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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11
He KNEW The DOG
Fortune Fayofs Popular Rail-
road Official

Eyes, SIR said F. NJ. Rugg. of the
Burlington, yesterday as he fingered q
box of fine, fat jack snipe, Il was mighty
lucky. If I hadn't known that dog L
would have been ia very embarrassing
position.
Il made a little trip over to Hudson.
Wis. last night to see maiden aunt of
mine who has a little farm in st. CroiX
county and early this morning enc of the
boys about the place went out in the
meadows and shot some Snipe. After
breakfast he packed up half dozen IN a
II started for the train to come to st.
Paul. and reached the station without ac-
cident.
was due / started to- pass through the
waiting room to get TO the platform when
I noticed a fine pointer dog lying in one
corner of the ROOM The dog came a-run :
out into perfect point with foot raised
and tail stiff as ramrod.
"a man who was standing in the room
and whom / did not know grabbed me by
the arm and pulled me into the ticket
Office He displayed star with Deputy
Game Warden engraved on it and told
me he wished TO have little private
conversation with me:
HE asked me my name, residence and
business and finally viewing me as If j
was a criminal inquired what had IN
It was about to frankly explain that
had some jack snipe and he was on the
point of placing me under arrest for car
rying game out of the state, when rec
ognized the dog as belonging to the next
door ueighbor of my aunt and whistled to
him to come to me.
He was a pup and came jumping 10
greet me- forgetting all about the birds
I had in the box which attracted his at
tentiOn at first.
81 Immediately saw how it was and real
lied how nearly had fallen. into a trap
that had been set for the unwary.
81 petted the dog and soon as could
collect myself 1 explained that I merely
had little bunch of farm produce for
my personal use at home.
He seemed satisfied and nothing fur
Their was said Of the matter.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11
$4,000 ON 5000
What a Young Man Made in
Three Years

E. B. Magill. townsite agent of the Chi
cago Great Western was IN town yester-
day. He0 says that the new towns of
Rinard, in Calhoun county. Iowa, sand
Gilead, seven miles from Council Bluffs,
are both prosperous.
These little cities were laid out since
July 1 this year, and each of them is al
ready preparing to incorporate
In speaking of the chances for a young
man having $1,000 in a newly opened
country Mr.. Magill said:
Il receive many inquiries from Young
men who say that they have progressed
as far as they can in their lines in the
large towns, asking me what are the
chances of success in the new country
Il always answer that if man has
the mind to keep straight and attend to
business he can do better in our section
than he can at home. If young man
has the proper bunch and is thoroughly
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11
CHICAGO MAN AND
.FIANCEE ARE DROWNED
Yacht capsized While Trying to Make
the Harbor in Heavy Gale

CHICAGO. Oct. 1O.-Sole survivor Of
a yachting party of four Chicagoans,
Harry Gray, clinging to a spar today
half a mile from shore, was rescued in
a dying condition. Gray became un-
conscious shortly after being found.
Before losing consciousness he stated
that his sister and two male COM
panions who went sailing with him last
evening had been drowned. While at
tempting to make the harbor in a heavy
gale last night the yacht sprang leak
and quickly sank. The dead:
Walter Kennedy, Donald Campbell
and Nellie Gray.
The yacht was a small sailboat be-
longing to Kennedy and Campbell.
Kennedy was chief of the information
bureau at the union depot and was en-
gagged to marry Miss Gray.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. Oct. 1O-The second
annual convention of the American Rail
road Mechanical and Electrical associa-
tion convened t To-Day d4f b Two Gays ses
worlds fair grounds. E. W. Odds. of
Milwaukee, president of the associa ton,
presided and introduced the first speaker,
J. /. Beggs, of Milwaukee.
The principal discussion of the day was
on maintenance and inspection of electri-
cal equipment and wheel matters
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11

took them all fully a quarter of a mile
from shore before help could be secur-
ed The other young woman succeed
ed in floating until picked up by life
savers an hour later, but Miss Wilson
became exhausted and succumbed.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11
TELLS OF BEAUTIES
OF NORTHERN ROUTE
Great Northern Issues Booklet Describing
Northwest

