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TREMENDOUS RAINFALL
CAUSES HUGE LOSSES
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points in the track east Of and near Red
Wing. .:..
The Concord street sewer in West st.
Paul burst, washed out the Great West
ern track and delayed the limited two
hours, but only between st. Paul and Min
neapolis. All other trains are on time,
including the special carrying the officials
to Omaha from Fort Dodge
The Wisconsin Central will arrive about
noon. The limited was delayed at Glad
stone, where the track was washed out
under the Northern Pacific tracks.
The Omaha roads limited was caught
south Of Fairchild and is due at 2 O'clock.
The western division has not been heard
lrom.
The ST. Louis Chicago train was held
up about two hours. All Milwaukee east
ern trains are going over the l.. & M.
division. The trains are taken to- Has
tings, thence to Pennington, over the +.
& M. to Austin, and over the Southern
Minnesota to La Crosse, where the main
line Is reached again. The early train
leaving last evening, No. ST., got thru on
the river division. The limited and the
fast mail were taken the other way.
Trains are slow in arriving, which dis
arranges the distribution of equipment
seriously.
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WORST RAIN IN YEARS
No Such DeIuse Has Been Known Here
Since 1892.

Since 1892.
The heaviest rain that has fallen during
fourteen consecutive hours since the local
weather bureau was established thirteen
years ago. drenched Minneapolis ! asst
night. Between p. m. yesterday and
a, m, to day, Ats inches Of precipitation"
was recorded. This was probably heavi-
er rainfall In the same tieme-artho the
records are indehnite-than the 8.39 inches
that fell during seventy-two hours onsJuly
IS, 81 and 90, 1892. Since that date the
only downpour Of comparable size took
place on Aug % and "a 1893, when 4.oS
Inches was registered during sixteen hours
and a half. -
Thus during a little more than one
third of the current month, 6.05 inchese Of
rain have weighted the gauge at the fed
eral building, or considerably more than
twice the PTS inches that is the average
rainfall for September.
Cellars became tanks last night, base
ments were transformed into aquariums
turnout the city. Not few citizens
passed wet and dreary hours rnaneuvering
bucket brigade to keep their families
from drifting apart.
Retaining Wall Falls.
Undermined by the heavy rush of water
down the steep incline between Clifton
place and Oak Grove the twenty-foot re-
tention wall in the rear of Dr.. II. Mel.
Morton's residence at 316 Clifton place
gave way during the night and crashed
into the barn owned by Henry Doerr,
327 Oak Grove. The barn was badly dam
aged and the wall will have to be entirely
rebuilt.
Mlnnetonka Away Up.
At Lake Minnetonka the water rose
like Macedonian fury. The amount Of
| the rise at one point was 51s inches, SO
| that the lake has now attained nearly the
level that it reached last spring. The
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12
COUNTRY is FLOODED

More Than Four Inches OF Rain at New
uIm-other Reports.
Specials to The journal.
Arlington, s. D.. Sept. 12.-Fully 8
inches Of water has fallen here in the past
fifteen hours and is still raining. This will
further damage grain in shock and stop
threshing for a week.
Renville, Mimi, Sept. 1.-THE soaking
rain has made it practically certain that
threshing will not be finished this fall in
this vicinity 1t is impossible to get upon
the water soaked fields with machinery.
Fall blowing will be partly abandoned.
The grain in shock and stack is deterior-
ating rapidly as rule, because of poor
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WHAT A ZIMMERMAN SAYS
Thomas shevIln Says Norris Bill Is Good
-One objection,

