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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-07-03

preston Of good feeling or of ceremo-
NOUS compliment. They are used at
weddings, births and funerals, at fest1-
walls, religious, civil and military cere-
monies, at New Years, to salute per
sons about to make a journey and, in
fact, ON all occasions out Of the ordi.
nary routine.
In making crackers only the cheapes.
kind of straw paper which can be pro-
duced In the immediate locality where
the crackers are made is used for the
body Of the cracker. A little finer pa
per is used for the wrapper. A piece
of straw paper 8 by 80 inches will
make twenty lone crackers one and one.
half inches long and one-fourth Of an
inch in diameter.
The powder is also of the cheapest
grade and is made in the locality where
used. 1t costs 100 to It's cash per cat,
ty, or to cents gold per pound.
For the fuse paper called Leather"
in Shanghai is used, which is imported
from Japan and is made from the innel
lining of the bamboo. In other places
a fine rice paper Is used, generally stiff
ened slightly with buckwheat -four
paste, which, the Chinese say, adds to
its infammabilty. A strip of this pa.
per one-third Of an inch wide by four
teen inches "a Chinese FOOT long is laid
on a table and very little powder put
down the middle Of It with hollow
bamboo stick. A quick twist Of the
paper makes The fuse ready foz use.
II Is not easy to persuade the Chinese
20 exhibit their modes OF manufacture
to a foreigner, but Mr.. Williams. Unit
ed States vice consul at Shanghai. thu
describes the work as he has seen 10:
'~The straw paper is first rolled b.
hand around an iron rod. which varies
in size according to the size Of cracke.
to be made. To complete the rolling 9
rude machine Is used. ThIs consists oi
two uprights supporting an axis. from
which Is suspended by two arms 9
heavy piece Of wood eighty convex o.
the lower side. There b tust room be
tween this swinging block and the tor
Of the table to place the cracker. Al
each layer Of paper h put ON by hand
Tie CkdCAGI 10 P16C<T4 VA AnS SSOf~ s~~S
the suspended weight is drawn over thf
roll, thus tightening 1t until no more
can be passed under the weight Fol
the smallest whip crackers the work
man uses for compression instead OF
this machine heavy piece Of wood
fitted with handle Ike that OF car
penters plane. In filing crackers 20(
60 800 are lied together tightly In Z
bunch Red clay Is spread over the END
Of the bunch and forced into the end q
each cracker with punch While th'
clay Is being tamped In little waite
h sprayed on II. which makes IL pacl
closer. The powder is poured In at To
other end OF the cracker. With the al
OF an awl the edge Of the paper
turned IN at the upper end OF the crack
er. and the fuse is inserted throug
this
Workmen at this trade receive abou
the average rate OF wages paid her
for common labor. The trade Is consic
cred unhealthy and dangerous an
therefore noe-desIrahle
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-07-03

For the torpedo hunt the hostess has
previously opened and hidden twelve
packages Of torpedoes. Each player
receives belt from which hangs a lit
tie cartridge bag made Of khaki or
duck. A strip Of khaki twenty Eight
inches long and six inches wide Is
folded and stitched for the belt. It
may be fastened with ban and socket
fasteners. 4 square bag OF the khaki.
by inches. Is then attached to the
right side Of the belt. Prom low limbs
Of trees, among the roots and shrubs
and hedges of the piazza the treasures
are gathered and subsequently fired
OF
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-07-03
rapier xraehe Fir~wo<ks.

Fireworks in papier mache and In
bonbons are better than ever and won
derfuI1y true to life Pull the fuse of
a giant frecracker and on comes a Id
disclosing costly bonbons- A box
which perfectly reproduces the pack
age In which torpedoes are sold opens
20 disclose sweetmeats done up in tn
colored tissue paper, just as the giant
torpedoes are wrapped These are es-
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-07-03

First American CtizeD-Did you
lose any Of your children on the
Fourth
Second American Ctfixen-0h, DO;
nothing but an eye and few fingers
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10
RUSSIA RECALLS
COUNT CASSINl
Cars Ambassador to Washington
Goes to Madrid -Rosen
Takes His Place.
New York Sun Special Service.

