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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16

mittee. The men simply reported for work
and they doubtless expect and will receive
the pay received July 1 and which the rail-
ways were willing to pay all along.
] After six. days of strife > the freight
handlers strike ended to-day in an un-
qualified victory for the railroads A.
Getting OF: the Strikers presided over by
President Curran, resulted In an. almost
unanimous vote, to- return to work, ,leav-
ing the wage scale and other questions
for settlement between the men and their
respective roads ?.s*~:. =. :.s-~. .5-a
AT the conclusion of the meeting the
strikers went by hundreds to the ware
houses to apply for their old positions,
and the teamsters who have remained
out In sympathy, again took up their
reins. BY noon immense quantities Of
freight, which had been held back for
days, were being rushed to the railroads,
or taken from warehouses and cars
Where stagnation had. ruled commercial
activity again relgned. ~.
Chicago merchants expressed unbounded
relief at the termination Of hostilities
| but they were scarcely less happy than
| the men themselves, although the strike
is estimated to have cost them SIC, ,000,0 900,
to say nothing of the, trade that has been
perma nently lost to them. = - ~ -.
| ~ The little hall where the meeting Of the
| strikers took place was 5ammed to suf-
location and thousands were unable to OBJ
| tain entrance. It was brief meeting
/ only long enough for an angry speech by
! Curran, and the vote which followed.
Men, said Curran, we came out like
men; We have acted like men, and we
| should not go back like sheep, but there
has been treachery in our camp: Yes
terday, when was about to use the, tele-
phone, the wire got crossed and 1 heard
one of the members Of our executive
committee talking with railroad mana
ger. He was encouraging the manager
| toi hold out, for he told him that the
strike was almost broken That is a sam
| pie Of the faith that has been kept with
/ me- The officials of the truck drivers
union have not kept faith, either, anG
| it seems useless to continue the fight any
longer. Shall we: go back and ask for
our old !obs?"
s In this simple way the matter was put
| to q vote and almost Immediately q great
chorus Of ayes brought to peaceful end
one Of Chicagos most serious and threat
/ ening labor situations 1t is believed the
roads generally will allow the truckers
1 II cents an hour and minor concessions
agreed to by the proposition Of July 1.
The proposition accepted by the men
ICurran by the. state board Of arbitration
earlier In the day, although the propo-
sition IN its proper form was not placed
before the men.
The railroad managers, when told of
1.-THE vote to-. return to work said that
wherever possible the old men would be
taken back "A small percentage of the
+ new men, however, will be retained for a
i time at least. Nowhere was the news of
i the settlement received with more pleas
Eiire than at. the warehouses; where thou
Isanris Of men, gathered from other points
/ OF the various roads to take the places
of strikers, were longing to return to
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VICTORY FOR
The ROADS
Freight Handlers Go Back to
Work at the Old
Pay.
Commercial Activity Starts
Up Again to the Relief
of Everybody.

IS Chicago, July 16.-The association of
general railway managers, embracing
every road which enters Chicago, has is
sued the following signed statement:
All of our old men not before on hand
for work reported at the freight house at
noon to-day and were put to work. No con-
ference was held. with any committee or
otherwise since Tuesday and no agreement
was made with the union or with any COM
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MANY I DEAD
Terrible Powder Magazine
Explosion in a Utah
Mine.

Park City, Utah, july 16.-The powder
magazines at the 1,2oo-foot level Of the
Daly-W mine exploded about 1 o'clock
this morning. causing q loss of life that
at present cannot 5be estimated. At 4
q, clock twenty-seven men had been taken
out of the mine dead. and several others
had been recovered in a half dazed con-.
dition.. These were all brought out
through the lOntar rioSz mine shaft. which is
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ST. CLOUD me
Plants of Gas and Electric and Pub
Lie Service Com ma n les Com hined

PInnfs Of Gas and Electric and Pub:
lie Service COmpa nies Combined.
Special to The Journal : ~
Z ST. Cloud, Minn., July 16.-The property
of the St. Cloud Gas and Electric COM
pany was transferred to-day to the Pub
lie Service company, of which A. G. Whit
ney is the local head. The consideration
was about 100000 The companies have
been hot competitors. The eastern inter-
sests In the former were purchased and
both the plants willfbe consolidated.
A banquet was given last night by AID
erman De Leo for James a. Martin, execu-
tive clerk of Governor Van SAINT, and
chairman OF the republican state execu-
tive committee. Senator Brewer presided
and about thirty personal friends of Mr..
Martin sat down to the spread. Senator
Buckman OF Little Falls was enc of the
speakers.
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BIG THINGS
FOR The LAKE !:
A Minnetonka Improvement
Association Is Soon to
. $50 e.-. s
Be Formed. <, +
$1o, 900 a Year Wanted for
Good Roads and
Dredging.

