky day on which to commence
a journey.
THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
watching the advance of the storm
and had sought shelter in caves and cel
lars. No fatalities are reported at this
point, and only a few persons received
scratches, which is almost miraculous,
considering the devastation. A few miles
from this point the tornado seemed to
go up in the air, and the country below
did not suffer much except by washouts
and a stiff wind, with hail in spots, which
did some damage to fruit and the wheat
crop. At Blackwell, a few miles north
of Tonkawa, F. H. Crawford, a carpenter,
who was working on a house, was struck
by lightning during the storm and in
stantly killed.
LIVES LOST AT EDDY.
WICHITA, Kas., June The most dis
astrous storm which has ever visited
Oklahoma prevailed in Kay county last
night. A tornado struck Billings, Eddy
and Tonkawa, and its influence covered
a stretch of country ten miles wide and
thirty-six miles long, destroying towns,
farmhouses and crops. The financial loss
will exceed $100,000.
At Eddy three persons were killed:
MRS. MAUDE M'GATHEY.
LOUIS M'GATHEY.
ROBERT M'GIFFIN.
Injured: ,
Charles Goldsmith. skuM fractured.
John Meßrain, leg broken.
Hugh Prather, nose broken.
Jndd McWllliams, head crushed.
Howard Hamagan, head crushed.
Ruby Higlnbothen, face crushed and
internal injuries.
A. D. Evans, leg broken.
It is reported that two persons were
killed at Billings, but this cannot be
verified.
be : prevailed upon to accept another
nomination. I have heard this talk but
have taken little stock in it."
Congressman F. C. Stevens poohooed the I
idea of President McKlnley being named !
for a third term, saying it was against j
all piecedont. "Again," said the con
gressman, ".McKinley would not think of
It. He would simply refuse the nomina
tion even If it was offered to him."
Senator Clapp refused to even" consider
the proposition, passing it off with: "We
have three years yet before th's country '
needs to bother itself with a presidential j
election, and talk now would be simply
an idle waste of words. Wait until the
occasion comes."
Weatherbee. Engineer Mattlce, William
Medick and Elmer Polhemus, trainmen.
Engineer Lonergan, of the engine draw
ing the wildcat, and an unknown man
were fatally injured. Both trains were
blown to atoms, but the remainder of
their crews escaped with slight injuries.
The explosion completely demolished four
freight cars. Much damage was done by
the concussion, most of the windows In
Vestal and Union, across the river from
Vestal, being,shattered. Binghampton's
plate glass fronts did not escape, made
of the largest glasses in the center of
th ecity were broken." The shock was
felt at a distance of thirty miles.
DREYFUS IS AN IMRATE
FRIENDS OF M. LA.RORI DENOUNCE
DEVIL'S ISLAND PRISONER.
LONDON, June B.—The visit to Eng
land of Maitre Labori, the distinguished
French advocate, has developed the fact
that the relations between himself and
Dreyfus have greatly changed since the
Rennes drama. Maitre Labori's friends
say that Dreyfus has treated his "sa
vior" shamefully. They declare that the
last time Dreyfus stayed in Paris he
never went near M. Labori, and has in
other ways shown what they stigmatize
as an utter lack of gratitude. M. Labori
does not conceal his appreciation of
these circumstances, but is ardent as
ever, declaring in private that Dreyfus
was wrongfully convicted, and the slight
est suggestion as to the contrary is suftt
cient to send the advocate- into a pas
sionate fit of denunciation of Dreyfus'
detractors. And whatever may be the
personal relations between himself and
the prisoner of Devil's island, he cer
tainly has not lost any ardor in behalf
of his famous client.
FOR ASSAIIIT ON A CHILD
INDIANA FARMERS' DESPERATE
ATTEMPT TO LYNCH A
MISCREANT.
