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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24

Rev. A. c. Diffendorfer, pastor of the
Grace M. E. church, Plainfield, N. j.,
has arranged for all aged and infirm
members of his congregation to be
brought to church in automobiles and
carriages, as well as trolley cars.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24

The growth of the beet sugar in
dustry in Colorado is constantly Gre
ating a demand for new factories.
Lamar, Col, is to have a new beet
sugar factory which will employ 800
men at least five months in the year.
The plant will handle the crops of
the eastern part of the Arkansas val
ley and will be ready for the 1905
camnai1n
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
BIG BLAST Fatal
TO -FOUR PERSONS
EXPLOSION OF TANKS WRECKS
PLANT FOR MANUFACTURE
OF ACETYLENE GAS.
Disaster Occurs at Grand Crossing,
Suburb of Chicago-Four Men In
stantly Killed and Eleven Others
Are Badly Injured.

Chicago, Nov. 19.-Terrific eXplo-
sions of acetylene gas in the Pyle Ma
tional Headlight companys plant at
Seventy-second street and South Chi
cago avenue, Grand Crossing, brought
death to four men, injured II others
and spread panic through the neighbor-
hood Friday morning. The plant of the
Acetylene Apparatus Manufacturing
company and building of the Peoples
Gas Light & Coke company also were
wrecked. For time it was feared that
two immense gas tanks would explode
and those who had not already fed from
their homes were driven out by the po-
lice.
The Victims.
The dead are Rolf J. Wells, Joseph
Jennings, George Muehl and Amos Wat
kins. At the nrst explosion Muehl was
blown into the air as the roof was torn
away. He fell back into the burning
ruins and with Wells and Jennings
was buried beneath the falling walls I'M
der which explosions continued. Wat
1ins. on the outside, was blown into a
vacant lot, where he was found dead and
nangled. His body was the only one
that could be identified, the others being
so charred that they could not be told
apart.
Blast Follows Blast.
The cause of the first explosion
probably never will be determined, as
all of those who could tell are dead
Without warning thunderous ex-
plosion broke from the Pyle factory
and the building fell in ruins. Ten or
a dozen more reports quickly followed
For a mile in all directions houses
were shaken and windows broken
Other reports came at short intervals
and residents rushed from their
homes without thought of saving
more than their lives. Those few who
did not fee soon were ordered to
abandon the district.
Adjacent to the one-story building
of the Pyle firm was the three-story
plant of the Acetylene Apparatus
Manufacturing company. Twenty-six
men were at work there and all were
thrown to the floor, many of them
being severely injured. Heavy details
of police were hurried to the scene
Meantime the firemen stood a block
away, awaiting the explosion of the
last of the % tanks. The conclusions
were felt all through Woodlawn
houses being Jared as far north as
Sixtieth street.
The loss is estimated at about $780,
900.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
Hecker Resigns.

Washington, Nov. 1S-Col. Frank j.
Hecker, of Michigan, has resigned as a
member of the Panama canal commits
sion. Mr.. Hecker's letter of resignation
gives as the reason for his action the
fear that residence on the isthmus would
cause general physical breakdown.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
Will Fight Pilferers.

New York, Nov. 1S-Losses of half
a million doars through shopifting have
been suffered during the past year by 81
department stores in this city, whose
proprietors, because of such losses, have
formed an alliance to fight petty pilfer-
ing
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
Spent $22, 1888.

Albany, N. Y, Nov. 17.-Gov.-elect
Higgins certified Wednesday that his
election expenses were s22 1888. This
is the largest sum spent for this purpose
within the recollection of the present
employees of the secretary of states Of
fee
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
Crumpacker a Candidate.

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. lS.-Cor-
gresham Edgar d. Crumpasker, of the
Tenth district. has announced his car
didacy for the United States senate to
succeed Senator Fairbanks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
jury Fails to Agree.

Chicago, Nov. 1.-THE jury in the
case of Victor Roland O'Shea, on trial
for the murder of his wife, disagreed
after pearly "a hours deliberation and
was discharged by Judge Chetlain.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
Would Keep Them Honest

"Some men," said Uncle Eben,
would STAN heap better chance in
de mex world If dar war six Sundays
in de week an only one day to trade
horses in.'-Washington Star.
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Embezzlement Charged.

Lima, O., Nov. 16.-President w. w.
Leighton and Cashier c. H. Churchill, OF
the Lima Savings Bank & Trust COM
pany, which recently failed, were arrest
ed Tuesday, charged with the embezzle-
ment of $2i ,329 Both gave bonds.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
Parker Opens Law Office.

New York, Nov. 17.-Ex-Judge Alton
B. Parker, recent democratic candidate
for president, opened law Office in the
building at No. 80 Liberty street, in this
city. Wednesday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24

The British consul at Bahia states
that ropes made from the fiber of the
caroa plant will soon rival the best
manila
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
Smart Man.

