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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02
THE PET OF THE CHILDREN.

One day not long ago sat down under the shade
drowsy when suddenly heard noise. Upon opening
eyes found around frecrackers roman candles,
rockets and fireworks of all sorts The voice heard
proved to be that Of small frecracker. I listened
and this is what the frecracker said:
II heard some the other day that it would
be the Fourth of July and I, for one, sorry
don't like the idea of having head blown off, and
don't what folk want with much noise racket
anyway. Some people to think that haven't
feelings but wish they could be put in place
and think they would that have IT
contented to be what am said candle.
pleasure I will be satisfied" "And you think
about it," asked Of pinwheel Il think, with my
friend the CANDLE that it best to be contented
are" Then big frecracker that had listened
silently to the conversation said, Tho say
the of all this noisy celebration think
that great of the people fare badly do
shall not complain" The first speaker sighed but
said nothing.
Then the fireworks resumed their usual silence
and I could not get them to another word
Eighth Grade. Ella Guernsey
r. F. D. No. 1, Rushmore, MINI.
A CONVENTION OF "SUFFERERS"
"Felow-suferers,s request your attention for
few moments while I present you a plan whereby
lives may be saved These were the words y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02

W1IdL I SIlUu1u uO OH Cn0
morrow. Suddenly 7
heard someone speaking.
The sound came from my
dresser, so I drew closer
to it and listened. "Just
Think" grumbled an old
roman candle. "Our
heads will be knocked off
tomorrow" people
sometimes say they feel
like going up in smoke,
but we fireworks q ct11allv
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02
MAGIC IN THE WORDS.

The Fourth of July! There was magic in the
words for the little boys and girls of the United States
Firecracker skyrocket myself, candle,
lying in window waiting to help celebrate the great
day. when in little boy and bought
carried to his beautiful suburbs the
city, Here his friends gathered to help him cele
brate the holiday In the afternoon the boy lit
great noise and settled himself girls Dress
caught fire and made everybody excited. Skyrocket
and myself left till evening they said
prettier in the dark When it quite Sky
rocket bade farewell and went far into the air.
glorious train of fire. Then turn
ceeded to show them all beautiful stars and
on hearing EXPLANATIONS of delight satisfied to
leave the noisy Mary Carlson
Eighth Grade Grafton N. D.
Central School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02
Northwestern Topics.
For Saturday, July f6:


SUMMER"
With summer all about Juniors ought
story that fits the word 1t be any kind of
story, providing it is but that
could not well happen year
II Of the Juniors have spent
climates where the weather is not like summer
the northwest it will make
about it. Be to make the story bright interesting
The must be mailed to
editor of The Journal Junior
NOT LATER THAN THURSDAY MORNING JULY =.
They must be strictly original written
only Of the not than 300 words in length
than 1oO marked with the number
with
together with the of the prize
elsewhere in The Junior.
rolled
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02
THE MATCH OF THEM ALL.

NJ
It the night before Fourth of july and the
fireworks which Jacks father bought for him were
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02
TOO MUCH TO BELIEVE.

1t was the day before the Fourth of July. I had
drawer just filled with fireworks and planning
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02
ALL TAIL AND CRxHIUM.
(Honorable ,Mention.)

They usually address me as "skyrocket"-such
undignifed title Evidently must be considered an
astronomer, for conceive of other by
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02
For Saturday, July 90:
"a BEAUTIFUL l!l DAY"

The emphasis, topic is the and
the stories with
At the interrogation point question
markedly need not necessarily be unpopular merely
because the weather is not what desired The
shining the birds singing everything
and beautiful yet the day in another
unpleasant. Try make the
readers will predicanent. papers must be
mailed to reach the office of The
NOT LATER THAN THURSDAY MORNING, JULY IA.
They must be strictly original written in ink
side only of the in length,
nor less than 100 marked with the number
each signed with the school,
OF preferred
printed in The Junior. The papers
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-02
"A CoNvENTIoN or "sUFFERERs.o

'eFeow-suferers, request your attention for a
few moments while present you plan whereby
lives may be saved These the words =
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
BENEATH THE
AMPLE FOLDS
OF the Widows Mattress Foruer
Paxton Was Found BY the
Officers.