PRINCETON, Ind., June B.—Henry
Reynolds, white, thirty years of age,
who was arrested in Mount Carmel, 111.,
Friday night, charged with assaulting
Lida Case, the thirteen-year-old daugh
ter at a prominent farmer near here,
was lodged in jail here today after nar
rowly escaping, being lynched. Learning
cf his capture today, fifty infuriated
men crossed the river Intending to lynch
him. News of their coming caused the
authorities at Mount Carmel to abruptly
stop his preliminary heating, and he was
hurriedly sent to Princeton under guard
of the sheriff and a posse. Extra pre
cautions have been made to protect the
prisoner from further attempts at lynch
ing. Reynolds-has confessed. The girl
Is in a serious condition. -
SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1901.— TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES.
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YOU CANNOT TELL BY THE LOOKS OF ITS TRACK
WHETHER IT'S GOING OR COMING BACK.
IS liii A fill
DAUGHTER. OF WEALTHY FRENCH*
FAMILY IMPRISONED IN HER,
OWN ROOM
SHUT UP TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
Found by the Police, Naked, Starved,
Filthy and Partially Insane— ■
Site Loved a Poor Ad
vocate.
PARIS, Juno The sensation of i tho
■Week has been the arrest of Mme. Mon
nier, a rich, miserly landowner of the
neighborhood of Poitiers, and her son, at
former subprefect of the department of
Vienne and a leader of Poitiers society,
on the charge of incarcerating Mile.
Blanche Monnier, daughter of Mnsrae.
I Monnier, for twenty-five years in a room
of Mme. Monnier's house. The police
were anonymously informed of the
woman's detention, entered the house
and found Mile. Monnier shut up. In a
room hi darkness, lying on a mattress,
stark naked, and so emaciated that she
appeared to be a living skeleton.
IN FRIGHTFUL STATE.
The room was covered with filth, bones,
refuse, food, worms, rats and all kind*
of vermin. The unfortunate woman, who
had partially lost her reason, was taken
to a hospital. It was thought she would
die, but she is now Improving. Twenty
five years ago she was a» beautiful bru
nette and fell In love with a lawyer
without means. Her mother disapproved
of their love, and confined her in the
room which she has only recently left.
The son, after his arrest, pleaded that
he acted as he did on account of filial
piety, and that the mother was respon
sible.
The lawyer died in 1885.
There was another dramatic develop
ment in the case today. Mme. Monnier
died In prison of heart disease. The
gravity of her crime was brought home
to her at the judge's examination Thurs
day. She became ill and died suddenly
in the Infirmary of the prison this morn
ing.
WEATHEE_FOB, TODAY.
Minnesota — Warmer, with fair In
eastern, showers in western portion
Sunday; Monday showers; fresh easterly |
winds.
Wisconsin—Fair and warmer Sunday;
showers Monday; fresh easterly winds.
lowa— Sunday, showers Monday;
warmer in eastern portion Sunday; east
erly winds.
North Dakota— Sunday, with
warmer .in northwestern portion; Mon
day showers, southeasterly winds.
South Dakota—Showes Sunday and
Monday; cooler Monday; variable winds.
Montana—Pair Sunday, with warmer In
eastern portions; Monday fair easterly
winds. '•-•-.
St. Paul — Yesterday's observations,
taken by the United States weather bu
reau, St. Paul, P. F. Lyons, observer, for
the twenty-four hours ended at 7 o'clock
last night—Barometer corrected for tem
perature and elevation: Highest temper
ature, 63; lowest temperature, 48; -average
temperature, 56; daily range, 15; barome
ter, 30.72; humidity, 52; precipitation, 0;.
7 p. m., temperature, 62; 7 p. m., Wind,
southeast; weather, cloudy.
Yesterday's Temperatures ...
, BpmHlghi = ' SpmHigh
Alpena .......56 60 Kansas City..CO 70
Battleford . .f6 :58 Marquette. ...44 . E4
Bismarck .. ..64 66 Minnedosa ' ...50 58
Buffalo 52 2 Montreal .....52 60
Boston .. ....60 - 68 Nashville . ..80 h6
Calgary .....50 58 New York ..62 66
Cheyenne 76 >0 Norfolk ......65 74
Chicago .. ...44 48 N. Platte ....70 70
Cincinnati. ...60 64 Omaha .. ..„68 '70
Cleveland . ..54 54 Phi'adelphia .62 68
Davenport ...62 F4 Pittsburg „..58-66
Denver. 82 88 Pueblo .. ....88 £0
Detroit 58 62 Cu'Appelle ..54 62
Duluth .50 50 'Frisco 56. ." ,62
Edmonton. ..50 54 St. Louis ....54 62
Grand Haven.so 50 St. Paul .. ..62 64
Green Bay ..56 60, Salt Lake ....72 74
Helena 56 58 Ste. Marie.. ..42 TO
Huron .. .....68 72 Washington .66- 72
Jacksonville .78 - 88 Winnipeg ...56 50
•Washington time (7 p. m. St. Paul).
