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when one knows that when it comes to harvesting wheat is now or never. A header crew will take carefof no more than 300 acres. In other words, during the harvest season header crew is re- quired on every farm. The farmer who raises 300 acres of wheat cannot, as a rule, furnish more than two members of the crew from his own farm. He cannot secure these men from among his neighbors, who also raise wheat. The result is that five of the seven men re- uuired some come from outside the community. So long as there is no urban population from which to draw, the wheat raiser must bring his help from the outside. And so long as there are big crops Of wheat there will be a demand for harvest hands beyond the available local supply.
 Wages paid in harvest fields this year have ranged from 2.25 to SS per day. But the man who goes to the harvest field with the idea of earning his money easily is always disilliusioned. During harvest the farmers day begins at o'clock in the morning. It ends when it is so dark that it is no longer possible to drive the machine, or in other words, never earlier than o'clock. There is an hour for dinner, another hour for supper and lunch, and fourteen hours of the hardest kind of toll under a blazing sun for the harvest hand. He is up by 3.30 o'clock in the morning. He cannot, under the most favorable conditions, get to bed before o'clock the safne evening. The harvest hand is we'll fed.
 On most farms he gets five meals a. day-breakfast at 3:S0 to o'clock, lunch at g, dinner at 12, supper at 5 or and another lunch before he goes to
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in which to ship flour to Eastern mar
kets, and the manager of the mill de-
cided it was better to shut down for
the present
Many men are returning from the
logging districts, and loggers are of
the opinion that work will be suspend
ed in few days unless there is
decided change in the temperature.
The warm weather has raised havoc
with the roads since Sunday and haul
ing has been greatly interfered with.
saltwater business men are opposed
to the bill introduced in the legislature
which provides for electrocution at the
saltwater prison as a substitute for
hanging, and will ask the Washington
county members of the house and SEN
ate to oppose the bill
The case of DR.. w. Gauthier against
Rev. Pauline Wiesner was tried in the
municipal court yesterday. 1t is an
action to recover the balance of
claim, which the defendant insists is
eXorbitant and out of proportion to the
services rendered.
The action of the Crane & Ordway
company of st. Paul, against William
Sauntry, of this city, has been appealed
to the supreme court from an order of
the municipal judge, opening a default
judgment.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
WOMAN SWINDLED
NEAR SALTWATER
FaI<ir Makes Her Think She Has Can
Ger and Sells Costly SpectacIes.

Mrs. William Musser, of Oak Park,
was victimized by a fakir a few days
ago, who induced her to purchase a
pair of spectacles, claimed to be worth
$25, for So, all the money she had
in the house. The fakir went to her
home and asked for someone whom
Mrs. Musser did not know. Later he
represented himself as a representa-
tive of the state board of health and
claimed to have been sent out to in
VeSugate cancer cases. He had two
bulbs which contained a liquid that
dubbed when the bulbs came in con-
tact with a warm hand. Mrs. Musser
picked up a bulb and looked at it, and
when the liquid dubbed the fakir in
sisted that she had q we'll developed
case of cancer, and he gave her a form
ula which he said would effect a cure
She became very nervous when told
that she had a cancer, and she pur-
chased the spectacles. The fakir was
a smooth talker and claimed that the
gold used in the manufacture of the
bows of the spectacleS was a part of
$4,000 in gold he had received from
Mrs. Mckinley for extracting the bull
let that caused the fatal wound of the
late President Mckinley. The fakir's
operations were reported to the police.
but he has not been seen at Oak Park
or this city since Monday.
Owing to a lack of cars, the Min
nesota Flour Mill company has been
compelled to shut down the mill for an
indefinite period. No cars could be had
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
UNCOMFORTABLE HIGH
Large Sections of Country Around
Cairo Inundated.