Lake Minnelonka needs an Improvement
association and a movement which will
gather good headway before long has al
ready been started with the view Of unit
ing the lake cottagers into all organiza-
tion for mutual beneat./ 1t has long been
the opinion of property owners about the
lake that they did not receive adequate
returns for, the large sums they paid to
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reefs in the lake would furnish the finest
rocks are nearly all granite. a floating
stone crusflers could be- constructed and
towed to any part 1.-The lake, thus reduc-
ing the expense of crushing the rock and
transporting 1t, to the minimum.
These and other questions demand the
formation Of a Lake. Minnetonka Improve
ment association of which 1t is hoped
every person living Within a mile Of the
lake will become q member.
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AKELEY CAN'T SERVE
On Republican State Central Com.
mittee-First Meeting.


H. C. Akeley can't serve on the .repub-
Hcan state central committee from Hen
nepin county. After his selection he
wrote Governor Van asnt stating that he
would not be able to spare time from his
business to devote te campaign work. He
was answered, however that he would
not be burdened with details, but to-day
he definitely declined:
The new COMMITTEES took lunch this at
Fternoon at the Windsor hotel, st. Paul,
with the candidates on the state ticket.
The candidates were all present except
G. A. ~Pidgeon.. Congressman Stevens, Of
St. Paul, was also Of the party. After
lunch the committee held it's first meeting
and discussed plans for the coming cam
paign. ....~ -"
Later the executive committee, held it's
first session..
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LUXURY AND IRREL1GIoN.

The growth of the desire for luxury
which is SO noticeable ID modern times
is the greatest drawback rto religious OBJ
.servance. This feet is ident5samongst,
all denominations in, this and other civil
lied countries The whole tendency OF the
extravagant and materialistic notiohs of.
the masses lis to sabvert religion and al
the higher impulses OF mans nature.
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FOR S.. e: IMPROVEMENTS
minneapolis Improvement
Associatfon Incorporates.

The Southeast Minneapolis Improve
ment association was incorporated to-day
with Fred b. Chute president, w. E. Sat-
terlee vice president, George c. Andrews
secretary, Frank w. Foster treasurer, and
Frank C. Mcmillan, VIM. R. Hoag and
Lee M. Crafts directors. The associa-
tion's purpose is to improve and orna-
ment the property and streets in the
section bounded by. Central avenue, the
river, the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific tracks. =: - - - =.
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DOCTORS BILL CUT
The Court Clips Of a Few Hundred
ThOusands.

