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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-26
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
Superiority of Aluminium UtensiI-

Superiority of Aluminium UtensiI
Aluminium utensils seem designed e..
pressly for the wolpan who elects to q
her own houseWork. 2
Cooper kettles require eternal Vi,
Aance and scrubbing TO keep them pU,
and bright" said housewife OF c>".
Renee. 'Even a pune silver vessel :.
which eggs hay" been cooked has
he secured to Get off the stain, g..
tin rusts and porcelain lining dIs,o:o""
But you may boil pickles or chowGe,
or any connection with ACIDS il "a .ij&
minimum pot for -hOuls and there MON I
be spot to show. It is as pure as por
celain. And as for the outside Of tic
platter, owing TO its high polish the
aluminium. pot or kettle does not 81
half as Smutty as utensils OF UtNor
wares, and therefore one avoids muck
Of the drudgGry ASSOCIATED with the
Kitchen. sink. l find ALSO that anything
puG onto cook in an alum MUM vessel
gets ,ione much quicker than if COOK Y,
il cooper. tin or iron. I".nn I can lift
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Save the ParnHin.

E Many housaWiYss WHO f.. l9 their 5oW y,
preserving are net'aware that, the par:
ATTN wax used in covering the jelly
glasses can be used again season after
season. One woman who is obliged to
consider where the pennies go seldom
buys a new supply Of the wax. AS
each je1Iy glass ris. opening during the lh1e
winter for serving at table5the paraffin
is removed. washed clean and put away
ina tin cup KEPT for the purpose: When
preserving time comes again, there is
little store ready at hand. Yt;[,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-26
MatcheI.

Towne-Met Gabbie and Perkins at
"a smoker last night and introduced
them to each other.
BroWLe-Oh, say, it's shame to, in
troduce bore like Gabbie-to anybody.
Towne-It's evident yoHtdeh Fikne r.
Perkins or you'd see the humor of it.
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.sz:;s.
"Well, well; never mind. I haven't
said anything against yours. It's only
mine I'm grumbling about" - Boston
Traveller.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-26
STANTON'6 IRISH STEW.
a Story of the Great War Secretary
as Told by His Bodyguard.

An attempt by Secretary of War
Stanton to cook an Irish stew While
holding the war department Office
against the removal order of President
Andrew Johnson is one of many ancc-
dotes related by Louis Koerth. at tic
period mentioned the great war secre-
tary's bodyguard.
Feb. 81, 1868, President Johnson APP
pointed General Lorenzo Thomas 500
rotary of war ad interim, but the pow
er of removal having been taken by
the tenure Of office act from the presI-
dent, Mr.. Stanton refused to resign ~
to vacate the office Of secretary.
He camped in the office, deterl}iArd
to hold it until the result OF ,4lc ~,
parchment proceedings against 7hA
president, which were then pcLttin" II
the senate, should be determined. ger
sixty days Mr.. Stanton held tic I0r2.
and during that period his faithful
bOdyguard, eX-Sergeant Louis hOcrtI,
then in the United States genera. sciN.
ice, assigned to the war depurllu.l4I,
Epnt him
The Washington times., 1903-01-07
FIVE STATES IN GRASP
OF TERRIFIC BLIZZARD
Storm Travelling Eastward at Rapid Pace-To Visit
This City.

ST PAUL. Jan The vg-st storm
OF the season IS nos sweeping over this
state. the Dak0tas- Iowa and Nebraska
Special dispatches from many points IN
the i've States indicate thar a terrific
blizzard Is raging and travelling east
ward a. q rapid pace
IN Bismarck. y. D.. the force Of the
wind broke in the windows Of the State
house and many residences, unroofed
buildings. tore down chimneys and did
great damage. South Dakota reports the
sind blowing = mites an aear, accom-
panied by binding snow. In Council
Bluns asd sioux City, heavy store frcnts
were blown IN
There VIII be great suffering Much
live stock VIII perish. It IS feared there
viii be general crippIing Of the rail-
ways
CHICAGO, Jan. What is apparently
the hardest snowstorm Of the year
STRUCK Chicago shortly after daylight
this morning. Considerable delays to
traffic are already resulting
The storm IS widespread and is part
Of the blizzard which struck the H-rth-
The Washington times., 1903-01-07
NAVY MORE READY FOR
WAR THAN EYER BEFORE"
ADMIRAL DEWEY
Squadrons Disperse and
Ordered to Stations.

