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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-07

most spectacular means Of rescue were
adopted. From the fire escapes at the
rear of the theater to those Of the old
fremont house were laid three narrow
planks. Across the little bridge thus
formed were transported the bodies OF
80 dead. Twenty injured were also
taken across the chasm. Many OF the
rescuers on this bridge were stage
hands who gave little heed to the drop
of Is feet which would follow false
step. While in transit across the chasm
the bodies of the dead and injured were
steadied by the use OF a rope by the
rescuers.
Removal Of the Bodies.
Coroner Traeger and his two physi-
clans, Joseph Springer and Otto Lewke.
arrived at the fire early. The coroner
took personal charge of the removal OF
the bodies, $50 policemen and 200 fire
men working under his orders. In their
first efforts to take out the dead, the
rescuing parties had much trouble.
Numbers of the dead were nearly nude,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-07

having been stripped of their clothing
in the rush for safety. The heat of the
fire and the water thrown in extinguish
ing it combined to make the bodies
Shiny and most difficult to handle.
There was less difficulty after a thou
sand blankets had been brought from
the store of Marshal Fiald & Co., half
a block away. Firemen and spectators
worked together in removing the last
200 bodies, which were taken from the
building in less than an hour. AS fast
as the blanketed forms were taken to
the street doctors examined them. The
dead were ordered taken away, the liv-
ing hurried to the temporary hospitals
in adjacent buildings.
Bodies Piled on Sidewalk.
When the dead became so nun erous
that the ambulances could not carry
them away as fast as taken to the street
it was the first thought of the rescuers
to carry the bodies to the shelter of ad-
tacent business places. Twenty dead
were carried into Thompson's restau-
rant, east of the theater. There they
were piled beneath tables and covered
with tarpaulins and blankets from the
fire wagons. The crush of bodies final
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-07

victims bodies had burned to the seats,
so that the firemen were either forced
to rend the bodies in removing them
or use axes on the seats to which they
were fastened.
Men fell on their knees and prayed.
Men and women cursed. A rush was
made for the Randolph street exits. In
their fear the crowds forgot the many
side exits, and rushed for the doors at
which they had entered the theater.
Little boys and girls were thrown to
one side by their stronger companions.
The 12-year-old son of Mrs. F. A. Nor
gan, of 1876 Webster avenue, was lit
orally scalped by man who grasped
the boy by the hair and threw him to
one side. With his hands the man tore
the boys hair out. The mother held to
her sons arm. Alive, but injured, both
were carried out.
Work of Rescuers.
The struggling line of rescuers which
followed the conquest Of the flames be-
came a steady stream as strong wind
from the front cleared the theater of
smoke and the odor of burned flesh.
Down the front stairA the rescuers be-
hind treading on those before them,
went the line of workers, their blankets
shielding the nakedness of the bodies
from the gaze Of the crowds in the
street. -Four stories above the street
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-07
Fire Breaks Out During the
Performance and Many
Hundreds Perish.
LIVES CRUSHED OUT IN The FRENzEO ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
Almost Six Hundred Souls Sacrificed in the Appalling
Catastrophe - Unfortunate Victims Mostly
Women and Little Children.

rate of four minute. Many blankets
filled with fragments OF human bodies
were taken from the building.
Like Rats in a Trap.
Most grewsome were the sights in
the upper balcony of the burned thea
ter, when the police and firemen began
removing the bodies. There $50 per-
sons, caught like rats in a trap, had
died in fearful agony. Along the rail
guarding the edge of the pit were
stacked the bodies Of the hapless vic
tins, their limbs drawn and faces set.
Indications in the highest balcony were
that in the last few seconds of the
struggle for life the agonized people
had crushed forward, intent upon
throwing themselves to the floor below
Their arms were interlocked and the
muscles set so hard that much force
was necessary to separate them. In
the end Of the gallery nearest the stage
the fire had done its most awful work.
There were found bodies charred be-
yond the possibility of recognition,
some with shreds of clothing still
clinging to them. A number of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-07
eminent vas added to their possessions,
md half of a nrouinoo MOULD

