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The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
NOT FROM OVERFLOW
Deductions of Crop Expert Disputed
by Wahpeton Writer.
TO the Editor of The JournaI,

To the Editor of The Journal.
Wahpeton, N. D., July 25.-In h 9
j ournal of July % I have just noted
in the Observation-Disclosures report a
statement that strip of grain from
Wahpeton to Drayton is below the aver
age, because it "did not recover from the
spring overflow" My observation is con-
fined to Richland county. A strip begin
ming a few miles northwest Of Wahpeton
was badly hurt in spots last June by
rain which in one night measured a fall
Of six to eight inches. Hence the OBJ
servers fact as reported was right, but
what appeals to me as misleading is the
deduction that the harm was due to fail
ure to recover from the spring overflow.
Probably not within the memory of men
now living has the Red river at any time
overflow so as to affect the injured
locality in this county. I have lived here
over twenty years Much of that time I
have noted farm land conditions in Wilkin
and Richland counties rather broadly and
also minutely. Hence feel sure of my
ground The suggestion that 1t Is sub
ject to overflow Is to my mind absolutely
without foundation in fact.
do not own any land In the injured
strip, and have no direct interest In the
results of the false report, but there are
those who may suffer unjustly from what
a as:physician would call a snapshot dag
nosis, and it behooyes men who go out
as so-caned experts to observe crop con-
ditions to know all the facts before they
make deductions. Yours very truly,
IF. r. Barnes
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
BRYAN PLANNING
TO AVOID STUMP
He Will Deliver Lectures for Pay
Only, During Coming
Campaign.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, July 25.-While the DEM
ocratic national committee is trying
to elect Judge, Alton B. Parker, Will
liam J. Bryan will tour the country
as a lecturer and. dodge invitations to
make political speeches. The former
democratic candidate will do little, If
anything, to aid the ticket. and it Is
doubtful whether he will make sin
gle political speech advocating the
election of Judge Parker.
The position which Mr.. Bryan will
assume was indicated by him yester-
day, after a secret conference with
Mayor Harrison.
He said that, he, did not contem-
plate making any political speeches
except in Missouri, and that he would
deliver addresses only as a; paid lee
turer for the Chautauqua bureau. He
announced positively that he would
not accept the invitation extended to
him by: the city hall democrats to
address their picnic Aug. 20, stating
as, his reason, that, he was engaged to
|1ecture elsewhere.
Mr.. Bryan avoided entering into
any discussion as to the merits Of the
democratic platform or. the qualifica-
tions of the national candidates. 49,
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
HURT,
THROWN BY HORSE
Roosevelt Slightly Stunned by
Fall, but Remounted at
Once. ~. 4

( Oyster Bay, N. j., July 25.----It just
leaked out today Z. that President
Roosevelt met with a serious accident
here last Wednesday, which might
easily have cost him his life. While
out riding with Mrs. Roosevelt the
president was thrown from his horse
and landed on the back of his head
In the road. No. Z. n, Mst
It is little short of,a miracle that
he was not seriously injured. AS it
was, he was little more than stunned
for a second. He got to his feet be-
fore Mrs. Roosevelt could even dis
mount, and, altho a, little dizzy. as
in fifteen minutes the president was
on his horse again and riding as the
nothing had happened. s
When the president and his wife
go riding they take good care that
the road is closed behind them. They
do not care to be bothered by the GU
rious, and Mrs. Roosevelt has "a hor-
ror Of photographers, who appear to
lurk in every bush. Their rides,
therefore, are very solitary, and that
Is why the news of what happened
to. the president did. not become pub
| lie before. <s y.
AS nearly. as can. be learned now
the president and Mrs. Roosevelt
were galloping along one Of their ia.
vorite paths on Wednesday afternoon
when suddenly the. presidents horse
stumbled on a stone in thetroad. He
went to his knees with such sudden:
ness that the president, who hao
every confidence in the horses sure.
| footedness, didn't have a chance. te
prepare himself, and he went shooting
over the animals head in the road
He landed on:the back of the neck
and why the shock didn't break 1t |:
past understanding.
| President Roosevelt was very anx'
ious that nothing should be printed
about the accident. He regarded i
as too trivial an affair, and was afraic
it would be exaggerated In5Isome
Unknown way the news got out.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
ROOSEVELT BUSY. '
At OYSTER BAY
President Will Go to Washington
Thursday, to Remain Till
Aug. 20. .n>

