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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

advent of the railroad changed all that
and carried this traffic eighty-ave miles
farther to a point just below the White
Horse rapids.
I'M the way we stop again at Caribou
~ Crossing. the point at which boats
are taken for the Atlin mining dis
trict. Here is a little settlement and
from log cabin squatted on the sand at
the waters edge come an old gentleman,
clad in the garb of a bishop Of the Epis-
copal church. and his wife. a sweet-faced,
little old lady, who Is to take leave Of him
at the station as heSstarts on one Of his
missionary tours among the English
churches and Indian missions along the
Yukon. Bishop William Bompas of the
Selkirk diocese came from England in
1865 to relieve missionary stationed at
Port Simpson, which was then an i'm
portant trading post Of the Hudson Bay
company. He remained at Port Simpson
until 1874, when he returned to England
and brought out his bride, the delicate
and gentle, but courageous and faithful
little woman who dismisses him now on
his long journey with many little atten-
lions and admonitions as to the care Of
himself while on his mission. Bishop
Bompast is now SO years DID, his diocese
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-19

and devotion, where not corrupted by the
white man. He does not regard his life
thus spent as one of hardship. It has
brought him health and much happiness.
He speaks with enthusiasm Of the beauties
of the rivers and mountains of the bounti-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
MILLS ARE WAITING
FOR NEW COTTON CROP
There viii Be No General Resumption
for Six Weeks.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Aug. 9.-The
shutdown Of the mills in this city will
not be more extensive this week than
last, and rather less than that Of the
week before.
The curtailment may be summarized
as follows:
Operatives, 1900; spindles idle. $780,
900; reduction of production, 100000
pieces; saving to the mills in weekly
wages, $4,000.
Twelve corporations and sixteen
mills are affected.
This condition of affairs is likely to
continue for six weeks, or until the
new crop of cotton is on the market.
The official quarterly statement Of divi-
dends paid by Fall River mills shows
that for the last three months corpora
ton shareholders have received $780,
900. This is slight increase of the
total dividends paid for the preceding
quarter This apparent prosperity In
face Of the present curtaflment of pro-
duction is in a measure explained by
the fact that recent dividends repre-
sent earnings made by the manufacture
Of goods from cotton bought at much
lower figures than the ruling price OF
cotton today. Future dividends based
upon the present cost Of production
are anticipated with less satisfaction.
The recent purchase by the Fall River
iron works mills, the largest plant of
the kind in the world, Of 5000 bales Of
cotton, Is taken as an indication that
no serious curtailment at those mills Is
intended.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
Contemporary Comment
In Union Is Strength.

The proposition to unite the Trans
Mississippi congress and the irrigation
congress is not received with favor by
all the members, and those who are
chiefly interested in irrigation ques-
lions seem to be especially opposed
to it.
There is, however, not much reason
for maintaining two such organiza-
lions. Two sessions of delegates COM
ing from much the same country &C.
cupy too much time, since all the work
of the irrigation congress could be
organization. 81
The Trans Mississippi congress
should embrace not only the entire re-
gion west of the Missis: )pi geograph-
ically, but it should represent it in all
its varied interests: The welfare Of
the gulf coast is of Importance to the
whole interior and so is the welfare of
the Puget sound country. Irrigation is
one of the features of Western devel-
opment, but it is not the whole. AS a
part it might well be considered at
meetings of the Trans Mississippi con-
greSS.
The united effort OF The people of the
Trans Mississippi re gicn would find
more effectual and emphatic expression
in favor of irrigation in the larger con-
gress than it can in congress devoted
especially to that subject, since the
Trans Mississippi congress, being more
general and broader IN its scope, would
be supposed to express more clearly the
views of all the people.-Denver Re-
Dublioan. 7f'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
JAILER BATTLES
WITH CONNECTS
His Merry Act Prevents the
Escape of Two Des.
peradoes.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 9.-Tom
Horn, murderer Of Willie Nackell, and
Jim McCloud, murderer of Ben Min
nick. broke Jail this morning, but were
recaptured. Horn and McCloud over
powered Jailer Proctor at breakfast,
bound him hand and foot, carried him
to the sheriffs office and compelled
him to open the safe for the keys. Aft
er opening the outer door of the safe
Proctor grabbed his gun, and terrible
struggle ensued. Horn and McCloud
grappled with Proctor for possession
of the weapon, the jailer shooting at
every opportunity. He succeeded in
inflicting two flesh wounds on Horn.
After fighting twenty minutes Horn
and McCloud. hearing persons ap-
preaching in the hall, made a dash for
liberty. A general alarm was given.
and thousands of citizens with guns
turned out. Horn was captured about
800 yards from the Jail, stealing along
an alley. McCloud was caught in a
barn, where he put UP fight. A fusi-
lade Of rifle shots dislodged him after
few minutes. Deputy Sheriff Proctor
sustained several cuts and bruises. but
after the affair was over he casually
said to the cook:
'Have breakfast ready for the pris-
oners at 9 o'clock. and give Horn and
McCloud their fill"
Horn Is not seriously wounded. There
Is a strong talk of lynching.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
THE DRAMATIC SEASON.

