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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

Where D'you S'pose passed in effective
n'i'iS "oii' ness even on the
platform by more earnest though often
less polished men. In the practical
work of management he has been mag
nifcent figure-head; Plat has been, I'M
ill recently, the real power. Now Platt
himself is back number
That, brutally stated is the net result
OF the new truce arranged between Plat
and Odell. Gov. Odell says that he has
been repeating on an average once a
month for long time that Plat can be
the Leader" as long as he lives and
wishes the title. Odell is the chairman
of the state committee; is the dispenser
of patronage; is the real power.
Odelf is heavily built, middle-aged,
Geep-chested, with a powerful chin, dull
eyes, sagging cheeks. He speaks plain
ly without sign of the oratOrical
graces. Plat is an old man and rather
feeble, very slender, speaks in rather
thin voice, has even less ability to sway
men from a platform than Odell. And
he is out of power. Odell could have pre-
vented Platt's reelection at the last va
cancy had he wished. 1t is said that he
has often regretted his good nature in
not filling Platt's place by friend of
his own. He will not run for the gov
ernorship again; and he tells his friends
that he has no desire to be "chloro-
formed upon his retirement from Of
ice.
This 80 taken to mean that Mr.. Odell
desires the senatorship.
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ness, the firm being known as Mon
fort Bros. Their first store was at
Seventh and Jackson streets, and they
afterward moved to East lhird
street. While the firm continued in
the business it was known as the
leading fancy retail grocery firm of
the city.
Col. Monfort quit the grocery bust
ness in 1880 and became connected
with the Windsor hotel, buying out
the interest of Mr.. Ball in the firm of
Summers & Ball which then operated
the hotel. The new management was
known as Summers and Monfort. The
Windsor Hotel company was formed
in February, 1891, after the withdraw
al of Summers from the old nrm, and
Monfort was made president and
manager, position which he con-
tinued to occupy.
He was appointed on the workhouse
board. He was also made a colonel
on the governors staff, being the first
appointed by Gov. Clough and later
by Gov. Van SAINT. Other than these
he has held no public office.
Col Monfort is widower and has
one daughter, Mrs. j. G. w. Dunn,
and two sisters, Mrs. John Summers
of St. Paul and Mrs. j. H. Reyes of
Oneonta, y. Y.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

trade, manufactures and commercials
that it is no longer possible for all of
what New York calls its society to meet
upon common ground without con-
fronting in the most embarrassing fash
ion persons who have been divorced and
remarked.
The Belmonts are the. worst trouble
breeders. Both have taken other mems
wives; one Vanderbilt's, the other by
a curious coincidence the wife of close
relative of the Vanderbilts. The power,
the prestige, above all the considerable
number of the Central New York fam
lily" make it hard to entertain any men,
Der of it in mixed company without
somehow treading upon somebody's
toes.
The increasing pace at which the very
rich are providing themselves with mile
square country estates has its con.
veniences.
| OWEN LANGDON.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

who is now Mrs
B e | m ont is q
freshman in Har-
ward. Among his
classmates there
are two sons of the
present Mrs. Will
liam X. Wander
bilt.
Society is full OF
such humorous lit
tie iro2ies. One
secret of its break
ing up into little
cliques-one rea.
son why Newport,
for the first time in
half a century is
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

managers OF the
republican MAORI
ty in the house.
The committee on
rules has fallen
into innocuous des-
uetuGe in STRIKING
contrast to its au-
tocratic perform
ances under tho
administrations of
Speakers R e e d
Crisp and Hender-
son.
The committee
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

Of the senate and will answer to the
articles Of impeachment by counsel,
after which the trial will proceed as in
other trials with arguments by coun-
sci and testimony Of witnesses. At the
conclusion of the trial each senator
will answer guilty or not gnilty as the
case may be.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

secretary OF aSrl-
culture in the not
very long list, but
there are a great
many people in
Washington who
think that as an
architect and land
scape gardener he
is a dismal failure.
The last con-
gress made an ap-
pro pr / a t i on of
about three mil
lion dollars for a
new building to be
used by the agri-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