Oyster Bay, l.. T., July 25.--Presi- +
dent Roosevelt's last three. days, at
Sycamore Hill, during his present So
'journ here, give promise OF. being
the busiest he has been .sincet his
arrival Several visitors were received
today and others will be received to-
morrow. On Wednesday the tcere-
mony incident to-, his notification of
the action of the Chicago convention
will be held.
I On Thursday morning; at o'clock,
the president. accompanied by secre-
tary Loeb and the force of executive
clerks now here, will. leave for. WASH
ington. It is the presidents -intenr
ton to o,sremain tin. washington until
Aug. 20, when he will return to -Sags
amore Hill for another sojoufn Of
six weeks. During hhis abse1Ee IN
Washington, Mrs. Roosevelt, and the
children will remain at Sycamore Hill.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
SLAVE TRAFFIC
IS UNCOVERED !. |.
Chinese Girls Sold Like Cattle in
I: Coast Cities, Principally
San Francisco.
Special to Tho Journal.

cPeclaA 20 1ne journal. 81 tl Ut FL
Seattle, Wash, July 25.-Gung Sen,
g pretty Chinese Chin girl, who escaped
years ago, and upon whom her pur-
suers have been close many times, has
been ordered released from custody
by Federal.Judge Hanford and shortly
will be on her way across the Pacific
safe from the man who bought her
for $l 600 lin an open slave market.
thoritiess a slave traffic lin America of
startling: proportions, principally in
s. Tan .sien, a another slave girl has
been ordered released unde bail a fter
her arrest by the 'i1f1n1ig gra ton officers,
but 9 refuses to leaYs the jail because
the, man Offering TO advance yS Is 81, 500
husband, as represented, but is merely
seeking to place her in al disreputable
ahouseSswith other slave girls.
The girl, who freed herself. from
bondage, was born III America. When
still Young, her parents sold her. This
life she could not bear and ran away
to her home, but her parents refused
her protection and returned her to
her purchasers. Again she escaped,
and-cane northward to Walla Walla,
where for four years she worked In
private families.
She married q wealthy Chinese, who
was ass.sendings@fler to China for a.her
first visit when her former owner
heard ssof it and caused her arrest,
alleging the embezzlement of $4,000
in San Francisco last year. ,=-e::4
Governor Mcbride refused requisi-
ton, but she was detained until habeas
corpus proceedings were instituted
in the federal court. A witness from
San Francisco will arrive to no pur-
pose, for she win be far from Seattle.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
FOX IS C0NSECRATED
BISHOP OF GREEN BAY

Green Bay, Wis, July 25-Bishop
J. J. Fox was cor1secrated bishop of
Green Bay diocese. Of the Catholic
church, at st. Francis Xavier cathe-
.dral in this city today.
Among the visiting Catholic priests
and bishops are Canon Becker of
Louvine, Belgium, who was teacher
in the college which Bishop Fox at
Messmer of Milwaukee, Bishop Fred
Els OF Marquette, Bishop J. Schwe-
bach Of La Crosse, Bishop Stang Of
Fall River, and Bishop O'Connor Of
Newark, N. j..
Bishop O'Connor delivered the con-
secration sermon. The conservation
was conducted by Archbishop Mess
mer, assisted by Bishops Els and
Schwebach. Vespers will be cele-
brated at 1880 o'clock this evening
and a public reception will be held at
8 o'clock. This will be preceded by
torch1ight procession.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
New York Sun Special Service,

New York, July 25.-Twenty-seven
years ago when the girls in the. lunch
counter at the indianapolis railroad
station said draw one the faucet in
the coffee urn was turned by red
checked, blue-eyed, 'brOa'd-sho ouldered
young Irishman.
Tuesday, unless plans change over
night, or Judge Alton 3. Parker sends
a message to the contrary, that same
Irishman, still red checked, will:abe
made chairman of the democratic ma
tional committee and placed in charge
of the Parker and Davis campaign. T.
His name is Thomas Taggart. In
the years between 1877 and the pres
ent time he has been county auditor
of Marion county, Indiana, twice;
mayor of Indianapolis three times,
chairman of the. democratic staet
committee and member of p the
democratic national committee. He,
has grown in a business way, too. He
grew from the lunch counter in the
station to- a restaurant Of his own.
hotel, then to a larger hotel. and
finally to the ownership Of the Grand
Hotel in Indianapolis, and a chief
interest in the resort at French Lick
Springs, Ind. - -.
Early in the eighties the best office
in Indiana was the authorship Of
Marion county, in which Indianapolis
was situated The fees of, the place
amounted to about $50;O00 a year.
Marion county had been republican
since 1850. There appeared to- be no
chance for a democratic nominee.
The convention met and Thomas Tag
CART, the young democrat who kept
hotel, said he would take thet nomi
nation for auditor if nobody else
wanted it. ">@'s. - T%>,
Taggart was nominated unanimous
", and elected. That $4,000 Job
gave him his start. - =. ~
Taggart went on the national demo
cratic committee and supported Bryan
In 1896. indianapolis gaNes M cISin1eY a
plurality Of 5000 over Bryan. Tag
gart's first recollection 5as mayor >f0la
lowed, his majority being oyer, 4,O0O.
He was elected third time by about
the same plurality two years later
In 1900 Taggart continued on the
democratic national committee tn
diana was a Bryan state. n -Taggart
was regular" in both the Bryan
campigns. He did his best to elect
Bryan. 80 =
Then, after the second Bryan cam.
paign, he refused to be bound any
longer by the theories of the twice te-
Washington meeting of the demo
cratic national committee on Jan. <12
last to help in the selection of a
conservative candidate.
There is a suggestion today that
after Taggart is elected chairman, a
finance committee Of which William
It. Sheehan, Senator . German. and
August, Belmont will be members, will
be named, and that these gentlemen
will have management of the cam
paign in the eastern states.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
zION'S BOYS MUST. .
ENTER MONASTERY
Dowie Has New Scheme for Train
ing Good Boys for Min
istry,
New York Sun Special Service.