s-one Objection.
1.-THE Morris bill is a good bill We
don't. want it stricken from the statute
books, for we believe it to be one of the
best bills ever put there, but we do think
that part of the bill is bad that puts upon
the Indians the expense Of burning the
refuse and debris" said Thomas Shevlin
this morning. g.
IF the government or any individuals
want to make a park or a forest reserve
out of some of the cutover Chippewa
lands in the Leech Lake country, let the
government or, the individuals pay for 1t.
The bill in its present form puts that
burden on us and in order to protect our
selves we are changing our bids just
enough to cover the expense, which we
estimate at 50 per thousand.
There is whoe lot that Is good about
the bin. Especially do I commend that
clause which provides that no expense
arising outsof the forestry provision shall
be charged to the Indians It is just that
clause which the trainers of the bill
ignored when they turned the lumbermen
into a park, board, or attempted to. For
the expense of cleaning UP the ground
after 1t has been cut over will surely fall
upon the Indians who are to benefit by
the sale of the timber.
I'VE have already discussed the very
questionable Judgment of cutting the last
of the timbersin Minnesota in so short a
period. Twenty annual cuttings would be
much better for. the state at large than
to have all the timber removed In five or
six years. ststs s {, l:$ =
TT does not affect our position because
we are called names by persons Of aues-
tionable standing. No business in the
world has been so Systematically attacked
as has the lumber business. We have no
quarrel with anybody. We simply think
that the Morris law could be changed to
general advantage by emitting that sec
ton which requires the lumberman to
burn green tops and to otherwise, clean
the ground he has cut over"
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ARMY MEN AS TEACHERS
Officers Will Instruct State Militia
The Detail Is in Good
Demand.
From The Journal Bureau, Room As, Post Build

From The Journal Bureau, Room As, Post Build
ing, Washington.
washington Sept. 1.-THE general staff
Of the army is. now wrestling with the
problem Of assignments of officers on the
active list Of the regular army to duty as
instructors of militia. Under the new
militia law twent ysuch assignments are
to be made, and there is a great rush on
the part Of officers for the places. Among
the states entitled to such detaili, to be
made on request Of the governors, are
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa,
in the northwest with nearly all Of the
older states Of the east. New York and
New Jersey have indicated that they are
in need Of such instructors, as they have
competent men in their own organizations.
These assignments do not affect those Of
regular army officers at state universities.
such as Major Morgan now has at the
University Of Minnesota
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cured more cases Of nervousness than any
other medicine in existence simply be-.
cause sit%eures the conditions upon which
nervousness depends. +.
A>Eetter From a v. S. Senator's Wife.
Mrs. Verona E. Roach, wife of the, late
senator Roach of North Dakota, writes
from Larinore, N. D.:
Il can cheerfully recommend your ex-
cellent remedy, Peruna. Indeed, I know
OF no other remedy as good as yours. It
Is grand tonic."-Verona E. Roach.
II You do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use Of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement Of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio.
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It would appear that Miss Alice Roose-
velt's visit to Newport did not stir that
fashionable colony any more than would
the arrival of Miss Mary Ann Smith. Mrs.
James p. Kernochan, who dotes on celeb
rites, was her hostess, but the presidents
daughter did not cause anything of
social sensation. and other Newport
women betray no particular anxiety to
worship at her shrine. BY all accounts.
however, this lacksaf enthusiasm does not
appear to worry the young woman in the
least.
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MEN WELL MATCHED
Rivalry for Place on the Rifle Team
Is Sharp at Camp Lake
view.
Scores Of the Men at the Fixed Dis
tances and on the Skin
mish Run.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Camp Lakeview, Lake City, Mimi. Sept.
12.-Sorne good shooting has been done
by state riflemen, for every man seems
to be determined to get a place on the
team, and it will be. difficult to choose.
There was contest yesterday after
noon between two squads which shows
how evenly they are matched The names
Of all the men were placed in hat and
well shaken, after which an officer took
his place on either side of Captain Lee
who held the hat, and they were allowed
to draw from it alternately When the
commenced shooting at fixed distances
and then made the skirmish run. When
the contest was completed there was only
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12
MISS NETTIE NIEMANN, White
Vl Mound, Wis, writes:
Nv i The Peruua Medicine Ca.