Washington, May 10.-Count Cas-:
SIM, Russian ambassador to the United
States, has been recalled by his gov
eminent. He will leave in June, and
after an audience in St. Petersburg, he
will be sent to Madrid. His stay in
Spain will not be permanent, but will
be followed by transfer to another
European post, probably in Paris.
Count Cassini will be succeeded here
by Baron Rosen, until recently Russian
minister at Toxic.
Thus has eliminated definitely the
career of Count Cassini as representa-
tive of his government in Washington.
1t will be news to the president. and
officials Of the administration and will
be received with keen regret. Some
months ago Secretary Hay addressed a
personal letter to the ambassador, ex
pressing his pleasure at his continued
stay in the United States.
Count Cassini IS departure from Wash
ington only followed the exchange Of
| views between the ambassador an6
Count Lamsdorff, minister for foreign
affairs, who directly represented the
emperor in this matter. The ambas
sador has been in Washington sever
years. much longer time than usu
ally is allowed Russian diplomats tt
remain accredited to one country; bu
the emperor retained him here because
of his confidence in him and his ap
proval Of the policy he has followed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10
TAIL OF TORNADO
LASHES THE CITY
A Blow Right from Kansas Makes
Things Lively in North
west. ~
GUSTS REACH VELOCITY
OF 70 MILES AN HOUR
Wheat Over Large Area Now
Moist Enough for Thirty
Days. ..-

Well within the area of the cyclone
which eliminated in the deadly Kan
sas tornado, Minneapolis and southern
Minnesota suffered the most severe
storm last night since the tornado Of
Aug. 20, 1904. All records for wide
spread rains and heavy precipitation
were broken. From twenty-three sub
was reported
In Minneapolis the rain fell with such
force that the raindrops seemed to re-
bound from the pavement. Even when
the thunder Quoted for an instant the
wind blew with such violence that it
was almost impossible to sleep. For an
hour there was an almost continuous
ccasionally there were sharp gusts
of sixty to seventy miles an hour in
velocity.
The Kansas tornado is considered a
freak to certain extent by the wealth
er man. Out of records compiled since
1865 only fifteen tornadoes are known
that occurred after II pm, and there
is some doubt as to the reliability of
the data as to some Of these. .'
pected to rise a foot, and may rise
considerably higher. Yesterday the
river rose about half foot, but in spite
of the heavy rain last night, had fallen
this morning to it's former level.
Crops Have Enough.
Country advices indicate that the
of territory, can stand for thirty days
without further moisture, so thoroly
has the country been soaked. Las
night rain fell from southeastern Tex
as on the south to above Winnipeg or
the north, the area covered extending
westward to the ranges Of Kansas, Ne
braska, North Dakota and Montana
and eastward into Kentucky and Ohio
From Texas northward to the Mime
off again to lighter figures across the
| Canadian line. La Crosse got l.3t
| inches, Moorhead LOS, Huron LIZ, Mi
not so, Bismarck AZ, Winnipeg .48
Q'Appelle ~ and Swift Current "a
For the Minneapolis region the average
fall was .99, but this was an early rec
ton after daybreak. The morning tel
egraphic reports showed it still rain
ing at Fergus Falls, Grand Forks an
Fargo, also at Hillsboro and Casselton
and it had rained all night at thes
points. Hunter had very cloudy skie
at 10 O'Clock and more rain threat
ened, and St. Cloud, after an all-nigh
rain, was still getting little. Tn
general indication is for more rain tc
night and Thursday, and temperature
are high enough to make this likely
Winnipeg reporting 40 above and tn
thermometer rising, and other point
} down the line warming up as well.
Warm Weather Needed.
AS the crop situation stands at thi
/ writing, it is too wet over souther
: and southwestern Minnesota. No NOR
rain is wanted there, but good war;
} Red river valley is wet enough an
more rain would only delay the star
, Elsewhere over the northwest cond
lions are ideal. It will be pretty har
for drought scare to develop TIL
!. year, even if no more rain comes fl
a long time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10
.SHEYLIN OPPOSES
RATE.MAKlNG BODY
Minneapolis Lumberman, Before
Senate Committee, Also Hits
at Distance Tariff.
Nv w. w, Jermane.