Waukegan, Ill, July s25.-Every
small boy in Zion City is wondering
whether it pays to be good. 81 ohm
Alexander Dowie has declared that all
truly and wonderfully good ts boys
must become: ministers of the faith
and spend the greater part. of their
boyhood in the monastery preparing
for their work. Z
This, the latest: sensation in Zion,
was sprung at the meeting in Shiloh
tabernacle yesterday. There We're at
least 1000 children in the tabernacle
and the small boys among them
listened in wonder to the words of the
prophet. Dowie said that he pro-
posed to take. one boy from every ten
in Zion City and train him for the
ministry Of the church of Zion:1 The
boys, he said, would be chosen at the
age of 10 years. Only the perfect
children in the community would be
singled out for the distinction. They
must be perfect mentally, morally
and physically, Dowie declared.
Those chosen, he said, would be
placed in sort of monastery and
trained for the church.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
WASHINGTON NOTES

Rural free delivery, carriers appointed: Min
nesota--Evah, route l. James p johnson; Eair-
2. Oscar C. .Monson; Rich Valley. route 1, Mat
thew Bailey North Dakota-Donny brook route
l. Herman. n. Midtbo. E'sss.}sS.
Rural free; delivery service TO be established
Sept. l.: Minnesota Bellevue Redwood county,
route i, population $685. houses fO5 Carlton,
Carlton county. route 1, population 52s, houses
1O5; Hawick. Kandfyehi county. route 1. popu1a-
ton 545, houses 10a; Mcintosh. Polk county,
Soo g.
North Dakota--Sheyenne. Eddy county, goute l.,
population SOL, houses 101. ! q SHf
Hubbard county, Frank r. Herzberg, vice; Henry
ID. Bauer. resigned; Robbinsdale. sHennepin coun-
ty, A. NJ. Gulette,- vice George 3. Smith. re.
moved; St. Francis, Anoka county, Henry q.
Leathers, vice Julia Hanson, removed.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
Squabble Over Fire Engine.

Swift & Co., fearing the strikers
might start a fire, requested that a
fire engine be sent, from St. Paul.
There is but one small engine in
South ST. Paul, and the company
knows this would be inadequate IT
the plant should start to burn. Near
" half a hundred men in. the plant
have been placed on police duty and
are keeping: close watch of the
strikers.
b 1.-THE request for the. fire engine was
sreceiyed .bysReuben Warner, chairman
of the st. Paul fire commission. The
commission. was mot In session and
Warner took it upon himself to order
one engine out. 1t was loaded on a
flat car In the Great Western yards
in West st. Paul, and was about to
be taken to South st. Paul when the
Fire Insurance Underwriters associa-
ton of st. Paul learned of the move.
They protested Immediately. The
engine, they maintained, was regu-
larly stationed in st. Paul, where it
belonged, and should not be, removed
until there was actual need Of it. If
fire should start in South st. Paul,
they said, :theGengine could be taken
there in fifteen minutes. The matter
was presented to the fire commission
and that body refused to, sustain the
action Of it's chairman. Whereupon
the engine was taken from the car
and returned to it's station. &
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25

quality.
Oats-Harvest will begin next Monday and be
general next week. There is an increased acre.
age over last year, and an Increase in yield.
Flax-Harvest will be irregular. The crop Is
in all stages of growth.
Wheat-Harvest will begin and be general in
ten days. 1t is an excellent crop. There is
an increased acreage and an increase In yield
acre, with promise of perfect quality ex-
cept little smut in localities.
Corn-The crop is late, but is rapidly growing
and in fine condition.
Rye and other small grains are all right, rye
being now harvested and Of good quality and
yield. Hay harvest is now nearly completed
and is an exceedingly large crop, and all made
within the past two weeks is Of good quality.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
CROP EXPERTS REPORT
Yields of Cereals West of Winona
Will Be Excellent.
,ecial to The. Iournsl.

