Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 20, 1904, Page 8

~— gee — N JUDGE PARKER IS INFORMED FORMALLY NOTIFIED THAT HE IS THE DEMOCRATIC STANDARD BEARER. CHAMP CLARK BEARS THE MESSAGE PARKER SETS FORTH HIS VIEWS IN SPEECH WHICH IS HEARTI- LY APPLAUDED. HE SAYS ONE TERM Is ENOUGH iF ELECTED HE DECLARES HE WILL NOT ACCEPT A RE- NOMINATION. Esopus, N. Y., Aug. 12.—Judge Alton B. Parker yesterday received formal notification of his nomination for the presidency of the United States as the candidate of the Demacratic party, and in accepting gave public expres- sion for the first time of his views on the issues of the campaign. The notification was brought to him by Representative Champ Clark of Missouri, as chairman of a com: mittee representing every state and territory in the Union. Mr. Clark, in a brief speech, informed the candidate of his nomination and presented to him a formal communication signed by the committee. Standing bareheaded during a brief lull in the rain storm which had lasted since soon after daylight, Judge Park- er accepted the nomination and ‘set forth his views in a speech that evokea Frequent and Hearty Applause. He spoke for a little more than half | an hour. ! The ceremony was held on the lawn { at Rosemount, under the trees at the north side of the house and was at- tended by upward of 600 people, the larger number of whom came from New York city with the notification committee on the steamer Sagamore. The company included many Vemo- crats of national prominence as well as a large and representative delega- tion from Tammany Hall. There would have been a gala day gathering from Kingston and Vicinity, where, perhaps, the judge is best known, but the rain had been su | heavy and continuous that few local people ventured forth. After the ceremony all crowded up eagerly to shake the candidate’s hand and to congratulate him upon his speech. Judge Parker Accepts. After the notificgtion speech ‘had been concluded, Mr. Parker delivered his speech ot acceptance, as follows: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen Committee: I have resigned the office of chief judge of the court of appeals of this state in order that I may accept the responsibility that the great convention you xeprescnt has put upon me, without possible pre) dice to tne court to which I had th honor to belong, or to the eminent mesn- bers of the judicial of this state, of whom I may now say as a private citi- zen 1 am justly proud. At the very threshold of this response and berore dealing with other subject: 1 must, in justice to myselt and to r lieve my sense of gratitude, express 1 profound appreciation of the confiden reposed in me by the convention. Aft non:inating me and subsequently rece’ ing a communication declaring that 1 regarded the gold standard as tirmly and irrevocably established, a matter concerning which [ felt it incumbent upon me to make known my attitude so that hereafter no man could justly say that his support had been secured through indirection or mistake, the con- wention reiterated its determination that I should be the standard bearer of the party in the present contest. This mark ‘of trust and confidence I shall ever €s- teem as of the The Highest Honor that could be conferred upon me—an honor that, whatever may be the fate of the campaign, the future can in no de- gree lessen or impair. The admirable platform upon which the party appeals to the country for its confidence and support clearly states the principles which were so well condensed in the first inaugural address of Presi- dent Jefferson, and points out with force and directness the course to be pursued through their proper application in order to insure needed reforms in both the legislative and administrative depart- ments of the government. While un- hesitating in its promise to correct abuses and to right wrongs wherever they appear or however caused; to inves- tigate the several administrative depart- ments of the government, the conduct of svhose officials has created scandals, and to punish those who have been guilty of a breach of their trust; to oppose the granting of special privileges by which the few may profit at the exneng of the many; to practice economy in the expenditure of the moneys of the people, and to that end to return once more to the methods of the founders of the re- public by observing in disbursing the public funds the care and caution a pru- dent individual observes with respect to his own; still the spirit of the platform assures conservative, instead of rash #c- tion; the protection of the innocent well as the punishment of the guilty the encouragement of Industry, Economy and Thrift: the protection of property antee of the enforcement for the Sf all of man’s inalienable rights, among which, as said in the Declaration uf ‘n- dependence, are “‘life, liberty and the pursuit of bepoiness Liberty, as un- derstood in this country, means fot cnly the right of freedom from actual servi- tude, imprisonment or restraint, but the right of one to use his faculties in all !aw- ful ways, to live and work where he will and to pursue any lawful trade