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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of a
Week Briefly Told.
MALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News Of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.


It is said that the national democratic
campaign will be largely conducted from
Esopus. Actual plans for the campaign
have not been completed. Judge Parker
will advise on all questions Of impor-
lance which may come up during the
campaign.
William ]. Bryan says he will support
the democratic ticket because on some
issues the platform and nominees are
preferable to the republican; charges
that the nomination of Judge Parker
was secured by crooked and indefensi-
BILE methods" and that Wall street is in
temporary control of the party. He de-
clares that Immediately after the cleo
ton he will begin a movement for re-
organization in preparation for the
campaign of 1908.
A strike of $4,000 packing house en-
ployes in the nine big meat distributing
centers has begun and a prolongation
of the struggle will mean a shortage OF
meat and high prices to the consumers,
If not widespread meat famine.
Report of the bureau of agriculture
gives crop conditions generally favor
able. Rust affects grain in some sec
lions.
The democratic nominee for president,
Judge Parker, declines to comment on
the statement issued by Mr.. Bryan.
Private Secretary Loeb explains, in
connection with the failure of a miners
delegation to see President Roosevelt,
that appointments are required. He
says the president was unaware Of the
intention to visit him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

AS the result of a cloudburst over the
hills northeast of Manila a flood was
caused which has destroyed San Juan
del Monte. Two hundred lives were
lost. The damage to property is esti-
mated at 100000. ,....
A remarkable order Of canned meat
has been successfully delivered on the
Pacific coast and loaded aboard the
ship Shawmut for transportation to
Yokomaha. The shipment consists of
a rush order for 100000 pounds of
canned beef for the subsistence depart
ment of the japanese army.
The venerable Paul Kruger, former
president of the Transvaal republic
died in exile at Clarens, Switzerland
from pneumonia and Supervening heart
weakness.
At Halifax, N. S., Alex ]. Mcleod,
aged 40; his nephew, Angus Ross, aged
IA, and his niece, Marjorie Ross, aged
IL, were drowned by the capsizing of a
sailboat
Rumor of the loss of 10000 Japan
csc in an attack on Port Arthur is de-
clared to be Japanese hoax to draw
Kuropatkin's army south. A new ru-
NOR saying that $500 Japanese were
killed caused renewed joy in st. Pc
tersburg.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

he was three years old. The family
was poor and the boy was compelled to
work for living when still child. His
first work was in the oil fields of Titus
vile, Pa. Later he became an oil pro-
ducer himself in Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and Ohio. He invented ims
proved oil we'll appliances and estab-
Iished factory in Toledo. He was four
times elected mayor of Toledo, first as
a republican and then as an independent.
He was nonpartisan candidate for gov
ernor of Ohio in 1900. Mr.. Jones was
an advocate of municipal ownership.
direct legislation, the eight-hour day
and of the doctrine that the people
should nominate their own candidate
for all Offices by free petition without the
intervention of caucuses, primaries,
delegates or parties.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
"OOM PAUL" KRUGER.

his death. He had been out only once
since his arrival here, at the begiA-
ming of last month. The express
ident's body was embalmed, and the
remains were placed in vault pend
ing funeral arrangements. Applica-
ton will be made to the British gov
eminent for authority to transport the
remains to the Transvaal. In the
meantime they will be temporarily in
tered here.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
WEST AND SOUTH.

The candidate for president of the
United States on the national liberty
party ticket, William P. Scott, was ar
rested at East St. Louis, ILL.,, on account
of an unpaid fine imposed as penalty
for conducting disorderly place at his
saloon and summer garden. The fine
and costs amounted to $149.80. He paid
$50 and was given time to pay the bal
ance.
Robbers killed Phillip BermoLM, a
wealthy farmer, at his home near New
Herlinger, Mo.
1t is estimated that over SIS, 900 is the
loss from fire which destroyed J. Els
man & Co.'s clothing factory and dam
aged a number of adjoining business
houses at Portsmouth, o.
A train on the Big Four road went
through a trestle at Sharon, O., and
Fireman Metger, of Delaware, O., and
Brakeman Casead, of Osborn, O., were
instantly killed.
At GAINESVILLE, Wis, the Batavian bank
has been merged into national bank
and has increased it's capital stock from
5000 900 to 100000, with 100000 sur
plus, making it the largest bank in Wis
consin out of Milwaukee.
A Judge at Waukesha, Wis, sentenced
Charles Hintz, of Milwaukee, to IA years
in states prison at hard labor for killing
Mrs. Augusta Piskie at Muskego, Wis,
last August. .......-...
Banks in Chicago report that no call
has been made from the west for money
to move the crops, and the movement
is not expected to start before August.
Contracts for "closed shop" between
labor unions and employers are declared
unlawful by Judge Ludwig in Mil
waukee, in decision against the tailors'
union.
Meat packing centers report the in
dnstry tied up by the strike. Supplies
Of meat are sufficient for week or more.
Steps are being taken to erect q
monument in Mount Vernon, O.. to the
late Daniel Decatur Emmett, author OF
the song "Dixie," who died q couple
Of weeks ago.
It is said the finest aquarium in the
world is to be established in Golden
Gate park by Henry Tevis as a memo
rial to his father, the late Lloyd Tevis
The president has decided that there
need be no change In the costumes OF
the Igorrotes at the St Louis exposi.
ton.
| Packers and union leaders held q
long conference in Chicago. but failed
to agree on conditions OF arbitration
Union men fear an effort to disrup,
their organization. but viii make
another peace offer. Serious riotin,
occurred In the evening.
Fire destroyed seven stores at Over
brook. Kan, causing loss Of ovel
$4,000. with small insurance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

