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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07

my top shelf. My usual style Of head
gear was a small bonnet, but listening
TO advice from Mrs. Herbert | had
for this occasion purchased hat with
a brim and dropping plumes. So far
l had not worn either of these arti-
Giles, yet here they were reproduced in
the portrait! l hurried downstairs and
telephoned to the chairman of the pro-
gram committee. "oh, you dear
thing" she exclaimed IL was so sorry
you were obliged to run away yester-
day before we had nm opportunity to
congratulate you upon your charming
paper"
Run away! II" l gasped.
"Of course your explanation was
sufficient, but how horrid OF your
friends to choose just that day to leave
for Europe! am sorry you could not
have heard the fine things that were
said OF you"
The president and several members
Of the club called me up to congratu-
late me, and not one expressed re-
greet that l was not present, though
all were sorry that had not remained
for the usual reception and the 80
cial cup OF tea" l could arrive at but
one conclusion. Leagued together they
were playing practical joke upon
me which l deemed in the circum-
stances very bad taste, to say the
least l then called up a new men,
Der, who was a comparative stranger
to me, and who was not likely to be
in the plot did you attend the club
meeting yesterday?' l asked.
Eyes. Who are your"
Never mind just now. The essay
list was very III yesterday. Will you
kindly tell me who read the paper for
herr
I'll! Then she was the liveliest In
valid 1 ever saw, for she was there
and read it herself"
Indeed you are mistaken"
Indeed I am not! know her very
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07
Colonel Called Down

Washington, May. - Secretarv
War Taft has ordered that Lientcr.oa1
Colonel William f. Pitcher Of a -
Twenty eighth infantry, aged n au s
native of Texas, give his reasons s.l
jIlting Miss Caroline Harold, a chez
ing young woman in the war depart
ment
The wedding of Colonel Pitcher ora
Miss Harold was set for March 10
The bride purchased her trosseau ona
resigned her position. A breakfast ~
hon Of the approaching marriage woa
given by Rear Admiral Chester NJ CoI
by, friend of the young woman.
On February 30 Colonel Pitcher lof.
Washington, and the only excuse he l.
said to have made was that he was
"called away" He is now with his
regiment at San Francisco. Miss Hor1
old was unable to explain her tianco,.
ACTIONS, and was reinstated at the var
department. She made no comnla;nt
concerning Colonel Pitchers action
but her friends were SO indignant that
they asked the war department to in.
vestiagte the officers conduct. He was
asked for all explanation, but his renlv
to the department was unsatisfactorv
He merely stated that he had cbanped
his mind. Senator Simmons and Rem.
resentative Small of North Carolina
have taken up Miss Harolds case.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07
Seattle Suicide.

Seattle, May SIS. B. Claypool, IN
til six months ago manager of the In
dependent Telephoep company of this
city, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the head in a room at the
Hotel Great Northern. None heard
the shot and the body was not found
for three hours. Claypool was despon-
dent because he was out of work. He
left a note to his wife explaining the
cause Of his act, but she refused to
make its contents known.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07
Driving the Grizzly West.

In the days OF Kit Carson the griz.
Fly had not learned to look upon man
as a foe to be Stunned at any cost, but
the quick firing magazine rifle has
taught him that If he possibly can he
must keep out OF mans sight. He has
now been driven back into the almost
inaccessible solitudes OF the northwest.
ern Rocky Mountains, and the sports.
man who wishes to add his pelt and
dangling necklace of claws to his col.
lection of hunting trophies must-travel
far and endure much hardship and la.
Dor. for "old Ephraim," as he was
called by the Western pioneers, is as
cunning as he Is fierce.-St Nicholas.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07
Port Arthur Sealed.

London, May 5.-The opinion gains
ground here that the japanese have Of
last etfectually blocked Port Arthur
No official japanese reports have been
received, but the Toxic correspondents
are very positive regarding the matter,
and describe the determination with
which the enterprise was undertaken
The Daily Telegraph's correspondent
declares that the entrance to Port Ar.
thur is absolutely sealed" and adds
thta the Japanese fleet in effecting its
purpose steamed into the entrance at
full speed and that the naval officers
who made the two previous attempts
begged permissmion to carry out the
next attack by daylight, that being
easier, and their request was granted.
$50 determined were they to sue.
coed, " adds the CORES poudent, that
they 6e;ided, if necessary, to lose half
their men. The number of causalties
sustained by the Japanese has not yet
been announced, "
In favor of the supposition of Japan.
csc success i'll blocking I, rt Arthur it is
POINTED out that the previous attempts
had lett the cha1 nels so narrow that a
couple of vessels sunk in the channel
would probably suffice to close up the
entrance, while there is noticeable
evasionkand half heartedness in the
Russian denials of the enemy success
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07
RroMninr's MOdestx.