ling games that it
is so difficult to stop uptown. And these
are not the kind of men to tell tales. 1t
is impossible for the police to get into a
high-class game. No man ever entered
Cantield's who was not known to the
management or vouched for by careful
patron. When Reginald Vanderbilt
made his famous losing there he went
to great trouble to keep out of the state
until court had ruled under the law
a man was not obliged to testify that he
had gambled. The man in whose case
that ruling was made was Lewisohn, a
broker 1t is the instinct. On the other
hand, mercantile firms make it the
strongest kind of rule that no one con-
nected with them shall ever enter a
gambling house. 1t is different stand
ard. The broker class takes life easily,
and has few scruples.
There are LOO members of the New
York stock exchange alone. These
with their families and servants would
make a village of 10000 people. The
consolidated exchange, the few hun
dreds of energetic curb brokers, the
produce exchange, the coffee exchange
for coffee has an exchange of its own
now and has recently been made the
excuse of silly furry in prices-must
in all employ enough men to fill, with
their families, a city as large as New
ark, N. J. But the members of the big
firms do not all have personal member
ship in the stock exchange, and of
course their clerks do not. All told, the
number of people who in New York live
upon a business which is at least five
sixths speculation is simply enormous.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

VlSOf. Inc diff
culties of keeping
New York free
from g a m b | i n e
are increased by
many circ u m =
stances. There are
apt to be a hun
dred t h o u S a n d
strangers here at
any one time. The
brokers who gam
BILE all day in the
gre a t exchanges
are by common
consent the best
patrons at night of
thu cpoollor oonoh
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

p r e c e q e n I, al
though several
members of that
body are familiar
with the procedure
against Secretary
Belknap through
the fact that they
were in one or the
other branches of
congress at the
time. Teller of
Colorado, Allison
of Iowa, Cockrell
of Missouri, and
Mitohp1l of 0ro0On
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

be tried by the
United States SEN
ate sitting as a
court of impeach-
ment. The judi
ciary committee of
the house has
voted to recon-
mend to the house
the Impeachment
of Judge Charles
Swayne, of the
northern federal
district of Florida,
and there is little
douht that the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

Dctu d StIOuS uS-
ure in politics. His
considerable ora
torical talent has
put him forward as
a spokesman upon
political occasions;
he has been for
years familiar as a
speaker at nation
al conventions and
as an after-dinner
speaker is almost
as we'll known in
London as New
York. But he has
ALWAYS been sir
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

Grace came to New
York as a cabin
boy. He had run
a w ay from his
home near Queens
town, Ireland. His
family. who were
well-to-do, recog-
nized the adven-
turous nature of
the boy and got
him a place as
clerk in a firm in
Callao, Peru. Be-
fore Grace was Il
he was a partner,
Before he was an ole
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

o'Sh~y any hlSduS.
1t is, first of all,
a moral problem.
A man goes into a
game in which
failure sooner or
later is almost GER
tain, as all past
history S h o W S.
While he still has
plenty Of money
on paper he gives
his wife a house
worth $265,000 and
settles upon her
other gifts of per-
haps half a mil
lion. H e a. s o
treats himself tn a
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14
Attempted Suicide.


Excitement was created at Brainerd
when the city was aroused by the ring
ing of bells and firing of guns. When
a large crowd gathered at central hose
house it was learned that Mrs John
Brackner had left her home at six
o'clock, leaving word that she was
going to drown herself
Posses were formed and men went
out to the river banks with lanterns.
One party of men had not been gone
long before they spied the form of a
woman on a floating cake of ice in the
middle of the river. They secured
boat and rowed out just in time to res
cue the woman who had evidently de-
cided not to jump into the water but
was hanging on to the ice.
Mrs. Brackner is the wife of local
blacksmith She was recently re-
turned to Brainerd from the Fergus
Falls insane asylum.
Poisoned.
The elaborate Easter services at the
Gethsemane Episcopal church, Mime
apolis, came near ending in tragedy.
Over sixty members of the choir took
part in the professional but the recess
sional was sung by forlorn hope.
Thirty of the members were poison
ed at a breakfast served by the church
after the early morning service.
For time it was feared some fatali-
ties would result, but now it it is be-
lieved all those taken are out of dan
ger.
1t has been the custom of the church
to provide a breakfast for the mem
bers of the choir who appear to sing at
the $50 a. m. service on Easter, and
the usual meal was prepared.
News Notes.
The employing printers and the ty-
biographical union at Duluth are at
loggerheads and strike may occur.
Fire at o'clock in the morning COM
pletely destroyed the interior of the
German Methodist church at Winona.
There is 81, 3O1, O14.61 in the state
treasury, according the monthly report
of State Treasurer julius Fl. Block.
In fit of dependency John Noel, a
saloonkeeper at 400 Fourth street NE,
Minneapolis, shot and killed himself
with a revolver.
The promoters of the macaroni fac
tory at Virginia will at its completion,
May %. have a barbecue and dinner of
macaroni. The visitors will be taken
through the plant.
Charles Anderson, aged IS, of Hills
boro, n. D., was found in q hotel bed
room at Warroad, with his throat cut
from ear to ear.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14
Rules in the House.

