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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
The Presidents Plans.

President Roosevelt expects to spend
about two months at Oyster bay this
summer, and the force at the white
house are already planning for the fit
ting back and forth. The president will
leave Washington about July 1, re-
manning here until the Chicago conven-
ton shall have done its work. Then he
will go to Oyster Lay for a month or
so; return to Washington about Au-
gust /, which is the time usually set
for the beginning of the active work
of the campaign and remain here long
enough to welcome visiting delegations
and confer with party leaders. After
that he will return to Oyster bay again
for a stay of another month and come.
back to Washington ais the weather
begins to grow cool. He will receive
the news of the election at the white
house.
All this is giving the workers In the
executive Office a good deal of worry.
A great quantity of Office stationery,
and implements will have to be
carried back and forth every time the
president changes base and to effect
the transfer smoothly and expeditions
~ Will call for all the executive capaci-
ty which Secretaries Loeb and Barnes
possess.
Secretary Cortelyou for years under
Mckinley and Roosevelt managed these
presidential marches with a skill al
most amounting to genius and Secre-
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
Traction Piowlna.

Reports from many sections of the
state tell of the use of traction en-
gines for the use of breaking prairie.
This of turning over prairie
sod with a gang of several plows is
said by those who have tried it to be
much cheaper than the use of horses
for the same work, as one engine will
do the work of several pillow teams.
They do the work as well as it can
not too rough or stony. On such
land the work cannot be done with
the engine.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
MEN AND HAPPENINGS AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITOL.
PLANS OF THE PRESIDENT
How the Chief Executive Proposes to
Spend the Summer-A Scotch
Gardener Who Dares Defy
Congress.

Washington.-The George Wash
lngton University" is to be the some
what cumbersome title of the institu-
ton now known as the Columbian uni
versity, which is preparing for an en-
larged sphere of educational usefulness
by the purchase of a new site and the
erection of new buildings in Washing
ton.
For many years Columbian universe
ty has been one of the institutions of
the national capital. 1t has been better
known on account Of it's school of law
than for any other reason, but some
other of it's departments have been do
ing memorable things in various lines
of scientific research. The members of
its faculty are men of national reputa-
ton and they have added the luster of
distinguished James to the record of
the university. 1t is now proposed that
the undergraduate department of the
university shall become more conspic-
uous and that the institution shall take
rank among the great institutions of
learning which hitherto have been
magnets for the ambitious youth of
the country.
In order that this mission may be
fulfilled the pane of the university will
be changed, not because there is any
inherent objection to the present title,
but because of the confusion which
necessarily arises between the Wash
ington institution and The Columbia
university of New York with older ira
ditions and greater achievements.
The new site for the university is to
be on the banks of the Potomac not
far from the Washington monument
and very near the place which Wash
ington himself selected over 100 years
ago as the site for the national uni
versity which he believed should have
it's home in the national capital. Wash
ington set forth his ambition in sew
.eral letters as well as in his will. His
motive was n of patriotism rather
than personal sentiment or local pride.
ct is my ardent WISH" he wrote, "to
see a-plan devised on a liberal scale
which would have a tendency to spread
systematic ideas through all parts of
this rising empire. thereby to do away
with local attachments and state pref
:udices as far as the nature of things
would or indeed ought to admit from
our national councils" To this uLi-
versity he planned that the youths
from all parts of the union might be
sent "for the completion of their edu-
cation in all branches Of polite litera-
ture, in the arts and sciences, in ac-
curing knowledge in the principles Of
politics and good government and "as
a matter Of infinite importance in my
judgment by associating with each 9th
er and forming friendships be enabled
to free themselves in a proper degree
from those local prejudices and habit
ual jealousies which carried to excess
are never failing sources of disquietude
to the public mind and pregnant with
mischievous consequences to this coun-
try"
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
Winter Wheat Test PROMISING.

