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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
Foyer Chat,

f.. oyer SHSI
Viola Allen as Viola in Shakspere's de-
lightful comedy, Twelfth Night" will
be the offering at the Metropolitan for
three nights and matinee commencing
next Monday evening Miss Allen has pro-
vided one Of the most magnificent produc-
lions ever made for a Shakspere play
Charles Frohman will present Miss
Maude Adams il Minneapolis for the first
time as a star at the Metropolitan the last
half of next week in revival of her
greatest success, 1.-THE Little Minister
The craze for coon songs has not yet
had its day. George Edwardes, manager of
the Gaiety theater, London, has brought
suit in that city to prevent Julia Mackay
from singing Bamboo Tree" in the music
halls. The latest, known as Zanzibar y
is work of w. D. Cobb and 6. Edwards,
and created sensation at the Broad
way theater this season. The rights for
America were secured by Manager John
c. Fisher, and he has interpolated it in
his production of 1.-THE Silver Slipper"
which will be seen at the metropolitan
Sunday night May 1, for four nights and
Wednesday matinee.
David Harum'' continues to attract big
audiences at the Bijou
David Higgins will present at the Biiou
all of next week a new play called His
Last Dollar an deliberately staged Ameri-
can drama dealing with the romance Of
two Kentuckians.
Dick Ferris and his company at the I4y-
Iceum viii present Way Out West blu,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
MINNESOTA POLITICS

Work for the Consideration of the Repub.
Iican State Committee. When 1t Meets
on May Growing Field of Possibilities
for Congress In the Fifth District-Some
Things r. c. Dunn and Joel p. HeatwoIe
Have Not Denied-Lind viii Not Re-
turn Until Congress AdIourns.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

There are some peculiar features about
that steel bridge matter, features that
will no doubt attract the attention of such
close students of municipal affairs as the
Voters league. 1T
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

Judge L. L. Baxter of Fergus Falls who
is candidate for reelection in the sew
enth judicial district, will not go on the
democratic primary election ballot, but
will wait until after the primaries and &C
on the ticket by petition. as an indie
pendent candidate.
Charles r. Cheney
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

Kind words for the hero, in papers find
Who fights to depopulate earth's all mankind;
Big praise for the shrewd politician who reigns
And sells out his country for personal gains;
The magnate is toasted who masters finance
And cheats all his rivals clean out Of their
pants,
But never word Of approval or shame,
Is spent for the worker subduing his claim. . I
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

The Big Fork Compass, published at
Ripple, Itasca county, says that the home
steader who is toiling away on his claim
subduing the earth, gets but little fame
for his fierce struggle with wild nature
In considering this hero Of the wild the
Compass bursts into song as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22
David Harum'' continues to attract big
audiences at the Bijou

Dick Ferris and his company at the I1y-
ceum will present way Out West but
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

When. oh when, will the straw hat
chase the overcoat into the closets musty
seclusion. ..-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

Laddonia, Mo-, boasts newspaper
called, ''The Joyful Noise Contemporary
les, when it comes to hand, wear ear.
muffs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

The words are those Of Col. Gorgon.
After making Old Americas shade
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

a fourth ward amateur gardener buried
one dozen files just below the surface of
the ground where his cucumbers were
planted and the neighbours hens coming
in as usual in his absence wore their feet
nearly off before they discovered why they
made no progress downward Ingenuity
will always win, for now the biddies feet
are so tender that they cannot scratch.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-22

AS announced in The Journal yes
terday, the republican state committee
has been called to meet at the Windsor
hotel, st. Paul, on Wednesday, May 4, at
o'clock. The call has been issued by
Chairman Jamison. after consultation with
the members of the executive committee
The committee will decide the following
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
LEFT NO LOOP HOLE.
Young Man at Eldora Uses Three
Ways of Suicide.

Eldora, Ia, March 9-Because he
thought that he coud never be cured
OF a troublesome malady, Frank Her-
fern, a young man "a years of age,
living on a farm near Eldora, suicided
by climbing a tree, tying a rope
around a limb and then around his
neck, drinking the contents Of a two
ounce bottle of chloroform and then
blowing out his brains with a rife.
He was missed all night, and a posse
of thirty farmers found the dead body
dangling from the limb this morning
in the woods near Heffern's nome.
His father, Thomas Heffern, is a well
to do farmer
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
VETERAN PASTOR DEAD.
Rev. J. r. Simmons, of ottumwa, Sue
cumbs to Heart Failure.