River Bulletin
' Danger Gauge Change in
Stations. Line. Reading. 21 Hours.
St. Paul .........14 4.3 -0.2
Davenport 15 4.0 —0.2
La Crosse 10 4.4 —0.1
St. Louis ........30 13.2 *o!4
-Fall. 'Rise. _
—
AT NEW YORK HOTELS.
NEW YORK. June 8.-(S Vec-a I.)— Fo
llowing are Northwesterners registering
at New York hotels today:
St. Paul—M. Hollste-. Imperial; Harry
Carey, Manhattan-St. Denis
Minneapolis—J. Mclhalth, Imperii!; J
Galbraith, Everett;-~W. Y. Chute Mrs
R. Chute. Murray Hill, G. A. Deforest,
Hoffman. . - .. .
Mankato—A.- J. Merren. i Fifth Avenue
Butte—S. L. Tripp,,Albert.
Minnesota—Will am Shone. Vendome.
Montana — ' Joseph ... Meicher,. ■ Herald
Square.
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for St. Paul:
Fair; J Warmer.
Woodmen. Begin to Arrive.
Cyclone Sweeps Oklahoma.
Mrs. McKlnley Is Gaining.
i Paris Has Sensation.
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2—Mrs. Walker's Remains Cremated
Pope Ends His Investigations.
Killed by Fulling Derrick.
3—Derricks for. the World.
Family Quarrels Aired.
Tphacco Trade Growing.
4—Editorial Comment.
— Gossip From Berlin.
Mrs. Kennedy Breaks Down.
Cities of Over 100,000.
Hall in Memory of Emerson.
Fortunes IVier Water.
Miscellaneous. V- v!':>,. • -.1
Robbers' Cave Found in Bluff.
Omaha Officers Elected.
News of the Railroads.
B—Kent's Morganatic Wife,
Caring for Lobster*.
Window-Fane Poets.
0— St. Paul Fruit Market*..
Longest Cable Ever Laid.
Parker Makes Home Run Hit.
News of the Diamond.
11— Houseman's Ring GottTstp.
Yachts Race at White Bear.
Soldiers Get Medals.
Mint for Manila.
12—Big Day for. Dawson City.
Latest Telegraphic Ticks.
How Cuba Wets Lost.
Shirt as a Voucher.
An Historic . Building.
Markets of the World.
July Wheat, 73 l-2<ge-Sc.
Bar Silver, 50 5-Sc.
* Stocks Professional.
Nicholas' New .York Letter
16Globe Popular "Wants.
lO—Labor Notes.
Matrimonial Mix-Up. *
President Reads Newspapers.
—Camping In Minnesota.
18—Contrasts r.t Hot Springs.
Medical Notes.
20—"What Is Doing in. Society.
21—Of Interest to. Women.
Modern Woodmen.
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—Modern We oil men.
How the President Travels.
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Bits of BooKishne**.
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23—The People's Forum.
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Work of Father Ma the w Society.
South Carolina Senators
Ballad of Foul Burns.
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27—01 d Joe's Y'ilet.
Carnegie's NeW Home.
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Dramatic and Musical.
II err Most as an Actor. .
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- - OCEAN LINERS.
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New York—Arrived: Campania, Liver
pool: La Lorraine, Havre. Sailed: Me
nominee, -London,'Etruria, Liverpool; Pa
tricia,' Hamburg f via Plymouth and
Cherbourg; v Potsdam. Rotterdam via
Boulogne; An^horla, i Glasgow.