Washington, May 10.-Thomas H.
Shevlin Of Minneapolis appeared today
before the senate committee on inter-
state commerce, speaking against Civ
ing the government the rate making
power. He thinks the railway traffic
managers are in better position to fix
rates than any federal commission and
says any government rate making body
would be compelled to adopt distance
not close to the great terminal points.
Speaking as "a lumberman, he said he
should not object to distance tariff,
for it would remove the competition of
the Pacific coast and the south, but he
bases his position on higher ground
than that. Under the distance tariff,
he argues, the western grain growers
would be unable to market their crops,
and their properties would be destroyed
grain they could not buy his lumber.
He thinks rates are now sufficiently
low and believes complaints come most
" from those who have little or nothing
to ship, and do not understand present
conditions. A federal tribunal could
not act promptly enough, he says, to en-
able shippers to avail themselves OF
shifting market conditions.
Answdrng question axn as5d Senate Be hs;
never heard such complaints from lum
bermen as 3. P. Bacon speaks about. :
Mr.. Shevlin declared the general ad
vance in lumber prices is due to TIL,
general advance I'M the price Of commo
dities generally, and to the rapidly de
creasing supply of American lumber. HI
said he had never had rebate sine,
the passage Of the Elkins law, and as
serted that if rebates had been givel
any Of his competitors, he would hav
4 known about them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10
STREETS LINED
WITH BLUECOATS
Hundreds of Policemen and De-
tectives Guard Roosevelt,
Fearing Violence.
STRIKERS IN SECRET
FORBID OUTBREAKS
Labor Unionists Hesitate to Pre-
sent Their Statement of
the Strike.
SUMMARY OF STRIKE
ON PRESIDENTS DAY

Chicago, May 1O.-The labor
leaders prepared petition to Pres
ident Roosevelt, protesting against
the calling out Of the United
States troops, and stating that all
the unions asked for is arbitration
as provided in their contracts.
The employers gave it out that
they did not think it advisable to
present their side of the contro-
versy to the president. This fact
changed the plans Of the officers
of the unions, and they decided to
present the petition if they got a
chance, but not to ask the presi-
dent to try to effect a settlement of
the strike.
Owing to the presence of the
president in the city fewer wagons
were on the street today making de-
liveries. Many of the policemen
had been Withdrawn from strike
duty, but their places were taken
by deputy sherif1s, of whom 1900
have been sworn in. There was
comparatively little interference
with deliveries by strikers and
their sympathizers, tho there were
several small disturbances. No one
was killed, but several persons were
| injured,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10
SNOW IN NORTH DAKOTA
Benefit More Than Offsets the Delay in
Planting.
Specials to The Journal.

Lakota, N. D., May 10.-Snowdrifts
two to three feet deep are seen here
today, the rain Of yesterday having
turned to sleet and snow. Farmers have
all the moisture necessary, but more will
do no damage. Wheat is about all sown,
but other grains are not in, and work
will be stopped for week. 49,,
Lidgerwood, N. D., May 10.-The
weather continues cold and unseasona-
BILE. Another heavy rain with snow
last night and today will be the means
Of drowning out some grain in low
places.
Fergus Falls, Mimi, May 1O.-Snow
and sleet have been falling here at
times today, and the weather is cold for
the season. Vegetation has scarcely
advanced in four weeks.
Huron, s. D., May 1O.-Rain flooded
the Streets easements and all low
places. The river is rapidly rising. 1t
is the heaviest rainfall in several
years SO early in May, and it's benefit
to grass and crops is beyond compute.
| ton. ~
Montrose, Mimi, May 10.-A snow.
storm struck this locality Yesterday and
snow fell to the depth Of two inches
A storm Of rain and wind is now rag
ing,
Milford, Iowa, May '10-A bite,
cold storm with torrents of rain driver
by furious winds made a wild day here
yesterday, business being PRACTICAL,
| suspended.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10
ROOSEVELT NOT A
CANDIDATE AGAIN
President Makes Emphatic State.
ment, and Says No Strings
Are Attached.