Pittsburg, Pa, July 16.-In the orphans
court to-day an opinion was handed down
awarding DIR. w. c. Browning xofs Phila-
.delphia s2s, ,23s25 against the estatesof the
late State Senator Chris T. Magee, for
professional services. The doctor claimed
$3.50; 0;oOe. OF this amount about $500, 700
was for. Irof1ts in stock speculations
which DR.. Browning alleged the late SEN
ator had made for him.
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the county in taxes. TO prevail on the
county board ito be more just in the dis
tribution of public improvements, con-
certed action through some sort of an or
ganization is held to be necessary
At the request of his neighbors,' County
Surveyor GeorgeW. Cooley has looked In
to the matter of Lake Minnetonka taxa
tion and after much patient work has
gathered some valuable data The
difference between. the present as
sessed- valuation of the real estate
within one mile of the - lake. and
what it would be if used wholly for farm
ing purposes is nearly a million dollars
The extra taxes amount to- about $15,000
year over and above what the owners
would pay had their property been as
sessed in the same way as the adjoining
farms. - : , k. ~~
.-- What the Lake Gets. 49,:
An examination of the county :; board
proceedings shows that $4,000 was appro-
priated for lake improvements this year,
81, 900 last year and so on, In other words
the cottagers at Lake @'Minnetonka are
paying over $4,000 per year for improve
when the famous dam was constructed to
maintain the stage of. water in: the lake,
instead of making public matter Of it.,
1.-The authorities levied the whole cost on
the lake property by special assessment.
At least 900 ought to be appropriat-
ed every year, for Lake Minnetonka, Mr..
Cooley says, and even, then the county
would have by far the. best of it. Lake
Minnetonka, it must be borne in mind,
ds the summer home Of thousands. 1t is
full Of steamers, sail boats and various
other craft. There is no, point between
the falls Of St. Anthony and New Orleans
where there is as much water traffic as at
Minnetonka and yet very little is being
done for navigation there. Il.
are we'll known and others-more danger
Gus on that account-are not. They should
all be dredged out and: the whole lake
made absolutely safe with regard to reefs
and shoals -: ~
Good Roads Needed.
Another Improvement that the lake
needs is roads There should be a first
class road around the whole lake. Be
Ling an enthusiast on good roads, Mr..
Cooley says that there should be a
macadam highway circling Mfnnetonka
The lake could be encompassed with q
thoroughfare not to exceed thirty miles
| in length In order to make 1t available
] for automobiles, carriages, bicycles and
the like, it should have a driveway at
/ least thirty feet wide. In addition, Su-
perior boulevard to Wayzata and the pro-
| posed road between Minneapolis and Ex-
celsior over the old Great Northern right
OF way ought to be macadamfzed.
The plan proposed is a comprehensive
one, which will Of course take years to
| Work out. Such a highway would cost
at least s., 900 per mile, but would OF
course be permanent road and the in
t-Yestment would be a profitable one. The
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16

i = HASTINGS LOSES "A PIONEER.
Special: to The Journal e.. -.z-1..5s. J.. =
Hastings, MINI, July 1e--Mrs. Meloy, wild
ow OF the late ex-Mayor John c. Meloy, diet
at her residence to-day, aged "a years. Sh'
was one of: Hastings earliest and most hon
ored women. A.. -; :, ei:. ~.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16

City Sportsman-Have you. seen any
thing worth shooting at around here?
Farmer-Well,, no; not till you came.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-16
MINNESOTA STORMS

Many other Losses.
Specials to The Journal
Chatfeld, MINI. July 16.-The worst
storm in years ragged here this morning.
Crops were laid low and tree blown down
Much hail fell The loss cannot be esti-
mated at this time. ~,
GAINESVILLE, Minn.,s July ia heavy
a,nns,,ts !, ,.a,is.s5s ON secona
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Continued ON Second Page.
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For Further Particulars Of
State Song
Prize Competition
See Fourth Page.
big majority Of them, being accustomed
to the comfort of homes, were tired Of
being hefded.
EARLIER REPORTS

How the Situation Looked in the
:-fs Morning.
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Worst Not known.

At McDonald's Siding an unknown> man
was fatally injured. The list of injured,
and it is feared killed also, will be long
one when full reports, are received, as the
storms were both furious. The first
storm passed this city about 6 o'clock p.
10. and but little Of its effects were felt.
in Grand Forks -s..t = = ,s..
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-30
Noah's Ark Found.

W. A. Reid, secretary of the Skag-
way Young Mems Christian associa-
ton, has returned to Tacoma, Wash.
from the interior of Alaska, where he
talked with the Indians, whose earnest
statements confirm various reports,
that the Indians of the Lower Yukon
have discovered an immense petrifed
ship on Porcupine river, near the
Arctic circle and north of Rampant.
Alaska, says the Cortland Standard.
When asked regarding its size, the In
dams traced its dimensions on the
ground, indicating a length of 1000
feet. Such Indians as are familiar with
the Bible are convinced that the shin
is none other than Noah's ark. Reid
intends to return to the interior of
Alaska this summer, when he will take
some Indians and request army officers
to detail soldiers to accompany him.
The ship lies on high hill, thousands
of feet above the sea level-Albany
Argus.
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The way of che Fron,,.r.