CAIRO, Ill, March 12.-At 10 o'clock
tonight the river gauge registered SOL.
The rise is continuing slowly The en-
tire country around Birds Point is
flooded and the village is deserted A
break is reported in the levee a few
miles below Wolf Island The Missis
sippi bottoms above Cairo are covered
with water to the depth of several feet.
and in many places only the tops of
houses and barns can be seen.
LINCOLN, Neb., March 12.-FIood
danger in Nebraska, so far as the
larger rivers are concerned, is thought
to be over, but the overflow of smaller
streams is causing much trouble and
considerable danger. A sudden rise i'll
the Northwest and Elkhorn at Norfolk
broke the dyke last night, and for a
time it seemed as if nothing could save
the business part of the town, but by
hard work the gap was partly filed
AS 1T was the town tonight is sur
rounded by water. The electric power
dam has been washed out at Fuller
ton, the wagon bridges have been swept
away by the score.
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sLUeGED BY HIGHWAYMEN.
William Wilson Rescued by Timely
Arrival of Officer.

William Wilson encountered a high
Wayman in Jumbo alley" between
Washington avenue and First street
on First avenue, Wednesday, and had
it not been for the timely arrival of
Officer Wheeler he would have received
serious injuries.
AS it was he was taken to the CEN
trail station in an unconscious condi-
ton, with several bad bruises on his
head. The highwayman used no weap-
on. He was standing in the rear en-
trance of one of the stores when Will
son walked through the alley. He
walked up from behind and struck
Wilson a powerful blow in the back of
the head
Wilson a powerful blow on the back of
hlghWayman was beating him when
Officer Wheeler entered the alley The
hlghWayman started through Black
wells saloon, and before the officer
could get onto Washington avenue
made his escape. Wilson was unable
to give description of his assailant
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Trust Those Who Have Tried.

suffered from catarrh of the worst
kind and never hoped for cure, but
Ely's Cream Balm seems to do even
that-Oscar Ostrom. As Warren Ave-,
Chicago, III.
tried Ely's Cream Balm and to all
appearances am cured Of catarrh. The
terrible headaches from which 1 long
suffered are gone.-W. J. Hitchcock,
late Major U. S. Vol. and A. A. Gen.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
My son was afflicted with catarrh.
He used Ely's Cream Balm and the
disagreeable catarrh all left him..
c. Olmstead, Arcola, Ill.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at so cts,
or mailed by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren
ST., Nav Ynrl-,
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AFTER KILOGRAMS
IN BURDICK CASE
Dead Mans viii Cuts Off Wife and
Will Be Contested.

BUFFALO, n. Y, March PA move
having an important bearing on the
Burdick case was decided upon today.
The authorities have determined to OBJ
tain the kilograms that passed between
Mrs. Burdick and Mrs. Hull before the
murder of Burdick. The grand jury is
now in session and the district attor-
ney can conduct John Doe" proceed
ings to require the Western Union to
produce the kilograms. They were sent
on the Monday and Tuesday before the
Thursday of the murder when Mrs.
Burdick, who saw Arthur r. Pencil
near New York. telegraphed to Mrs.
Hull, who replied.
The authorities questioned both Mrs.
Burdick and Mrs. Hull regarding the
contents of these kilograms. Both Of
them gave the same version. They said
the messages were an inquiry and re-
ply regarding Mrs Hull's health. The
Western Union refused to produce the
messages, and for that reason today's
proceedings were decided upon. The
kilograms may not be material to the
case, but the authorities want to see
them. The authorities may also try ID
learn from both telegraph companies
NHdI lclGSIoIlS, IL any pdSSeu between
certain other persons for three weeks
before Burdick's death.
Edwin L. Burdick's will. which Is to
be offered for probate tomorrow, cuts
off Mrs. Burdick and bequeaths the es-
tate, share and share alike to the three
children. D. H. Dunston, A. B. Kel-
lOgg and George c. Miller are named as
executors. A clause in the will naming
the three executors and guardians for
the children will be contested on the
ground that the appointment is void
because Mrs. Burdick is still alive.
The claim is that the law nullifies
the appointment by will of a guardian
where there is a surviving parent, I'M
less both parents joined in the appoint
ments. 1t will be claimed that Mrs.
Burdick is, under the law, the person
to be guardian. If the surrogate so
holds, then all the executors can do is
to pay Burdick's debts and tu1n the
remainder of the property over to Mrs.
Burdick as guardian for the children.
Burdick's estate is worth about $780,
600. Since she is cut off in the win
Mrs. Burdick will get only one-third of
the real estate and none of personal
property.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
CHIEF STEAMSHIP INSPECTOR
DUMONT FINALLY LET OUT
He Resigns, in Conformity With the
Wish of His Superiors.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March ~
Gen. James A. Dumont, chief of the
steamship inspection service, treasury
department, has resigned, his resigna-
ton to take effect April l. He will be
succeeded by George Uhler, president
of the Marine Engineers Association
of the United States.
The decision to make this change
was reached at a conference partici-
pated in by Secretaries Shaw and Cor
telyou and Assistant Secretary Arm
strong, all of whom were agreed that
the change was altogether in the inter-
est of the service. Gen. Dumont will
be placed in the classified service, and
given some employment that will be
congenial to him and of value to the
government
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CONVICTED OF KILLING A
FLORIDA FAMILY OF SEVEN
A. E. Ratson, Farm Hand, Found Guilty
on His Second Trial.

