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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
NO OFFICIAL INFORMATION.
British Foreign ONCE Believes the Joint
Note Has Been Signed.

British Foreign ONCE Believes the Joint
Note Has Been Signed.
LONDON. Dec. 24.-It now appears.
that the British foreign office has not
received direct notification from Picking.
that the joint note has been signed, but
in view of the fact that it had received
assurances from ambassadors in Lon-
don to the fact that all ministers had
been instructed to sign, the foreign
office accepted as correct alleged semi
official dispatches from Berlin and
Paris announcing the signature. The
foreign Office declares it has every rea-
son to believe the signing is an accom-
plished fact, and that the kilograms to
the contrary arc possibly anterior
Snereto.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
Three Boys Burned to Death.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Dec. 20 Three
boys of Dick Lamberson were burned
to death in their home in North Little
Rock during the afternoon. Their
father had locked them In the room of
the second story while he went to the
depot. They started fire while play
ing with matches and were burned to
death before the firemen could rescue
them. Their ages were 8, and 5.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
River and Harbor Bnl Completed.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 24.-The river
and harbor bill has been completed and
Chairman Burton gave out statement
showing the amounts appropriated.
The totals approximately 500. 900, 900,
of which about $2S. 600. 900 is in direct
appropriations and about $50. 000. 900 in
the authorization Of contracts for CON.
tinueus work.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
Demands of strikers Granted.

PITTsToN, Pa, Dec. "a. The strike
Of l. 700 mine workers employed by the
Pennsylvania Coal company, which be-
gan on Tuesday, has come to an end.
superintendent Williams of the COM
pany granted the demands Of the
workers, employing extra help for the
dump men.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
Exnress car burned.

NEW ULN. Mimi, Dee 2S.-The ex.
press car on the Minneapolis and St.
Louis road caught fire mile south Of
Searles, small station seven miles
south Of New UIm, and most Of the
contents wer, destroyed. The car was
heavily loaded with Christfnas goods.
Traffic was delayed several hours.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
Tornado in Alabama.

MACON. Miss, Dec. "a. News has
been received here that tornado
passed through the western edge Of
Noxubee county and the western part
Of Pickens and Sumpter counties. Ala,
doing great damage. Telephone news
is meager. Many houses are reported
destroyed and several people killed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
Pope Leo Closes the Holy Door.

ROME, Dec. 20. The pope performed
the ceremony of closing the holy door
of st. Peters cathedral with the gor-
geous forms usual to great functions Of
this kind. 1t was magnificent spec
tacle. There was great gathering of
the princes of the church, who partici.
pated in the ceremony. 1t is est.
mated that $4,000 persons were specta.
tors
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
wealthy CattIeman Suicides.

WICHITA, Kan, Dec. 20. -R. w.
Burrus. wealthy cattleman of Caddo
county, near Mountain View, after
shooting about 90 hogs for his ranch
meat supply. turned the revolver on
himself and sent bullet. through his
brain. He had been warned q few days
ago by q physician that he showed
symptoms of Brights disease.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
F. H. Morris, Auditor of the War
Department, Killed by One
of His Clerks.
Latter Attempts to Escape but
Is Apprehended and Com
mits Suicide.
Murdered Man q Resident Of
Cleveland and a Leading
Republican.

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a IF. 81. Morris
of Ohio. auditor for the war depart.
ment, was shot at 2:l5 p. m. in his
Office in the Windsor building by q
man named Mcdonald, formerly dis
bursting clerk in the office. Morris was
shot through the heart and died almost
instantly. Med donald, who did the
shooting, then cut his own throat and
shot himself. Before doing so he had
q desperate ARRAY with the Waterman
OF the building. who tried to arrest
him. The Waterman was badly beaten
about the head with the murderer
pistol. Mcdonald had been second
disburser's clerk in Morris office and
had been reduced. 1t is said that
brooding over this led to the tragedy.
Morris had been auditor for the navy
department. but was transferred to the
present post year ago on account OF
his good record.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
-Four childrsn Peri.hed.

SAN JOSE, CAL, Dec. 24.-Fire de.
stroyed the residence Of Conrad Ruff, Q
dairyman. -Four small children per.
ished in the flames Mr.. Ruff and two
other adults were badly burned in ct:
tempting to rescue the children.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
More steel Rails for Europe.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Ths Carnegie
company has received hurry order
from the Great Eastern railway Of
England for 5000 tons Of steel rails.
The government Of Norway has placed
contrasts with Pennsylvania and Mary.
land steel companies for 1000 tons Of
steel rails
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
Kruger's Messenger Boy in Court.