As is we'll known. little attention
has, during past years, been paid by
the farmers of South Dakota to the
raising of winter wheat. As an ex-
pertinent, a number of farmers resid-
ing in the vicinity of Bath, Brown
county, last fall shipped in a large
quantity of winter wheat seed from
Nebraska and sowedit on their farms.
They low report that the wheatahas
made a fine growth, and at this time
looks strong. health and promising
for a fully developed crop.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
All Around the state

The members of the Free Methodist
Church Society Of Vienna are prepar-
ing to erect a fine new church build
ing in the near future.
The young wolf harvest has com
menced and John Douglas, of Miller,
counts 1925 earned in one hour in
digging down three AMI a half feet
into the ground, finding intheaen
a litter Of ten.
The county auditor at Miller has
called the commissioners in special
session to take measures tc stampout
the cattle itch.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
Organized Thieves.

A gang of thieves is operating at
Worthen, in the Rockport colony, and
at other points in Hanson county.
The robbers carry off everything
from jewelry to harness and wagons,
and in one instance they stole a $4,000
life insurance policy, which they
doubtless believed would net them
the S $1,000 in cash.
Thus far the thieves have covered
their tracks remarkably well, and no
clue has been found which will lead
to the recovery of any of the missing
property or the capture of the rob-
.bers.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
To Organize Association.

New York, May pa call has been
issued for a meeting Of the presidents
of the trust companies of New York
state. with the object Of forming a
trust company association along the
lines of the national state and savings
banks of the state. There are 81
trust companies in the state, capital
lied at $780, 900. 900, and controlling
deposits of more than $S00,00 o. 900.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
Adding Fuel to the Flame.

See here. you old Anticipated
dnffer," exclaimed the irate individual.
as he entered the editorial sanctum Of
a village weekly, Il am told that you
called me a loafer in your last issue"
Sir" replied the editor. calmly,
you have been misinformed. We
print only the latest news.'-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
Scandal and Truth.

A little scandal trickled through
Where gossip cracked the wall,
And rapidly the volume grew
That was at first so small.
They sought with truth to fill the rent,
To close the ugly breach, but spent
Their efforts all in vain, for, like
The stream that steals out through the dix
Foul scandals volume swells and spreads;
Beginning as a subtle slur
1t quickly wrecks and rips to shreds
The splendid walls of character.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
His Complaints

Yes" she unused gloomf1y, ut may
be as the poet says, that in the spring
a young mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts OF love, hut it also lightly
turns away from them just as soon as
the baseball season is we'll under
way..-Chicago Post.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
All in the Family.

First Citizen Ca few years hence)-
How is it that stumper slides along so
easily?
Second Citizen-He belongs to one
party, his wife to the other, and both
run for Office at every election. One
or the other is sure 70 WIN. Y.
Weekly.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
Discretion.

"You say you wife allows you to do
just al you please?"
Certainly" answered Mr.. Meekton;
"but | I'm always careful to get the
benefit of her superior Judgment be-
fore forming any decided prejudices."
Washington Star.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
Contingent Indignation.

Aren't you angry because your hus-
band bets on the races?"
Il don't know yet" answered young
Mrs. Torkins. II haven't heard wheth-
er he won to-day or not."-Washing-
ton Star.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
A Matter Of contrac,

Customer-Strawberry boxes get
smaller and smaller.
Grocer-No'm that amt 1t; It's the
strawberries-y' see, they gets larger
and larger.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
Expert Diagnosis,

Doctor Carver-Is Jones all right
financially?
Doctor Pillsber-oh, yes indeed; why
should diagnosis most anything as
appendicitis that Jones had.-Puck.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
Compensation

Marriage is a lottery" said the mel
ancholy person.
Well" answered Miss Cayenne, ut
seems to be a pretty even game at that.
neyer saw a married man or woman
who thought he had drawn a blank who
didn't believe in his heart that the part
ner Of his joys and sorrows had secured
the capital p~rize."-Washington Star.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
Whv b obiected.

suppose. my dear" said old Mon
eybags, that you object to my using
tobacco because it is a poison"
Yes" replied his young wife; ""be-
cause it is-er-such a slow poison
Chicago Daily News.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27

willie, did you rest well last
night" asked the visitor as she came
down to breakfast.
WILLIE don't know; I'VE been
asleep.-Detroit Free Press.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
Wear and Tear.

Mrs. Browns your Johnny hard
ON footwear?
Mrs. LamsonI should say he is! /
have to get my slippers resolsd every
two or three Weekss-Puck
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
THE MARKETS.
Grain. Proyisions. etc.