The way of civilization In a new
land passes comprehension. It's mot
to seems TO be: ruin first; there is
time afterward to save. Civilization
is good deal like wild, fsll-blood-
ed boy; it must first sow wild oats,
waste its patrimony, disgrace it's an
tecedents; then it is ready to begin
the serious work of life. That has
been the history Of the range coun-
try; swift ruin for 30 or 90 years,
with resulting wreck that It will
require century of hard WORK, per-
severance and self-control TO Eave.-
Century.
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Little Girs Trained Fish.

A pleasing story is told OF little
girl who lived on the stage road from
Shasta to Yreka, in California. Her
father had caught several trout, aud
had placed them in a small pond near
the house. The little girl made
friends with the fishes b. feeding
them daily with crumbs of bread. To
a strangers cali they would not rise
to the surface of the water, nor
would they pay much attention,
usually, when food was thrown to
them by persons whom they did not
know. But when the little girl CHR
ruped her well-known notes the trout
focked TO her outstretched hands,
jostling and crowding each other in
their eagerness to reach the tiny
fingers as fond Of her pets as she
could be, and she would not permit
any OF the trout TO be caught. The
fame of her finny friends spread in
the country roundabout, and 1t soon
became one of the treats of travellers
on the Shasta road to halt and see
the curiosity.-Albany Argus.
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night, and he and his wife, after duly
admiring it, retired.
Then, says the Baltimore Sun, came
trouble which nearly resulted in n
divorce suit. Thoughts of the coming
fishing trip SO filled the doctors mind
that he could not sleep, so he arose,
assembled his spIt-bamboo rod, and
put the reel and line on. Not having
space in the room to test it, he care
fully opened a window and began to
make casts into the wide area of the
street, but he made one too many.
In attempting TO wind the reel there
was a stop.
Thinking It kink in the new line,
he wound harder. Then there was a
suppressed scream from the sidewalk.
The reel worked, however, and to the
prospective fisherman's surprise, q
woman's picture hat came to the end
of the pole. He knew what had hap
pened. The scream from below had
awakened his wife, and she, seeing the
hat, demanded an explanation. The
doctor had hurry Job on the street.
Securing his rod between the legs of
a chair, he unlocked the hat and
rushed to the front door. The own
er's husband was fighting mad, as was
the lady. The doctor made apologies
and humbly got on his knees and found
the hat pins.
After an explanation, which the ag-
grieved lady and her husband accept
ed, the doctor went TO his room, only
to find his wife in a state OF temper,
accusing him of fishing for other kind
of fish than he had said he was go-
ing after. More explanations were in
order, and there will be no damage suit
for the hat or divorce suit by the wife.
A tub of water is now IN the Doctors
back yard, and the gate is locked. II
he wants to practice casting between
now and the time set for the real fish
ing trip, he can safely cast out of n
back window.
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OUR EVENING PRAYER.