on BOARD BATTLESHIP ALABAMA,
of CuIebra Island. via San Juan. Jan I.
admiral Dewey declares that the
United States Navy is more ready for
war than ever before in it's history.
The Admiral has decfdsd that the pur-
pose Of the concentration Of the var
ships has been accomplished, and has
issued orders that the squadrons dis
perse to their former stations
Admiral Dewey and his staff. on the
Mayfower and the Dolphin. viii sail on
Thursday for Washington The cruiser
Albany sailed Monday for Boston. where
she will be resheathed. The cruisers San
Francisco and Nashville have left for
Norfolk, to undergo repairs.
Rear Admiral Sumner has transferred
his flag to the cruiser Newark. and viii
return to the South Atlantic station to-
day. The torpedo fotilla sailed ncrth
Tuesday, and the Prairie will start today
with patients who became i'll IN tie
course of the maneuvers.
The Washington times., 1903-01-07
WANTS DISTRICT GUT
FROM FOOD BILLS FIELD
Health Officer Woodward Gives Reasons Why Pro-
posed Legislation Would Be HurtfuI

Dr.. William c. Woodward. the Health
officer. has submitted to the District
Commissioners a statement replying 10
the recent communication OF William
Frear and others on the pure food Iegis-
Iation pending in Congress. DR.. Wood
ward takes strong ground against the
proposed law. He seeks 10 maintain
that the bills. If enacted, would operate
to place in the hands OF the Depart
ment of Agriculture many Of the du-
Ties and much of the authority OF the
Health Department., to the injury Of
the District.
DIT. Woodward says he was member
Of the National Pure Food Congress, but
denies that he approved the bills drafted
by that body. He says that he has not
favored the so-calIed pure food Iegisla
ton offered in Congress. bat refrained
from opposition, so long as the Dis
trict was not involved. DT. Woodward
is not wholly satisfied in his own mind
whether the PENDING legislation would
repeal all or oEly part Of the laws now
In force in the District relative to he
inspection of food and beverages, isut
he SAYS there is the possibility Of the
formes, which would 90 far to wiping
out the Health Department as it nofv
exists. Hence he recommends that
without committing themselves favoTa-
bly, or unfavcrably to legislation for the
regulation of traffic in foods and drugs,
the Commissioners take steps 70 secure
The Washington times., 1903-01-07
OPERATORS TESTIMONY
TO BEGIN ON FRIDAY
Foreman Griffin Made to Re-
cant on Stand.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan While
TANNED in a crowded elevator cage in
the postoffice building on his way 70
she days meeting of the anthracite
strike commission. Thomas H Watkins,
Of the board. remarked to the squeezed
passengers.
They have a better system than this
IN the worst conducted mine in the
country Never woJId miners permit
an. elevator cage 70 be so over-crowded-
Judge Gray declined 10 submit TO the
squeeze and showed the spirit behind his
sixty-hve years by running up three
fights Of stairs, two steps at time
In q brief. conference between lawyers
representing miners and operators at the
Continental Hotel early this morning, 1t
was decided to allow the non union men
until Friday 10 finish their case. Then
the operators will begin their long
awaited testimony Il was lust 10
O'Clock when the hearing began today.
since Yesterday Nj Mitchell had been
REINFORCED by Nichols and Fahy, presi-
dents Of two OF the union districts IN
the anthracite fields, These lieUtenants
sat beside their chief and the chief
counsel. Clarence DaTTOW-
c. Griffin. of Ashley. was the first
witness. He is an outside foreman q
= Ieh1gh and wiIkesbaTTe COllieTy Al
that place
He told of the blowing up OF a dam
near the colIiery by dynamite. The Wit
ness stated that he found an empty box
near the dam
This is unusual" he said, "as these
boxes are redeemed for 10 cents at the
powder house"
THis last statement provoked storm
among the miners. and the witness I'm
aIlv withdrew his statement. He was
followed upon the stand by Robert Read,
who lives at Wanamie. and is employed
at washeTy there.
-On August q. I was called 10 the
washery By a telephone message TELLING
me that strikers we're firing upon men
employed around a big steam shovel At
II O'Clock that night three OF Us in
locomotive started for the adjoining
breaker The locomotive ran upon z,
dynamite bomb placed upon the railroad
track and ali OF US were knocked uh-
conscious"
What breaker"
No IS. Lehigh and Wilkesbarre- The
dynamite blew a hole fifteen feet deep
in the roadbed.'' - continued the witness
While We we're recovering conscious
ness several shots were fired al US
Judge Gray tried to find out II dyna-
mite cartridge couId~be placed upon
railroad track 50 as 20 cause an eEpIo-
sion. but none could answer him.
The Washington times., 1903-01-07

