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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02
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New York-Colonel Andrew Curtis Ferris
Of Hackensack, n. j., who Is credited with
having introduced petroleum as an illum1nant,
is dead at the age of 81. = ...,
Chicago-Eleven brass molders are under
arrest charged with hiring assassins to assault
non union molders, paying from $5 to $25,
according to the damage done. f., -.
Richmond, va:-George Robinson was
The rope broke and he had. to wait while the
sheriff went out and bought another /. *
New York-secret service men, immigra-
ton officers and detectives are lying in wait
for Italian. anarchists who are expected to
arrive on a French liner tomorrow. - :
Washin gton-Alice, daughter OF Secretary
Hay, will be married, Sept. 3 to j.. M. Wads-
worth, Jr:. at The Fells, Newberry, N. H.,
Chicago-Frank Burnett is said to have
tsarted a nice bank account by "skimming'
the Chicago river, where sewers from the
stockyards empty, and selling 1t to soap
+, Dallas, Texas-There is no trouble from
| foods in Texas now except in the extreme
| northeastern part y Thousands of acres OF
the Brazos valley are submerged, but the
waters are receding. - !,-s- -.
f. Chicago-Grave diggers at Coneordia Gem:
etery to the number Of twenty-five have struck
for higher wages, entirely preventing burfals
Those at Forest Home. Waldheim, will prob
ably make similar demands. 3,~-..- = :. :
Marion, IND The American Tinplate plant
at Gas City: which employed 500 men, was
closed this evening for an indefinite time or
account of the employees of the company vot
ing to refuse a reduction In wages of Is pei
cent. =: '..-. l. :. tfso . e.. -, "
New >York-Work on a.. foundation for tht
ways ION which the new battleship Connecti
cut is to~be built at. the New York navy
| yard will be started shortly. ~ It will b.
necessary to drive 5000 plies. on account o
the sandy soil. -. = :. u -.
Salt Lake City, Utah--At., the Salt Palac,
grounds early to- day. G. McGasEn. a well
killed Lottie Russslf,= seriously wounded Ma,
Paters and then committed suicide, McCas
/ lin, Miss Russell, Peters. and another maj
races It is said that McCaslin had had trou
bic with his wife and had been drinking
Peters and Miss Russell are reported to hav
whereupon he became enraged and did til
shooting 5.ES.5ith p F. L. altss.. IA,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02

London, Aug. 2.-The St. Petersburg
correspondent of the Times says that M.
Witte, minister of finance, appears to be
far from satisfied with the attitude of the
foreign press towards the note addressed
to the powers who are parties to the
Brussels convention. His official organ
publishes several columns in reply to the
criticisms of the plan proposed by Rus
trust conference. 1t says:
''The note made it plain that it would
constitute a violation of existing CONNER
cial treaties If the decisions of the Brus-
sells conference were enforced against
Russia. The note did not treat it as
probable that such a violation had been
committed and did not raise the ques-
tton of Russia's action If Increased duties
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02

everybody knows how she replied to the
action of the friendly government of the
United States, which arbitrarily raised
the duties on Russian sugar. 1t is doubt
full whether Russia suffered more than
America from the increase
The paper says that If the duty was in
creased Russia could regard the increased
importation of goods thrown on the mar
ket by foreign syndicates at lower prices
than in the country where they are manu-
factured as sufficient reason for imposing
prices at which these goods are sold in
Russia and the country where they are
manufactured. Such increase would cor
respond exactly to the special taxes i'm
posed on Russian sugar by the countries
which accorded Russia the rights of the
most favored nation, and would be per-
fectlY reasonable.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02

runs the shop, while her partner in life
is spending the hours in a neighboring
cafe And yet for the simplest transactions
of the citizen her nominal lord and mas
ter has to give her his authority.
Notwithstanding that women do not
possess an established position in the
political cosmos they are far from being
politically insignificant.
The past elections have seen the or
ganization of lady canvassers, which is
new thing in French politics, though, Of
course, history is full of instances in
which women have played a very impor-
tant political part.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02
RECENT CONGRESS OF THE "FEMINIsTERs"

Paris, Aug. "A great deal of-atten-
tion just now is being directed toward the
question Of womanss rights. The "Femin-
istes," as they are called, have recently
held congress, in which they have
claimed full civil and political rights
It has often been remarked that women
in France occupy much larger place in
commerce than do women in England, and
yet they do not enjoy as large share in
representative institutions.
In the little 'bourgeoise class the woman
is more frequently than not the master of
the situation. She keeps the books and
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02