The. Great Northern has issued a very
beautiful little booklet entitled ACROSS
ing bits Of scenery to be seen in making
a uanscontinental trip Starting at Du-
luth. the booklet wildly describes the
various points OF interest in Minnesota.
and their surroundings
Il also covers North Dakota and Mon
taua and tells of the grandeur of Wash
iifgton with a snap that is refreshing.
The. booklet contains a great amount of
Interesting information concerning the
country traYersed by the road. such as
populations, attitudes areas and uses
A fine picture of the new ocean giant
Minnesota is one of the features.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11
William [. Wilson's Daughter Drowned

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 10.-Miss Bes-
sic Wilson, who was drowned at Viz
ginia Beach yesterday afternoon, was
the Youngest daughter of the late Will
liam L. Wilson, former postmaster
general, instead of his niece, as at first
reported She was bathing in the surf
with her sister, Miss Mary Wilson, and
a party of friends. A swift undertow
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11
Acquits Union Official

WELLINGTON. Kan, Oct 1O.-Thomas
L. Wilson, fourth vice president of the
International Association of Machinists.
who was arrested here three months ago
for interfering with Sante Fee non-union
workman during the machinistS' strike on
that road and in violation of court in
junction, was acquitted here today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11
Erick Succeeds Welsh

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct 10.-Henry
c. Prick was today elected director of
Philadelphia & Reading and the Philadel-
phia Reading Coal & Iron, to succeed the
late John Lowber, Welsh
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11
FLORISTS.
rounding this huge loan?, asked the at

rounding this huge Ioan?' asked the at
torney.
That is business matter" replied
Mr. Armour who could not be induced to
answer the question in later cross exam
nation.
George Robbins testified that the Ar
mour car line had contracts with the
Michigan Central and the Pere Marquette,
but if any rate lower than the tariff rate
was made to those companies, it was be-
cause of some concessions in the serv-
ice. For instance, he said, some of the
cars might not have been iced as often
as other cars, and a better rate was made.
He, insisted that no railroad was shown
preference.
The inquiry will continue tomorrow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-11
LIQUORS.
Discuss Electrical Equipment

And if you don't believe the story 1
can show YOU the jack snipe to prove it. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
A Horse which Thought.

Instances of great intelligence in
horses are almost as numerous as the
horses themselves. but there are few
which make prettier stories than this,
related in La Nature by Partisan.
At Vincennes, in my childhood, he
writes, my father had two spirited
horses of fine blood. One day while one
of them, Prunelle, was passing be-
tween two walls with my little sister
on her back the child slipped and roll
ed between the horses feet.
Prunelle stopped instantly and held
one hind foot in air. She seemed to
fear to lower that foot lest she should
step on the child. There was no room
for the horse to turn nor for a man to-
pass in
In that uncomfortable position, with
lifted foot, however, the horse stood
patiently while an attendant cravyled
between her forefeet and rescued the
child.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
Newton,s blue.

It Is we'll known that under the &C
ton of gravity the water composing
such thin shell as a soap bubble tends
to run down on all sides, so that the
walls of the bubble grow thin at the
top and thicken toward the bottom.
After time the bubble becomes so
thin at the top that further flow of wa
ter from this point can hardly take
place, and finally the bubble bursts.
But before this last stage is reached a
degree of thinness in the walls of the
bubble is attained which causes it to
glow with brilliant iridescent colors
Newton noticed that on top of the thin
bubble illuminated by white sky light
a black spot is formed. With increase
of thickness downward from this point
on all sides, red band next appears;
then a blue one; then again red and
blue, red and blue, and so on, the col
ors showing more extremes of red and
purple in the higher orders. This blue
band which first expands outward from
the black spot at the top and descends
slowly with the subsistence of the wa
ter Newton called the blue of the first
order" and, although somewhat dingy,
he judged it to be of the same tint as
the blue of the sky.-T. J. J. See in At
lantic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
IuouIsitixe Rirds.

