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NEWS OF THE CITY
FIFTEEN THOUSAND CHILDREN
I HAVE THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES
. They Gather at Rice Park, Where
They Are Provided With Flags,
March Along City's Principal
•Streets Waving the Emblems,
and Proceed to Harriet Island
There TheyAreGiven 5,000
Packages of Firecrackers and
[Plenty of Good Things to Eat
—Athletic Sports Round Out
Glorious Fourth
St. Paul Children, Dr. j
-■ To Commercial Club and yZ
Dr. Justus Ohage & Co. A-l
One --TIME OF OUR LIVES" f
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
from a barren i51and.,.7777
It was without doubt 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 15,0007. But crowds of
them were coming as other crowds
were going, so that the total of
participants in the Commercial club
celebration may easily have risen to
25.000. - -
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 early as 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. Most of the boys came "loaded"
with individual supplies of ammuni
tion, including 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 which young
America pleasurably eclipses conti
nental rivals. As the crowd's piccolo
shriek greeted 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!" -
The flags were distributed from'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
clubs 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.
"Fer my III* 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 songs 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 waisted boys and
girls, waving their brilliant flags re
called the allurement of a similar cho
rus, the "Living Flag." which sang the
same airs nearly on the same spot dur
7'J. c national G. A. R. encampment
of 1896.
When the band had struck up "Hia
watha," and the mounted police, under
Sergeant Gervlng. started off ahead of
Mayor Smith's carriage, every boy and
every girl made laudable effort to
march beside the band. 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 around the square. The mar
shals also succeeded. In keeping the
boys and girls between the sidewalks.
A Happy Army
. But no other formation was observ
ed amid' the mingled, jostling ranks
and files than filled the street from
curb to curb, waving flags, shouting,
singing/discharging torpedoes and fire
crackers.
As the parade took shape at last the
converging crowds from all the. streets
around Rice park soon'demonstrated
the -.surprising : size of this biggest
Fourth of July celebration.7. ■..■ •■:■-..-.--.••■<.
Down Fifth street marched the
mounted police, the band, the carriage
containing Mayor R. A. Smith, Presi
dent Theo., F. Smith, of the Commer
cial club, and B. H. Schriber, . chair
man of the Fourth of July committee.
7 After 7 the carriage- walked membersf
of. this committee, including J. Wat-
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DR. JUSTUS OHAGE
Father of Harriet Island, Where Thou
sands of Children Were Made Happy
Yesterday. .■■ ZXyIX; 77 ''y&KyZ
son - Smith, P. J. Met2dorf. Louis Betz,
W. M. Carson. F. J.G.'. -Bradbury, Dr.
Justus Ohage, F. H. Warwick and oth
ers. . 7'':";-:'7'7'"' • . '.J
The line of march . was Wabasha
street to Sixth.street. Sixth to Robert,
Robert to Seventh, Seventh to Waba
sha, and Wabasha to the bridge;
thence across the Mississippi, west,
along the river bank and the new park
approach, to the Harriet island bridge,
and over that bridge to the island.
- So great was" the concourse of merry,
flag-waving children that the rear of
the parade was " still crossing .Third
street at Wabasha when the van was
pouring out upon the island. And the
paraders moved twenty or twenty-five
abreast. At the entrance to the island
a-frian counted 8,000" children passing
by before he became too tired \to con
tinue. He could have counted 10,000.
. Among the hypnotized followers of
Mayor Smith, this new Piper of Hame
lin, the few separate organizations in
cluded 100 children from the Settle
ment house on the West side, and the
Sunbeam band," headed by Mrs. Arthur
E. Clarke.
Children Get Firecrackers
Hardly had the first thousand in
vaders shouted terror into the hearts of
the black bears 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 big
crackers,- but not too big;- reliable
crackers, not slow to make up their
minds; crackers that did not need too
much- investigation, "just to see if they
was lighted."
. Dr. Darling and Mr. TBetz were still
struggling for a touchdown when the
Fort band began, at the band
stand," a popular arid patriotic concert'
that lasted' all daylong.- -.-----■ -■•;■* ----------
, It was 10 o'clock, perhaps, when; a
small maid whose collar bone was al
ready sunburned beneath her 7"peek-a
-boo. waist, jumped down from the "bi
cycle merry-go-round," and informed a
chum who hopped off too: "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, that
as she said, she "could eat feathers."
