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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

1t is doubtful If Minnesota has, or
ever did have, more popular official
than julius H. Block, the present state
treasurer, now filing his second term in
that position. Mr.. Block has been
prominent in public life for some TWEEN
ty odd years, and he has a vast &C
quaintance over the state.
A native of Ohio, Mr. Block was
born March 80, 1860. He came to Min
nesota with his parents in 1870, and
has since resided in the state. He first
lived near LIE Sueur, MINI. afterwards
moving into Nicollet county. In 1879
he moved to st. Peter, Mimi, which
has since been his home.
He occupied the position of super
visor and storekeeper at the st. Peter
state hospital for the insane for six
years, and for twelve years was sheriff
of Nicollet county.
For a period of four years he was on
the board of trustees for the Minnesota
state insane hospitals, and while a
member of this board took an active
part in the great work of solving the
problems connected with the manage
ment of insane hospitals. Many of the
reforms instituted in this state in the
operation of insane hospitals originated
with him.
In 1900 he was elected state treasurer
and again in 1902, having no opposition
for the nomination either year. His
administration of this important office
has been such as to attract wide atten-
ton, even outside the state and there
is small doubt but that he will again
be renominated by his party, as he was
two years ago, by reclamation. there
being at present no opposition to him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

Mr.. N. p Lalgford ,rasa hcerl in
Westmoreland, Oneida county, N e.
Aug. 9, 1882. He#came to st. Paul in
1854.
In 1862 he went overland with an
OK train to the Idaho gold fields. and In
1854 he was appointed by Abraham
Lincoln internal revenue collector for
Montana
In January. 1869, he was appointed
governor of Montana by Andrew john
son. The United States senate, how
ever, after it's imbroglio with the presi-
dent and after the election of Grant to
the presidency. refused to confirm any
more of JOhnson's appointments. and
Mr.. Langford did not enter upon the
duties of that office.
Mr.. Langford was an early noun
tain explorer, and was a member OF
the famous expedition of 1870 which
discovered the geys ers of the Yellow
stone park. Among mountain climbers
he has the distinction of being the first,
with James Stevenson, to make the
ascent to its summit of the Grand
Seton. Wyoming-a feat not again &C
complished till twenty-six years later.
though repeatedly attempted.
In 1870 Mr. Langford was chosen
grand master of the Masons of Mon
tana. He was a member of the Mon
tana vigilance committee, and is the
author of that important work, ''Vigi-
lante Days and Ways"-the only COM
plete record in existence of that criti-
cal period in Montana history, when
civilization was in it's early stages and
history was hot in the making. Tha
determination of the outlaws under the
rigid rulings of Judge Lynch is
matter of history.
Mr.. Langford has been director OF
the Ramsey county board OF control.
for a number of years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

Samuel T. Johnson, the public exam
liner and superintendent of banks for
the state of Minnesota, is a native of
Indiana. belonging to one Of the Oldest
and best known families of the capital
city Of Indianapolis. He has been a
resident of Minneapolis for the past
twenty years. engaged in the business
of fire insurance and investment bank
ing. He has been public examiner
since Jan. 1, 1902.
AS public examiner, energy and fear
less efforts in the enforcement of law
have been characteristic of his admin
istration. This department of the
state government eXamining-as it
does-in critical way the accounts
and records of all county and state
officers, departments and institutions,
all banks and financial institutions
organized under state law and all ac-
counts of corporations paying gross
earnings tax to the state, is one of the
most responsible and difficult depart
ments of the state to administer.
Mr.. Johnson last year served as
president of the National Association
of State Bank Supervisors, and he is
now chairman of the executive commit
tee of that association
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