Under Speaker Cannon there is a
marked change in the personnel of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14
Society Coincidents.

Young Harold Vanderbilt, youngest
son of William X. by his divorced wife
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

$4,000 annuity, so that he cannot be
called exactly penniless whatever hap
pens. Then he gayly sails into the fray.
a lot OF poor clerks and Office boys fol-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14
Misplacing a Building.

Secretary Wilson, of the department
of agriculture, is probably the best
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

William R. Grace, Cabin Boy.
The death of the late William R.
Grace removes picturesque figure. Mr.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14
The Sully Failure,

To be frank, the mutterings
over the Sully cotton failure are not
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14
TALK OF NEW YORK
OWEN LANGDoN'S GOSSIP OF
THE METROPOLIS.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION
Position of Gov. Odell-Big Names in
Trade-The Stock Gambling
Public and the Sully
Failure.

New York.-How can Depew get back
10 the senate? Mr.. Depew has never
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14
WASHINGTON GOSSIP
IN AND OUT OF CONGRESS AT
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
IMPEACHMENT PROCEDURE
Presidents That Have Established
Rules for Prcceedings--No Work
for Rules Committee of
the House.

Washington.-For the first time in
% years a case of impeachment is to
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14
Gambling Games of All Sorts.

The everlasting fight between the
gamblers and the police is on with new
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-14

Impeachment Procedure, Etc.
In trying Judge Swayne the senate
will have to go back long way for a
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CELEBRATION OF VICTORY.
Republican Clubs to Hold Mammotl
Jolliication Meeting.

A meeting Of the Roosevelt and Fairbanks
League and the Junior Old Boys Marching
Club at Metzerott Hall last evening called
out a large number Of republicans. The or
CARNATIONS considered reports Of special
committees appointed at q former meeting
for the proper celebration Of the victory OF
the republican ticket. Mr.. Frank X. Ray
mond, president of the league, presided.
with Mr.. Frank B. Metzerott as secretary.
mammoth jollihcation meeting In one
of the large halls of the city early in De-
cember was decided upon and a committee
consisting Of Mr.. Frank X. Raymond, D.
w. Wood, George W. Drew, j. c. Hiatt, c.
A. Pau, Frank Kearney, Frank B. Metzer-
OFT, William A. Hickey and D. w. Greaves
was appointed to make necessary arrange
ments 1t is thesintention of the commit
tee to extend invitations to leading repub-
lican senators and representatives, cabinet
officers and other officials to deliver ad-
dresses Music will be provided and the
committee will spare no efforts to have the
affair surpass any event Of a similar char
acter ever held here.
in the inaugural parade on March next.
A committee consisting of Mr.. Ed J. Roach,
DR.. T. A. Lee, L. w. Kearney, D. c. Moi
was named to obtain suitable uniforms. and
will report at the next regular meeting of
the organization.
A meeting of the League Of the Repub-
lican State Clubs and the "Old Boys or
ganization was also held last evening at the
Columbian building. The date of the cele-
bration of the republican victory was fixed
for December IL, at National Rifles
armory Tickets can be secured at the Of
fee Of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Gus A.
Schuldt. at room 316 Columbian building.
416-41S 9Th street northwest, and also from
the officers of the state clubs.
The committee on arrangements from the
state clubs Is as follows: New York. VIII
liam c. Conner and Middleton Smith: New
Jersey, William C. Fox and E. A. NJ. Law
SON; kentucky Milo Shanks and Jackson
Norris Ohio. William L. Symons and Major
F. H. Braggin: Nebraska, Charles e.
Thatcher and Phil E. Winter: Missouri,
win A. Morris and w. H. Smith: Wiscon-
sin, F. s. Becker and A. e. Cowles; "Oid
BOYS organization. John B. Chase; Amer
fcan College League, w. F. Ruckert.
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THE LAKEWOOD SEASON
GOLFING Is ENGAGING FIRST AT
TENTIoN.
Late Arrivals at the Two Leading
Hotels From This
City.


Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
LAKEWOOD. N. j.. November 25 1904.
This Is the week at Lakewood when golf
Is supreme. Other columns have given
the result Of the great Thanksgiving tour
nament, which has been played every year
since 1892. The history Of the tourna-
ments would be a history Of victories by
Travis. Douglas. Tying, Toler, Leeds,
Lynch. Watson. and others who are equal
~ We'll known in amateur and metropolis
tan competitions.
The golfers can hardly find places in tho
hotels, because SO many people come, year
after year. but since the building Of the
great club house. with its two floors Of
beautifully appointed sleeping and bath
rooms. the players who could not get
rooms In the hotels have gathered them
selves together In the club house.
Among the arrivals for the holiday pc
riod were. at the Laurel House. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. L. Skidmore. Mr.. and Mrs. J. p.
Knapp, Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. w. Stewart. r.
w. Farlee. Chas. L. Tappin. Mr.. and Mrs.
w. r. Lynch. Mr.. and Mrs. T. C. Ennover,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Budd. DR.. Holbrook
Curtis. Howard Colby Jno. M. Bowers. the
Mrs. W. Il. Reynolds. F. Hoppin. Paul
Waterman. Mr.. and Mrs E. J. Phillips. c.
W.. Vaughan, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. S. Burr,
MISS burr, InOmaS u. WOOD, MISS W OOQ,
W.. j. McCreery, Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace
Scott. J. NJ Martin, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Bates. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Read Howe H.
B. Mcqueen, Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Wiley. Mr.
and Mrs. NJ M. Mills. G. M. Burt, VIM. H
Lippincott, Mrs. F. L. Croker. Mr.. and
Mrs. q. B. Hayes. r. F. Phifer. DR. Parker
Symns. r. H. Symns, all of New York; ].
NJ. Byers, Pittsburg; Mr.. and Mrs. F. L.
Woodward. Denver: Ernest Ryle, Patter-
son, N. j.; Jno. F. Stanley, Newark, N j.;
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Harrison, Jersey City;
Rev and Mrs. Asa Wynkoop. Albany; Mrs
Francis Wayland, New Haven, Conn; Miss
Geralds, Colonel d. r. Larned. U. S. A.
Jno W. Lloyd Elizabeth H. Lloyd, Pitts
burg; Mr.. and Mrs. M. p. Horaty. Philadel-
phia; Mr. and Mrs. N. A Balcourt. Ottawa;
Mr.. and Mrs. Park Painter Pittsburg: Mrs.
NJ. ]. Cahill Brooklyn
Laurel-in-the-Pines arrivals: Ffndley s.
Douglass, F. S. Wheeler, Geo. p. Sheldon,
John B. Elmendorf, II. McSweeney. Saml.
G. Ramage, G.. Trowbridge HOLSTER. Mrs.
Richard Mansfield, Master Gibbs Mansfield
and Miss Hunter, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. III. Mich
ener Chas E. Inches. jr.. Mr.. and Mrs. H.
r. Moorhead, E. r. Perkins, Albert Nc
Clave Mr.. and Mrs. Sannl. Hoff and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Aymar Sands. Miss Sands,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Budd, Mrs. ]. Blair
Scribner. Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Rich. Mr..
and Mrs. W. hope Simpson, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. G. Geddes, MI. and Mrs. Geo. Worth
ington, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Bruce Mack.
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Falls Church Notes.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
FALLS CHURCH, Va, November 20. 1904.
A pleasant entertainment was given at
the chapel of the Presbyterian Church last
night by the Junior Christian Endeavor So
ciety. The program was in charge of Mrs.
F. NJ Thompson and those tang part were
the Misses Margaret Copper. Helen Hough.
Matilda Elliott. Edna Blanton. Margaret
Kimball. Grace Thompson, Elizabeth New
ell Helen Kimball. Delevan Thompson.
Bertha Newell, Grace Fadeley, Eloise
Newell and Margaret Dudley; Masters Ray
mond Wells, Lawrence Hough. Claude Gar
rison. Mack Fadefey, Philip Hough, Frank
Thompson and Charles Fadeley.
Union Thanksgiving services were held in
the NJ f. Church on Thursday. Rev. A. w.
Graves Of the Baptist Church preached the
sermon. Other ministers taking part were
Rev. Franklin Noble. d. D., who read the
Presidents proclamation, and Rev. r. A.
Dawson. d. d.
Daniel Napier, colored, who killed Rev.
III c. Conner, pastor Of the Methodist
Church. colored. here In October, and whose
trial took place at Fairfax Court House this
week. was convicted OF murder and SEN
fenced to penitentiary for fifteen years.
The two-year-oid daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. q. A. Marshall died yesterday after
noon Of pueuuaenta.
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DECEMBER HEAVENS
Four Planets Visible in the
Evening Sky.
| ARE WORTHY OF STUDY
OCCUPATIONS OF ALDEBARAN
AND THE PLANET MARS.
Venus is the Evening Star and is Con-
tinually Growing
Brighter.
ARE WORTHY OF STUDY