eminent vas added to their possessions,
and sometimes half of province would
become church property. Attic close OF
our war with Spain, in the immediate
vicinity of Manila the Dominicans held
900 acres. Within the walled city
in Cavite and in Pace, the Dominicans,
Augustinians, Franciscans, Recoletanos,
Sisters of st. Vincent de Paul and Jesuits,
all had large churches, converts, schools
and other property; the finest buildings
in the islands were the church buildings.
In 1902 the valuation of the real estate
of the friars in Manila alone was $780,
97S Mexican dollars. In addition to their
parish" property-convent, rectory,
cemetery, glebe and farm lands the Or
ders have owned sugar estates, blocks
of real estate, shares in business COM
panies, and have themselves entered into
business enterprises. For awhile they
had the monopoly of the important rice
trade.
At various periods the people rebelled
against their power. In 1922 the island
of Bohol made insurrection, and again
in 1744; in 1872, in Cavite, there was an
uprising; and in 1896 the Tagalog prov
inces evinced their dissatisfaction with
the priestly power. The object was the
expulsion of the friars and the confisca-
ton of their property. From time to
time secret societies were formed and
much agitation was kept up against &C.
clesiastical control. AS one writer has
SO we'll put it, at the root of all things
political in the islands has lain that most
delicate of all matters, a religious ques-
ton. The feeling has grown and grown,
and to-day, whether unjustly or not, there
is considerable demand amongst the
natives for the expulsion of the friars.
The constitution of the Philippine Re-
public, adopted January, 1899, confis-
Gated their lands; and the revolutionists
not only drove out many monks, but i'm
prisoned and put to death others. Some
sought safety in fight, and their numbers
decreased from the 1,l24 who were in
the islands in 1896 to only the 472 of
1900 BUT the trvaty Of Paris. which de-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-07

fined our relations with Filipino affairs,
allowed the expelled monks to return
and provided protection for the property
of the religious orders.
Since our assumption of authority,
petitions find their way to newly-arrived
American dignitaries, military and &C.
clesiastical, asking that the signers,
loyal Roman Catholics, no longer be re-
quired to submit to the administrations
of the distasteful friars, but that the Sc
cular clergy servein their stead. Such re-
quests, as can readily be understood,
have proved difficult matters to settle at
all satisfactorily, and the question of
what to do with the friars has been one
of the very gravest that has confronted
us since we took to expansion. Latest
reports say, however, that the friars
themselves now wish to leave the Philip
pines, would go as a body into voluntary
exile from the land where their kind
have labored for so long.
There are many evidences that the
friars not only took but also bestowed
in their centuries of work in the Philip
pines. They proved Of greatest aid in
protecting their people from invading
Moor and from Chinese pirate. All the
Filipino received in the way of education
and religious instruction was through
the friar; and however narrow that may
have been he gave the savage whatever
of enlightenment he attained to. In
1901 the parish registers showed $780,
99S church members out of a population
estimated at from 5000, 900 to IL 900 900.
AS missionary, teacher, eonfessor, physi-
clan, the friar has played a very impor-
tant part in the life Of Filipino COM
munity; and if he has arrogated to him
self much power, he has also borne the
white mans burden of the tropics.
KATHERINE POPE.
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Baby bridesmaid Ran Away.

