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just a Word for Central. i"

From the New 1OrK fierHiu'
In Nuremberg, Germany, man was fined
625 for calling telephone girl Sleeps
head over the wire. In Vienna a man was
fined s. for calling telephone girl Chi
nese." All Of which may be all right, but
how is a man to relieve his feelings when
he gets the wrong number?-Cleveiano
Leader.
The plumber. the book canvasser. the
lightning rod agent. the sewing machine
man may be fair game for the paragrapher,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-15
Former princeton Foot Ball Man Dead

After suffering three years from spinal
disease, the result of an injury which he
received in foot ball game. Augustus F..
Holly, jr., former captain of the Prince
ton foot ball team, died yesterday at Lake.
wood, N ]. He was graduated from
ON the varsity team two years. He was
thirty-three years old.
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Building Permits Issued.

Building permits were issued today as fol-
lows:
Mrs. Mary Hall. two-story brick store, 7O4
9th street northwest; cost, 81, 400
Harry B. Mason, three-story brick car
rage repository, rear 1141 18th stree. north
west; cost 5000.
]. T. Bowles, three-story brick store and
dwelling, 400 X street northwest; cost,
5000.
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SIS Suits, $1,000.

The fashionable Brown, Gray,
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loose effects, with pleated and
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SIS Coats, $40.

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Wants to Be Surprised.

From the AtchisOn Globe
We give notice that hereafter, when we
go calling we will give the door bell two
sudden rings. Then the hostess Will know
Ii is us, and put away that Christmas pres
ent she is making for us.
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Tables full of Art Cups and
Saucers, assorted styles and deco
rations. 25c to 81 values, ASc
at l9c to.
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DC to SO for very beautiful and
SOS artistic Notebooks, Engage
ment Books, Blotter Cases, Shaving
Cases, Music Rolls, Card Cases, Pen
Wipers, Writing Desks, &c. In Art
Department, near q st. door.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-12

special to The Journal.
New Richmond, Wis. May Ia
Ward Spooner Williams, New Rich
mond's first mayor, a leading repub-
loan and for many years a foremost
citizen of this region, died this morn
ing.
He was born in New Portland. Me-,
Sept. 20, 1S41. His grandfather was
a revolutionary soldier and first set
tier of New Portland. Mr.. Williams
was educated in the country schools
and at North Arson academy. In
1852 he went to California. His first
occupation there was that of q school
teacher. Then he was a merchant at
Davisville and a wheat rancher. He
was successful In his business VEN
lures and amassed a fortune. He rep
resented Calusa county in the legisla-
ture during Governor Stanford's time.
The climate not agreeing with his
wife, Mr.. Williams moved from Cali
fornia to New Richmond in 1884, and
entered into general merchandising on
he was attacked by creeping paralysis,
but continued to give his business af-
fairs his personal attention, and was
wheeled to and from his store in a
chair.
Surviving him are his wife and four
sons, Harry M, Donald W.. Ward S.,
and Abram P, all Of this city, and
three brothers: former United States
Senator A. P. Williams of San Fran
cisco; W. w. Williams Of Fa1lon,
New, and o. J. Williams of New Rich
mond.
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TWO INCHES OF SNOW
In PARTS OF N. OAK.
Specials to The Journal.

