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2 NEWS OF THE CITY FIFTEEN THOUSAND CHILDREN HAVE THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES They Gather at Rice Park.Where I They Are Provided With Flags, 7March Along City's- Principal •Streets Waving the Emblems, and Proceed to Harriet Island There They Are-Given 5,000 7 Packages of Firecrackers and Plenty of Good Things to Eat -—Athletic Sports Round Out 7 Glorious Fourth .... ... - .- .->■ v.. -.v.... St. Paul Children, Dr. y To Commercial Club and Dr. Justus Ohage & Co. - One -'TIME OF OUR LIVES" The "above account," when itemized, will represent the city's - obligation for. the splendidly^ successful Fourth .of July celebration given yesterday on Harriet island under the auspices of the St. Paul Commercial club and the men who created an ideal playground fro"m a barren island. 7.. It was; without doubt 7 the biggest, merriest holiday that ever delighted so: large a . proportion of St. Paul chil dren. At noon yesterday the number of - little folks on Harriet island was estimated at; 15,000. But crowds of them were' coming j. as other crowds were going, so that 7 the total of "participants in the : Commercial. club celebration may easily have risen to 25,000. 7 .'.'. ;'--. - - - -— -..-. -'-':.;;' Yet this first rejoicing of the kind did more than make the «"■" children happy. ' It provided them with free en-' tertainment all day long. , It gave them abundant luncheon without charge. And especially it kept them "out of mis chief" from ,9 a. m. until 7 p. m.;; separated them from toy cannon and "mud cans," and brought them through the glorious day without fracture, mutilation or permanent disfigurement. . Fun Began Early The noise began as earlyas 7 o'clock. At that hour a cool yet sunny morn ing welcomed the boys and girls to the rendezvous at Rice park. The small' square filled quickly with infant lovers of their 'native land— many girls as boys. i Most of the boys came "loaded" with * individual suppliesl of ammuni tion, incluqing > torpedo canes, torpedoes for. the _ canes and a firm foundation of - the standard -firecracker; Nor did any arrival lack that dominant note of joyful utterance with i which young America pleasurably eclipses conti nental rivals. As the crowd's" piccolo shriek greeted f the arrival of the flags • one boy reproved his comrades. "Say,", he protested, "can't youse kids yell? Youse wants to holler so loud you can't' hear.nobody else!" 7 7 7- The flags were distributed frqm a wagon in Fifth street before the fed eral building. The distributors were President Theo.- F. Smith and Secre tary C. - P. Stine, of the - Commercial club; B. H. Schriber, chairman of the club's Fourth of July committee; J. . Watson Smith and P. J. Metzdorf— members of the committee. Around the wagon the • expectant color-bearers shoved and struggled, thrusting out. the hundred arms -of a writhing, human octopus. "Gimme one, mister! . Aw, gimme, won't yuh?" and "Gimme!" some boys would keep crying after each of their protruded hands had seized a flag. "You've got one: already," declared Mr. Smith to a yellow-headed youth, -who wore on one ear a sunburned golf :cap. : 3' - .-— ■_■■■' ; "Fer my .111' sister, dat is," explained the cheerful cherub. "I wants to wave one myself, see." . Within fifteen minutes the wagon load of flags had scattered, and the panting, redfaced committee sat down in the shade to rest. "Feel as if I'd -been through a .wrestling match," ex plained Secretary Stine. * Children Sing Patriotic Songs. !":'". .Having their flags to wave, the chil dren could join. more forcefully in the singing of their patriotic pongs Harry Phillips, standing on the federal build ing steps, led this big chorus. His in strumentalists were the thirty mem bers of the Twenty-first regiment band, which had arrived early from Fort Snelling, under the lead of Chief Musi cian Charles W. Graves. The band played with its accustomed skill. But the chorus frequently-dis played more stress than accuracy Yet in the softer phrases of "The "star- Spangled Banner," "America" and "Hail Columbia" there were childish notes whose crystalline sweetness no prima soprano could; surpass. Singing thus beneath"".,the trees -the thousands of white walsted' boys and girls, waving their brilliant flags re pealled the allurement of a similar 'cho , ; rus, - the "Living. Flag." which sang the 5 same airs nearly on the same spot dur-~ 0^1896' nati°nal °* A. R. encampment OI loHb. ..When the band.had struck up "Hia watha." and the mounted police, under Sergeant Gerving, started off ahead of Mayor Smith's carriage, every boy and ".every :... girl ; made ; laudable /effort -to march beside the band. I Col. Bob Seng chief marshal, with his principal aides' Prof. Carl J. Herrmann, and Prof. Carl F. Rothfuss, managed to restrain their youthful regiments after a preliminary ; march r around ,■ the '- square. The mar ; shals also, succeeded.. In / keeping the boys and girls between the sidewalks.! .. : y ' , v A Happy Army . But no other formation was . observ ;ed ;* amid * the > mingled, jostling ranks and■;-files than.;filled i the; street', from curb i to >. curb, 7 waving flags; '< shouting, singing/ discharging torpedoes and fire- crackers. 