Army people and the Welsh held services
in the morning. "a,
The. Rev. tMr. Fitzgerald of Brooklyn
oficiated during the afternoon service
and just as it was over the Welsh choir
appeared and tried to take possession of
the deck to hold another service.
The Irish outnumbered the Welshmen
and, were on the point of turning the
scene into a Donnybrook fair, when FIR.
Meagher's attention was directed to the
disturbance. He went down to the
steerage deck and raised one of, his hands.
Immediately the Irish barred their heads
and stopped 1ighting . :
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02

New York. Aug. 2.-What threatened to
be serious trouble among the 800 or more
steerage passengers of the big steamship
Celtic, was quelled in mid-ocean Sunday
afternoon by the intermediation of
Father M. Meager of Ridgewood, Pa.
Among the third class passengers was
a party Of Salvation, Army people. who
held services frequently, Welsh choir,
and a large number Of Irish Roman
Catholics. When in mid-ocean the
Catholics arranged to hold services at 3
o'clock in the afternoon. The Salvation
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02
YANKEE RUNNERS WORKING" ENG
LAND. *'

- london, Aug. 2-The returning tide of
tourist travel is setting in early this sea-
son. 2 Both the St. Paul and 'Campania
will be we'll, filled to-day. Senator Al
drich and the Chinese princes and ENJOYS
are among the more distinguished trav-
elers on the American line. r. -
Commercial traffic between England and
the United States has. become more i'm
portant than tourist traffic. If steamship
managers can be believed, American COM
mercial travellers are swarming in the
great English provincial towns. but are
doing their work quietly. One of the
best informed consuls reports that they
don't wish anything said about new en-
terprises, but prefer to escape observa-
tion and sell goods without creating
alarm and jealousy in trade circles and
starting unnecessary discussions in the
neWSnaners. -: : - i.
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ed to $2,273,0Q0 on Aug. 4, 1s99 and has
increased. The net income runs from
$116,o0o to $117,o a. year. r.:
An important point in the proceedings
was whether Mr.. Flagler had, through
his divorce, lost his interest in the es-
tate Of his wife if she should die first.
Mr.. Flagler laid no claims to such an
interest but the question has not been
judicially determined The referee will
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02

Of this will. be placed on the water in
Central Park. -. = ,--. -..'
II shall depend largely upon the prop
erty owners to help me out" said the
commissioner to-day. Eve are willing
to make the first application of oil, but
after that property owners will be called
on to assist ..sr@.,e - ;. -. r.. -
Dr. Ledereie is preparing a public let
ter OF instructions as to how to fight the
mosquitoes This Will be ISSUED in. cir
cular form and widely distributed. 13s
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02
SURROUNDED BY CHAINED LIGHTNING

New York, Aug. 2.-Evard B. Wilton,
retired hardware dealer living at Jamaica,
has fitted his home with many electrical
devices. His meals are cooked by cleo
tricIty, his baby is rocked by electricity,
his rooms are swept and busted by cleo
tricity, his doors are opened and shut by
electricity, his house and grounds are
lighted by electricity, the opening and
closing Of his front gates are controlled
by an electric button in the house, tele-
phones are in all the rooms and con-
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02
AUSTRALIAN PARLlAMENT's LONG TALK

London, Aug. 2.-The Australian COM
monwealth parliament, says the Daily
Chronicle bids fair to establish a record
for endurance and loquacity 1t was
opened by the Prince Of Wales early in
May, 1901; it has been sitting ever since;
and it is doubtful If next Christmas will
see the end of it's first session. Its
Hansard has run into $4,000 pages, but the
index-compiler has only got as far as
last February. Up to that date the index
alone had run into a hundred pages.
The amount of printed matter in the
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02

New York, Aug. 2-President Lederele
of the health board has decided to wage
systematic warfare against mosquitoes.
Next week he will assign seventeen in
spectors to go over all the country in
York. They will make maps Of ponds and
indicate wherever there is pool of stag
nant water. The president has ordered
twenty-five barrels Of OIL A large part
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02
/. Mr.. MORGAN BUYS ANOTHER PALACE

ent house at No. 13 Princes Gate 10
merely on the frings Of the smart dis
trict. His new house will enable him to
display to perfection his great store OF
exquisite art treasures, the decorative
possibilities of which are lost at Princes
Gate, where they are heaped together be-
cause there is not sufficient room to show
them OFF properly.
Mr.. Morgan's recent purchases are said
to have reached an enormous: SUM.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02

