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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04
Conference Of Unions,

The Conference of Unions was held
Tuesday afternoon in Plymouth church
class room. Mrs. Ida Thompson of Du-
luth. superintendent Of school savings
banks, spoke on the advisability of intro
ducing the system into the public schools.
1t has ben successfully tried in several
schools in Duluth. Mrs. A. r.. Anderson
spoke on women and the School Board. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04

No big department store in the country
has made a more rapid or more solid adj
vancement than the New Store of Mime
apolis. Half tones of the men at the head
of this big business enterprise are pub
lished above. They are representative,
progressive business men of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04

were arranged through the rooms. The
parcels were brought to the bride In a
large basket by little Marie and Erva Nc
Callum. There were twelve guests
Mrs. William Walker of Hawthorne ave-
nue. gave card party Thursday afternoon
for Mrs. w. P. Hixon and her niece of
Scranton, Pa. The prizes were hand
painted china and were won by Mines.
Foster, A. B. Herman and Lucian Frink
The score cards were decorated with
water color sketches. Sweet peas and
palms frightened the rooms A light
luncheon was served after the games
Mrs. Robert Campbell of 2517 Dupont
avenue S, will give handkerchief shower
Tomorrow afternoon for Miss Ruth Mac
Kusick bride of next week.
Saturday evening Mrs. Walter P. Will
son gave a tin shower for Miss MacKusck
and Mr.. Johnson at her home, 1887 Du-
pont avenue S. About forty guests were
entertained and progressive cinch was one
or the amusements. Golden glow furnished
brilliant decoration in the hall. white
and purple asters were in the living room
and roses in the reception room.
linen shower was given last evening
at the home of Mrs. George P. Knowles on
Bloomington avenue, for Miss Maude Oh
brlch, a September bride. Miss Olbrich
was showered from a basket gaily deco
rated with ribbons and flowers and, sus-
| pended above her chair musical pro-
gram was given by Miss Rosabelle Hoke-
mir, Miss Kathrine Sergeant and Fred
Taylor. The guests were Messrs. and
Mines. Harry Hokemir, Anderson, Harry
Knowles Misses Hokemir, Sargent, Pearl
Sargent, Myrtle Gronveldt, Bertha Moore
head, Katherine DeHaven, Clara and Della
Knowles, Messrs. L. T. Knowles, Taylor
| Ralph Chandler and Jewell Howe.
The very pleasant series of Friday hops
at the Hotel del Otero has been concluded
and there will be no more Of them until
next season.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04

Meet Me at The "PIymouth."
The Plymouth Clothing House, Sixth
and Nicollet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04
CLUB CALENDAR.
FRIDAY

Young Matron's club, Mrs. Frank Van
Order, 320S Lyndale avenue S, all day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04

Mrs. NJ P. Iverson gave a china shower
Tuesday afternoon at her home, 1914 Col
umbus avenue, for Miss Mae Anderson,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04

the kind that do things-and their bril-
liant success in the retail trade of this
city isDthe direct result Of marked bust
ness ability.
This big department store. which is
known now all over the northwest, was es-
tabHshed only four years ago. Since that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04
THURSDAY EVENING,

September bride. Sweet peas IN profusion
were arranged through the rooms. The
parcels were brought to the bride in a
Callum. There were twelve guests.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04

Keep Your Glasses Clean. bge
Magic eye glass cleanersca only be had
at Hirschys, opticiiaan $40 Nieollet. SAM.
pies free. - : -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04

time it has grown by leaps and bounds
and is now one of the most pretentious
department stores in the northwest With
in it's short four years of life the New
Store has been obliged to increase its floor
space many times, until it now occupies
frontage of 10 feet on Nicollet avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04

Mrs D. w. Getchell and her daughters.
the Misses Alberta and Grace Getchell,
have gone to Tacoma, Wash, where the
marriage of Miss Alberta Getchell and
Robert J. Kelliher, formerly of st. Paul,
will take place. Mrs. Getchell and her
daughter Grace will return to Minneapolis
in the. spring.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04

The very pleasant series of FRIDAY hons
at the Hotel del Otero has been concluded
and there will be no more Of them until
next season.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-04

A wedding that will interest university
circles took place this week in >Owatonna,
Mimi, when Miss Helen A. frisco and
George B. Otte were married. Mr.. Otte
was a member Of the Minnesota football
team and played guard and tackle in '9S,
'99 and 90. He was graduated from the
university in 1901 and is now an instructor
In the Albert Lea high school,
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22

A woman jumps at a conclusion and
wins; a man hesitates and loses.
with money; you would not know
yourself: without money. nobody
would know you.
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22
HANDS FOR THE BEET FIELDS.
Great Demand for Laborers in North
ern Colorado.

