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Found It Was a Hoax.
Inspected by Canadian Visitor

A. G. Blair. chairman of the recently
created Canadian interstate commerce COM
mission. was in Washington yesterday and
took advantage of his visit to inspect the
offices and examine the working plans of
the United States interstate commerce COM
mission. Judge Clements, acting chairman
of the commission. and Chief Clerk Con-
nelly took the visitor through the offices OF
the commission, explaining the methods OF
transacting their business in detail. Mr..
Blair was much interested in the manner
In which the business of the commission is
conducted and will report to his body the
Instability of adopting some of the plans
in use here for the benefit Of the younger
body In Canada.
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MEREDITH NICHOLSON

with unexpected satisfaction. He grew
jaunty in ! is old way as he child his contem-
poraries and friends for holding on; as for
himself, he told them, he intended ito die
rested and he adjusted his affairs so that
they would give him little trouble in the
future. The cottage which he had bought
on the North Shore was place they had all
admired the previous summer. Porter had
liked it because there was enough ground to
cultivated with SO much satisfaction at
home. The place was called RED Gables"
and Porter had bought it with its furniture,
SO that there was little to do in taking pos
session but to move in. The Whipples were
their first guests, going to them in mid-July,
when they were fully installed.
The elder Boston1ans whom Porter had
met the previous summer promptly renewed
their acquaintance with him. He had at
tained in their eyes. q new dignity in be-
coming a cOttager. The previous owner Of
RED Gables had lately failed in business
and they found in the advent of the Porters
a sign Of the replenishing of the east from
ically. Porter lacked their own repose but
they liked to hear him talk. He was anus
ing and interesting, and they had already
found his prophecies concerning the mar
kets trustworthy. The ladies of their fami-
lies heard with horror his views on the In
Dian question, which were not romantic.
nor touched with the spirit Of Boston ph Ian
thropy; but his daughter was lovely, they
said. and her accent was wholly inoffensive.
So the Porters were well received, and
Evelyn was glad to find her father accept
ing his new leisure so complacently. She
and Mrs. Whipple agreed that he and the
general were as handsome and interesting
as any of the elderly Bostonians among
their neighbors; and they undoubtedly were
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II not. in his judgment, Incompatible with
the public interest. to inform the Senate:
]. The date when and the circumstances
under which the United States interviewed
for the first time and each succeeding time,
with military force, in the internal af-
fairs of New Grenada. or Colombia, under
the treaty of 1876: whether such interview
ton was on the initiative of the United
States, or by the request Of New Grenada,
or Colombia OF in consequence of any off,
cial representation Of either. and also to
transmit to the Senate copies Of the letters,
or notes. in the Department of State. and OF
the orders by the Navy Department, relat-
ing to such Intervention.
2. Also to inform the Senate whether or
not the United States has been asked by
New Grenada. or Colombia, or any OF the
representatives Of either to execute by
armed force, either the guarantee of tho
neutrality Of the isthmus or of the sover-
eighty of New Grenada. or Colombia, over
the same. and if the United States has been
SO asked. then the dates and circumstances
thereof. and to send to the Senate copies
Of the letters. or notes. in each case, con-
veying the application. and what was done
Hereunder by the United States.
3. And also to inform the Senate In which,
II any. of the disturbances on the isthmus
of Panama, referred to by the President in
his last annual message. the United States
interviewed, by the employment of military
force. solely on it's own initiative. and un-
invited by the government owning the 18TH
mus and alse TO inform the Senate of the
circumstances in each case which required
such Intervention. and transmit copies Of
the orders issued by the Navy Department
for such purposes.
4. And also that he will inform the Senate
Of the dates when. and circumstances un-
der which. the United States has interviewed
in the internal affairs of New Grenada, or
Colombia, by military force in aid Of a re
volt or rebellion. or disturbance of tho
peace therein, or to suppress such revolt,
rebellion. disturbance.
5. And also to inform the Senate which
words, II any, in the treaty of 1916 author
lied the United States IN the opinion of the
President, to enter by military force and
unlimited into the territorial jurisdiction Of
New Grenada, or Colombia. In order to pre-
vent the interruption. or embarrassment OF
free traffic across the isthmus.
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BRYAN'SMARCONIGRAM
READ AT THE NEW YORK HAIR
MoNY DINNER.
A Hoax Played Upon Judge De Ar
mond and the Comments
Made Here.