New YORK, Dec. 26-Frank Smith,
the boy district messenger of Brook
Ign who took message of greeting
from American school children to Pres
ident Kruger, was in the police court
charged with hurting a paving stone
through show case on Dec. 10. Smith
told the court that he had been pro-
voked to the deed by an assault COM
mitted upon him by the proprietor of
the place. He was paroled after q
warning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
Americans Get the Contract.

SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. "a. The gov.
eminent Of Chile. which recently in
vited tenders for 400 freight cars, has
accepted 800 from Bosche g o. and
100 from w. r Grace s. Co.,, all OF
American manufacturs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
APPEAL FOR PROTECTION.

Christians Ask Aid of servian and Bull
garian Governments.
VIENNA, Dec. "a. -The Christians in
Northern Albania, who are being per.
secuted by Mussulmans, have appealed
to the governments of Servia and Bull.
garia for protection.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
Krueer Has become stifrnecked.

LONDON, Dec. -"Since the Neoit-
gedacht affair, says the correspondent
of The Daily Mail at The Hague, .'Mr.
Kruger has become stiffnecked. He
now scornfully rejects all private sug-
gestions IN the nature of peace over
lures"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27

Dense Fogs Interfere With Navigation
LONDON, Dee. "a. Dense fog on the
coasts are greatly interfering with nav.
igation and several wrecks have oc.
CURED. The British steamer Bruins.
wick grounded in the Bristol channel,
keeled over and sank. Seven of her
crew were drowned.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
Irish Cavalry called Out.

LONDON, Dec. 26.-A dispatch from
Belfast states that all available cavalry
has been ordered to prepare for service
in South Africa. This is regarded as
confirmatory of the report that Lord
Kitchener has asked the war Office for
30, 600 more mounted troops.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
GERMANY PROTESTS.
Wants Krupp Paid Before Any Money l.
Given to the Cramps.

n UIVsH 20 tIfo OTHfuPss Iq1l = -
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Dec. 24.-The ex.
pected imperial trade authorizing the
signature Of the contract for the con
struction of cruiser for the Ottoman
navy by the cramps Chipbuilding COM
pany, together with the initial deposit
of elOO, 000 has not yet been issued. Il
appears that the. German embassy has
protested to the porte against the pay.
ment to the Cramps before the amount
owing to Herr Krupp for naval guns
has been paid.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1900-12-27
Leading Ohio Republican.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 24.-The home OF
Frank HI. Morris, who was shot and
killed in Washington during the after.
noon, was in this city. He was for
merly engaged in business here and
had for long time been recognized as
a prominent and leading Republican.
He was appointed three years ago q.
auditor of the navy department. and
subsequently, was transferred to sim.
liar position in the war department..
Mr.. Morris was about 30 years of age.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

erubbiest actress. when she gets to q
throne. often causes the critics to write.
"she looked every inch a queen"
/ presume that the lowlier the actor the
more completely regal does he feel when
he is behind the Sootlights- And 1t Is for
this reason only that 1 understand the
mania for the stage. The Juliets and the
all sink into the slough Of despond COM
pared with such a role as that OF Honoria,
Queen of Nordenmark.
Toy Kings and Queens R1ls.
They are playing at kings and queens
and royalties this season.
We have to sit ard watch them having .
good time doing the regalEa privilege That
is denied to us. They seem a race apart
from US in their ~shimmering silks and gilt
terins buttons. Even their language con-
POUNDS us biithely.
We never say, Stand backf' We cry,
.Get out.' We rarely remark, Finland
me. sdrr" hut subeide into a Don't you
dare,' And their poetry and defamation. In
which they see roseate sunsets and sky-olue
heights. appeal to Us as something that
might be. and should be. but isn't and can't
b..
Toy Kings. bric-a-brac Queens, egg-shell
royalties-make hay while your sun shinegi
Your lays are numbered. It u a pleasant
game for you to play. but It 10 . trying
to something truer and more real. You must
remove the jeweled circlet from your per
spring brow and WOO the silken topper and
the democratic Derby. Your purple velvee
must give place TO a diagonal frook, and
your flowing gown, gayly carried by obse-
day skirt. You rave had your little tunket.
Oft at our expense. and now It IL our turn
Toy Kings, bric-a-brao QueenA AGg-she0
royaitiee I salute you'll
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