Denver. May 20.-Not satisfied that
the 1000 Russians recently brought to
the Loveland sugar beet fields are suf-
ficient for the work. the LOveland fac
tory this morning will take fifty boys
from Denver and through Immigration
Agent Patterson of the Loveland COM
pany will seek others. preferably those
who had experience in the fields last
year. These boys are asked to apply
for instructions and transportation at
Uzzells tabernacle. Mr.. Patterson,
who registered last evening at the
American House. will leave tomorrow
for Nebraska and Kansas to secure
more Russians to work in the northern
Colorado fields.
c. n. Cox, manager of the Eaton
sugar factory, and the builder of the
Grand Junction plant, was in Denver
yesterday.
THE factory at Eaton is half built
and will be ready for operation next
fall. We are assured of 5000 acres of
beets, which the farmers are now put
ting in. Russians and other foreigners
who are expert in that class of work
will be brought in to do the hand work
at $50 an acre. The farmers will pro-
vide tents, build houses. etc, for them,
and after the season will give them
employment in the cultivation of pota-
toes. The potato crop promises to be
large-from Eaton alone, 200 ears of
potatoes will be shipped out this year"
Mr.. Cox says positively that the Ea-
ton plant has not been secured by the
American Sugar Refining Company,
and will be operated independently.
Mr.. Cox, was instrumental in organlz-
ing the company which Is largely com
posed of eastern capitalists. When
completed, the Eaton plant will be
larger than the Loveland plant was
originally.
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22

could scarcely distinguish the sites of
the large buildings that had been des-
troyed under the rain of fire, lava. mud
and ashes.
The still smoking volcano lowered
above the ash-covered hills. The ruins
were burning in many places and
frightful odors OF burned flesh filled
the air.
With great difficulty landing was
affected. Not one house was left in
tact Viscid heaps of mud. OF brighter
ashes. or piles of volcanic stones were
seen on every, side. Here and there
amid the ruins were heaps OF corpses,
almost all the faces were downward.
as II the unhappy victims had rushed
into the streets when the first shock
of the catastrophe aroused them. only
to meet sudden and awful death that
smote them to the earth as they ran.
So many piles of ccrpses were to be
seen that is Is difficult to describe any
in particular detail. In one corner
twenty-five bodies of men, women and
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22

Nearly 1000 of the refugees from the
vicinity of the village of LIE Precheur,
a suburban village, were rescued by the
French cruiser Suchet and the cable
repair snip Pouyer-Q QUARTER and were
brought here.
As result of his inspection, the
commander of the Suchet reports that
crevices and valleys are constantly
forming in the northern portion of the
island. where the land is in state OF
perpetual change. Fortunately. that
part of the country was evacuated in
good time by the inhabitants. who fled
to Fort de France.
Lava continues to stream down the
mountain side. accompanied by ter
rife thunder and lightning.
The stories of the survivors added to
the awful details of the particularly
narrowing account of the loss of the
British steamer Roraima.
c. C. Evans of Montreal and John
G. Morris of New York. who are now
at the military hospital OF Fort de
France. say the vessel arrived at 6. AS
eight bells was struck frightful ex-
plosion was heard up the mountain.
A cloud of fire. topping and roaring,
swept with lightning speed down the
mountain side and over the town and
bay. The Roraima was nearly sunk
and caught fire at once The steamer
Roraima had reached st. Pierre that
day with ten passengers. among whom
were Mrs. Stokes and her three child
rem. and Mrs. H. ]. Ince. They say
they were watching the rain of ashes.
when, with a frightful roar and ter
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22
Onslaught OF Fire and Poisonous
Gas Overwhelmed Martinique