Special to The Journel
Winona. Mimi, July 25.-The crop ex-
pert Of the Chicago & North Western
road has returned from a trip over the
lines west of WinoIa and finds conditions
about as good as could be, desired, the
weather since the last report having been
perfect for maturing small grains and
growing corn He ssys:
Barley-Harvest is now general, the acreage
largely increased over last year, and the yield
will be at least 80 per cent larger than year
ago. The crop is perfect today In volume and
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
Waiting Word jim Kansas City.

Kansas CITY, July 25. - Allied
trades unionists in the packinghouses
here will, It's stated, follow instruc-
tions from Chicago.
Work on an increased scale was re-
sumed today at the. plants of Armour
& Co., Swift &. Co. and Fowler
Brothers. The Cudahy plant, shut
down since the second strike was
with small forces Practically moth
ing was accomplished at the plant OF
Schwarzchild &, Sulzberger, while the
Ruddy Brothers house is closed.
j. A. Keeler, president of the Cen
trail Labor union, said 1,80O men here
would go out.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
WHISKY WAS POISONED;
ONE MAN IS DEAD
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal = -"
Albert Lea, Mimi, July 2s.-There
is great excitement in the little vii
lage of Hartland, ten miles north of
this city, over the death in his field
of John Billock with indications, Of
strychnine poisoning. =, John Jakes
life was saved after a physician had
worked over him for ten, hours or
more. .. -,..~., > ~ 49,. IS.
1t seems the men drank whisky
from a bottle at Pete Carbous', and
both were taken sick at the same
time, and while on the way home
Billock dropped dead. Carbous had
lost whisky and loaded this bottle.
He is in the jail at Hart1and. Coroner
Spicer has gone to hold an autopsy
over the remains of Billock
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
Men Hired for Packers.

ployment agencies here today sent
fifty men to Chicago, and have two
carloads engaged for tomorrow These
men are engaged on orders from the
Chicago packinghouses at So per day
for meatcutters and h$2.15 for tabor
ers. The men are to be lodged and
boarded by the employers. Trans
portation is furnished.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
MISSOURI REPUBLICANS
GATHER AT ST. JOSEPH

st. Joseph. Mo. July s25.-The re
publican politicians and candle dates
for office are gathering for the state
convention to be held here Wednes-
day. Five candidates for governor
cyrus P. Walbridge, Leo Rassieur and
Charles E. Joy of st. Louis, John e.
Mckinley of, Unionyille and John II.
Boutwell, of Sedalia are here person
ally directing their campaigns.
All candidates for other offices will
be On hand tonight.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
BERRI.BERRI ABOARD
SHIP IN YANKEE PORT

Philadelphia, July .25.z-The long
overdue bark Foongh Suey, which
sailed from Kahului, March 5, arrived
at the Delaware breakwater 1-,tod day
with berri- i-berri raging among her
crew One member of the crew is
dead and two are dangerously i'll with
the disease. The men will probably
be removed ito the hospital at the
breakWater.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
BRYAN IS LOYAL
Nebraskan ReiteratesS His Intent tt
Support Parker.

Columbus, Ohio, July 25.-William
j. Bryan was in the city today en-
route to Delaware Springs Chautaqua,
night on non-partisan topics.
Mr.. Bryan said it. would be impos-
sible for him to be at EsoDus on the
day, Judge Parkerf.i officially notified,
or at the Chicago meeting.
THE statement attributed to; me,''
he said, "thataI would support Judge
Parker, is true in every particular,
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
St. Louis Unions Ready.

ST. Louis, July 25.4The strike Of
paekinghouse employees has received
the unanimous Endorsement Of the
Central Trades and Labor union The
teamsters and livestock handlers are
ready to go out>when the order comes.
Plants on both sides of the river
were in operation today.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
Promises Union Aid.

When President&Williss sof the union
heard of the Swift company's action
he said:
s"The swift people need have no
fear Of danger from fires started by
any strikers. T will guarantee that
If any fire should break out, every
striker would lend a hand to extin-
guish it,
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25

SENATOR ARNOLD aRENoMINATED.
Special to The Journal.
s Larimore, N. D, July 25. The fifth leg
.slative republican convention met this
afternoon and ex-senator Horace F. Ar
mold was nominated for senator by ac-
clar1ation. w. w. Glasgow, Thomas F.
Mooney, J. H. Mclean and T. E. Tuffte
were candidates for the house, and the
first three received Nominations.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
Undecided In Omaha.