OF the birds undoubtedly the blue
jays have the most inquisitiveness.
And they are the most noisy in express
ing it, although crows will hold a close
second place, if not fully the equal.
How the jays screeched and whistled
and called-a confusion of all the
sounds of jaydom-near my home!
More than a dozen darted into a small
evergreen tree on the lawn. People
came from several houses in the vicin-
ity, all curious to know what was the
matter with the birds. 1t seemed to
be a want to know on both sides.
The jays had discovered a cat walking
meekly along by the fence in the low
shrubbery near and under the spruce
tree. There was no nest in the vicinity,
and, SO far as could be ascertained. the
cat had not attacked the jays. But
what a pandemOnium of jay jargon
over one meek looking, quiet cat. The
jays outdid themselves and called out
nearly all the occupants of the many
houses on that street.-St. Nicholas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
STATUES IN ITAkY.
When a Monument Is Not a 3IOnu
nent I'm Rome or florence.

I When a Monument Is Not n 1GOnu-
nent I'm Rome or Florence.
Rome is in the absurd condition of
possessing a monument which the mu-
nicipaI authorities declared nonexistent.
Long, long ago a monument was raised
to the philosopher pedalieri, but never
unveiled. as there was a difference Of
opinion about the ACCESSIBILITY OF hav-
ing the monument at all. So through
sun and rain. wind and hail, the poor
statue stood, swathed in its dingy
drapery, an eyeSore and object of de-
rision to all.
Finally, in the dead of night, to put
an end to the scandal and disputes, the
police stripped off the old and rotten
cloth, and in the morning the Eternal
City found herself enriched by the
ownership of a new work of art The
citizens laughed and crowded to see
what had become a curiosity, but the
city fathers were furious, said the po-
lice had Overstepped their powers and
absolutely refused to acknowledge the
existence of the monument.
Florence has had similar expert
ence. A tablet to Gustavo Modena, iII
his day a celebrated actor and st;JI
more celebrated patriot, had been ct
tached to the house in which he lived.
But the authorities refused to alloy it
to be unveiled for fear of provoking an
anti-Austrian demonstration, just as in
these days when public feeling is in a
state of effervescence. Day after day
passed until the students made a sud-
den dash, and. stripping Off the cloth,
added another interest to the City of
Lilies. The municipality here also was
highly offended and informed the citi-
zens that the tablet does not exist
All this irresiStibly raises the Ques-
ton, when is a monument not mon
ument?" When it is in ItaIy!-Pan
Mall Gazette.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

MARQUIs,TTo, JAPAN's GREATEST STATES
MAN.
fourteen feet thick" Invariably the
great weight of the vessel broke the
ice. and the Ermak went on its way
at an average speed of. three 70 four
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
To Restore Leather Binatnr.

To restore the leather bindings of
books wash them first very lightly and
carefully with clean warm water in
which tiny piece of soda has been
dissolved, in order to free the leather
from grease; then wash with clear wa
ter TO remove the soda, and dry Dis
solve bit of gum arabic the size of a
small bean in Il teaspoonful Of water
and beat it up with a teaspOonful of
the white OF an egg. With a bit of
sponge go lightly over the leather with
this CLAIR and let it dry.
Should the CLAIR froth up on the
leather, as il is very likely to do if
there is much tool work on the book,
dab it until it subsidies with the palm
OF the hand or with the sponge
squeezed as dry as possible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

nese war chest. Ito had much TO DO
with the direction of the war. and 1t
wEs he who negotiated the treaty OF
peace with Ii Hung Chang. As re-
ward the mikado raised him to the
rank Of marquis. He must not be con-
founded with Vice Admiral Yuko Ito,
the hero of the Yalu river sea fight in
the war with China and who is now
an active officer In the navy. 1t was in
this battle that Rear Admiral Uriu,
who commanded the squadron that
sunk the Russian ships Variag and
Korietz at Chemulpo, got his first taste
OF war.
Field Marshal Marquis Yamagata.
who is not only the first soldier in
rank, but easily the first in the esteem
of the Japanese people, is a veteran of
many wars and the greatest military
authority in the empire. He was one
Of that band Of patriots who assisted
the emperor to the restored throne and
naturally enjoys the mikado's conf
dence. He is getting on in years, being
sixty-six. but. is still unimDaired men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
F,e1d,s Finishing Touch.