Four planets may be seen in the evening
sky during December. First, toward the
southwest, is the brilliant evening star.
Venus, which each night mounts percep-
tibly higher and higher among the stars,
and grows continually brighter, until by
the end of this year it Is the second bright
est object in the heavens. Then, little to
the east of Venus in the eastern part of the
constellation Capricorn, is the planet Sat
urn, which is still in good position for OBJ
servation with small telescope. The earth
is elevated nearly fifteen degrees above the
rings, SO that we look down upon them
and see them well opened out. while the
singular dark band which recently appeared
encircling the ball Of the planet is still dis
tinctly visible. To the soath. two-thirds of
the way up to the zenith. is the planet Jupi-
ter, the most striking and brilliant object
OF the entire sky. and finally, low down in
the east, the posSessor of small telescope
may pick up the faint, greenish planet Nep-
tune. which is now near the center of the
constellation Gemini.
The Planet Venus.
II the observer will turn toward the south
west soon after sunset he cannot fail to no
tice this brilliant planet. which is now the
brightest object in the whole sky, with the
single exception Of Jupiter. 1t is at pres
ent moving rapidly eastward among the
stars so that while it sets two and one-half
hours after the sun on December !, by jan
uary / 1t has reached so high an altitude
that 1t does not set until three and one-hah
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weigh four-fifths as much as cubic foot
of the earth does. Consequently we know
that the planet is not vaporized and enor-
mously expanded by heat, as Jupiter and
Saturn are supposed to be; 1t Is probable
that its temperature Is not very unlike the
temperature of the earth.
A most curious thing about the planet is
that II always turns the same face toward
the sun. so that one-half of this world has
continual day and the other half perpetual
night. To an observer on Venus the sun
would never rise nor set; 1t would remain
always immovably fixed In the heavens -
The Hyades.
The beautiful constellation of Taurus, or
the Bull is now well up in the sky, in the
early evening little to the east of south
In the western end of this constellation is
the little dippcr-shaped group called the
Pieiades. while below and to the east of
the Pleiades is large V-shaped group OF
bright stars known as the Hyades. These
stars. which form one of the most beautiful
objects Of the sky, are rich in doubles and
full of interest to the owners even of quite
small telescopes.
The group has long been famous, and
innumerable references to II may be found
among the classic authors. Its present
name Is from the Greek verb. 'to RAIN" re-
ferring to its morning and evening setting
In May and November when wet weather
usually prevails. Its connection with rain
In. however. universal In the literature Of
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KILLED IN A STREET DUEL.
Result of Rivalry Between Durham
IN. CO. Business Men.

In duel on Main street, Durham, N. C..
yesterday ]. s. Murray was killed by his
nephew, W. r. Murray. Both were promi-
nent business men. and both were engaged
In the musical instrument business. Bad
bic cd of several years standing, intensi-
fed by recent trouble. brought about the
shooting
]. S. Murray was killed by his own pistol
after he had fired three times at the man
who killed him. The gun was taken from
his hand by W. r. Murray and the fatal
shot fired, from the effects of which ]. s.
Murray died in a few minutes. A largo
number OF people witnessed the shooting.
which occurred on Main street and in
Iout of the place of business of the de-
ceased. A total OF four shots were fired.
with the following result:
j. g. Murray, killed: Earl Murray. son o:
w. r. Murray. wounded I'm left wrist and
left hip: W. r. Murray, finger on left hand
broken.