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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
PURSUIT OF SMITH
WAS BUNGLED
Captain Resche Says the Reward
Was Chased Harder than the
Outlaw.
Special to The Journal.

Duluth, Mimi, July 1.-Captain
Resche Of the Duluth police, who is
also Major Resche of the Third regi-
ment. returned today from the scene
Of o; the chase after John or Lon Smith,
the Fall Lake, Wis, murderer to
which place he took the police de-
partment bloodhounds.
lie brings a great story of the eff
forts that are being made to capture
the fugitive. He says that if there
had been one-half the earnestness in
the effort to get the criminal that
there has been to chase the reward,
he would have been in prison long
ago. The reward was $500.
A pair Of Overalls belonging to the
man were found by a farmer These
We're wanted in order to give the
bloodhounds a scent. The farmer re-
deputy sheriff would agree to split the
reward. This the deputy refused to
do, but instead took out replevin
papers and thus secured the overalls.
The farmer then, in turn, refused to
let Captain Resche give the blood
mounds the scent, unless he would
agree to divide the reward with him.
The overalls had then been handled
by about twenty persons and Captain
Resche told him to go and have them
| framed and keep them as a souvenir
Some footprints made by shoes such
| as those worn by the fugitive were
found and the hound was given the
trail. She started off with a howl and
few minutes later had an Officer
of the militia up tree.
Captain Resche also brings many
stories telling of the half-heartednes
Of the pursuit. Three militiamen dis
covered Smith once and followed hin
| into some brush They heard the
click Of the cooking of gun ant
| turned and ran without firing a shot
He might also have been caugh
at Alma Center. Word was sent Their
of his coming, but when he arrived
i there in broad daylight, he discovere,
as he entered saloon that he wa
expected, the remark being made
There he u.s." and then he fled thr1
the town and away. That was tn
last time he has been heard Of.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
LEADERS UNITE TO
CRUSH OUT BRYAN
Hopkins of Illinois Has Promise
of Support from o 'Brien of
Minnesota and Others. al
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
st. Louis, July 1.-The fortunes Of.
Mr.. Bryan at the democratic national
convention will turn largely on his
recent conference with Carter Harri-
son and his evident advice to Harri-
son to contest. The injection of Bryan
into this fight has determined John
P. Hopkins of Chicago to go out after
Bryan, and he has assurances from
the Parker leaders that they will help
him in any effort he may make to
crush Bryan and Organism out of the
democratic party.
| Hopkins has assurances from these
| national committeeman and numerous
other conservatives, that they will
help him: Campau of Michigan, Tag
cart of Indiana, Ryan Of Wisconsin.
| O'Brien of Minnesota, Fitzpatrick of
Louisiana, Johnson of Texas. He has
put his plea on the basis that Bryan
has no business mixing in Illinois pol
itics, and he has had no difficulty in
securing promises of support, not only
from these committeeman, but also
from the Parker leaders in all parts
of the country.
The determination to eliminate
Bryan, if possible, has found ready
support from all sections of the coun-
try. The democratic leaders are tired
of his constant abuse of democrats
during the last six or eight months.
Bryan Will arrive on sunday. lie
comes to make a fight in the resolu-
lions committee for a reaffirmation
of the Chicago and Kansas City plat
form. He comes to oppose Judge
Parker. 1t is not the intention of the
, leaders to allow Mr.. Bryan any lee
way in his fight. He will receive a
respectful hearing, but plans are al
ready made to minimize the effect of
his speeches and propaganda, andeno
effort will be spared to convince him
and his followers that he cannot dom
. mate the party and that his principles
| are no longer the real principles OF
l the dem -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
BOUNDARY FENCE
CUT At NIGHT
BARRIER BETWEEN RESORTS
AND PARK DESTROYED.
Minnehaha Park District Residents
Indignant Over Action of Resort
Owners in Cutting Down Trocha
Separating Park from Objectionable
Places of Amusement.

