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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-21
COLOMBIAN UNREST
Movement Of Troops in the Canal
Country.

Country.
Washington, Aug. 21.-Minister Hart at
Bogota, Colombia, has cabled the state
department in regard to the unrest and
rather serious condition that exists and
to the fact that troops are being hurried
to the front by the government. He dis
cusses the subject of seizure Of vessels
by the Colombian government. AS the
seizures concern British vessels alone,
the officials of the department here will
not make public or discuss the contents
Of Minister Hart's dispatch. The United
States treaty provides for the seizure
of vessels for war purposes upon the
payment Of proper indemnity.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-21
COURT NEWS
Four WeiGhty Appeals.

Employees in the Office of the clerk Of
the supreme court are preparing the rec
ords in four cases which have been ap-
pealed from that tribunal to the supreme
court Of the United States In one of
these cases the exact status of an Indian
will be determined, the state court having
ruled that an Indian may be sued there
in. Another case involves the right of
the city Of St.. Paul to collect a water
frontage tax from Manchester college,
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Haynes Battery.

James c. Haynes turned loose whole
battery Of guns at his second ward meet
ing last night. among them being Robert
l.. Penney, Henry S. Mead, j. c. O'Keefe,
M. q. Brady, Dan Ahearn, Major j. M.
Bowler and Dan Fallon.
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Must Obey, the Court.

Judge Brooks has issued an order for
the arrest of John F. Thorn, who has dis
obeyed a previous order Of the court and
who tailed to appear when summoned to
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$50, 900 Personal Injury Suit.

George Law has begun $4,000 dam
age suit against the Brooks Griffith com
pany to recover injuries claimed to have
been sustained through falling down an
elevator shaft. .@as
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are Theo Kaehn, republican, alderman,
twelfth ward; John H. Long, democrat,
judge of probate; Jacob D. Smeltzer,
democrat. library board.
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PUPILS DAY
Second Day in Jubilee Celebration of
Sisters of St. Joseph.

In the celebration of the golden jubilee
of the Sisterhood of st. Joseph in st. Paul,
to-day is Pupils Day. Mass was cele-
brated at 10 a. m. by Bishop Cotter, fol-
lowed by reception to former students
Of the academy at noon and luncheon at
O'Clock. Bishop McGolrick chanted the
solemn benediction at o'clock. ~.
Tomorrow requiem mass for the de-
ceased sisters will be said.
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Political Meetings.

The political column Of T h g
o r n is open to brief men
tion of public meetings, but corre-
spondents will do we'll to bear in
mind that, in order to insure publi-
cation on the day sent in, the notice
must reach the city editor by II
q. m.
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If it is a room you are looking for cast
your eye over the Furnished Room Col
umn on the Journal Want Page.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-21
Ryan May Run.

Patrick Ryan threatens to run again for
the park board. He says that it looks like
q democratic year.
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A FRUIT DEALER MISSING
He Overworks His Credit and Then
Disappears.

Disappears.
J. Lavansky, IS Central market, is miss
ing from his place of business while his
creditors, to whom he owed sums aggre-
eating 5000, are trying to locate him He
was last seen yesterday
1t is alleged that for a year or more
Lavansky paid cash for all his purchases
until a week ago and then began to run
accounts. He bought fruit to the limit
Of his credit. He then sold all the fruit
to peddlers and disappeared, leaving his
accounts unsettled.
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SOME more Candidate.,

Additional candidates who have tled
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Took Il Suit of Clothes The resi-
dence-of Charles c. Bennett 1S43 Sheridan
aven& S, was entered by burglars last night
and iskiuit of clothing valued at $50 was
stoeGK 1t Is supposed that the crime was
committed by tramps encamped on the rail-
road tracks near the house.
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He'll Sell Clothing-Harry B. Cohn,
who has been one Of T h Q ourna 8
staff of travelling representatives for the last
seven years, will be identified hereafter with
the firm of Robitschek. Frank & Heller.
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YER tn Grand Jury-Mamie