Omaha, July 2 25.44---The firemen have
not. yet gone out, but are expected to
tomorrow, ALI the plants are operat-
men theys can j. get. From forty to
fifty were hired at each plant this
morning.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25

ia COUPLES ATGRETNA GREEN.
{ st. Joseph, Mich, July 25-During the
week ended yesterday ia Chicago couples
were welded In this city.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
SYMPATHY PA /: STRIKE
IN .PACKINGTOWN
.4}N =.
Continued From First Page.
g'19S,tTl4lIf7i !

The strike; saltho zgsnera1, was con-
Quoted without the official authoriza-
tionr by; the heads ..:of the various
unions, but solely upon, the order of
business agents. who refused to await
the action of tine: peace conference,
which was still ins session. -,
The joint peace conference Of the
teanlsters- u nd 6raepers at Morris &
Co.'s office ended about noon. :without
making much. II any, progress. The
packers denlaffd ed that the union
men come to them with a. def
mite: proposition. The union COM
mittee returned to headquarters
to confer with the butchers and allied
trades, in the hope, it was said, that
something definite in the way of a
neW proposal could4 Do decided upon.
One Of the labor. representatives,
barney Cohen. president of the State
Federations ps.yIab biG2aa contended that
strike were finro5t hopeless He declared
that concessions WQuld;gst obeA made
by both, sides. In this Connection it
was polnteaf cut chat the representa-
ttves !bf 1;lle hackers: remained at:he
officers of Morris & Co. ,o ..,ts
Notwithstanding President Cohen S
optimistic opinion, Z adjournment Of
the, conference between the packers
and the teamsters' Representatives
gave little hope for a settlement of
the trouble.
The unions emissaries left the
packers with the avowed intention of
+ securing : further instructions from
President Donnelly, after which, they
said, they would again call upon the
employers. The packers were in an
uncommunicatiye mood, and merely
| declared that nothing definite had
I been accomplished and that no time
for a further conference had been ap-
pointed.
Strike Regularly Called.
After the adjournment of the peace
conference tho fact developed that the
sympathetic strike had been declared
officially authorized by the proper
boards of all allied trades at the
stock yards. except the packinghouse
teamsters. The engineers and fire
men to whom word could be sent
lowed to- stay at their posts until 6
/ pm. =. In all. other departments the
| strike was actually in effect. for two
hours or more before the official
Esanction was. made PUBLIC. .-
It developed that, learning the ap-
parent hopelessness of an agreement,
the representatives of the allied trades,
urged by President Donnelly, adopted
resolutions commanding the chiefs OF
Fall affected unions to enter the yards
and call upon every organization to
join in the strike. It was this condi-
ton that the teamsters committee OF
eight found when it's members
treturned from Norris & Co.'s offices
at noon. Immediately there was a
+. conference between the committee OF
eight, the allied trades body andspep-
resentatives of the butchers union
1t was still the hope that arrange.
ments could" be made for another
meeting with the packers.
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
Won't Quarantine Plant.

Mayor Lytle, who is also health.
officer Of South st. Paul, has investi
.gatedlthe report that four men broke,
diphtheria quarantine at their homes
IN ST.. Paul Park and went to work
in the Swift plant. s.% 81
The mayor said today that his in
vestigatiop showed there were seven
cases Of idiphtheria inst. Paur.Park
and. that only one Of them. WAS in the
family q IS Swift VI 1,,t e smgllf2yee; This y
lished. i Even, If sthess four men
had been exposed to the disease,
the mayor said, 1.-the entire pa cking
plant, would not be quarantined. The
men would be removed and quaran-
tined !a1d the departments in which
they were working would be, fumigat
ed and diSinfected. E' " 5
The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-25
ALLIED TRADES
N. TO TO QUIT Q!I|.| 7 HERE j
. 5.-. ,a-.y.- & .
Continued From First Page.

policy, from a political point of view,
and that s the mayor lost nothing by
thus en1isting the friendship Of the
unlou 2fneff.2 It iisssnot believed hat
the railroad company, as sTlessor, will
drop the matter with the mayors dis
regard OF its order. - -.
The Swift company, it was said
this afternoon, had decided to organ
ize a paid fire department and to ask
for the upper rooms pf the fire build
ing for sleeping quarters. They hope
thus to GUST the strikers from their
quarters = sss3t*,1'i>- r = -