The only son of Robert Browning
and his illustrious wife was q dillgent
art student when he grew to manhood.
He was believed to have promising
career, but once when the father was
showing a friend some of her sons pic,
lures, he expressed a fear that he
might suffer from the high hopes built
upon him.
HE is placed at a disadvantage. /"
said Browning. Then he explained fur.
ther, in phrase as modest as any eve,
uttered by a great man:
People expect much from him, you
see, because he had such a clever
mother
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07
WORLDS FAIR FIRST SUNDAY
Gates Closed to All but a Favored
Few.

St Louis, May 2.-The first Sunday
of the worlds far found the gates
tightly closed to the hundreds of peo-
pie who thronged Forest park Sunday
However, Notwithstanding the public
was barred, there were few more Ia
vored who were permitted to enjoy
the exposition grounds today. They
were Secretary OF War Taft Governor
Herrick of Ohio exposition officials
and the members of the congressional
delegation who attended the opening
and members of the Pennsylvania
state commission, who will tomorrow
dedicate the Keystone state building.
While work was generally suspended
throughout the grounds in the dlMeren'
exhibits, individual exhibitors were
busily employed today making every
effort to hasten tie completion OF e1'
hlDits.
While no figures were given out as
to the actual number of persons WIZ
paid admissions to the worlds ran
yesterday, it was officially stated W
night that the attendance was less th'h
100000, but larger, according to Presf
dent Francis, than that at the worlu0
Columbian exposition at Chicago VI
the Centennial at Philadelphia on Open.
ing day.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07
0O0 HEN the chairman of the Pro
WNW gram Committee of our club

200 HEN the chairman of the Pro
WNW gram Committee OF our club
invited me to write q paper
for one OF the literary afternoons It
was very easy matter to say Yes
The subJect-"The Rise and Fail Of
Superstition me, and 1t
was a pleasure TO treat 1t from my
own point of view. But when l re-
ceived the club book for the new year
and saw the subject for the 18th of
November with my own name in fat
black letters as the essayist, when
realized that was to read the produc-
ton not only before the members OF
the club, but in the presence of visit
ors from various parts OF the world
my very soul began to quake with fear
and bitterly did l repent me of my
easy yielding to persuasion. | had ap-
peared before the public many times
in print, but never in person where l
was the chief attraction, excepting
upon two occasions, one of them when
l read sentimental commencement
address in a quavering voice and the
other when l walked up the aisle to
the tune OF a certain march from Lob
engrin.
SO far l had made but one acquaint-
ance in the fashionable apartment
building which was our home ut the
time OF which | write, But Mrs. Her
bert was worth a dozen ordinary
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07
OLD AND IN THE WAY.

n chimney nm hear the young folks says
The wordis wea o
And h vncan betera solitary place
of the teawet furoWed
en- al LIES went down the West;
their
AND hasens-the closing OF Lies day
1 amo OF a woman old and IN the WAyI
ThnnkG God will overIife's is sinking fast;
My feeta in 1 home at last!
And say VIII beckoD Poor and old and
Is where I'll not be IN the way!
All
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07