77 . . •_ ..;"/' 7/ '■■■",." -'-7' •-"./ As the parade took shape at last the converging. crowds from all the streets around; Rice- park .* soon V demonstrated ; the ...surprising size of this biggest' - Fourth fof July." celebration.. • '7 - ff;.Down .;-'Fifth i- street 7; marched -77the •.mounted? police/ the band, the carriage. 'containing * Mayor- R. A, Smith, Presi-' jdent Theo. F. i Smith, of • the Commer cial club, and ;B.:H. .j Schriber, chair-: : man of the Fourth of July committee. After . the carriage V walked f, members :of this committee,; including. /-Wat-' I 4aafl&aP&' ' ■ -:^OTTnlMi(iMl*^^^^^^^H^ j .z.y&g-,..yy,,■■.:> 777^ OR. JUSTUS OHAGE;. Father of Harriet Island, Where Thou sands of Children Were Made Happy Yesterday. , •"- • **- 7 - son Smith, P. 'J: * Metidorf, Louis Betz, W. M. Carson, F. JG. Bradbury, Dr. Justus Ohage,r F. H. Warwick and oth ers'.- \„._'y ■:-■ : X^y y.: t XX yXy The line > of march . was Wabasha street .-to * Sixth street. Sixth', to . Robert, Robert to Seventh, Seventh ;to Waba sha, and v Wabasha to the bridge; thence across the -Mississippi, . west, along : the river . bank and the j new . park approach, to the Harriet island bridge, and f over 7- that ; bridge -to f the island. ;•'.7So great was the concourse of merry, flag-waving ; children that the ; rear -of the parade was "■ still crossing; Third Street jat : Wabasha -When the • van ' was pouring out upon the island. 7 And-the paradersj moved twenty or \ twenty-five abreast.r.: At \ the j entrance .to the island a hran : counted B,ooo"children*. passing by before he became too , tired to con tinue. 7He could have counted 10,000. - Among ; the hypnotized * followers /of Mayor Smith, this new Piper of Hame-' lirii the:few separate . organizations in cluded 100 f children 7 from . the ~ Settle ment house on the West | side," and the Sunbeam band, headed by Mrs. Arthur E. Clarke. : 7; 7 '7 7.--:' r*; Children Get f Firecrackers t ■ ■. ....'■-- •■• - •'-->■ Hardly had the first thousand in vaders shouted terror, into the hearts of the black fbears •in the island zoo, .when Dr. J. B. Darling and City Comptroller Louis Betz began to distribute, west of the . zoo, 5,000 -packages of firecrackers. Good; crackers were these, - and 7 big crackers,/- but ' not too . big; reliable crackers, f not - slow to make up their minds; , crackers that did not need :. too much investigation, -'just to see if they was lighted.".-'" 7-77. - 7 7 f-. ) Dr. Darling and Mrf Betz were still struggling for. a touchdown' when the Fort band began, at the band, stand, a popular arid "patriotic concert' . that lusted all •^pry-long.---,-- — • - fy -.-*• ~«- --•'•-*• 7 It was 710, o'clock, perhaps, when^af; small maid whose collar bone: was al ready sunburned beneath her "peek-a --boo" waist, jumped down from the "bi cycle merry-go-round," and informed a chum who hopped . off 7 too: y "Why, Mame,-,- your • hair's all tousled '; an' Tin most .starved to death, ain't you?" '.Mame agreed that a crisis ~ was/at hand. She was so hungry, indeed, 1 that as she said, she "could eat feathers." 7 Relief, j however, was at hand. X Lun cheon supplied by* the Commercial | club began"at noon precisely, .and luncheon lasted - until ; 6 " o'clock; ', It ' was . a 7 light luncheon, yet. a satisfactory "snack" for growing children. V 7; Had a Light Luncheon It was composed, in part,- of 1,200 loaves of bread, 550 pounds of ham, 1,500 dozen : sandwiches, j ,1,500 -dozen doughnuts, 1,500 dozen sugar buns, and 10,000 /bananas. More *than * 4,000 . lem-; ons f permitted the 7 making of 7 several glasses : of lemonade.' f And ; all ■ for. the asking, to-wit,-the grabbing. 77 Lieut.. Sexton is a - large policeman, Sergeants Rose and ""McCarthy are 7no invalids,,;, and fi; Sergeant Andy McCall' has been a "broth. of . a by" in dealing, with f.: mere pugilists.vr.. But when ■' this distribution "of .bananas wasf begun- in earnest, '- and ' the 'police 1 attempted to protect the distributor, Lieut Sexton was obliged to : signal .- for; assistance. 5 The sergeants • reinforced; him. Yet the banana- citadel ".would/ have •', been V car ried and the distributor, made prisoner had | not a | strategic diversion 7 been brought about by- the explosion of a mandarin , firecracker .-.close, by.- Then the assaulting j forces hesitated. 7- Bananas f. are 7: "great * eatin'." But "Gee, 7, did you f never see . 7 man'drin cracker? - Y'ought tun hear one * g'off jes', : . oncet; yuh won't forgit, I don't tink." yy y y -y-y .. y -yy : This explanation was hardly needed; the -mandarin cracker explained' itself.