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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
BLAME IS FIXED.
Five Trainmen Held as Responsible
for Wreck Of Picnic Train at
Glenwood, Ill.

Chicago. July 27.-Five men were de-
clared Griminally responsible by the
coroner's jury for the Doremus wreck
in which IS persons were killed and
scores injured on July Is, one-half mile
south of Glenwood. The men held to
the grand jury are: Frank Cooper, con-
ductor of the freight train; Charles H.
Wright, brakeman Of the freight train;
Patrick Costello, fireman on the freight
engine; Frank e. Hoxie, engineer of the
freight engine; Frederick G. Whiteman,
train dispatcher.
This decision of the coroner's Jury
was followed by the arrest of four of the
accused, who spent the night in Jail.
The fifth, Engineer Hoxie, Of the Chi
cago G Eastern Illinois freight train, is
fugitive. The verdict of the Jury
was the result Of five hours elaboration.
Besides charging the employees with
criminal carelessness, the jury censured
the railway company for using anti
quated passenger cars and for working
its trainmen too long.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
ACCEPTS HONOR
RENDERED HIM
President Roosevelt Officially Notified of his
Observation-Disclosures Issues in
His Address.

principles and policies of Mckinley for
try, and he would continue to do so if
reelected. He said the record of the
party during the past could be taken as
an earnest of what they would continue
to do, and said: In dealing with the
great organizations known as trusts,
we do not have to explain why the laws
were not enforced, but to point out that
they actually have been enforced and
that legislation has been enacted to in
crease the effectiveness of their enforce
ment. We do not have to propose to
turn the rascals out for we have
shown in every deed that whenever by
diligent investigation public official
can be found who has betrayed his trust
he will be punished to the full extent
of the law without regard to whether
he was appointed under republican or
a democratic administration"
He pronounced 1t matter of congratu-
lation that the finances of the country
have been placed upon sound gold basis.
THE gold standard is settled, not mat
ter of temporary political expediency.
not because of shifting conditions in the
production of gold in certain mining
centers, but in accordance with what We
regard as the fundamental principles of
national morality and wisdom"
Concerning the tariff he said there
should be readjustment of tariff
schedules whenever the need arises, but
such changes could only be made with
safety by those whose divation to the
principles of protective tariff is beyond
question. The readjustment must main
tain and not destroy the protective prin-
ciple.
The president in referring to the Pan
anna canal said it's construction was as
sured, but it would be unwise to intrust
the carrying out of so momentous a
policy to those who have endeavored 20
defeat the whole undertaking.
Stand on Past Record.
He declared the nations honor had
been upheld among foreign countries,
and in conclusion said: THE princi-
pies which we uphold should appeal to
our countrymen, in all portions of our
country. Above all they should give
us strength with the men and women
who are the spiritual heirs of those who
upheld the hands of Abraham Lincoln;
for we are striving to do our work in the
spirit with which Lincoln approached
his. During the seven years that have
just passed there is no duty, domestic
or foreign, which we have shirked; no
necessary risk which we have feared to
undertake, or which we have not per-
formed with reasonable efficiency. We
have never pleaded impotence. We have
never sought refuge in criticism and
complaint instead of action. We face
the future with our past and our pres
ent as guarantors of our promises; and
we are content to stand or to fall by the
record which we have made and are
making"
Both the president and Speaker
Cannon spoke standing on chair
placed at an angle of the veranda, so
that all could hear. The guests stood
during the speeches.
At the conclusion Of the address,
President Roosevelt held an informal
reception and received the congratu-
lations of the committeeman on his
speech.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of q
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News Of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
- West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