An appropriation of not less than
s., ,000 coo for the relief of the stricken
Fiipinos is asked for by Secretary Root
in letter to the President accompany
ing the complete report Of the Philip
pine Commission. Secretary Root de-
scribes the suffering and distress in the
islands and urges Immediate legislation
by Congress, The report together with
Secretary Roots letter was sent TO Con
gress today by the President Secre-
taTy Root says:
y beg to ask special consideration OF
the recommendation Of the commission,
all of which have my hearty approval
1T seems 10 me that the conditions
resulting from the destruction by rim
derpest o. 80 per cent Of the carbous,
the draft animals Of the Islands, and the
consequent failure Of the rice crop, fol
lowed by an epidemic OF cholera, are so
serious and distressing as TO call for
action by Congress beyond that for
which the commission specifically asks.
The removal under the laws OF Con
The Washington times., 1903-01-07

the exemption CT he District Of Colum-
bia from the operations of such laws
If the enactment of the proposed 1egis-
Iation should result in the benefit 10
so 100000 of people. DR.. Woodward says
that he would hesitate before taking
action that might hinder or prevent its
enactment He says he has never Deen
convinced Of this. however. and is Ger
tain that the exemption of the District
would in no wise impede the efficiency OF
the legislation fer the Territories
DR.. Woodward goes into careful
analysis Of the bill, showing wherein
there is danger TO local institutions He
points out that each State has exclusive
Jurisdiction over the commerce in foods
and drugs within its borders, and says
they are, therefore, exempted. He ar
gues that the District Of Columbia. in
this regard. should be placed in the cate
CORY of the States, rather than in hat
OF the Territories.
The proposed legislation DR.. Wood
ward says affords a channel through
which local laws would be avoided. and
would work confusion rather than ef-
fcisncy. He points out that proseeu-
tions under the Law would have to be in
the United States courts. and would be
6xtTs1ssiy costly TO all concerned.
Dr. Woodward renews his Tecommen-
dation against the bill and requests that
the CORES s0ondeDce be sent TO the com
mittees IN Congress for their coRsideTa-
tion.
The Washington times., 1903-01-07
MILLIONS ASKED BY Mr.. ROOT
FOR THE STRICKEN FILIPINOS
The Secretary Urges Immediate Appropriation Congress Relieve
Existing in the ands-Say Natives Are in More
Need Than Cubans Rcans Even Hurricane Suf
ferers of 18QQ for Whom Money Was Given.

gress CT export duties on goods shipped
from the Philippines 10 me United
States has materially reduced the reye-
nues Of the islands, while the duties col
Iected in the United States up6H I'M
portatjous from the Philippines, which
under the same laws were TO be turned
over to the Philippine Treasury and
were expected TO make good the deficit.
have amounted TO practically nothing.
At the same time the decline in the
price Of silver. the evils OF fiuctuajiug
currency, and the impoverishment of
the people have reduced the government
revenues when they are most needed for
relief o. the people.
81 think the occasion for relief IN the
Philippines is now greater than it was
IN Cuba. when Congress appropriated
80 600 goo Tor the payment OF the Cuban
soldiers out OF The Treasury OF the
United States. or than IL was in Porto
Rico when hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars were contributed by the people Of
the United States. and more than a mil
The Washington times., 1903-01-07