A curious incident occurred at a
fashionable wedding in st. Peters
church, London, the other day, when
Miss Ruth Okeover, niece of Lord Wa
terpark, was married to Capt. Hervey
Bruce, of the Irish Guards. Shortly
after the commencement of the service
quite a eommotion was caused by the
baby bridesmaid, daughter Of Mrs. AS
shelton Curzon firing of the long cere-
mony the child placed her basket OF
flowers on the floor and trotted down
the aisle between the perplexed guards
men in search of amusement. She was
captured at the door by her nurse and
handed over to her mother, who car
rfeff her back to the altar.
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sionary, and the Spanish conquest of the
Philippines was due to the religious Or
ders; to the missionary rather than to
Spanish arms. In the beginning, the
labor was altogether in the line of mis-
sionary endeavor, but gradually the
friar began to have put on his back civil
burdens, and gradually he took unto
himself such burdens. The INDECENT
Spanish officials found it easier to rule
lect of the native, knew him and his
mode of life so much better than did they
themselves. In the course of time, espe-
cially in the provinces, the friars came
into absolute control. Finally their
power reached such a height that If de-
crees were made in Spain not agreeable
to them they would either have the de-
crees repealed or else ignore them; If
officials were sent out that proved dis
agreeable, they were usually retired
sooner or later.
In the meantime the friars accumu-
lated great wealth. The Spanish govern
ment had bestowed large tracts Of
sparsely settled land upon the church
with the idea that the lands would be
cultivated and the country improved.
And that the friars, or their parish
toner's, improved these lands, is undenia-
BILE; the revenues therefrom have
climbed to high figures; the friars have
been able to build great cathedrals, con-
struat monasteries and converts almost
palatial.
BY various other means much other
real estate than that granted by the gov
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Philippines for almost four centuries;
the Augustinians came to the archipela-
go in 1889; the Franciscans in 1877; the
Dominicans in 1887, and the Recollets in
1906. When the various orders took up
the Catholic work in the islands,. the
work that has grown to such great di-
mansions, the country was portioned out
to them individually and each followed
the task assigned. The friars did not
settle in communities of their own, but
were scattered widely, the priest, Or
dained to live apart from his fellows,
cheerfully accepting hardship and isola-
ton with the native.
From the first the native of the Philip
pines took kindly to the Catholic mis-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-01-07
BnrSlar with Fishing Line.

An American, guest at hotel in
Picking, was awakened during the night
by a roll of paper falling. Getting out
of bed he saw, with establishment,
pole, to which was attached fishing
line, moving about the room, collecting
various objects and removing them
through the window. Upon going down.
stairs he was heard by the hurglarious
Chinaman outside to whom the rod be-
Ionged, and who escaped. leaving hia
fishing line behind him.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-08-25
JAPANESE INvENTIvENEss.

1t has long been supposed that the
capacity for initiation is the charac-
teristic of Western nations alone. Ac-
cording to some leading anthropolo-
gists. as one goes from West to East
he finds this capacity disappearing
pnd the capacity for imitation taking
its place. The Chinese and Japanese
are imitators. not inventors.
But the present war between the
Russians and the Japanese is rapidly
proving the idea to be mere assump-
ton. 1t is the Eastern rather than
the Western people which. in this con-
test. are exhibiting the capacity for
initiation and invention. Their STRAIT
egy is almost faultless. and 1t is their
own. Their artillery is astonishingly
destructive, and, in some of its most
deadly features, is the product of
Japanese invention. Their naval tao
tics have been so unexpected and sue
cessful as to promise a revolution in
the future methods of naval warfare
When peace comes and the Japanese
carry their genius into the industrial
world, they will demonstrate perhaps
In a more telling way that the capaci-
ty for initiation does not diminish as
one travels toward the rising sum-
Church Standard.
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SsS19SI
AMTH THE WORLDS 4
~ BEST WRITERS\
coNcoRD's GREAT MEN.

Eighty-seven years ago H. D. Tho
reau was born, the most delightful
writer on nature produced by America,
perhaps by the world. He was one
OF that Concord community which
boasts tonly that 1t never did boast
of anythingl the names also of Elmer
son and Of Hawthorne, and to which
only yesterday at the luncheon of the
Society OF the American Ladies' in
London a high tribute was paid.
Where. asked the speaker. can you
match that group of dwellers-together?
Others have gone into the desert to
save their souls. others have gone out
from civilization because they could
not endure its restraints. But at Con-
cord were men who sought no immun-
ity from law, who loved peace and
loved man and led the Simple Life.
Talk of heaven-you are not good
enough for earth" exclaimed Thoreau
to the people who desecrated nature.
And his words will yet inform the
heart of maY.-London Chronicle.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-08-25
RusslA's FUTURE.