LAKE CHARLES, La, March H.
The second trial of A. E. Batson, charg-
ed with the murder of seven members
Of the Earl family, near Welsh, La.
was concluded here this evening, the
jury finding the accused guilty as
charged.
The defense has only reserved two
bills of exceptions, one Of which is
based on the testimony of Mrs. Maud
Earl Ingram, Batson's sister, who de-
clared the handwriting in the notice
found near Ward Earls house was not
in her brothers handwriting. AS she
was not an expert the defense objected
to her testimony in this respect. 1t was
on a similar point that the supreme
court reversed the finding of this court
and gave Batson a new trial.
The convicted man was taken to the
parish Jail to await sentence. Batson
came to this parish from Missouri,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
SAID TO HAVE SWINDLED
FARMERS IN NORTHWEST
Two Chicago Men in Commission Bust
ness Are Arrested.

CHICAGO, March he A Bates
and c. II. Stems, alleged to have swim
died farmers of the West and the
Northwest TO the extent of $4,000,
were arrested here today. They are
said to have received carloads of prod
uce to sell on commission and TO have
appropriated the proceeds. BY fire.
quently changing their business name
they have, it is charged, eluded the Of
ficers for many months.
The men are said to have operated
under the titles of National Cold Stor-
age company, Howard Creamery COM
pany and Bradford Meyer company
The government officers, it is said, have
in their possession evidence showing
the men to have conducted an extern
sive business under their various firm
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
JUSTICE DAY, OF NATIONAL
SUPREME COURT, VERY ILL
Has Severe Attack of Pneumonia and
His Condition Is Critical.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March ~
Justice Day, of the United States SUI
preme court, is suffering from a severe
attack of grip. His condition, it is adj
mitted, is serious. 1t is reported more
encouraging tonight, however
DR.. B. L. Hardin, the attending ply
stefan, made the following statement:
Judge Day has a moderately severe
attack of pneumonia. He is very COM
Portable tonight and his symptoms at
present do not occasion alarm"
The friends of Judge Day are very
apprehensive concerning his condition.
His temperature today was very high,
running UP to the neighborhood Of 105.
He is not a man of robust physique,
but, on the contrary, is of frail APP
pearahce and it is feared may be un-
able to Withstand severe attack of
illness, though hopes are entertained
that his excellent habits and the care
full nursing and medical attention he is
securing will enable him to pull
through Never a man of strong ap-
pearance, it was remarked when he
came here to take his place on the
bench of the supreme court that he
seemed to be very much thinner than
when in Washington as secretary of
state
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
sIoop Sinks and Three Men. Drown.

steamer Princess May, which arrived from
Juneau and Ska gway last night. brings
word of the wreck of the Juneau sloop
Mariana in Alaskan watefs. The vessel
struck a rock while on her Way from
killisnoo to Hoonah. The craft was be-
ing worked by two women and three
men. The women were put ashore and
the men returned to the Sloop to await
the high tide. The sloop sank during the
night and all three persisted. They were
James Gordon. Grant Kodak and John E.
LUdno.
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Calls 1t a Piece of FooIishness.

RALEIGH, N. c., March 12.-Gov.
Aycock made the following statement
regarding the Wisconsin senates plans
for a race problem convention at At
lanta:
Il think it a piece of foolishness. 1
will let Georgia attend to her own race
trobles and let North Carolina attend
to hers. We have troubles enough of
our own, and have always been dill
gent enough to overcome them"
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FEDERAL AND STATE
PROTECTION INVOKED
Cisarnakers Warned to Leave Tampa.
Fla, or Be Killed.

