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.haps the only o1icer 81 the history 81
any navy who received signal honor
through the loss Of his ship. Yet such
was his conduct at that time when. In
the midst Of appalling disaster, he.
showed superb nerve and courage. that.
he has been accorded all the honor that
usually comes to sailor who gains
distinction in battles.
1t SO. happened that the fortunes Of.
the war succeeding the blowing up Of
the Maine did not bring to Sigsbee the.
opportunity for further: achievement in
the active service, for he-was placed in
charge of a big fast steaming scout from
which no serious fighting could Be ex-.
pected, but he is one Of the men In the
service who could be counted On for
any emergency and who will be counted
on In any emergencies which may come
again. r. 8. :,:z'' =
K .Sigsbee's position in the navy has not
been gained simply by his experience
with the Maine, although his popular
reputation rests on that. He is one
of the most thorough-go1ng on1cers in
the entire service, fine-grained and of
scientific attainments. For several
years before the war with Spain he was
at the head of the photographic office,
and in that capacity he introduced i'm
provements and invented appliances
which bear his name and which; have
been of extraordinary value. Personal
ly, he is one of the most charming of
gentlemen, rare story teller and an
artist of considerable attainment.
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Every soldier in the British army
as the "emergency ration" This con.
sists Of small tin cylinder, similar
to a pocket flask, divided into two
compartments. One of these is filled
with four ounces of cocoa paste and
the other contains a similar quantity
of concentrated beef (pemmican) AS
its title implies, the ration is not to
be used except in he case of direst
necessity and If consumed in small
quantities it will maintain strength
for sc hours,
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Leland M. Finks, of Calhoun, claims
to have the coat of arms of the Wash
ington family, Washington's official
pedigree and a silver watch which
formerly belonged to the Father of
His Country" Washington loved good
horses, and Mr.. Finks says he used
this watch in timing his fast goers
The articles, he states, we're given him
by his mother, and to her by her
father. Where his grandfather got
them he does not state. They may be
exhibited in the Missouri building at
the St. Louis fair
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Long before J. P. Morgan tried his
daring experiment Of organizing the
ship trust, Baron Shibusawa, of Japan,
cemented a number of warning lines
into the Japan Mail Steamship Co., the
fifth largest shipping corporation in
the world. For this he has been
named the Morgan of Japan" Shi-
busawa was one of the first Japanese
to taste European civilization, having
been sent to Paris in the time of Ma
pOleOn III.
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The scarcity and high prices of cot
ton this year, which has forced many
English mills to close down and caus-
ed great suffering among thousands
who have thus been made idle, has
spurred the government to take re-
newed interest in the problem of rails
ing cotton IN English colonies, and it
Is proposed to give government sup
port to colonists who may try to raise
cotton. According to the latest re-
ports, British Guiana has splendid
conditions for the production of the
staple.
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From London comes the report that
Mackenzie Davidson, the noted sur
geon at .Charing Cross hospital, has
announced that he has successfully
treated case of superficial cancer by
means of radium. DR.. Davidson is
treating two other cases, and promises
success in each. He says that, while
radium has proved successful and ef-
fective with superficial cancer, he can
not say it will cure internal cancer, as
he has not experimental with them
yet, and does not want to raise false
hopes,
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A Boston entomologist makes the
extraordinary - statement that bugs,
under which generic name he includes
the little creatures from the grass
hopper down to the ladybug, are de-
stroying property in this country to
the amount of $3.50 900, 900 year. The
grasshopper eats up 100000 worth
of vegetation, the Hessian fly So, 0,0O0,-
900, the chinchbug $4,000, 900, the po-
tato.bug $8,000,000. Moths, ladybugs,
tobacco-worms, squashbugs, beetles
and numerous other chronological en-
titles consume the remainder.
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though he might have just come of age,
for his smooth shaven face, with it's
clean-cut features and keen, flashing
eyes, have all the characteristics of
eager youth. -.
Young Robb was subordinate in the
department Of justice when the postal
scandals began. He had been working
away there without any special desire
to bring himself before the public for
months, but the quality of his mind had
attracted the attention of the attorney
general, and when Postmaster General
Payne asked Mr.. Knox to detail some
bddy to the post Office department to
assist in the legal features of the in
quiry the attorney general promptly
suggested Robb. The young man had
feeling that in leaving the department
of justice he was cutting himself on
from association which would be of
value to him in his profession, and he at
first begged to be excused But SO great
was the attorney generals confidence
in him that both Mr.. Knox and Mr..
Payne insisted on his accepting the as
signment, and he agreed. It was with
the understanding, however, that when
the Investigation was concluded he
should resign and return to the depart-
ment of Justice If he desired.
It is doubtful, though, whether he de-
mands the fulfillment OF that agree
ment. He has displayed keenness.
knowledge Of the law, splendid fudg-
ment and courage. He has won the re-
gard Of everybody in authority. and. nm
Less all signs fail, he has lined out for
himself career Es 4
E55s.s s5z LOUIS A. CooL1DGR
It isn't necessary to spend money 81
advertising your troubles; simply ten
them to = gossip. 49,
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Spanish cafes of
the lower West
side make fine
prowling places for
novelists in search
of material for
stories of Latin
American life; for
they are always
well provided with
.scowling, whisper
In e, mysterious
plotters against
the peace of the
Southern Central
American repub-
lies. They are the
"OutS."
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heartedly add to
New Y0rk'sz At
tractiveness. They
are Il the birds of
passage who stay
in harbor q day or
two while waiting
for their ships to
proceed to Spain.