The question who struck Billy Patter-
son?' is likely to be susordinated among
democrats In Congress to who fooled
Judge De Armond?' Application OF the
question refers to the democratic 'har-
mony' dinner in New York city Monday
night.
No one in Congress who knows Judge
De Almond. the personifcation of dignity,
reserve and conservatism, would think OF
playing a practical joke on him. For that
reason the Joke which was played upon him
Monday night has peculiar pungency.
The Bryan Marconigram.
1t was while the harmony diners were
dining and harmonizing to their hearts
content. Enter an A. D. T. messenger
with cablegram for Judge De Almond.
one Of the harmony guests. The judge ad-
Justs his specs and reads as follows:
"On Board the S. S. Celtic, Mid-Atlantic,
by Marconi Wireless Telegraph via Nova
Scotia, January 4. 1904-Greeting to the
democrats assembled at Sherry's. Wish you
happy new year and hope you will have a
brilliant success. My heart Is with you.
DO not forget the western democrats, who
polled 100000 votes in 19OO.-William Jen-
nings Bryan"
The cablegram Is passed around to Mayor
Mcclellan, Chairman Cochran and others
and finally. upon their suggestion is read
to the assembled diners and thermometers
Inc accounts do not describe the cold
chills which must have coursed down Mr..
Olney's back when tina, reference to the
6bOO,UO Bryan votes was read. That is
left to the Imagination. After a while,
when the full purport Of the strange mes
sage began to soak in. there was much
murmurlng and some CONSERVATION.
Found It Was a Hoax.
Then it was found that the Celtic was
not equipped with Marconi apparatus, and,
furthermore. that Bryan had not been in
vited and had no occasion to cable any
message to the diners. Gradually it dawn
cd upon the company that the wireless ca
bleSram was a hoax. Judge De Almond
was furious
Since he came back from New York his
colleagues in the House have been asking
who perpetrated the joke, but the judge is
a q loss to explain.
Anyhow" the Bryan men said, "the ca
blegram may have been a hoax, but the
hint about those 100000 votes Is no joke,
and the Cleveland Olney-reorganizer DEM
ocrats don't want to overlook that fact
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Shifted Burdens.
CHAPTER XII.

Porter insisted that Margrave should not
have the Traction Company at any price.
though the general manager of the Trans
continental was persistent in his offers. AS
Margrave did not care to deal with Porter,
who was not, he complained, IAN easy
trader" he negotiated with Fenton and
6axton. After several weeks Of Intellectual
effort he concluded that Fenton and Saxton
were almost as difficult. He called Saxton
stubborn brute" to Saxtons face; but
offered to continue him in a responsible po-
sition with the company II he would help
him with the purchase. He still wanted to
control the company for political reasons,
but there was also the fact of his having
invested the money of several of his friends
In the Transcontinental directorate, prior
to the last annual meeting.
These gentlemen had begun to inquire In
respectful way when Margrave was going
TO effect the coup which. he had been assur-
ing them. he had planned. They had. they
were aware. no rights as against the bond
holders; and as Margrave understood this
perfectly well he was very anxious 10 Duy
in the property at receivers sale for an
amount that would satisfy Porter and his
allies. and give him a chance to square
himself" as he put it. This required addi-
tional money. but he was able to command
1t from his people" for the receiver had
demonstrated that the property could be
made to pay. While these negotiations
to satisfy their curiosity as to the relations
which had existed between Wheaton and
Margrave. Margrave had no shame in con-
Tossing just what had passed between them;
he viewed 1t all joke, and explained,
without conjunction, exactly the manner
in which he had come by the shares which
had belonged to Evelyn Porter and James
Wheaton.
When Saxton came back from Colorado,
Porter was I'll again. and Fenton was seri-
ously disposed to accept a price which Mar
graves syndicate had offered. Margraves
position had grown uncomfortable; he had
to get himself and his people, out of
ecrape at any cost. His plight pleased Fem
ton. who tried to make Porter see the irony
OF IT.; and this view OF 1t. as much as the
high offer, finally prevailed upon him. He
saw at last the futility of securing and
managing the property for himself: his
health had become a matter of concern and
Fenton insisted that a street railway COM
pany would prove no easier to manage than
d bank
Porter was, as John had said, "a peculiar
brick" and after the final orders of the
court had been made, and Saxton's fees al
lowed, Porter sent him a check for five
thousand dollars. without comment. Fem
ton made him keep II: Porter had done well
IN Traction and he owed much to John; but
John protested that he preferred being
thanked to being tipped; but the lawyer
persuaded him at last that the idiosyncra-
Siss Of the rich ought to be respected.
Porter felt his burdens slipping from him
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CHAPTER XIII.
At the Parting Of the WAYS.