1t would be difficult to find a more
popular man or public official than
Robert A. Smith, the present Demo-
cratic mayor of the city.
Mayor Smith, who has occupied the
chief administrative chair for some
thing over dozen years. and who has
been but just reelected for another
two-year term, combines in his per-
sonality much to attract the love and
respect of his fellow men, and his rec
ord as an official of the city has been
above reproach. His private life has been
an exemplary one, and he has today
in all probability more stanch friends,
both in his own party and in the Re-
publican ranks, than any man who
ever filled the position of mayor in st.
Paul. He has done much for st. Paul.
His appointments have been dictated
by wise regard for the city's welfare,
and his diScernment in selecting "the
right man for the right place" has sell
dom if ever been at fault. Certain it
is that the city'S administration under
his regime has been such as to attract
much favorable comment from abroad
as well as at home. His conduct of
the city's affairs has been economic,
clean and progressive, and that his
methods are approved was shown two
years ago. when against most bitter
fight in his own party, as we'll as from
his traditional foes, the Republicans,
he won out with substantial majority.
The public attestation of approval rem
dered in the election this spring is too
recent to demand repetition, and the
citizens of st. Paul may rest assured
that for the next two, years his rule
will be as just and wise as it has been
In the past. More could hardly be
asked.
Mayor Smith was born in Boonville,
Ind. in 1927. He was educated in the
schools of his native state, and gradu-.
ated from the law department of the
University of Indiana in 1850.
In 1853 he was appointed private
secretary to his brother-in -law, w. A.
German, then territorial governor of
Minnesota He came to st. Paul, and
has since resided here.
He was elected county treasurer Of
Ramsey county in 1858, and was re-
elected four times, making his term Of
service in the position ten years.
His first appearance as mayor was in
1887, when he was appointed by the
common council to fill the unexpired
term of Mayor Rice, who resigned
upon his. election to congress. He was
elected to the position in 1888, and was
re-elected iIasdS90, 1894, 1900, 1902, 1904.
He has serted one term as postmaster.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

law in Chicago in 1875. He remained
there for eight years, and in 1888 came
to Minnesota, settling in Moorhead,
where his home remains.
He was for five years city attorney
of Moorhead, and for six years occu-
pied the post Of county attorney for
Clay county. Always active in public
matters Mr.. Douglas was for a number
of years president of the board Of
education at Moorhead, and was in
strumental in securing for the city
many of the splendid educational facili-
ties it possesses.
He became attorney general in 1900
and was reelected in 1902.
Gov. Van SAINT appointed him to the
supreme bench to fill the unexpired
term of Justice Collins.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03
JUDGE WALLACE 3. DOUGLAS

Wallace B. Douglas. recently ap-
pointed judge Of the supreme court Of
Minnesota by Gov. Van SAINT, has had
an enviable career as a servant of the
people. The work done by him while
attorney general in the merger case at
tracted much notice. and his brief in
the case was widely circulated.
Mr.. Douglas was born at Lynden,
Lewis county, N. Y, in 1852. He re-
ceived his early education in the pub
lie schools, and graduated from the law
department of the University of Mich
igan. He took UP the practice of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

Mr.. March is colonel of the Fourth
regiment, Minnesota National Guard,
ans is not only a gentleman of influ-
ence and power in the comuercial
Northwest, but is a figure of great
strength in Minnesota politics. He
was a chosen delegate to the national
Republican convention at Chicago this
year, and was member on the COM
mittee Of resolutions. Although inter-
ested in vast land and elevator enter
prises in both Canada and in the States.
the colonel never loses an opportunity
to take a flyer in state and national
politics
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

terInining the reliability or unreliabili-
ty of company He has introduced
many forms and methods in the dis
charge of his official duties which the
older states have been glad to adopt
During his present term as commits
sioner Mr.. Dearth has prepared and
published a most important work
which covers a complete. annotated
compilation of the Minnesota Insur-
ance Laws. This work is most COM
plete treatise on insurance, as relating
to the business in Minnesota. To the
insurance interests, not only of Min
nesota, but of the entire country, it is
of great value. Mr.. Dearth is Mason,
an Elk and Knight of Pythias, as
well as a member of the ST. Paul Com
mercial club, of which organization he
Is a1charter member.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

John B. Irvine, who has been county
surveyor since 1901, is a native OF
Ohio. He was born at Dayton in 1863.
He came to the Northwest in 1876 and
settled in st. Paul. He received his
education in the public schools of st.
Paul. He early evidenced fondness
for engineering work and commenced
his training at ali early age.
Having progressed TO a considerable
extent in his chosen profession, he was
in 1885 appointed to a position in the
city engineers office, where he remain
ed for a number of years, in fact until
his election as county surveyor in 1901.
Mr.. Irvine has resided in st. Paul
practically all his life, and has been
largely interested in the progress of
local affairs. He is a member of
number of commercial and fraternal
organizations and has large personal
following.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

afterwards formed partnership with
E. S. Oakley.
He became candidate for supreme
court clerk in 1902, and after spirited
contest won the nomination and was
elected by a large majority.
Mr.. Pigeon has a wide acquaintance
throughout the state, and is well known
in legal and political circles. He is
married and maintains his residence at
Buffalo.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

