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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

ONDON, Nov. 7.-AndreW Carnegie
l. has been having pretty tiff with
a parson lately, and has come out
ahead. The trouble was over an offer
of $4,000 which he made recently to
the town of Ilford for the establish
ment of a library. The rector of the
parish church, who seems to be sort
of local Savonarola, told his congrega-
ton that what they wanted was not
trashy novels, but bonfires in which to
burn them. This and other remarks
attacking Mr.. Carnegie angered the
millionaire so much that he wired i'm
mediately Withdrawing the offer. His
decision caused such a storm in the
little Essex town that the wears
church was practically boycotted, and
the wears life was made miserable.
Practitioners who had hitherto re-
spected him would pass him by with
out recognition. Members of the town
council who favored the acceptance of
the offer appealed to Mr., Carnegie to
reconsider his decision, but he in
sisted on an apology from the vicar
and this the vicar SteadfaStly refused
to do
At last it was decided that dele
cation be sent TO Sk1bo and appeal to
the great man personally. The strain
ed relations of the vicar and his con-
gregation were put wildly before him
and then, after consulting his secre-
tary, he yielded. After ALL said he,
this vicar of Ilford is but one man
with, 1 suppose, one ordinary mans
Intelligence, and as it appears now
that he has not much following in re-
gard to his opinions about the educa-
ton of the working classes you can
have the $4,000 and it is to be hoped
that the vicar will never condescend
to borrow a book out of the library"
j. C. After, an American from
Cleveland, was yesterday given COM
mission to paint the portrait Of the
Archbishop of Canterbury. Mr.. AFTER
expects to sail for the United States
in a few days, and will do the por-
trait of the archbishop in London i'm
mediately on his return to England.
The head of the Church of England
called on Mr. AFTER, saw his latest
work, the painting of Lady Wiltshire,
a celebrated English beauty, and
forthwith decided to be done" by the
American. The archbishop's only con-
dition was that he be allowed to go
home and get his wife's help in choos-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
Richard Strauss and
His American Tour

Frau Strauss now sings nothing in
public but her husbands songs, and
the song recitals in America will in
clude no other vocal compositions.
Herr Strauss is not taking his own
orchestra with him, but will find the
American orchestras ready for him as
he passes from city to city He is an
admirable conductor-which is a lucky
thing for his music, for there are very
few other wielders of the baton who
can show how effective his strange
and terrifically up-to-date compost
lions really are when once you get the
idea Of them. The first impression it
makes on those who are not skilled
musicians is that the man has UNDER
taken to set German grammar TO
music, but a second or third hearing
of it captures the nearer of else makes
of him an enemy for life.
Personally, Herr Strauss-who is
not related to the Viennese Strausses
of waltz fame-is a simple, earnest
minded man who has no affectations,
wears his hair short, and believes sin
cerely that music can be made to ex-
press the most complex problems OF
the deepest mind
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

Special Foreign Service.
ONDON, Nov. Richard Strauss,
l. the most talked about, most
abused and most praised composer of
the present day, is said to be more
interested in his coming American tour
for his wife's sake than for his own.
She is going along to sing her hus-
bands intricate songs. Frau Pauline
was his discovery" from musical
point of view and he expects still
greater things of her in the future
than she has even hitherto accom-
plished. stii-1 'e9f ~"
The composer of "Guntram," IT'LL
Eulenspieger' and so many other
combinations of pure beauty and hid
eous noise is not yet forty years old.
and his romantic marriage with Frau
Strauss took place to-, years ago. She
was his little singing pupil lat the age
of fifteen and married the musician
much against the will of her father,
general in the Bavarian army and
man of high social rank as we'll.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