Eugene Field was once visiting the
house of Richard Henry Stoddard in
New York. During the evening a GER
tain well known physician dropped in.
He was serious man and bit pomp-
Gus. The talk turned on diet. Doctor"
said Stoddard, i've heard that you
eat two eggs at breakfast every morn
ing the year round NO." said the
doctor emphatically. mo. On the con-
trary." ION the contrary cried Stod-
dard. "What's the contrary of eating
two eggs?' Laying two eggs" came
in deep. solemn tones from Field.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

The NTddo;S C0un-
ell Of Veterans -
Vice "A dmfrdI Maka-
rolf. W 30 VIII
Command TIE CzorS
PORT Arthur F1eeF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

VICE ADMIRAL IAKARoFF, THE ICE
BREAKER
year. He is TALL broad shouldered and
we'll developed physically. He has a
massive head, and his face is well COW
cred with a long, heavy beard. He first
visited this country in 1868, when he
was still in the training service. He
came again in 1896, when he devoted
his time to the study of such ice break
ers as could be found here. But the
plans did not suit him, and he adopted
u design OF his own, from which his
first ice breaker, the Ermak, was con-
structed.
This great ship was built to break up
the ice of the Baltic SO as to give ships
access to Russian ports and rivers at
times when they are usually closed by
ice. In March, 1898, the Ermak, fresh
from the shipyards where it was built,
entered the frozen port of CrOnstadt
with comparative ease and then, going
to Revel. liberated thirty-three vessels
of a value of $T,JOO.OOO so that they
were able to go on their way with
cargOes.
In 1899 the Ermak was subjected to
still Severer tests. She went to SpitZ-
bergen about the close of the season of
navigation. pushed into the polar ice
and made a journey through the pack
ice. She Travelled in the pack about
80 miles. Her powerful machinery
drove her bow far I'D on ice that was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

@ the n % SCI WE @ DIS w. ~ Men, % Sample destroy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27

tally and physically. He made a tour
of this country in 1896.
Count Matsugata has twice been pre-
mier of Japan and served for fourteen
years as finance minister. He is one of
the greatest financiers Japan ever pro-
duced and while minister established
the gold standard in Japan. Count
Matsugata, who is sixty-eight years
old, visited the United States in 1902.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
Prencher nnd Exhorter.

There was an old darby preacher in
Virginia who would never become or
dained, but was content to remain just
an exhorter. This seemed rather
strange to some of his congrega ton,
and one day they asked him about it.
well, it's dis way" said he. when
you's preacher, you's gotter have a
tex an stick right close to it, but if
you's only a exhorter you kin branch"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
Ready to GrovvI.

Manager-We must put q great deal
of realism into this forest scene. Can
you get some one to growI so as to re-
semble bear? Assistant think 50.
There are six or seven stage hands
who have not received their wages for
three weeks. III cau them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
The sophisticated wife

Mr.. Newrich Gn city)-Mariar, pass
them beans.
Mrs. Newrich-Don't be absurd,
Frank Them's sailed ammons.-Penn-
sylvania Punch Bowl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
Unusual.

Old Chum-What made you decide TO
marry her?
Newly Married-Because during our
long acquaintance she never once sent
me sofa pillow.-Detroit Free Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-02-27
~ - 4. =. - . -. q,
= NOTABLE MEN
:, OF THE
y EASTERN WAR

~ NE Of the most interesting per-
sonalities in the struggle now
" going on between Russia and
Japan is Vice Admiral Maka-
rolf, the ice breaker specialist of the
Russian navy, who recently left st.
Petersburg to take the place Of Vice
Admiral Stark in command of the
cars feet at Port Arthur.
Vice Admiral Makaroff is in the
prime OF life, being in his fiftysixth
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-10-22
A Splendid Official.