The days are close upon us when
the plans for the dramatic season are
made at the head center Of things his
trionic New York; and st. Paul, as is
every other city. is interested in them.
Managers from all over the country
will congregate in New York this
month and make the principal book
ings for the winter, and upon the sue
cess of their undertakings will depend
that of our theatrical season.
Now there is no doubt that the man
ayers of the two important ST. Paul
theaters are Woodworking, conscien-
tious men who have labored for years
to give the best dramatic productions
to this community that they could OBJ
tain, and they have succeeded in spite
of the apparently lukewarm interest
taken by the public in their efforts.
We are in the habit of saying in st.
Paul that we do not have the best in
dramatic way, and not until the
plays and operas are a year old in the
East. But this fact, if it be one, is not
due to lack of enterprise on the part
of our managers, but because the most
successful offerings of opera or plays
do not leave the East for ten months
or a year if they are playing to stead
lily good houses.
We get whatever is valuable in plays
just as soon as it is possible to get
them; and sometimes our local man
ayers have brought some tremendous
piece at great expense all the way from
New York to st. Paul without any
stops between.
And how has the public received
these successes when they do come, and
in what way has it responded to the
invitation Of the managers to support
them in their work? Very meagerly
indeed. 1t Is unpleasant to have to
admit that the public has been disloyal
to its own interests In this matter, but
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
TODAY'S WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 9.-Fore-
cast: For Enthusiastically cloudy
Monday showers in eastern and southern
portions; Tuesday warmer, variable
winds.
For Upper Michigan-Partly cloudy
Monday with probable showers; Tuesday
fair, fresh winds mostly west.
For Iowa-Partly cloudy Monday, prob
able showers in northern and western
portions, cooler In northwestern portion;
Tuesday fair. warmer in western portion
For Enthusiastically fair Monday
and Tuesday. cooler Monday in north and
west portions.
For North Dakota-Fair Monday;
Tuesday fair, warmer.
For South Dakota-ShowerS Monday
cooler in central and eastern portions;
Tuesday fair, warmer
For Wisconsin-Fair in south, showers
in northern portion Monday; Tuesday
fair, warmer in western portion, variable
winds.
st. Paul-Yesterdays temperatures.
taken by the United States weather bu-
reau, st. Paul, w. E. Oliver, observer. for
the twenty-four hours ended at o'clock
last night-Barometer corrected for tenn
perature and elevation. Highest tempera-
ture, 60; lowest temperature, 81; average
temperature, So; daily range, g.; barom-
eter. 20 Sc; humidity, 80; precipitation,
IA; Z D. m. temperature, 81; p. m. wind,
east; weather, cloudy.
yry4
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
Long or Short campaians.