Bound Over to Grand Jury-Mamie
Lacey colored who has been on trial in the
municipal court for abduction, was bound
over to the grand jury yesterday by Judge
Dickinson. The woman is accused OF ab-
ducting 16-year- old girl The bail was liked
ot S7OO
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Fractured His Skull-James Christie,
q laborer residing at 633 Sixth avenue N. fell
through a chute at the Akeley Lumber mills
early this morning and was taken to the city
hospital. His skull is thought to be frac-
tured
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New Grain COmpany-H. L. Karrick.
L. G. Williams, r. j. Healy, A. R. Gardner
and j. l.. Swanton have formed a corporation
to be known as the Harry karrlck company;
the business of which is to be the buying and
selling of grain. The company Is capitalized
at $l00. coo.
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Charged With Assault Charles
Hamilton, colored was in police court this
morning charged with assault with danger
Gus weapon. it being alleged taht he as
sauted Cleo Murray, a colored woman. on
Aug g. and Knocked her down with re-
vover. Several witnesses were examined and
he was bound to the grand jury under
$500 bonds.
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Il consider The Octopus a great ma
tional story" Mrs. Craigie continued.
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it was, where its ancestor had been
raised, just how many quarts of milk it
gave a day, and the degree Of richness
of the milk.
When the milking began Mr.. Croker
walked up and down the lane of kline and
scrutinized closely the work OF each
man or woman. After milking he
showed me the machines and devices by
which the milk was tested, and the
cream removed from the milk. if it was
desired to save time from the old meth
cd of leaving,it over night in pans; also
other contrivances with which other lit
tie Offices of the dairy were performed
in accordance with modern methods
Among these machines there were sew
eral patent butter churns.
Mr.. Croker told me, however. that
when the dairy hands were not rushed
he preferred to have them make butter
with the old-fashioned hand churns, as
he lid not like the idea of machine
made butter on farm. He told me, and
seemed to wish to impress it upon me,
that every ounce OF butter used in his
household or on his table was made in
an old-fashioned single-stick churn.
After / had been made thoroughly
acquainted with the mysteries of the
farm yard He has a great many chick
ens. all of which ne told me. were fine
layers and high-bred birds. Those chick
ems were certainly comfortably housed.
and judging from their plump and lazy
appearance, were contented TO the full
with their surroundings.
Mr.. Croker went around to the diff
lferent nests himself, and whenever he
discovered several eggs in one nest he
would exhibit them. almost chuckling
with pride. l forget how many eggs a
day he gets from his farmyard, but l
know the number is way up in the doz-
ems.
After the visit to the farmyard we
went through the other outbuildings on
the farm where all manner of grain and
feed were stored. In every single in
stance. down to the little bin contain
ing the feed for the few song birds on
the farm, immaculate order and neatness
were preserved. When / spoke of this
to MIR. Croker he replied smiling: y
fine political farm Tammany would be
without system
Then he suddenly became grave and
said: But l hope all this and he en-
braced the eighty-five broad acres in 4
sweep of his hand, will soon make me
forget, though it comes pretty hard a.
first to shake off the harness.
The shortness of my visit did not
allow of my making 4 tour of the entire
farm. but l saw all OF that part Of it
that is especially dear to the squire,
though he told me that it was only a
question of time before lie would take a
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| toward us from the house, he said: Be
| fore | show you through the stables
will let Dick show you the kennels But
We had not been long in the low build
! iEg whore the dogs are housed before
I Richard, ir., and | were following the
old man and giving up our whole at
tention to his explanations of the mys-
teries of dog raising from the birth OF
the litter to the days OF senile debility.
| 1T would be hard to say that any one
kind of dog had precedence in the Gro
ker kennels. though the bulldogs seem to
predominant There were some fine set
ters, hounds. and other dogs whose spe-
cies | am not familiar with. All of
these dogs knew Mr. Croker the minute
he entered the kennels. and greeted him
with the utmost canine effusivencss.
There were a few of the dogs on the
hospital list, and these Mr.. Croker ex-
amined as carefully as would surgeon.
In he case of one dog which had Sc
rious cut on his fore leg. Mr.. Croker re-
mo1ed what he said he considered very
clumsy bandage and then bandaged the
foot himself. Mr.. Croker did all these
thirgs with a peculiar air of pride, such
/ as one might expect from a man whose
mind had found the level of its joys
rig n the heart of simple farm life. l
appreciated this more and more as he
took me from one of the many out
buildings to another
"The horses and cows" continued Mr..
yucca. seemed his special pets. and,
judging from the way he conversed with
the grooms and their assistants, there
was not even the smallest detail of their
work that he was not only familiar with,