3dOM "ASdxN0IO0s
President Roosevelt, at Sycamore
Hill, formally received and accepted the
nomination of the republican party Tor
president of the United States. The
formal notification was made in an ad-
dress by Speaker Cannon. The speech
of the president will be circulated ex-
tensively in the campaign. as, aside
from the letter of acceptance which he
will issue in q few weeks, it will be his
only public utterance during the cam
paign.
The retirement of Rear Admiral Philip
H. Cooper, commander-in-chief OF the
Asiatic station, will occur August 4.
Vice Presidential Candidate DAVIS,
when asked for an expression Of opinion
in regard to the selection Of Mr.. Thomas
Taggart, of Indiana, for national chair
man, refused to comment on the COM
mittee's action.
United States Senator Allison's pri-
vate secretary, Albert F. Dawson, was
nominated for congress by republicans
of the Second Iowa district.
The democratic national committees
visit to Esopus was marked by the burial
of the Ratchet between Hill and Murphy,
the old-time foes shaking hands on the
piazza of Judge Parker's home.
The vacation of President Roosevelt
has ended in Oyster Bay and he has
resumed his duties in Washington.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04

Oyster Bay, L. l., July 2S-Theodore
Roosevelt Wednesday formally opened
the political campaign of 1904 at his
beautiful country home, Sycamore Hill.
Standing on spot made dear to him by
the associations of life time, sur
rounded by his family and relatives and
friends, and in the presence of an as
semblage of men distinguished in all
walks of life, he formally received and
accepted the nomination of the repub-
lican party for president of the United
States. In accordance with the wish OF
the president the ceremony was made as
simple as possible. The formal notifca-
ton of the action of the convention was
made, on behalf of a committee repre-
senting every state and territory in the
United States, by Joseph G. Cannon,
speaker of the house of representatives.
The speech of the president will be cir
culated extensively in the campaign as,
aside from the letter of acceptance which
he will issue in few weeks, it will be his
only public utterance during the cam
paign.
The special train bearing the men,
bers of the notification committee and
the invited guests left Long Island City
at 1882 a. m. and arrived here at IL: IS
o'clock. On arrival at Sycamore Hill
the committeeman were received by
President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roose-
welt and National Chairman George
B. Cortelyou. All of the house
guests of the president were gath
cred on the veranda, and as the occu-
pants of each carriage alighted they
were welcomed by the president and
each was presented to Mrs. Roosevelt.
After the conclusion of the informal
reception, the ceremony of notifica-
ton began. The members of the fam
lily, the house guests and the distin-
guished visitors were assembled on the
veranda.
Speech of Cannon.
When Speaker Cannon rose to de-
liver his speech of notification. he
was greeted with applause.
Mr.. Cannon opened his address by tell
ing of the prosperity under republican
rule during recent years. He declared
that the Office of president of the United
States is the greatest on earth and many
competent in the republican party are
ambitious to hold it, yet the republican
convention met at Chicago June last and
unanimously, with one accord, nominal
ed Mr.. Roosevelt as the candidate oil
the party for president. Continuing, he
said: In pursuance Of the usual Gus
tom the convention appointed COM
mittee. of which it honored me with thu
craftsmanship, to wait upon you and
inform you of it's action, which duty
speaking for the committee, l now
cheerfully perform with the hope and
the confident expectation that a ma
jority of the people of the republic will
in November next approve of the &C.
ton by choosing electors who will as
sure your election to the presidency as
your own successor
Reply of the President.
In accepting the nomination the
president said that he heartily approved
the declaration of principles which the
republican national convention had
adopted. He declared that from the
time he had succeeded to the presidency
it has been his purpose to carry out the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04

