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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01

81, For. two years the national toll Of
Fourth of July casualties has been less
than formerly. This saving Of life has
been due directly to the increase Of pop
ular sentiment against; the abuse Of the
celebrations. The reformatory advance,
however, only has emphasized the need
of further awakening. Last year 3 to-
tai of 1872 lives offered up would appear
even more horrible thanFit is, were it
not for the comparison with the total of
466 lives lost in 1903. That year and
1900 with figures Of 459 record the high
totals for the years from 1899 to the
present-the years in which the Chicago
Tribune gathered statistics. -, -.
The changes for the better In ways
of celebrating were shocked into being
by the record Of 1903. Cities thruout
the country prepared ordinances against
the use Of toy pistols and cannon crack
ers. Many of the municipalities en-
forced the new laws on the next Fourth
and in consequence the death list was
brought down to 1873 persons. Last
year the number Of fatalities was one
less. 'Fni '.''-..~..' -. -...'.-1" Il
The journal Of the American Medical
association, has been one of the most
steadfast of the crusaders. for a sane
Fourth. From physicians all over the
country it has received reports Of deaths
and yearly for several years has com.
piled tables which have served as object
lessons ~. '.ss.. 49,. o.. 1870
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ANNUAL oIEARINGs FOR FIVE YEARS

maintained
city ceing, at the present rate
n pointing the .sI 4
The prestige the city the hgn
There
BY the bank exchanges runs to mon are
ST. Pltburg
hondoar but will
out I
1906 Minneapolis
figures there in local
Of $40 9,O569. $.>..4 .@E &s.
of
should
possibly increased. ~
half the city should out
showing ,769 S12O3
expanding rapidly
yearly follow but this Minneapolis
It is expected business
will swell the clearng by
severe millions T. s 5
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~ Publishers Press.

~. Publishers Press. III .Is,5 I .r.S
gHvsY AsHINGToN, s.June 3d.
Nv ~ Congress 3s died officially at
10 'clock tonight The pass
ing Of the first session of the ifty-ninth
congress stands unparalleled in the
legislative history Of the United States.
Not only have the senators and repre-
sentatives demonstrating and almost
fuming IN q temperature of great tor
ridity, to force an adjournment, since
early morning, but the president and
members Of his cabinet remained in
and about the senate wing of tn ecapi-
and about the senate wing Of the CAPT,
awaiting, the dissolution that it seemed
would never, come. Almost worn out
by the extreme haet, but his patience
not exhausted, the president finally re.
turned to, the Whit eHouse, where, al
ter, 9 o. CLOCK tonight, ne attached his
signature to the omnibus public, build
ing bill. This was the last bill, and the
one over which the great delay oc-
Cured. 's.5 :.
The great trouble was in the enroll
ing Of bills, which got tangled up, and
the public printer did the rest. A grave
error crept into the sundry civil bill.
BY an oversight, which was later de-
nounced on the floor Of the senate, some
one permitted to remain in the bill a
provision appropriating 100000 for
the purpose of a site for a depart
mental building at Washington. This
had been ordered out by both branches
and the error was only discovered after
the bill had been signed. A joint reso-
luton cured it, but sore was left,
so that before adjournment the senate
adopted two resolutions, one ordering
an investigation of the government
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,fs,st
IAINGL l DELAYS
CONGRESS- CLOSE
Preside dent, Senate and Con
gress Swelter for Hours
Before Adjournment.
Error in i Enrolling Bill
Causes a Long Wait and
/. Scandal Charge.
PRESIDENT SAYS
HE'S DELIGHTED

BY Publishers Press.
Washington, June 80. The
president tonight issued a. state
nlent concerning the work Of con-
gress:
In the session that has Just
closed, congress has done more
substantial work for good than
has any congress done since ] be-.
came familiar with public affairs.
The legislation has been along the
lines Of real craftsmanship Of the
most practical and efficient type,
and bill after bill has been en-
acted into law which was of an i'm
portance SO great that 1t Is fair to
say that the enactment of any one
Of them alone would have made
this session memorable. Such, for.
instance, as the railroad bill. the
meat inspection measure, the pure
food bill. the bill for free alcohol
in the arts, the consular reform
bill, Panama canal legislation, the
Joint statehood bill and the nat
uralization bill. s.- =.
IT certainly have no disposition
| to blink at what there Is of evil
In our social, Industrial or politi-
cal life Of today, but it seems to
| me that the man Of genuine pa
triotism who genuinely wishes well
to his country has the right to feel
a. profound satisfaction in the en-
tire course Of this congress. !
would not be afraid to compare it's
record with that Of any previous
congress in our history, not alone
for the wisdom, but for the disin.
i terested high-mindedness which
has controlled its actions. s'Y
= It is noteworthy that not 9
single measure which. the closest
scrutiuy could warrant us in call
ing of doubtful propriety has beer
enacted and on the other HAND
b ne influence Of any kind has avail
I'D to- prevent the enactment o!
4 the law most yitally necessary tx
81 the nation at this time, :.
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PEEK-A-BOOS BARRED
Rector Also Forbids Short Sleeves on
t.. Members of Choir. 49,