Ottumwa, Ia, March 9.-Rev. ]. T.
Simmons, well known in church cir
cles over the state as a pioneer min
lister Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, died suddenly here last night
of heart failure. He was the father
of F. w. Simmons, who is we'll known
in Sixth district politics. The funer-
al will be held here on Friday.
Mr.. Simmons was one of the best
known abolition workers Of the mid
die west, and served during the en-
tire war Of the rebellion as chaplain.
For number of years he was presid-
ing elder of the Keokuk district OF
the Methodist Episcopal church. He
had lived in Iowa for fifty years.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
ABOLISH TIE OFFICE.
Railroad Commissioners Are De-
clared Useless.

Des Moines, March 9.-In response
to various petitions representing the
railroad commissioners as useless un-
der present arrangements, a bill was
introduced in the house this morning
to abolish the office.
The house failed to pass the school
committee bill providing for the con-
solidation of school districts and the
transportation of pupils.
A special train load Of legislators
and wives left at one-thirty via the
Northwestern to visit the Agricultur-
al college at Ames.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
PRINTER AND BINDER.
Murphy and Tedford Slated to Sue
ceed Themselves. D..

Des Moines, March 9.-After a
long and somewhat alarming delay to
the candidates, the general caucus Of
the senate and house to nominate a
printer and binder will be called for
Wednesday or Thursday of next week.
At that time, Bernard Murphy of Vim
ton, the present state printer. and
Howard Tedford, of Mt. Ayr, state
binder, will be named to succeed
themselves and upon their election
will enter upon their third terms.
There has been no attempt to de-
feat either Murphy or Tedford, who
are extremely popular and who will
be accorded the usual third term
without opposition.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
MAY END THE WAR
FEAR A COAL FAMINE.
Iowa Railroads Making Preparation
For a Strike.
Special to Herald.

Special to Herald
Ottumwa, March 9.-There is a
growing belief in railway and manu-
featuring circles that coal miners
strike of immense proportions is i'm.
pending and there is noticeable ac.
tivity among local concerns in laying
in an unusually large supply Of coal
for this time of year. The spirit OF
unrest being manifested at the vari-
GUS miners conventions throughout
the country is viewed with consider
able alarm by those who would be the
first to suffer and the railway and
large manufacturing companies while
recognizing that strike may De
averted believe it best to be On the
safe side.
At the Burlington round house this
morning an extra gang of about 80
men were at work clearing space
on the ground where several hundred
cars of coal may be unloaded. A side
track was hastily constructed and
thirty-five cars of coal that were
standing in the yards were unloaded.
1t is stated that another large gang is
to be called in off the road and will
be put to work in the yards to help
unload coal All of the cars available
will be kept in service hauling coal
which will be stacked up on rne
ground. The other railways and a
number Of the larger manufacturing
concerns gre also laying in a large
supply of coal
Situation is Critical.
Des Moines, March 9.--Whether the
miners Of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylva-
MIA and the other states will accept
the proposed reduction in tne scale
depends largely on the action CT the
$4,000 miners Of Iowa. Although
this is broad assertion there is
much of truth therein. It is the opin-
ion of prominent miners and operat-
ors in Iowa that tnS eastern stat s
will show division on the propcsl-
tion practically balancing each other,
and thus leaving the Balance of pow
er to Iowa and Michigan.
The officers OF the Iowa miners are
anytlang but sanguine as to the out
trs af,ctreas tts f5As ,a rsinyss tlss
viii take on the proposition to accept
the reduction. In the joint confer
ence this morning, J. F. Ream stated
that in his opinion the Iowa miners
would reject the proposition, There
is no denying that the situation in
Iowa is exceedingly critical
Joint Conference Adjourns.
Des Moines, March 9.-Tne joint
conference of miners and operators
of Iowa adjourned today to meet
again in this city March %, when the
outcome of the referendum vote of
the miners Of the central competitive
district will be known. The operat-
ors say that there will positively be a
reduction equal to the reduction in
the eastern field, and the miners have
signifed their intention to abide by
the decision there.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
is BOLD IN HIS SIN
REFUSED
Mrs. Dye May Not be Tried for
Murder of Miss Nelson.