The days that followed brought uncer-
tainty and doubt to the heart and mind OF
John saxton. He had seen Evelyn several
times before she left home. on occasions
when he went to the house with Fenton
for conferences with her father. He had
intended saying good-by to her, but the
Porters went hurriedly at last and he was
not sorry; II was easier that way, But
Mrs. Whipple, who was exercising a
motheriy supervision over John, had exact
ed q promise from him to come to Orchard
Lane during the time that she and the
general were to be with the Porters in
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SENATOR GoRMAN's RESOLUTION.
Inquiry Concerning Conditions Under
Which Panama Was Recognized.

Senator Germans resolution Of inquiry
concerning the conditions under which the
new republic of Panama was recognized.
which was presented in the Senate yester-
day afternoon just before adjournment, and
which was summarized in The Star, fol-
lows:
Resolved. That the President be requested,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-06

Col. Thomas c. Campbell a well-known
lawyer. who assisted IN the prosecution Of
the assassins of Governor Goebel of Ken
lucky. died in a sanitarium In Brooklyn
Monday as the result of his experiences in
the schooner yacht The Roamer, which was
wrecked December 10 on Rum Cay, in the
Ba hamas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-06

Before New Year day crowds in Broad
way, New York, yesterday, Bernard CORN
ley, a street sweeper, was killed by an ex-
press wagon. By the time an ambulance
wardly there was no mark of injury. The
driver was arrested. -.-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21
Mr.. SMITH OBJECTS
Casualty Company's AaentPro.
tests to School Board

The board of school inspectors yes
terday awarded the Maryland Casualty
company the contract for insuring the
boilers in the various school buildings
for a period of three years, at a cost/of
$S56.4O. The United States Casualty
company, represented in st. Paul by G.
d. Smith, had submitted the lowest bid.
but the board took into consideration
the fact that the Maryland company
employed a boiler inspector who is a
resident of st. Paul, which was con-
sidered an advantage.
When Mr.. Smith was informed that
his company had been turned down, he
appeared before the board and de-
manded an explanation.
Il represent a reliable company, and
our bid was the lowest" said Mr..
Smith. L would like to know why we
did not get the insurance"
President-Holman informed him why
the board had taken the action it did,
but the explanation did not suit Mr.
Smith.
This is the second or third time 1
have had the lowest bid before this
board and the contract has gone to
higher bidders" said Mr. Smith. eff
you know in advance who is to get the
contract, why do you ask for bids at
all?'
Mr. Smith got little satisfaction from
the board and quit the room with the
declaration that he would look into his
legal rights in the matter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21
FOURTH WARD CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
Republican Organization Names Full
Staff of Dunn Adherents

Emil c. Schroeder was reelected chair
man and j. j. Conlin vice chairman of the
Fourth Ward Republican organization at
a ward meeting held at the Windsor
hotel last night. There was fairly full
representation at the meeting and after
electing a ward chairman and vice chair
man, Charles W. Cronk was elected
secretary and treasurer.
Darius F. Reese and Charles R. Par
ller We're elected city and county com
mitteemen respectively, and John l.
Howard, Charles r.. Parker f. c.
Schiffmann, George Golfer, Darius f.
Reese, ]. J. Conlin and Frank j. Obst
were named as a campaign steering com
mittee.
Brief addresses were made by E. S.
Carey and F. c. Schiffmann The only
incident of the meeting was the retire
ment of E. w. Bazille as a member of the
county committee. The new organiza-
ton is practically composed of men who
affiliated with r. c. Dunn in the recent
state campaign.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21
POINTS OUT A FLAW
DanieIFish Shows a Weakness
i'm Primary Law