Omaha, May 10.-The Bee quotes
President Roosevelt as making the en-
phatic statement that he will not be a
candidate for president. 1t says:
You are authorized to state that /
will not be again candidate for the
office Of president of the United States.
There are no strings on this statement;
I mean it.
II made my speech at Denver for the
purpose of convincing the people OF my
earnestness in regard to the matter OF
railroad legislation. I will not be salts.
i fed with any compromise that does not
bring relief to the people from the con.
ditions that now exist in regard to
transportation affairs in the country
No compromise bill from congress will
be accepted.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10


Lillian Blauvelt Pendleton, the. IA
nous diva, cannot collect damages from
the Philharmonic club of this city for
the alleged violation of contract
claimed to have been made between the
singer and the club over a year ago.
Judge F. c. Brooks holds, in a decision
filed last night, that there was no legal
contract between the parties.
The soprano brought suit some
months ago to collect $500 from the
local club. She claimed that she made
a contract to appear at one of the
club IS recitals, and that the club broke
that contract. The defendant alleged
that preliminary negotiations for he1
appearance had been entered into, but
that they did not amount to a contract
The case was tried before Judge Brooks
last term. There was no dispute as tc
facts and the court now holds that
these facts did not constitute Legal
contract.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10
WINDMILLS CAPSIZED
Breeze Was Too Strong for Them Out
- in Richfield.

last night and this morning several
features Of the landscape were missing.
Windmills were special mark, while
cupolas and weather-cocks also suffered,
Several mills were wrecked completely
and on others the wheels were. torn
away and the towers left standing.
John Goodspeed, who styles himself
a farmer politician from Richfeld,: .
woke up to find that new windmill
had found the gale ga too strong and had
in the roof. 81 thought I had that mill
trained for good and all,'' said he to.
day. ct talked to it all thru the cam
paign and so did the neighbors, but she
stood it all without any trouble. ]
didn't think I'd have to get out of bed
and hold it down the first time storm
came along.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10
ST. LOUIS PARK a WASTE.

st. Louis, May 1O.-Controller Player In
Inmates to The ways and means commit
tee Of the house Of delegates that 1t IS
the intention Of the management Of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition company
to make no attempt to restore Forest
park II Is understood that the company
found the park could not be RESTORE ex-
Ecept at d great cost, and ched Il com
.clusior ia forfeit its s2oo. 900 bond
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10
Halted by a Bridge.
SOUTH DAKOTA DECISIONS.

Special to The Journal.
Pierre, S.. D., May 1o.-In the supreme
court today opinions were handed down
in the following cases:
BY Corson-Bishop & Babcock company,
appellant, VS.. A. Schleuning ct al, Pen
nington county; motion to file bill Of ex-
ceptions denied. II. ]. Cooke VS.. Alex Mo-
Quarter. appellant, Dawson county: az
firmed.
BY Hanoy John A Collins w. Gladiator
Mining & Milling company, appellant.
LCuatar county: motion To dismiss dnxiaA
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10
ATLANTIC RATE
WAR IS.AI HAND
Three Companies Set Aside Terms
of North Atlantic Confer
ence Agreement.
Special to The journal.

Liverpool, May 1o.What looks
like the first step in a transatlantic
passengef rate war was the Official an
national Mercantil company that the
White Star, Dominion, and American
lines had given notice of their with
drawal from the north Atlantic con-
ferance agreement for first and second
cabin rates.
Steamship men think a. rate war in
volving first, second and third-cl pas.
senger traffic is impending and that 1t
will be a fight to the finish.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10
SPEED IN CASE OF
KOLB AND HARMON.
Both Sides Seem Disposed to
Hurry-Prisoners Are More
| ~
Subdued.
Special to The Journal. .