Chicago, May 81.
FLOUR-Steady. Spring wheat, special
brand s5.4oa5.50; Minneapolis, hard pat
ents, s4.5914.60; Minnesota, hard spring,
straight. export bags, a.30Q4.40; clear, ex-
port bags, s3.4oa3.5o.
WHEAT-Holding well. Cash, No. z
red, s1.06@1.0S; May, 9SA@99Mc.
CORN-Slow. Cash, No. 2, 494491sc; May,
47ssa4sc.
oATsrIrregular. Cash, No. 2, 4okG41c;
May, 41@a2c.
BUTTER Market feeling easier.
Creameries, per H., 12G19c; diaries, 11@l7c.
EGGS-Feeling steady and quotably un-
changed. Fresh eggs, at mark, new cases
returned, 15c per Coz; prime firsts, Ice.
LIVE POULTRY-Markete easy and with
out change. Turkeys, per h., lie; chick
ems, fowls, 12c, ducks. 12a12lzc.
POTATOES-Steady and holding firm.
Burbanks, good to ckoice, per bu., S1.059
LOG; Rurals, good to choice, S1.0641.08.
New York, May Fl.
FLOUR-Inactive but tirm. Winter pat
ents, $5.1045.40.
WHEAT-Barely steady. July, 92h9
92%c; September, S3%@S4Ac.
RYE-Dull. No. 2, western, Zoe spot.
C~ORN-Opened easy, but later recovered.
May. SIC: July, 54A@54ssc; September. 53c.
OATS-Nominal.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27
Where He stc,e First.

Mrs. Bacon-Do they teach the boys
to steal at college, John?
Mr.. Baconr-What on earth are yoI
talking about?
why, | heard Bob say that it was
at college where he learned to steal
first"
well he was talking baseball
Yonkers Statesman.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27

Hix-My tailor has just invented
buttonless trousers.
Dix-Tut! TUT. I've been wearing
them ever since my wife Joined that
literary club.-Chicago Journal.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27

my little man, are you going to the
circus?"
"oh, I don't know. / may go only
to take my father. Chicago Ameri-
car.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-05-27

What's the best thing you can ge
in Russian
"A ticket for the United States
Chicago Chronicle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
CITY'S PROMISE TO
PAY DRAWS INTEREST
Script issued Half Century Ago
Turns Up and St. Paul
May Have to Dig.

A novelty in the line of claims
against the city Of st. Paul was pre-
scented to the comptroller yesterday by
Oscar Hallam, the attorney.
The claim is in the form OF city
script, promising to pay $3.50. issued
by the city in 1857, and signed by T.
M. Metcalf. then city comptroller, be-
ing the fourth party to hold the Office.
This would make the claim against the
city forty seven years old. and, as the
script bears interest at the rate OF 80
per cent per annum, the affair has be-
come important by this time.
AS the comptroller was unable to
unravel the situation it was decided
that the question of the legal rights of
the claimant should be referred to the
corporation attorney, who is expected
to look into the law and decide whether
or not the script is legal claim
against the city of st. Paul at the pres
ent time.
At the time the script was issued 1t
was the practice of the city to issue
as payment to the contractors such
security, and by some means the $3.50
in question passed into the hands OF
an Eastern party and was forgotten
for years. 1t has just been sent on to
Hallam for collection. Comptroller
Betz could find no authority for the
creation of such an Indebtedness, and
referred the entire question to the le-
gal department
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
THINKS HE'S A SLEUTH
AND COURT LET'S HIM GO
A. G. Grooch, Coffee House Salesman,
Aspires to Be Detective.