but in which, in my humble opinion he
could give them points. On the after
noon of the day l arrived at Vantage he
did not show me through his dairy, but
said that he would reserve its exhibition
until the following morning. when l
could see it all abustle with the early
morning milking.
In order to enjoy this treat, as Mr..
Croker told me I ought to consider it.,
| was compelled to rise with the sun.
The squire met me at the front door.
where, judging from his attitude, he had
been waiting impatiently for several
minutes. But when he saw me he be-
gan rubbing his hands. and he fairly
glowed. as if in anticipation of some de-
light that is rarely a mans good for
tune to possess.
when we arrived at the dairy. which
consists of several long, low sheds.
flanked by several square buildings, We
found Herbert Croker fairly up TO his
ears in the work of preparing for the
mornings milking. Before the milking
began Mr. Croker conducted me through
the sheds and pointed out TO me each
COW there were nearly two dozen, |
think. though there might possibly have
been more), told me its name, how old
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| tapestries. nor rare bric-a-brac to give
evidence to any wealth that did not ap-
| pear on the surface of the eighty-five
/ broad acres that surrounded the farm.
| speak with authority when ] say that
the house and outbuildings represented
an expenditure of $4,000. which in view
of the fabulous sums ascribed TO Mr..
Croker is cer tainly modest.
Then in the equipment OF the stables
there is nothing in the least lavish.
There are on y iosr or five horses out
side of those hea1ed for the hard work
of the farm. AS for COWS, however, Mr.
Croker certainly has fine lot. and
there are few pets belonging to any
family that are better looked after than
those cows Mr.. Croker takes great
pride in his COWS, and can talk by the
hour Of the richness of their milk. the
thickness OF its cream, and the deli
cioUsness of the butter. His son, Her
bert, has entire charge of the dairy, and
is up with the sun and out with the
farm hands in the morning to see that
they are led out to the proper pastures
after the early morning milking.
Mr.. Croker himself never misses
milking unless he has been up late the
night before or some of his servants
fail to call him. He is almost like a
child. at least he appears so to me. in
his new bucolic pusuits. Every simple
little phase of it seems to please him.
AS an illustration, If he hears a great
clucking from the hen house he will
stop right in the middle of an earnest
conversation and make break TO see
whether he has properly interpreted the
sounds. OF course | do not mean TO
have any one think he acts anything
like the city boy on his first visit to the
country. What / do wish to convey,
however. is that he is completely wrap
ped up in everything connected with his
farm, so much so that / really believe
that a new blade of grass can hardly
rear its head before IL comes under his
notice.
when Herbert Croker and arrived
at the station at Vantage we were met
by carriage drawn by fine pair of
bays. The carriage was an ordinary
blackboard that looked as If II had seen
good service. Te coachman was dressed
in a modest drab livery, and the harness
on the horses was almost totally de-
void Of any ostentatious nickel garnish-
ings. In fact the trap itself was ex-
ceedingly simple, compared TO number
of equipages | saw about the station.
las we drove to Moat House we were
saluted along the road by number Of
men. who judging from their appear
ance, must have belonged TO the yeo-
nanry. There was nc exaggerated de-
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personal interest in the growth of the
weeds that bothered him. However,
what l did see OF the farm. under the
personal escort of Mr.. Croker, showed
me that it was conducted upon a model
basis.
The 'squire's household is as well or
dered inside as out, and apparently
there is not the slightest friction in the
daily routine OF life. He rarely leaves
his farm. and goes to London only when
it is necessary to go thither to secure
something for the estate when he feels
that he cannot intrust the selection to
another
He does not maintain his seclusion
to the point of inhospitality. however.
for ne watches the shipping lists close
ly. and when he learns OF the arrival CT
a friend in London he either sends one
of his sons or a servant with an urgent
invitation to visit him.
.'Air. Croker told me that he cared
nothing at all fer the social life that the
countryside offered, as all he wanted
was rest and cuiet. He said that the
life of a hermit. If It were not for his
family. would suit him exactly, and
while taking me over his ground he
pointed out TO me what ne said he con-
sidered as an ideal spot for hermit TO
live.
"If I lived in that cave he said,
and covered my face with few feet
OF beard, the oldest reporter in New
York would not know me. nor the latest
one. either That observation seemed
to please Mr. Croker immensely. for he
chuckled over it for several minutes.
Sometimes. however. when he spoke
of his retired life he seemed to take
suggestion thtt he should live any other
way as I. deep affront, and on one occa-
rion he said:
What would 1t mean for me to go
back tn New York and place myself
again before the limelight? II would
mean nothing but abuse and constant
worry. When I was younger | did not
mind so much being followed around as