or busi- ness. These essential rights of life, —————e—EE—eeEeEeeeEeEeeeEeeeeeeeeeeeeeaEaEaEaEaEamESEaEamaEeEeaEeaEeaEeaEeEeEeEeEeEeEeEererereeme>=>SPSO_ _ eae reeoEO»0O ee the insurance about $25,000. states are. by the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States forbidden to deprive any perso nof any one of them without due process of law. Occasionally, hy reason of unnecessary or impatient agitation for reforms, .or Re cause the limitations placed upon thé de- partments of government by the Consti- tution’ are disregarded by officials desir- ing to accomplish that which to them seems good, whether the power exists in them or not, it becomes desirable to call attention to the fact that the people, in whom all power resides, have ‘seen fit, through the medium of the Constitution, to limit the governmental powers con- ferred and to say to departments created by it: “Thus far shalt thou go and no farther.” To secure the ends sought-the people have by the Constitution separat- ed and distributed among the three departments of government—the execu- tive, legislative and judicial—certain powers. and it is the duty of those ad- ministering each department so to act as to preserve, rather than to destroy, the potency of The Co-ordinate Branches of the government, and thus secure the exercise of all the powers conferred by the people. Thomas Jefferson, in a letter to William Cc. Jarvis, touching the perpetuity of our institutions, written many years after he had retired to private life, said: “If the three powers of our government maintain their mutual independence of each other, it may last long, but not so if either ¢an assume the authority of the other.” It must be confessed that in the course of our history executives have employed powers not belonging to them; statutes have been passed that were expressly for- bidden by the Constitution, and statutes have been set aside as unconstitutional when it was difficult to point out the pro- visions said to be offended against in their enactment; all this has been done with a good purpose, no doubt, but in disregard, nevertheless, of the fact that ours is a government of laws, not of men, deriving its “just powers from the consent of the governed.”’ If we would have our gov- ernment continue during the ages to come, for the benefit of those who shall succeed us, we must ever be oh our guard against the danger of usurpation of that authority which resides in the whole people, whether the usurpation be by of- ficials representing one of the three great departments of government, or by a body of men acting without a commission from the people. Impatience of the well as of its delays. restraints of law, as is becoming more and more manifest from day to day. Within the past few years many instances have been brought to our attention where in different parts of our beloved country supposed criminals have been seized and Punished by a Mob. rotwithstanding .the fact thot the con- tution of: each state guarantees to every person within its jurisdiction that his life. his liberty or his property shall not be taken from him without due process of law. In a struggle between employers and emploves, dynamite is ssid to have been used by the latter, resulting in the Joss of life and destruction of property. The perpetrators of this offense against the Jews of God and man, 7nd all others en- giged in the conspir with them, should, after due trial and conviction. have had meted out to them the most rigorous punishment known to the law. This crime, added verhaps to others. led to the formation of a committee of cl zens that, with the svpport of the mi tary authority, deports from the state. ae t | ho: without trial, uspected of be- longing to the organizstion of which the perpetrators of the dynamite outrages were supposed to be members. In both cases the reign of law gave way to the of force. These illustrations pr: sent some evidence of the failure of go ernment to protect the citizen and his property, which not only justified the ac- tion of your convention in. this regard, put made it its duty to call attention to the faet that constitutional guarantees pre violated whenever any citizen is de- nied the right ta labor, to acquire and to enjoy property, or to reside where his inferests or inclination miy determine; and the fulfilment of the assurance to rebuke and punish all denials of these riehts. whether brought about by indi- viduals cr government agencies. should be enforced by every official gnd sup- ported By Every Citizen. The Bssence of good government lies in strict observance of constitutional limi- tations, enforcement of law and order and rugged opposition to all encroach- ment upon the sovereignty of the people, The foregoing suggestions but empha- size the distinction which exists between our own and many other forms of gov- érnment. It has been well said, in sub- stance, that there are but two powers in government, one the power of the sword. sustained by the hand that wields it, and the other the power of the law, sustained by an enlightened public sentiment. The difference in these powers is the differ- ence