The mighty temple In its splendor bright,
Is thronged with radiant forms so richly
clad.
And mellow music fills with sweet delight
Each listening ear. and makes the weary
But yet my soul Is longing. still in vain.
10 leave moment all these scenes so
fair,
And kneel within that little church again.
Where We assembled for our evening
Where we assembled. ere the years had
flown
That stole my bsyhood. innocent and
AND carried me from where my heart had
known
But sweetest joys. and gave me to en-
dure
The cares that fortune. with decelving
Gave to my soul: twas all that It could
bear.
But it was free from sin and knew no guile
When We assembled for our evening
All. sweet the mem'ry Of the Joyous hours.
spent in ufe's morn around my humble
Amid the scented vines and fragrant flow-
The lily's perfume and the clover's bloom.
And when on Sabbath eve was heard the
SOUND,
there,
Sweet was the sight. as from the village
round,
We FASTENED to tho little church for
prayer.
Ano there. with humble hearts that knew
not pride.
We knelt and to our Maker offered praise,
And plead with Him our wandering feet to
In paths OF peace. and wisdom's pleasant
ways.
And sweet the simple songs that softly rose
FROM ardent souls that knew not sin and
care.
Each trusting heart received. ere evenings
close,
A priceless blessing from the Cod of
prayer,
But those fair scenes have vanished long
agol
Het, as pleasant dream ses them stiu.
such blessing again shall never know,
AND truer pleasures ne'er my soul will
thrill
Until beside the golden throne view
n race divine, the fairest Of the fair
arc we shall worship as we used to do
Where we assembled for our evening
prayer.
-Georss Hadaon Rowles. in Rams Horn.
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sweep above the hole in the ground
and drawing the water with log
bucket attached to the sweep. No
sooner had he put the swinging pole
in place than the bob cat perched on
its top and had great sport in scamper-
ing from the end above the well TO the
end on the ground, the eats weight
causing the pole to rise and fall like
O see-saw. Wing tried TO drive his pet
away, but could not do so, because as
soon as he went to the well the cat
would run to the further end of the
pole, placing itself beyond reach and
raising the filled bucket TO the sur
face ready to be poured out.
Wing is not an educated man. but he
knows a good thing when he sees it,
No sooner had he seen that the cat
could draw water for fun than he made
up his mind that the animal should
draw water as a business. rigging bail
to the edge of the watering trough and
placing hook on the side of the we'll
bucket, he went out Co put his idea
into practice. The cat was hanging
from the end of the pole over the
well and the filed bucket was deep
down in the water. Wing clapped his
hands and made a rush for the cat.
The cat at once took the sound as
signal for sport. He ran to the outer
end Of the pole, bringing up the filed
bucket, which caught upon the bail in
the trough and was emptied. After
this Wing stepped sack rod, and the
cat, anxious to continue the play, ran
forward and submerged the pail. In
ten minutes time" the sportive cat had
filed the wooden trough with pure
water, and Wing had not taken his
hands from his pockets.
Since that time Wing has drawn no
water and will not permit his guests
to do so, Some Of them offered him S25
for the accomplished eat before they
came away, but Wing laugh ed at them
He says that an animal that can keep
the house supplied with fresh poultry
the year around and draw all the wa
ter for his stock and boarders is as
good as hired man.
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WE have received many enquiries
from colored men, asking us whether or
not they should register We say once
for all, that every colored man should
register or attempt to do so.
The following are the requirements:
'1. He must have been soldier, or
the son of soldier.
2. He must pay at least 81 tax on
property (also after 1904 the poll taxi
3. He must be able to read and un-
derstand the Constitution, OF, if he can e
read, understand the Constitution when
read TO him"
We know that colored men are being
forced out of politics and denied the
fundamental rights guaranteed by the
Federal Constitution. but they should,
nevertheless, make an effort to exercise
those rights. Our privileges should
never be yielded, even though they be
taken away. These dark clouds are but
forerunners of a brighter day. They
have virtually retired us in one field of
endeavor, let us devote our efforts to
another. When we care strong enough
financially, we are going back and re-
gain all we loss politically.
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The CLOCK q, BrImor.I

This picturesque anecdote concern
ing a clock at Balmoral Castle
is related in a recently pub
lished book by Scottish au-
thor: "The hands on it's face
are bare, and sometimes during the
winter the snow has been known to
stop them. There was a suowstorm
on the day Queen Victoria died. When
the kirk bell tolled and the order was
given to hoist the flag half-mast high
the men paused to look at the clock.
Its snow-laden hands were standing,
pointing TO the time their queen had
passed away. It is an old Scottish Gus
tom TO stop the clock when the head of
a household dies. They had not need
ed to do so. And so It was left until
after the funeral. Herald.
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other Philadelphia young women spent
the summer at Oquaja lake, near Sus-
quehanna. One day, while bathing,
Miss Harridan placed her diamond en-
gagement ring on a log. to prevent
the water from injuring the setting.
When the party had completed their
diversion the ring was missing. There
was CONSERVATION in the party, and
Miss Harridan offered large reward
for it's return, but itwas moi. found.
A few days since another party OF
Philadelphia women and some young
people from Chicago visited the lake
and went fishing at the point where
Miss Harridan lost her ring In cross.
ing q meadow the party found snap
ping turtle, and they carried It to the
hotel In triumph.
In disseoting the creature Miss Har.
ridan's long lost engagement ring was
found In its stomach. Miss Harridar
has long been married, but It has beer
sent 10 her present address at Pull
man, Ill.