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THE WEATHER
St. Paul and Vicinity—Fair and
warmer.
Minnesota —Fair and warmtr.
VOL. XXVII.—NO. 236
JOHNSON FAVORITE
THROUGHOUT STATE
DELEGATIONS INSTRUCTED
FOR ST. PETER MAN
Despite Silence of the Former State
Senator Many of the County Con
ventions Name Delegates Who Are
to Vote for His Nomination at State
Convention—Hennepin Starts Win
ston Boom
Minnesota county convention, held
uniformly throughout the state yes
terday, in a number of instances in
structed their delegations to the state
convention to vote for the nomination
of John A. Johnson, of St. Peter.
Men in close touch throughout the
state say that sentiment is over
whelmingly in favor of Joljnson, but
as there is no other active candidate
in the field many counties where feel
ing is strong for him did not instruct,
trusting to the judgment of their dele
gations to vote for him when they
reach Minneapolis and the conven
tion.
No word has come from Senator
Johnson, but this is regarded as a good
omen. Mr. Johnson has been bom
barded for the past few days with let
ters and telegrams from leading Dem
ocrats from one end of the state to the
other insisting that he fs the man who
ran be elected. These messages have,
it is said, pointed out to him the weak
ness of the Republican candidate with
hie own party, the united support that
Democrats in every county of the state
will tender Johnson upon his nomina
tion and the assurance that every as
sistance within the means of the
writers will be given him in his can
vass throughout the state.
Johnson Is Silent
The St. Peter man has given no
sign, but in his silence his political
friends find satisfaction, for they ar
gue that Johnson has practically de
termined to listen to their call and to
be in a receptive mood regarding the
nomination until it is made. They
say that it is the only explanation that
can be put upon his continued silence,
and they are perfectly satisfied they
have a candidate for governor.
Sentiment favoring Johnson has
been strong from the first in St. Paul,
but is has developed to a decided de
cree among Minneapolis Democrats
during the past week. •
A movement, evidently against his
Wishes, was started in the Hennepin
county convention yesterday for F. G.
Winston, but Mr. Winston has stead
fastly refused to be considered a can
didate. Mayor Haynes told the con
vention that Mr. Winston would ac
cept the nomination for lieutenant
governor if it were tendered him, and
taking this as an evidence that Wins
ton might be a candidate for governor,
his friends in the convention began a
boom for him for governor.
Hearst Men to Meet
It is reported that an important
meeting of men who were closely affil
iated in the canvass of Mr. Hearst in
Minnesota during the early months of
the summer will be held in that city
this week. This meeting will probably
indorse the candidacy of Johnson and
"will consider suggestions to the per
sonnel of men for the places on the
ticket below that of governor. -
It is expected that strong men will
be brought forward by this confer
ence, ar\d the prospects are that the
best ticket ever named by a Demo
cratic convention in Minnesota will be
put in the field by the Democratic state
convention at Minneapolis next Tues
day.
Democratic leaders in many parts of
the state are corresponding with each
other as to the men to be named by
the convention below the office of gov-
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THE ST. PAUL GLOBE
ernor, and there is more interest than
in many years in the make-up of the
stale ticket.
Ramsey County Convention
"This convention will select dele
gates to attend the state Democratic
convention in Minneapolis, which will
name the next governor of the state,"
said Prof' John A. Ha'rtigan, in taking
the chair at the Democratic county
convention yesterday in Federation
hall.
Throughout „the convention proceed
ed with the business in hand in a man
ner that showed it was determined to
finish the work in the shortest possible
time, and in the end all had been done
in about an hour from the election of
the temporary chairman, it having been
agreed that the Ramsey county dele
gates will act as a unit in the state
convention.
F. A. Pike, chairman of the Demo
cratic county committee, called for or
der shortly after 10 o'clock, but as the
delegates were arriving it was decid
ed to a'ilow fifteen minutes in which
they could take their seats, and an
organization v/as perfected at the ex
piration of the time by the election
of Prof. Hartigan as chairman and
Frank S. Battley as secretary. Subse
quently the temporary officers were
made permanent.
Committee Is Named
On the adoption of a motion by E.
L. Murphy that a committee be ap
pointed to suggest the delegates to the
state convention, Chairman Hartigan
named the following: J. H. Towlerton,
P. Kelly Jr., T. J. Brady, R. T. O'Con
nor, Peter Van Hoven, E. Weisenberg
er, L. R. Frankel, John Boerner, E.