CHICAGO, March H. - President
Perkins, of the CigarmaIxers' Interna-
tional union, has sent an appeal to
President Roosevelt, Attorney General
Knox, Gov. Jennings, of Florida, and
the chief Of police of Tampa, Fla, ask
ing for the protection of the national
government and the state and local
authorities in Florida in behalf of
James Wood, organizer of the cigar
makers, and several members of the
Iampa union. who have received let
tiers of warning to leave Tampa or he
killed. A little more than a year ago
fifteen members of cigarmakers'
union in Tampa We're kidnapped and
sent to some island in the Gulf of Mex
leo, and, it is said. were never heard
from.
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SENTIMENT is CHANGING.
People Understand the
Motive of the Persecution.

Public opinion in this city is veering
around to the belief that the Coe Com
mission company is being prosecuted,
if not prosecuted, because of business
jealousy. This change of feeling is
due to the manly and fearless manner
in which the members Of the company
have grappled with every new phase
of the contention. They have never
Ainched, never faltered, never con-
cealed anything the public seems en-
titled to know.
1t is understood here that, as a mat
ter of fact, the proposed legislation
against bucketshops will have very lit
tie effect on the Coe company, as it
does, according to it's own claims, not
more than l per cent of the bucket
shop business of the city-the other SO
per cent being done by the members
of the organization making war on
their successful business rival.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
TRANSPORTATION OF
GRAIN IN CANADA
Lord Mimic Mentions 1t in Speech
Opening Parliament.

OTTAWA, Ont, March 12-Parlia-
ment was opened this afternoon by
Lord Minto the governor general. In
the speech from the throne Lord Mimic
said that owing to the rapid increase
of population in the Northwest terri
tories and the large areas brought un-
der cultivation, the question of trans
portation of grain to the markets of
the world through Canadian channels
is occupying much attention, and that
a commission will be appointed to re-
port upon the whole subject.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
HIGH AND PROFESSIONAL
SCHOOLS MENACE COLLEGES
Latter in Danger of Being Driven to
the Wall. IL Is Claimed.

CHICAGO, March 12-Northwest
university has called q convention of
college and university authorities to
meet In this city May 8 and 9 to con-
slider the relation of the college to the
professionals. 1t is the opinion of
those issuing the call that the expan-
sion of the American high school at
one end of the educational system and
the professional school at the other
is threatening to crowd the college to
the wall. They claim that either the
curriculum of the professional school
must be restricted, or the high school
kept within its bounds as field Of sec
ondary training. or the college will
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
"The World Is Mine OYSTER

PROVIDENCE, R. L, March IA
combination of oyster growers and
dealers, representing invested CAPITAL
of about 100000, and the largest in
the oyster trade of the country, has
been formed under the name of the
Rhode Island Oyster Growers associa-
ton. The extensive Narragansett bay
interests, as well as firms in Connectt-
cut and Massachusetts, are in the new
concern. The announced purpose of the
combination is to lessen expenses. 1t
is asserted that prices will not be adj
yanced.
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names. The literature is believed to
have been thoroughly circulated
throughout the West and Northwest
In some instances where farmers and
small commission dealers made trial
shipments they We're lured on by quick
returns and highest prices. A large
consignment usually followed, and, the
police say, was seldom receipted for.
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Hayes, fireman of the freight train,
was the one killed. Those injured are
James Taylor, engineer passenger train,
several ribs broken, bruised and cut;
Otal Wilson, fireman passenger train,
internal injuries from jumping; George
M. Church, baggag eman, Council Bluffs,
serious; unknown tramp, riding on rear
Of engine, may die.
R. H. Secord, station agent at Gill
more, it is charged, threw the switch
at the end of the double track by mis-
take, in the face of the passenger train.
The freight was on the West-bound
track, and before Engineer Taylor dis
covered the open switch his train was
so close to it that he could not stop.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
FOUNDERS DAY AT TULANE
UNIVERSITY CELEBRATED
E. M. Shepard, of New York, Among
the Speakers.