II lOS. NEIllE NlEMANN, White
INN Mound, Wis, writes:
1N1 The Psruna Medicine Co.,
Columbus, Ohio:
Ihave been afflicted since child
hood with q most unpleasant catarrh
of the head. Nothing / did seemed to
cure me and when / coughf q cold my
troubles Increased. While visiting a
friend learned the real value of Pc
runa. had often heard 1t praised,
bit mover paid serious stfenfton to it.
MY friend, However, had been cured
of CafArrh by Psruna and / decided TO,
use 1t faithfully and await results. /
am glad to say that my greatest ex-
pecfafi0ns were realized and / was
surprised to find how readily 1 was
cured and how speedily. Within a
month all the catarrh was out of my
system and have NOT beer troubled a
particle since. lido recommend Peru
ma for cafarrk.- -.Miss Nettie Niemaun
Catarrh Of the head IS liable to spread
to other organs It Is the direct cause
of many severe stomach arrangements
Catarrh Of the stomach and nervousness
go hand in hand.
Nervousness is a vague term which
covers all OF those ailments which result
from 81 bloodless condition Of the, nerve
c4nters. a. Systemic iCatarrh is very FREE
quently the cause of this condition II Every
mucous membrane In the body is slightly
deranged by systemic catarrh. This leads
to complete generalization Of the diges-
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80. III 4S4 l,6S3
The annual shoot for the team from the
different regiments was held as usual be-
tween Company B of the First regiment,
Minneapolis; Company c of the Third,
from Winona and Company B of the
Third, from Anoka, Company B of An
Okla winning the trophy again this year.
Their scores were as follows: Company
B Of the Third, 765; Company of the
First 726, and Company c Of the Sec
ond, 723.
The scores do not run as high as they
have in some Of the contests in the past,
but the men were shooting at the regu-
lation bulls-eye target instead of the
figures they have used in the past. AS
the new range is not completed, they have
to shoot on the long range and the ground
is very rough. making it hard work to
make good skirrnish run It is expected
the new range will be completed by FRI
day next.
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about forty three points between the two

about forty-three points between the two
teams.
Twenty-Five men are in camp and they
commenced to shoot yesterday for the
final place, but there will be no more
scores given out and the team will not
be chosen until about the 18TH
Ten men and four alternates will be Sc
lected for the final work, and these will
compete in the contest, commencing on
the 22d. Following is list of all the
men and the scores they have made at
fixed distances and also on the skirmish.
also the total which determines where
they stand in the contest:
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Since Early Womanood Was Fretfu, Nervous and Irri
tabIe-Pe-ru-nd Made Me Well.''

Miss Hattie Grace 254 West Fortysxh Street. N.
Peruna has changed from freffu irritable,
into healthy ard happy Nothing worry
Since early W0manhood
bearingd0wa pains and thin
Peruna restored Those who knew
understand the but blessed word
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Among the many presents received by the Car
last Easter the offering of Siberian convict
attracted special attention and the Czar is said
to- have derived extraordinary pleasure from II
It consisted Of hazel nut: the hollow1of Which
ally carved ii bone. The convict had worked on
It for many months.
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EIGHT INCHES Of SNOW

Heavy Storm In Montana-Two Feet
Near Pryor Mountain.
Red Lodge, Mont, Sept. IA heavy
snow storm swept over southern Montana
last night and everything is covered with
a layer of snow about eight inches deep.
Much grain Is still standing and il Is
probably ruined. The storm covered
wide area.
It was reported that two feet of snow
fell near Pryor mountain. I,
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ment will take no chances with tho In
dams, and at the first intimation from
Major Scott that there Is serious trouble,
two companies of soldiers will be ordered
to the scene Of the trouble, one to be
stationed at Walker and the other at
Cass Lake. However. it is, not believed
such an emergency will arisen
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12
DisfIgured Skin

Wasted muscles and decaying bones.
What havaoI
Scrofula, :ss alone. is capable OF all that,
and more.
It is commonly marked by punches In
the neck, in1ammations in the eyes, dys-
pepsia, catarrh, and general debility.
1t is always radically and permanently
cured By
Hoods Jdrsaparilla
Which expels oil hunors, cures all erup-
Sions, and builds up the whole system.
whether young or old.
Hoods Pills cure liver Ills the non-irr finding and
only cathartic to take with Hoods SarsapaIilla.
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Professor G. G. Maynard, department OF
Washington, has in preparation
q volume on all the guns and rifles that have
been used by the United States army.
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Bronchial Troubles are often permanently cured
by Pisos Cure for Consumption. Csc per bottle
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GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching. Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Your druggist will refund your money II PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure you. so cents.
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
Cap and Gown.