The keynote of all the addresses that
were made some time ago at college
commandments and at the meetings of
business mems associations has been
the development of character. 1t is re-
markable how this word character
runs through all the recent speeches and
papers. It is as if, by common impulse,
ourintellectual leaders had stopped talk
Ing about this or that economic problem,
shis or that political issue, and this or
that means OF attaining success in life,
and had returned to the DEVELOPMENT of
character az the one solution of all ma
ton problems.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
MAYOR JONES IS DEAD.
"Golden Rule" Executive of Toledo
Loses Brave Fight for Life
His Career.

Toledo, July 13-Samuel M. Jones,
mayor of Toledo, died at his home Tues
day evening at 5:07 o'clock as the result
of complication of diseases. The i'm
mediate cause of his death was an abb
scess on his lungs. When this abscess
broke the mayor was not strong enough
to throw off the poison from his system
and death resulted. The mayor had suf-
fered for years from asthma, and this
was the primary cause of his fatal ILL
ness.
Samuel Milton Jones, widely known as
Golden Rule" Jones, was a Welshman
by birth, having first seen the light in
Beddgelert, Wales, in 1S4S<'Ie came to
the United States with his parents when
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Bryan States His Position

Lincoln, Neb., July 13.-W. ]. Bryan
announces that he will vote for Parker
and Davis because on some issues the
democratic platform and nominees are
preferable to the republican, but he
charges that the nomination of the jurist
was secured by crooked methods" and
that Wall street is in temporary con-
troll of the party, and declares that i'm
mediately after the election he will be-
gin a movement for reorganization in
preparation for the campaign of 1903.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
A Tragedy in Iowa,

Cedar Rapids, Ia, July 15.-Quarrel-
ing with the wife who had left him over
a picture of dead daughter, Sam Bald
win, maddened by drink, struck the
woman several blows with his fist and
then grabbed razor and cut her throat
from ear to ear. Her life blood spurted
all over him as he ran past her to the
door of the kitchen, and then he made a
razor. He managed to reach the front of
the house and then fell upon the lawn,
dying before he could be taken to the
hospital.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

Foreigners who visit this country
often express great deal of surprise
at what seems to them as excessive use
OF ice by Americans. American visitors
abroad, in turn, are frequently annoyed
at being unable to obtain ice, and won.
der how Europeans got along without II
the difference is not altogether one Of
luxury. Habit is said to have much to dc
with 1t. Moreover, the range of tempera.
ture is smaller in Europe than in this
country. The summers are cooler and
the winters warmer. Ice is not So much
needed, and Jack Frost is not SO gener.
ous in providing 1t.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

It is bad blunder for rich men To trv
to shirk their civic duties. It creates
prejudice against them. 1t is matter of
serious care to them whether or not
the law Is upheld. Without law their
vast property interests would be worth
nothing. II for no higher and nobler
reason It is clearly in the material in
terest OF the rich that law and order shall
prevail and IT is therefore in their in
terest to discharge their civic duties with
faithfulness and with willingness and to
respond cheerfully to the demands OF the
state authorities and help them all they
can to enforce the law.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
LOOM PAUL" KRUGER DIES.
Exiled Leader of the Transvaal Repub-
lie Passes Away in Clarens,
Switzerland.