west late yesterday. The snow here was
preceded b. a fall Of sleet.
There viii be some snow this after
noon and tonight, and high west-to-
northwest wind viii stir things up all
night But it VIII break early tomor-
row morning. when there will be a de-
cided drop in the temperature"
This was the forecast made by d
Weather Bureau official at noon today
The Geographic reports received at the
bureau state that snow has fallen in the
Ohio Valley. Lake regions, and the Mid
die Atlantic States In the western part
OF the country the SHOWS have been very
heavy. but as yet have not blocked traf-
fc to any great degree
The weather officials say that Wash
ington's snow viii come from the north
west. and viii be accompanied by stiff
north and west winds. Tomorrow morn
ing the mercury viii drop down to about
fifteen OF eighteen degrees above zero.
but that VIII be the lowest 1t will get
There is no indication of a continued
cold spell although the fOreCasteT de-
CARES that Washingtonians VIII bN
treated 10 q blizzard on a miniature scaIa
tonight
The Washington times., 1903-01-07

lion of dollars paid out Of the National
Treasury for the relief OF the sufferers
from the hurricane of August, 1899.
An appropriation OF not less than
three million dollars for the Feiief of
the distress in the Philippine Islands
from the causes which I have mentioned
would be in harmony with the course
pursued by Congress toward the people
of the other Spanish islands. and prac-
teal evidence of the sincere interest
hat the people OF the United States take
III the welfare OF the Philippine people,
and Of the kindly and generaus treatment
which they are to receive.
Previous experiences indicate that
such an appropriation could be made
the most useful by giving the Philippine
government discretion TO apply It in
such proportions as they deem wise IN
the direct purchase and distribution or
sale Of supplies. or through the employ
mrnt of labor in the construction Of
government wagon roads, railroads. or
other public works"
The Washington times., 1903-01-07
WARE SHIFTS CLERKS
IN PENSION OFFICE

A shake-up has occurred in the Pen
sion Office by the transfer of twenty-five
clerks from the board of review 10 the
adjudicating division The transfer of
the clerks gave rise TO a rumor that
some radical changes were about to
take place in the bureau but these
rumors have since proved groundIess.
In explaining the reasons for the
change. Commissioner Ware said this
morning that there was not sufficient
work in the board of review at present
70 warrant the service OF so many
clerks Until recently the work had
been extremely heavy. and a number
of clerks was taken from various di-
visions to assist the board With the
additional force, the work has been
brought up to date. and there is no
longer any need OF the large staff.
The Washington times., 1903-01-07
.HOAR PLANS RELIEF
FOR EQUITY SUITORS
New Senate Bill Empowers Attorney
General to Hasten Causes.

A bill to expedite the hearing and de-
termination Of suits in equity, pending
or hereafter brought under the Shermi.n
anti-monopoIy act, was today introduced
by Senator Hoar.
The measure provides that in any suit
in equity pending or hereafter brought
in any circuit court of the United states
under the act of 1890. entitled an Act
to Protect Trade and Commerce Against
Unlawful Restraints and Monopolies.
wherein the United States is complain
ant. the Attorney General may file with
the clerk of such court a certificate that
in his opinion the case is of general
public Importance Thereupon such case
shall be assigned for hearing at the earl
lest practicable day. In the event the
judges sitting in such case shall be di-
vided in opinion, the case shall be GEL
titled to the Supreme Court for review in
like manner as II taken by appeal
In every suit pending or hereafter
brought in any circuit court of the
United States under the proposed law,
wherein the United States is complain
ant. including cases submitted, but not
yet decided, an appeal from the final
decree OF the circuit court will lie only
to the Supreme Court, and must be taken
within sixty days from the entry there
OF, except that pending cases in the cir
court of appeals shall proceed to a final
decree therein.
The Washington times., 1903-01-07
PARK COMMISSIONS FAME
REACHES THE PROVINCES
Manhattan Island Would
Have Similar Body