0QoCAaAS w AA3o VouAAuAs ~. z,.s
Lakota, N. D., May 12.-It has beens
showing, since last evening and over
two inches of snow is on the ground.
All field work has been slapped with
the crop only half in.
Pembina, N. D., May 12.-Seeding
has again been stopped owing to the
heavy rain Of all to-day. Land in this
vicinity flooded by the Pembina river
and will not be in condition to seed
any crop this season.
Grand Forks, N. D., May 12.-Rain
in the east and snow in the western
part of the state have checked farm
operations. The storm in the west
reached the proportions of a blizzard.
Larimore, N. D., May ia heavy
rain fell all day yesterday and 1t is
still raining. Seeding is delayed for
at least a week under the most favor
able conditions. Not to exceed 2 per
cent Of the seeding has been done.
N. G.. Larimore Of the Elk Valley
Farming company says the season is
the, worst In the history of the Red
River valley. Everything Is at a
standstiil. Fall blowing is packed as
hard as a floor. It looks like poor
crops this year. 80
Minnewaukan, N. D., May ~
Snow covers the ground and is still
falling. Seeding has been at stand
still for two days and no work is pos
sible this week.
Devils Lake, N. D., May 12.-Heavy
rains and snow for two days have
greatly delayed seeding. The moist
ure has penetrated the ground several
inches, and with the most favorable
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New York Sun Special Service.
Newark, N. j., May 12.-Thomas A.
Edison, the inventor, declares that
many Of the employees at the patent
office at Washington are incompetent,
that the system Is faulty, that he had
been sufferer on numerous occasions
and is at last driven. to desperation by
proceeding"
Mr.. Edison has appealed to Presi-
dent Roosevelt. He did not charge
dishonesty. but said that things had
and contrary to. law. The president
has given heed to the appeal.
Now, Just let me give you an in
stance Of the way they do things up
there at the patent office" said Mr..
Edison. TN this case we had applied
for patent covering an electrical
storage battery. They took a couple
of young fellows out Of the bottle de-
partment in the afternoon, and set
them to looking UP a highly technical
matter. 55E
They often take young men out Of
the bottle department and the collar
button department, and set them to
systems Of wireless telegraphy. It's
the same thing over and over. These
men are absolutely incompetent and
we have to be the sufferers.
Some fellow goes there with an ap-
|plication and files 1t. Then he wants
to get something added to it. He
takes a couple of sharp lawyers and
they talk these young examiners to
death. They induce them to hand out
the application papers and then they
can make the additions If they wish. =
Mr.. Edison was asked If he did not
think the appeal. to the president
might result in a change Of policy on
the part Of Commissioner Allen.
'Why, say, that commissioner isn't
afraid of the supreme court, let alone
the president" was the reply.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-12
HIT FOR THE
RUNNING MATE.
Continued from First Page.

erts Hit as candidate for the vice
presidency, the honor will not only not
be distasteful to him, but the action Of
the state convention will be accepted
with extraordinary unanimity by rep
resentative and prominent republicans
Of Ohio. Wisconsin. Iowa and other
states Of the Mississippi valley.
II am not authorized to say that
President Roosevelt is especially In
terested in Mr.. Hits candidacy. The
president is not taking part in the se-
lection of his running mate and will
not do SO. I. however, have had a
conversation with one Of the presi-
dents most trusted advisers mem
Der of his cabinet-who declares the
nomination Of Mr.. Hit by the Illinois
state convention will settle the vice
presidential situation and will insure
the state Of Illinois to the republican
party and will bring to the ticket the
added strength Of the name Of one
whom the cabinet officer declared to
be the strongest and finest republican
in the Mississippi valley to-day" Y
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MORE DELEGATES
FOR La TOILETTE
Badger Governor ! Has BIO or
Within 2seof Enough to
a-e Nominate.
- s.:ses. sstas.5- llsssT BIZ ~ tfsls.%;r4
special u, The Journal