The days of the Minnehaha trocha
are past. With one fell swoop the
pavilion owners and amusement pro-
ducers located on the strip of land
across the Milwaukee tracks opposite
the entrance to Minnehaha park, have
demolished the high wire fence erected
to shut off access to their objection
able places and are waging an unop-
posed campaign in search of the
elusive silver.
over year ago the residents Of Min
nehaha Park suburb, backed up by
the park board and the railway COM
pany, made an effort to suppress the
Objectionable features of that section.
Several schemes were tried. Pending
the effect of condemnation proceed
ings by which the park board will
have possession of the sites Of these
places in three years, the railroad
company was induced to erect high
wire fence along the west line of it's
right Of way, shutting off the resorts.
Last year parts Of this fence were
cut out, but were afterwards re
placed. This spring the pavilion
owners turned their buildings around
so as to face Hiawatha avenue. The
Iold resorts, together with number
of new variety houses, refreshment
stands, merry-go-rounds and fakirs'
boths are alleged to have trans
formed the once peaceful HiaWatha
avenue into a veritable Midway Plat
sance, where on Saturdays, Sundays
and holidays people Of certain class
make day and night hideous.
Not satisfied with this success, re-
sort proprietors evidently decided that
the wire fence still hurt their bust
ness, and they went to work to open
UP a short cut for their patrons
When the residents of the suburb
went to take the cars yesterday morn
ing, they found their pet fence laid
low. A force Of men with saws had
been at work, and for over hundred
yards the fence posts had been sawed
off close to the ground Nothing is
now left to hinder the multitude from
sWarming over what was once an OBJ
struction to the unpleasant hilarity
that mars the otherwise peaceful
| beauty of the place.
| Whether the fence will be recon
| structed is not known. The guilty
parties will probably remain unknown
and unpublished. The residents Of the
district feel thoroly discouraged an6
say that their only course Is to wal
until the leases on the property ex
pire, in two years more, when thu
place will be renovated.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
IF JAPAN SHOULD WIN?
Would 1t Be Practically an Inte1na.
tional Calamity?
Booklovers' Magazine.

There are many shrewd observers
on the Pacific coast, who while not
sharing the anti-Russian alarm, be-
lieve they see in the far east conflict
a still greater menace to Americas
standing as Pacific power. They
believe that japanese victory over
Russia would be an International ca
lamity. Japan's ambition. they point
q out. IS to merge and mobilize the mil
lions of China into "a military entity
whose power, once aroused, would
dwarf into insignificance any horde Of
aconqperers the world has ever seem
With Japanese statesmen erecting
a framework of efficient government
upon the ruins of the present Manchu
dynasty said one of the spokesman
of the pro- Russian party on the Pa
cific coast, with Asia for the Ash
atics' brought out to serve as the
slogan for China's hitherto inert hosts,
at length directed by acumen, energy
and newly aroused ambition, the plans
of Europe for a partition of that
ancient empire would fall away like
house of cards before a breath"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
CITY NEWS.
THE WEATHER

Internationally fair tonight ano
Saturday, warmer Saturday and In north
portion tonight, variable winds becoming
southerly.
Wisconsin-Generally fair tonight ano
Saturday, continued cool, warmer in west
portion Saturday.
Upper Internationally fair tonigh,
and Saturday northwest winds becoming
variable.
M Iowa--Partly cloudy tonight and Satuf'
day with possibly showers in west por-
ton; warmer Saturday and in northwest
portion tonight variable winds.
North Dakota-Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday, with possibly local show.
ers; warmer tonight; winds becoming
southerly.
South Dakota-Partly cloudy tonigh
and Saturday with possibly local showers
I'm west portion, warmer tonight in cen
trail and east portions, southerly winds.
ENTHUSIASTICALLY fair tonight anC
Saturday; slightly cooler tonight and II
southeast portion Saturday, variable
winds becoming westerly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
FLYING MACHINES
Taken Up By the French Army and
Successful Experiments Made.
.saFt- New York Fvanjnp Post