Russian character is unknown to
Europe and America. We know GER
tain qualities, but we form no con-
ceptIon of the whole, as we do of
German, Frenchman or Italian. He Is
not more than half a European
probably considerably less than half.
To the Western mind he seems
strangely Oriental. Perhaps to the
Oriental he seems Western. After
Peter the Great broke down some of
the barriers between his country and
the outer world, the Russian upper
classes took in considerable European
culture from the French. but the eff
tect went no deeper than the surface
influence of culture. Russia, stand
ing between the Orient and the Occi-
dent. looks to herself for her future
IT. contrast to Japan. which is ready
to borrow from all the world. Japan
Is adaptable. Russia has genius. She
has also an immense naive self-confi
dence. which shows trivially in her
hoasting and nobly in the calm with
which she goes about her work and
looks toward the future. Dostoievsky.
among many. prophesies that the 9TH
err powers of Europe will be worn out
by struggles of their classes, whereas
in Russia the populace is naturally
content and the national mind so
spiritual that a general humanitarian
effort will form contrast to the con-
rtant conflicts of Europe proper. uni
versal democratic tendencies ana alb
solute concord among all Russians,
from the greatest to the least" was
the unhesitating language of the great
novelist thirty years ago. Would he
ray as much to-day? Probably yes,
essentially. with explanations and
notifications. Russia is kept one by
her separate genius. The Russian
peasants for generations have spoken
of convicts as "unfortunates." Their
sense of human brotherhood makes
them sometimes weak. just as it has
shorn Tolstoi of his strength. Tolstoi.
however. remains great. and Russian
history also promises to be great. A
military check to-day is not likely to
make Russias future less spiritual or
less useful to the world.-Collier's
Weekly.
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NOT WHAT HE WAS SENT FOR.
lrishman Had Reasoned Well, But
He Was Wronu

farmer. accompanied by several
of his nired men. went into the woods
one morning in the fall OF the year
to cut down some trees. When about
to begin work 1t was discovered that
the cant hook had been left behind.
Turning to one of the men. an Irish
man not very long over. the farmer
instructed him to drive back to the
farm for the missing tool. The Irish
man did not know what a cant hook
looked like. but was averse to expos
Ing his ignorance. so drove off on his
errand, trusting to find some one at
the farm who would enlighten him.
At the barn, however, there was no
one to help him out Of his dilemma
Casting his eyes about the place for
tho thing which would be most likely
to bear the name of "cant hook" he
saw n mooley COW with never a sign
of horn upon its head. and conclud-
ed 1t was that he had been sent for.
Procuring rope. he fastened the
cow TO the rear end of his vehicle and
eSultantly drove back to the woods.
What in Sam Hill have YOU
there?" shouted the farmer on seeing
his messenger and the COW. 81 sent
you for cant hook to use In moving
the logs; what have you brought that
COW for?"
BE jabers- boss. divil another
thing could see around the barn that
can't hook but this. Star of Hope
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-08-25

In France and Switzerland the lat
est vogue is to dine in the dark. Din
ner begins as usual, but suddenly, to
the surprise of the guests. the light
goes out and all is left in darkness.
Nothing has gone wrong. and before
the guests have recovered from their
establishment the dining room doors
open. and shadowy forms steal in bear
ing a blazing mass of light. 1t is
the next course Illuminated. Silently
the figures come to your side. and in
4 few moments on every ones plate
Is. say, your fish, and delicately
shaded light by which to eat it, but
otherwise the room remains in com.
plete darkness.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-08-25

Morris stood a few steps back Of
Jessie and devoured her with his eyes.
He noted the soft folds OF her hair,
the rounded curves of her neck. and
as one spell-bound watched her def
fingers as they glided over the surface
of the sketch book.
With a little sigh of disappointment
Jessie dropped the folio on her lap.
Not in months had she drawn with
less skill What could be the matter?
She felt oppressed and under some ma
lign influence. Instinctively she
turned and looked squarely into the
ardent eyes and eager face OF Arthur
Morris. With an involuntary cry Of
surprise, fear ard vexation, she sprang
to her feet, the sketch book falling to
the floor.
why, Miss Cardeni" exclaimed
Morris. with stimulated establishment.
Really. this is an unexpected pleas
ure. | am delighted to meet you. Per
init me" And he picked up the
sketch book. bowed, and extended his
hand.
In these brief seconds Jessie had
regained her self-possession. You
have surprised me. Mr.. Motifs, she
said quietly. ignoring his proffered
hand. You must be aware that this
is not a public reception room. We
can talk without disturbing any one In
the lobby"
\ A minute later they were In the
comparatively deserted cutter hall.
You have no right to follow me
here or to annoy me by your atten-
tons" said Jessie Garden. confront
ing him with flashing eyes. He fun
bled nervously at his watch charm.
1T was purely accidental, I assure
you," he stammered.
your arrival was announced in the
Berlin papers" said Jessie, coldly. 81
learned this morning that you bribed
my servants. and realized that an in
terview with you was inevitable. but
l did not think you would presume
TO intrude your presence during my
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-08-25
HOW FATE TRIckED FINLAND.