L. Z. Allen, the republican coun-
ty treasurer, is one of the best and
most economical county officials
Whitman county has ever had. He
has made splendid record during
the two years he has held office and
comes before the voters with clean
administration to back him up. I'm
der his administration the expenses
of the treasurer's office have been
materially reduced, as shown by
the figures taken from the auditor S
report at the end of the fiscal years
shown below: For 1897 and 1898,
salaries and expenses, $40, 1872;
1899 and 1900, salaries and ex-
penses, I2,I14.3 80; 1901 and 1902,
salaries and expenses, 10, 6o3. 81.
The net saving of 1908 and 1904
over 1897 and 1898 is $233.35; the
net saving of 1903 and 1904 over
1899 and 1900 is $I5Io.42; the net
saving of 1908 and 1904 over 1901
and 1902 is $2223.o4.
1t will be noted that Mr.. Allen
has saved $2223. o. in salaries and
expenses during his administration
over the administration of his pred
ecessor, Notwithstanding the natur-
al increase of the work of the office,
which is heavier now than ever be-
fore in the history of the county.
Those results have been accom-
plished by having an experienced
and competent man in the office and
should be strong argument with
the taxpayer for voting to retain
Mr.. Allen in the county treasurer's
office for another term.
The records of republican officials
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-10-22

in this county have been exception
ally clean ever since the party came
into power. The county indebted
ness is decreasing rapidly and will
continue so to do as long as the re-
publicans remain in control. You
can never tell what a democrat
will do, for that party has nothing
but record Of broken promises.
When you go to vote ask yourself
which of the candidates. best fitted
to handle the business of the treas
urers Office, the one whose record is
an open book, clean and business
like, or the other, whose ability is
not known, and cast your vote &C
cordingly.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-10-22
Card TO voters.

Colfax, Washington, Oct. II, 1904.
To the Voters of Whitman County,
Washington: The Colfax Commoner
having questioned our sincerity regard
ing our position on the commission
question, we take pleasure in announc-
ing that we are now, and always have
been, most heartily in favor of an ap-
pointive railway commission as express
ed in the platform adopted by the repub-
licans of Whitman county, in convention
assembled July 9 tn, 1904. We were
nominated by this convention and pro-
pose to stand by its declarations, one of
which was as follows:
owe believe the best interests of the
people of this state demand the enact
ment of an appointive regulative COM
mission law, and we pledge our legisla-
tive nominees, if elected, to use every
honorable means to the enactment of
such law" PETER McCREGoR,
LEROY STILsoN.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-10-22
Don't Be Fooled.

The Colfax Commoner, following
out the line of campaign dictated by
George Turner to the Democratic
state central committee, is concen-
trating its efforts for the election of
the democratic legislative ticket in
this county. 1t is making its cam
paign under the mask Of the de-
mand for a railway commission,
hoping that the popularity of that
Issue in this county will blind the
voters to the real object Mr.. Turner
desires to obtain. The democrats
would indeed be we'll pleased if they
could elect their Legislative ticket in
this county. Such an event would
mean five votes for George Turner
for United States senator, for if that
gentleman is able to control the next
legislature he has promised to com
pei" it to do his bidding. For
years Mr.. Turner'S great ambition
has been to sit in the senate of the
United States, where he could abuse
the republican administration and
malign the good name of such good
statesmen as William Mckinley and
Theodore Roosevelt.
The republicans of Whitman
county are pledged absolutely to
the railway commission idea, and
the Colfax Commoner, during the
past summer, has stated in its re-
ports of the republican county con-
ventions that the commission forces
were in control. 1t now seeks by
insinuation to leave the impression
that republicans in this county
would not vote for their favorite is
sue if they were elected. Suct
statements are nothing more MOI
less than political rot. Every re
publican legislative nominee il
Whitman county is a strong advo
cate of remedial railway legislation
Had they not been, they could never
have received the nomination which
they sought at the hands of the late
republican county convention. Tha
is cinch. No man who has (;
thimbleful of brains would eve
question their sincerity, save onl,
for the purpose of political schem
ing. Republicans do not question
the republican Legislative nominees
Democrats always question every
thing republican, no matter what
is.