Rector Also Forbids Short Sleeves on
t.. Members Of Choir. 49,
New York Herald Special Service.
New York, June 30.-Short sleeves
and low-neck dresses and peek-a-boo
waists have been barred from the choir
Of the Trinity Episcopal church in
.Asbury Park, where Rev. W. N. Bailey
is rector.
Mr.. Bailey says his congregation has
made complaint to him IN regard to
the attire Of the members of the choir.
The rector also objects to loose sleeves
that fall to the shoulder when the
young women raise their arms to pin
back wayward locks. r
This action of the rector has caused
no revolt on the part of the choir, but
some of the members say that in fu-
ture their seats will be in the pews In
stead of in the loft. :"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
BLA|NES DRIVER
FOR h|FE'S DEATH
Corporal Tanner Declares
Chauffeur Was Reckless
and Raced Machine.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. H.
Helena, Mont, June 30.-All Helena
is deeply stirred by the evidence of Cor
poral Tanner commander-in-chief of the
Grand Army, before the coroner's jury
which is Investigating the automobile
accident in which his wife lost her life.
Mr.. Tanner said: .,.S> I =. ,,<Es,it J:
=. Coroner I would have nothing to
say on this night Of all nights regard
ing the awful event were it not that 7
would do anything in my power to pre-
vent the people of this city in the fu-
ture becoming victims Of the criminal
and murderous carelessness Of Z this
brash idiot. T told him to be careful
1 insisted, again and again. that we
ddn It want speed, we wanted safety
fBut because one of the automobiles
which he did not consider so good a
one as the one in which we were riding
had gotten some distance in advance,
after leaving Central Park, ne said,
Ill catch him before we get to the
top Of the nil, and again he went at
his breakneek speed.
A2s''7. Told the Driver to- Stop. :.
"What IN the world he went into
that place for I never can understand.
A child could see that it was dangerous
a long way ahead. I never dreamed
that he would attempt to do it until
| it was done, then it was too late.
"And to think that had. this little
abraisement of the skin on one hand
and this little one on the other and lost
but one drop of blood and she lost he1
life. They told him and told him to
stop it. We were in no hurry; we want
ed to enjoy our trip and I didn t enjoy
one moment of it while l was in the
automobile. -,
| Forty Miles an Hour.
General Lester S. Wilson, former
department commander, who was in
the automobile with Mr. and Mrs. Tan
ner, also made a deposition prior to
returning home at Bozeman. He said
he had no way of telling at what rate
of speed the automobile was travelling
but he thought nearly forty miles an
hour.
Other witnesses were examined, in
Guiding Chauffeur Joe P. Zoller, Judge
F. P. Sterling, Judge II. N. Blake and
Captain H. Schmidt The chauffeur con-
tended that the accident was unavoid-
able, attributing it solely to the
"made' road, which was soft and
gave way beneath the machine.
The funeral services Of Mrs. Tanner,
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EXPLOSION KILLS THREE.

Bristol, Tenn, june 30.-The prema-t
ture explosion of a dynamite blast at
camp No of the Walton Construction
company, this afternoon, resulted in tho.
death of three and the injury of fve.
others. The bodies of. those killed
were torn to pieces. The accident
occurred near Kinksport.
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EIGHT PERISH IN CRASH.

Philadelphia, June 3O.-Eight per-
sons, mostly boys, were killed this
evening by the collapsing of the wall
of an old ruined building at Edgemont
street and Lehigh avenue. Seven more
persons, who had also sought refuge
from the sudden storm in the shadow
of the old walls were buried under the
ruins and more or less seriously in
iured.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
RAISER GOES TO PorsDAM.