"He says his new book will be as thicl
as it is wide"
'That'll be a good thing"
Chow so?"
It'll prevent it's being fiat failure.
Houston Post.
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Vernont'S Vote

Montpelier, VT, Nov. 16.-The official
returns from the presidential election
show a republican plurality of 30,6S2.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24

DR.. Albrecht Penck, professor of physi-
cal geography at the University of
Vienna, advocates the construction of a
uniform map of the globe.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
Bank Robbed.

Iowa City, Ia, Nov. l6.-Four un-
masked men have robbed bank at Box
holm, Ia. The robbers got $1,000.
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ObEYS ORDERS
DESTROYS ship
RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOAT ELUDEs
JAPS AT PORT ARTHUR AND
REACHES CHEFOo.
After Delivering Message from Gen.
Stoessel, Her Commander in obedi-
snce to Orders, Causes Her to Be
Blown to Pieces.

Chefoo, Nov. 1.-THE Russians
have blown I'D the torpedo boat de-
stroyer Rastoropny which arrived
here early Wednesday with dispatches
from Gen. Steessel for the car. The
Russians, with the exception OF one
man, left the destroyer during the
afternoon. This last man lit fuses anG
blew up the vessel. There were three
dull explosions, which were scarcely
discernable hundred yards from the
place where they occurred Almost
simultaneously the Rastoropny sunk and
settled on the bottom. A single spar
marks her grave.
Ordered to Destroy Vessel.
1t was learned authoritatively on
Wednesday night that. the Rastoropny
carried sealed orders providing that, un-
less there came a highly favorable OPP
portunity to escape, the vessel should be
blown up. Sufficient powder for this
purpose was secreted before the Destroy
er left Port Arthur. 1t is believed that
the Russians determined not to allow
repetition of the Ryeshitelni incident.
StoeSSePS Message.
s.. Petersburg, Nov 1.-THE message
of Gen. Stoessel brought to ChefOo By
the torpedo boat destroyer Rastoropny
has not been given out, but it is under
stood that it contains no request for in
structions regarding the surrender of
Port Arthur. 1t is intimat ed that the re-
eort goes at considerable length into de-
tails of the recent fierce land fighting,
but says that the interior line of defense
remains intact. Gen. Stoessel believes
he will beable to withstand the Japanese
assaults for some time to come. The
blockade has been run by a ship with a
cargo OK war munitions food and hos
pital supplies. Some warships in the
harbor have been damaged by shell fire,
but not seriously. Many guns have been
removed from the ships and mounted on
shore, where large drafts from the
crews are taking turns in aiding the gar
rison in its historic defense of the for
tress.
Is Very Confident.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 19.-Gen. Stoes-
sci has telegraphed to Emperor Mich
olas that Port Arthur can hold out
until the Baltic squodron arrives in
March, on the condition that he is
supplied with munitions and stores
Russian Arsenal Blown Up.
Toxic, Nov. ia telegram from
Moji reports the destruction of an
other Russian arsenal and magazine
at Port Arthur The japanese discov-
cred, it is said, the location of the
arsenal and centered their artillery
fire upon it. After dropping 200 shells
in the locality they succeeded in blow
ing it up
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
Treaty Signed.

London, Nov. 1.-THE Anglo-Portu-
guese treaty of arbitration was signed
at Windsor castle Wednesday afternoon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24
Death of a Woman EdH.ator

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. f7.--Miss Clara
Conway, one of the best known woman
educators in the south, is dead after an
| illness of several days.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-11-24

There are 1880 boys and 4,059 girls
In the industrial schools of Great Britain
at present.
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EASY.

You look discouraged" Il am. I've
a regular Corea feeling. "How's that?"
"Everybody's been walking all over me
to-day without considering whether Id
.lige it or not."-Chicago Record-H Herald.
"Will you" Numbered the stump ora
tor. strain at gnat and swallow a
camel?" The thoughtful citizen on the
front seat knit his brows anxiously.
Are they both sterilized?" he asked.
Puck.
Aunt Mary. Nora, you're a cruel child.
Let that cat go at once" Nora-"But
she's been naughty, aunty, an I'm pun
ishin' her. told her it was for her own
good, an ii hurt me moren it hurt her"
Brooklyn Life.
Byron Tennyson Kiplung II hope
you will find space for my poem, In the
Midnight's Silly Gloom" Editor
Yes; III have the boy empty the waste
basket just as soon as he comes in. -
Womans Home Companion.
Ma-"Did you hear that awful racket
in the parlor just then?' Pa--"Yes:
wonder what it was?' MAJ don't
know, but hope it wasn't Clara break
ling off her engagement with young
GotroX. Chicago Daily News.
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The recent performances in cotton
have made stir even in Paraguay.
The government Of Paraguay sends out
a pamphlet suggesting that with a little
help that country could come to the aid
of cotton spinners who cannot now find
sufficient supplies of raw material. The
eastern region Of the country. we are
told, which is close to water transport
tation. is capable Of producing five hun
bred pounds of cotton TO the acre,
whereas the best cotton land in the
United States yields hardly more than
three hundred pounds.
But it is admitted that there is a rath-
er important obstacle to the speedy
production Of much cotton in Paraguay.
This is the lack of adequate and eff
cient labor. and how such labor is to be
got nobody seems to know. Cheap, ad-
equate and efficient labor is wanted in
many parts Of the world. and much
could be done that isn't now done if it
could be had.
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4 coon GUESS.