Mansfield, o.. March -Snugly
ensconccd under q mattress, with the
bed nicely made up as if unoccupled
Glen W. Paxton, who says he is a de
tectlve. was arrested at about /
o'clock this morning in the home of
Mrs. Grace Shafer, a young widow.
in Bellevue by Marshal Weaver and
deputies on an affidavit filed by ]. W.
lindley, a grocer charging him with
obtaining goods undtr false y1re
lenses
The marshal went to the Shafer
home and located Paxton on the roof
of the house when he found the de.
kitchen, but the detective re.entered
the house when he found his plan Of
escape had been discovered Search
of the house resulted in the discovery
of pair Of shoes sticking out from a
bed. and the arrest followed.
This afternoon the grand jury in.
dicted Paxton on three counts, ut
tering and publishing forged checks
and orders for money. Sheriff Payne
went to Bellevue tonight TO bring
Paxton to the county Jail
Paxton has a wife and two chill
dren. The officers say he separated
from his wife some time ago.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
KOREA NOT A eELLlGERENT.
by the AssOciateu Press.

81 Petersburg. March q The for
eign office gives an absolute denial
Of the statement telegraphed from
here that Korea Is regarded as a bel
legerent Russia. as previously ex.
planned holds all acts Or Korea since
the declaration Of her neutrality as
being under Japanese duress. and un
less the Korean government formally
notifies the powers that she has ioine !
with japan, and takes up arms. Rus
sia viii consider her neutral but any
Korean troops which actually impede
Russian movements or join the enemy
sill be considered individual bpllig
Grants, without reference to their
The statement that the
Russian minister al Pekn has demand
ed the withdrawal Of al Japanes:
troops noth Of Great Wall is alsJ IN
correct IS cabfed. Russia has mad4
r presentations about the number cf
Chinese troops IN the neutral zone
west Of Lao river not desiring
force there which wOuld constitute &
theeat, and 1t is understood China
las given mea2urably satisfactory a..
,urances on the subj Ct
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
A DEERING
HARVESTER
Machine Company's Plant Destroyed
by Fire at East ST.
Louis.
BY Associated Press.

| by Associated Press.
East st. Louis, March 21.-The fonr
story warehouse of the Deering Har
vest Machine company on Railroad anC
Friday avenue, near Main street. in
East st, Louis, was completely des
troyed, with its contents, shortly af
ter noon Monday. The loss is esti
mated at $l50,000
The fire started among a lot Of twine
in the basement from an unknown
cause.
The first discovery of the fire was
at 1890 O'Clock Monday morning, but
employees threw out a quantity of the
twine and thought they had put out
the fire. The fire department made
no investigation.
AT 1916 the twine again was found
to be on fire, and before an alarm
could be turned in the basement way
in blaze and fire was shooting un
the elevator shaft
Within half an hour after the fire
was discovered, the four walls of
the building had fallen in.
A general alarm was turned in, but
the fire department could do no more
than save adjoining property, chief
OF which was the freight depot OF the
Southern Railroad.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22


porter smelled escaping gas and broke
opsn the door. SPECIAL and Mrs. Ben
nett lay upon the bed and had evi
IDENTIFY been dead many hours.
They had registered at the hotei
as hucband and wife, and immediate
ly went to the room assigned to them
The valve OF small gas stove in the
room was open when the bodies were
discovered
SPECIAL has family of five chill.
dren. His wife recently sued for di-
vorce. alleging intimacy with Mrs
Bennett, who is the wife of Harry
Bennett, former saloon keeper here
Bennett left his wife recently and en-.
listed in the army. now serving in the.
Philippines.
The coroner says that he believe,
that the two decided to end their
lives together.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
A VIVID DESCRIPTION.
BY the Associated Press