London—Sailed: A Rosarin, Montreal.
Hamburg^ ■ Arrived: Columbo, New
York via Plymouth and Cherbourg.
• Liverpool—Arrived:*" Lucania, New
York; Taurlc, NeW York. Sailed: Bovls,
New York Umbria New. York.
Antwerp — Sailed: Vaderland, New
York. .. -.■ ■'. - ?■■ - - ' :
Havre—Sailed: L'Aqultaine, New York.
Cherbourg— Sailed; f.- St. Paul (from
Southampton), New York. - ,/:-. l~'\
Cut His Throat on a Train. -"
ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex.. June B.—
American, supposed to be Herman S.
Johnson, of St. :j Louis, today cut his
throat with a razor in the doorway of
the chair car of a Santa Fe passenger
train at Winslow and fell dead. The
car was crowded and several ladies
fainted. A .returning soldier from the
Philippines; driven i crazy. by. the sight,
. leaped from the • car window and ran
across the, sand hilJs a long distance be
fore being- overtaxed. - '
If IS »
BIT A MORE HOPEFUL FEELING
NOW PREVAILS REGARDING
MRS. M'KINLEY
DOCTORS' OFFICIAL BULLETIN
Disease Which Nearly Ended the
" Patient's Life Is a Form of Blood
Poisoning; Following; a
Bone Felon.
WASHINGTON, June B.—Mrs.' McKln
ley's physicians were in consultat on
about two hours today, and subsequently
a very complete statement of the true
character of the illness from which she
; had been suffering Wis issued.';-' Such a
statement has been promised from time
to time, and while in San Francisco it
was said that the president deled a
: fuller announcement of the nature of
Mrs. McKlnley'a Illness given to the pub
lic. But, for one reason or another, it
has been withheld up to the preee..t
time.
The bulletin is as follows:
"Mrs. McKinley's lllenss has been a
blood infection resulting from periosltls
of the Index finger (bone felon) whioli
began in Los Angele3 and which was
promptly treated by lncisjon. The suo
eequent condition of exhaustion was due
to. the same blood Infection aggravated
with a severe diarrhoea. She Improved^
however, and was brought home in com
fort and without loss of strength. The
principal cause of anxiety in her ca3o
since her arrival In Washington has been
acute endocarditis (Inflammation of the
lining membrane of the heart), involving
the mitral valve, the result of tho same
blood infection. This <Toes not appear to
be progressive and there has been an
Improvement in the diarrhoea and her
general condition. .Mrs. McKinley's easa
at the present time presents a mure
cheerful aspect."
The statement that Mrs. McKinley's
case at this time presents a more hope
ful aspect is the best word that has come
from the sick room since the arrival of
the distinguished patient In Washington.
The president feels considerably encour
aged. Today was Mrs. McKinley's birth
day, and many beautiful flowers and gifts
were left at the White house for her.
The Belgian charge d'affaires called at
the White house today and presentel a
personal message to the prssldent from
the king of Belgium, expressing sympa
thy for the president' and inquiring after
Mrs. McKinley's health.
Dr. Rixey left the White house at 11:20
tonight after a visit that extended over j
two hours. Dr. Rixey said: !
"Mrs. McKinley's condition is about the j
same as reported In this morning's bulle
tin. She has rested comfortably today.
There has been no material change,
though possibly there has been a bandy
perceptible improvement. Slie is now
sleeping soundly." I
The feeling at the White house tonight
was a little more hopeful as to the out
come. The fact that Mrs. McKlnlry has
been resting much better than usual In
the past few days has been an lmpo tint I
factor in fighting the disease. Thero have
been no developments during the day of
an unfavorable nature. Dr. Rixey stayed,
a half hour longer than usual tonight,
spending considerable time with the pres
ident in discussion and explanation of
the case. The patient saw no callers to
night, but a number of people left their
cards and made personal Inquiries. The
president spent an hour or more during:
the afternoon with Jefferson yno"ds, I
of New Mexico, a relative of Mrs. Mc- j
Kinley.
AROUND THE HOTELS.