New York Evening Post.
The attraction at recent meeting
of the French Academy of Sciences
was a paper on aerial navigation by
Colonel Renard, the director Of the
military ballOoning establishment at
Meudon. The colonel maintains the
possibility of constructing, with pc
troleum motors now existing, a flying
machine capable of supporting itself
in the air. With motors weighing ten
kilogrammes per horse power, such
a thing was impossible, but with pc
troleum motor weighing no more than
five kilogrammes per horse power, it
begins, he says, to be feasible. 1t will
be easy with motors of half that
weight per horse power, and he be-
lieves this reduction can be effected
without changing the principle of the
present motors The flying machine,
he says, would, Of course, have to be
provided with very light screw propel-
lers of as perfect a shape as possible.
Many experiments have been made at
Meudon with the object of ascertain
ing the best kind of propeller. A type
has been selected with which the
colonel is certain a flying machine
five horse power, with eight or ten
kilogrammes of weight to spare. For
a flying machine provided with a
motor to be able to rise into the air,
the impetus given by the screw must,
Of course be greater than the weight
Of the motor and the propeller. Col
onel Renard calls that difference use
full weight He is convinced that the
weight of the present motors can be
greatly diminished, and declares that
with a motor weighing one kilo-
gramme per horse power extremely
heavy weight could be carried into the
air. With motors weighing three
kilogrammes per horse power, fly
ing machine capable of carrying two
men could be constructed with his
propeller He expressed the opinion
that the aeroplane will be the flying
machine Of the future.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT
A Flame Necessary to Ignite the Es-
Gaping Gases.

The blowing up of the gasolene
launch Eleanor and the fatal acct
dents resulting have been the cause
or intense excitement and diStruSt
among the launch owners at Lake
,Minnetonka. If there is traceable
cause for the accident, they wish to
know It, There have been but few
accident and the question is whether
this one was due to defective work
combination Of nonaccountable acct
dents.
The members of the party who were
interviewed today declared that they
did not take light near the engine
or place one close to the floor. Case
lene fumes We're noticed by someone
and efforts were made to find it.
There was an untraced report in the
early part of the morning that a
search had been made with the aid of
an acetylene headlight to find the
cause OF the leak and that the explo-
sion was the direct result Of this
1t is practically certain that there
was leak in the tank. If no one in
the party introduced light where
an explosion could take place the most
natural supposition is that there was
defect in the electrical insulation
and that spark outside the engine
was caused by the crossing Of wires.
The launch was twenty-eight feet in
length and was built by r. G. Moore
at the Moore Boat Works, Wayzata
Mr.. Moore declared that he has built
over 200 boats and that this is the
first accident of any kind that has
happened. He did not think that il
was possible for an accident to occur
unless there was a leak in the tank
and light introduced.
The engine was built by William
Campbell of the Campbell Motor
Works. He as of the opinion thai
even if there was a leak in the tank
the vapor resulting could not be ig
nited from the engine. He agreed
with Mr.. Moore that the acciden
could be explained only on the theor,
that lamp or light was used, thus
furnishing the fame necessary for tn.
| ignition Of the gases.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
DEAD BODY FOUND IN CAR
HILLMAN OF FARGO, A VET
ERAN RAILROAD MAN, MAY
HAVE POISONED HIMSELF.
Special to The Journal.

Fargo, N. D., July MARTIN Hill
man was found dead in day coach
in the Northern Pacific yards after
having been missing for thirty-six
hours. He was a pioneer railroad
man and recently removed here from
La Moure. He had been in poor
health and Wednesday dined down
town with a friend. Later he com
planned of feeling i'll and started home,
but never reached there.
He had evidently gone block or
two after leaving his friend and
crawled into the vestibule of a coach,
where he died.
There are some indications pointing
to suicide by poisoning, as he had
been respondent recently, and be-
fore leaving home had laid his watch
and money on bureau, something he
was never known to do before He
was IS and suffering from the effects
of an injury received some wears ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01

year ago had nothing whatever to do
with the tragedy. They have so far
been unable to find any suggestion of
a motive for murder unless the girl
was assaulted by tramps, choked to
death and thrown into the river. Even
this is untenable, for the girl would
hardly have had the. temerity to have
gone to so lonely a spot unless she
was accompanied by some person in
whom she had confidence.
Suicide, Says Conroy.
Chief of Police Conroy, when seen
by he ournal today, said that
he believed that the girl had commit
ted suicide. He had not investigated
the case personally, but inasmuch as
he was unable to find any motive for
murder, he saw nothing left but to
say that the girl committed suicide.
He said that the detectives are work
ing on the case, following every clue
but nothing tangible had yet devel-
open.
IF she was murdered said Chief
Conroy, 1T must have been by tramps
along the river bank. There is nc
reason to believe that anyone else
would wish to murder her, but car
understand how she might have beer
the victim of criminal assault ant
her body thrown into the river tt
hide the evidence against her assail
ants
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
WHITE ROCK POSTOFFICE
ROBBED OF OYER $500
Special to The Journal.