between a republic—such as ours, based on law and a written constitution, supported by intelligence. virtue and pa- triotism—and_ a monarchy—sustained by force exerted by an individual, «uncon- trolled by laws other than those made or sanctioned by him; one_ represents constitutionalism, the other imperialism. The present tariff law is unjust in its operation, excessive in many of its rates and so framed in particular instances as to exact inordinate profits from the peo- ple. So well understood has this view be- tome that many prominent members of the Republican party, and at least two of its state conventions, have dared to voice the general sentiment on that sub- ject. That party seems, however, to be collectively able to harmonize only upon a plank that admits that revision may from time to time be necessary, but it is so phrased that it is expected to be sat- isfactory to those in Favor of an Increase of duty, to those who favor a reduction thereof, and to those opposed to any change whatever. Judged by the record of performance, rather than that of promise, on the part of that party in the past, it would seem as if the outcome, in the event of its success, would be to gratify the latter class. With absolute control of both the legislative and executive departments of the government since March 4, 1897, there has been neither reduction nor an_at- tempt at reduction in tariff duties. It is not unreasonable to assume, in the light of that record, that a future congress of that party will not undertake a revision of the tariff. downward in the event that it shall receive an indorsement of its past course on that subject by the people. It is a fact, and should be frankly conceded, that though our party be successful in the coming contest we cannot hope to seeure a majority in the senate during the next four years, and hence we shall be unable to secure any modification in the tariff save that to which the Repub- liean majority in the senate may consent. While, therefore, we are unable to give assurances of relief to the people from such excessive duties as burden them, it is due to them that we state our position to be in favor of a reasonable reduction of the tariff; that ‘we believe it is de- manded by.,the best interests of both manufacturer and consumer, and that a wise and ben it revision of the tariff can be ac as soon as_ both branches of and an executive in favor of it are ected, without creating that sense of Uncertainty and Instability that has on other occasions manifested itself. This can be achieved by providing that such a reasonable period shall inter- vene between the date of the enactment of the statute making a revision and the date of its enforcement as shall be deemed sufficient for the ihdustry or business affected by such revision to ad- just itself to the changes and new condi- tions imposed. So confident am I in the HILL TALKS OF WHEAT CROPS. | may be reduced to 520,000,000 bushels. Of course, there is some _ spotted Says His Estimate Will Stand as He | wheat in parts of Minnesota and the Has Given It. New York, Aug. 12.—James J. Hill, who arrived yesterday from a tour through the Northwest, said he had seen nothing in the wheat situation to alarm him. “I have no reason to change my original estimate of 540,000,000 bush- els,” he added. “Of course, as the harvest progresses the conditions in the spring wheat belt may change, Dakotas. This is true also of winter wheat in the Southern states. In places where’ there are good harvests the earnings of the railroads wil! be good. In other places, where the crops have suffered, there will be a falling off in the earnings.” Of the rumor that he intends to be the Democratic candidate for governor of Minnesota Mr. Hill said: “T have never been in politics and and it is possible that the total crop ! never expect to be.” tives and a D a cratic executive be chosen by the people. even a Republican senate may heed the warning and consent to give at least Some measure of relief to the pete ‘The eombinations, popularly called trusts, which aim to secure a pabnaPore of trade in the necessaries of life as well as in those things that are employed upon the farm, in the factory and in many other fields of industry, have been en- couraged and stimulated by excessive tariff duties. These operate to furnish a substantial market in the necessities of eighty millions of people, by practfcal- ly excluding competition. With so large a market and highly remunerative prices continuing long after the line of, possible competition would naturally be ‘reached, the temptation of all engaged in the same business to combine so as to pre- vent competition at home and u resultiug reduction of prices has proved irresistible in a number of cases. All men must agree that the net result of enacting laws that foster such inequitable conditions is most unfortunate for the people as a whole, and it would seem as if all ought to agree that the effective remedy would be appropriately to modify the offending law. The Growth of Monopol of which complaint is justiy made, can- not be laid at the doors of the courts of this country. The