Can presidential campaigns be short
ened? 1t is often complained that as con-
Quoted they seriously interfere with
business, and the business community
naturally complains of this. If the
business community needs relief from
this quadrennial agitation we doubt
whether it can be given it in any other
way than by lengthefing the time be-
tween periods of agitation by extend
ing the presidential term. Questions
relating to candidates and policies have
fashion of fntruding themselves. The
agitation comes up from the people,
whose canvass of possibilities cannot
be suppressed, and the issues come up
from the people let the politicians
rough hew them as they may. The pc
Rod of agitation is determined less by
the managing politicians than by the
degree of public interest in public ques-
lions and their opponents. In 1896 Nc
Kinley and the Republican leaders
elected to make it tariff campaign
but the people elected to fight it out in
the main on the money issue and they
had their way. 1t Is the same with re-
gard to all else. If the people want a
long drawn-out campaign they will
have it, whether the convention be dat
ed early in the year of the election or
late.-Pittsburg Telegraph.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
TURKS GIVEN A
TASTE OF BARBARITY
Insurgents Massacre Inhabitants of a
Number of Villages.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Aug. 9.-Late
dispatches from Hilmi Pasha inspector
general of the reform movement. an
nounces the insurgents in large num-
bers in the district of Clisuri, Vilayet
of Monastir, attacked the village OF
Djivarek, near Kastoria, and massa-
cred the inhabitants, including women
and children, and then fefociouSly at
tackled neighboring villages, taking
many captives, some of whom were
burned alive Some Greek peasants
were also killed in one of the Kazis OF
the vilayet of Monastir, and in the
vilayet of Okhridi insurgents likewise
attacked some Mussulman villages.
They everywhere displayed rage and
ferocity, and the Mussulnan inhabit-
ants were greatly terrorized. The
government is taking every measure
possible to suppress the rising. Eight
more battalions have been ordered to
the vilayet of MonaStir. M. Maurocor-
dato, the Greek minister, has made
representations to the porte on behalf
of the Greek subjects.
M. RostkovSii, the Russian consul at
Monastir, 1T turns out, was murdered
Saturday morning by czaptte "a
member of the Turkish police. who
was on duty outside the consulate. The
assassin was arrested. Said Pasha, tho
grand vizier, and Tewfik Pasha, minis
ter of foreign affairs, called on the
Russian ambassador, M. Zinovief. and
expressed the governments deep re-
greet over the occurrence.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10

in this case # must be done. Inc
theatrical a,anagers have done their
part, and hssFe lied and are constantly
trying to ukeE enthusiasm in us for
the best dra6natfc offerings. Too often
they have seen Some high-priced actor
or actress play in this city to handful
of peoples ! Al
The sueesssaof the dramatic season
depends upon the public. 1t is mani
testify unfair and inconsistent to COM
plain that we dc not have the best,
then when tie best comes ignore it..
We have not now the excuse OF hard
times. SO let, US resolve that it shall
no longer be said of this city that its
theatrical taste is not of the best. The
managers stand ready to do their part;
let the public give cordial and enthu-
siastic support to their efforts to bring
fhe noted actors and the great plays.
Theatrical managers seek to crafty
the public taste. Let the public of this
community show them by increased at
tendance upon high-class plays that
they will support the best more hber-
ally than they will the low-grade meIo-
dramas and the degenerate problem
play.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
MONDAY. AUGUST 10, 1908.
CUT OUT THE KANeARoos.

For the benefit of the management
tainment in this city, we suggest that
the kangaroo court and it's officers be
omitted from the programme These
were the only features of the very
successful carnival just closed that
called out popular remonstrance or
protest And the remonstrants have
the right of it.
This is jest that too readily turns
into earnest. 1t was a novel and
sportive way of raising funds, and as
planned there was no special harm in
it. 1t was intended to apply only to
a certain number of well-known per-
sons who would take it in good part;
and had some of the qualities of
hazing expedition in college, where no
one can tell whether the pursuer or the
pursued gets more fun out of it.
When it comes, however, to going to
places of business and hauling men
away for the sake of the fine, some of
them fail to perceive the fine point Of
the joke. In some cases this led to
unpleasant consequences, that would
have been multiplied had the practice
been continued. And it is a fact that
many people were kept from visiting
the carnival at all by their idea of the
kangaroo policemen. This is form
of horse play that the average man,
unaccustomed to invasion of what he
considers his personal rights, does not
exactly appreciate. The carnival would
have been a greater success without
the kangaroos, and future amusement
schemes can very well do without
them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
At St. Paul Theaters