Samuel r. Van SAINT was born in Rock
Island. Ill, in 1874. He served during
the War OF the Rebellion in the Ninth
Illinois cavalry. After the war he at
tended Knox college and then engaged
In river transportation, which business
he still follows. He came to Minnesota
in 1888. He was elected a member Of
the legislature in 1892, was reelected
in 1894, and unanimously selected as
speaker of the house. The same year
he was made department commander
OF the G. A. r. He was elected govern
or of Minnesota in 1900 and e-elected
In 1902
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-03

Patrick J. Gleason, street commits
sioner, has been a resident of St Paul
for over a score of years. He has been
prominent in Democratic politics, and
has been street commissioner for the
past two years. His uniform fairness
in the position has won much praise
from the citizens of this city.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09

4 Kansas man saved a widow from
duwning and was married TO her
within six weeks One cant be too
careful
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09

We do plumbing for the right price
and at the time, and keep all kinds of
sanitary supplies.
SPRAGINS co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09

An men are liars" but married
ones have more ready made Upportuni-
lies.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09

w. Beggs, Son & Co, Chicago, Ill.
My daughter had Catarrh so bad she
was not able to sit up, but after using
six boxes Bunsen's Catarrh Cure she
Is now perfectly well. ! will be glad
to recommend ".
Mrs. a. J.. Mckinney.
ASNelles Kpns Sept 70, 1901
II contains no narcotic and IS posi-
lively guaranteed.
The above letter proves that Bun.
sens Catarrh Cure actually cures. Get
a free sample from your druggist.
"1S47 Rogers Bros that's a brand
any house keeper is delighted to see
on her silver ware. These goods arc
sCld by SPRAGINS co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09
PROVENCE.
cial Correapondencc.

81 ecial Correspondence
Provence, T. r., Dec THE farm
ers Of this vicinity are about done
p,cking cotton, and the gins have p
up over 1 400 bales this season.
W. A. Ford has sold his town prop.
orty to Mrs. W. A. IOckerd and Will
start for Arkansas TO look for loca
ton. We regret to lose him.
John Tower has typhoid fever.
r G.. Haglc, Who has been sick for
Elk weeks. Is reported better.
our school is progressing nicely un'
Ger the management Of Mrs. Dora
Richards.
Hugh Jones has gone into partner.
shil with his Gather, r. r. Jones.
Mr.. Mcmillan Of Texas has located
with us.
Porn. TO Mr.. and Mrs. John Ebisch,
girl.
nan Bcttis and F. McMatters of
Avaca. Ok. are with US.
Doss Rice and family will move TO
Pomulus, Ok, this week
DIR. Cation of Tennessee has located
with us, for which We are glad as a
doctor was much needed at this place
Prof. T. u. Fetts OF Earl wGs with
us Saturday.
Mrs. Huddleson Is reported sick.
The Farmers Union meets every
second and fourth Friday nights IN
each month.
The !. o. o. f. meets every Satur
day night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09
A c.rta,n Cure for Group.

When a child shows symptoms oil
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with new remedies. no matter how
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There IL ono preparation that can al
ways be depended upon. II has be
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lnin's Cough Remedy. MIR. NJ. r. Com
pton OF Market. Texas, says OF II
Il have used Chamberlain Cougf
Rcmedy In severe cases OF GROUP
with my children. and can truthfuuy
say II always gives prompt relief.
Eor sale by w. II. Frame, r. J. Ham
sey, Arrimore Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09
Weak or Failing Women.

VIII ind relief and permanent
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you will bs we'll pleased with Il
rvery bottle guaranteed 20 give re
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09

Look out for COLDS. eouSns. group
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they lead 10 pnouIDorIs or consump-
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Honey and Tar--an improvement over
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09

Man Zan ID the Pile Remedy that
reaches the spot and stops all pite
pain instantly. II you suirer with
blind. Bleeding. Itching or Protrud-
mg Piles and want To be cured IL
IS only necessary to uSe ManZan, the
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store
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09

When YOU want a pleasant purea'
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ether dLngreeable effect. For sale Dy
r. J. Ramsey, Andmore Drug Co, al
" II. Frame
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09

Science Rays kissing cSuses disease.
II has been known 70 caBsa palpita.
lion OF the heart
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09
Boys Life Saved from membranous
Group.

w. c. Lynch, prominent citizen
OF Winchester, Ind, writes My htue
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GUS Group, and only got relief after
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relief after one dose and feel that II
saved the life OF my boy" Refuse sub
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-12-09