* Seven feet long, and containing 1,000 ordinary, crackers,| the mandarin | soon demonstrate&7 its power of f expression to the content of : the .children ■ arid J the relief of the banana distributor. ; There were fother ', mandarins exploded f during the day,.but none with happier 'effect. ■: Bathing rejoiced man boys and girls" on the . island. Others found - diversion in the ample apparatus 7of the boys' outdoor gymnasium. ; A lively 7 shower at 3*■ o'clock 7 served \ only-, to • accent the charming weather of the day and make the crowd feel! altogether : "picnic-y." Athletic Events Next But the regular .."events,". after the luncheon^ and the crackers, -were the athletic contests , for .fat; men, . boys and girls. These y trials * were = held' within the limits of the boys'.gymnasium.'- • The referee was Prof. Carl J.-'- Herr man, superintendent of ..' the//public baths; the timer,. Prof. Carl sF. Roth fuss,^ superintendent of athletics at ; the baths; % the starter, / Frederick I Kuett7 ncr; j the clerk'of the - course j and? secre tary of the meet, Arthur Leland, super intendent . of "the;. Como avenue play grounds ;,7 assistant clerk of the course, F.- G. '.Bradbury; '/track: inspectors,/ Dr. J. B. Darling and "William 'M.Carson; track judges, -,' Prof. Denny 7 and - Guy" Ruff; •; field ;inspectors,7.Henry- J. Haas; marshal. ;8.7 H. Schriber; :! "aides, «f the Commercial I club Fourth of 7 July com-' rnittee.7t=7;^- :^>i-^7/^"f*»'-'. «.-; v*-: Secretary C. P. Stine, of the Com mercial club, and?.-■-■ City. 7 Comptroller Betz distributed the"''prizes provided by . the club. Most f of< the i firs ; prizes 7 were' certificates -. for gold medals, and most of the second prizes Certificates for sil ver medals. Each medal will bear :7 a lone. star;, symbolic of the state, .and • a winged foot of - Mercury, 1 j suggesting both j commerce^and!" foot - races. 7 > The letters^ on the medal, C. C. P. A. U., will, mean "Commercial 77 Club '^ Playground; Athr^tic Union." Many third prizes will 7-BV7 ribbons. v. Other/ prizes 7 dis- \ . tributedSa-esterday included J bats, balls, catchers'\cloves, tennis rackets, cups f and and fans. v7''Tootsie,'t<for' example, gof\a t fan. She didn't i know I her other nami though she 7 did know THE ST. PAUL GLOSE. TUESDAY. JULY 5. 1904 "how to throw a. ball into ' a barrel. But * she's only three years 'oldl^.yya.'-'-r.i'^f* The medals > and ribbons, "suitably in -7 scribed,";', will 7be delivered lto the win ; ners 7- at y the 7-5 Commercial y clubf- at, 5 S 'o'clock next-Friday afternoon. T^V 7.7 Prizes * for ' the - fat iri^ r race, con tributed by Dr. Ohage, were a big stein for the least lethargic creeper; «. to bacco box, of f skull shape, for the al most 7 moing t competitor ; and 7a 7 clay. pipe,7 as booby prize, 7 for 7 the f runner * • that r proved --himself quite dormant. 7 -7 , ; The j record of . the contests . was: 7: -7..Fat •; men's race—First. P. J. Metzdorf; : second,*, J. i'Watson Smith; 7 third," Louis 'Betzr'-:'-'*- 7 ;.-7---.;7-'-,....--:""7 ■•' ■ 11 Girls' 40-yard-, dash—First,*? Jean-Martin; 5 second," Lulu - Hamilton; third, Dora Le bofsky.- 77--r- '■"-".■". --V'- ■- .-•-'', ■ -.-ri.V *£«£*..■-?• '■'' Girls' j hopping; race ' (160 entries) First ,. Bessie -. Wilhelm; - second, - Emma-*iHaase; ' third./ Florence Hardy. .:yyy '■y.L--;-^-~J>-,--,v7 --7 Girls',- foot«->race,' thirty-five "- yards, for. girls I under thirteen—First.-fAda-i Ramsey; second, - Gertrude Le ;r*'Boutillier; - third,; Esther Doherty. v y-y... ■.._ '/_■ ■■ y-.-.-y. --...-- ■'-. Girls' stride*- jump, race —First. Lillian; McVay; second, Hilda ; Wahlquist;/thirds Anna Bella Reid.' -*7 -7 ,■*■.-*■■; 7 ,--"■.:■•- 7 7 Running race • * for 7 flve-'year-old ; girls, one -entry^Elimer Frailer. 7. - - V 7^ ■•*** *i ■*. i Ball-tossing <• content * for children under six—First, <HildalGirkie, 4 out of 6; sec ond. Jennie "Oxman.v.Ella-f Barter, Freda Umbrach; S- Martha--, Gundereon; -Eva iie- Williams; third." Teresa Ring,- Myrtle Foot, Vera - Pera. * 'Too ',-,-7. •."-- .. 7>* --7i r. ' - 7..-. ':-. '. Boys fclimbing rope against time• (four-; teen j years old-• and ; under) —First, ; George .Cremmell. - 9 ;-5 seconds; .second,-: Robert Clause,7; 10".seconds;*.'- third;""' Nathan" Ell Fenbin. 10.1 seconds. 7 -. 7 ..Climbing- rope handt over hand' against time /(fourteen .to- sixteen : years void)— First, Thor,' Thomsen. 11 " seconds; ,7 sec ond, _ George Barthelness, 11 seconds;: third, George Samm,'ril2 seconds. r..^2.r-.>_ 7 Wheelbarrow; race—First, Sammie 7 Zolk (barrow),'.lsador/Zolk'(wheeler)-; ! second, William Bimyhr (barrow), William Kern (wheeler); .third*,: *7 John •-* Jule^ (barrow), Henry-Meyer (wheeler). : -77 * .Bear race, -0n7.-all>. fours—First. : Joe Maendler; second. Will 7. Theonake; third, Parnell ; Mopwell.- 7-. - •■*•■ -.-.;.-." . 