81. Petersburg, March 21.-A Rus.
sian officer commanding battery an
Electric Hill during the first lombard.
ment Of Fort Arthur has written The
following vivid account. Twas a clear
sunlit day and there was a gentle
swell on the water A little spot an.
peared through the haze on the far
of horrison mad then another and
another until the spots we're Increased
to fifteen. Nearer and nearer they
cane. and larger and larger they ap.
peared until, when six miles off there
was tiny puff of smoke and all in
the battery wondered where the pro
jectiie was going to fall Forty faith
oms below the cliff where We were
lay the hattleship. pNesylet. Bang,
the shell burst under her bows
was another puff and the proiectile
Whlstled over our heads, craahing on
rocks behind us Then came third
1t was 4 moment of terrible suspense
There was terrific explosion over
our heads, They had got our range
exactly. Twas signal for us to
open fire, and ten shore batteries and
twelve war ships Joined in the play
What followed is almost indescribahle
The sea underneath where We stood
Fairly boiled with III swish and
plunge of pfojectiles, and words of
command We're inaudible to the gun
hers. tried vainly to shout my or
defs while 100 guns were belchine
In roar and the shells wera bursting
over our heads withsa hellish crash
The smoke and dust blinded as. Sud
denly a Whitefaced gunner pointed tr.
a battery of quick firing guns halt
way down the hill which had be n
placed there TO prevent the Japanese
from landing. ran doSn and found
the scene one that bafiles discrlp
tion. There was a battle orgie OF
bursting shells and whis ling frag
ments, the smoke stencil reeking tha
earth One shell had burst among
the gunners soldier was lying dis
emboweled and anOiaer had his skull
A third soldier was deir.
ious aad there were splinters in his
head. One gun had been broken like
Il reed. II was a dreadful sight with
blood everywhere Concluding the
narrative, the officer says After the
battle was over Lieut. Gen Stoeasel.
commander at Port Arthur, pinned the
cross of ST. John ON my breast But
what does II matter. am in the hos
pital"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
RUSSIA WAITING
FOR CERTAINTY
Before Taking Chances ia Land
Fight With the Japs
A VIVID DESCRIPTION
BY A RUSSIAN OFFICER OF FIRST
nOMBARDMENT or PORT
ARTHUR-AMERicAn
ALSO THERE.
BY Associated Press.


Tacoma, Wash, March PA de-
scription of the first attack of the
Russian fleet at Port Arthur and the
dash made into the inner harbor by
the Japanese torpedo boats is given
in letter 10 the Tacoma News from
PurSer Fairweather, of the steamship
PleiadeS which had arrived at Polt
Arthur with cargo Of -four the night
before the attack. After telling OF
the hearing Of the heavy firing dur.
ing the night and supposmg the forts
were engaged in night tlrket prac.
tice, Falrweather says; In the
morning when we saw two OF the
largest and hes3 Russian warships
aground on the spit, we knew some
thing more than practice had been
going On II developed that a fleet
OF japanese torpedo boats had come
along quite close inshore. flying the
Russian tlag and giving Russian sig,
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
VOTE TO |MPEACH
A FEDERAL JUDGE
Guilty of Many Overt and Ar.
bitrary Acts
He is THE FOURTH ONE
WEARER OF THE ERMlNE THAT
HAS BEEN iMPEACHED-
CHARLES SWAYNE OF
FLORIDA.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, March 21. The house
committee on Judiciary today voted
to impeach Charles Swayne. federal
Judge for the district of Florida.
The vote on tne impeachment and
details OF the charge which will form
the ground OF impeachment the com.
mlttee agreed to withhold until the
report on the case has been comp.et
ed for presentation to the house.
While the committee had voted to
give out no details of the case at
present, ii is known that the charges
on which testimony was taken in.
clude those Of being absent from his
circuit; being nonresident of his
district; imprlsoning a lawyer in
contempt proceedings; impris Dning
the son of litigant, also for con,
tempt Of court, and refusing to hear
certain Witnesses in case before
him, alleging he would not believe
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22

nails, They had passed right under
the forts along the spit side Of the
harbor aud had passed by the patrol
boat at the entrance, giving the cOun.
tersgn They passed through the en-.
trance to the harbOr. turned around
and passed out going mp to the other
coast until directly behlnd the largest
and best OF the warships lying out
side, when they turned and fired their
trGpodoes into three OF them. The
remarkable part Of it was the dash Of
the torpedo boats through l00-yard.
wide mouth of the hsrbOr. and their
turning around inside The Russians
lircd upon the torpedo boats. but 40.
parently did no harm They then at
tempted 10 get their Warshpg into
The barbor, but two Of the worst dis
abled ran aground on the splt and
were IN a sinking condition. The next
morning the Japanese fleet moved In
10 Hiring distance and fred shells for
foriy-liye minutes The Plelades was
behind the spit hut in a direct line
md the shells fell around US our
deck wda covered with pieces. Later
he Russians got their grounded war.
ships of the spit and inside the har
Dor. where they now lie on the bot 4
tom By working hard they succeed. /.
81 in bringing in five fmneled
cruiser, which sank in the harbor
next day.'
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
ADDS TO THE COTTON AREA.
Paraguay Is About to Engage In the
Culture on a LARGE Scale.