Louis H. Ayme, United States con-
sui at Guadeloupe, sends the follow
ing cable to the Chicago Tribune from
Fort de France. Island of Martinique.
have just returned from st. Pierre.
The desolation OF the ruins of the city
blasted by the fire and sulphurous
fumes from the angry crater Of Mont
Pelee can only be inadequately pic
tured. Not half of the horrors to
be seen there have been told.
l left the Island of Guadeloupe in
a chartered steamer Saturday night
We approached the site of the once
fair tropical city soon after o'clock
in the morning.
The island with its lofty hills was
hidden behind leaden colored haze.
Enormous quantities of the wreckage
of large and small ships and houses
strewed the surface Of the sea. Huge
trees and, toovften, bodies with fiocks
of sea gulls soaring above and hideous
sharks fighting about them, were float
ing here and there. From behind the
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22

intense heat. Curiously enough, the
features Of the dead were generally
calm and reposeful, although in some
cases terrible fright and agony were
depicted. Grim piles of bodies were
stacked everywhere. showing that
death had stricken them while the
crowds were vainly seeking escape
from the fiery deluge. On one spot
group of nine children were found
locked in each others arms.
The vaults Of the Bank Of Martin
ique, at the head of what had been the
Rue de lHospital. were found intact.
They contained 100000 francs ($40O.-
00O) in specie and other securities,
which were sent here for safe-keeping.
The vaults of the government treas
ury are now being searched in the
hope that large amount of money
and other valuables deposited by the
principal merchants of the city may be
saved.
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22

rife electrical discharge. a cyclone OF
Are. mud and steam svopt down from
the crater over the town and bay.
sweeping all before It and destroying
the fleet OF vessels at anchor off the
shore. There the accounts of the cat
astrophe so far obtainable cease.
81 never can forget the horrid. fiery.
choking whirlwind which enveloped
me-" said Mr. Evans. "Mr. Morris and
I rushed below. We are not badly
burned-not SO badly as most OF them
when the fire came we were going to
out posts 1--WE are engineers) to weigh
anchor and get out. When we came
M we found the ship afire aft and
fought It forward until 3 o'clock. when
the Suchet came to our rescue. We
were then building raft
Ben" Benson. the carpenter OF the
Roraima, said: q was on deck amid
ships. when heard an explosion. The
captain ordered me to up anchor.
got the windlass. but when the hre
came l went into the forecastle and
got my 'duds.' When came out
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22

children were mingled in one awful
mass. arms and legs protruding as the
hapless beings fell in the last strug-
giles Of death. From under one large
stone the arm of a white woman pro-
truded. Most notable was the utter
silence and the awful. overpowering
stencil from the thousands Of dead.
The fiery stream which SO completely
destroyed st. Pierre must have been
composed of poisonous gases. which in
stantly suffocated every one who in
hailed them. and of other gases burn
ing furiously. for nearly all the vic
tins had their hands covering their
mouths or were in some other attitude
showing that they had sought relief
from suffocation. All the bodies were
carbonized or roasted.
Through the middle of the old Place
Berlin ran tiny stream. the remains
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22
HER LAST LETTER.
Calmly Written by Young Lady Who
Perished at ST. Pierre.

Paris, May 20.-Martinique mails for
warded just prior to the recent dis
aster arrived here yesterday One
most.interesting letter is from n young
lady who was among the victims. 1t
was dated May Sd. After describing
the aspect of ST. Pierre before dawn,
the town being lit up with flames from
the volcano, everything covered with
ashes. and the people greatly excited
yet not panic stricken, she said.
MY calmness astonishes me. am
awaiting the event TRANQUILITY. My
only suffering is from the dust which
penetrates everything. even through
closed windows ard doors. We are
all calm. Mamma is not bit anxious.
Edith alone Is frightened. II death
awaits us there will be numerous
company to leave the world. VIII 1t
be by fire or asphyxiation? 1t will be
what God Wills. You will have our
last thoughts. Tell brother Robert
that we are still alive. This will. per-
hnps, be no longer true when this let
ter reaches YOU"
The Edith mentioned was lady visI.
tor who was among the rescued. This
and other letters inclosed samples OF
the ashes which fell over the doomed
city. The ashes are n BLUSH gray i'm
palpable powder resembling newly
ground -four and slightly smelling Of
sulphur.
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22