II Napoleon had had his way In the
year 1872 the aspirations of the Firms
to have their land incorporated with
Sweden would have been accomplish
ed. and there would now have been no
classification OF the country crushing
down the national sentiment, and of
course no murder of the Russian gov
ernor. Sweden at that time held the
balance Of power in Europe. and both
sides were bidding for her support
Napoleon offered Bernadotte Finland
and the country between the Elbe and
the Weser for 10000 Swedish soldiers.
The Gar Alexander offered him Nor
way, and dazzled him with prospects
of accession to the throne of France
itself. Bernadotte decided to throw
in his lot with the Allied Powers, and
this decision was the principal factor
IN Napoleon's ultimate ruin.-London
Chronicle.
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study hours. You take an unfair ad-
vantage of an accidental acquaintance.
That acquaintance was terminated last
summer by your acts and conduct. and
l have no desire to renew it. You
have had the education and oppor-
tunities of gentleman. and must re-
spect my wishes"
She turned and entered the gallery.
Morris stood as II riveted to the floor
-eazed. ashen-faced and speeches..
Obeying a wild impulse. he rushed
after her. but halted at the door.
With smothered oath he retraced his
steps. and hailing his coachman. drove
through Inter der Linden.
For the second time in his life the
fact had been forced upon him that
there were ambitions beyond the reach
of his money. The thought epvenomed
him. Again he made vow that Jessie
Garden should be his. His heavy lips
parted in sullen smile as he pictured
her surrender. The longer II was de-
layed the sweeter would be his tri-
umph.
The morning train for Paris had
Arthur Morris for a passenger. 1t was
months before he returned to New
York to become a junior partner in
the firm OF Randolp Morris & Com
pany.
The Elbert County tribune. [volume] (Elbert, Elbert County, Colo.) 18??-1920, 1904-08-25
ABsoLuTIsM AND AssAsslNA-
TON.

1t may well have seemed to an in
telligent and patriotic Russian that
the evil genius of the Russian govern
ment had succeeded its good genius
when Plehve superseded White in the
confidence of the car, and the spirit
of progress was stifed by the spirit
of reaction. I'm land in which free
dom is familiar. indigenous and full
grown" the two opposing policies
would have been brought before the
public for a choice. In Russia not on
ly is 1t impossible to bring puonc opin-
ion to bear upon public questions. It
is impossible to bring 1t effectively to
the attention of the czar. except by
such violent and abhorrent means as a
despairing Finn employed in killing
Bobrikoff. and as a despairing Russian
has now employed in killing Plehve.
So long as the government OF Russia
continues to be "absolutism." so long
the only effectual means OF temper
ing" 1t will continue to be "assassina.
tion."-New York Times.
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STUDY OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE.

Regarding domestic science as a
profession, Anna Barrows, writing in
the Chautauquan. says that the young
woman of average ability and educa-
ton. who has taken two years of spe-
cial training in the arts and sciences
underlying the routine of daily life OF
a household, large or small, who does
not expect a position made to suit
her, but who is ready to cope with
difficulties. will find the world waiting
for her help in several directions. She
may teach domestic science in public
or private schools or lecture before
women's clubs. She may direct the
dietaries and feed large numbers o.
persons in hospitals and schools. or
send into other homes food prepared
under her own roof. 1t is doubtful
whether there are any occupations in
the world which are so certain to be
lasting as those that deal with our
daily food.