Relief, however, ,was at hand. \ Lun
cheon"'supplied by- the Commercial club
began at noon precisely, and luncheon
lasted until 6 o'clock. It was a light
luncheon, yet a satisfactory "snack"
for .growing children. '-77777
Had a Light Luncheon
It was composed, in part, of 1,200
loaves of bread, 550 pounds of ham,
1,500 dozen sandwiches, 7.1,500 dozen
doughnuts, 1,500 dozen sugar buns, and
10,000 bananas. More Vthan 4,000 lem
ons permitted the making of several
glasses of lemonade. And all for the
asking, to-wit, the grabbing.
Lieut. Sexton* is. a large policeman,
Sergeants Rose and McCarthy are no
invalids, and Sergeant Andy McCall
has been a "broth of.a-b'y." in dealing
with', mere pugilists. t But when this
distribution of bananas was begun" in
earnest, and the police attempted to
protect the distributor, Lieut. Sexton
was obliged to signal for assistance.
The sergeants reinforced: him. Yet the
banana ,citadel would, have been car
ried and the distributor, made prisoner
had not. a strategic .diversion been
brought about by the explosion of a
mandarin firecracker close by. Then
the assaulting forces hesitated.
Bananas, are "great* eatin'." But
"Gee, did you never- see a man'drin
cracker? Y'ought tuh hear one g'off
jes' oncet; yuh won't forgit, I don't
tink." . 7 • . . -
This explanation was hardly needed;
the mandarin cracker explained itself.
Seven feet long, and containing 1,000
ordinary crackers,; the mandarin soon
demonstrated its-power of expression
to the content of the children and the
relief of the banana distributor. There
were other mandarins (exploded during
the day,.but none with happier effect.
Bathing 'rejoiced man boys and girls
on the island. .. titers, found diversion
in the ample apparatus of the boys*
outdoor gymnasium. A lively shower
at. 3 o'clock 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 trials were g held within
the limits of the boys', gymnasium.
The referee was.Prof. Carl J. Herr
i-nan, superintendent ;of the public
baths; the timer. Prof. Carl F. Roth
fuss, superintendent of athletics at the
baths; 7 the starter, . Frederick Kuett
ner; the cleric of the course and secre
tary of the meet, Arthur Leland, super
intendent of the Como avenue play
grounds; assistant clerk of the course,
F. G. Bradbury; track inspectors. Dr.
J. B. Darling and William M. Carson;
track judges. Prof. Denny and Guy
Ruff: field inspectors. Henry J. Haas;
marshal,: B. H. Schriber: ; aides, the
Commercial club Fourth of July com-'
mittee. •* . -- ■_• ■.:•>;« ..'■'- ■•'-■■-. -.::
Secretary C. P.. Stine, of the f Com
mercial club, and : City Comptroller
Betz distributed the prizes provided by.
the club.. Most of the . first ,prizes were
certificates 7 for gold medals, and most
of the second prizes certificates for sil
ver medals. Each medal will bear a
lone J star, symbolic of j the state, and a
winged :: foot *'"of 7 Mercury, f- suggesting
both. commerce "and " foot races. '. The
letters on the medal/; C. C. P. A. will
m^in "Commercial Club Playground
Athr^ic Union.'* 7.7, Many third prizes
will Ufc ribbons.';..<i Other r prizes . dis
tributecN&'esterday included bats,-, balls;
catchers'^-gloves, tennis *' rackets, *- cups
and 7 saucer^ and:' fans. * 7"Tootsie," i for
example, 7 got\a fan.- She didn't know
her.' other nami though she 7 did -7 know-
THE ST. PAUL 7 GLO^g. TUESDAY. JULY 5. 1904
how to throw a ball into a barrel.. But
she's only three years old , *, y~XX_z
i " ; The medals■ and ribbons",; "suitably in
,scribed," will be delivered to the win
. ners „at the '• * Commercial club ■' at 75 7
"o'clock next Friday afternoon. -
7 -Prizes j for Ithe 5 fat men's race, con
tributed by Dr. Ohage, were a big stein
for the least-lethargic creeper; a. to
bacco box, 7* of - skull shape, for '■_ the al
most fmoing competitor : ;and7 a clay
pipe, as booby prize, 7: for ; the runner
that r proved himself quite.-' dormant. 7-75
I ; The \ record of the contests was:"-.