Cap and Gown.
To the Editor of The Journal.
This clipping from your edition Of yes
terday strikes me as being the only really
foolish thing that l have ever read on
your editorial page.
~ A correspondent yesterday called attention to
the fact that this college tomfoolery of wearing
caps and gowns la Mother Hubbard has reached
Carleton college at Northfield, in this state.
Persons having college degrees are requested to
Come dressed in gowns''s to the installation of
the new president, and the invitation card kind
" gives information as to. where the frippery
may be rented FOR the occasion Shades Of
Thomas Jefferson! Gowns for plain American
citizens, and rented at that! The be Hubbarded
holders Of degrees will have difficulty to keep
from laughing in each others faces when they
swish-swash by at Mortified the great day
Minneapolis Journal. April 20.
S.. Why should it be any more ridiculous
for "a plain American citizen to appear
dressed in gown" if it pleases him than
it is for the justices of the supreme court
or even the pope of Rome to SO appear?.
IL F. D. IIinkley.
Milwaukee, April 80.
Well, every one to his taste. It is not
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New York Times.


With many other things highly priced
in the old days, the sundial is coming
back into favor. In these times Of pros
perity, when there is an art sale every.
other day, adjoining country homes is a
passion. There must be room left in the
houses that the occupants can move about
in more or less comfort, SO that the at
tention is now largely given to purchasing
objects of art to adorn the lawns. The
modern taste will not tolerate the un-
natural castiron stays and other gro
tesque objects which once We're the pride
of the pretentious, with the result that
there has been a demand for sundials quite
unexpected, but speedily gratifed by those
whose business it is to have in stock what
is most in demand.
These dials are many and some Of them
are unique. There is the equinoctial,
horizontal VERTICAL south, north. east or
west and even the portable, or ship dial.
They are made Of deliberately engraved
heavy brass, bronze. slate or marble, and
are all finding a ready sale:
Perhaps the most interesting Of all is
the "ana1ernmatic dial. This has NOV
able style, or gnomon. There is a scale
of the suns declnation for every day in
| hours at the division even to eighths on
| the outer, circle From 43O to 1880 are the
| hours designated in latitude Al degrees
| On the sliding scale in the middle of the
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body cast on the ground. The dial meas
uring time by the length OF the shadow
had the disadvantage Of requiring alta
BILE Of numbers to show the length Of the
shadow at every hour for the different
times of the year. The Arabians, SPLEEN
did, mathematicians and astronomers,
were clever in counting time by the shad-
ow. and even, the Turks paid attention
to It..
With the Renaissance the science OF
gnon1ics was again cultivated in Europe.
It was Portuguese astronomer who first
noticed and. explained the phenomenon
of the retrogradation of the shadow on
the dial in different ATTITUDES. Some had
supposed that this was an explanat Ion of
the Bible story Of the dial Of Ahaz, but
this IS quite inadmissible in the light Of
the better knowledge Of the latitudes,'
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THE ANALEMMATlc DIAL.