7 ■Sack * race, ~~l thirty yards—First, Tom Hurley, 712 2-5 seconds; 7-' second. Daniel Finnegan,-13 seconds; third. Otto Minster, 13 4-5 seconds;'^'fourth,; Philip - Marcus," 14.1 seconds. " .;•--.:. Three-legged race, thirty yards—First,- Adolph7Henderson7-and.. -Henry Meyer, 5; 4-5 seconds;:..second,- ' Edward Ewald and i Dick \ Bremer, 7 ,:seconds; ,*.third, Joe Finnegan -Conrad Lee. 7 2-5 * seconds; "Pull-ups'' ;on horizontal -bar— Sidney ;.Gilson,'.": 16 ' times; . * second," • Paul Dapron, 15: times; third, George Samm, »14 times.-.- v... ■*--, •;: --:.. '•:-..■ :--■.- SEVEN FOURTH FIRES Department Has Quiet Day and Blazes Are Small Seven fires " occurred Tf,yesterday, but all were small. The - first _ blaze I which called t out | the ! department was ; at- the. flat building at 405 South Robert street. It started in a coal box on the rear porch- of the fourth floor and was caus ed •by firecrackers thrown . from • above' igniting a heap vof rubbish. .fire, was 7 extinguished by tenants of the building before* the department ar ', rived.7 : ■■,:'■'■ ■'■ ■■:-^.:-'z '.:'■ - ■','■'■■ James 1 * McGovern's ; residence,* 201 West 7 Sixth street, was damaged to-the extent -of : $500. ■ The > fire is : thought to have been caused by children;celebrat ing in the rear of .the building. The. blaze I gained considerable. headway ,Jbe^ fore it , was - discovered 7by children who notified ; Mrs. McGovern. The fire":did considerable damage to the ; rear rooms and 7 the '"■ furniture y was = damaged, by water. * ■ " y-'-- *?';©*c-,-i- 7 \ A sky rocket,7which struck a shed -in the rear of ; the residence of A. E. Ross,**; 505 Wabasha street, last night started" a small fire which calledr out. the de partment. The toss ■ was trifling. ■".■'-■■ Boys throwing 7 firecrackers into the air were" responsible for a-fire at the ; California 'i fruit store,* 173-East ;. Sev enth street last night. ; The awning was destroyed . and some of the stock was •damaged. . -7 .7 ' ;»7 The frame • house at 443 East -■--Sixth street, which was unoccupied, 1" was damaged by fire last night. ;: The build ing was- nearly gutted, and a loss ; of $200 was caused. 77 The > tenants had packed their 7 furniture J preparatory to moving, and; their ..property. was also' damaged. The > fire is thought to have started from a sky rocket. yX" :■■' - - - In some unknown manner.'- the '*' fire-f works in- the window, of W. G. Wor man's; confectionery store; at 566 Rice street became ignited last evening, and for a few- minutes there was a lively hustle on the part of the proprietor and. the customers to get outside of the building. f The fire v department was called,/ but f there f was: little work to.be done. - A couple *- of . windows were broken * and trie 7 fixtures of the store more '■ or : ess .'• damaged. :'; The - loss ■'■ was estimated at $50.: ; 7' - -'- ';:" -T CRACKERSSTOPAUTOi Noise Makers Almost Wreck [Minneapolis Man's (Machine 7J. J. Barkley, of .*• Minneapolis,* came very, near losing his ~ automobile last evening oh. Wabasha,- near Third street,-: arid only saved the machine by personal exertions. 7-;7 X.~ ,-;77'-. -;7;f'7:"7';-:-7 ■ -■'; While in St. Paul Mr. Barkley discov ered that the gasoline '.was leaking and started for 7 the" repair ff shop 7f on ; Wa basha . street. .;. When near the 77; place some 7 firecrackers i were - thrown under the machine,', following the discharge of which quite a blaze sprang up among the machinery of the auto. 7. "7;- 7" .-■*. 7 Mr. Barkleyf dismounted and f with his cap proceeded 't to pound out the .blaze. With- the 7 assistance of several by standers he succeeded in extinguishing the ' fire, and; in • about three i hours the machine was again in running condi tion. .: XX :'- 7 ■' 'y.y.y- ■-. '- -y.-.. MAN THROWN INTO - WINDOW DURING FIGHT John Costello Has Left Arm Badly Cut by Broken Glass .John Costello, ; 98' Phalen • creek, *is in the city hospital j suffering, from a badly ; cut * wrist <f as i the result \of "af fight *f he had * last? night with Herman Smith in; J. W. Hoffmann's .: saloon at 456 East Seventh-street. v77.77-7r7 7 <-^7^7;; . In the tussle Costello thrown against the window, the glass breaking and i- left ;7 arm: passing -7 through. The cut *in the l wrist was deep, and when Dr.« Moore,';, police ft surgeon, arrived, he rendered -: temporary aid '') and '__ ordered Costello . taken', to the:. hospital. :■-._ -"",- -"- DEATHS OF THE DAY Ti MILWAUKEE, •; Wis.. 7 July7^74f—Capt7 Peter Anderson,*;- one (5 of £ the,- best 3 known, captains ;on i the i lakes, -: died ' today -at * his home Hint this;. city. <> jHe s was ;: fifty-eight years 7of ? age. Capt. Anderson 1. had sj been ailing several;, years. A third /paralytic stroke hastened •- his 7 death. -,;.......-. -.; -; *;. - 7 /'PITTSBURG,/ 'July 7: 4.