London, Aug. 2.-J. Pierpont Morgan has
just purchased from Georgeiana, the
Countess of Dudley her handsome house
at No. SO Grosvenor street. The house
stands at the corner of3Davies street and
Dudley had her house beautifully deco
rated and finished at a cost of nearly
$200, 900.
Grosvenor street Is the heart Of fash
ionable Mayfair, while Mr.. Morgan's pres
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02

Commonwealth Hansard Is equivalent to
ffty-eight. novels Of average length
The premier, Sir Edmund Barton, spoke
100 times, but his deputy. Mr.. Deakin,
will displace him from the headship OF
the list when the final account is made
up. Silent members are fairly numerous
at Westminster. but they are utterly un-
known in Melbourne. The nearest ap-
proach to a silent member in the COM
monwealth parliament is w. G. Spence,
who has opened his mouth only, fifteen
times. So, z-...-s. .-eFs... ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02

New York, Aug. 2.-Evidence-hund
OF pages of it-has been taken by J. E.
Hedges, referee, who has prepared his
report for the supreme court as to kin
ship Of relatives Of Ida A. Flagler, for
merly wife of Henry NJ. Flagler Of the
Standard Oil company. -, i s.sa.s
The estate of Mrs. Flagler, which has
becn in charge Of committees since she
was declared to be incompetent, amount
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02

nected with his stable, where his horses
are curried by electricity. There is an
electric spanker. to: which the youngsters
are at times introduced! and even the
movements of flock Of pet pigeons be-
longing to one OF the: boys, are con-
trolled by electricity, for the doors, of the
pigeon-house are opened and closed by a
current while electrical mosquito >exter-
ninators guard the windows and doors.
All the power is generated by an limo
cent 1Oolxinp windmill
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-02
DELEGATE fINSINUATION.
N&{es - EhrS~r- ~ ,-f-.

Miss New York. thought 50 much Of
our old yacht. that 1 had a pair Of canvas
shoes made ont Of the sail & e. ~
Miss Chicago o-Gracious! Was it large
enough for thai? ;s..1 80. 49,.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20

any people who did not put their trust
in some God. and this proves our con
fession of weakness and our need Of
strength from some supernatural di-
vinity. The more cultured and en-
| ightened We become the more con-
scious We are Of our weakness. Chill
dren depend absolutely upon their pa
rents until afar up in their teens. They
do not need any other God. but by and
by the parents pass away or fail 10
supply their increasing wants and
then comes that feeling of helplessness
and the want Of a protector. Reaec-
ton comes with age, and the more
reflective a man becomes and the more
intelligent from study and culture, the
more he must realize his ignorance
and dependence. Therefore, | cannot
understand how such a cultured gentle
man as Ingersoll could be so irreyerent
so careless and pray erless about his
own existence. for ne cannot tell by
what power he raised his hand or
closes his eyes when he wills to do
so. He says he would have planned
many things very different. He would
have given a man wings and the power
to fly. He would have made health
catching instead of disease. He would
have made infants collie proof, and
they should have been as lively when
born as little chicks when they come
out of the shell, and the old men
should always be calm and serene.
In fact, he would have made everybody
happy during life and every death
painless one. He ought to have gone
a little farther and abolished death
and then created more worlds for the
neverdying people to. live in. But
We are here and we have to submit
to things as we find them, and as Gov
ernor Oates said, Mr.. Ingersoll, what
are you going to do about it?"
And now want this month of March
to hurry up and pass away 1t is ag
gravating my grippe, and | feel more
like writing IAN ode to melancholy"
1t contracts and withers my charity
for my fellow men. | don't care cent
for Roosevelt and Tillman. nor Spoon
er, nor the Atlanta depot But as the
old Persian prophet said, Even this
shall pass away F'ifty-three years
ago today my wife and I were married,
but on our account the weather was
as lovely as Lapland night. l was
one of ten children-my wife was one
Of ten, and We have ten. and they have
twenty, and no great calamity or af-
Fiction hath befallen us, thanks to the
good Lord for His mercies.-Bill Arp,
in Atlanta Constitution.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20