try that, like Glamis castle, have some
mystery surrounding them. For in
stance, there Is Littlecote, in Wilt
shire, a certain regularity in connec-
ton with which has puzzled many a
historian. In one of the bedrooms of
Littlecote is a bedstead with blue drap-
cry, now faded and widowed owing
to the lapse of time since it was hung.
And just at the bottom of one of the
bed curtains there is place where a
small piece of the cloth has been cut
out and then sewn in again. Why, no
one knows, and though it seems so
small a matter, that mysterious little
patch has been the subject of guesses
by many famous men, among whom Sir
Walter Scott and Lord Macauley, both
Of whom confessed that they gave
it up
In Haddon hall, the ancient home of
the dukes of Rutland, there is one
strongly barred door which is supposed
to lead to a hidden room. But for what
reason the bars were placed there is
profound mystery, and one, moreover,
which the Rutlands respect and make
no attempt to solve.
BY the way, one of our American
duchesses must, by this time, have been
initiated into one Of these venerable
mysteries, the lady in question being
the Duchess of Manchester. For KIM
bolton castle, the dukes seat which
has so many memories of Queen Cath
crime of Arragin, has also it's secret
which has been handed down through
the generations. This secrets however
unlike that of Glamis castle, is known
to the most important members Of the
Manchester family. In the castle
there is magnificent chamber known
as "the queens" and In this room, on
every Holy Thursday, the reigning
duke, his duchess and his heir fore
gather and go through with some ceres
mony. What ceremony the outside
world knows not. but it is understood
that a secret panel in the queens room
plays an important part therein.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

Special Foreign Service.
~ LASGOW, Nov. Tt would be
" rather interesting to know wheth-
er Lord and Lady Strathmore's golden
wedding festivities, held at CLAIMS
castle the other day, had any shadow
cast upon them by the strange secret"
which for so many years has hung like
a pail over the historic Scotch pile.
What this secret is only three-or per-
haps four-people in the world know,
these being the Lord of Glanis him.
self, his heir, and the steward of his
estate. For this secret in real life,
like those in the old tales, is revealed
by every Earl Of Strathmore to his
eldest son, when the latter comes Of
age, and he, in turn, passes 1t down.
Toward the solution of the mystery
which is famous throughout Scot
landau uncommon number of theo-
ries have been advanced. 1t Is known
that the secret" is connected with one
of the rooms in CLAIMS castle, and so
most people believe that in-this cham
Der, into which coming earls Of
Strathmore are taken solemnly on
their twenty first birthday, conceals
some monster. The most fantastic and
grewsome of the legends told through
out the country side has it that, at
one time, human toad" was born to
the house of Strathmore, and, more
over, that this monstrosity was i'm
bued with something likel9immortality,
for which reason it has to be guarded
from the sight of the world all this
time. But a saner legend declares
that the secret room holds the bones
of a band of prisoners who, in Scot
lands days Of strife, were incarcerated
there and starved to death.
There really seems to be no doubt
that, in some room of CLAIMS castle,
there is something that the Strath-
mores are unwilling to have seen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

Special Foreign Service.
ONDON, Nov. There is likely
L. to be lot of American interest,"
a, few weeks hence in unique clup
for women which has been organized
SO quietly in London that this is prac-
tieally the first word that has been
said about it in print. 1t is evidently
going to be a big affair, with interna-
tional connections, and with money
enough already guaranteed to enaple
it to do things on large scale from
the start
Broadly speaking, the object of the
Lyceum club as it is to be called, is
to bring literary women and uni
versity women the world over into
touch with one another. Not only are
such writers as Mrs. Humphrey Ward,
John oliver Hobbies (Mrs. Cra1gle),
Flora Annie Steel, Lucas Malet. Beat
rice Harraden, Mrs. Meynell, Mrs. w.
K. Clifford and Miss Rhoda Broughton
members of the club committee, but
the univerities of Newman and Girton
at Cambridge are taking up the scheme.
It is understood that $50 women with
scientific degrees will come into the
new club en- masse and the long estab-
lished Writer'S club of London. with
its 500 members, is planning to merge
itself in the Lyceum.
Lady Frances Balfour, sister of the
Duke of Argyle, and hence sister-in-
law to Princess Louise, King Edwards
sister, has heartily given her support
to the Lyceum and will bring with her
a large element of radical women. Lady
Frances, who does not agree in
politics with her brother-in-la the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08
The American NewspaperWriter in Lon
don Who Is Coming Over. as Secre-
tary Pro Tem., TO Organize the Amer
lean Branch of the Lyceum Club.