—Prof. John Bell Hatcher, B."" Sc.; v curator of vertebrae paleontology 7- in the 's Carnegie *; museum, and •: one ?. of $ the -f most s noted i scientists f, in :i he United i States,-^ is dead, a victim, of f ; typhoid :i. fever. Prof. Hatcher was & born - in Greene county, lowa, s Oct. 12,;' 1858. BENTON HARBOR, July 4.— Frank B. Gilson. editor fe- of the Benton Harbor/ Palladium and vice j president nof i the National Editorial -4 association,^ died tonight of paralysis; rxassammagjt ■-■_■ ~y^y,yyy. : y'':yy-;y ■ -l/.;*/7~-:'77-^./ '■..•''• CHIEF Of POLICE PROVES THAT SANE FOURTH OF JULY IS POSSIBLE \.. '7 7 - _ - " ' ■ --.--. ■-.-...- -,_ -..-...... _.--■ r■.■' .. ; ■ - r,. j- ■ ■ ... ■■ , - ... . .---.. -_■ hundreds of Citizens Declare ii^ZZ"' "--""''- Pfcfl^* ""-'" rzx". * "^'-T •"' :'.'•'•■*--* That Yesterday Was the Most Orderly fourth They Have Eve^Seerisand Chief O'Connor 7fls the Recipient of Many Con gratulations Upon His Firm Attitude in Enforcing the Or dinances and Securing a Comparatively Quiet Observ ance of the Day - --■ >.. ' y:xyy . The 7 determination of Chief yof Police O'Connor to secure, a quiet ob-'s servance iof - the Fourth -was ?. so -f. suc cessful that he was : yesterday ; the re cipient- of 7 innumerable - congratulatory messages. = From. hundreds 7of i people living downtown came word that this was the most orderly Fourth they - have seen, and } pegged) that the policy of suppressing the I most noisy: of " the ex plosives be continued. ■£.- During th<ty past; several days Chief O'Connor if?***--11; a deep interest in 7fh"e enforce*' the ordinance regu .lating^the'ceßation of Independence day, directin&the _ crusade himself. He saw to it that the dealers were notified of the provisions of the ordinance, and upon several a occasions ' gave '■* notice ■ that . the .^eg-^ure^wojild.- be enforced. j;*" "In past years," said fa man ; living near the corner of Fifth and Wabasha, "women were afraid to walk on .Wa basha street^ the Fourth, and dared : not frequent ; any of - the*?down"- HUNtnVILLK FOR JUDGE PASKER .«»/;. ;■-/"■ '7--»! — '" ~~~-~{:"' '■ ~ ■ ' 7 ,'' CD.O'Brien Thinks Minnesota Delegation Will Vote for Him I —^ 7- „In the End ': V:" "7"" -' T^ «**i/-C-7 ' '■.•'', -" '-■_.-■■'.."'__, > . " -• 7■ y ■ yy : :. - -yy ■■ . *~t.y% yj*^ J *** f% am quite sure;" said . CD. O'Brien, just before he/bokyded a Rock Island train last night'-for ,St. Louis and the national Democratic convention, j "that at j least twelve of the Minnesota dele gation twenty-two will be for Judge Parker, the first ballot-, when the voting begins iri the ■; national ■ convene tion. -%^>^?&C? y. . 7; 'There seems -to.; be", a crystalliza tion.- .of. seatinKfHt.- among .Democrats. that Judge Pnrkei'a. nomination will be the best thing for the party, f and that his nomination t*tlf prevent the selec tion of some other candidate 7 who would be less acceptable to the great mass of Democrats.; - .■: - .- "When our-state was held at Duluth it .was thought that the dele gation 7 was. about evenly divided be tween *-, >:■ Hearst .7 and anti-Hearst, and several ■* of 7. the j so - called \ - anti -Hearst f men v were far: from* committed to Judge' Parker. These 7 men have, however* come to the ; natural conclusion;; in f view: of developments in the party, that they must: vote for Parker if they wish to preserve , the organization ; from going to some third'man who cannot begin to get the ; f&WJn','. the pivotal Eastern. states that Parker can."7''7"7f 7fff . ... « "What about Bryan's attempt to or ganize the • field- against -.Parker.?"• Mr. O'Brien was asked. ', Bryan's Strength the Hearst Vote 7 "I believe -that Bryan's strength is chiefly the Hearst vote "in the • conven tion,^ O'Brien y said. "He wijl be able to command but . fe7Wv more votes' than ; those instructed for Hearst, 7or friendly to iris* candidacy, and I f think .that/* three of our Minnesota delegation wfid^'-are: friendly '; enough to Bryan," when' they realize fwhat his po sition' means, will "go to Judge -Parker. I should not be surprised if . nearly -fthe entire Minnesota delegation would J -go to .Parker > before the balloting is .in progress very * long."'-"7" "f"■. '■■':'- :-;* • •f7" ; ;:- Mr. O'Brien-' has designated Daniel Aberle as his 7-alternates 7- Mr. Aberle" left Sunday night for St. Louis. ■" Alex ander McKinnpn, whom ■L. A. Rosing, a delegate at large, named as his alter : nate, ' has f already, gone to . St. Louis. P. J. Metzdorf .and/ John E. Stryker; alternates ;f or R. T. O'Connor ' and 'J.*. G. ■ Armson, 'of the Fourth district,; accom panied Mr. O'Brien last night .on his trip to St. Louis.7-7 ; ' 7/ " 7"'-"".