L. Murphy, Carl Feisler, P. J. Gleason
and Nic'Loesch. It required consider
able time for the committee to select
the seventy-eight names, but when
the report had been made to the con
vention the suggestions were quickly
indorsed, and the following were named
as the delegates:
The List of Delegates
At Large—Pierce Butler, E. C. String
er. J. M. Hawthorne. H. F. Wensell,
Frank Wilcox, P. D. Scannell, M. Doran
Jr.. Louis Goldman, J. R. Hickey, Daniel
Aberle. Charles Kartak, J. L. Gieske,
R. A. Smith, C. D^ a'Brien, Oscar Tank
enoff, N. T. Seeger and T. D. O'Brien.
First Ward —Edward Peterson, M. Mul
lane. J. H< Towlerton, H. H. Blinn.
Second Ward—Louis. Betz, William
Buschmann, Otto Bremer, Patrick Kelly
Jr. and J. Puerner.
Third Ward—Henry McCOll, Matt Han
sen. A. Dahlquist, T. J. Brady, Gus
Brown and J. G. Thomas.
Fourth Ward —Nick Wehr, Frank Hu
ber, J. B. Covington, R. T. O'Connor, John
Harrington and Edward Mumane.
Fifth Ward—Peter Van Hoven, Otto
Rohland. C. H. Miller, J. W. Daugherty,
G. T. Redington, M. J. McMahon and
Frank Nicolin.
Sixth Ward—Frank Yoerg. W. R. Mo
hood. J. Kotnom, A. P. Hendrickson and
M. J. Moriarty.
Seventh Ward—L. R. Frankel, J. A.
Nowell, J. J. Farley and J. E. Stryker.
Eighth Ward —Matt Bantz, Joseph
Macauley, J! J. Rose; J. W. Boerner, F.
S. Battley and W. J, Preston.
Ninth Ward—J; Melady. C. Diebold,
Henry Haas, E. L. Murphy and W. H.
Siegler.
Tenth Wardr-Carl-Fiesler, F. A. Pike
and F. H. Ellerbe.
Eleventh, Ward —J. A. Hartigan. F. B.
Lynch, M. J. Sharmahan and P. J. Glea
son.
Country—Nic Leescn, New Brighton,
and W. L. Johnson, White Bear.
Bound by Unit Rule.
On motion of L. R. Frankel it was
declared to be the sense of the con
vention that the delegates be bound
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THE CftLY DEMOCRATIC DAILY NEW&FAPER CF GEfk'ERAL CIRCULATION IN THE NORTHWEST
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 23, 1904—TEN PAGES
GOOD MEN PREPARE TO AID
HOUSE OFTHE GOOD SHEPHERD
Leading Citizens Call Meeting for Tonight and Flans to Relieve Wrecked Institution
Will Be Decided Upon—Committee in Charge of Recent Benefit Ball Game
Calls for Ticket Rece4pts Not Yet Turned In .
Out of the ruins left by the recent
cyclone there has come the human in
spiration that binds men together in a
universal brotherhood — the desire to
aid the affllicted. At 8 o'clock tonight
a committee will meet in the lodge
rooms of the Knights of Columbus, to
effect plans for the alleviation of the
suffering of the patient, struggling sis
ters and the orphaned children at the
House of the Good Shepherd. The
work will be pursued at once with the
utmost vigor as a result of the general
attention directed toward the sad
plight of those in charge of the benev
olent institution by The Globe in
yesterday morning's edition.
Just what steps will be taken to re
lieve the stress of conditions resultant
from the cyclone are not known, but a
plan will be immediately decided, ac
cording to Dr. E. W. Buckley and vT. D.
O'Brien.
The plight of the sisters in charge of
the House of the Good Shepherd is one
of the saddest that has come to light
in connection with stories of the
storm's ravages.
Institution Faces Debts
Sorrowing over the death of one of
their orphaned charges, the sisters are
left almost destitute, their habitation
wrecked, their means of livelihood
taken from them by the hurricane, and
all this with debts of nearly $80,000
hovering over the institution.
By the storm seventy tots, homeless,
friendless and without parents, who
are cared for by the sisters, face the
possibility of being turned upon the
world unless assistance-is rendered.
Quiet, unassuming, patiently toiling
daily at their washboards, the sisters
in charge of the House of the Good
Shepherd are little thought of in the
FIGHTING AT PORT
ARTHUR IS FURIOUS
Japanese Are Said to Have
Lost 28,000 Men to
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SHANHAIKWAN, Aug. 22.—Fight
ing on the plains between Louisa and
Pigeon bay and the western end of
the Russian fortifications at Port Ar
thur is reported by vessels arriving
here today. The Japanese yesterday
concentrated their heaviest fire on the
Russian line northwest and west of
New Town, and after several hours of
bombardment a distinct advance was
made by Gen. Nogi's troops.