the Countess di Brazil. formerly Miss
Cora Slocumb, of New Orleans, and
Mrs. Alfred Stead. formerly Miss
Elaine Hussey, of Indianapolis. daugh-
ter-in-law of w. T. Stead.5e
These ladies are to nurqhase a club
house in the very heartfeof London,
with as many bedrooms asia large no.
tel, to give members in adj parts of the
wo naoa Seoppng paee IN esdence for
those who live in LondshIs and wish to
make the club their horHs.ea
In addition they purpose to keep
members in touch withimctive literary
life by means of an information bureau
which has BEEN thought out on original
lines. A member of the Lyceum who
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

lives, for instance, in California, and
wants to sell a manuscript in London,
will be advised as to the best person
to send it to. If she writes a book
and wants it translated into French
and published in Paris, she will be CIV
en- the addresses of translator and pub
Usher Museums and Libraries all over
the continent will cooperate with the
club so that through it the California
member can get research work done,
or if she wants to come abroad and
do it herself, she will be given the
proper instructions TO curators of in
situations where her study is to be
done. This information bureau has
been most minutely planned and will
include such less learned branches as
theaters, concerts, lectures, shops and
current matters.
The Lyceum, like all English wom-
ems clubs, has one radical difference
from the American club. It's members
will not meet! They will not discuss
that is, as a body in congregation
assembled. They will merely have a
comfortable place to live in and prac-
teal help with such intellectual prac-
teal work as they are engaged in.
The founder of this club, which, in
the opinion of it's distinguished mem
bers, is destined to be an important
influence in the literary world, is
twenty three -year-old girl, Miss Con-
stance Smedley. author OF An April
Princess and 1.-THE Boudoir Critic" and
several plays purchased by Mrs. Pat
rick Campbell. Miss Smedley was
moved with sympathy for the innu-
merihla women writer's of London who
had really comfortable homes. 1t
seem, . Miss Snedley that the whole
status OF writing women would be
raised if they could be given club
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-08

Big New international Club for Literary Women
OF
T

prime minister Of England. is an ar
dent woman suffragist, gbpts' SO far as
I can discover, the club will have moth
ing to do with politics, or any other
cause. Others actively working are
Lady Battersea {of the Rethschild fam
ily); Mrs. Paget Toynbee, wife f the
famous Dante authority, and herself
the editor Of the forthcoming Claren-
don Press edition of the Horace Wal
pole letters; Miss Elizabeth Marbury,
MISS JESSIE aTRfMBLE.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14
CAR STRIKES A WAGON.
Ten Persons Injured 1t Kansas City.
Kan, ~ a Result, Some
0er1oUoay.

Kansas City. Mo-. Oct "a west
bound Chslsea Part trolley car struck a
wagon containing II persons at 10: 80
O'Clock Wednesday night ut the corner
Of ThirtssntA street and Stewart avenue.
in Kansas City, KAa. The front wheels
Of the wagon were torn IN splinters and
all the occupants Of the wagon were
thrown to tho pavement
The injured are: Mrs. EDNA Barker,
Wellborn, Kan, may die; Mrs. Otto
Brenns1, Wellborn, Kan., cut and bruised.
rendered unconscious; Otto Bremen,
Wellborn, Kan. cut and bruised, rem
dsrsd unconscious; Knox Barker, Well
born, Kan. cut, rendered unconscious:
Mrs. Berthe Wilson, bruises, rendered IN
conscious; John Wilson, IL years old.
Kansas City, Kan, bruised; Lottie Will
son, II years old, Kansas City, bruised.
rendered unconscious; Dottie Wilson.
ten years old, unconscious, bruised;
George Gray. two years old, Wellborn.
Kan. cut IN right leg; Douse Gray, seven
years old, Wellborn, Kan, bruised, cut,
rendered unconscious.
The occupants Of the wagon had been
to the city to witness the Priests of Pallas
parade and we're returning home when
the accident took place.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14
DESPERATE FIGHT FOR LIFE,
Tunnel Caves In on Workmen U1dea
Hudsoa River and Several
Have Marrow ESCAPE.

New Yorh, Oct. 12.-Twelve men
have had desperate fight for life in
the Pennsylvania railroad tunnel now
being dug under the Hudson river.
They were At work in the Hobokeu
end when without warning the water
and loose earth began to rush through
the shield, and in few moments 200
feet OF mud had caved in.
Owen Mcconnell was buried alive
under the river bottom. Two other Ia
borers were taken out unconscious.
The big tunnel. which is to cross un-
der the Hudson to New York, is al
ready advanced 700 feet, and work ia
being pushed with night and day
shifts. The II men were working in
the air pressure tank behind the great
shield which sQueezes out the mud
ahead Of 1t like giant sieve, when
suddenly the earth became loosened
and gush Of water followed.
The prevailing air pressure at the
time was only twice the normal. The
only thing to be done to stop the cave
in and save the lives of IL men was
to instantly increase the pressure to
hold back the water.
Forty pounds was thrown in i'm
mediately upon the men struggling in
the rapidly-rising mud and water.
Mcconnell could not get away. The
others were dragged to safety, but two
tainted under the strain and were car
ried out in time to save their lives.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14
b. A. Castle, of Post Office DEPART
ment, Tenders Resignation
to Secretary Shaw.
ASKS TO have IT TAKE EFFECT
on QUALIFICATION OF SUCCESSOR
Says Charges In Connection with Pos.
tai investigation Have Nothtax to
Do with Step-Desires to Devote
Entire Time to H1s Private Busi-
ness at st. Paul.