Fat men's race—First. P. J.Metzdorf;
second, J. Watson Smith; third,"Louis
Betz.- * -.-■■ :.:_.: , ----- . '
• Girls' 40-yard dash —First. Jean-Martin;
second, Lulu Hamilton;' third, Dora Le
bofsky. .-..-• .: -y._ yyy.
" «Girls' hopping race (160 entries)— First,
Bessie-. Wilhelm;--second, • Emma TElaase;
third. 'Florence Hardy. ... ;__ 7. .. «-**-■;.-...
Girls' foot race, thirty-five yards.'" for
girls under thirteen First. Ada-* Ramsey;
second,: Gertrude Le Boutillier; third,
Esther Doherty. . .-i-- , ,7 - ; . . 7
Girls' stride jump f race—First. 7 Lillian
McVay; second, -Hilda Wahlquist; third;
Anna Bella Reid. - < :..*;•' '■•-.'. , £
Running race for five-year-old girls,
one entry^Elimer Frailer. ."- - '-• '*< $~ *£
• > Ball-tossing-: contest forf"children- under,
six—First. Hilda '. Girkie, - 4 out of 6; sec
ond. ' Jennie Oxman, Ella : Barter. ,Freda
Umbrach.. Martha • Gundereon.-'Eva^Mei-
Williams; third, Teresa Myrtle Foot,
Vera Pera,."To6tsie.','. ... . *:
'.Boys climbing,-j-ope against time (four
teen -■ years old■ and under)— George
Cremmell. 9 4-5 seconds; .second,- Robert
Clause, : 10"seconds; third, Nathan EMI
Fenbin. 10.1 seconds.
.Climbing rope•" hand: over hand against^
time (fourteen to sixteen years old)
First, Thor Thomsen,.: 11 seconds;.-sec
ond. George - Barthelness, 7 r 11 seconds;
third. GeorgeSamm," 11.2 seconds. *yzr<-~-±
Wheelbarrow race—First, Sammie \ Zolk
(barrow),:.lsadorZolk (wheeler); ' second,
William Bimyhr (barrow), William Kern
(wheeler); third", '"■ John Jule * (barrow),
Henry Meyer (wheeler). , ■ •-.'-.-
Bear race, on all fours —First. Joe
Maendler; second. Win Theonake; third,
Parnell Mopwell. • • -.;.- _
Sack race, - thirty - yards—First. • Tom
Hurley, 12 2-5 -seconds; second. Daniel
Finnegan, 13 seconds; third. Otto Minster,
13 4-5 seconds; 7*fourth, 7 Philip Marcus,*-
-14.1 seconds. • '.. .-»■ .
Three-legged race, thirty yards—First,*
Adolph Henderson and Henry - Meyer,
5 4-5 seconds;- second, Edward Ewald.:
and Dick Bremer,- 7 seconds; third. .Joe
Finnegan and "Conrad Lee. 7 2-5 seconds. 7
"Pull-ups"' on horizontal bar—First,
Sidney Gilson. 16 times; second, Paul
Dapron, 15 times; third, George Samm, 14
times. . . —77---.: ."--. •
SEVEN FOURTH FIRES
Department Has Quiet Day and
Blazes Are Smalt
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Seven fires ' occurred yesterday, but
all were small. The first blaze which
called 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 of rubbish. The fire
was extinguished by tenants of the
building before "the department ar
rived. ; 7 *'
James McGovern's;; residence,* 201
West 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 gained considerable headway b*e-
fore it was-discovered by children w.ho
notified Mrs. McGovern. The fire" did
considerable damage to the rear rooms
and the furniture was damaged by
water. -- y'-yXyr^zyZ ;77 -:;'-7 r'-~^>:
A sky rocket, which struck-, a shed4n
the rear of the residence of A. E. Ross,
505 Wabasha street, last night started
a small -fire! which called \ put the de
partment. The loss j was trifling. „^._.L_
Boys throwing 7 firecrackers into the
air were responsible for a-fire at the
.California fruit store, 173 East Sev
enth street last night. . The awning was
destroyed and some of the stock was
-damaged. »
The frame house at 443 East Sixth
street, which was unoccupied;' was
damaged by fire last night. The build
ing was nearly gutted, and a loss of
$200 was caused. The tenants had
packed their furniture preparatory- to
moving, and. their .property, was also
damaged. The fire is thought to have
started from a sky rocket.