Mostly about the
old T: Battery, or At
piers in farthest
] lBrooklyn warp IN
the tall tramlpIs q
with j II the Latin,
namesthe 9 Con-
cepcions, = and the
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The sting of an insect inoculated
DR.. w. A. Bennett, of Liberty. Pa,
with the dread disease anthrax While
driving to see patient he was stung,
and IL minutes later was compelled
to cut his collar off on account of the
swelling. After a consultation the dis.
ease has been pronounced anthrax.
The doctors think the insect must
have been feeding on Chinese hides
at one of the tanneries, and carried
the germs of the disease.
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the old world-in
London. particu's-
larly. In N e "
York poor people
have oftentimes to
live in detestable
holes not to be
matched >in Eu-
rope north of
Naples, but they
&c ner lily have
enough to eat.
Fat and rosy
and contented in
the main are the
dwellers in New
York's. most in
credible, homes" I"
n0w tn no vacated
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world. -zConcede
that the majority
of the labor lead
ers are men not
only of honesty
and sincerity, but
of unusual abil-
ity. I have met
many of them in
this country and
in England, and
can bear, testi-
mony to their high
average character.
That makes it
the easier for the
occasional black
sheep to do busi-
>AnA ~
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and during his incumbency the branch
of the service to which he has belonged
has advanced in prestige from a posi-
tion of little consideration until to-day
1t stands as high as any other branch.
That advance has been due in great
measure to his power of concentration,
clearness Of observation and pride in
his work. He has done more to break
the medieval traditions and customs of
the sailing age than any other dozen
individuals in the service or out of it.
Up to the time he became chief of the
bureau of steam engineering the en-
gineers in the navy were looked down
upon by the line officers as "greasers."
That was the term of contempt which
was usually applied in speaking of
them. When looking over the compile
ment allowed each warship the new
chief discovered that the .entire en-
gineer's force was officially designated
as "idlers." The officers above deck
would not tolerate the idea that the
men who were really responsible for the
condition Of the ship, its speed and con-
tion.
Melville changed all this. For years
he worked for the proper rating and
rank Of the engineers, until under the
personnel bill what he had fought for
was won, and an engineer now has the
relative rank to which he had long been
entitled. 1t was Melville who forced rec
ognition of the fact that, as Prof. Hut
ton said at Columbia university, when
Melville was honored with the degree
of master of science, "the achievements
of our fleets are the result in great part
Of the thought, the planning and the ca
pacity of those engineers who gave
them their weapons and who operate
for them the battle machines with
which their work is DONE"
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none has deserved
more credit than
the young man
who was selected
to take the place
of Assistant At
torney General Ty-
ner when Tyner
W a s dismissed.
The young mans
name is Charles
H. Robb. He is a
Vermonter and he
is still some dis.
tance under 40.
TT a - 4l>Ac oo
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Memorial tablets are to be fixed by
the London county council to Holly
lodge, Campden Hill, Kensington, the
house in which Macaulay died; to No.
4, Whitehall Gardens, in which Sir
Robert Peel died, and to No. 20, Theo-
balds road, the house in which Dis
raeli was born.
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often been COM
pared to a Viking,
and that descrip-
tion also fits his fine
g. c h / e v e m e nts
while connected
with the Jeanette
expedition to the
Arctic years ago.
Melville is one of
the strongest men
who has held a
commission in the
navy for two gen.
erations. During
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plishments have at
tracted the atten-
tion of many of
the most promi-
nent people in the
capital. During the
anxious days of
Pope i, Leo's last
illness this COL
ored boy who at
tended the door
astonished the at
taches and under
secretaries of the
foreign embassies
u,hO ao11o6 fro
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An Austrian naturalist named Wer-
Der has ascertained by numerous ex-
periments that frogs can see no oh.
jects at distance of over 20 times the
length of their bodies. Crocodiles can
distinguish objects ten times the
length of their bodies, and boa con-
strictors only one-quarter of their own
length
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There has ben launched at Eufaula,
l. IT,, the first issue Of the first daily,
paper ever printed or published by an
Indian. The editor Is Alex. Posey,
known as the Greek Bard" and a
member of the Creek tribe of Indians.
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w. Melville the
navy loses one Of
the bravest men
who ever wore its
uniform and one Of
the most striking
characters of the
generation. For 1e
years Melville has
been engineer in
chief of the navy.
He has. held the Of
flee underfour pres
idents, Cleveland,
Harrison, McKin-
1oxy or1 D10couo1f.
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set a record not
easy to beat. New
port is melan-
choly.
Wall street is at
the bottom of it.
Newport is the
capital of those
who have "ar-
rived in business
and society. Sara
toga is more dem
ocratic. Newport
has been made sad
by the depression d
In stocks; Sara
toga welcomes the
lucky bears with
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occurs the name of
Charles D. Sigsbee,
who now becomes
a rear admiral. 1t
may be doubted, ,
however, whether
sigsbee's new title
ever sits easily on
him. He won his
place in the Amer
ican roll Of fame
as Capt. Sigsbee,
and thus he will
always be remem-
bered. ...s5 &. .3 Z
= #-
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A Viennese father punished his lit
tie girl so severely for pawning his
overcoat to buy sweets that she at
tempted to commit suicide by taking
phosphorus. The father did not call
a doctor for two days, and she was
taken to a hospital. He was sum-
moned for neglecting to attend to her
while she was ill.
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rails lean Cuban, Guatemalan, Costa
Rican, Brazilian beauties in garb that
brightens up the dull streets Of Ware-
houses.
They come ashore ii little groups to
enjoy breath OF fresh air and wander
Eup and down the streets, arm 81 arm.
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Poultry at the State Fair.