They are noticing us in Europe. The
London Daily News has been COM
menting on the increasing naval ex-
penditures of the United States. 1t
calls attention to the enormous sum
carried by the last appropriation bill,
and it thinks that there may be ex-
pected continuance of such expendi-
lures. If the United States is deter
mined to build a mighty navy the News
asks what power in Europe is going to
enter the race with Uncle Sam in ship
building and money-spending. Our
English contemporary says: This (the
naval expenditure is but a beginning
of what the United States, with its in
exhaustible wealth, may see fit to
spend The prospect for the European
competitor is not a bright one"
Certainly not. If the United States
wants the biggest navy in the world
it can have it. 1t can do anything it
wants to. except few things which
need not be here mentioned to spoil the
general statement. 1t is a great, glo-
rious, rich and comparatively free
country.
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Connecticut has large interest in q
discussion in the Engineering Maya
zine for March. 1t deals with inven-
tors and inventions, patent-law adj
ministration and its defects. Patents,
it is stated, are the one relic which
survived the abolition of the mass of
burdensome monopoiies in various de-
partments OF trade during the reign of
James l of England" The reason for
the continued existence of patents is the
grant of a, monopoly to the inventor on
the supposition that there will result a
lasting benefit to the public after the
patent has expired. But only small
percentage of patents, it is held, meet
this condition. But few cover real in
ventions. Most Of them cover eombi-
nations which are not inventions and
prevent a free application Of the pro-
per device to accomplish the end in
view" Cleverly worded claims create
monopolies of processes and combina-
tons such as will occur TO any skilled
person who has a given thing to do.
Interference with economy and progress
is the result. Ninety per cent. of the
patent business, says an engineer in the
magazine, would be abolished by SIM
pie rule of not patenting well-known
devices. The source of the trouble an
other writer finds in the fact that the
Patent Office is manned with non-ex-
perts on small salaries who are over
matched by liable skilled lawyers and
patent solicitors" The conduct of the
United States Patent Office, he says, is
IAN amazing example of routine work
done by rule and apparently without
personal discretion" Ignorance, it is
held, is dense. What is wanted is a
more intelligent administration, so that
the ideas of great inventors need not
be passed upon by clerks incapable of
comprehending them.
The prediction IS made by one Of the
writers that war upon property in in
ventions is in prospect. If it comes it
will make stir in this State.
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geographic assistant and well driller.
With sufficient water for irrigation, this
valley viii produce abundant crops OF
sugar, tobacco and cotton and the low
foothills OF the Andes will offer an in
viting field for the endeavors Of the
vine grower. An effort will also be
made to supply the towns with water
suitable for domestic uses. 1t is to be
hoped that our effort to help Peru will
succeed. 1t is better than a war.
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sew K.na.rwar.sn Ms,ha.I..

Whenever you say Don't to 4 child you
crush the creative within him which Is the
richest and most precious thing he has
Mr.. e. Archibald, of Montreal, cnlld spe-
elalist.l
Ye fathers, We mothers, ye guardians, in
All We persons lin loco PARENTS
Who in Infancy SOW educational seed,
Which you reap in the teens and the TWEEN
If the sheaves you would gather are goodly
Here's rule That will help you to win
Consider Your charges; be guided by me,
And don't crush the creative within them.
Should the genius Of Marmaduke lead him to
From the dining room. floor to the ceiling,
A palace of crystal and china, Oh! fear
10 exhibit an atom of feeling.
But your Satsuma bowl yol Will cheerfully
bring,
And. where others would threaten to skin
him,
You Nlll Deg him to do as he likes with the
thing,
Lest you crush the creative within him.
If Lucy refuses potatoes and bread, :.
And calls for meringues and for tritie,
Or anything else that may enter her head,
Such warnings another would stihe.
You will hand her menu card, beg her to
state
What she happens to fancy for dinner,
And pray that you never may find 1t your
fate
To crush the creative within her
See our little people, at work or at play,
And own your mistakes are gigantic!
See yourselves in the new Psychological
Ray
Which beams from beyond the Atlantic!
Those brainsof -an-oyster, believe me, you
owe
To the brutal Malaeca and snew
Which urged YOU along In the way yoa
should CO.
Yes!-and crushed the creative within you.
Punch.
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cnneuss. .na l.saser-llse,Ing..:

To the Editor Of the Journal and Courier:
Why are the party primaries called
Cor Tuesday evening of this week-the
evening many of cur citizens of both
parties devote to the church prayer
meeting, and the week of special relig-
ious services in all our Christian
churches? Surely the love that think
eth no evil, has had a great strain put
upon it. And the writer sincerely hopes
that hereafter those in charge will
choose a more opportune time for their
political caucuses, and not give the inn
preston that some Of us are not wanted
where it is our duty to be, nor arouse
the suspicious of those who like to
think we'll of all their fellow-citizens.
FRANK r. LUCKEY.
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This country has helped Cuba, Porto
Rico and Panama, and now it is going
to give some help further south. 1t is
going to lend the Peruvian government
DR.. George ]. Adams. one of the geolo-
gists of the Geological Survey. The Pc
ruvian government is developing the re-
sources Of the country, especially in the
arid plain between the Pacific ocean
and the Andes mountains. In places
these mountains descend abruptly into
the sea. but in other parts the coastal
plain is from fifty to one hundred miles
wide. Owing to the fact that the nois-
ture from the clouds is nearly all pre-
lcipitated on the mountain sides before
I it reaches the plain, this narrow strip of
land along the ocean is a sandy desert
except where it is traversed by small
rivers that are fed from the melting
SHOWS on the mountain sides. The pop
ulation of the coast centers along these
streams.s which are the hope of the ir-
rigators. Anciently, under the Incas,
all this plain was watered by an extern
sive stream Of irrigating bitches, but
the Spaniards allowed them to fall into
disuse. Lately some attempt has been
made to irrigate this region again.
DR.. Adams will study the geologic for
nations of the arid district in the hope
of locating artesian basins and develop
ing artesian wells. He will take with
him the latest American drilling ma
chinery and will have the aid of to-
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New legal complications promise to
again tie up the legacy of 100000 left
by Jose Sevilla, a wealthy Peruvian.
and at one time.a resident of New York,
who wished to establish home for poor
girls near that city. During the eigh-
teen years since Sevilla died the beuuest
has grown to nearly $S00,000, and mean
time the executors and the courts have
been trying to straighten out matters
so that the money could be available.
\ Just as this seemed probable a new
contest has been started by Carmen Sc
villa widow Of the deceased million
aires brother. She seeks to recover
possession Of a piece Of valuable real
estate. Action also has been brought
by another distant relative to recover a
degacy of $4,000 which she claims never
has been paid. The estate was worth
S5,000,000 when Sevilla died.
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Biglin-'I wonder how sawder gets
along so wei in life former Easiest
thing in the world. When a friend tells
him q story. sawder never says I've
heard that before but always laughs,
the older the story the louder. Boston
Transcript.
How do you feel about the situa-
tion?" Il feel" answered the emperor.
like the sole occupant or a badly fast
ened chicken COOP when several people
in the vicinity have announced their
fixed determination to have potDie for
dinner. Washington Star.
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A Stockholm court has pronounced
the Arctic explorer Andree to be dead
in law, the legal term of disappearance
having just expired. Andree left Spitz-
bergen on July Ii, 1897, with two COM
panions, in a balloon with the object Of
reaching the North Pole.
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Booker I. Washington, who ought to
and does know something about the ne
gro, believes in him. He says: II
have the most profound belief that no
race in ancient or modern history has
ever equaled the American negro in de-
velopment in all directions. I believe.
further, that, in the fullness of time, we
shall demonstrate to the world that we
can become potential and helpful
part of the highest and best civilization.
Because of the negro's progress in the
present, and my faith in his future. l
was never prouder than I am to-day of
being negro, and Of being identified in
some slight degree with the struggles
end triumphs Of a race in which / pos
sess such confidence
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This is good country. Years ago
Stacey Klymenshuski settled on forty
acre farm in Leavenworth county, in
Kansas, having but recently been re-
leased from the Russian army after
serving four years. He was as poor as
the average of Polish emigrants who
come to this country. He died the 9TH
er day, leaving a farm of 76O acres and
enough other property to make his for
tune figure in the neighborhood of $780,
OOO
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A Spanish naturalist, DIR. Ribera, has
proved that fish can hear and distin-
guish sounds and words. Concealing
himself behind bush, he taught the
carp in pond to come to the surface
for food every time he spoke certain
sentence. To other words not asso-
ciated with feeding. they paid no at
tention.
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A new national bank will be organ
lied for doing business only during the
st. Louis Exposition. 1t will look after
those persons who have banking bust
ness to attend to while at the fair and
it will cease to exist when the exposi-
ton is closed.