White Rock, S. D., July 1.-The
postoffice was robbed of over $500
last night. The safe Of the postmas-
ter, S. e. Oscarson, was dynamited
Three strange men were seen going
south at 4 o'clock, but have not yet
been taken. One was short and the
other tall. One wore a light coat
While running, two called back tc
a third man. Come on, joint
The thieves were caught at II am
by an armed body Of White Rock mer
and they are in Jail awaiting WORD
from the postoffice authorities.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
REVENUE STAMP SALE
Total for Year Ending Last Night Was
$3.50 ,2a6.24.

Revenue stamp sales in Minneapolis
for the fiscal federal year ending last
night were $360,236.24. The annual report
of Stamp Deputy H. J. Dams makes an
unusually good showing for June, when
the sales reached S40,0S9.15. The stamp
sales by months, covering beer, snuff. CT
gars and tobacco, were as follows: July,
$40, 45S.61; August, s35.466.37; September,
31,e22.46; October, $2s,69226; November,
s27,244.S2; December, $23,s3579; January,
$20,902.O5; February, 19,730.G7; March,
$29,51S.29; April, $2S, 42550; May, $34,
25O.27; June, s40,os9.15.at
The liquor dealer tax, or special stamp
tax, expired June 80. The renewals to
date were s1O,226. This federal tax is fol
retail oleomargarin dealers as well as fo1
wholesale and retail liquor dealers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
Weather Conditions.

Clear weather is general in the Gulf
states the Mississippi valley and upper
lake region. and there is cloudy weather
In the middle Atlantic and New England
states, Kansas, and on the Pacific coast,
and rain was falling this morning at Bos-
ton, Knoxville and Wichita. Light rains
have fallen during the past twenty-four
hours in most of the region east of the
Mississippi, also in Kansas, Colorado,
New Mexico and western Montana. 1t is
cooler than it yesterday morning in
the Ohio valley and the southern part Of
the lake region and warmer in the Brit
ish northwest. II. S. Outram,
Section Director.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
POWER OF THE CITY

Supreme Court VIII Decide Important
Question Of Condemnation.
William H. Vanderburghs appeal in the
case against the city Of Minneapolis and
the Chicago Great Western Railway COM
pany. to prevent the condemnation Of
Twelfth avenue S, between First and Sec
ond streets, on which his property Adults,
was argued in the supreme court yester-
day. The case is of more than ordinary
Importance in that 1t will decide how far
the city can go in condemnations where
such proceeding materially damages abut-
ting property.
An appeal, taken by the city in the case
of Charles Kloepfert against the city OF
Minneapolis. was also argued yesterday
kloepfert obtained verdict Of $3.50 fol
damages sustained by riding into a rope
stretched across Kenwood boulevard
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
KILLED BY LIVE WIRE

$500 Volts Passed Thru Body Of Street
Railway Employee.
August Brandt 1913 Fifth street S, was
shocked by touching a live electric wire
yesterday and died three hours later at
St. Barnabas hospital. Brandt was en-
ployed by the street railway company and
was fixing the wires on the new track N
Eighth street Sc.
In some way he touched a wire of the
General Electric company and an instant
later received the charge of 1900 volts
thru his body. Brandt was 35 years old
and leaves a family.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
PICNIC AT SAVAGE FARM
Employees Of International StOcl
Food Company Have Outing.

Employees OF international Stock
Food Company Have Outing.
The annual picnic of M. w. Say
ages International Stock Food COM
pany was held yesterday, and was
celebrated by a boatride down the
Mississippi from Minnehaha to the
Minnesota river, and from there to
the farm at Savage Station. Mr.. Saw
age and his son, Earl B. Savage, chap
eroned the party, which consisted of
some four hundred employees of the
company. A band accompanied the
excursion. A basket lunch was served
on the spacious grounds at the river
crossing, where the steamer landed.
Afterward were witnessed exhibitions
of speed at the track and visit was
paid the farm stables. Mr.. Savage
drove the world-famous Dan Patch a
mile over the new track to wagon
in 222.
A game of baseball between the
factory and the office assistants re-
suited in close contest, but was won
by the factory team.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
RYAN CHANGES HANDS
st. PauPs Big Hotel Sold to Experienced
M