A. G. Grooch, when brought before
Judge Ffnehout yesterday, charged
with carrying concealed weapons, tried
to tell the judge that he was detect
i've.
The court asked for his commission.
Grooch produced it and it proved to be
a letter from the international Detect
i've Agency of Milwaukee, empowering
Grooch to act as their agent when oc-
casion demanded. He had paid Sd for
the privilege of wearing star and was
to send in $21 more when work was
given to him.
officer Paulson arrested Grooch on
East Third street Friday night He
was drunk, and when the officer &C.
costed him he was standing in front of
a saloon and noting the address on an
old envelope. Upon being searched at
the central station, tin star, a re-
volver, a pair of old shackles and a
small billy were found on him.
Grooch, who is salesman for a
Minneapolis tea and coffee house,
pleaded guilty to the charge of carry
ing concealed weapons, but the court
was so impressed with his story that
he was allowed to depart.
Grooch wanted the court to return
his star and detective paraphernalia,
but the request was denied.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
SHORT HOURS HERE
St. Paul Butchers Have the
Briefest Working Day.

John c. O'Donnell, state labor COM
missioner, has issued a statement rela-
tive to the investigation by his depart
ment of the butcher shops and meat
markets in the cities of the state where
factory inspection work is carried on
by the labor bureau.
The inspection was made under the
provisions of a law enacted by the leg
islature of 1908, and the report shows
that STA Of 1,136 retail establishments
in the state were visited.
There are 1925 persons employed in
the shops, all but fifty-nine being
males. The report shows a marked
Improvement in the matter of Sunday
closing and a shortening Of the hours
in the larger cities. St. Paul leads in
the shortness of the working day, its
butchers working an average of 1853
hours, with Minneapolis, 11.46; Duluth,
1104; Winona, 11.45; Mankato, 1887,
and Saltwater, 11.37. The average day
for all other towns inspected is 1855
hours
Discussing the matter of wages, the
report shows that the range in COM
pensation of meat cutters and butchers
in ST. Paul is from s42 to SS5 per
month, and from $3.50 to SIS per week;
at Minneapolis, the range is from $50
to $85, with an average of $50. Winona
shows an average of $11 per week;
Duluth, $14 per week; Saltwater, $50
per month for meat cutters and $40
for sausage makers, and in Mankato
the average for both classes of labor is
s45. while in the state at large wages
vary from $50 to se5 per month.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
PEOPLE POURING IN
Tide of immigration Strong In
Northern Minnesota.

"I know of no section of the country,
certainly not in Minnesota, where the
ratio of immigration has been so pro-
nounced as in the extreme northern
part of Minnesota said former Seere-
tary of State Albert Berg, who is at
the Merchants. Berg is now pros
porous business man of Warroad, COM
paratively a new town on Lake of the
Woods.
.eThe country which, only few
years ago, was regarded as uninhabi-
table, is fast filing with desirable
class of settlers" continued Mr. Berg.
During the month of January there
were no less than 1876 carloads of set
tiers effects received by rail at War
road for distribution throughout the
tributary section of the state. The
farmers shipped their household eff
fects, stock, ETC., in bond to Winnipeg
and thence by the Canadian Northern
to Warroad Mimi The land is suita-
BILE for agricultural purposes, but many
of the settlers get quite start from
the sale of posts, piling and ties, which
thew cut off their lands, and these find
ready market in the great prairie
| country to the north and west of VIM
nipeg.
1.-THE new settlers are, for the most
part, from Southern Minnesota, Iowa,
| Michigan and wisconsin. They are,
| many of them, sons of well-to-do
farmers, who are beginning life where
there is more elbow room. and they
come to us with quite a respectable
capital to start business with
Mr.. Berg says that the government
| has begun work on buildings ten scoWs
| to be used in dredging the harbor at
| Warroad, which, by the way, is the
| only American harbor on Lake of the
| Woods. The dredging will be done by
| the blower system, the dirt and silt be-
| ing taken from the bottom Of the lake
| aid blown through great pipes a dis
| lance of 500 feet by the vacuum
process. The plant has a capacity of
/ ESQ cubic yards of earth per hour, and
! it is expected to give Warroad q harbor
deep enough for any boat navigating
] the inland waters.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
BOILER INSPECTOR
GIVES COSTLY LESSONS
Engineers Who Fail to Secure Licenses
Are Fined $25 Each.