Special -. The journal. -, - a
Milwaukee,, May, t12.-From the
standpoint, Of the one who loves peace
the republican political situation In
Wisconsin is getting no better very
fast The Monroe county caucusesa
yesterday: gave fifteen votes to Cover
nor La Toilette. This raises the total
claimed for him by his friends to $40
as against 429 for the opposition. The
figures of the latter are, anti-La Fol
lette delegates elected, 500; La Fol-
lette delegates elected, 43S.
Caucuses are in progress to-day in
Green, Kewaunee, Outagamie, Portage
and Taylor counties, which together
cast ffty-nine votes. La Toilette car
ried these counties two years ago
against Whitehead, and his supporters
naturally expect to secure the bulk
of their votes. Tomorrow Gates
county will caucus for its three votes,
which La Toilette secured two years
ago, and on Saturday Bayfield,. Dunn,
Lafayette, Pierce, Sawyer and st.
Croix counties will end the caucusing
by deciding as to the complexion of
their aggregate vote of sixty-three
Of which La Toilette two years ago re-
is, therefore, favorable to La Toilette
as far as votes still to get are con-
cerned.
The complications which are to
puzzle the state central committee
when 1t takes up the credentials have
been increased by rump ''stalwart"
convention in Grant county where
fraud is charged against the La Fol-
lette force in a close district. The
aim Of the "stalwarts" In this case
seems to be. to give the committee
similar causes on both sides. This
will Of course simply increase the
A hint that the 1o4 votes thus far
secured by Cook, one Of the "stal-
wart'' candidates, will create sensa-
ton when break comes, Is causing
speculation as to whether Cook, who
has been. ''halfbreed" in the past,
can hold his entire force against La
/ Toilette, when the time comes for
them to leave him. If he cannot, the
Baensch forces, altho greatly superior
to block La Toilette. That Is, If the
1 "stalwart" candidates have a majority.
. Madison's Figures.
Special to The Journal
/ Madison, Wis, May 12.-If the La
/ Toilette forces control the republican
! state convention next week, Irving j.
4 Lenroot. attorney, Of Superior, speak
/ er Of the assem- bly,, will be chairman
j The opposition has not yet selected Its
/ candidate for the position.
The result of the fight may not def
nitely be known until after the last
/ county caucuses on Saturday. The
i net result SO far shows that La Fol-
Iette now has $50 delegates to the OPP
nosition,s 480. A majority In the con.
| vention is 633. The opposition ex'
\ meets fourteen votes from Outagamte
I and Portage counties to-day.
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YATES CONFIDENT
OF NOMINATION
Continued from First Page.

and Lowden will be able to control
the organization. No nominations will
be made to-day.
There were contests in several of
the district caucuses and separate sets
Of committeeman were named.
In calling the second district eau
Gus to order, DIR. T. N. Jameson said:
I'VE, who are about to die, salute
YOU" s
Hit or Fairbanks? r
The twelfth and twenty-second dis
tricts Endorsed Congressman Hit for
vice-president Several other districts
Endorsed Senator Fairbanks.
In the fourth district hot little
fight between the Lor1ner and De-
neen forces occupied an hour. The
Deneen men demanded a roll call by
individual delegates, alleging that two
Lorimer men were absent and not
present by proxy.
Chairman John J. McKenna de-
cided that the vote was a tie on a
roll call by wards and declared Frank
Each faction finally submitted full
set Of committee nominations to the
convention. a,ss-ss.4
Apparently Governor Yates is insthe
lead for governor. His friends claim
that he will have more than 500 votes
on the first ballot. IheSe delegates
will stand by him until he is nomi-
mated or he releases them on the floor
of the convention.
The. Lowden leaders declare they
will have enough votes to nominate
their candidate. They assert that q
considerable number Of the votes
counted for Governor Yates will &c
to Lowden on the second or thir6
ballot.
Fred II. Rowe Of the state central
committee called the convention tc
order and presented as temporary
chairman Speaker Joseph G.. Cannon
With one shout the convention ap.
proved.
Speaker Cannon spoke briefly. III
goes without saying he remarked
that the man selected as chairman
!, Of this convention whose breast woul6
not swell with pride would be less
than human 81
At this juncture the speaker was
interrupted by Secretary Hay, who
presented him with the handsome sill
badge of office.
Il would rather have that he re.
marked, than the yellow jacket Of {
Chinese mandarin" f
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MCBRIDE DEFEATED
Mead of Watcom Nominated by WASH
ingtOn State Republicans.