In some unknown manner the fire
works in the window, of W. G. Work
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. The fire department was
called, but there was little work;.to ..be. ;
done. A couple •of windows were
broken and tbe fixtures of the store
more or less damaged. The loss was
estimated at $50. - ■ i'-'^Zyyyy. '-.^ ■ '
CRACKERSSTOPAUTO
Noise (Makers Almost Wreck
Minneapolis Man's Machine
7J. J. Barkley, of. Minneapolis, came
very near losing his automobile last
evening on Wabasha, near Third street,
and only saved the machine by personal
exertions. .... -7 :*-;7777
While in St. Paul Mr. Barkley discov
ered that the gasoline was leaking and
started for the repair shop on. Wa
basha street. When .near the place
some firecrackers were thrown under
the machine, following the discharge of
which quite a blaze sprang up among
the machinery of the auto.
Mr. Barkley dismounted and with his
cap proceeded to pound out the blaze.
With the assistance of several by
standers he succeeded in extinguishing
the fire, and in about, three hours the
machine was again in running condi
tion. ' ■ ': 7.7:77*77
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 suffering from a badly
cut wrist as the result of a I fight he
had last night with Herman Smith .in
J. W. Hoffmann's . saloon at" 456- East
Seventh street. 7. . -... -.-7
7'-In the tussle :Costello __ was thrown
against the window, the glass breaking
and left arm. passing- through. ... The
cut in jj the wrist was deep, and j when
Dr." Moore,, police j surgeon, arrived, he
rendered temporary; aid and ordered
Costello . taken to the hospital.
DEATHS OF THE DAY
. MILWAUKEE, Wis., July 4—Capt.
Peter. Anderson, one,: of - the best known
captains on i the -lakes,; died today ■ at- his
home in7this- city. y>. He .was .fifty-eight
years of j age. Capt. > Anderson 7: had" been
ailing several years. A third paralytic
stroke hastened his death. . . -: 7 - .
PITTSBURG,. July;4.—Prof. John Bell
.Hatcher," B. - Sc.,. curator of ..vertebrae
paleontology 7 in -> the :t- Carnegie 7 museum,
and. one 'of 7 the - most»noted. scientists in
he..-": United i States,-;is,:dead,i a victim» of
typhoid -fever. 7" Prof. Hatcher 7- was . born
in Greene <- county __ lowa, Oct.. 12,; 1858.<'-..'-
BENTON - HARBOR. Mich.. July 4.--
Frank B. Gilson. editor of the Benton
Harbor? Palladium 1 and -; vice 2 president? of i
the ? National Editorial ~ association,"-'- died
tonight"" paralysis. -
CHIEF DE POLICE PROVES THAT
SANE FIRTH OF JULY IS POSSIBLE
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Hundreds of Citizens Declare
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> 'That Yesterday Was the Most
Orderly Fourth They Have
EverSeen-and Chief O'Connor
Is the Recipient of Many Con
gratulations Upon His Firm
Attitude in Enforcing the Or
■ 7 7 -7:- " 7-'- ;-i-7. '■-'. *. "":•'.- --„'-• ; . .-..
--dinances and Securing; a
Comparatively Quiet Observ
*cance of the Day /. *,
The determination of Chief ■of
Police O'Connor to secure, a quiet ob- j
servance iof the Fourth was 7 so -■ suc
cessful that he was yesterday the re
cipient of innumerable •congratulatory
messages. . From hundreds of people
living downtown came Word that this
was the most orderly Fourth they have
seen, and pegged i that the policy of
suppressing the most noisy of the ex
plosives be continued.