■' SILVER polish STARTS WILD HOLD-UP STORY Friday Nelson's Acid and; Mercury IRe sponsible for Interesting Tale 7 'Friday" Nelson,• who generally, man ; ages ,to create-somewhat of a. sensation when he comes to town, /was the cause of*jmore.7 than the usual commotion, f Sunday • evening,f tjie result being that; :a; morning ' paper printed a lurid story' ; that the -■ sal opril 7©£ -'; Edward % Reinick,* Sixth : and Ja^son streets, had .been robbed of ,sl|s237 '£.y-ryyyi':' -7-7777-7 There 7was7K>; foundation or the rob bery story, Although there ■■- some 'excuse-; for l|£e 'commotion, "Friday follows fthetr^^. of silver-plating, and when he ■ came to St. Paul the small box "_\ in which he carried .his '; quick silver and acids? proved rather heavy, even though small. Going into Rei i nick's ' saloon, 7he ■ asked permission to leav^ the box there \ for the : night, and, .being, allow to/do, so, left it on the bar. '. ;:A : custom noticed *it there a 7 few ; minutes Uatei^pd examined thereon tents. -y He found 7 the quicksilver i arid the acids and pronounced* them nitro glycerin. was "a :- hurry-up call to the central \ ps>Vide7stationr7; Detective I Haggerty went >to the j saloon 1 and soon j afterward 5 located." Nelson?-, who went to I the front i and demonstrated to the sat ,isfaction; all concerned that thenar-' tlcles7wef¥;harrhless.?7-wi7 ■t.'ZZ-XZ'. 77 7 7; About a month ago Nelson was ar rested f : while ? 7 intoxicated,- and yi after : sleeping! off*. the '■■ effects of f the 7 liquor . imparted !• the z, information that f. when '-. brought to the station 7. he had \ been I possessed lof _ a bottle iof £ nitroglycerin. There was a hurried hunt for the bottle ; and when jit j had * been found f, the con tents were carefully poured over the bluff. In police court next day Nelson admitted that he had hoaxed the police, believing that he would be turned, loose: to dispose i- of I the dangerous decoction. IB * - -^Hl IKS BK^ff - -Be MSaf^*?*' ■ r_s SB * ■BBSS E33 ■ o~flßfßffioy * 'i^Snl I ' £ B-^^^vJitsP'^H H! Bfesfislp'' 7 '* ™ " CHIEF OF POLICE J. J. O'CONNOR j Whose ■■ Strict 7" Enforcement .of Ordi^ f . ■nances Secured the City an Orderly 7 Observance of the Fourth. Streets on the /night of the 3d. This, year it was different. Sunday was by far the -most; quiet ;3d of July in the past twenty years. If the ordinance 13 . persistently enforced it will -"-only..- be a 1 question of a few years until it will be generally observed." 7 v. 77 Judge j Hine, in * the . police court,. up held' the attitude of the chief and sus tained | the provisions of the ordinance. 'Of those i arrested for -violating' the" law, Harry, Graham, - Martin •; McNulty, f Car ! roll Giersten, John /; Tallrnari and A. Miller were fined $5 each. All -others arrested ? were discharged ; because.- of their youth.,:but -were warned -that if they were again brought; in a; severe penalty would be inflicted. .- 7 BOTHERED BY MONEY Baseball Men Sit UpTAII Night With Receipts "An athletic-looking young man, stag gering, under the weight of a grip, ap proached the desk at the Ryan hotel shortly after 10 f o'clock. last night I and asked' Frank ; Ingalls, the night clerk,; if he might check the grip until morning. 7 "Sure, Mike," the clerk* replied/with the usual accompaniment of a smile. 7 7 - "But I'd . like to • put it in 7 the vault," the young man with the grip suggested, while - another- man hovered close be side him with 7an •* unusually solicitous air;/;,;/ - .- .- ;'.;. ■-.; . ". - ' "Too late. The vault closes at 10 o'clock and I : have no means of open-!; ing it hefore the time lock says itsf doors will swing outward," said Ingalls. * : - The '7 two , callers _ ! exchanged looks. . "Well, I'll be ——," the man who hed' been carrying the heavyweight satchel; tried _to say, but his friend was too quick : for him and j stopped him before he had committed an offense « against the ordinances. ff Then -the young men had a consultation." 7 ■ "How about 7 the chief ./of,, police's I vault?" the smaller one suggested." "Not quite,",the big fellow responded." | Several bystanders cut in. They be gan 'to ask questions. Then a man who had been out to the ball game in ; the^afternooriThad-af revelation. "It's Mike Kelley/V he declared, and, looking 'again, he .volunteered the information that| his guardian was Clarence ; Hug-' gin's, secretary of the local baseball as-; sociation.7 " 7 7 . * 77:, "7-7- -7./?> ;7 Then the story came out. The grip held the day's receipts of two baseball games, or,- more properly speaking,* St. Paul's share of the gate money. Kelley and had completed, the count-, ing of the coin a few. minutes before •and the | cashier had gone out of town. . for a vacation. - r The club 7 manager did not know the combination to the * safe ; and .there.was nothing to do but find' a, vault in , which the money could be put until today. So the silver and gold was packed 7 neatly in a brand-new leather-bound grip and,Kelley,* guarded -by, Huggins, 3 began a search for a vault, They fared badly at the Ryan, and at another place their luck was -just as poor. 7 .-""-77-77 "7-/"-.7 /v;- : ..... .7* "Let's go back to the office and sit up with It," Huggins offered by way of suggestion, as he fondled a : vicious | looking gun. 7; , - - ; ;f* "Not. with r me," . the; player-manager [ retorted.7 /"I may sit y up, but it will be with something worth more than a mere $2,500, such as this grip con ; tains." 