1.-THE man who wants to vote for two
candidates for the judgeship in Hen
nepin county this fall had better quit
voting when he has put crosses after
his faVoriteS," said Daniel Fish, chair
man of the statute revision commits
sion at the state capitol yesterday.
The primary election law on the
Minnesota statute books is responsible
for many complications, but one of the
most prominent is the situation in
Hennepin county. where this fall four
judges of the district court are to be
elected.
Suppose a voter has one or two
men of the four in mind whom he
wants to see placed on the bench. He
will vote for them. of course, but he
would better cease right there, for the
Republicans will nominate four and the
Democrats four, and if he votes for
others than his favorites then there is
the danger of these men beating out
the men whom he really wants to see
on the bench. Then there is the COM
plication as to a non-partisan bench.
Two of the judges whose terms expire
in January are Democrats and two are
Republicans, but a Democrat will nat
uraly vote in the primaries for four
Democrats and a Republican for four
Republicans He can't split his ballot,
and the primary election law prevents
MIN from assisting men whom he is
anxious to see nominated, for the nom
lnation is naturally q necessary pre-
liminary to the election. The primary
election law has a good deal to answer
for, but this is one Of the most ag-
SraVating cases in point"
Among the Democrats who are can
didates for the nomination are Judges
c. M. Pond and F. c.. Brooks and w
II. Vanderburgh, while the Republican,
field is much larger. w. r. Cray and
A. M. Harrison, judges now on the
bench. are candidates for reelection
and among other aspirants for the Re
publican nomination are: Fred B.
Snyder. Charles S. Cairns, J. F. Dobbin
c. G. Laybourn, H. D. Dickinson and
Andrew Holt. The last two are judges
of the municipal court who seek pro-
motion to the district bench.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21
SCHOOL JANITORS
ASK FOR MORE PAY
They Request an Increase of From IS
to IS Per Cent

The engineers and janitors employed
in the public school buildings of ST.
Paul want an increase in their salaries.
In communication to the school
board the engineers and janitors ask
for the increase on the ground that the
cost of living has materially increased
in the past two or three years.
All we ask for is a reasonable in
crease says the communication. 9th
er workmen have been increased from
10 to % per cent, and we feel that we
should have more money. The cost of
living is such that many of US who
have large families have hard time to
clothe and school them and provide
food, While those who receive the min
dmum salaries cannot keep out of debt. -
The board received the communica-
ton and ordered it placed on file"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21
STRIKER ACCUSED OF
ASSAULTING TWO MEN
Frank Smith, Brickmaker, Confesses
He Slapped Two Non Union Workers

Frank Smith, one of the striking
briekmakers of the Twin City brick
yards, was arrested yesterday, charged
with assaulting two non-union men
who were working in the yards. The
compliments We're K. Munday and J..
Volk.
+ The assault, which is alleged to have
occurred Monday, on Joy avenue, near
the brick yards, is said to have re-
suited from a dispute between the
union man and the non union men.
Munday and Volk applied for warrants
against Smith on Tuesday, and County
Attorney Kane issued them. Smith
was arraigned in the police court yes
terday and his case was continued until
today.
Neither Munday nor Volk was seri-
ously injured, but Volk said he had
received a blow in the face which
caused his nose to bleed. Smith said
he merely slapped the men with his
open hand.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21
MORE RURAL AGENTS
Force Nearly Doubled at ST.
Paul Postoffice