Plehve's body lay a shapeless heap of
the coachman's remains.
| Altogether IA outsiders were injured
by the explosion. Capt. Tzventsky, of
the guards, who was driving in cab,
sustained a fracture of the skull 1t has
been trepanned, but the captain is not
expected to recover. The bomb was
filled with nails, not bullets as at first
believed.
The assassination is believed to be the
outcome of widespread plot, the exist
ence of which has been suspected for
several days. Numerous arrests have al
ready been made, including that of the
assassin, young man who is believed
to be Finn named Leglo, and who is
now in hospital severely and perhaps
fatally injured by the explosion of his
own bomb. An accomplice of Leglo, al
so apparently Finn, but whose name is
unknown, has been arrested. He had in
his possession bomb which he tried to
throw, but he was overpowered by the
police just in time to prevent great loss
of life.
The project of police notified the EN-.
peror of the tragedy Immediately upon
its occurrence. The emperor, who was
at the Villa Alexandria at Peterhof,
was greatly affected by the news, COM
ing, as it did, atop of the bad tidings
from the seat of war, fears of interna-
tional complications and the strain in
cident upon the hourly expectation of an
event SO close to the fathers heart.
The emperor almost broke down when
he was Informed of the minister's MUIR
der. Whatever may have been the mo-
tive for the crime, nothing but the ut
most indignation and condemnation of
the assassin's act is voiced anywhere.
Senator Won Plehve was appointed
minister of the interior April IS, 1902
succeeding M. Sipiaguine, who was
assassinated April 16, 1902, by student
named Balmashoff. He had formerly
been director of the department of po-
lice, which position he practically as
sumed of his own accord, when in
charge of the department of political
prosecutions, owing to the incompetency
of the official who was in charge of the
police when Emperor Alexander ii. was
killed, March 10, 1881. M. Won Plehve
conducted the prosecution of the regi-
cides and afterwards recognized the
police. From that time on the power
of M. Won Plehve increased until it be-
came only second in Importance to that
of the emperor. Several plots to assas-
sinate the minister have, according to
reports, been discovered during the last
two years, which period has been
marked by strong political rivalry be-
tween the interior minister and the
former minister of finance, M. Witte,
now president of the committee of min
listers. He was regarded as being in
many ways the power behind the throne
and was dreaded on account of his con-
troll of the third (secret) section of po-
lice and also owing to the fact that he
controlled the press of Russia, through
the censors, who, it has been understood,
did M. Won Plehve's bidding without
question. The deceased minister was
aborious in the extreme and was an
Indifferent conversationalist He was,
however, fond of music and was accus-
toned to read many French novels dur
ing his leisure hours.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
Discussed Money Question,

College Point, N. Y, July 25.-That
it is the purpose of the managers Of
the republican campaign to give prom
inenee to the financial issue was indi-
Gated when Secretary Shaw, in an adj
dress at semi-centennial rally of the
party Saturday, the opening of the ma
tional contest, devoted his whole time
to discussion of the money question.
He attacked the record of the demo-
cratic party on finance and said that
the development Of the economic sys-
tenn of the government is due to the
republicans.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04

Americas invasion of Europe is
such an important commercial fact in
these later days that we can afford to
smile at the shifty practices of the
French and Germans to counteract it.
We ship much raw material to those
countries, where 1t is subjected to man
ufacturing processes and sent back to
us bearing French and German labels.
and many of our own people, who take
pride in saying that they buy imported
goods, are calmly eating things grown
right at their own doors. 1t isn't really
very important, as far as the effect on
the trade total is concerned, and vet
the fact ought to be known.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
WEST AND SOUTH.