if | was .tic'5et-of-leav man" and
should be held under constant surveil-
lance, but now as time is telling on me
take supreme pleasure in being able
to enter a cab without tripping over half
a score OF easer questioners whose busi-
ness it is to paint me as black as they
possibly can. Here 1 cut no ice at all,
and the joy I realize in thinking that
nobody in the kingdom cares con-
tinental what | do whore | go. or what
may happen to say within hearing of the
highway will send me OF to the most
delightful sleep | ever enjoyed since I
quit knickerbockers.'
From what l saw OF Mr.. Croker in
his new surroundings. and jCdgilg from
what he told me-" concluded Mr. yucca.
Il feel than / can safely say that New
York will never see him again except as
a transient visitor"
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~ HERE returned to New YORK
few DAYS ago an old politiea
friend of Richard Croker, VINO
came from Vantage, where ne
was a guest at Moat House. and hearo
from his own lips many OF the plans o.
Mr. Croker for the future. Thls VlsltoI
n Noat House was Antonio yucca who
u,.s a coroner under the Van WycR
administration, and who is still the
strong man of the Wigwam IN lhhuehc-
ing the Italian vote.
According TO Mr.. yucca, there Is
something really pathetic IN hlcharu
croker's efforts to assimilate hlmseh 10
the life of a country gentleman and for
oct all the plotting and counter-plotthe
of a big political party. He says that
.,be squire" has not yet compelled
himself TO fit in exactly with his sur
ro,ndings, and that his attempt to DO SO
;e moi the least pathetic of the attempts
that this now aging man is making TO
,o,nd out the last years of his lie IN
quiet and peace
..Nr Croker told me" said MIR. yucca,
.,ba entire range of his ambition for
~, fr,rrc in these simple words: / have
nlsce where l can sleep and live
healthy. and what is more, be compare
t,veIv happy. / cannot in America, for
,bo-e am hunted down like robber.
am getting old now. | am feeling old.
may never go back to New YORK. ana II
do IL will not be 10 lead in any pollti-
tal effort. nut / won't say cannot De
persuaded 10 advise
"when | reached London few days
aqo did not have it in mind to pay
wish to Mr.. Croker's place. continued
Mr. yucca. but Mr. Croker sent his son.
Richard, IT., to London to request me TO
nav his father q short visit, and Will
saw that / was glad to accept. The two
days spent at Moat House were two ot
the pleasantest in my memory, which Is
saying quite little, for l am now get
ting 20 be an old man.
Judging from the various and con-
aIcting descriptions Of Moat House that
l had read / was prepared for most any
thing in the way of display OF either
tawdry elegance or elegant simplicity
but in both surmises / was mistaken.
There was not the slightest appurten-
apce or fixture TO house. outbuildings, or
grounds that suggested anything except
an attempt after solid, homely com
fort. There were no fine pictures. no
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mean. But ! do think that this whole
tragic occurrence unparalleled in his
tory. will swing us well in the direction
OF romantic themes-romantic and dra-
matte. 1t is well. sometimes TO be cred
ulous. A siernly practical age rather
laughs at highly colored situations. and
considers them the product of imagina-
tion only. We have before us stupen-
dous instance of the dramatic in real
life. Such picture in books will not
seem so far-fetched now. Writers need
ed romantic shaking up, and King Ed
ward came to the rescue"
Mrs. Craigie's motto is BE original if
you can" She was accused of too much
originality when she insisted that her
last play, THE Bishops Move put
on at the Garrick for the benefit of the
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while virility AMI sincerity such as
that are being portrayed by American
writer's. how dare people say we have
nc literature? How can they say we have
no national taste? The American peo-
pie demand that tie books they read be
sound at heart. They will not stand
sham or nonsense. The absurdities the
London public Consumes would not be
tolerated in the United States. think,
on the whole. we can afford to cheer up
about our literature"
In reply to the question: Don't you
think there is a sufficiently dramatic
element IL. the coronation disaster to in
spire som. good Hriting?" Mrs Craigie
replied:
Il don't know that the incident Itself
is of special value. to turn story on.
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posed that he show me about his farm,
as he called II. II was then that | began
to appreciate his affection for the place
and everything connected with it.
He first took me out to the stables.
When we arrived at the door to the main
building Mr.. Croker was almost over
whelmed by about a dozen dogs, some OF
which | understand are worth a small
fortune. Although he spoke gruffiy to
the dogs, he looked UP with twinkle in
his eye to testify to his appreciation OF
their demonstration of affection. After
that he called the dogs TO him one by
one, and pointed cut TO me their small
projections and defects.
Then, as he saw his son Dick coming
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John Oliver Hobbies Loses Patience,
With the People Who MOintain That
America Has No LitcrQturc--YOung
ian Malcolm, II IS Said, IS Likely TO
Receive Manu- Sights on Account
Of His NlOther-l-LOW, Mrs. LOngtIY.