Tacoma, WASH, May 12.-After an
all-night session a slate was agreed
upon for the republican state conven-
ton, by a steering committee repre-
senting western Washington and
enough Of the eastern counties to se-
cure the requisite votes. This leaves
the field clear for a straight fight on
the United States senatorship between
Senator Foster, Congressman Cush-
man and Humphrey and Samuel p.
Hill. BY this arrangement Governor
Mcbride was left out Of consid eration.
The convention adjourned last night
after nominating the following ticket:
Congress, Will e. Humphrey, Wes-
ley T.. Jones and Francis w. Cushman,
all renominated; governor, Albert b.
Mead, Whatcom; lieutenant governor,
Charles e. Coon; secretary OF state,
Samuel H. Nichols; treasurer, George
G.. Mills; auditor, G. w. Clausen; at
torney general, John D. Atkinson; land
commissioner, e. w. Ross; superin-
tendent, r. B. Bryan; justices of the
supreme court, Mark A. Fullerton and
Frank H. Rudkin.
The platform advocates a protective
tariff; favors reciprocity in non-con-
petitive products and opposes the re-
peal Of duty on coal. n, Ess / 2ES5Ss
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Hit Is Willing.
New York Sun Special Service.

Springfield. ILL.,, May I'm reply
to a query whether If Endorsed by the
convention for vice president he would
accept, Congressman r. r. Hit re-
Piled:
IT am willing to accept such an in
dorsement by the state convention"
Cannon Prefers Flowing.
In speaking Of the vice presidential
situation, Speaker Cannon remarked:
It'd sooner go back to blowing corn
than run for vice president. I'd
sooner be speaker than vice president,
and I've got work enough cut out for
me, without cutting around the coun-
try as a running mate for strenuous
presidential candidate" -}
May Indorse Fairbanks.
At a conference between Speaker
Cannon and other Illinois congress-
men, it was decided to present resolu-
tons indorsing Senator G. w. Fair
banks Of Indiana for the vice presi-
Dental nomination.
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ENTIRE PORT
NOW DECLARED
TO Be In RUINS
Continued on Second Page.

. !
dfers ordered everyone to leave the train.
All the bridges had been destroyed be-
tween Po-lan-tien and Wa-fan-tien, a dis
sance of about twenty miles. The pas
sengers walked to Wa-fan-tien. where
Mey were entrained for Tachichao. Two
hundred wounded Russians from Port
Arthur were allowed to proceed. No i'm
portance. he said, need be attached to the
reported restoration Of communications
with Port Arthur. Japanese reinforce
ments are approaching.
The st. Petersburg correspondent
Of the Daily Mail believes the state
ment that has been issued officially
that bad weather, checking the dis
embarkation of the entire Japanese
army, compelled the comparatively
Bmall force which had been landed to
fall back.
Alexieff Claim Denied in Toxic.
Toxic, May 1873 p. Unofficial in
quiry shows that Viceroy Alexieff's re-
port that railroad communication
with Port Arthur has been restored
since Monday is untrue.
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DEPRESSION IN RUSSIA
Pesstm1sm as to the Final Outcome on
Every Hand.
copyright, 1904.)

copyright, 1904.)
@sw York Sun Special Service.
Warsaw. May i'm Russian So
cial circles. particularly those that re-
fleet military opinion, a wave OF de-
preston has set in.
A pessimistic forecast Of the wars
issue Is being freely expressed.
The caliber Of the Russian army as
compared with the Japanese Is the
subject of much misg1ving. 1t Is be-
ginning to be realized that much Of
the worlds history Is written now
adays in the yards Of Creusote and
Krupp.
The question of transportation of
Russian supplies and stores also causes
uneasiness Something in the nature
OF a general breakdown in this de-
partment seems to be feared.
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CLEARING THE CHANNEL
Plausible Explanation of Port Arthur
Explosions Is Furnished.