State Boiler Inspector R. II. Johnson.
of the st. Paul district announces the
opening of a vigorous search for Of
tenders against the boiler inspection
laws. He says that interested parties
have circulated stories among engl-
neers and owners of small boilers that
the law is dead letter and cannot be
enforced and that there have from this
cause been quite numerous attractions
of the law.
Michael Schurnark, engineer of a
West side trunk factory, was yester-
day fined SIS in the municipal court
for neglecting to take out license,
and Johnson will get warrants next
week for several other alleged Offend
ers. He says that he thinks the les
son contained In SIS fine is quite ex-
pensive. but he is determined to en-
force the law in his district.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
BIDS ARE OPENED FOR
SCHOOL ADDITIONS
E. j. DAILY and Hankee 6 Eha Submit
the Lowest Proposal.

Bids were opened yesterday by the
city purchasing committee for the
construction of eight-room additions
to the Phalen Park and Douglas
schools The lowest bids were below
the estimates Of the engineers, but 1t
was decided to postpone action.
For the construction of the Phalen
Park addition E. J. Daily was the low
est bidder for the construction of the
building, at $23,987, and Hankee & Ella
the lowest for the installation of the
heating plant at $2,719. The next low
est bid for the construction was that
of N. P. Franzen, at $25,640.
For the addition to the Douglas
school, not including "a heating plant,
Brown & Bowling were the lowest bid
ders, offering to do the work for $685.
444. The next lowest bidder was N. P.
F'ranzen, at $26,950.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
LOSES HIS JOB AND
SWALLOWS POISON
Joseph Durand. in a Fit of Desponden'
cy, Drinks Acid-May Recover.

Joseph Durand, aged forty. attempt
ed suicide at his home, 341 Harrington
avenue, yesterday afternoon at 2:30.
He was taken to the city hospital.
where, at a late hour last night, 1t was
thought that he would recover.
Durand is a widower and has a
grown daughter, who was out at the
time. Several hours afterwards she
returned and summoned the police.
He is a steamfitter and was employed
by Swift & Co. at South st. Paul until
two weeks ago. Dependency over the
loss of his position is thought to be
the cause of his attempt at self-de-
struction.
The poison was discovered to be mu-
ratio acid, of which Durand had taken
two ounces, somewhat diluted.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20

LESSEES OF MINERAL
LANDS MUST SETTLE
State Auditor Notifies Sixty seven That
Money Is Six Months Overdue.

State Auditor Iverson is after the
delinquents in the matter of state min
eraI land leases. He yesterday sent
notification to sixty-seven men who
are behind in their annual payments.
Payments of 500 were due from
each of these parties Aug. 1. The law
gives them sixty days after that date
in which to make payment, and TWEEN
ty DAYS thereafter the auditor may
notify them of their delinquency.
Twenty days from the notice of delin-
quency just made the state land com
missioner may declare their leases for
feited to the state and subject to new
lease.
Nearly all the lease owners who have
become delinquent are on the. Misabe
iron range, and tits expected that for
the. greater part they Will respond to
the notice and will redeem, as their
leases are valuable. Some 125 indi-
viduals are Interested in the sixty
seven leases.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
puts wouId-ee Burglar to Fight.

About 2 O'Clock Friday morning Charles
H. Ackernechth, 433 Selby avenue, was
awakened by some one trying the window
directly beneath his room. Securing re-
volver Ackernechth went down stairs and,
peering out the front door, saw man
standing at the window. He called to him.
and as the man started to run, fired three
shots, none of the bullets taking effect.
The man escaped in the darkness. Mr..
Ackernechth believes 1t was an attempt to
burglarize his house.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
RAILROAD NOTICES.
sa2. 90 to California

Via the Rock Island system, March 1st to
Francisco, Los Angeles. San Diego and
intermediate points. Through wide YES
tibuled tourist cars every Tuesday and
Wednesday, via Kansas City and Ell Paso;
Thursdays via Colorado Springs and Salt
Lake City. Berth rate, $6.75. Tickets
and full information at City Office,
Sixth and Robert streets, st. Paul. F. w.
Saint City Passenger Agent.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-20
DIED..

SCHARE-At the Soldiers home, March
is. 1904. Frederick Schare, aged sixty
years. Funeral from his late residence.
87S Hall avenue. Monday, 1:S0 p. m.
Services at the German Baptist church,
corner Stryker avenue and George
street, at q O'clock Members of Acker
post. g. A. R., are expected to attend.