7" -. y ■.'.:■: y •-..■.- 7' .■-- 7But the policeman on the beat .at Seventh and .Wabasha told at 3 o'clock .this morning that two young were sitting at a small, table: inside with a leather * grip between, them and all the lights . burning brightly. They J had passed a bad 7 night, 7 he said, ■'-.for*, at every explosion of a firecracker outside they were - sure/ that somebody was dynamiting their stronghold. 7 All in the Way They're Made -71 You don't know what real comfort there is in Oxfords - f ..... ' until you have \ worn the kind that are made right The superiority of our shoes is \ all in the way they're made. Tan Black Oxfords mKk Oxforcls Correct Lasts ,_______W_W *\lS*s^r Calf °r Patent $3.50 to $5 JBF $3.50 to $5 Straw Hats (jSpr Fancy Hose C. B. BOWLBY. Pres. SIXTH AND ROBERT H. W. FAGLEY; Treas. . . . . Jfcny- '~^ STREETS. WOULD CURE OR KILL Sick Man prepared to End Life If He Doesn't Recover ■ yyy ■■''--•;"•■■- ■'•- ** -"-:;--■-• - ■■ -.. - John 'Johnson, : a. railroad contractor, afflicted with tuberculosis of the bones, ■ phase* to die in the ' open air, ; ; but his plans were "interfered with by the po lice, and the unhappy man is '.now- con fined in the county jail, accused, of at tempting to commit- suicide^ ; - Johnson Had 7 made ■ • himself fairly comfortable' Sunder ;'the bushes on the White Bear'road in the city limits, and was 7 supplied - with''blankets;- fain . coats and 7 other articled; and jj for, two I weeks : had truly flivecJ in'the otreri 7aif7 It * was this I that 'caused his fairest:-"Sergeant' Aamold f fountfthe f man possessed :of a bottle of -acid, ; a revolver arid a razor, arid"- he admitted to the police officer that if he-did "not improve it was: his j intention 'to •': take his life. :He was,' therefore, taken before the police' court yesterday and there g accused -of -at ;tempting.to commit suicide.?- f7 7:' ' 7 The story told .by: Johnson is pitiable. By occupation he is a railroad subcon tractor, and','until- last April 7 was able to .. follow his. business. He was - pros perous, and' when taken seriously ill with tuberculosis he* had- $1,500 in cash and owned some property. After, spend ing $900 with physicians and not being relieved he was told that death would soon result. The only reliefriie was told, ..was to live in the open air. Se curing, the -weapons and the- drug with which he ''could end his life if he • be came ; helpless, he established 7 his un covered, camp two weeks ago, being •determined? to end T his I career', as soon as -' he realized-: that death was near. When : taken in charge Johnson 7? had $598 on his person, but begged that he be not. required to go;into a house, as living inside caused his "bones to burn." After inquiring into 7 the' ease Judge Hine directed that inquiry be made into Johnson's sanity, but the latter -insists that he is sick. unto death and desires to spend j what few days ' he ' has re maining in the manner, that best suits himself. Johnson says that he has one brother in the United States, and sup posed that he was in St. Paul when he came here from West Superior.: He has but one other relative, a sister in Sweden. 7 . - - ' DEPUTIES GET BUSY Internal Revenue Office Flooded With Correspondence Maj. Frederick Yon Baumbach, col lector of internal ' revenue for Minne sota, has f called in. his.' "deputies from their stations throughout the state and his officers' struggling with a mass of correspondence. 77 .' 77-' ,'.". --\., The • fiscalf. year ia • all customs busi ness ends June ?97 and all licenses are for the year beginning July 1. f-Many of the^remittajjees are made by draft «and cheek, and. yesterday Maj. Baum bach's mail ; included X over 500" tetters. The office force is entirely .inadequate to handle the volume of the .business, f and he has drafted all * his deputies and . made .clerks of them until the rush is over. 7 It/Will be a inall-M- of ■two', weeks ■before conditions become normal. ~- GENTRY BROS. PRESENT 0""" NEW : SHOW FEATURES Miniature Zoo the Latest Attraction Arranged for. the. Children '.Vf'-f: j Gentry Bros..* famous trained animal shows, the ; largest exhibition 7of the kind in the world, will soon' be in this city. : The Gentry Bros.' - performance this season. has been greatly, augment ed, in addition to which. is presented a miniature zoological; display, showing the various hay arid' meat" eating ani mals ..* in . their infancy, ;an .attraction .which is "calculated- to increase the joys of the litle folks, Who are the main pa trons-of- Gentry Bros.' famous shows. In addition to the" numerous 1 company .of ..performing dogs, 7- ponies,, monkeys .and elephants, -which have always been •seen with, the show, an entirely new in novation is" introduced in the presenta tion Of a drove of performing Siberian camels, believed to be the only ones fever* educated either in 4." this o* foreign lands. The many resources of Gentry' Bros.' combined, exhibitions will be properly indexed and displayed rin the combined street parades, .'