The attention OF President Whitaker and
General Manager of the St.
Louis Transit Company. and of President
Turner and General Manager Jenkins of the
St Louis and Suburban Railroad Company.
has been brought to designs for the palmer
marking Of their cars. Mr.. yes
terday gave orders for the building OF three
sets Of the new signs in order that their
practical value on st. Louis street cars
could be tested.
h idea is to aid these officials In ef-
forts to 80 designate their cars that there
VIII be no difficulty on the part of the pub
lie IN picking out the cars they want to
lake in order to reach certain points. Since
the transit company. came into control of
all but one of the street car lines Of the
city. and that other line. the Suburban,
added a third division TO its system, both
companies have gone to much trouble to
make all the cars OF all the divisions uni
form In design and color. The different
coiors and lettertngs that formerly were a
guide to one in taking a street car have
been generally covered up by a uniform
coat of yellow paint.
Both companies have made efforts to dis
tinguish the cara Of one division from those
OF all the others, but in the opinion of a
largo proportion Of their patrons, they
have only partially succeeded in doing so.
Both use . canvas rolf sign. on which
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21
YE OF ST. LOUIS. AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF ~
ROYAL ROGUE" COMPANY.

l profession and out of Il. the Kelley repute
is the same. His good manners. his geniali-
ty. his Representatives,, are all of the kind
that come under the head of Extraordinary.
He wears his clothes better than 800 men IN
l"S. He has manncriSms-so has Mans
Held. The advance in his business shows a
growth in the public esteem that promises
much for the seasons to come
Miss Shannon. who is accompanied by
Mrs. shannon and the dark-cyed and WIN
some Winona-a s~ister-has improved won
derfully In the qualities that mean broad
ened comedy ability. She was really quite
funny in My Daughter in Law" and there
was promise of something even better.
Folks who saw Mr.. Kelley and Mis-.
Shannon eat such quantities Of chicken"
I'm the second act OF their comedy wondered
how they managed to do II.
81 suppose said a man to the lady brsiie
him. the other night. that they go without
their supper in order to eat tho stage
meal"
Nothing like It. The chicken is angel
food. for the white meat, and sponsy gra-
ham waters for the dark.
"And even with all of its liShtness."
laughed Miss Shannon the other night, II
find Il awfully tiresome. Yet. IL the audi
ence continues to he amused. there Is moth
ing for us to do save continue"
This year. we are told, Il 70 to be plain
Leslie Carter. without the Mrs"
1t seems that Mr.. Leslie Carter Is a law
yer OF prominence. who continues to reside
in chicago. Imagine his delight. therefore.
when he reads on the dead walls that Les
lie Carter, as Zaza. will appear at the op-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21
Current Bills.

Mary Mnnnerine. in "Janlce Meredith. viii
come 70 the Olympic tomorrow evensnF. She
Will bring the Janice Meredith curl, and an the
good folks and bad In Mr.. ForTs story. who
contributed 10 the misery and happiness OF this
faVorite heroine. Their parts will be taken by
Robert Drouet. @ ". Collins. Miss Louise Rial.
~ j. Cody and Burr Mcintosh. A. s. Ikpnan,
Mr.. George Backls. Miss Amy Ricard, Aubrey
Bea,tie and Miss Vivian Bernard.
"A Royal Rogue Is the title Of jefferson Do
Aneesis's operate novelty which will BE- present
ed at the Century tonight. The story II la.d In
fafis in the establishment of the first Napo,eonio
Empire. and has to do with an alleged assas6n-
alton. some politics md a great deal Of love Mis-.
Jessie Mackaye Of St. Louis. who has made a
London success. has the leading female role ana
uhere are other good names in the cast
AT the Imperial this week an excellent stock
company will have opportunities In The Danc4na
Jones. Mss Odel! will have the title role. and M.
Featc!ihe viii he Valentine Danecourt. Duke OF
Guisebury. Syhil Crake. the lame girl. the role
second IN Importance TO the above mentioned
VIII be played by Miss Grayce Scott
Instead Of the familiar words OF The Man IN
the Moon n sketch called The Girl IN ths
Moon will be presented a. the Columbia ohange
of bin tomorrow Louise Willis Hepner. bur
~lesguer: the Meeker-Baker trio. Donahue ana
Nichols. Ruby DeYong. tho Tanakas. Japauoss
ENTERTAINERS. Yeaeer. Kelly and Yeager, Lou
Wells. Mr.. and Mrs. ODcil. Sam and Ida Kelly
and the kinodrone. Will be among tho other at
tractiOEs.
To the Grand this week. following Ance Rose
land in "a Midnight Bell "A Female Drum
mer'' vii! come to town With her earnpis cases
and accoitrements OF business The idea Of q
woman drummer 10 something Of an Innovation.
and doubtless the play Will be built along lines
Of the unusual. Patrons Of the Grand will have
opportunities for making up their minds about
the departure.
Terry McGovern. IN a play with the usrssivs
sThe nruarv fsa- DarL =" 1ff ~lA IT.
appearance at Havlin's this week ST. Louis has
no Bcwery. hut IL has been introduced to its
like in tho past. ana now that this thorcughfars
and its deniZens are to Re Illuminated by Gas
or electric light. whichever It may be. .
closer acquaintance may be made.
in tho booking at the Standard Manager Bnt-
Ter has arranged for Harry Bryant's Australian
IsurlcsGuers' for this week. beginning with ths
to-day. Vaudeville sas IT'S place on the
bill. and Bryant Sav1llc. Perry and Burma. Tom
Nolan and Cora. White. Leo and Champion and
heir trick donkey. Misses Perry and Hyiand
and Kennedy and Q~uatielii. buresquexs. are
named on the programme.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21
Transit Company car, showing the new transparent signs on the front
and side. The picture in the upper corner TO the left is that of the
detached sign.