been a necessity to his life. He con-
cealed from her the fact of his pres
ence until he had found work, and
then, with a swelling heart and a sense
of his degradation he called at her ad-
dress in Woodlawn.
He found her a woman and remem-
bered her as a coed. She was glad to
see him, and therefore he was sorry he
had come. He intended to bare his
confidence to the girl who had been
his chum at college, but to the radiant
woman whom he saw and who called
him Joe" with an odd mixture of IA
miliarlty and reserve, he could say
nothing at all. So he sat dull and hec-
tic while she Chartered away about
her successes. her hopes, her friends,
memories. Then:
"What are you going to do-Joe"
she asked.
II don't know exactly" he said,
flushing with the memory of his soap
factory. "You know, Miss Franz,
i
'Miss Franz" she calculated; "since
when, pray? Here 1 am calling you
Joe and you come back with Miss
Franz Now, don't do that, joe"
''Well, then, Marie" he resumed,
the pallor of hope whitening his good
face; 'well, you know haven't much
choice. It's a case of work with me.
I haven't a sou, you know, and what,
ever 1 do-at first, anyway-must be
for the money there is in it. I've got
a place"
Good for YOU" she laughed. GOOD
boy. And you just came. 1 told you il
was only question of nerve"
81 think l have that" he was say
ing, but she ratified ahead:
! Look at Charley Hughes. He's
here. already risIng-some say a bril-
lant-young lawyer. Why, you al
ways excelled him at college, didn't
you. Joe2 OF course, he's a lovely fel
low bingham WINGED AGAIN. and ]
like him ever so much, but the point is
hes no smarter than you, is he?"
'-Why, l didn't know Hughes was
here" said the diffident Joe. his gorge
rising at the thought that perhaps Ma
rie had already seen so much of his
old classmate that her interest in him
self was secondary; "do you see mucl
of him?"
Eyes; were great friends, you know
that is-well. he calls about twice {
week." and her big blue eyes studied
the carpet till she felt that Joe wa
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
He Knew 1t Was Sarah.

An old man would not believe he
could hear his wife talk at q distance
of five miles by telephone. His bet
ter half was in a country shop several
miles away, where there was a tele-
phone, and the skeptic also was in a
place where there was a similar instru-
ment. On being told how to operate
it, he walked boldly up and shouted,
"Hulloa, Sarahr At that instant
lightning struck the telephone wire and
knocked the man down. AS he scram-
bled to his feet he excitedly cried.
That's Sarah, every inchp'-Richmond
Dispatch.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
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r rs queer how some of these bright
est, best college fellows fail to
'land" when the real struggle be-
2 gins. Take Ingham, for instance;
he was the star of every year from
freshman to graduating, football hero
and a man among the many men of his
year. And yet when he left college
and started in con his own hook" so
to speak, he didn't seem to be appre-
ciated. His mother said he was too
modest; his father said he was a
dreamer, and Marie Franz, who had
worshiped him at school, said: Give
him time; he's bit slow, but he'll get
there"
She went to Chicago to study music
the same week that saw Ingham in
stalled as a clerk in the Bank of Ores
ton. \ clerkship in a country bank
isn't calculated to emblaZon the genius
of any man, but the job looked alluring
to Inghabl, who was poor, and he took
it because he loved his mother and
wanted to nurture her old age. He
wrote queer, rambling letters to Marie
every week and in answer got words
of cheer, praise and encouragement.
She told him that Chicago was the
place." and that half the successful
men might so to school to him with
profit.
When Ingham's mother died he had
a few hundred dollars saved up and
the funeral expenses left him enough
to pay his way to the city. 1t took him
three weeks to find employment, and
then he was bit ashamed of his posi-
tion. Bill clerk in a soap factory is
not the situation calculated to thrill
the vanity of a college graduate, but
bingham could have borne his humilia-
ton better If a visit to Marie had not
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
A PREoooIoUs ARTIST.
Chnd's Distress When q Lady Spoiled
a Fierce Dogs GrowL