Berlin, July KAISER William left
Berlin suddenly, bound for Potsdam,:
last night. The suddenness of his de-,
parture is taken as an indication that
an accouchment OF the Crown Princess
Cecile is imminent. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-01
PREsIDENT QUITS cAPTrAL

Washington, June 30,-President'
Roosevelt left shortly after midnight
fo- Oyster Bay in special Pennsyl
vania train.
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NATION TURNING !.
TO SANE A FOURTH
Decrease in Death Toll ii,
4 Two Years, Due to -,
Agitation.
Awful ''i1a Record CO. {. Of l. Hundreds !,
Of Victims Killed or Hurt
in Celebrations.
II . 80 gIua.E+
Special to The journal.

Special to The journal. &at l.,s.s
- ICAGo, June 3o.- Here. is the
~ record of seven years toll of
deathsaand injuries due to t'cele-
Ibrations of the 'HFourthn:
Deaths in Deaths from Acidenst
80 United States. Lockia1y Ii ID. s. In u &.
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Small Working Committee.

The executive committee is smaller
than usual, only six in number. 1t con-
ssists of the two ehairmen, the secre-
ry, and one member from each of the
rec cities. W. w. Heffelfnger as the
minneapolis member will have charge
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BY. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS

Flrst-R. e, Thompson, Preston.
g.. Second-Thomas C. Collins, ,Wlndon1.
Third. c. AppIegate, Cannon Falls.
2 Fourth-John G. Nelson, Saltwater.
Fifth--W. n. Grlmshaw, Minneapolis.
slxth--James A. Martin, ST. Cloud
/. seventh-pr. r. Thoraidson, Cotton
wood. s''I-
Ef1hth-John Heardlna, EveIeth.
I Ninth-Dr. A. 3. Cole, Fergus Falls.
BY JUDICIAL DISTRICTS ...-e
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Minneapolis Is Accorded Six
= Working Members in the.
Organization.
Commercial Travellers and
Organized Labor Each
= Have Representation.
COP. CAMPAIGN MANAGERS
THE INNER CIRCLE

Chairman of State commlttee-Dr, A.
b. Cole, Fergus Falls.
Chairman Executive committee-R. e.
Thompson, Preston.
secretary-charIe II. Warner, Aitkin.
Executive Commlttee-R. e. Thomp-
eon, chairman; Dr.. A. B. Cole, c. n. War.
ner, w. E. ,Culkln Duluth; w. w. Heffe!>
Finger, Minneapolis; Fenton c. Warner,
St. Paul.
.ts- THE COMMITTEE
Al Laree-John o'DonneiI Minneapolis;
~, B. knutson. Duluth; Berndt Anderson,
at. Paul; Peter S. Nelson, Minneapolis;
& 7. h. fely, Eagle Lake; Grant McMann,
e iy, nton G. Warner, ST. Paul; q. {.
sun1.- %, Kennedy; L. G. HOFFMAN, St:
Paul; Thomas r. Martin, Duluth; JOHN L.
Dahl, Minneapolis; Samuel Moore, Min
neapotfs.
Ivy -'-.
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Flrst-Chares EInquist, Rush, city. =
Jecond-T. G. WaIther, ST. Paul.
Ehird-Frank E. GartsIde, Winona. -
eourth-W w. Heffeifineer, Minne-
1Is.
jlftI,-G. L. carIoff, owatonna.
tixth-Thomas Torson, St. James.
tsventh-C. e. Parker, Wadena.
rishth-Dr. G. o. Orr, Jordan. Z.
Snth--James A. Larson, Walnut Grove.
eenth-R. 6. Shepherd, Austin
,-leventh-W. &. CuR<in, Duluth. f.
Fwetfth-L. o. Thorpe, Willmar.
E-firteenth--C. l.. Todd, SIayton.
f-ourteenth-Dr. NJ M. Watson, Red
AXE Falls.
Observation-Disclosures n. Warner, Aitktn.
Sixteenth-G. w. BeIse, Morris.
Seventeenth-samuei q, A. Anderson
Wells.
ElaIlteenth-E. NJ. NaseI, Buffalo.
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Six for Minneapolis.