st. PauFs Big Hotel Sold to Experienced
Eastern Men.
The Ryan hotel, St. Paul. changes hands
on it's nineteenth birthday, July l, pass
ing today from the control of Welz &
Fry to that of Love & Pocock. The
members Of the new firm have had wide
experience in hotel business, G. H. Love
having managed the Westcott hotel
Richmond, Ind, and A. A. Pocock having
managed the Hartford house. Hartford,
Conn. They will retain S. v. Harris as
chief clerk
Colonel Frederick r. Well win retire
from active business, and expects to take
an extended trip. possibly visiting his old
home in Germany. Mr.. Welz is II years
of age.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
CUSTOMS RECEIPTS SHRINK

Figures for Past Year Compared With
Year Before.
The report of G. c. Cooley. deputy col
lector of customs for this city, shows for
the fiscal year closing July l. 1904, a
shrinkage of s49.713.29 from the collections
made the previous year The total col
lections were $379,3O956 The cause OF
the shrinlsage is due to the ordinary varia-
tions Of trade. The total number of con-
sumption entries were LAT more than last
wear
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
BUDY's CASE UP

Midway Police officer Charged with Abet-
ting "BIind Pigs"
The fate of Lieutenant William Budy,
In charge Of the Prior avenue police sta
!tion, st. Paul, charged with gross neglect
of duty in dealing with the Midway .blind
pigs is now in the hands of the police
commission.
The case was heard yesterday, the COM
plainants being represented by D. w.
Doty and Lieutenant Budy by c. d.
OBrien. Budy claimed that he had done
his best to stop the Illegal selling of
lquor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
BERRY PICKERs NEEDED
Crop Near Long Lake1Will Spoil Unless

crop Near Long aLaKe7 VIII SPOT Unless
Help Comes.
z Never has the outlook for a mammoth
crop Of raspberries around Long Lake
been so bright as this summer The
bushes are literally loaded down with
what promises to be an enormous yield,
and unless plenty Of help in picking is
forthcoming fully onehalf of the crop
will be lost.
The harvest Of the little red berries
will commence in about a week, and the
opportunity of a lifetime will then be
presented to the school-free youth who
wants to lay by a few dollars. The pick
ers will be paid two or three cents a
quart and with this years crop the quarts
will come fast and easily. Any one of
the younger generation who wants to
''get into the game" is advised to write
to the postmaster at Long Lake, Hen
nepin county, MINI. r..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
DR.. GAGZOW HERE
Famous German Agrlculturlst Visits the
Chamber of Commerce.

DR.. Otto Gagzow, the distinguished Ger
man agriculturist, who holds the post of
commissioner of agriculture and forestry
from the German empire to the United
States and whose temporary American Of
flee is in Chicago, was visitor this morn
ing at the Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Gagzow Is Investigating the opera
ton Of American markets for agricultural
products, and the methods used by the
various American boards of trade and
chambers Of commerce.. He was the guest
Of James Marshall, president of the Min
neapolis chamber.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
MRS. G. |. UPTON
LOSES HER LIFE
Continued From First Page.

apprehension of danger was felt even
after the engine refused to work and
they were congratulating themselves
when it started up again on the pros
poets of a pleasant trip home.
The catastrophe falls very heavily
upon Mr.. Christian, as he had just re-
turned from Chicago, where he had
taken Mrs. Christian and placed her
in hospital. She has just undergone
a serious operation. News of the acct
dent and the death Of her daughter
will he kept from her for the present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
OFFICER OLSON DROPPED
Refused to Obey Order to Stand In the
Street

Because he refused to stand in the mid
die of the street, when he was ordered to
do so by his superior officers, Samuel Oh
son, the largest patrolman on the police
force and an appointee Of exMayor
Ames, was retired to private life today by
order Of Mayor Haynes.
Olson was assigned to the central de-
tail and recently an order was issued re-
quiring him to stand at the center of the
crossing. He refused to obey and charges
Of INSTRUMENTATION were preferred against
him.
Mayor Haynes appointed Nels c. Ander-
son to the force in Olsons place