"SFamus O'Brien" at the Metropolitan
The largest Sunday night audience
which has been seen at the Metropolis
tan in years was there last night to
witness the initial performance of that
popular Irish meiodrama, 4Shanlus
O'Brien.' with which the Ferris Stock
company opened the weeks engage
ment.
Every seat on the three floors of the
house, as well as all of the boxes, were
taken, and hundreds of people. were
turned away. The threatening weather,
which made it impossible for the peo-
pie to spend the evening at the parks.
was largely responsible for the large
audience.
The play. which was new to st. Paul
theater-goeEs, was we'll received, and
the audience expressed it's sentiments
by applauding the heros and Kissing
the villains and traitors.
Frederick Montague appeared in the
title role to the satisfaction of all.
Harry Langdon. as Shadrick O'F'inn.
the traitor and inf0rmer, was seen at
his best, and the Kisses he received up
he was performing his part well.
One of the features of the evening
was the singing of 1.-The Wild Irish
Rose" by George Russ Fiske, who was
recalled several times. William Kent,
st. Paul boy. who joined the COM
pany this week, took the part of Lar
| ry," and was accorded most generous
applause. Lillian Allen, as Mrs.
O'Brien, was seen to excellent ad-
vantage, and the roles of Kate
OReilly and Mary Donoughmore, as
sumed by Emily Batlo and Blanche
Alexander, were well cared for
"Shamus O'Brien' will be seen at
the Metropolitan the rest of the week.
with the usual Wednesday and Satur-
day matinees.
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was in the form of tablets used in pre-
serving milk and that the boy could
easily have taken some of them. There
was no possible motive for the crime,
and the only connection of the woman
with the case is made through the
statement of the child before he died.
The courts havevery properly treated
with much reserve ante-mortem accu-.
sations unless the conditions as to prop
er surroundings and reckoning with the
mental condition of the person making
the statement are right. A layman
might suppose that a person at the
point of death would divest himself of
aninus in making an accusation That
this is not always the fact is proved by
instances innumerable. Men and wom-
en- have died by the hand of the ex-
ecutioner for crimes they could not
possibly have committed and solely
upon the deathbed accusation Of an ir-
responsible person.
The stigma of this dreadful crime
may lie upon Mrs. Cutler forever, but
it would be barbarous to hold her le-
gaIly responsible on such testimony as
that Of a frightened child, who had
committed a fault and had taken refuge
in the natural method of lodging re-
sponsfbility. A deattbed statement is
too often damning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
Edwards. Address pIeases.

In the address which King Edward
has just issued to the Irish people
there is tone Of warm feeling and
sincere good will. Coming at the close
of the royal tour In Ireland it Is to be
hoped that this tactful expression of
royal urbanity will have a conciliatory
and otherwise beneficial effect.
But the utterances of King Edward
to the Irish people in this instance are
more than merely perfunctory The
note of sincerity that runs through
them cannot fail to strike a responsive
chord, and it will not be forgotten that
whatever may be the defects Of the
new Irish land bill. the fact that King
Edward has openly approved Of that
measure marks a decided advance in
kingly policy.7zBuffalo Enquirer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10

J she hypnotized me, for God knows I
loved my wife.
Realizing my infatuation and the
inevitable result if 1 did not leave the
place, / suggested to my wife that we
change our plans somewhat and short
en- our stay at this resort; but she, be-
ing blind to the state of affairs, as
wives always are, STANCE to say, plead
ed with me, saying the climate had
benefited her so much, and that she
felt herself getting stronger each day,
until in the end 1 weakly yielded.
Well, to make a long story short, it
was next to the last day of our stay,
and L was congratulating myself that
the next evening would find US at least
fifty miles away. when the plan was
made. the execution of which ruined
my whole life. we were to take our
farewell dip together, Miss H, my
wife and Self-it was an ideal day, the
water was just the temperature of per-
lection, and in our enthusiasm and to
make the most of our last day we grew
little reckless
L had become separated from the
women in some way, and was enjoying
my bath, when 1 heard a scream and
saw figure disappear beneath the wa
ter in the place where Miss H had
stood just few moments before. Seiz-
ed with a sudden horrible fear / hur-
ried toward the spot and caught the
floating suit in one hand just as the
body came to the surface for the last
time. seemed to have but one thought
-Phyliis-for 1 had even come to
thinking of her by her first name-was
drowning, and 1 loved her madly, in
sanely. I held her close with one arm
and struck out slowly for shore with
the other. In the intensity of my emo
ton, and scarcely knowing what / did.
l learned over and said: Phyllis
darling my sake, do not die-I love
you, love you, love YOU Will 1 never
forget these words? They seem to be
burnt into my brain in letters of fire
all these years they have haunted me.
Was it imagination, or did the figure
in my arms tremble convulsively? In
looking back, l long to believe it was
a fantasy of my brain.
The incident had occasioned no ex-
citement, as the bathers were numer-
Gus and noisy, and no attention was
drawn to me until / staggered on the
beach and laid my unconscious burden
down-and then-my God, Bob-the
body was that of my wife, and the
dreadful truth rushed over me. In her
weakened and frightened condition, my
words had killed her
MY brain reeled, and can scarcely
remember what followed. I have a
confused recollection of the people
gathering hurriedly around-of a ply
stefan being summoned-of his white,
anxious face as he worked over her,
and then his verdict-life was extinct.
"The world thought she had drown
ed"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
THE ANTE-MoRTEm STATEMENT