Special to Herald q
Boone, Ia, March 9.-3 p. m.--
Mrs. Sherman Dye has been re-
leased from the county jail on
habeas corpus proceedings and
returned to her home. Unless
the legislature passes a special
measure she can not be prosecut-
ed.
Des Moines, March ga defect in
the laws may result in the liberation
Of Mrs. Sherman Dye, of Boone, ,cnarg
ed with the awful crime of sending
poisoned candy to Miss Rena Nelson
of Pierre, S. D., from which Miss Mel
son has since died.
Governor Cummins last night, as a
result Of the hearing on the matter OF
Mrs. Dyes extradition, decided that
under the present laws and in view OF
a recent decision Of the supreme court
of the United States and of decision
of our own supreme court, the woman
can not be extradited. The govern.
or in his decision also volunteers the
opinion neither can the woman be
tried for murder in Iowa,a as the crime
was committed in South Dakota and
not in Iowa.
The contention is that Mrs. Dye did
not commit the crime in South Dako-
ia. 1t Xas at Boone that she sent the
candy, 4 she did send it. The mur.
der itself was committed at Pierre,
where Miss Nelson received and ate
the candy.
Mrs. Dye has never been in South
Dakota. The law provides that a
fugitive from justice, to be such must
have been in the state in which the
crime was committed. Mrs. Dye had
never been in the state of South Da.
kota, and therefore could not be
touched in this way.
after rendering his decision last
night, me governcr suggested that
Mrs. Dye might yet be tried in Iowa
on the charge Of assault with intent
to commit murder in Iowa, for there
would be no doubt as to where the in
tent existed.
1t was suggested from Boone last
night that Mrs. Dye. might yet be
reached through the fedagosS -snthor.
ity. The suggestion was that she
might be charged with misuse OF
the mails in sending poison through
them, and that in such a case the fed
eraI marshal could arrest her and
take her away without a requisition
Sheriff Laughlin told pathetic
story concerning the death of Miss
Nelson at Pierre ana carried with
him a letter which the young woman
had written her aunt, at Boone. The
letter is naive confession of the fact
thu. she loved Dye, who had appar.
emily made her believe he was un.
marrle> The effusion is pathetic in
the ext. eme.
In this letter Miss Nelson main.
tains her relations with Dye were
pure, saying pathetically, II loved
him with all my heart, just as any
girl will" The letter was written af.
ter she had received the candy and
while the deadly poison was begin
ming to take effect.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
DAVENPORT DANCES.
Have Been Called of BY Decree OF
the Priest.
special to Evening Herald.

Special to Evening Herald.
Davenport, Ia, March 9.-Daven-
port is all torn up over the condemna-
tion by the Catholic clergy of the
numerous dances arranged here for
st. Patrick's day; a character mask
ball at a German theater at which il
was thought the Irish race would be
badly caricatured calling for special
condemnation. Rev. James Davis,
vicar general of the Iowa diocese, ,ad-
vised all Catholics not to attend the
dances on st. Patrick's day, saying
the proposed celebrations are not at
all in keeping with the spirit of the
day, besides it is Lent
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
FURRY IN CORN PIT.
May Delivers Boom and Then Bot
tom Drops Out.

Chicago, March Sl-There was a
great furry in the isan pit tfris al.
ternoon when May options which
closed yesterday at 532, sold at 541s,
and then dropped to sos. July went
from SIX to 485s. The break was
due to liquidation by the longs, said
to be composed Of Millionaires Moore,
Leeds and others, who have been
operating on the bull side.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
REPUBLICAN MAYOR ELECTED,
Muscatine Goes to McNutt by Major
ity of 113 Out of 3,375.
Special to Herald.

Special to Herald.
Muscatine, March BY one of the
hardest fought contests ever waged
in this city, R. S. McNutt, republican,
was reelected for mayor over e. p.
Pullman by majority of 113. The
vote polled was the largest in the
history Of the city since McKinley's
first election, 1876 ballots being cast
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
HUNDREDS HOMELESS.
Pennsylvania People Forced to Flee
For Lives.

Wiliesbarre, Pa, March o. Three
bridges on the Susquehanna river
were swept away today. Fifteen
hundred people are homeless at
Bloomburg, and have fed to the
mountains for safety. All towns
along the river for eighty miles have
been damaged.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
MINISTERS NAMED.
President Roosevelt Makes Several
..--. Nominations. ..-s g..
scrinps. .McRae TaIegram

Telegram
Washington, d. c., March o. The
president today nominated John Bar
ret, of Oregon, to De minister to Pan
anna; Arthur Beaupre, of Illinois, to
be minister to Argentine Republic;
and William Russell, of District of
Columbia, to be minister to Colom-
bia.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
cUMMINs DEFIANT.
Rejects A. Offers For Peace and
~ Tb>ows Down Gauntlet.