st. Petersburg, May IAN expla-
nation of the explosions heard at Port
Arthur. which led to reports that the
Russians were destroying their war
ships is that the garrison is endeav-
oring to clear the harbor entrance Of
the stone laden ships sent in by Jap
anese. In order to remove the OBJ
structions divers are said to have
placed charges, of dynamite in position
and succeeded in blowing away
enough of the cement and rock
cargoes to admit the passage Of tor
pedo boats thru the channel.
The tas kis one of extreme didfficul-
ty. The merchantmen are filed with
stones and concrete and masses Of
iron. In order to move them divers
have been sent down with drilling ap-
paratus to bore holes in the cargo for
the placing of dynamite charges.
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TT WAS NIH1IlsTs, NOT JAPs
Plotted to Blow Up Buildings, Kill
Gar and M. de Plehve.

Vienna, May 12.-According to re-
ports from st. Petersburg the attempt
to destroy the arsenal and fortifica-
lions at Kronstadt was not due to g.
Japanese agent, but to Russian nihi-
lists. .-t
The Russian police declare they
have discovered threads Of a vast
nihilist conspiracy, having for it's OBJ
ject the destruction of the chief de-
partments Of the state governm ent
buildings and the imperial palaces.
M. de Plehve's life Is also threatened
and special corps of detectives has
been formed to protect him.
London, May lathe correspond
ent of the Morning Leader at Vienna,
referring to the reported plot says it
the cZar The accompltce who be-
trayed the plot is said to have been
bribed with $4,000.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-12
ANOTHER RUSSIAN DISASTER

Loss of Torpedo Transport April rs
just Made Public.
New York Sun Special Service.
st. Petersburg, May 12.-Thru the
posting by the general staff Of a list
containing twenty names Of officers
and men killed on board, the torpedo
transport Amur, April %, a naval dis
come public. The Amur (Which was
a sister ship Of the Inflated transport
Yenesei), was laying mines in the Port
Arthur roadsted, when she struck one
and sank. Three officers and ninety
one men persisted.
Russia Again Denies.
st. Petersburg, May 12.-The ad-
miralty absolutely denies :; that the
Russian transport Amur was sunk
April %, in the roadstead Of Port
Arthur.
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Friction at Picking.

Picking, May 12.-The JAPANESE
minister complains constantly here
that the Russians are invading Chi
nese territory and asks that measures
be promptly taken to counteract these
encroachments, reminding China that
wherever the Russians 60 the Japan
csc are bound to follow.
Prince Ching, the chief Of the for
eign ministry, has promised to place
the matter before the throne.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-12
CYRIL IN SERIOUS SHAPE

Heart and Nervous System Affected by
Petropavlovsk Disaster.
st. Petersburg, May 12.--Grand
Duke CyriPs whole nervous system
and his heart are somewhat seriously
affected as the result Of his expert
ences at the time of the blowing up
of the battleship Petropavlovsk off
Port Arthur April 10. The official
report Of his medical attendants says
the grand duke will require the clos
est attention and most careful treat
@ment. His cure, the doctors say, will
be difficult.
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Plans of skrydloff.

st. Petersburg, May 12.--It is stated
on authority that the strength Of the
garrison, Of Port Arthur is 10000 SOL
diers and 10000 sailors. It is en-
phatically declared that in no case will
the warships be allowed to fall into
the hands Of the Japanese.
It is officially stated that Admiral
Skrydloff does not intend to order the
vladivostok squadron to make an at
tempt to join the Port Arthur squad.
ron, He will use Vladivostok as base
for raids, but will keep the squadron
intact until 1t shall be able to join
the fleet from the Baltic. H.
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Fortifying Iiiao-Yang.

Shanghai May 12.-The Russians
are constructing extensive earthworks
outside of Liao-yang. They have
side each Of the four city gates. The
Russians are erecting forts at Mo-
tien-ling pass.