Minneapolis is given six places on the
committee Two Of them, John O'Don
nell and Samuel Moore, represent or
ganized labor. Mr.. O'Donnell is former
labor commissioner, and now superin-
tendent of the city workhouse. Mr..
Moore is business agent of the painters
union. There was toe much opposition
to Hugh Jennings, and a compromise
was effected by naming the other two.
w. H. Grimshaw goes on as represent
tative of Senator Nelson. A hard fight
was made on him yesterday by anti
Nelson men, and it looked for time
as if the DIRECTORS might win out, but
he was called i'm just before the meet
ing and the, question settled. The other
Minneapolis members are Walter w.
Heffelfnger, John L. Dahl, and feter
S, Nelson, clerk of the municipal court.
George L. Matchan was slated for .
place, but declined on account of his
candidacy for judge Of the municipal
court. EF~ss'-,- ....-
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~HE new republican. state commit
tee consists of thirty-nine men,
bcrs, the largest membership IN
the history of the party in Minnesota.
The organization was finally deter
mined on by the candidates yesterday
afternoon, after a busy session of three
hours and q half in A. L. Cole S rooms
in the Ryan hotel at st. Paul. The long
distance telephone was kept busy all
afternoon comforting with some of the
men selected, and prevailing on them
to accept the slate. Thompson and Cole
for chairmen went thru quickly, but
at the last minute the two were shifted,
Cole going in as head of the whole
committee after all.
Those present were: A. L. Cole. nomi-
nee for governor; A. O. Eberhart for
lieutenant governor, S. G.. Iverson for
state auditor, C. G.. Dinehart for treas.
urer, Julius A. Schmahl for secretary
of state, c. A. Pidgeon for clerk of SUI
premc court, C. F. Staples for railroad
commissioner, w. w. Sivright, chair
man of the convention, and DR.. A. B.
Cole.
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year, normal business conditions maintained Mnnea
biondolar city The bank cearlngs at fhe pre-
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-18

Burgoyne cast a CoVet0us eye on the
supplies and stores gathered from the
fertile fields, and to secure which
for his hungry mercenarieS he sent
out an army early in August, 1777,
under Col. Baum, composed chiefly of
Germans with a scattering of British.
Walking up the steep mile incline
to Bennington Center, you can see the
site Of the Catamount tavern, head.
quarters for the Council Of Safety"
which constituted the organized gov
eminent of Vermont (now marked by
a powerful statue) where Gen. John
Stark suiked over his disappointment
at not receiving the deserved briga-
diership in the continental army
from which he, in wrath, resigned his
]colonelcy to assume command OF the
New Hampshire militia. Though a
breach of discipline, it was lucky for
the Americans that Gen. Stark had
not Conformed to Lincoln's orders to
join the main army against Burgoyne,
for he was, through this fortuitous
chance, on the very spot where he was
needed to repulse the detachment I'M
der Col. Baum, and it was in this
very tavern named, so tradition has
1t, from the daring animals who
prowled fearlessly in its vicinity and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-18
FORECASTING BIG FLOODS.
Most Destructive Inundation for
Fifty Years Accurately Foretold
by Weather Bureau,

Early in 1897 kilograms were posted
IN r hundred cities along the Missis-
sippi, warning the inhabitants to pre-
pare for tremendous floods. These
warnings, says J. f. Watkins, in the
Technical World, went SO far as to
name the exact date-sOmetimes two
or three weeks of-whcn the coming
food would be nj its height, and even
stated the number Of feet above low
water mark the water would reach.
They were signed by the chief Of the
weather bureau at Washington.
The inhabitants of Cairo, New Or
leans and of the towns and cities be-
tween read these sensational messages.
looked ont at the shrunken Father of
Waters flowing calmly along within
its banks and shifted COntemptuOuslv,
They were not going to be scared by a
lot of fool scientists in Washington.
Only a comparatively few timid people
were at NIL alarmed or even impressed
These went so far as to move their
'"iEtb'N IlNHNib y up buIb UlEl ground,
and were well laughed at for their
pains, Even the newspapers took the
matter up, and scolded the govern
ment for allowing the weather bu-
reau to Brighten neerlessly a lot of
silly old women.
Finally the date set for the coming
of the food arrived, and with it came
the water, The greatest food for more
than half a century swept down the
Mississippi and overlooked more than
$1,000 square miles of land. The main
streets of a hundred towns and cities
were under water; and. at some points
practically the only property not lam
aged was that of the ridiculed people
who had needed the despised warning
OF the weather bureau, And It was es-
TIM that property to the value of
$l5,O 600 was saved, which would
certainly have been destroyed but for
the advance notice which its owners
had been wise enough to heed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-18

stole from its larders, that the plans
lor the defense of Bennington were
drawn up.
Cannot your fancy paint for Won
that sweltering mld-August day when
the arrogant Germans, r~esplendent in
their gay uniforms, marched with
welltrained military precision Nd
toward the eminence where the Yer.
mont troops were quartered. and
where the battle monument now
stands, to be repulsed twice during
the day and have their own guns
seized and turned against them IN
til 1000 fell and 600 Germans and
British were captured by a small bri.
gade of raw militia, unfinished and
untutored, but empowered to deeds NJ
heroic magnitude by the mighty love
Of country?
The monument commemorative tba
stirring conflict Is the highest hattie
monument in the world. measuring
SoS feet, 1t is an artistic monolith
built of magnetism limestone. and
was erected between 1857 and 1891
r the top, reached by a winding
staircase OF seemingly interminab,e
length, 1t commands a magni6cent
view OF the surrounding country and
mountains,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-18
Tar for Sailor.