It was announced that the battleship
Louisiana, now building at Newport
News, will be launched August q, and
the cruiser Milwaukee September 10.
Managers of packing houses, fearing
rioting, appealed for militia at Sioux
City, Ia, and asked police aid at St.
Joseph, Mo. Deputies were called for
at Omaha.
BY unanimous vote Thomas Taggart,
of Indiana, was elected chairman of the
democratic national committee. Urey
Woodson, of Kentucky, was elected sec
rotary.
Spreading rails caused freight wreck
on the Southern railway at Pattons
mill. four miles west of Jonesboro
Tenn and five persons were injured,
two seriously.
E. B. Shaw, a national bank examiner
has been appointed receiver Of the First
national bank, of Grinnell, Ia, whose
doors were closed by the directors.
At Ludington, Mich, George Stanley
of Cadillac, was nominated for congress
man by the democrats Of the Ninth
Michigan district.
At st. Joseph, Mo-, Hon. Cyrus P. Wal.
bridge, of st. Louis, was nominated fol
governor of Missouri on the first ballot
taken by the state republican conven.
ton.
A total of 70 passengers and $40 EN-.
ployes of railroads were killed, and ], So
passengers and 10.S54 employees injured
in accidents on railroads in the United
States during the quarter ended March
81, 1904.
Forty freight handlers of the Chicago
Junction railway joined the strike IL
Chicago, and switchmen may go out
next. Negotiations for peace were
finally abandoned.
In South Omaha and Sioux City sher
IFS took charge when the police were
powerless to check rioting due to thu
strike.
Every employe at the worlds fair ha.
suffered a reduction in salary.
The prohibition convention of Wis
consin, in session at Madison, nominal
ed state ticket headed by w. H. Clark
or RipOn, Tor governor.
James Frames, Of Chicago, fireman
was killed and four trainmen seriousl,
injured in the wreck of north-bount
Chicago & Eastern Illinois passenger
train at Hoopeston, Ill. The train RAJ
into an open switch.
John Harper's residence at New
Haven, in Hamilton county, O., wa,
burned and Mr.. Harper and wife, boil
over 80 years old, were burned to death
| At Nashville, Tenn, Louis voetzel, de
partment manager Of q tobacco com
pany, died of injuries received in bein,
/ run over by q carriage.
/ M. @. Bergh, state bank examiner
took charge of the state bank at Maus
ton, Wis, and closed It's doors. Tn
liabilities of the bank are stated to b.
$137, sol. Of which amount 81, 7ol Il du
l.denositorA
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04

The beet sugar industry, for seyera,
years regarded as an experiment in
American agriculture and reouirins me
nursing bottle Of state bounties to brins
1t safely through the period Of infancy
has now developed into an independent
and self-sustaining maturity. So saws
the government report On the progress
OF the beet sugar industry In the United
States In 1903. 1--WE now have built and
ready Tor operation in this country sc
sugar factories. OF these, IL were built
and put In operation during the wear
1908" The industry has assumed 4
vast mASrituds ard It's profits are laraA
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04

Notwithstanding the protest Of the
British government to Russia against
the seizure of the ship Malacaa the
cable continues to reportsuch acts, Brit
ish vessels being the victims chiefly
for the reason that British commerce
on the seas is the largest. Look at the
case of the British steamer knight
Commander. which sailed from New
York for the orient with a valuable
miscellaneous cargo, part of which con-
sisted OF steel rails and machinery for
japanese ports. She was wantonIv
destroyed without the least adjudica.
ton in prize court.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04

Now that there is danger of being
held up on the high seas by Russian
pirates, globe trotters are getting
alarmed. A Boston tourist agency re-
ports that its business, even to Japan.
has been good upto this time, but that
already the action of the Russians in
regard to the Malacca has been felt.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04

The movement in England against
the wearing of hats by men is not so
foolish as it may at first seem. Modern
man is so welded to his hat that he is not
likely willingly to give it up without a
long course of education. But its use
undoubtedly does cause badness, wheth-
er it is also responsible for gray hairs
or not; besides, the hat of civilization is
an uncomely thing. ="
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
THE EAST.

John Rogers, sculptor and designer oil
the famous Rogers groups" OF statuary
died at his summer home in New Canaan
Conn.
The formal decree of divorce dissolv-
ing the marriage of Lillian Nordica, the
singer, and Zoltan Doehme was signed
by Justice Scott, of New York.
The assessed valuation Of the estate
of the late w. c. Whitney is $21, 243 ,101'
much lower than expected. The taxes
amount to 1922, 222.S4.
His lawyers announce that ]. ]. Ryan
arrested at Brighton Beach on an embez'
element charge, will return to st. Louis
without protest.
A midnight explosion Of dynamite
bomb or Internal machine wrecked a
New York grocery store, whose propri-
etor had received letter threatening
him with death unless he gave $4,000 to
the writer.
Gov. Odell of New York received a
letter from former Secretary OF War
Elihu Root in which Mr.. Root stated
that he could not be considered candi'
date for governor on the republican
state ticket and could not accept the
place.
During a heavy rain at Elizabeth, N
J., Patrick Meckeesey, 60 years old, en-
ployed by the city, was drowned in
sewer which he was engaged in clean
ing.
A newly erected coal pocket at the
Portsmouth IN. H. navy yard was com
pletely destroyed by fire, together will
5000 tons of coal, causing an estimated
loss of $125,O00. The cause Of the fire
is believed to have been spontaneous
combustion.
A force of $4,000 anthracite coal min
ers will strike, it is expected, in Penn
sylvania.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
Final Meeting Held.