Des Moines, March 9.-Refusing to
be contented with the action of the
Polk county republican convention
Saturday, Governor A. B. Cummins
has virtually thrown down the gaunt-
let to the "stalwarts" He has an
nounced that he will support A. B.
Funk for delegate-at-large to the ma
tional convention In opposition to J.
w. Blythe, of Burlington.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
NO THANKSGIVING DAY GAMES.
Northwestern Faculty So Decides
lndorses MIR. cooIey's Stand.
Special to Herald.

Special to Herald.
Chicago. March 9.-The Northwest
ern University faculty has abolished
officially all Thanksgiving day foot
ball games, and the faculty has also
indorsed the stand taken by superin-
tendent Cooley and his associates
toward the publication of college ath-
letics.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
KANSAS FOR ROOSEVELT.
SunfIower State Nominates an Editor
for Governor. ..

Scripps-Mc Telegram.
Wichita, Kan, March 9.-The re-
publican convention today nominated
Edward Hoch, a Marion editor, for
governor. Roosevelt was endorsed
for president and platform adopted
favorable to protection. >.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
INVESTIGATION FINISHED.
Scandal Will Be Uncovered In Dead
Letter Office.
scripps.McRae Telegram

Scripps-M -McRae Telegram.
Washington, d, G., March o. The
investigation in the dead letter office
was today completed by the postoffice
inspectors. 1t is understood several
dismissals will follow, although the
report has not been made public.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
MANY INDICTED.
Grand Jury Seeks to Clear Terre
Haute Of Mob Violence.
scripps-McRae Telegram.

Scripps-McRae Telegram
Terre Haute, Ind, March 9.-The
grand jury this morning returned
true bills against eleven men, charg-
ing them with riotous conspiracy in
trying to lynch the murderer, Jerry
Duggins, and against three other men
for riot.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
TUNNEL FINISHED.
Underground Trolley System of New
York Ready for Traffic.
scripps.McRae Telegram.

New York, March 9,-The New
York and New Jersey railroad COM
pany's tunnel from Jersey City to-
Manhattan was completed today. IT
viii be used for trolley system.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
BLEW UP BRIDGE.
Italian Workmen Kill Three People
.... With Dynamite.
seripps-McRae Telegram.

Scripps-McRae Telegram
Vienna, March 9.-Italian workmen
today destroyed the bridge over tho
river at Begas. Hungary, with dyna.
mite. A German engineer named
Linebeck and two others were killed.
Four people were also seriously in
jured.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
Lord Lotus Dead.

London, March 9.--Lord Augustus
Lotus, formerly British ambassador
to Germany and Russia, died at his
home here today.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
MIkADo is BUSY.
viii Not Be Able to Attend Worlds
Fair But Will Send Prince.
scripps.McRae Telegram.

Toxic, March 9.-It was announced
today that Prince and Princess Aris-
ugawa will represent the mikado at
st. Louis during the exposition. The
mikado expected to attend in person
but is detained because of the war.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1904-03-10
IMMORAL TRAFFIU.
Syndicate Formed to Entl>e Girls In
to Worlds Fair Dives.
scripns-McRaa Telegram.

Scripps-McRae Telegram
Berlin March 9.-Klein's Journal
says a million dollar syndicate has
been formed at st. Louis for the pur-
pose Of importing girls for immorar
purposes during the exposition.
Agents are securing Europe for suit
able Victims.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-05-06
BRYAN PROTESTS IN VAIN.
Nebraska Man Will Have No Hand
In the Making Of the Dem
oeratic Platform.