Clarens. Switzerland, July 15.-Paul
Kruger, former president of the
Transvaal Republic, died here al
three o'clock Thursday morning from
penumQnia and supervening heart
weakness. Mr.. Kruger lost conscious.
ness Monday. His daughter and son,
in-law were with him at the time OF
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Preparing His Speech.

Oyster Bay L. l.. July 14.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb
were engaged Wednesday for several
hours in the transaction of official
business at Sycamore Hill. A part
of the time was devoted by the presi-
dent to work in preparation Of his
speech to be delivered on the 9th
inst, when he receives his notifica-
ton of nomination. The president is
preparing this speech with great care,
and it promises to be very impor.
tant utterance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

Guatemslan ants, introduced into
Texas, are shown to be Immediately de-
structive of the cotton boil weevil. If
all experience in similar matters is not at
fault the chronological experts will
shortly searching with great diligence
for some bug that will be destructive of
the Guatenalan ant. In such cases the
cure almost Invariably proves to be
worse than the disease.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

1t looks like it is to be- horseback
campaign. 1t was known Roosevelt and
Parker liked to sit astride of their dash
ing steeds and now comes the aged Mr.
Davis, who says he would rather ride a
horse than go to theater Get horse,
Mr.. Fairbanks, and keep up with the
pace.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

Electric power produced from the
melting srows and glaciers of the Rock
les can now be delivered at San Francisco
factories cheaper, we are told, than pow
er could he produced by steam, even if
fuel to make steam were provided free.
Nor is there any fear that the Rockies
will restrict the supply of ice, or that
the glaciers will ever go on strike.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Bic shipment Of Canned Meat.

Minneapolis, Mimi, July 14.-Adyices
received at Northern Pacific headQuar-
tiers state that the heaviest order of can
ned meat to cross the Pacific has been
successfully delivered on the Pacific
coast and loaded aboard the huge ship
Shawmut for transportation from Puget
Sound to Yokohama. The shipment
consists Of rush order for 1000, 000
pounds OF canned beef for the subsist-
ence department of the Japanese army.
1t was handled from Chicago by the
Northern Pacific in special trains Of 10
refrigerator cars.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

A man in London asserts that he can
remember everything perfectly that he
hears or reads, and so far no one is able
to prove that he does not speak the truth.
What dreadful mental condition that
man would be in if he had had to attend
all the sessions of the st. Louis conven-
tien. S.as
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

A Kansas couple was married the 9TH
er day by the probate judge over the
telephone. The couple, by his direc-
ton, joined hands, then listened alter
nately at the telephone and made the
proper responses. This opens up new
means not only for expediting and sim
plying wedding ceremonies, but for get
ting the better of the irate and pursuing
parent
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

Officials of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois railroad, after an investigation
of the wreck at Glenwood, ILL.,, in which
10 persons lost their lives, say the
blame rests with Engineer Hoxey, of
the freight train, into the rear of which
the excursion train crashed. 1t is
charged that he violated a general Or
der in backing down a track in the
wrong direction without special dis
patch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Many Killed.

Vienna, July ia dispatch from
Belgrade to the Neus Weiner Tageblatt
says it Is reported that an attack was
made on train running from Saloniea
to Constantinople near Dede-Agach, as
the result Of which many persons were
killed or injured. No details are given.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

A Morristown IN j. woman reports
catching a 12-pound pickerel, inside OF
which she found gold watch that she
had lost three years before. 1t is well
that this fish story comes so early in the
season. 1t may tend to discourage other
piscatorial yarns.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

Newspaper wits do not always treat
antiquities with proper respect. One
of them remarked, upon reading about
the discovery of capstan 1000 years old
in the Forum at Rome, that it must have
been the one used in winding up the az
fairs of the Roman empire. ~..-.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Hotel in Ashes.

Mount Holly, N. j., July 13.-The
Berkeley Arms hotel, at Berkeley, near
Seaside Park, N. j., was destroyed by
fire Tuesday. 1t was formerly OPP
Grated by George c. Boldt, of New
York. Loss, $4,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Clothing Factory Burned.

Portsmouth, O., July 14.-Over $75, 900
is the loss estimated from fire which
destroyed ]. Eisman & Co.'s clothing
factory and damaged number of adj
joining business houses early Wednes-
day. The insurance carried amounts
to $4,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

The boundary line between Indiana
and Illinois got lost the other day. With
this line of separation gone lllionlsans
In the vicinity should prepare themselves
against stray inspirations from the
HOOSier state
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Fine Steamer Sinks.

Natchez, Miss, July 1.-THE mag
nificent sidewheeler Chalmette, run
ming in the st. Louis and New Orleans
trade, struck hidden obstruction at
Logan's Landing, IS miles below this
city, late Monday, and sank out Of
sight No lives were lost.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Dies After Long Illness.