Why is the word tar" q SYNONYM
for "sailor?' Some Dictionaries say
that the allusion is to the seaman's
larry hands and clothes-the SAVIOR OF
tar of S~tephano's song in The TEN.
pest Burns uses "tarrybreeks" as
equivalent to sailor" But It Is re,
garded as much more probable that
tar is short for "tarpaulin," since
Clarendon and other writer's col.
loquilly use "tarpaulin" to signify a
seaman. OF course, this ultimately
gets back to tar, a tarpauliu being a
tarred "palling," or covering 1.-THE
same word as "pall"l,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-18
WAITING MAIDS OF JAPAN.
Barefooted Damsels Serve the Courses
During Progress of a Formal
Dinner.

Unless there are ladies among the
guests. the wife and daughters of the
host do not appear at dinner in Japan,
Before the meal begins it is customary
for them to bring in small cups of tea
and dainty confectionery, when they
take their survey of the party.
If gentlemen only are present, the
japanese hostess disappears after the
greeting is over, and does not return IN
til the guests are taking their departure.
At a signal from the host. barefooted
waiting maids, dressed in graceful and
prettily-tinted kimonos, bring in
lacquer trays bearing tiny covered
bowls. Before setting the trays on the
tables the maids sink gracefully to their
knees and bend forward till their fore
heads touch the floor. Then they serve
dinner, which is of several courses
Smiths Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-18
Chauffeurs of Long AGO.

There were chauffeurs long before
automobiles. History tells us that
about the year 1895 men strangely &C.
coutered, their faces covered with
SCOT and their eyes carefully disguised.
entered by nights farms and lonely
habitations and committed all sorts
of depredations. They garroted their
victims, dragged them before a great
fire, where they burned the soles OF
their feet and demanded information
as to the whereabouts of their money
and jewels. Hence they were called
"chauffeurs," a name which frightened
so much our good grandmothers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-18
AS EFFECTIVE AS RAPIER
Umbrella Capable Of %Inhioting Pain
full Injuries and Has Been
Cause of Death.

A year ago a duel with umbrellas was
fought in Paris outside the Gaite-Mont-
parnasse in the Rue de la Gate between
CASTOR de Faux and Hughes Lebon.
The quarrel began in the neighboring
concert hall, and would have been set
tied, as the French say, "at another time
and in another manner" had not the
contestants been armed with steel-rod
umbrellas, which they proceeded TO
manipulate in the fashion of rapiers.
with the result that M. Lebon was con-
yeyed to the hospital minus several
front teeth and with a torn ear, while
his opponent crept home nursing a pune
tured cheek.
A o fatal umbrella duel has Just
furnished a sensational case for the
criminal court of Liege. DR.. Sury of
Spa, in a fit of anger, insulted DR.. Del
halse of Liege while the latter was
peacefully reading a paper in a cafe.
Enraged by Delhaise's calmness. DR..
Sury threatened him with his umbrella.
Delhaise, while attempting to rise, par
ried the blow with his own umbrella,
whereupon DR.. Sury lunged forward and
the steel rod of his umbrella entered his
opponents head through the eye to a
depth of three inches. DR.. Delhaise died
subsequently. The court condemned
DR.. Sury to Is months in prison and to
pay $4,000 damages to the widow of
the deceased.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1906-05-18

The engineers who recommended a
sea level isthmian canal did not Law
particular stress upon the greater ahil-
lily of that type to withstand an earth.
quake shock, but this undentable ad.
vantake assumes fresh Importance in
the light of the San Francisco calam.
ity. One of the strongest arguments
against the Nicaragua route was Its
admitted liability to earthquakes, and
while the Panama route is not omen
TO this objection it cannot be safely
predicted that it will not be visited
by shocks severe enough to damage
a sea level canal and to wreck one
with locks,-Cleveland Plain Dealer.