The poultry exhibition at the Min
nesota state fair of 1903 will be made
under the most satisfactory conditions
since the fair commenced, and it prom
ises to be the largest ever seen on the
fair grounds. Since the fair of 1902,
the fair management has expended
several hundred dollars in purchasing
permanent show coops. The poultry
building is now equipped with these
coops and no other will be used. AS
usual, the poultry department is under
the .superintendence of that veteran
poultry fancier, Leslie Parlin, st. Paul.
This years fair opens on August 31st,
when Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana,
will make great speech. =
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YORK TER.
Glimpses Of the Varied Side Of Life
if. IN q Great City.
Home SWEET HOME. IN DUMPS
Cafes Where South American Plotters
Meet and Hatch Revolutfons-The
:. ''srafter,' In the Labor world
Newport and Saratoga. T. :,

I New York. There is this difference
between a New York slum aud one in
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The Ways Of the "Grafter."
New York stands appalled, at the
revelations OF. graft" in the labor
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Gifted Toung Colored Man.
At the papal legation in Washington
is a colored messenger whose accom-
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.NAISAInG1' ( | P[OPL
Entertaining Chat About Men Who,
at Present, Are in Public Eye.
NAvYL0SESvAk kUABLE OFFICER
Splendid Career of Rear Admiral Mel
willie, Who Has just Been Retired
-Sigsbee Promoted-Gifted Col
ored Man-Robb's Future.