Washington, Oct 10.-Announce-
ment of the resignation of H. A. Cas-
tie, auditor for the post Office depart
ment, was made Friday. The resigna-
ton was dated October z. and was d.
rected to the secretary of the treasury,
who has indicated his acceptance. The
resignation is to take effect when his
successor is appointed and qualities,
and Mr.. Castle said that he would re-
main in Office until that time. Mr..
Castle also said that he had rendered
his resignation last spring, but that
when the investigation of post office
department affairs was begun Secretary
Shaw asked him to remain and he had
consented to do SO. Mr. Castle added
that his reason for resigning is found
in the necessity for giving attention to
his private business. and that as soon
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14
.T|LLMAh N Tells # OF SHOOTING
Ex-Lieutenant Governor of South
Carolina Resumes Testimony.
Gives His Version of Killing Of Ed
itOr Gonzales for Which
He In ON Trial.

Lexington, S. c., Oct. 10.-The exam
ination of James H. Tillman. who went
on the stand during the last hour Thurs
day as witness in his own behalf, was
resumed Friday when court convened.
Mr.. Tillman, giving his version OF the
shooting, said he was walking down
from the state house after the adjourn
ment of the state senate, January Is, in
company with Senators Talb1rd and
Brown, the former being on the outside,
the latter on the inside. Before reaching
the transfer station, he said. he noticed
Mr.. Gonzales down the street looking at
him intently. He said he (defendant)
had on his overcoat, buttoned. He said
he never took his eyes from Mr.. Gonzales
and that Gonzales did not take his eyes
of him.
He said Mr. Gonzales had on an over
coat tightly buttoned with hands In his
pockets, thumbs sticking out. Mr..
Gonzales cut diagonally across in front of
him, he said, and the thumb Of his right
hand disappeared in his pocket. He said
he thought Mr.. Gonzales was going to
draw weapon and he fired first saying:
II got your message" The message, he
said, referred to the statements reported
to him by Witnesses White and Holsen-
bach. These statements were to the eff
feet that Gonzales had said he had made
Tillman show the white feather twice
before and would do it again. The de-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14
FURTHER CONFERENCES,
Attempt to Load Steamer ut New Or.
leans in Defiance of Strikinr
Dockmen Is Postponed,

New Orleans, Oct. 12.-With 100 po-
licemen under four captains. large
forces of screwmen and longshoremen
and their sympathizers were kept off
the wharves at the head of Celeste
street, where it was expected that an
attempt would be made Saturday to
load the steamer Mexican of the Ley
land line. When, however, the
Colonial, bearing the st. Louis strike
breakers, began to move in the middle
of the river. she was signaled that
further conferences had been arranged
between the mayor and the screw
mon and that the attempt to load had
been postponed. The refusal Of the
dock council to join in a sympathetic
strike and the issuance of an tnjunc-
ton by the United States courts have
acted to restrain the screwmen, and
it was understood Saturday that they
were willing to negotiate further. The
federal injunction was served on the
labor leaders Saturday. '
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14
HAWAIIAN VOLCANO ACTIVE.
Lava Flow from Mauna LOa a Grand
Spectacle-Little Damage.
Ii Done.

Honolulu, Oct. 9.-Further advicea
state that Mama Loa's outbreak is very
heavy. The flowing lava makes a grand
spectacle. Excursions are being ar
ranged from Honolulu. A wireless mes
sage from Hilo to the Alvardesar says
the volcano is very active and that the
lava flow is going towards Kahuku cat
tie ranch. A messenger reports that
two streams of lava very wide may be
seen from Volcano house, Kilauea, and
all parts Of the Kona plantation. The
glow is visible in Hilo. It is believed
that the lava will break out further down
the mountain. No plantations or settle
ments are endangered by the lava flow
and the eruption will be without nate
rial damage.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14

PENDANT said he did not fire second shot
as Mr. Gonzales did not draw a pistol
Mr.. Tillman concluded his testimony
shortly before noon when Gen. Bellinger,
Of counsel for the state, entered upon the
cross-exam1nation.
On REORGANIZATION the defendant
said he had reason to expect, from the
moment he saw Mr. Gonzales, that he
(Gonzales) would shoot when they met.
He also said he sent word to Mr.. Gonzales
to come to the meeting at the opera house
in Columbia and make his charges then,
saying he did this so he could reply to
them. The cross-examination consumed
Just one hour.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14
Charges Against Omcer..