,; During the past several days Chief
O'Connor ha-^aken a deep: interest in
the enforceriVmt.of the ordinance regu
lating, the ceK&f a tion 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 occasions ,'."' gave notice
that the measure would. be enforced. \ r ,7 i
"In past; years/; said a man living
near the corner of Fifth and Wabasha,
"women were afraid to \ walk on "Wa- j
basha street the Fourth, and dared
not frequent any of the down-town
IWAJORiTY WILL BE
FORJUDGE PARKER
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CD.O'Brien Thinks Minnesota
Delegation Will Vote for Him
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In the End
** * -^4. p*-i.--,:-7 . "Tr***-— —*?■ _. „
*-•:.'"• ~y ':?.*■■_ ---'w ■ *~?.-.'.'.y. - i.•>-•--'IS-
am quite sure," said C.-'D.' O'Brien,
jpst before he boarded a Rock Island
train . last nighT for St. Louis and the
national Democratic convention, "that
at least twelve of the Minnesota dele
gation oft twenty -two will be for. Judge
Parker- the first ballot . when 7 the
voting \ begins ah' the national . conven
tion. . - -7. ' "7"7 ..... -. ZX~ *
£_ "There seemsjto. be a s crystalliza
tion ..of. sentiment.- among .Democrats,
that Judge^^^trke^-^Tiominatlon^illfbe^
the best thing for the party, and that
his nomination Will prevent the selec
tion of some other candidate who
would be"less acceptable to the great
mass of Democrats. •-—— • '•■■.&££
"When our state convention was held
at'-Duluth it was thought that the dele
gation was. about evenly divided be
tween Hearst and anti-Hearst, and
several of -the. so-called anti-Hearst
men were far from committed to Judge
Parker. These '■'- men have, however,
come to the natural conclusion,, in view
of developments in. the party, that they
must vote for r-Parker' if they wish' to
preserve the? Organization from going
to' some thircl than who cannot begin 1
to get the , vote in the pivotal Eastern
states that can." 7
I - "What.-.abt-tut, Bryan's : attempt to •' or
ganize the field-against Parker?" . Mr.
O'Brien was asked. - ' y'XZJi
Bryan's Strength the Hearst Vote
7 "I believe that Bryan's" strength is
chiefly the: Hearst vote in the conven
tion," Mr. O'Brien 1 said. "He" wijl be
able to command "but few more votes
than those * instructed' for _ Hearst, or
friendly to brls candidacy, and! think
that .-two "«r :i three of --Minnesota
delegation who are -friendly enough to
Bryan, when-!tKey realize what his po- ;
sition means, will go to Judge Parker.
I should not be surprised if nearly the
entire Minnesota .'delegation would go
to Parker be'J&fe' the balloting is in
progress* very > long." '-*:""•-'■' f ■
- Mr. O'Brien has designated Daniel
Aberle as his-'alternate."' Mr. Aberle
left- Sunday night for St. Louis. Alex
ander McKinnon, ! whom L. A. Rosing,
a! delegate lat Targef named as his alter
nate, has already gone to St.- Louis.
P. J. Metzdorf and' John E. Stryker,
alternates:for 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 " r'7;7
SILVER POLISH STARTS
WILD HOLD-UP STORY
Friday Nelson's Acid and Mercury Re
sponsible for Interesting Tale
' "Friday" Nelson, who generally man
ages to create .somewhat of a sensation
when he comes to town, was f the cause
of more than the usual 7 commotion
Sunday evening, t£e result being that
a morning paper printed a lurid story
that the salo-art 7of Edward Reinick,
Sixth and .Jack.soii streets, : had been
robbed of $I*s, { ... y-: r-y.y . 7 7-7
There was M> foundation for the rob
bery story, although there was i some
excuse ,' for tpe commotion. "Friday"'
"follows: the trade of silver-plating, and
when he came to St.' Paul the : small
box in which .he carried : bis quick 7
•silver.: and acids; proved rather \ heavy,
even r though small. - Going into Rei
fnick's saloon,. he asked permission to
leave^the box there | for :the night, and,
: being allow to do left it on the bar.
7, A customer*- noticed it there a few.
minutes and examined the con
tents. He found the 7 quicksilver and
the acids and pronounced them nitro
glycerin. ,v TJhera was a - hurry-up , call
:to the central police .station. '■_ Detective
Haggerty went *to the 7 saloon . and soon
afterward located Nelson," who went to
the front ] and demonstrated to the sat
isfaction of fall - concerned * that. the- ar
ticles, were harmless.7"-' 7.-7"**7 - "
About a month ago Nelson was far-,
rested v. while - intoxicated, 7 and after
sleeping - off the effects 7of - the liquor
imparted ■*.■ the - information that when
'brought: to the 7 station 7he had % been
possessed \ of' a | bottle | of. nitroglycerin.