A little child died the other day at
Bunker Hill, III. With his dying breath
he said he had been given some candy
by Mrs Ida Cutler. The boys father
had lately supplanted the husband Of
Mrs Cutler in situation. The man
ner of the boys death left no doubt
that he had been poisoned. 1t was
shown that Mrs. Cutler had recently
bought some poisonous tablets. This
combination of circumstances made it
clear to the authorities of Bunker Hill
that the woman had deliberately and
with incredible fiendishness poisoned
the child in spirit of revenge The
woman was put in jail and has since
suffered indescribable anguish of mind
and body.
The community in which she lived
condemned her; she was believed to
have committed a crime so heinous as
to shut her out from all human SYM
pathy. Her husband was Stunned by
the townspeople. No doubt OF the
woman's guilt was permitted to qualify
the feelings Of the people.
Now It appears that there is grave
doubt of the woman's guilt It is sug-
gested that the child obtained the pol
Son by some underhand means and,
fearing punishment said the woman
gave it to him. It has been shown that
Cutler did not supplant the dead boys
father. but that the man resigned his
place voluntarily. It has been shown
that the poison taken by the little boy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-10
AN EPISODE OF THE SURF.
BY G. M. WHEELocK.

Copyright, 1868. by Daily Story Pub. Co.
1t was hot night in midsummer
the lights at the end of the long pier
sent out slender reflections over the
clark understanding almost like
ghostly skeleton fingers reckoning to
yiting it to rush up and envelops the
shore and it's crowd of careless, pleas
re-seeking humanity.
i Two men were seated together in ST.
1ence, seemingly oblivious of the gay
throng coming and going around them.
At last the elder slowly removing a
fragrant Havana from between his
teeth and measuring his words as
though the fate of an empire depended
on what he was about to say, turned
to the younger, and in a voice control
ling with effort some strong emotion.
he said: Bob, you have known me for
twenty years-do 1 look like a muir
derer?'
For few minutes Dick surveyed his
companion in startled amazement, Won
dering If he was suffering from tenn
porary alteration, then believing his
hearing must have played him false,
ne faltered: <"Wha-t did you say,
Bob?"
Yes, have no doubt you are sur
prised. but have carried the secret
AOAiS CAOuS1y II Is lille i
to someone, and better to you than
anyone else in the world, for you have
been true to me, Bob. What your
friendship has meant to me in my
loneliness you can never know.
You did not know / was a widower
no, very few know it, for I have kept
page in my life carefully sealed, and
few of my friends today know of the
sad incident which has kept me alone
all these years.
Ten years ago tonight I married
one of the best little women it was
ever mans fortune to WOO and win.
l was living in the South at the time,
and shortly after my marriage my
Wife's health failed, and the doctor Or
dered rest and salt air. We came to
this very SeaShore town, although it
was then but wilderness by the sea-
You will wonder that / come here year
after year when you hear my story,
but l seem to be drawn by a fascina-
ton / cannot explain or resist We
had been here about three weeks, and
my wife seemed to be rapidly improv-
ing in the bracing salt air and pleasant
surroundings, when, as luck would
have it, there came to the hotel, which
was the only one in the place at that
time. young lady, rich in all the
qualities which go to make up charm
ing, healthful personality.
MY wife, for some reason or other,
took strong fancy to her, and would
have her accompany us on all of our
expeditions of pleasure. You have
guessed the result fell under her in
huence-an abject slave to her charms.
/ have to this day, Bob, believed that