At the same time the attack on «en.
Stoessel's center and right was In
creased, the effect being the engage
ment of the whole garrison. The Rus
sian losses yesterday exceeded 3,000
killed and wounded.
Japs Assail Fusiously
The assault on Green hills was re
peated on July 27, and there were fre
quent hand-to-hand encounters, the
Russians leaving the trenches to follow
their enemies. The assaults of July 28
and July 29 on the Wolf hills were not
followed up, the Japanese being, <too
severely shaken. We evacuated the
Wolf hills chiefly for strategic reasons,
as the hills made the line of defenses
too long to effectually withstand the
furious attacks of the Japanese.
The assault of July 30 was made in
the dark of the night in the hope of
surprising the Russians. Sixty thou
sand men were hurled against our
13 000, but we drove them back again
and again at the point of the bayonet.
It was another Shipka pass. The Jap-,
anese poured in fresh battalions and
the slopes covered with the dead and
the dying literally ran with blood. Our
Thirteenth regiment was forced from
its position, but the Fourteenth regi
ment came up with the bayonet again
and dislodged the victors.
busy life of the city. But Aay by day,
as they labored at their tajik of wash
ing clothes, cacti sister -wfiks happy in
the thought that she wa|j earning a
pittance, which, even though it might
be small as the -'-widow's^mite," pro
vided comfort and a hoiae for some
orphaned cftild.
But now, when the storm clouds have
cleared and the institution is in ruins,
the sisters have lost even their means
of earning a livelihood.
Laundry Is Wrecked
The laundry, wherein was performed
the work that supported the institu
tion, is a mass of wreckage. The dam
age to the building will exceed $5,000.
And with the sorrow attendant upon
the death in the cyclone of one of the
little ones, and the serious injury sus
tained by one of the sisters, the flight
of those in charge of the institution, is
one that will create «ynapathy every
where when the true conditions be
come known.
A week ago, to relieve the financial
strain incident to the 4 heavy indebted
ness under which the< sisters struggled
and to assist in defraying current ex
penses, over $3,000 was netted as the
proceeds of a ball game played for the
benefit of the institution- This entire
sum will now have to be utilized;in re
pairing the storm's damage, and before,
the work is finished there will be a big
deficit. And after this money is ex
pended the plight of the sisters will
still be far -worse than can be told.
Call for Ticket Money
In this connection, the committee in
charge of the recent ball game for the
benefit of the Institution states that the
returns of proceeds for the sale of
tickets for the game are not all in, and
WHEAT LOSES MORE
THAN FOUR CENTS
Bugaboo of Rust and Wet
Weather Gives, Way to Fear
/•; of Ffost r:c/^f: gH
—
■-:^ September ffrheat closed 4% cents ;
lower*, ih^ Minneapolis | last night •" than '
on ; 'ii- Saturday. . The V? figures were
. $1.1514, as against. $1.19% on f Satur- ;
day. yAlljjy reports | tended to create
the impression that the severe storm
of Saturday night had caused great'
damage in many localities, . but owing,
to the crippled wire service the trade
was not in- communication with the af
fected ; sections. ?/ s i|/':^j'/^
The September option, }. opened-" at.
$1.20, a quarter of a cent over the'
closing price of I Saturday; then sag
ged a"M?' at one tiinei was as low as
$I.l*. ' There was a rally and the
priqe"^ciosed;-dt-;si:is.^^ The situa
tion in 1 the wheat : belt is* so uncertain
that many small traders took advan
tage of the prices and let go of j their
holdings rather V than ssto: hold on. > In
consequence of this q selling and no
buying of consequence from " the out
side, i- the market ■ was heavy, and S a
steady decline marked \ the' trading . for
the day. ':"?•. '.:'iV/- I'"'-". "•'. ; -" t ";:. ' : -^v
;_.tf ow there '1 is i\ fear, ;of I frost. The .
bugaboo of rust ; and \ wet weather has
given; way to cold, weather. ~' If there
is a * severe 'frost there wl)l ",-. be im
mense damage to. the crops in the
northern part of the wheat belt, par
ticularly in Manitoba and- North Dako
ta. '„,Frosts have extended as far east as
Rapid City, but no ■ damage was done
because i the rain that has been fall
ing. ~ ':'. Many - holders V ; of wheat j. believe
that the crop will suffer great injury,
but there are others t - purchased
at low prices who 1 V : are satisfied to
close out and what: profits they
have accwsntlated^; ?■';'; &V'Sll--;.- : .