Chud's Distress When a Lady Spoiled
Fierce Dogs GrowL
Sir Edwin Landseer was precocious
in his art; he sketched, with force and
spirit. from the time he was of an age
when his father, John Landseer, used
to have to lift him over the stiles into
the fields where his chosen subjects
were gambling or grazing. A lady
whose family recollections have re-
Gently been privately collected, relates
how her mother once encountered the
little prodigy at work She had TO
take a stroll at Hampstead Heath,
carrying a book and accompanied by
a favorite dog, fine collie devoted to
his mistress, but not very cordial In
his feeling toward other people. Al
ter a time she sat down under tree
and began to read, while the dog lay
beside her with his head against her
knee. She became absorbed in her
book, and scarcely noticed that soon
the collie growled slightly. Presently
the growl was repeated, but still she
did not look up. A third time she
heard the low, menacing rumble, and
at length lifted her eyes to see what
was amiss. Before her, not far away,
little fellow, not more than eight or
nine years old, was seated on a stone
gazing intently toward the dog, whose
lips were drawn back angrily over
glistening teeth. He won't bite, lit
tie boy" she said, reassuringly, and
laid her hand upon the head of her
pet, who shifted his position and as
sumed a more amiable expression I'M
der her touch; but the little boy was
by no means grateful. oh" he cried,
distressfully, you've spoiled his
growl!" He had been sketching the
dog growing, and presently showed
her his half-finished work, to her
amazement and admiration. By that
time the dog had made friends with
him, and the growl was hopelessly lost,
but the child proceeded to draw him
smiling" as he called it-and a col
lie does smile, as every owner OF one
knows-and the second sketch COM
pleted, he told the lady his name be-
fore they parted. She never saw him
again, but she was proud in after
years to tell of the half-hour she once
spent with Edwin Landseer.--Montrea
Herald and Star.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
Peru's History IN 100 Words.

What is probably the shortest MIS-
tory on record has recently been writ
ten by Senior Carlos Escribans. Per-
uvian gentleman. 1t is only 100 words
in length, and was awarded a golo
medal offered by the Society OF tne
Founders of independence. Lima, says
the London News, for the best history
of Peru, comprised within that num-
Der of words. Here is the Engllsn
translation: 1.-The Asiatic origin OF
the primitive Peruvians admitted tnelr
rudimentary civilization ended with
the appearance of Nance Capac, found
er of the Inca empire. His thirteen
successors. continuing his policy, con-
stituted that vast theocratic and com
munistic monarchy which astonlshed
the world. Conquered by Pizarro
Q53S). it became a Spanish colony
whose fourteen viceroys kept 1t IN
medieval darkness, and whose heavy
yoke provoked the independence pro-
claimed by San Martin tlS2D, cement
ed by Bolivar and Sucre at Junin and
Ayacucho. The republic established,
anarchy supervened Presidents rap
idly succeeded, until the disastrous
war with Chile, which, Christening
minds, has prepared the future
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20
THE GREAT DISSATISFIED.

The men who are not satisfied
Are they who set the pace
The men who do not meet defeat
With calm, contented face; ID
The men who labor on and on,
With minds and fingers skilled /.
They are the great unsatished -
Who plan, and fight, and build.
The men who are not satisfied
They are the ones who lead;
They force humanity ahead
BY strident word and deed;
They bring US out Of bygone ways;
They guide us through the dark
To where some man, unsatished,
Has set a shining mark.
r.
The men who are not satisfied
They grid the world with wires;
They belt the land with rails of steel,
And pierce the air with spires;
They loose the leash of sweet content
With which mankind Is tied.
Wen never pay the debt we owe
The men unsatished.
wv D. Nesbit, in Baltimore American
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1902-03-20

Joe and Marie met in the crush at
the door when the show was over. Mr.
Hughes was yet the lion of the dissolv-
ing audience. Women were weeping
as they shook his hand.
well goodnight, Marie" said Joe
with quizzical look in his eyes.
"Was it your oration?" she whis-
pered, looking resentfully at the crowd
about Hughes.
Word for word" answered Joe.
Lets go home, Joe, DEAR" she muir
INJURED.
And when the orator of the evening
came for the praise that was to be the
breath of his nostrils the hall was
very empty.-John II. Raftery, in the
Chicago Record Herald.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-05-15
Child Burned to Death.

MARION, Ind, May 12-Bernice
Mills, the six-year-old daughter
of John Mills, living in west Ma
rion, was fatally burned Saturday
afternoon and died early Sunday
morning. The child was playing
with some children near her
home when they found a kero-
sene torch near the house and
proceeded to light it. Bernice
was holding it and her dress
caught on fire. She started to
run home, the wind tanning the
flames, and before she reached
the house her body was burned
almost to crisp. Her mother
saw her and wrapped the burn
ing child in the folds of her own
dress, smothering the flames.