NEW ORLEANS, March 12.-Foun-
ders' day was celebrated today by the
various departments of Tulane uni
versity, of Louisiana. The ceremonies
took place at Tulane theater. President
Alderman presided Students from the
academic, medical and the law depart.
ments and the Nemcomb girls marched
from Tulane hall to the theater, pre-
ceding the alumni faculty and admin
iStrators.
Edward NJ. Shepard, of New York,
gave an address on Modern Power OF
World Public Opinion" An address by
Edward Rightor, president of the alum
nj, statement by President Alderman
and the comforting of degrees closed
the exercises.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
Postoffices Raised in Rank.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 12.-The
postoffice department today announced
sixty fourth class postoffices which will
be advanced to the presidential class on
April l next. The list includes:
Iowa-Blockton, Hawkeye, Lineville
Peterson. Wesley; Michigan. Centerville;
Minnesota. Black Duck, Sparta; North
Dakota. Bow Bells. Souris; Wisconsin,
Wautoma
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
Beecher Memorial.

NEW YORK, March 12.-The local
board of improvements for the heights
section of Brooklyn has decided to rec
ommend the establishment of a park
as memorial to Henry Ward Beecher.
The board of aldermen, it is believed,
will take favorable action. 1t is said
that memorial building may be
placed in the park and that a replica
of the Beecher staue facing Borough
hall will be put there If the plan for
park is carried out.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
SCHOOL IN REVOLT
AGAINST The
BOARD
Expulsion of Pupils at Mar
shalltown Resented by Up
rising Headed by Woman
Principal : They Parade
Streets and Shout Defiance
at School Board.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, March -.
Pupils of the Baskerville school today
revolted against the action of the school
board in expelling four fellows, and
led by the principal, Miss Cullom, pa
raded the streets shouting defiance at
the school board. Miss Cullom joined
the pupils, it is said, because of a tilt
with Supt Dukes. All the pupils are
on strike and refuse to return to school
while the school board and Supt Dukes
are equally determined not to yield.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
RIVAL TURPENTINE
CAMPS IN BATTLE.
Eight Men Killed and a
Large Number
Wounded.

NORWALK, Fla, March IA des-
perate encounter between bands of
rival turpentine camps near Orange
Springs, in which eight men wore kill
ed and a large number injured. A
contention arose over matter of little
importance between negro laborers of
Meggs' camp and those of Lavtson's
camp. This reused the fury of the en-
tire crowd, which precipitated a fight,
ending in a regular battle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
JUDGE YAPLEY DECLINES.
He Will Not Run for Chief Justice of
Michigan.

MEIIDON, Mich, March 12.-Judge
George L. Yapley notified the Demo-
cratic state committee tonight that he
would not accept the nomination for
chief justice of the supreme court
which the Democratic convention unan-
imously rendered him on Tuesday
ReS0lutt----- --~re adopted by the con-
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TO BREAK UP EVIL TRAFFIC.
Men to Be Punished for Bringing Girls
From Japan.

SEATTLE, Wash, March 12.-Inves-
ugaion on the part of the customs Of
ficers into the slave traffic in young
girls brought from Japan into the Unit
ed States and sold to men who farm
them out for immoral purposes has re-
Vealed a deplorable state of affairs ahd
to much greater extent than was ever
before anticipated. The japanese con-
suls at Seattle, Vancouver and other
cities in this district will lend their aid
in breaking up the business and their
influence to have every person deported
for connection with the traffic punished
on their arrival in Japan.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
Bryan VIII Lecture to Students.

]. Bryan will lecture to the students of
the state university OF Iowa tomorrow
night. He has minated that $3.50 of
the proceeds of the lecture shall be set
aside as a prize for the best informed
student in political science in the uni
versity. The prize insures an annual
contest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
Mississippi OPENING.

Special to The Globe.
WINONA MINI March 1.-THE ice in
the Mississippi river still holds in front
of the city on account Of the two railway
bridges and the high wagon bridge. Word
from north of here. however. shows that
the river is open all the way from the
foot Of Lake Pepin to Fountain City.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-13
New Rackinq PIant In slnht

PORTLAND. Or. March 12.-Swift &.
Co. of Kansas City and Omaha. have de-
cided to esta blish an extensive packing
plant in the Northwest. The location has
not been decided upon. but it is stated
Seattle or Portland will be selected