At the Windsor— C. Davis, Fargo,
N. D.; Joseph L. Blase, Cvthlana. In 1.;
William F. Halienbeck. Marshall, 111.:
William A Neese, Moline. III.; A. W.
Herreld and Salmon Erickson, North
Branch; W. A. Campbell, Dodge Center;
George W. Frisk, Dcs Moines, Iowa; A.
M. Howard, Davenport, Iowa; F. J. Will
and wife, Dcs Moines, Iowa; W. B.
Owen, R. E. Green and L. A. Larson,
Osage, Iowa; George J. Haase, Warner,
S. D.; John Sullivan. Kansas City. Mo.;
Griff Johnson, Dcs Moines. Iowa; Thomas
Lowe and C. L. Todd. Siavton; C. J.
Davis, Blll'ngs, Mont.; J. P. Krug, Grand
Forks, N. D.
At the Merchants'—F. W. Shlmpton
and R. Casper. Greenwood. Wis.; A. R.
Vallee and J. H. Stephenson. Dodgeville,
Wis.; M. E. Coy, Richland Center, Wis.;
A. E. Godfrey and wife and Miss Lillian
Hefty, New Eland, Wis.
At the Ryan—Fred Ingalls, Maquoketa;
Thomas H. Duffy, Dubuque, Iowa; L. H.
Shlff, Brookings. S. D.; C. S. Smith and
wife, La Crosse, Wis.; C. P. Leonard
and wife, Moorhead: A. J. Ruhl. Ilaugh
ton, Mich.; J. W. Frizzell. Great, Falls.
Mont.: Peter J. Melby and wife, Town
send. Mont. ; John D. Denison Jr., Clarion,
Iowa; F. H. Moon, San Jose. Cal.; IT. S.
Harmon and wife, Tacoma, Wash.; A. L.
Campbell, Duluth; F. O. McGavic, Clo
quet.
At the Metropolitan—D. N. Clark and
wife, Duluth; Amasa P. Peake.. Valley
City. N. D.; J. P. Johnson, Park River;
T 'Wilde, Milwaukee; L. .A. Pettlbone,
Oelwein; J. G. Brown, La Crosse.
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MODERN WOODMEN
BEGIN TO ARRIVE
Head Consul Northcott and Hiss
Host of Followers Arc
Mobilising.
One Hundred Thousand Visitors!
Arc Expected in St. Paul
This Week.
WELCOME, M. W. A.
•
Modern Woodmen of America,
Hail and welcome, sturdy neighbors,
All St Paul with pleasure bids you
Welcome to our cheerful camp grounds.
Here to hold your weighty councils
For the welfare of the millions
Who are under your protection.
May your great deliberations
Make for th' order's good and progress.
Hail! Long live the Modern Woodmen I
Welcome, vigorous, peaceful army,
Proudly marching, glistening axes
Lightly swung across your shoulders.
Axes that are hewing pathways
For your wives and sons and daughters,
So that when your labor's finished
Those dear ones who follow after
May not suffer want and hardship?.
Clearing 'way the brush and briers
That their feet may walk in comfort
Welcome, too, our Royal Neighbors,
To enjoy while you are with us
All the comforts we can offer.
Helpmeets, ministering angels,
Ye who make our camp life cheerful
With your ever pleasing presence.
Laboring faithfully beside us
Till the last ax-fall's sad echo
Tells the Woodman's duty's finished,
Royal Neighbors, Royal Welcome !
Choppers all, but knockers never,
May that grand fraternal feeling
Which belongs to Modern Woodmen,
Hover ever near this Head Camp;
Now let Camp St. Paul re-echo
With your fusty song and story,
And in days to come, while chopping
In your own neck of the forest,
May your v. 8 t to our camp grounds
Ever dear in memcrj linger.
Copeland 1544. —SAM JOHNSON.
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There are some destined leaders of
men, of such striking personality, strong
mentality and indomitable energy and
push, that it is not hard to single them
out from even a big crowd, and In this
rare class may be placed W. A- North
cott, lieutenant governor of Illinois and
head consul of the Modern Woodmen of
America.