IN white letters are words designating the
different divisions. The transit company
also has installed a system of nags-col-
ored. barred and dotted-to further aid in
distinguishing its cars. The signs are in a
measure transparent. and are designed TO
be Illuminated after dark.
The objection that the public finds to the
signs is that the lettering is not large
enough; that the canvas. of which they are
made Is not sufficiently transparent; and
that care is not exercised at all times to
have the lettering wholly clear of the
frame. The objection to the flags is that
the system is too intricate to be easily
rnemorized by the general public. and that
the nags are practically invisible after
dark.
The claim is made for the system. which
has been shown the officials of the two
roads. that ii is more simple in construc-
ton and manipulation than the one they
are now using. and that IL better serves
the purpose for which ii is intended. It is
a system that Is In use in Detroit, where
II originated: Minneapolis and indianapolis
and the arrangements Of the Washington
and Pittsburg street car systems are now
seriously considering its adoption. The in
terest which Messrs. Whitaker, Turner.
and Jenkins have shown gives
promise that soon st. Louis. too. will have
II or something that Is evolved from it.
The signs are the invention of Charles
Remelius. master mechanic of the Indian
epolfs Street Railway Company. Mr.. Re-
melius introduced them in Detroit six years
ago. and when he went to Indianapolis a
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21
HARRISON ENTERS YALE.
Husband Of Mary Croker Aims to
Write History.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

EE< blAC SfEtLhA
New Haven. Conn.,. Oct N-Captam
Francis Harrison. who married Misa Mary
Croker a short time ago, one Of the pref
test and most charming Of the California
daughters of Croesus. and wound up his
honeymoon with a round turn. has entered
Yale for a postgraduate course in Eng
lish.
Nobody doubts that the influence of tho
charming bride has had something to do
had great admiration for the genius Of Mrs.
Burton Harrison. the talented mother Of
the young man, whose books and maya
zine articles are always bright and reada-
BILE. She believes that Mrs. Harrison's son
has also q good share Of the divine fire
burning in his veins. and that all he needs
is a bit Of encouragement. and he. too,
will turn out books and articles which the
world will long to read.
The best of 1t Is she has money enough
to be her husbands publisher. 80 thai he
will be independent of those miserable pro-
fessionai readers hired b. the publishing
houses for no other reason apparently than
to bring des:air to the souls Of young au-
thors.
Mr.. Harrison is a lawyer. His clients are
not numerous. 1t Is rumored that he will
write a history of the Civil War from the
point of view of the Confederacy, and tho
fact that his father was confidential Sec
rotary to Jefferson Davis make 1t proba-
BILE that he Is In possession of much valua-
BILE material He Is pursuing his studies in
New York under the direction of the Uni
yersity faculty. He will run up to New
Haven only occasionally to attend a lee
ture here,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21
STAGE KINGS AND QUEENS
ACQUIRE NEW DOMAINS.
Footlightville To-Day Must Be PeopIed With
Sires and DANES of the Most. Royal
Blood and Ancient Lineage.