1he recent advance in the price Of
cotton In this country and in England
has stimulated the culture OF the plant
In OTHER countries. The possibility
that the cotton manufacturers of the
world are facing the prospect OF "A
deafth OF raw material seems to hare
excited the people Of Paraguay Cot
ton grows Wild IN that country. ami
| the cultivated product. though differ
ent from ours, has long and fine sta
Pile
AS In Peru the plant Is small tree
rather than little bush. and 1t lives
and produces for several years. Euro
pean manufacturers have reported
good results from It's use The Para
guayans. however, have never given
much attention 10 It's cultivation.
The newspapers OF Asuncion have
suddenly awakened to the opportunl.
ties presented and have rizen to the
occasion. They are Offering many sug-
gestions TO the government and assert
that cotton will yet place Paraguay on
the hlgn foad 10 prosperity.
They ask the government 10 employ
the services Of men Of science. like
DR. J ert0Ii, 10 prepare pamphlets for
distribution in the cotton trade OF
Great Britain France and Germany.
descriptive Of the nature and qualities
OF Paraguayan cotton and the facili.
ties for producing large supplies OF II.
They ask that Or BertUni. AIr Aals.ts
and other experts be engaged 70 make
survey of the lands adapted 10 cot.
ton cultivation In the republic also
that the government print and distrib-
ute among the farmers Of the lowlands
the best Information as to the methods
OF coIiouraisiug
We may IN a short time exp1rt
; SlOOu0uOOp worth Of cotton IN year.
announces the enthusiastic Paraguay.
a German weekly published at Asun.
ciOn
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
BEST RECORD
UP TO DATE
Was Made BY Battleship kearsarae
In Practice at Pen
sacola.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Washington, March 2l.-Tn prl,
vate letter received at the navy de.
partment today from an officer ON
board the Kearsarge. the following
remarkable record was made by that
battleship in her target practice just
completed at Pensacola
"Thirteen-inch gun made six hits
out of seven shots at target in five
minutes and twenty seconds; the five
inch gun made ten hits out of ten
shots in five minutes and twenty sec.
onds; the iivc-inch gun made eighteen
hits out of eighteen shots in two
minutes"
AT the navy department this record
was declared the best ever made by
a warship and as far. as officials
Know 1t has not been equaled in any
foreign navy.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
A RAISE IN
GRAIN RATES
All Western Roads Combine Clean
ing Up the Long War in
Grain Rates.

BY Associated Press.
omaha, March 2l-The Union Pac
iiic and burlington roads today an.
nounced a joint rate on grain from
Nebraska points TO st. Louis and East
81 Louis raising the rate one cent.
The same roads in conjunction with
the Northwestern. the Milwaukee and
the Great Western also announces
new rates from Nebraska points to
intermediate stations between the
Missouri river and Chicago, raising
the tariff to those points. The Chi.
cago and Missouri river lines are civ.
en- free hand in adjusting Chicago
grain tariffs east of the river.
This practically cleans up the grain
rate war which has existed for several
months.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
A RUSSIAN SURMlSE.
BY the Associated Press
BLkMES THE cHAuviNisT.
BY Associated Press

Paris, March II Baron DeRosen.
former Russian minister to Japan.
who arrived today at Marsellles, re.
fused to be interviewed, but cor.
respondent of the Journal. who tray.
eled with him from Port Said. teIe-
graphs summary of numerous con
yersations which he had with the
baron aboard the vessel According
10 this correspondent Baron DeRogen
hlames the Chauyinst party In Japan
Tor the outbreak Of hostilities. The
Mikado and most Of the elder states
men We're opposed to the war. II mat
ters rested solely with the cabinet
and elder statesmen, said the baron.
the conflict would have been avoided
but The cabinet, with the object Of
embarrassing parliament. which had
refused to vote supplies. allowed the
press te stir up the Chauvinst spirit
nntil L has got beyond control
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
Locks Mayor in Cell.

hayor smalley Of North Plaindeld.
y. J.. was showing a party OF friends
through the county Jail in Somerville.
\ deputy sheri1 to0k the friends 10
show them an improved cell. lesv-
Ing the mayor behind BY mistake. A
green iailer found him and. thinking
be was confidence man. Of whose
coming word had been received.
locked the mayor Ia a cell. where be
remained an hour before the mistake
y as diseosa cred.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
CONFIRMS OCCUPATION.
By Associated Press.