we'll by sight; moreover the president
introduced her by name"
Every well. Go6d-by." Even she
is mixed up in this silly business, l
thought, with disgust, as l hung up
the receiver.
The afternoon mail brought letter
from my husband, which made me
wonder If l were going mad. You
know IT by this time Of course" he
wrote, "and l know that you have a
choice rod in pickle for me. You see,
l left in such hurry. Usually, you
know, l am not a bad fellow at re-
smembering things, but laid your es-
say on the hall table and never
thought of it again until five minutes
ago"
His letter dropped from my hand as
l rushed to the hall. There on the
table lay my manuscript, where he
had left it. Then 1t had not been read
all this joking. But the daily papers
declared that it had been read, and
more than one OF them had given a
synopsis of it. What was the expla-
nation of this mystery? Could it be
that my otherself, the fetch and ghost
of me, had read the paper and, judg-
Ing from the commendatory remarks
of my friends, had acquitted itself
better than my corporeal self could
have dOne2 An examination of the
gown, however, showed a tiny rent
in the lower ruffie, q discovery which
brought with 1t a saner If no less
startling a SOLUTION of the puzzle. A
spiritual body could not wear ma
terial gown and a material hat, that
was certain. Under the influence of
the Indian drug l had gone to the
club and had performed my expected
duty. For some inscrutable reason l
had made up story of departing
friends and had taken my leave at an
early hour, How lucky it was that l
had donned a correct costume But
had it been altogether correct? A
dreadful suspicion took possession of
me that l must have worn a certain
pair Of scarlet wool slippers with gay
been in evidence as 1 walked across
the stage. Without loss of time l
went to see a dear friend who had
never told me anything but the truth.
II was so proud of you yesterday"
| she said coming to meet me with
| beaming smile. II had no idea that
you could be so enhancing"
Between ourselves" said I, 81 had
taken drug for my headache and I
am afraid 1t made me a trifle, just
| trifle you know, delirious. Did did
l act with perfect proprietyT"
Most certainly. I should advise
you to take that drug every time you
read a paper. Why the way you told
the story of the Hindoo priest and his
disembodied spirit made the very hair
stand up on our heads and the story
! of the gamekeeper's wife and the
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07
Thomas Upton at Naples.

Naples, May 2.-Sir Thomas LlpOon,
who is visiting on his steam yauns
Erin, was entertained at dinner al w
palace by King Emmanuel and Quoer
Helena. Subsequently his maJeot.
created Sir Thomas a knight comlhar-
er of the Order of the Grown OF lla'.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07
Russian officers Body Found.

Toxic, May 3.-On "Wednesday !.
last week Japanese force founo ~. No
body of Lieutenant Semionon'
had been in command of the moup 81.
scouts of the Twenty-second East =
berian rifles on Kurito bay. -
buried it at Win.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1904-05-07

1t makes spinster mad every time
she hears of widow marrying again.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-22
HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE
FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL.
LARS WORTH OF PROPERTY
DESTROYED.

Duluth, July 16.-Four hundred
thousand dollars worth of property
was destroyed Friday afternoon at the
Omaha dock and warehouse owned by
the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha railway, and one man, cook,
named George Smith, on the tug Alb
bolt, was drowned in an attempt to
make his escape from the craft as the
flames swept over it with cyclonic
rapidity from the docks.
The fire started in the northeast
corner of the building and swept
through the long sheds like tornado,
taking everything that stood in it's
path. In three minutes after the
flames were discovered almost the en-
tire line of sheds was fiery furnace,
belching forth volumes Of dense, black
smoke that rolled away over the city,
crumbling the freight cars that stood
beside it like finder.
It was the most disastrous fire wit
messed in Duluth in years. and the
most spectacular. Thousands of peo-
pie lined the docks, the vfaducts, the
tops of box cars and the sides of the
bill to witness the fiery monster de-
vouring thousands and thousands OF
dollars worth OF property.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-22


Account of st. Louis Exposition, I
am authorized tc sell round t-ip
tickets as follows:
Season tickets May LIST to Nov. 18th
1904 inclusive, $685.,
Sixty day ticket May 1st to Nov. 30.
$26 IS.
Seventeen day ticket May 1st to
Nov. 80th, $23. O5.
Continuous passage in each direc-
tion. Children of the half fare age one
half of the above rates.
For the season round trip tickets to
Grey Eagle and Birch Lake have been
authorized az follows: Daily one and
one third fare good for so days. Sell
Saturday limited following Monday
one fare for the round trip. One half
rates for children Of the half fare age.
T. w. Mann, Agent.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-22
ANOTHER EFFORT WILL BE MADE
TO END THE STRIKE IN THE
PACKING INDUSTRY.
EMPLOYERS ASKED TO CoNCEpR
TO THE MEN The dE POINT
IN CONTENTION.
STRIKERS IN CONTROL At SOUTH
ST. PAUL AND STATE TROOPS
ARE REQUESTED.