©ft the other haid, the possibilities
of a "killing," in the «vent frost
should come, are so great that a num
ber j: of DtradeFS ar« hanging to •; their
, lines .T and. believe wheat- is a j good
'pr'opertyJtoTKold.;^t=^v.^^^^**f-^.-I v ;C--:
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South Dakota Democrats Meet Today;
Council- Votes Storm Fund t~^ ? ".
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Of Interest.to : Women
PAGE VIII
Popular Wants
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Financial and Commercial *; M ;f-
PAGE X
Butchers' Strike Leader in Si. Paul . .
Many State Banks Organized -V /; -
Railroads lncrea*e Value ef Pino Lands
a request is made that the money be
turned over as soon as possible.
Of the good work and kindly deeds
that have been performed by the sis
ters of the House of the Good Shep
herd, the public i 8 well acquainted.
Not alone St. Paul, but the entire state
tft 'Minnesota, is benefited by the insti
tution. Its. works are ministrations of
benevolence, of charity, of love.
• There is little doubt that in the face
of existing conditions the efforts of
the committee which will meet tonight
to discuss plans for aiding the institu
tion will be successful. The cause is
worthy of the co-operation of every
citizen of Minnesota.
Others Are Planning
Other plans for aiding those who
sustained severe losses by the cyclone
are being generally talked of in the
city, and though no movements have
as yet been begun, it is likely that
something in this direction will be done
within a -few days. The public does not
as yet fully realize the extent of the
losses and suffering, but plans for ren
dering assistance will be launched as
soon as the details become generally
known.
Judge Bazllle, exalted ruler of the
Elks' lodge in St. Paul, said yesterday
that if conditions warranted, a special
meeting of the lodge would be called
and provision made for giving aid to
cyclone victims. Nothing has been
definitely decided, but it is likely, if
the Elks determine to act, that an ap
propriation of money will be made di
rect from a general fund on hand.
The Commercial club, up till last
nhfht, had not taken action regarding
assistance for the destitute, but Sec
retary Stine said that action might be
taken if the necessity arises.
JUDGE PARKER MAY
MAKE NO SPEECHES
He Doe* Not Befleve In Presi-
denttaf Candidates Taking T
the Stump
ESOPUS, N. T., Aug. "22.—1t was
made plain at Rosemount today that
there is no certainty of Judge Parker
making any speeches in the West in
connection with his St. Louis trip, or
at any other time or place. The prin
ciple on which Judge Parker will act
in the matter was learned from an in
timate associate of the judge, who
said:
"Judge Parker has no faith in the
utility of speechmaking for its own
sake and will make no speeches any
where for the mere purpose of appear
ing in any given locality. He believes
a stumping tour by a presidential can
didate to be improper and he will un
dertake no such tour. The only condi
tion upon which he will make any
speech anywhere will be the fact that
he has some definite thing to say and
that he is convinced by his own reason
that some given time and place best
suits the saying of it there and then.
Under no other conditions will Judge
Parker make any speech anywhere."
ANOTHER NEGRO IS
BURNED AT THE STAKE
CEDARTOWN, Ga.. Aug. 22.—Jim
Glover, a negro, was shot to death to
night near the home of the white girl
he had assaulted, and his body drag
ged a distance of about a mile into
this city and. burned at the stake on
the court house square. A mob esti
mated at 500 composed the shooting
and burning party.
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PEICE TWO TENTS 1^
EIGHTEEN D3AD IN
PATH OF CYCLONE
LATE REPORTS INCREASE
LIST OF FATALITIES
St. Paul's City Engineer Directs Work
of Wreckers and Streets Are Again
Open to Travel—Many Trees in the
Parks Will Be Saved—Crop Dam
age in Many Sections Will Be Great
From a point in_ the -northwest sec
tion of South Dakora, ScfoSs "Tkflnne
sota and into. WtScohsin the path of
Saturday night's -cyclone is marked
with death, ' with destroyed crops,
ruined homes and property losses ag
gregating an appalling total.
Accurate reports aTe practically un
obtainable from ..South Dakota and
western Minnesota, as telegi aphic com
munication is cut off: Reports of
deaths, injuries and heavy losses, how
ever, have been brought to the city by
members of train crews.
Crop damage, while as yet impossi
ble to estimate, will be great. In large
sections of South Dakota and western
Minnesota it is reported that the grain
fields are devastated. Grain in stacks
and shocks has been- scattered and
drenched with the rain. Standing
grain was beaten to the ground and
will be a total loss.