Cripple Creek. Col, Oct. 1O.-tn the dis
trict court Friday information was filed
against Brig. Gen. John Chase, Adjt.
Gen. Sherman Bell and Judge Advocate
Maj. Thomas e.. McC lelland in behalf
of P. H. Mulvaney, w. F. Davis, Thomas
Foster, Emil Johnson and A. A. Frye,
striking miners, charging unlawful ar
rest and detention in the military guard
house. r. IF s f..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14
STEEL PLANT CLOSES DOWN
One Thousand Hands Idle as a Re-
suit at Joliet, III. 49,.
No Cause for shutdown Given-Ex.
PLANTATION Concerning Gosiag
OF Homestead Mills.

Joliet, ILL.,. Oct 12.-One thousand en-
ployes Of the Illinois Steel company
were thrown out of employment for an
indefinite period Saturday, and general
depression has resulted, both among the
workmen and the merchants OF Joliet.
The converted billet and three rod mills
were shut down, while the blast, furnace
and merchant mills will continue to run.
The omcials Of the company say that
they do not know when the plant will
be started up again, but hope to re-
sumo operations in few days.
various causes are assigned for the
shutdown. but it is supposed that fear
OF eastern labor troubles spreading west
had much to do with It.
The report that tho Joliet plant Of the
Illinois Steel company had received or
ders Tor indefinite suspension Is denied
at the mill Offices Two departments
are shut d0wn-the rod mills and con-
verter-but it is said these nay resume
next week. The plant otherwise ID
working as usual. Officials ny they
Know OF no general order for suspension
flttsburS, Pa, Oct N.-Concerning
the posting Of notice at the Homestead
steel works Friday, that the IS and 40
inch mills viii shut down, President A.
c. Dtnkey, Of the Carnegie Stsel com
pany, says the suspension Is for 4
week only and he expects the mills ia
be running the week after.
These mills" said he, have been
running OF and on all summer. In
fact the IS and 4o-inch mills have
never run fuu since they were built
The reason is that there are not
enough orders for those sizes. Two
weeks ago these mills did not run,
They have been running since, and will
run again after next week."
The 10. 23 and 33-inch mills in
Homestead. which have been working
ON single turn for three weeks, have
been restored to double turn and are
expected 30 run full for some time to
come.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14
Ministers Assume Duties.

London, Oct. 10.-The new cabinet
ministers have assumed their duties,
the seals Of Office having been exchanged
at a privy council meeting held by King
Edward at Buckingham palace Friday
morning. All the retiring officials and
their successors were present, with the
exception of the duke of Devonshire,
the late lord president of the council,
and Mr.. Arnold-Forster, the new war
secretary. The latter was indisposed
and the former was subsequently re-
ceived in private audience by the king.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14
CONCLUDES ARGUMENT.
mr.. Dickinson Finishes Presentation
of Case of United States Before
Alaskan Tribunal.

London, Oct. 8.-The arguments in the
ALASKA boundary arbitration were
finished at $40 p. m. Thursday. Mr..
Dickinson concluded with All eloquent
peroration, dealing with the bonds of
amlty between the United States and
Great Britain.
The wives and families of the COM
mlssloners and Of counsel we're present.
John w. Foster, the agent for the
United States, thanked the British gov
eminent in the name of the American
government for its courtesy, Lord Chief
Justice Alverstone paid tribute to Mr..
DICKINSON and the session broke up.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14
Says Report II untrna.

Berlin, Oct. 9.-The officials Of the
German foreign Office say there Is not
the least foundation for the report, pub
aished In the United States Wednesday.
that all the German arships in American
waters have been ordered to concentrate
of the Island Of Jamaica, in view Of re-
cent events at Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela.
1t is added that no new case of dissatis-
faction with the conduct OF President
Castro has arisen. - ~ -