live, having inhaled flame, said in weak
tones that he was the last man to
see the captain. The captain was then
trying to reach floating mattress.
From the Italian ship Teresa Lovico
several men were saved. but they are
in frightful state, except Jean Louis
Prudent of st. Pierre. Although on
deck and unprotected. he was little
burned.
Prudent says there was first an aw-
full noise of explosion, and then right
away cyclone of smoke and fire. but
such was the poisonous, choking ma
ture of the smoke that it burned worse
than the fire. The cyclone Of gas tore
the masts out of ships, blew others
up, and sunk some of them. Soon af-
forwards came a wave of fire bigger
than the smoke cloud.
That cloud" continued Prudent
was bigger, it seemed, than the
mountain.
"The fire burned the city everywhere
at once. Near me I saw only dead
women rushing back and forth for an
hour. They would not run long.
Then came that checking smoke. and
they would drop like dead flies.
THE explosion, smoke and fire all
came and went in three minutes. but
the city burned for three hours. Then
every house was finished and nothing
alive was left.
Some men from the sinking ships
got to the shore. but they were burned
up there.
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22
TWO HUNDRED DEAD
AWFUL coLLiERY EXPLOSION.
Disaster In the rraterville Mine at
Coal Creek, Tennessee-Men and
Boys Killed by the Explosion Of
Gas-onIy One Came Out Alive,
and He Will Die.

Coal Greek, Tenn, May 20.-Between
175 and 225 men and boys met instant
death at the Fraterville coal mine, To-
Gated two miles west of this town at
1880 o'clock yesterday morning, be-
cause of gas explosion.
OF the large number of men and boys
who went % work yesterday morning
only one is alive, and he is SO badly
injured that he cannot live. This man
is William Morgan, an aged English
man, who was a road man in the mine.
He was blown out of the entrance
by the force Of the explosion.
One hundred and seventy-five miners
were checked in for work yesterday
morning by the mine boss. In addi-
ton to these there were boys who
acted as helpers and drivers, and road
men and others to the number of per-
haps fifty.
The Fraterville mine is the oldest
mine in the Coal Creek district, hav-
ing been opened in 1870. 1t is fully
three miles from the opening of the,
mine to the point where the men were
at work. They had not been at work
long before the terrible explosion oc-
Cured. There was a fearful roar, and
then flames shot from the entrance
and the airshafts.
AS soon as possible two rescuing par
ties were started in, one at the main
entrance, the other through the Thistle
mine, which adjoins and in which no
men were at work. The Thistle party
was unable to make any headway, as
the gas stifled the workers. The Frat
erville party went fully two miles un-
der the earth until a heavy fall of
slate was encountered. At this barrier
men worked desperately, hoping
against hope that those beyond might
be safe.
The news of the disaster spread
quickly, and the scenes at the mouth
of the mine while the workers We're
within were beyond description.
Business was suspended in Coal
Creek and all its mines as soon as the
news became known. and men, women
and children gathered around the Frat
bands and sons were within were wild
with grief.
All day long the rescuers toiled at
the slate obstruction. and not until 5
o'clock did they force an entrance
through it. Up to that hour only five
dead bodies had been recovered and
hope was still high that many miners
within were safe. The hopes of the
living were doomed, however, for when
once the rescuers had entered and pro-
ceeded they walked along one con-
tinuous tomb of death. There was not
a sign of life. Every man had per-
ished, they believed. although it will be
early in the morning before all the
rooms can be entered.
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22

talked with Captain MuggaK Mr.
Scott, the first officer. and others. They
had been on the bridge.
"The captain was horribly burned.
He had inhaled flames and wanted to
jump into the sea. I tried to make
him take a life preserver. The cap
tain. who was undressed. jumped over
board and hung on to a line for
while. Then he disappeared.
Gus" Linder. the quartermaster of
the steamer, who is horribly burned
and can scarcely talk, confirmed this.
Francisco Angelo, who speaks poor
English, vividly described the onrush
of the fire. He says the captain was
a brave man. too brave to be burned
to death. Angelo further asserted that
the storm of fire lasted not more than
FIVE minutes. Joseph Beckles, a sea-
man, who is fifty years of age and is
SO frightfully burned that he cannot
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22

volcanic veil came blasts OF hot wind
mingled with others ice cold.
At lie Precheur, five miles north OF
ST. Pierre. men and women frantic
to get away begged for a passage on
the little steamer. We had room for
none, but managed to pick up twenty
eight half dead men. women and child
rem. who were so badly burned that
they had to be lifted over the steamers
side. OF the twenty-eight. sixteen died
on the boat before We reached Fort
de France Only three or four Of the
others are likely to live.
The condition OF these unfortunates
is no worse than thousands OF refugees
In the hills about lie Precheur. Hun
dreds OF them will die before relief
can reach them. Thousands need med
ical care. food. clothing. and above all.
water.
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22