; There was a hurried hunt for the bottle
and f: when it had 7 been : found ? the con
tents were - carefully poured over the
bluff. 7ln police; court next day Nelson
;admitted that he had hoaxed the police,
believing t that '■ he would '-. be; turned, loose
; to 1 dispose ;of j the : dangerous .decoction-
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CHIEF OF POLICE J. J. O'CONNOR
Whose Strict Enforcement, of Ordi
.:,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 is
persistently enforced it will only be a
question of a few years until it will
be generally observed."
■''>. Judge Hine, in the police court, up
held the attitude of the chief and sus
tained the provisions of the ordinance.
Of those arrested for violating the law,
Harry Graham, Martin McNulty, Car
roll Giersten, .John Tallman -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.
BOTHERED BY MONEY
Baseball (Men Sit Up All 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 o'clock. last night and
asked Frank Ingalls, the night clerk, if
he might check the grip until morning."
;" "Sure, Mike," the clerk replied, with
the usual accompaniment of a smile. ■
"But I'd like to put it in the vault,",
the young man with the grip suggested*
while another man hovered close* be
side him with an unusually solicitous
air. . 7 * ' 7;7~-7;-- -"7
"Too late. The vault closes at 10
o'clock and I have no means of open-:
ing .it before the .time lock-says its
doors will swing outward," said Ingalls.
The two callers ; exchanged looks.
"Well, I'll be —— the man who h*id
been carrying the heavyweight satchel
tried to say, but I his-friend was ?too
quick (for." him and "stopped him : before 1
he had committed an offense"against
the ordinances. Then the young men
had a consultation. -7777/
"How about the chief ; of. police's
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'afternoon'had a revelation. "It's
Mike Kelley," he declared, and, looking
again, he volunteered the information
that his guardian was Clarence Hug
gins, secretary of the local baseball as
sociation. ■•.■-. -
5 Then the story came out. 7 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 Huggins'.had completed, the count
ing of the coin a few minutes before
and the cashier,had gone.out of town
for a vacation.- The club 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 neatly in a brand-new
leather-bound grip and Kelley, guarded
by Huggins, began a search for a vault,
They fared' badly at the Ryan, and at
another place their luck was just as
poor. :.7 ,7~i7;777'7777-,7 77"r
r - "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. '.-,
"Not. with me," the player-manager
retorted. "I may sit up, but it will
be" with something worth more than a
mere $2,500, such as this grip con
tains."
But the .policeman on the beat ,at
Seventh and Wabasha told at 3 o'clock
this morning that two young men were
sitting at a small table inside with a
leather grip between them and -all the
lights burning brightly. They had
passed a bad night, he said, for at
every explosion of a firecracker outside
they were sure that somebody was
dynamiting their stronghold.
All in the Way They're Made
#7 You don't know what real comfort there is in Oxfords
t ' until you have worn the kind that are made right The
superiority of our shoes is all in the way they're made.
Tan Mk Black
Oxfords jjflHßß Oxfords
Correct Lasts ___j_S_W^ C'Af or Patent
$3.50 to $5 jBBT $3.50 to $5
Straw Hats BP^ Fancy Hose
C. B. BOWLBY, Pres. c ' //hi/y^/ffY'&l SIXTH AND ROBERT
H. W. FAGLEY. Treas. Jjb ft j7 STREETS.
WOULD CURE OR KILL
Sick Man Prepared to End Life
If He Doesn't Recover
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John Johnson, a railroad contractor,
afflicted with tuberculosis of the bones,
chose to die in t 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 suicides: -.-.. •
. Johnson" had made himself . fairly
comfortable under the -busies on the
White Bear' road the city limits, and
was supplied with' blankets/rain coat*
and other articles, and for, two weeks
had truly lived in; the operi'aiß It was
this that'caused his arrest; '-Sergeant
Aamold found 1 the man possessed of-a
bottle of • carb6iic--acid7'a revolver and
a razor,'arid he admitted to the police
officer that if he "not improve it was
his intention to take his life: :He was,'
therefore, before the police'- court
yesterday and '■"'there accused of .rat
tempting, to commit suicide. y- -''' •-■
7 The story told by • Johnson is pitiable.
By occupation he is a railroad subcon
tractor, and 7 until last April was able
to follow., his business. He.was pros
perous, and when taken seriously ill
with tuberculosis he* had- $l,so(Pin cash
and owned some property^ After spend
ing $900 -with physicians and' 1 not being
relieved he was told that death would
soon result. The only ' reliefrhe 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 his un
covered camp two weeks ago, being
* determined j to end-his career as soon
as he realized that death was near.