Washington-In the retirement from
active service of Rear Admiral George
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Not Compulsory.


For the first time in many years the
public schools of Minnesota will open
this fall to oil children without ques-
tion regarding vaccination. The new
statute which received Gov. Van SAINTS
signature in April last expressly for
bids the compulsory vaccination Of any
child or the requirement of vaccination
as qualification for school attendance.
Only in case smallpox becomes cpl.
demic can vaccination of school chill
dren be required. and then only when
= board of health and school board
acting jointly enact such rule. This
bill was a compromise measure after
the defeat Of a bill prohibiting all
compulsory vaccination: which last
spring passed the house and was re-
jected by the efforts Of medical men,
bers in the senate.
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all over the world as commander Of the
Inflated Maine when she went down in
the harbor Of Havana. and he i per-
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The Spanish Americana In Port.
There are other spanish-Amertcans
less troubled by politics who 1ieht.
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Heroism ON Jeanette Expedition.
Melville, with his splendid great
head and his bushy beard and hair, has
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Short Of Money.

The state board of Investment will
probably be compelled to refuse nu-
merous applications for county ditch
loans in order to protect other and le-
gitimate drafts on the permanent
school fund. The board originally
hoped to make a large number of small
ditch loans. and at the same time be
able to protect the school districts,
townships and counties desiring au-
thorized loans for other purposes.
Marshall county took 100000 for
bitches, Polk $91, 900 and Meeker 3d.
600, which leaves the board in posi-
ton practically compelling it to refuse
or materially scale down the large
number of applications now pending
or expected. .
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The Cafes of Revolution.
There is room in q great city for
all sorts of queer people. Certain
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Sigsbce to BE Promoted.

In the list of promotions to follow
the retirement of Rear Admiral Remev
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= Newport and Saratoxa.
Saratoga is having the most bril-
liant year in its history-and last yea,
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New Creamery Maps.

The state dairy apd food department
has just issued new creamery map Of
the state It is a large map with all
the creameries, skimming stations and
cheese factories plainly marked. It
shows clearly which are the heaviest
dairy sections and also the spread ot
the creameries into the northwester1,
part of the state, where new land III
being opened. .-ss. H..
There are now 681 creameries, "a
cheese factories and SO skimming sta
tions in the state. IS, 5s.z
News Notes. <s*$ *$$5s
Amelia Reszka, years old, was
drowned at Winona-
Sept. 2is Territorial Pioneer day at
the Minnesota state fair, and the ma
tive Sons Of Minnesota will on the
same day hold . basket lunch and re-
union on the state fair grounds Any
one born in Minnesota prior to 1867
are eligible to membership in this new
organization, and all such are invited
TO be present and enter their names
on the roll. f
John 6. Hinke1, aged 45, q member
Of the ST Paul Commercial club, tho
Union OF Commercial Travellers, tho
Junior Pioneers and the Order Of Ellxs,
shot himself IN the head at McKubin
street and selby avenue, st. Paul
river excursion was given on the
steamer Cyclone by the colored people
fof the. Twin Cities a 10-round prize
fight was held on the boat between
John La Rue and Nike McWeeyer,.
which was declared q draw.
Miss Katherine Grathwol Of sSt Paul
is dead, s. q result Of 8 runaway ona
mountain III ats Santa Barbara, Cal,
/ where shs had gone for her heal
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~: Scheme to Fool Chlnch BuRs.