Chicago. July 19.-One more effort
will be made to settle the stock yards
strike by arbitration. President Don
nelly Of the striking unions will today
send to the packers another letter ask
ing for conference. In this letter
Mr.. Donnelly will go over the history
Of the strike, and will ask the packers
If In their judgment it will not be bet
ter to concede the one point in conten-
ton than to continue the strike. The
one point to which allusion is to be
made, is the refusal Of the packers to
discharge the men they have employed
since the commencement of the strike,
and give their places to the men who
walked out.
The communication to the packers
will also suggest that it is the belief
of the strikers that they are, as old
employees. deserving Of this considera-
ton. If this offer of the union is re-
jected by the packers, Mr.. Donnelly
declared last night, the allied trades
at the stock yards, numbering in all
about 1900 men, will be called out
today in an effort to bring the pack
ers to terms.
Joseph Morton of the stationary
fremen's union called on the packers
Monday afternoon and notified them
that unless there is speedy settle
ment of the strike his men will be
compelled to quit work. While no
definite answer was given Mr.. Morton
by the packers he was received by
them in such friendly manner that
he left the conference with the belief
that there is still strong probability
of peace, and the determination of Mr..
Donnelly to once more open negotia-
tions with the packers was the result
Of the manner in which Mr.. Morton
was received by them.
Operating Forces Increased.
According to representatives of the
packers, the operating forces at the
plants Monday were about one-half
the normal strength, being fully so
per cent larger than last Saturday.
All the plants, it was claimed, did a
great deal of killing and there was also
decided increase in the amount Of
dressed meats shipped out of the city.
From the strikers side came the
statement that Independent plants are
doing all the work and that the big
plants are not doing per cent of
their normal business.
Slugged into insensibility by doz-
en- men early Monday and left for dead
on the tracks of the Ashland trolley
line at West Forty-seventh street, An
ton Bartusiakovis, an employee at the
Swift packing plant, Is dying at the
county hospital. His injuries, in the
opinion of Inspector Hunt, were in
ficted by strike sympathizers and the
wheels OF trolley car. The men set
upon Bartusiakovis, who was going
home from work, broke his skull, frac-
tured his Jaw, kicked him about the
face, head and body and then threw
him on the car tracks. The motor.
man of the car saw the body in time
to stop the car, but not before the
wheels had crushed the mans Shout
der.
Monday was almost free from riot
ing or disturbances Of any kind.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-22
ACTION BY GERMANY
DEMANDS THE RETURN OF MAIL
SACKS SEIZED BY RUSSIAN
VOLUNTEER STEAMER.

Berlin, July 18.-The German gov.
eminent has taken a prompt and firm
stand in regard to the seizure Of the
mails Of the North German Lloyd
steamer Prinz Heinrich by the Rus
sian volunteer fleet steamer Smolensk
July 10, having entered a protest
against the carrying off of the mails
and asking for disavowal of the
Smolensk's action and the return of
the captured mail sacks.
The German government, the for
eign Office says, recognizes the right
to search mails when on board the
vessel itself, but claims the Smolensk
had no right to take off mails in bulk
from the vessel. The further argu-
ment is advanced that the right Of
search can only be exercised by a
warship, whereas the Smolensk tray
ersed the Dardanelles only recently
flying the Russian commercial flag,
not assuming the character of a war
ship. The German government has
not taken a positive stand on this last
point, but leaves the question for fu-
ture discussion and settlement.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-22
NONUNION MEN BARRED.
Fall to Get Through Picket Line at
South St. Paul.


South st. Paul.
St. Paul, July 19.-The South St.
Paul strike situation opened Monday
with every indication of trouble, and
closed quiet and serene, except for
the fact that many Of the union men
were highly displeased with the &C.
tion of their president in abolishing
the blockade features of the pickets
after comforting with Governor Van
SAINT.
When the nonunionists arrived on
the motors, they faced by far the
strongest picket line seen during the
strike About 500 men, reinforced by
fifteen women, blocked the roadway
leading to the entrance of Swift &
Co.'s plant, and, despite efforts to
break through the line, not a nonunion
man passed into the plant until the
blockade. was raised.
Sheriff Gxisim confessed that he was
not able to handle the situation, and
Mayor Lytle failed to accomplish any,
thing more than the delivering Of an
address ON the duties of citizens.
There is every reason to believe
that the blockade will be continued
again today, and if the men act on
their own initiative and are not sub.
ject to their officers, there is :addN3Dn-
al danger Of a clash, as Superintendent
Burns says that It is the purpose to
take in nonunion men as fast as pos
sible.
Governor Van SAINT has decided that
the local authorities have not exhaust
ed their resources and declines to call
out the militia.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-22
MAKE DESPERATE ASSAULT ON
the JAPANESE POSITIONS
IN MOLTEN PASS.
REPULsED AFTER HARD FIGHT.
ING WITH OVER A THOU.
SAND CASUALTIES.
RUSSIAN FORCE CONSISTED OF
TWO DIVISIONS UNDER GEN.
ERAl KELLER.