81 Petersburg, March q The fol
lowing official dispatch dated Muk
den. March 20, received from Gen
Hhilinski confirms the reported oe
cupatlon Of Amin and Ping Yang by
Japanese infantry and artillery; "An
increased movement Of troops and
transports on the road between Pine
Yang and Aniou Is noticeable" says
the dispatch. "all reports appearing,
In foreign newspapers of the landing
of japanese troops at different points
on the coast are inventions"
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
A TOWN SWEPT
BY HAIL STORM
Piunges il in Darkness, Wrecks
Buildings, Injuries Two
A TORNADO FOLLOWED
COMPLETING WORK OF DE.
TRUCTiON-TWO OTHER
ADJACENT TOWNS IN
PATH OF TORNADO.

DJ AnSoCldteu fFeSs.
Higginsyille, Mo, March 21.-Fifty
buildings partly wrecked, one man
mortal'y wounded, several Others
hurt, the town in darkness and the
streets strewn with debris as result
OF a tornado and hail storm which
struck this place late this. afternoon.
The hail on the streets was foot
deep within five minutes after the
storm came some stones were as
large as hens eggs. Dozens OF trees
IN the town were blown down and
several horses were killed on the
street, The hail storm was followed
by a terrific downpour of rain, which
Hooded nearly every cellar in the
town.
The path of the tornado was mar.
row, about two blocks OF the business
portion of the town being damaged
Two other towns, Corder and Alma.
are said to be considerably damaged
According TO meagre reports received
tonight several houses in both places
have been wrecked but the exact ex,
tent OF the damage is not known.
The grocery store Of J. w. EMILY
in the business part of this place.
was wrecked by the storm. John Hol.
zen, clerk, was fatally injured in
the wreck of Enzly's grocery store
in lIigginsvile.
Ii is estimated that 2.000 windows |
were broken and more than fifty !
houses unroofed here.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
Making the Best OF IL.

Ascum-You don't mean to say vou
made present Of that $40 10 Bor.
rohshs? Merchant had to do II tn
preserve my own self-respect. Ascum
-Ho~ do you mean? thought you
'oahed II TO him Merchandise did.
not knowing any better. Bot now I
doh I want anybody to think | was
ever iosiish enough to expect it back.
Philadelphia Press.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
REPAIRS PROCEEDING.
Ny AgsOcIaLod preAH.

Paris, March 2l-A correspondent
OF the Figaro at Rome says the Japa.
nese legation there anounces that re-.
pairs to the Japanese fleet Is ac.
lively proceeding In order that the
vessels may be ready to meet tho
Russian Baltic fleet The battleshipi
Mikisa and Patsus and armored
cruiser TSate are in dock, as are also
S yeral ruisers and torpedo boats
Bombardments OF fortified places are
lmprobably at present especially az
the artillery equipment of several
battleships Is being changed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22

sustain a really disastrous defeat on
land The Chinese might suddenly he
aroused whether with connivance or
even with the consent Of the Japanese
= AsainsI Russia and perhaps against
ali foreigners Rusaias present piaas
are based on appreciation Of tba
supreme Importance Of the first laaa
battle and no fighting on a large
scale will take place. il it possibly
can be avoided until the Russians feel
morally certain they can deal the enc.
my a crushing blow.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
THE MAN OF DESTINY.

witness under oath.
The last Impeachment proceeding.
were those Of Andrew Johnson. Only
three federal judges have been i'm.
peached. They were Judge Pickering.
oi New Hampshire; Judge Chase, of
Pennsylvania, and Judge Peck Of
Missouri.
The proceedings against Judge
Swayne If carried to the senate I'M.
doubtedly will delay for several
weeks an adjournment of the present
session OF congress. If the senate de
cidcs against Swayne the penalty at
tached to the decision is the loss Of
his judgeship
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
AN OHIO SHOOTING.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
Newark, Ohio, March 2l.-Albcrt
Kettle was shot and killed by Bert
Nash at Appelton today The men
were walking along the streets en-
gagged in friendly conversation. when
Nash without warning. drew revol
yer aud shot Kettle three times. Ket
lie fled into a nearby house. where
Nash followed, and desperate strug
gle ensued. Nash was arrested after
giving the officers hard fight.
The Cairo bulletin., 1904-03-22
NOT DAMAGE FOR INJURIES.


BY Associated Press
Washington, March 21-The Unit.
ed States supreme court today again
decided that persons travelling on
railroads can not secure damages in
case of accident when they ride on
passes. and the decision went to the
extent OF applying the principle to
such passengers who are not familiar
with the contract usually printed on
the back of passes.