in the direction of the cardinal points
They are believed to have been the first
to divide the day into twenty four equal
parts. This was long before the Greeks
had reached the same refinement in reck-
oning time. The first step of the Greeks
was doubtless the astronomical deterrni-
nation Of noon.s an invention which Dioge-
mes Laertius attributes to Anaximander,
the successor of Thales, who erected a
gnornen about 900 years before the Chris
tan era. This indicated noon either by
the shortest shadow or by its falling upon
a meridian line.
.Herodotus has another version Of the
origin of the use of the dial among the
Greeks, saying that they divided the day
| Into twelve equal parts. according to the
system Of the Babylonians. His idea is
Icorroborated by ancient writer's, who
ascribe the art to the Babylonians, but
| there are Others who claim the honor for
different races with whom the Greeks came
lin contact.
The Romans were very late in adopt
| ing anything like a, tolerably accurate
method Of dividing time. Even in the
fifth century after the building of Rome
| the only periods of the day noted were
| the rising and the setting of the sun and
midday, which was proclaimed by: a her
| aid, when he saw the sun from the senate
! house near the Rostra. The first sun dia
/ by Papirius Cursor about the year of the
city 46O, that he might fulfil vow made
/ by his father.
I "Pliny doubts this story, and says tina
the first dial was set UP near the Rostra
/ about thirty years later. This was during
the first Punic war. Valerius Messals
/ brought the dial to Rome from Catania
! Sicily, after taking the city. 1t did no
/ keep good time in Rome because it was
4 constructed for a latitude considerabl,
i different from that Of Rome, yet it wa
used for ninety mine years. The Consu
4 Maritus, Philippus caused another AM
i more exact dial to be erected, and tEi
4 was probably the work Of some Greek, a
the. arms Of Rome had been carr, carried Int;
4 Greece. a-.ss4GS
Sun dials are frequently mentioned il
! the writings Of the ancients. Menande
! introduces in one of his plays a hungr.
4 parasite who has been watching TIL
shadow on the dial awaiting the time t.
eat.s In his eagerness he had begun s.
4 early as to mistake the shadow Of tn
4 moonlight for that of the sun.
s. Modern dials in general indicate tn
I hours by the position Of the shadow Of
a plane, but there is reason to believ
that some of the earlier dials showed tn
time by the length Of the shadow. w
all know that sayages have had a fairl
accurate perception Of the passing Q
!, I.time by the length Of the shadow of tn
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expected that we shall all agree about
everything in this world and it is fortunate
that we do not. But any one who cannot
see the difference between the begowned
A. Ms and Phi: DIS and the robed jus
tices of the supreme court or the pope,
who occupy official positions of great dig
nifty and whose robes signify something
more than the desire of the wearer to i'm
press somebody with his personal import,
ance or his great attachments, has some
thing of value to acquire, it seems to the
writer in the way of discriminating facui
ty. But, of course, we may be all wrong
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Paris, May ga dispatch from Basti Corsica,
says the Capuchins who had been barrcaded In
their monastery there for many days.
PEELED to-day by the police, a detachment of in.
fantry and number of gendarmes. The friars,
who had been without food for two days. owing
to the state of siege. refused the final demand of
the authorities to take down their barricades.
and the doros were then broken in with axes
and the friars were arrested About 1000 per-
sons made demonstration against the authorities
but they were dispersed.
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PROPOSALS FOR CAVALRY HoRsEs-or.

PROPOSALS FOR CAVALRY HoRsEs-oF.
flee CO. NJ. st. Paul, Mimi, May 4, 1903
Sealed proposals in triplicate will be received
at this office until IL o'clock a. M, MAY 49,
1909 and opened then for furnishing and de-
livery at Fort Yates. n. D., 80 cavalry horses
Bids for less than the entire number required
and for delivery at points other than Fort
Yates will be entertained. Delivery to COM
lnence within three weeks after notice of
award, and be completed within 90 days there
after. Roai,s, light and dark sorrels desired
Full information may be had at this office.
United States reserves the right to accept or
reject any or all proposals or any part there.
Of. George 3. Pond, e. q. NJ.
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c. E. CONVENTION
Great Plans for Big Meeting at De
yer in July

yer in July.
The officers of the United Society OF
Christian Endeayor and the convention
committee at Denver expect the coming
convention at Denver, July 9-13, to be the
greatest in the history Of the Christian
Endeavor movement. Minneapolis En-
deavorers take a great interest and many
are planning to attend. Burton D. Thomp
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ABREY Is STnRMED.

about this. And perhaps it isn't really
very important