Toxic, July 1s.-General Kuroki re-
ports two divisions of the Russian
army made a desperate assault on
Molten pass at dawn on July II, but
were repulsed.
At 8 o'clock Sunday morning,
heavy fog yelling their movements,
two divisions of Russians, commanded
by Lieutenant General Keller, made
an assault on the Japanese positions
at Molten pass.
General Kuroki adds that the Rus
SLAMS assailed all the Japanese posi-
lions at Molten pass and in it's vicin'
ity desperately. The Japanese resist
ed stubbornly, repulsed the Russians
and pursued them for considerable
distance westward. Kuroki in his re-
port praises the valor of his men.
st. Petersburg, July 1S.-General
Kuropatkin reports that Lieutenant
General Count Keller lost over 1000
in killed and wounded in the attack
on Molten pass July II.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-22
TRAINS IN COLLISION
EIGHTEEN PERSONS KILLED AND
FOUR SCORE INJURED AT
GLENWoOD, ILL.

Chicago. July 14.-Eighteen persons
were killed and about four score Sc
riously injured in a collision between
a picnic train and freight on the Chi
cago and Eastern Illinois railway al
GlenWood, tWenty-three miles south
of this city.
The excursion train carried the an
nual outing of the Doremus church OF
Chicago and was returning from Mo
mence, ILL.,, where the day had been
spent.
AS the train rounded a curve at a
speed of forty miles per hour the
freight was backing from the south
ward to the northWard track.
The engineer set his brakes at once,
but it was too late, and the passenger
crashed through the freight, complete
ly wrecking the passenger engine, bag
gage car and first coach. 1t was in
the latter that the dead were.
The first coach of the picnic train
was smashed into mass of kindling
and buried itself under the demolished
baggage car.
oI0If|S SOnAANIOI VI iV'S'As
Frederick De Witt, conductor of the
picnic train, in statement made at
the hospital, where he lies with frac'
tured leg, places the blame on Con
ductor Cooper of the freight train.
Il had orders to run on a clear
track" he said, land was obeying
them. The freight backed in on my
track ahead of me-"
There was not passenger on the
train who was not badly shaken and
bruised.
Most of the dead and injured were
children and the heart-rending scenes
beggar description.
Huge bonfres, lighted to aid the res
cuers in their work, added to the awful
weirdness of the place and the cries
and groans of the injured caused
strong men to break down.
AS in the case of the Slocum dis
aster the victims we're nearly all from
one section of the city and in some
cases whole families are wiped out.
The dead and dying were taken tc
Chicago as soon as they could be re
moved from the debris.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-07-22
:lHT'T = y I7I
PAUL KRUGER DEAD. !
Noted eoer Leader Passes Away In
Switzerland.

Noted 6oer Leader Passes Away In
PIT Switzerland.
Clarens, Switzerland, July 15.-Paul
Kruger, former president of the Trans
vaas republic, died here at a. m. from
pneumonia and supervening heart
weakness. Mr.. Kruger lost conscious
ness Monday. His daughter and SON.
in-laW were with him at the time Of
his death. He had been out only
once. since his arrival here at the be-
ginning of last month.
The ex'president's body was en-
balmed and the remains will be placed
in vault pending funeral arrange
ments. Application will be made to
the British government for authority
to transport the remains to the Trans.
vaal In the meantime they will be
temporarily inferred here.
Mr.. Kruger, who was staying at the
Villa du Boichet, had been gradually
failing for long time, but he was
able to attend to affairs, read the
newspapers and receive visits until
Saturday. A change for the worse
set in on Sunday. He became uncon.
scious Monday and remained so until
his death.