The advance guard of the mighty host
before which St. Paul will capitulate the
coming week, commenced to arr ye yester
day, and all of the signs indicate that
the ensuing encampment will be tho larg
est In point of numbers and one of the
most, If not the most, Important gather
ings of national scope of the year 1901.
Among the couriers of the clans that
will assemble from all over this vast
country and to whom the city of St.
Paul will extend royal welcome, are Head
Consul Northcott, MaJ. C. W. Hawes,
the head clerk, and a number of others
more or less distinguished.
Lieut. Gov. Northcott has headquarters
at the Windsor hotel, and yesterday af
ternoon he held a private conversation
with the local managers In his parlors,
at which the programme and other mat
ters beantng on the convention were
discussed.
During the day he received a telegram
from Adjt. Gen. Recce, of Illinois, the
ranking officer of the encampment, to
the effect that owing to the serious ill
ness of his wife he would not be able
to attend, and Col. J. H. Mitchell, of
lowa, was appointed general of the en
campment with the rank of major gen
eral.
As Intimated. Head Consul Northcott Is
a man of striking Individuality, being of
medium height and stocky build, with
broad shoulders and a genial face, which
is adorned with auburn mustache and
burnslde whiskers. his general make-up
being that of a man possessing a great
capacity for work and plenty of reserve
power to draw from in case of emergency.
To his Intelligence and force of char
acter, more than all else, perhaps. is
due the rapid growth of the order, which,
under his guidance, has reached Its, pres
ent large proportions, Its rapid increase
outranking any other similar order In the
world.
NORTHCOTT IS A CANDIDATE.
He is a candidate for re-election to
his present exalted position, and as there
Is practically no opposition he will un
doubtedly win in a walk.
When seen by a Globe representa
tive he was up to his eyes In business,
but th's did not deter h'm from according
a most pleasant interview on the forth
coming encampment.
"Our head encampment meets this ,
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
time." said he, "under the most happy, I
auspices, there being no vital or ivrljua I
legislation pending. The great question j
in connection with the order is that re- \
latlng to the readjustment of rates, but j
this will not be acted upon by the S.tJ ]
Paul head camp, it having been submit- i
ted to a vote of the membership, th« de
cision being that we were to take no ac
tion at this time. However, this en
campment will make provision for resub
mitting the question to another vote, and
the plans will be formulated by the exec
utive council, or a special committee, to
whom tho matter will he referred.
The most important deliberation of tha -'
week will be the consideration of the,
report of the law committee, as to
changes relative to the basis of rtprv
sentatlon of future head camps admis
sion of new t. rritory and changes
the medical department.
"The changes In the laws will not be "
numerous or vital, and I desire to siy
right here that the head officers highly
appreciate the efforts of the St. Paul
people and the reception committes for.
the splendid manner In which they have
provided for our comfort and entertain
ment. In the Order of Woodmen. Minne
sota is one of the strongest states, and
60.000 Willi answer to tha roll ca 1 n xt
week. In addition to the 623 delegates,
there will he 3,000 Foresters and at least
1.000 more from distant parts, and tho
local Woodmen from this and adjo'nlng
territory will swell the number to 1-r.-'
mense proportions. On Thursday, which
will be the big day of the picnic, tarado .)
and exercises, I exp.ct fully 100.CO0 will
be In attendance.
GROWTH OF THE ORDER.
"In the United States the Order of For
esters, of which I am very proud, there
are 50,000 teams, and as nearly all wv.-ar •
different uniforms, Camp Northcott will
no doubt be the chief object of Interest
during the week, and the parade will be
the greatest civic demonstrat on e.T.r steal*'
In the country."
In referring to tho growth of the or
der, he said It Is the greatest Insurance
organization the world ha ever known, „
having more policy holders than Its next >)
competitor, the New York Life Insur
ance company. Tho finances of tho or- I
der are In excellent condition, and there I
is now a balance of $700,000 In both lt3 t
general and benefit "funds, and in 31'
states there are nearly 10,0 camp*. Tho:^
sent membership Is about 623.000. andr;
the order is growing at the rate of 12.000 \
per month, each of the 623 delegates rep- V,
resenting 1,000 members. In the words of 1
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