An odd bachelor at a christening
party seems about a. appropriate as
whip ON an automobile.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
SENATORS, TURN
AGAINST SMOOT
Sentiment in Favor of ousting
Apostle From Seat
Gains.
Inquiry to Be Continued Until
Winter to Save
Votes.
Senate Committee to Be Sent to
Utah as Excuse for
Delay.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,

From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, March 9.-Testimoney
in the Smoot case is making a
deep impression on the senate and
already sentiment in that body is be-
ginning to crystalline around two dis
tinct propositions.
One is that public morality has been
SO shocked by the revelations Of Pres
ident Smith and other Mormon lead
ers that Smoot must, in the name of
common decency, be excluded from
the senate. The other is that great
care should be exercised in Furnishing
asenator for the moral delinquencies of
his church, and that so to punish him
would establish a very dangerous
precedent.
Only small portion of the testi-
mony has been presented, and it is
impossible to determine which of
at present, the latter seems to be
the stronger.
1t Is not thought that the case will
be finished during this session of
congress, but that it will be carried
over until next winter to escape the
loss of republican votes in the noun
tain states where the Mormons hold
the balance of power.
Meanwhile, an excuse for delay will
be found by sending the subcommittee
OF the senate to Utah to take testi-
mony on the ground. Both sides in
the senate deny there is any politics
politics mixed up with the hearing, but
in spite of these denials it is evident
that politics will inevitably play large
part before the case Is disposed Of.
w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
Copyright, 1904, by Golfers weekly

(CopyT1ghL, lSUf, Dy ColIlor9 Weekly,) -. e.
Toxic, Feb. This morning, after
Toxic had slept one night on the fact Of
actual war, 1t was my good fortune to
have an hours talk with Field Marshal
Marquis Yamagata, the man behind the
cabinet, who more than any other, Is re-
If 1 had gone to see him forty years
ago-when could not have gone unless
had been Japanese, and worn queue
and two swords-we should have sat on
mats with our legs crossed in houses
without windows, doors or chairs. Pro-
found would have been our bows; deli
cately worded our compliments. To-day,
/ drove into tree-studded yard that was
entirely Japanese, surrounding stone and
stucco building which was distinctly &C.
cideptal. (The Japanese have found our
houses more comfortable, If less artistic,
most wisely retain.) I was ushered into
reception room that might be that of
a well-to-do person with distinction of
taste at home. Yamagata has In this
age the versatility and the classic SIM
picity Of being soldier and statesman in
one that we associate with another age.
A field marshal by right Of his victories
In the field, one of the five elder states
men, the mikado's counselor in civil as
well as in military affairs, and the head
of the political coalition responsible for
the present cabinet he stands for the pol
Icy and the administration that brought
on the war. He Is NOT Of, the school of
radicalism. but of the old school Of Japan;
tory rather than whig The man
ners of other days In Japan are reflected
in lsim as tho manners Of other days In
America are in an old-tima goutherner.N
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-09
FREDERICK PALMER Special Correspondent Golfers Weekly
n

It was Yamagata the country gentle
man, the statesman, not Yamagata the
soldier, whom I saw; this slight, elderly
man in g. frock coat, with his bronzed
face, his high cheekbones, his good
humored eyes, and hair turning gray, in
his person bringing one nearer to the old
Japan, and In his military power to the
modern Japan, than any other man. His
secretary, Mr.. Nakayama, who interpreted
for us, is a Harvard graduate. But he is
young and born to this regime; he has
about him the air Of the occident. The
marquis belongs at once to this regime
and to the one before. AS we slipped our
ceremonial tea he talked Of the war which
was only sixteen hours old; the war on
which he had staked his reputation; the
war which meant to his people more than
their political future-their future as in
dividuals. He spoke of it as simply and
as calmly as If war were an everyday
affair. Nothing in the shrewd face
showed that he had been under continu
Gus strain for weeks.
I spoke to him of the two things which
made me marvel most. The first was the
organization into a united, thoroly dis
ciplined army Of classes which formerly
had never associated; Of clans that had al
ways been at the swords point; of the
groups Of friends ever ready to become
factions. One might as well have expected
to make Scot good Englishman within
forty years after the border wars, as to
make q unit out of the Japanese Of 1850
The army, absorbing all clan rights, seems
day one man and one mind. keeping it's
secrets as one. How was this brought
about? I wanted to hear the explanation
from the field marshal who had seen the
army rise from the first companies that
threw away their bows and arrows for
rifles. There was the oriental depreciation