The fame of the District of Columbia
park commission and its report to Con
gress OF a plan for the Identification of
washington has extended to New York
city. which row purposes to have a COM
mission nodded after the same pattern
Charles Moore. secretary of the Sen
ate Committee on District Affairs, this
morning received a request from Jacob
a Cantor, president of the borough of
Manhattan, for a copy of the act Great
ing the commission and all printed mat
ter concerning its work.
The commission was authorized by
the Fifty-sixth Congress, second session.
The members are Daniel H. Burnhan.
of Chicago. designer of the plans for the
proposed new union station; Frederick
Law Olmsted, ir., Of BroOkline, Mass;
Charles T. McKim, OF New York, who
had charge of the White House i'm
provernents, and Augustus St. Gaudens.
of New York.
The report Of the committee Is pend
irg before the Senate, having been ia
vOTably acted upon by the District Com
mittep- The models of the plans are on
exhibition in the Library Of Congress.
If Senator Mcmillan. chairman Of the
District Committee. had lived. it is be-
lieved the plans would have been acted
upon at this session of Congress. He
had created a sentiment in favor of the
report and would have pressed the plans
for consideration of the Senate
The Washington times., 1903-01-07
.FITzGIBBON'S LIBERTY
OF SHORT DURATION
Escaped From Asylum to Be
Quickly Apprehended.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. Jan. James
Kirk Fitzgfbbon, formerly agent of the
Unied States Express Company in
Washington. was before Mayor Simpson
this morning. charged with being an es-
caped Iunatic from the District of Co
I11nbfa Government Hospital for the IN
sane. There were no witnesses except
the man himself, whose statement was
TO the effect that he had escaped from
81. Elizabeth. where he was confined on
october s last Mayor Simpson decided
to send him back to the washington
authorities
The Alexandria police Tuesday morn
ing received a message from the au-
thorit.es at St. Elizabeth's Insane Asy-
lum. at Washington, that FiIzgibbon was
in this city, and requested the police to
look out for him The latter had no
trouble in locating Fitzgtbbon, and he
was shadowed the greater portion Of the
morning and afternoon by Policeman
Henderson. Between and o'clock
Yesterday afternoon he was taken IN
custody by Henderson and brought to
police headquarters, BY that time the
attendants from the hospital had ar
rived from Washington In a wagon, with
the intention of taking him back by way
of the ferryboat. He went with them as
far as the wharf. but at that point he
absolutely refused to proceed As there
was no other alternative. he was re
turned to the police station
Mayor Simpson directed the police to
hold him. Fitzgibbon requested the
police that he be given the privilege Of
consulting an attorney, and consulted ]
X NJ Norton.
While in custody he wrote the fol-
lowing on the white-washed wall Of the
station:
Read this and vote for Richard OIL
nev. the next President Of the United
States Deank H PIatt and Mark
Hanna have me locked up and want to
take me back to st. Elizabeth's Insane
ASYLUM tonight They had me confined
there from p. m. January >, 1908.
When I escaped by jumping into the
Potomac River. They tried TO murder
me on four different occasions, but
prefer TO risk my life in the hands of
the loyal sons of Virginia, the home
of Jefferson and Patrick Henry, whose
patriotic speech, Give me liberty or
death gave us this glorious country.
which Theodore Roosevelt says belongs
10 the colored race than to have 70 1--we
like a king with traitor nephew Of my
departed friend, Captain Bullock"
The Washington times., 1903-01-07
FOREIGN MINISTERS WARN
CHINA TO PAY IN GOLD

PEKIN, Jan. THE foreign minister's
with the exception of Mr.. Couger, the
American representative, held a meeting
today 10 consider tIs question of China's
refusal TO pay, on a gold basis, the in
stallment now due on the indemnity. as
provided in the protocol
The ministers drew up and signed a
Eote warning China of the gravity Of re-
pudiating the payment of the instaIlment
on the indemnity on a gold basis. The
note says the recognition by China of
her obligation to pay in gold must pre-
Cede any eXtenuation by the powers -
regard to the payment OF the various
claims