ury OF the fictitious Kingdom OF Norden-
mark and struggling to ameliorate the lot
Of a super crowd of hungry and unfed. And
Al.djeska IL Constance and NacLean is
Ming John and Miss Tyler is Prince Arthur
and so on through the intcrminable list.
Toy kings. bric-R-brac queens. eggshell
roN"itles-aI seem 10 give the lie to the no
tion that the ancient regime is effete.
The historical royalties of FootiiEhtviile in
,ne legitimate seem almost 10 be convert
ing our stage into songless comic opera and
extravasanza. without music.
We Clamored for n Change.
why! Because for the last few years We
have had the sinister problems Of real life
10 Try and answer. We have been made to
Erapple with the PSYCHOLOGICAL questions OF
love and heredity. We have had Ibsen in
his fiendishest moods. Henry Arthur Jones
AT his rudest. and Arthur Pinero In his
most pessimistic humors. We grew tired of
attacking at the theater the dismal Ques-
lions that confront US in our daily pilgrim
age We found that We could get all the
solemnity We wanted right at our own fire
sides. without wondering therefrom to a box
once Ia quest OF more. We ciamored for
change. for recreation. for something that
would relieve our cerebral muddle. and ROW
We nave got IL with a vengeance.
Ties of F'ootlightville are almost as hard 10
uts or footlightyille are almost as hard TO
endure az was the other thing. The stately
actor In his ermire robes and comic opera
enthusiasm. has begun TO pail upon us. and
the desire for a something a little more
every day has commenced gnawing at our
Vifai. The beautiful queen. who is often the
managers wife. and consequently entitled
10 DOGS II. gently wearies us. Perhaps
We envy these lucky people, who seem to
carry everything before them. and mold
Iheir lives as the sand-modeier designs hts
hgs- AT any rate. the actors and actresses
are not reign;ng over US as satisfactorily as
they reign over their trained mob Of supers
ana thesr sarcastic crowd of extra ladies.
Ii Is the Actors Heyday.
Ihey are playing at kings and queens
and royalties this season.
III Is the actors heyday. He is fright in
H.. 1 have often maryelIed at the yeiydly
sahguine letters that come to me from
stase-struck people. As 1 have answered
them ! wondered in my fippane moods at
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF the attrac-
uon- This season. thanks to the pictorial
royalties OF Footlightville, my comprehen-
sion seems keener.
IL must be gorgeous to be able to step
from ones own somber self to the throne
OF a three-hour kingdom and abandon the
dreary verities for the cpalescent imasin-
ings Of the playwright. Who wouldn't be
king. queen or royalty for even a short
space Of time and earn bread and butter
perhaps cake-by self-forsetfulness? I'd
Ike to go on as a king and wear a crown
and a velvet robe and lord it over my beyy
of Bowery courtiersl Actors play king bet
ter than any other character. and. the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-10-21

There Is promise of theatrical goodness
this week. The Century will be open again
with the grinning and always amusing Mr..
De Angels. He will have two ST. Louis
actresses in his company-Miss Jessie
Mackaye and Miss Odine Bowler. Miss
Mackaye was somewhat of a protegee of the
late John W. Norton, as recfted in Fridays
Republic. She went TO London and achieved
a real success as one of DeNol Hopper'S
funny folk. Miss Bowler WAS also a men,
her OF the Hopper company. She WAS IN
the "Ei Captain cast az the Century Thea
ter not SO long ago.
Mr.. Marcus Mayer is in town. explaining
the greatness of Mary Mannering and
Janice Meredith" Mr.. Mayer also says
that his suit against Miss Nethersole is in
all respects founded upon a just claim. Miss
Nethersole. by the way, has come back to
America and will at once resume her
.Sapho' tour. hanking the famous drama
of immortality by the Sudermann study of
'Nagda."
/ was talking to Herbert Kelcey one night
last week. 1T takes a book these days." he
eaid. to make a great money-maker Of n
play. Look at the 'Carvels.' the Mere
diths' the 'Harums' and so on. OF course /
would not say that the day Of the original
play has gone, but just now 1t is book
book-book!"
Nj. Keicey ought to be proud Of the posi-
ton he holds among his acqusintances.
Never have I heard a man who knows him
make anything but, the most gracious
speech concerning his personality. In the