Anoka, Mimi, May 1o.-speed is the
feature Of the second Columbia Heights
trial Charles Harmon and John Kolb
will be confronted by the same wit
nesses and by the same evidence that
convicted Orlin Kalderwit, but the
state is presenting it's case much faster.
The cross-examination, too, is much
shorter. Iii:
There is a marked difference in the
attitude now assumed by the two de-
PENDANTS and their conduct at :. the
Kalderwit trial. There is none of the
levity and fippancy they exhibited
then. Possibly they better realize their
grave situation since the conviction Of
Kalderwit, and feel less inclined to
laugh over incidents.
Kalderwit has been brought back and
may be used as witness. He has a
long, bad record which would be
brought out, and it might injure the
chances Of his two "pals."
stenographer Worn Out.
L. E. Stetler Of Minneapolis today
relieved the regular court stenographelr,
Mr.. Starr, who needed rest. This is
the fourth long murder trial he has
had to take this term. There has been
! a conviction in each Of the three pre-
vious trials. Crawford and Palmer
| were convicted Of the murder Of Heino
| II
of Freddie King. FL.
The first witness today was George
Slater, the sandwich man, who over
heard Kalderwit and Kolb talking
about 'going out to Columbia Heights
and getting that joint. His testi-
mony was the same as in the first trial
J. j. Smith, clerk at the Grand Cen
trail hotel, and George Morey, the high
school student, who was on the stub
| 4Lo init 90 f01
lowed with the. same testimony they
gave before H. F. Schultz, a street
Car conductor on the Eighth and Cen
trail line, stated that he carried the
three to Fourth street and Central ave
nue. where he turned the car over tt
Gautfeld. Julian Gautfeld, who took
the car from that point, testified thai
the three rode to the end Of the line
and that he had trouble with then
! over transfers.
! David Wright saw the three get of
the car at the end Of the Eighth ant
Central line on the night Of the murder
He also identified the clothing on ex
hibit as that found in the neighborhoot
after the murder.
Holdup Story Retold.
DR.. George K. Hagaman gave ex
pert testimony yesterday afternoon con
corning the wounds that caused tn
death Of Freddie King. Paul Erickson
"the man with the Photographic mem
ory,' repeated his story of the holdu
, and murder. J. K. King, the father Q
the murdered boy, repeated his test
mony, identifying Harmon positively
Leo Garsticki followed. He was i
the saloon at the time of the holdup an
said that Kolb was the one who wen
. thru the pockets of the crowd.
I Guy Connors and the McCullo1
brothers, James and John, were in th
, saloon and gave accurate statement
l All three were star witnesses at tn
!. first trial, Connors espee aialyii Stain
I bled the three who did the job.
:, y was Connors testimony at the frs
: trial that baked the attempt Of til
: defense to show that the shot fred b
g West from the rear Of the saloon migl
:, have killed the King boy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10

SUGAR GOES Down so CENTS.
New York, May 10AH grades Of re-
fined sugar were reduced 80 cents d hum
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10

Chicago, May 10.-President Roose-
velt's train arrived at the North West
ern station a few minutes after noon
and was met by Graeme Stewart and
the reception committee. The president
and party imme diately started for the
Auditorium Annex.
Promises of peace and order for to-
day, the president g day, were made by
both sides in the teamsters strike. The
Employers Teaming company decided
to reduce it's teaming and delivery OPP.
erations for the day. The teamsters
Joint council has voted against gen
eral strike, and determined that no fur
ther sympathetic movements should be
dered to make deliveries to boycotted
houses, in which event individuals
should walk out.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-10
MORE JEWS KILLED
Thirteen Massacred at Melitop ir
Southern Russia.

st. Petersburg, May Thirteen
Jews have been reported killed at
Melitop, southern Russia, where state
Of siege has been proclaimed. A state
of siege also prevails in Grodno and
Wilma, on the Polish frontier, and will
be extended to other, territory.
The agrarian disorders here are be-
coming more serious. Two squadrons
of dragons have been dispatched to
this town.
No further details have reached here
from Zhitomir, the scene Of the recent
attacks of orthodox Christians on Jews.
It is asserted that fortnight before
the disorders began, ,proclamations
to beat the jews. When these procIa.
nations were shown to the mayor of
Zhitomir, the latter declared them to
be stupid, and said there was no occa-
sion for alarm.
Cossacks Infame People.
The town council at Byelostock has
entered complaint Of brutality against
the Cossacks here, declaring that their
ill-treatment of the populace is arous
the danger of the situation. The mum
cipal authorities also complain that the
chief of police will allow the publica
tion Of accounts Of disorders only wher
Jews are the aggressors.
The Slovo prints rumor Of the dis
covery of enormous defalcations in the
commissary department of the army.
Maxim Gorky has received permits
sion to live anywhere in Russia except
in st. Petersburg, and it is said that
he already has leased country place
| near the capital.
Kalaeff's Lawyer Arrested.
M. Berenstaum of counsel for Iva,
Kalaeff, the assassin of Grand Duk
Sergius, who arrived here recently il
an effort to appeal the case, was ar
rested today, and the police searched
| of the executive committee Of the Ba
association, who is associated with M
/ Berenstaum.