.which will be given on the mornings of the date of exhitions, to run three days, beginning Monday, "July. 11,'-at Selby avenue and Victoria street ..,...;.- ...» Andy Call Has: Bad- Day 7 Sergt. Andy r Call was taken vio lently ill -while on duty on Harriet is land yesterday/ and it was found nec essary to call Dr. Meyerdlng to attend him. The physician found the officer in bad condition and: ordered him taken to his home. * Call j was | apparently suf fering; from a severe attack of cholera morbus. ..yy:.y ■ YACHT CLUB GIVES ; BRILLIANT PARADE Entire Racing Fleet Makes a Fine Pyrotechnic Display ,-. s »: on White Bear 7 ■v - ' mv ' .it---,.-"' The illuminated parade, including the bombardment of the improvised battle ship Senta, the fireworks, dancing and--; music furnished ample amusement for the cottagers at White • Bear lake arid 7" the members of the yacht club last : night. Nearly the whole racing fleet of-! the club; together 'with a number pf r pleasure yachts, launches, rowboals"' and floats, assembled at the clubhouse* in the early, part of the evening, and afterward, headed by Commodore El- r mer's flagship, lined out in parade. j The sight was one of the handsomest seen on White Bear in many years. Each' - boat carried colored lights and Chinese 7 lanterns. Red, green, blue and white fire was used, giving the whole a mag nificent effect. 7' ■' •-•;.• ■' Later in the evening a low, rakish' craft 7 was seen stealthily making her : way along the west shore of the penin sula. Commodore Elmer and his staff of bombarders were in . excellent mood - for, trouble, and immediately pounced ' upon the intruding craft. .Shell after shell wag fired from his fleet of a dozen 7' boats, and in less time than it takes; to'C tell, the Senta was blown into Invisible • atoms. She made a gallant stand, but ' numbers told against her, and she was 7 finally compelled to yield the uneven ' fight. The victors then returned to the clubhouse, after firing a number of sa- , lutes in; honor of the occasion, and dancing was engaged in until 11 o'clock.ff-." The clubhouse was gaily decorated., during the day, and presented a gala appearance. From every nook and cor- • ncr of the large building, hung a Chi nese lantern, and the large crowd pres ent merrily passed away the hours un- *' til well into the night. LUCKY COLORED MAN Arrested Night Prowler Escapes With Workhouse Sentence 7 Ernest Jones, colored, living at 401 7 Farrington avenue, accused of having entered the home of. Matt Fashing bauer, 369 Sherburne avenue,' persisted, before the police court yesterday that he had no burglarious intentions,, and escaped with'sixty days. in the work house. ' ......-/' .'-,. 77.7.77- When arraigned Jones pleaded guilty and was promptly given the sentence -7. mentioned, 7 following which Fashing- 7 bauer entered a decided protest, claim ing that the punishment was not suf ficiently severe. i Fashingbauer ap pealed to County , Attorney Kane, claiming that when Jones was first dis ■ covered in: the - house •by the - children -he threatened to kill them; If 7 they did not / keep ; -quiet. 7 Going into' the hall. 'Fa'shingbauer says that he encountered l the . colored man, who pulled' a - re- '•'; volver and i threatened to shoot. Fash-.,, ingbauer backed-into a room, jumped out the window and called assistance. Although the county attorney agreed that the offense warranted a more se- I vere sentence, he could not offer relief after Jones had been sentenced. ..f^' .77 .The only excuse offered by Jones was that he was drinking, contending that whenever he takes too . much he becomes , "batty.'.'. Admitting that he entered the "house, he claimed that he had no intention of committing: a bur glary. He made no effort to explain how it happened that he deliberately cut the screen door. MAN BLAMES OFFICER FOR ARRESTING WIFE As Head of the House Mr. Pepparis Insists That He Was Slighted 7 Nicholas Pepparis, 263 Thomas street,; was required to sign a peace bond when he appeared in police court yesterday, I accused of disorderly. con duct. He was charged with having used violent f language to Patrolman Pogreba because the officer caused the arrest of Mrs. Pepparis for harboring a vicious dog. Pepparis claiiried that he merely desired to have the officer understand that he was "the head of the house," and; if • anyone was to : be arrested it should be he. - I 777:0A5-POniA. : .,:-• Bean th« ■_ ,* The Kind You Haw Always Bought "^ WM&^ZOZ 7 Deposits - made on or "before July 5 in our savings-department will receive three months' interest at 3% per cent on Oct. 1. Security Trust Comrat-y, N. Y. Life Bldg.