II Is manlfostly impossible to write n
democratic platform which meets with
general party approval. The dcclara-
ton OF principles put forth By the New
York democratic state convention u
condemned by Bourkc Cochran. talking
IN behalf Of Tammany, rs "a platform
OF pl%atitudes." II Is not quite satsfac-
tory to some OF the warm supporters OF
Judge Parker. because II does not in-
dorse the gold standard and does not
deal with the Philippine question as the
anti.impcrlallsts wish to have II dealt
with. These criticisms are mild when
compared with those Of Mr.. Bryan. That
gentleman. who claims TO be the only au-
thorlzcd exponent of democratic prin-
clples. says that the platform Is am
blguous, uncertain. evnsiyc and dishon-
est lie says that II IL the work OF
'cowardly democrats" whose only aim
IL to deceive and ia induce organized
wealth to subscribe 10 the campaign
fund.
Nevertheless It Is quite likely thatthc
platform which will be adopted at 81
Louis In July will resemble closely the
one Mr. Bryan dlsapproyes Of. In the
last two presidential campaigns the
democrats experimental with unamblg-
Uous unequiyocnl platforms and were
badly beaten. It would not be surprls-
ing. says the Chicago Tribune, II they
were TO change their policy and adopt
a mllE-and-water platform. which VIII
ALLEVIATE the smallest plumber Of voters
and thus mako success possible.
MIR. Bryan says: II do not wish that
the party shall win Offices only" hut
the desire IA get the offices Is the con-
trolling motive with a large percentage
of the democrats. They have been out
IN tho cold for clRht years, and their hun
ger after poStmasterships and othoI
comforting jobs. Those democrat fee
that their only hope Of getting the offices
Is to get away from Bryan and Bryanism
They will not let him write the party
platform or dictate It's candidate The
voice they will harfnn to ~ ST LOUIS
will be that Of eXpedlency, not Bryan.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-05-06
rrnnnI,, mud sahnrhnnI,y.

tinguished from the ylllager by his
better manners2 There was n time
when ~urbanlty was a natural product
OF urban life. That time, no thinks,
has passed. Nowadays. whom man
meets man in the city. II f. In conflict.
not fellowship. I've read sometimes
OF tho social aroma and whom ciyili-
zation has come to that II Ia vain
10 expect any politeness Of a higher
type than the etiquette Of tho gladI'
ator." But from such strain upon tho
| tender virtues the life Of tho country
man IL exempt, m q certain restful-
ness Is an essential OF good manners,
II II IL repose that stamps the cast
Of We're de We're. shall we turn TO tho
| city or TO the village for this serenity
OF the true aristocracy? Urbanity
being what II has become, the great
problem Of the future VIII DO. not so
much for photographers as for social
lists. what Is suburbanity going To
?"-Herbert w. Horwill. In Har'
per's Weekly.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-05-06
HOPE FOR THE TRANSvAAL.
South Africans DO Not Despair OF the
Future of Their Country
Present pepr ossion.


\ severe depression affects bus
mess in the Transvaal and Orange
river colonies, says the Baltimore
sun. The boom expected after the
close of the war has not material
lied owing To the impracticahility
of getting kanirs enough to work
the mines to the extent TO which
they were worked before the Boer
war. Revenue has fallen behind
expenditure to the amount of over
$1,000 900, and il has been found
necessary TO defer the beginning
of the repayment of part of the
cost of the war. still the output
of gold increases monthly, and the
recent authorization of the impor
tation of Chinese lahorcrs for the
mines inspires hope. Aftcr time
the present deficiency of 10000 10.
borers will be- supplied from Asia,
and the stamps now idle will begin
To be dropped"
This is the view Of 1.-THE Engineer
ing and Mining Journal: "Af
fairs in South Africa says our
mining contemporary, appear &c
be shaping themselves in n man
ncr favorable to the advancement
of that great mining region. In
Cape Colony the majority secured
by the progressive party in the
recent elections for the house of
assembly indicates that the power
of the Africandcr bond II broken,
and that the i%ntrigucs of that in.
sidious group of politicians will
no longer hold back the best Of thu
Dutch people from joining Will
the English in furthcring the rea'
interests of the country. TIL,
Beers of the Transyaal were good
foes aud r now loyal coworkcr'
with those who fought them.
"Should the war in the east no.
interfere with the arrangement
for securing Chincsc--and IL nee,
not. for they will come chiefly from
the southern provinces Of China
then u revival in activity may IN
expected NJ Johannesburg
Meanwhile Rhodcsia advance
steadily. The gold output in
proves. The Wake coal mine |
found 10 afford great relief IN In
railways and 10 various industric
which have had TO pay almost pre-
hihitiyc prices for fuel. The Ian
best il being bridgcd. When thi
il done the copper mines north q
, that stream are expected 10 do
. profitable business.