The state experiment station has
sent its entomologist to inquire into
the chinch bug situation around St.
Cloud, and see what, if anything, can
be done next year to lessen the injury
from these pests. He visited the farms
of Rowing Bros. ), Harborn, N. P. Clark,
Michael Bretz and others. He reports
that conditions have not been exagger-
ated on Clark's upper farm. Last year
chinch bugs took the young carrot
crop. .,- l:*
Entomologist Washburn> intimates
that a strip of millet about the corn,
planted at such time that it would
be about ten inches high whe', the
bugs 60 from barley or wheat to corn,
might induce them to prefer millet or
pidgeon grass to corn. This would
probably allow the corn to get ahead
of them and they could be destroyed
on the millet in various ways. !. =
Diseased chinch bugs are no longer
sent out by the station, it having been
proved impracticable. "
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r1NNESO NEWS
ToBanedt the Indi.ns


fspr g. =. Scott, setting Indian
agent 6 onig nm. has received from
Washington AUTHORITY TO make con-HH
siderable improvements on the proper.
y of which he IS iCeass Lake.
school will be enlarged under the di-1l
rection Of DR.. Rodwell, agent at sCass
Lake, and the school. at Cross Lake
will be enlarged, the saw mill will be
re-esta blished at Red Lake agency.
horses will be.purchased and the agen-.
cy building repaired at Red Lake. A
school house barn will be built. This
work costing few thousand dollars,
Major Scott expects to have finished BY
fall. Several buildings have been re-.
Gently been added to the Leech Lake
agency and others are contemplated.
The report that the Indians are on
the increase is misleading. The statis-
ties show neither q decline nor a i'm
crease, but that the population is at q
standstill, especially on the reservar
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& It isn't necessary to spend money Is
advertising your troubles; simply ten
them to ! gossip. ,s:s=55s
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OF all the men who have made reputa-
tions in the post Office Investigation
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-14
ON z
I MINUTE
GUS SAUR==G. Van WERDEN

for loans incident to the carrying over Of
stocks from Friday until Monday to cause
a furry in the caI loan market on a Fri
day. TODAY II was feared that the prep
ardtion for the payment Of the S2J,o91CJO
of Standard oil dividends on Monday
would ag2ravate this tendency. On the
contrary, the market was notably calm.
until ~ were paid Traders We're disposed
TO reason that the position Of the banks
must be better than supposed. 1t was
considered also that the profit Of Standard
oil dividend might be coming into the mar
ket by anticipation. Rumors We're renew
ed OF intended measures Of money market
relief by the treasury department and Il
was alleged that the presence in wash
irgtOn of J. Z. Morgan was for the pur-
pose Of urging such measures. The pro
posed measure took form in the TumorS
Of the redemption prior to maturity OF
the outsta ndins per cent bonds Of the
government. This issue, Of which there
is Sl9 $50. go still outstanding, natures on
February l. 1874. The rumor met with de-
mails in Washington. Much discussion
was given also to report that both
houses If congress would be called in
extra session early in the fail TO yahfy
the Cuban reciprocity treaty and also 10
act on the Aldrich financial hill or some
similar measure. The upward bound in
sugar was in response to this rumOr The
erect Of these rumors, which were al
without vertical ton was evidence OF the
primary Importance still attached to the
money situation in the speculative mar
kct. A sharp reaction on the London
Market dIter the recent klC4eHI 1QNtlHte
was the occasion Of some profit taking in
AmaIgamated Copper This was well alb
sorbed and did not cause more than IL
decline in the stock at any time. The
bringing Of suit by the Southern Pacific
pool interests to eniOin the Union Pacific
from voting its holding of Southern Pa
cific and the granting of the Injunction
had little effect on the prices of these
stocks. but rather quieted the specui3 ton
in them. The reaction in the last hour
seemed due TO profit taking on the days
advance by room traders. although the
rise in the call money rate to 81 per cent
after noon was an added Influence. The
bidding up of the rate to - per cent by
helated borrowers just before the close
was not given much significance. The
loss in cash 20 the sub-treaSurv for the
week of 81 405. 600 was Offset by the receipt
of only few hundred thousand dollars
on balance from the interior If tomor-
rows bank statement accurately reflects
these movements in the cash item there
must have been a loan contraction Of
more than $l20 900 to have prevented in
roads upon the legal reserve required Of
the banks. The bond market was dull and
Irregular. The total sales, par value,
s 2(5 G00
United States bonds were all unchanged
he Ia ct call