When taken in '■ charge "•. Johnson had
$598 on his person, but begged that ho
be not, required to go into a house, as
living inside caused his '-bones to
burn." -. •;.;*:'. ..77" ''■
After inquiring into the'case 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 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.
DEPUTIES GET BUSY
Internal Revenue Office Flooded
With Correspondence
Maj. Frederick Yon Baumbach,7 col
lector of internal 'revenue for Minne
sota, has called in his "deputies ,from
their stations throughout the state and
his office is struggling with a mass of
correspondence. 77' r
The fiscal year in all customs busi
ness ends' June .?• and all. licenses are
for the year < beginning July 1. - Many
of the • remittances are made by. draft
• and cheek, and yesterday Maj. Baum
bach's mail f included over 500 letters.
The office force is entirely inadequate
to handle the volume of the .business,
and he has drafted all his "deputies and
made.clerks of them, until the rush is
-over.""' It will be a matter of" two -weeks
•before conditions become normal.
GENTRY BROS. PRESENT
NEW SHOW FEATURES
Miniature Zoo, the Latest Attraction
Arranged for the Children
Gentry Bros..' famous trained animal
shows, the largest exhibition of 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 and' '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- company
of performing dogs, :• ponies,, monkeys
and elephants, which have always been
■seen with..the^how, an entirely new in
novation is" introduced in the presenta
tion of a drove of performing Siberian
camels, believed to be the only ones
ever "educated /either, in' this o* foreign
lands. The many resources of Gentry
Bros.' combined, exhibitions will be
properly indexed and... displayed in 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
Sergt. Andy Call was; taken vio
lently ill -while on duty on Harriet Is
land yesterday,* and it was found nec
essary to call Dr. Meyerding to attend
him. The physician found the officer
in bad condition and ordered him taken
to his home. Call was apparently suf
fering from a severe ; attack of cholera
morbus. ■ 77.7
YACHT CLUB GIVES ..;.:
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BRILLIANT P.4ME
Entire Racing Fleet Makes a
Fine Pyrotechnic Display , > ?
on White Bear
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 and y
the members of the yacht club last:"|
night. Nearly the whole racing fleet of
the club, together with a number of
pleasure yachts, launches, rowboals
and floats, assembled at the clubhouse
in the early-part of the evening, and
afterward, headed by Commodore EI--"
mer's flagship, lined out in parade. The
sight was one of the..handsomest seen
on White Bear in many years. Each*
boat carried colored lights and Chinese '
lanterns. Red, green, blue and white
fire was used, giving the whole a' mag- '*
nificent effect. ' ;7 s •* *•*-• •■■•'
Later in the evening a low. rakish '
craft 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 was fired from his fleet of a dozen '
boats, and in less time than It takes to .
tell, the Senta was blown into invisible
atoms. She made a gallant stand.but' "
numbers told against her, and she .was.
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.'
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
Ernest Jones, colored, living at .401
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. ;7.77: . 7.7.7 7
When arraigned Jones pleaded guilty
and was promptly given the sentence
mentioned, following which Fashing
bauer entered a decided protest, claim
ing that the punishment was not suf
ficiently severe. 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 they did
-not keep - quiet. ;■ Going ; into- the ball
'Fashingbauer says that he encountered
the colored man, who pulled a re
volver and 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
vere sentence, he could not offer relief
after Jones had been sentenced. > ..
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
Nicholas Pepparis, 263 Thomas
street, was required to sign a peace
bond when he appeared in police court
yesterday, accused of disorderly con
duct. He was charged with having
used violent language to Patrolman
Pogreba because the officer caused the
arrest of Mrs. Pepparis for harboring
a vicious dog. Pepparis claimed 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. -7 -77 - •
CASTORIA.
Bean tha ,* The Kind You Haw Always BougH
'Deposits made on or before July 5 ln
our savings- department will receive three
months' interest at 3% per cent on Oct. 1.
Security Trust Con-many, N. Y. Life Bldg.