Washington, July 25.-The Panama
canal commission held its final meeting
here Saturday pending its departure for
the isthmus Tuesday. Admiral Walker.
chairman, and Commissioners Burr.
Harrod and Grunsky were present. A
number Of routine matters were dis-
posed of.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
Davis Denies Report.

Bedford, Pa, July Ex-senator Da-
Wis emphatically denies the report in
Tuesday mornings papers that he is
to marry the widow of DR.. John
Reynolds, of Shepardstown, w. Va.
The senator has been receiving tele-
grams of congratulation all day and
is very indignant. There is not a
word Of truth in II.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
Due to Omen Switch.

Hoopeston. ILL.,. July 29.-Fireman
James Frames, of Chicago, was killed
and four trainmen seriously injured in
the wreck of a northbound Chicago G.
Eastern Illinois passenger train here
Thursday afternoon. The train ran in to
an open switch and the battered lock
found nearby indicates an attempt to
wreck the train.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
Three Killed.

Deleyan, N. Y, July 26.-In COLI
sion between two freight trains on the
Pennsylvania railroad near here Fire
man Fred Mccarthy, Engineer Frank
Bedford and Brakeman Winslow Guilt
nan, all of Buffalo. were killed and
Dne man was injured.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
Are Losing Money.

Pittsburg, July 2S.-The marked de-
crease in the consumption of meat in
Pittsburg as result Of the advance in
prices produced by the Chicago strike
has caused several of the larger butchers
in Pittsburg to temporarily suspend
business.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04

Let's see; isn't it down in Kentucky
where they talk so much about chlv-
airy? And yet it has remained for
Kentuckians to be the first to treat
with brutality Carrie Nation, two of
these representatives of southern chiv-
airy having knocked her down.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
Two Killed by Lightning,

Rock Rapids. H., July 27.-Andrew
Enderscn and Charles F. Johnson
were killed by lightning Tuesday while
in the country fishing. Searching par
ties found their bodies side by side.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
Heavy Loss by Fire.

st. Petersburg, July 27.-Fire Tuesday
destroyed the largest electric cable wire
factory in st. Petersburg with the loss Of
about $1,250,000. A large quantity of
cables and wires for the torpedoes and
mines intended for the Baltic squadron
was destroyed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
NOMINATED Tor Governor

st. Joseph, Mo-, July 2S.-Hon. Cyrus
P. Walbridge, of ST. Louis, was NOM
mated for governor of Missouri Wednes-
day night on the first ballot taken by the
state republican convention. He polled
522 votes out of a total Of 765.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
Took Poison.

New York, July 26.-Mrs. Blanche
Madden, % years old, the wife of Ed
ward Madden, the song writer, COM
mitted suicide Monday night by taking
carbolic acid. She had recently been
an inmate Of an insane hospital.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04

The assertion is made that the day is
coming. and is almost here now, when
cutglass will be so cheap that we can
all have it on our tables. But when
that day comes, what shall we buy for
wedding presents?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
Bank President Arrested.

Rochester, N. Y, July 29.-President
Earl w. Card, of the Medina national
bank, which failed a few weeks ago, was
arrested Thursday, the result 1t is be-
lieved, Of an investigation begun by the
depositors' committee.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04
Treaty Signed.

Berlin, July 29.-The commercial
treaty between Germany and Russia
was signed Thursday by Count Won Bue-
low, the imperial chancellor, on behalf
of Germany. and M. White, president Of
the Russian ministerial council, on be-
half of Russia.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-08-04

And now the Vladivostok squadron,
getting holder, has sunk British mer-
chant ship. But don't forget to save
some sympathy for the harassed Brit
lsh ministry.