because it deals with OILY one State or
one section of America, Does an author
have TO write about everything all in a
heap in order to contribute something to
literature? The books Americans are
writing today are sound to the core. l
include the romantic novels with
political and historical subjects. No
one would deny that The scientists who
preceded Darwin contributed something
to science. They prepared the way for
his greatness. and before many years
some young American will come thun-
dering along. maxine use of every bit Of
literary power his countrymen have
shown adding his power to theirs-un-
til work Of real genius is accom-
Dlished.
Il consider The Octopus great ma
tfonal story" Mrs. Craigie continued.
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and such persons as have been energetic
enough to dance through these hot sum-
mer weeks have delighted in the mazes
of the Regal Round Dance" King Ed
wards Lancers," and La Rationale"
square dance This last is danced to
the tune of Rule Britannia" God Save
the King" Aud Lang Syne." Wearing
of the Green" The Minstrel Boy" and
other airs favored by England, Ireland,
Scotland, and Wales. The loyal British
ers dance to a new tune each figure
Mrs. Eugenia Jones-Bacon, of Atlanta,
Ca, author Of several books. and owner
of that unique fragment found by her
near Oberammergau, THE Real Stone
Face" is now staying in Bath. Mrs.
Jones' Bacon has received many social
attentions since coming to England.
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insisted upon as when preparations were
being made for the coronation process
sion which was to have been. Every
woman who rode to the Abbey was TO
have worn a low-cut gown. The police
would have stopped her If she had
been dressed otherwise. To Americans
there is something ridiculous in dress
such as this at o'clock in the morning,
no matter what the occasion. Corona
tion costumes are, of course, largely a
matter of history. And perhaps it is
because low-necked dresses are his
torically correct that the English wom-
an will wear them on every possible oc
casion. She cares not what kind of a
neck she exposes. She seems insensi
BILE 10 the fact that bones are not al
ways beautiful. She believes that to De
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ference in their salute. as one might
expect were Mr.. Croker the squire, the
big man of the county or shire as many
persons mistakenly believe he endeavors
to be.
House is sometimes called. I was first
struck by the simple, natural beauty of
the surroundings. l. is nothing more
than fine old country residence. i'm
proved, OF course, but not to an extent
that causes 1t to lose any of its char
acterstic homelikeness.
When we drove up to the house Mr.
Croker greeted me warmly, and would
hardly give me time to have my luggage
disposed OF before he Immediately pro-
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By LADY MARY.

oNDoN, July 3o.-Mrs. Craigie
CJohn Oliver Hobbes) has lost
IL patience with the people chieny
British. who maintain that Amer
t.. hos ne vet no literature. The bril-
liant writer, who, by the way, IS piah-
ming visit to the United States heA'
fall. has. during her residence>ln hns
land. formed ! great fondness Tor TINS
country. Her native land, however sun
occupies a higher place in her anee'ions ;
and she never hesitates to SUCK up loi
America and things American. On the
subject of the present English attitude
IN American writer's, Mrs. Cralgle mas
particularly definite views.
what nonsense observed Mrs'
craigie. in talking to me yesterday, TO
saw book has no national significance
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Mrs. Langtrys hospitality. Just how
society will welcome Mrs. Malcolm when
the honeymoon is over remains to be
seen, but it is an open secret that Mr..
Malcolms family objected to eonnec-
ton with the Langtrys regardless of
Jeanne's beauty and high character.
and that her social fortune is not likely
to be particularly easy one.