The recent order of J. H. Bristow,
fourth assistant postmaster general.
head of the rural delivery system of
the United States, abolishing the West
ern division of the free delivery in
spect1on and assigning a part of it's
territory and number of it's rural
agents to the postoff1ce inspector in
charge at St Paul became effective
yesterday.
The effect of the new order is to
more than double the number of rural
agents of the st. Paul office.
The Western district formerly en-
praced Minnesota, the two Dakotas,
Iowa and Nebraska. BY the abolition
of the district and the change to the
plan of having the rural agents report
to the postoffice inspector in charge at
st. Paul, there are added to the st.
Paul district four more rural agents
and two clerks. The postofffce inspec-
tors office at ST. Paul formerly had
ten postoffice inspectors and two
clerks; the new order makes no re-
duction in the number of inspectors,
but brings to St. Paul eight rural
agents and two clerks, the entire force
to report to M C. Fosness, postoffice
inspector in charge. 1t practically
doubles the field and office forces at
his command.
Under the new management, Iowa IL
assigned to the Missouri division and
Nebraska is put in charge of the post
office inspector in charge at Kansas
City. Minnesota and the two Dakotas
remain as the original territory of the
Western division, but are under the
direction of the st. Paul postoffice in
spection department.
The men assigned to st. Paul are all
classified as rural agents, a new CLASH
fication recently made by the depart
ment, and succeeding rural free deliv-
cry inspectors and special agents.
They are: John 4. Boylan, Gilbert
Gutterson, Charles T. Mason, e. B.
Norton, Robert H. Bloodgood, Dennis
Hamblin, Pryor L. Neil and Thomas
E. Wall.
1t is proposed to secure adequate
office quarters in the federal building.
if possible, and correspondence between
Postoffice Inspector Fosness and Gus
todian John Peterson has been already
opened. 1t is possible, however, that
quarters may be furnished in the ola
postoffice building for the enlarged
postoffice inspection department and
the rural free delivery agents
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21
CATTLE OWNERS TO
SHARE $4,000 PREMIUM
Meet With Worlds Fair Commission
Today to Arrange for Exhibit

A meeting of Minnesota breeders of
blooded cattle will be held today at
the Merchants hotel with the members
of the Minnesota worlds fair commits
sion to decide upon the division of
some $4,000 to be given by the commits
sion to induce satisfactory exhibits of
Minnesota stock at the national stock
show to be held at the St. Louis fair in
October.
The commission and the breeders will
also agree at the meeting today upon
the appointment of an expert who shall
pass upon the merits of animals pro-
posed to be exhibited at the fair None
but the best will be shown if the own
erS expect to share in the benefits of
the fund.
j. j. Furlong, of Austin, is chairman
OF the Minnesota Breeders association
which has succeeded in eXacting the
promise of a contribution of the fund
by the Minnesota commission.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21
HIS BUSINESS NOT so
IMPORTANT AS STATES
Judge Finehout DiscipIines Juror
Who Disobeyed a Summons

Three jurors who failed to appear in
the police court yesterday to serve on
the trial of Thomas Warburton, accus-
ed Of keeping blind pig, were ar
rested yesterday on bench warrants
charging them with contempt of court.
Henry e. Greetscfl, who Informed
Judge Finehout. that he "had impor
tant business to attend to- was fined
SIS. The court .infermed Greetsch that
.the constitutional rights of the man
on trial were paramount to commercial
considerations
Julius Greengarders another of the
jurymen. said he had been out of the
city, and Oscar. Gronewald, the third
man, said he was sick, and both were
excused.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21
REGULAR ARMY NOTES

Orders We're published yesterday at
Fort Smelling requiring the Second bat
TALON of the Twenty-first infantry to
proceed to camp at Lakeview next Sun
day morning. The troops will march
from the post to Lakeview, starting at
o'clock.
The division craftsmanship contests
of the army are about to take place.
First Sergeant Hugh Straughn and the
rifle team Of the Twenty first infantry
will leave today for Fort Sheridan, Ill.
where the infantry shoot takes place.
The team consists of the eight best
shots in the regiment.
Corporals Lewis C. Coleman andND.
III. Smith, of the artillery branch, wiz
also leave for Fort Riley, Kan, where
the pistol competition takes place
Among the callers yesterday at the
army building We're: Capt Frank B.
Cheatham and Capt. William B. Nay
Tor, of the Ninth infantry. Capt Nay
Tor was formerly an officer of the Four
teenth Minnesota volunteers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-21
M'CLEARY IN TOWN,
BUT NOT IN POLITICS
Congressman Says His Visit Has Moth
ing To Do With Republican Confab

that his visit has anything to do with
the meeting of the Republican candi-
dates for state offices and the appoint
ment of new state central committee
tomorrow.
''The campaign has not opened in my
district" Congressman McCleary said
in reply to an inquiry "a Washington
newspaper man some time ago said ::
tMcCleary never starts his campaign. ;"
And the Second district congressman's
eyes twinkled as he bethought himself
of the constant campaign carried on
in his district through the medium OF
rural free delivery routes, garden seeds
and department of agriculture Iitera-
ture sent his farmer constituents.