Death List Grows
Reports of seven additional deaths
due to the cyclone, were received yes
terday. The total number of fatalities
is now recorded .'as. eighteen. It is
probable that this number will be in
creased by today's reports. The re
vised list includes:
At at. Paul
LORAN F. HOHANSON, aged twenty
two.
GEORGE KVETON, aged seventeen.
VIOLA ROBERTSON, aged twelve.
At Minneapolis
RICHARD HILGEDICK, aged twenty
four.
At Waconia
GUSTAF MOY, aged forty-two.
MARY MOY, aged forty.
FREDDIE MOY, aged four.
HUBERT LOHMAR, agqd seventy-nine.
At St. Louis Park
ALBERT OHDE, aged thirty..
ANNIE HADE, aged six.
JOHN HEDGER, aged six.
At Glencoe, Minn.
MARY O'DONNELL, aged thirteen.
Anthony ODonnell's "daughter, aged
seven.
FREDERICK GROSS.
Mother of Frederick Gross.
-AC"Bryant, S. D.
MRS. H. S. HILLING.
At Willow Lakes, S. D.
ERICKSON, farmer.
At Dallas, Wis.
MRS. CALVIN THOMPSON, aged six
ty-two.
From dozens of small towns in Min
nesota and South Dakota there are
unverified reports of disaster. At
Glencoe, Minn., four are known to have
perished, and the country for miles
about has been laid in waste. Crops
are destroyed and buildings are de
molished.
Storm at Other Points
At Dallas, Wis., the record is one
dead and a property loss estimated at
520,000.
Reports from Willow Lake are that
the disaster was not as gTeat as at
first supposed, and, .though the entire
town is practically wiped out, only one
is dead.
At Bryant, S, D., one is dead, twenty
houses are reported wrecked and crops
are destroyed.
The work of clearing the wreckage
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T!f JhNLY LIVE NEWSPAPE*
IN ST. PAUL
and debris began in earnest in St. Paul*j
yesterday. At an early hour a crowd i
of nearly 300 laborers thronged the I
halls of the county building awaiting* j
the arrival of the city engineer to be
put at work clearing the streets.
There was no attempt made to do
anything but open the city's streets to j
traffic. The huge tree trunks thai lay^
across the thoroughfares in the resi- i
dence districts were attacked first.;
The sound of the ax gave way to the
metallic sound of horses' hoofs on the I
asphalt pavement.
In the down-town district another j
crew was busily engaged in removing j
broken glass, bricks, fragments of de
stroyed buildings, twisted steel girders ■
and a mass of indistinguishable wreck- |
age from the roadways.
Streets Open at Noon
By noon the work of the wreckers
showed plainly. No attempt was made
to remove the debris, but the streets
were opened for traffic.
While below crowds watched thd
work of clearing the streets, there was j
the ceaseless sound of hammer and axi
from above. A view of the roofs of,
the building's in the district adjacent to'
the river between Wabasha and Rob-i
crt streets revealed a scene of busy ac
tivity. And here, too, could be seen the
terrific effects of the cyclone. There ia j
scarcely a building in the district on;
the roof of which piles of bricks that
were once chimneys, broken timbers
and twisted iron do not attest the,
storm's fury.
City Engineer Directs Work ' £
The work.of removing the wreckage* j
was in charge of the city engineer, who i
had for his assistants the street com- /
missioners. According to estimates" of i
Engineer Rundlett, the cost of remov
ing the debris and repairing the dam- j
age sustained on the city streets, will j
be between $10,000 and $15,000. The |
loss on the high bridge is estimated at
between $35,000 and $40,000.
A big crew of men worked all day j
removing the wrecked portion of the;
bridge, and was successful in opening
the street to traffic. It is announced
that that portion of the bridge which,
remains standing is in sound condition,
and that no. expenditures for repairs '
on this section will be necessary.
The loss in the city parks, it is re- j
ported, will not be so serious as was ]
at first feared. Lafayette park and j
Smith park are the worst damaged, j
Como park escaped with comparative
ly small loss. What will make the
park loss smaller is the fact that i
many of the trees which were blown j
down can be saved with proper at- j
tention.
General interest In relieving the I
conditions attendant upon the cyclone |
was manifested in all quarters yester
day and $11,000 for immediate use was
voted by the common council.
Early Estimates Confirmed
Reports from all quarters yesterday
from those whose homes and property
were damaged confirm the early esti
mates of the total loss. There are few
residences in the city that escaped
without some loss*, either in trees
blown down, windows shattered or
small buildings toppled over. Hun
dreds told of small losses, of furniture
damaged by rain, of chimneys blown
away and of minor damage.-
In detail the list of heavy losera
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