AS the steamer felt its way down
the west coast OF the island we could
sec that the whole north end OF the
island was covered with a silver gray
coating OF ashes resembling snow. Fu-
rious blasts OF fire. ashes and mud
swept over the steamer. but finally st.
Pierre was reached. or rather the spot
where st. Pierre stood before that aw-
ful three minutes.
For two miles along the water front
and for half mile back from shore
to the foothills at the base Of the vol
cano stretched the heaps Of smoking
ruins. Streets there were none. One
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22

"At no time were any earthquakes.
but big stones were rained down. and
fire fell like rain for long time"
In n separate part of the hospital
were found several persons saved from
Corbet village. four miles from st.
Pierre.
The village of Urine. south OF St.
Pierre. was almost entirely burned and
almost all the inhabitants were killed.
One OF the survivors of Urine, who will
die, says tho sea, boiling hot. invaded
the land. Six women. whose bodies
are one solid burn. are writhing In
another ward OF the hospital. Ten
women severely burned from Urine
we're brought in and four OF them have
died. 1t is doubtful II any OF the six
still alive can recover.
Gilpin observer., 1902-05-22

OF the River Gayave. Great trees.
with roots upward and scorched by
fire, were strewn in every direction.
Huge blocks and still hot stones were
scattered about.
The completeness OF the catastrophe
is evident when 1t Is stated that. SO
far as known at the present time. no
one save handful OF survivors picked
up from the wrecked vessels In the
harbor by the French cruiser Suchet.
escaped. Even they are unable to
tell what actually happened. so crazed
are they from the experiences they
passed through. It IL certain, however.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-06-07
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

To kAe republican Electors of the State of North
Dakota:
In accordance with instructions from the
Republican State Central Committee q
convention Of duly elected republican dele
gates from the various counties Of the
state will be held at the opera house in the
city of Fargo, on 3
WEDNESDAY. JULY 23,19O2,
at IL o'clock in the forenoon of said day,
for the purpose Of nominating candidates
to be supported at the general election to
be held Tuesday. November 4, 1902, and
as may be brought before it. The cam
didates to be nominated are: Two mem
bers of congress at large, governor, lieu
tenant governor, secretary of state, state
auditor, state treasurer, superintendent of
public instruction, attorney general, com
missioner of insurance, commissions of
agriculture and labor, three commissioners
of railroads and one judge of the supreme
court.
The basis Of representation is the aver
age number. of votes cast for the two re-
publican candidates receiving respectively
the highest and owest vote In each county
in the state at the last general election,
giving two delegates. at large from each
organized county and one additional del
egate for each fifty votes. or major frac-
ton of fifty votes cast as above.
The different counties In the state will,
under the apportionment herein provided,
be entitled to representation as follows:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-06-07

Attention Of county committees is called
to the law governing the holding of. eau
cuses, and it is recommended that the Or
ganization in each county, when making
calls; for caucuses, designate for each pre-
5cinct messengers whose duty 1t shall be
to be present at the various caucus polling
places at the hour named in the call, sup
piled with record book. paper and other
materials necessary for keeping the records
of the caucus and list of persons voting
thereat, in accordance with section 1910 Of
the Revised Codes Of 1899.
The state committee will pass upon the
rights Of those entitled to participate in
the preliminary organization and will meet
for that purpose at 10 o'clock n the fore
Hotel Metropolis. in the city. Of Fargo;
The credentials of all delegates and all
notices OF contests must be filed with the
chairman Of this committee on or before
the hour designated herein for the meeting
of the committee to pass upon the rights
of delegates, and notices Of contest must
be accompanied by a written statement Of
the grounds of contest. Preference In the
order Of hearing and determining contests
will be given by the committee In accord
ance with the dates of filing OF such
notices and statements with the chairman.
BY order of the Republican State Cen
trail Committee at a meeting held In the
city of Grand Forks Thursday, May s.,
WM.. BULGE.
Chairman.
NJ. n. JEWELL.
Secretary.