Colorado Springs, Col, July 13.-Petel
r. Dolman, of Butte, Mont, is dead here
after an illness of many months. The
remains were taken to Louisiana, Mo-,
for burial. Col. Dolman served several
terms in the legislature of Montana and
Idaho
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

Senator Stephen B. Elkins, son-in-
law of Mr.. Davis, the democratic vice
presidential nominee, says he will not
vote for Mr.. Davis. Which shows that
a man will take more liberties with his
father-in-law than with his mother-in-
law
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Lives Lost in Cloudburst.

Portland, Ore, July ia special to
the Telegram gives meagre particulars of
cloudburst accompanied by loss of
life and great damage to property near
Mitchell, in Wheeler county. Mrs.
Bethune, aged 80 years, and Martin
Smith, 81 years, were drowned.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Cheated the Gallows.

Omaha, Neb., July 14.-Michael Eel
Ter, who last Saturday killed his wife
and her father, w. M. Burkamp and at
tempted to take his own life while being
captured, died Wednesday night of peri
tonitis induced by the self-inflicted stab
wounds
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Manufacturing Block Burned,

Fresno, CAL, July 12.-Fire Monday
wiped out a block Of manufacturing
buildings. The losses aggregate s225,-
900. The heaviest losers are: Madary
Planning Mill company, $4,000; Hell.
lenbeck Planning mills, $4,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Sent to Prison.

Waukesha, Wis, July 14.-Charles
Hintz, of Milwaukee, was sentenced to
IA years in states prison at hard labor
for killing Mrs. Augusta Piskie at Mus
kego last August.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

The charge is now made that Mr.. Fair
banks was once freckle-faced boy who
had to do the chores about the mouse.
Fate il memorable. Ones past will find
Linn out.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Offer Declined.

Raleigh, N. c., July 13.-Dr. C. A. Al
fonso Smith. associate professor of the
chair Of English at the University Of
North Carolina, has declined the offer
Of the presidency of the University Of
Tennessee.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

Champaign buttons and compliment
airy newspaper notices are all right, but
some people will not believe fame mas
really struck the man from Indiana until
they see the Fairbanks five-cent cigar.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

The sinking of the Slocum has started
an interest in swimming in New York,
and many patrons of the bath houses are
now taking lessons in the art where tney
formerly went only to battle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

Harvard wants Yale to change her
rowing methods. As Yale's metnod is 10
beat Harvard regularly. Old Ell Is not
to be blamed for turning deaf ear to
the request.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Death Of Rantist Divine

New York, July 14.-Rev. DR.. Lemuei
Moss, d. D., Ii. D., one Of the foremost
Baptist educators and divines, is dead
at his home here after an illness of more
than one year. He was born in Ken
lucky Is years ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
Two Drowned.

Camden, Me-, July ia rowboat
containing two young couples was cap
sized in the harbor Monday night.
Robert Young, of Waldo. and Mamie
Barker. Of Camden, were drowned.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21

Sycamore Hill is to be closely guarded
this summer, but there are good reasons
for believing the notification committee
will be able to break through the lines
without much trouble.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
IN the face of the fiercest sort OF root
ing several of the convention orators
never faltered in their delivery.

A comparative statement OF the 81.
Louis bar receipts for convention week
would make mighty interesting reading.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-07-21
TWIN CITY MARKETS.

Minneapolis, July 16.
Wheat-No northern, 81. 90; No .
northern, 96c; Sept, ss3<c Oats-No
3 white, 3Sc. Corn-No. 3, 45c. Rye
NO. 2, Tic Barley-No. y 4Oc
Flax-S1.o5. Butter Creamery. ex-
tras, 16@17c; creamery, firsts, 14@15c;
dairy, fancy, 13@14c Poultry-Tur-
keys. 9@1oc; chickens. 1850 Har-
Uplands. fancy, So. so
st. Paul. July 10.
Cattle-Steers, 81. 15@ S. 90; cows,$ 90
|@400 Hogs So 0@5. 10 Sheep
|muttonA $500; lambs. $500
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CLIMATIC r

The influence of climatic condi-
tons in the cure Of consumption is
very much overdrawn. The poor
patient, and the rich patient, too,
can do much better at home by
proper attention to food digestion,
and a regular use of German Syrup.
Free expectoration in the morning is
made certain by German Syrup, so
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IShould you be able to go to a warm
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ISyrup. Trial bottles, 25c.; regular
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