decisions of the su- preme court of the United States, the court of appeals of this state and the courts of last resort in many other states, warrant the assertion that the common law as developed affords a complete legal remedy against monopolies. The fact that they have multiplied in number and in- creased in power has been due, not to the failure of the courts to apply the law when propery moved by administrative officials or private individuals, but to the failure of officials charged with the duty of enforcing the law to take the necessary procedure to procure the judgments of the courts in the appropriate jurisdiction, coupled with the tact that the legislative departments of some of our state govern- ments, as well as congress in the manner already referred to, have, by legislation, encourag?( their propagation. What is needed—in addition to the pas- sage of a statute revising the tariff du- ties to a reasonable basis—is not so much other and different laws, as officials hav- ing both the disposition and the courage to enforce existing law. While this is my view of the scope of the common law, if it should be made to appear that it is a mistaken one, then I favor such further legislation within constitutional limita- tions as will give the people a just and full measure of protecton It is difficult to understand how any citizen of the United States, much less ndant-of Revolutionary stocx, ein » the thought of permanently denying the right of self-government to the Filipinos. Can we hope to instill into + the minds o. our descendants reverence and devotion for a government by the people. while denying ultimately thit right to the inhabitants of dis: t coun- tries, whose territory we have acquired either by pur C say to the -Filipinos, “Your lives. liberty and your property may be from you without due process of law for all eta and expect we will long glory in tha ‘eature of Magna Charta which has become incorporated, in sub- stance and effect. into the Constitution of every state, as well as in the fourteenth | amendment to the Constitution of the United States? Can we hope for the re- spect of the civilized world. while proud- ly: guaranteeing to every citizen of the United States that no law shall he made or enforced which shall abridge the priv- ileges or immunities of citizens of the I'nited States. or deny to any person the equal protection of the laws, and at the same time not only deny similar rights to the inhabitants of the Philippin but take away from them the right of trial pv jury, and place thair lives and the dis- position of their property in the keeping of those whom we send to them to by their governors? We shall certainly rue it as a nation if we make any such at- tempt. Viewing the question even from = the standpoint of national selfishness, there is no prospect that the twenty millions dollars exnerdedin the vurchase of th» islands and the six hundred and fifty m 1. lions said to have been since disbursed will come back to us. The accident of war brought the Philippines into our possession and we are not at liberty to disregard the responsibility which thus came to us, but that responsibility will be best subserved by preparing the isl- anders as rapidly as possible for self-gov- ernment and giving to them the as- surances that it Will come as are reasonably prepared 5 he need be no fear that the assertion often made of late. that we have now Become a World Power. will then be without support. Ours is a world power, and as such it must he maintained; but I deny that it is at all recently that the United States thas at- tained that eminence. Our country be- came a world power over a century «go, when, having thrown off foreign domina. tion, the people established a free govern- ment, the source of whose authovit) sprung, and was continuously to proceed. from the will of the people themselves. It grew as a world power as its sturdy citizens, to whose natural increase were added immigrants from the old world seeking to obtain here the liberty as prosperity denied them in their own coun- tries, spread over the face of the land, reduced the prairies and forests to c vation, built cities, constructed high ys and railroads. till now a nation whicr at the formation of the government nus: bered only three millions in popula-ton, has become eighty millions, and from ocean to ocean and the lakes to the gulf, the country is the abode of a ‘ree and | prosperous people, advanced 1 est degre? in the learning arts of civilization. It is the liberty, the ad- vancement and the prosperity of its citi- zens, not any career of conquest, made the country a world power. ‘s condition we owe to the bounty of Provi- dence, unfolded in the great natural re- sources of the country, to the wisdom ~f our fathers manifested in the form ¢f government established by them, to the energy, industry, moral character end law-abiding spirit of the people them- selves. We are not a military people, bent or conquest, or engaged in extending ew domains to foreign lands. or desirous cf Securing Natural Advantages, however great, by force; but a people lov- ing peace, not only for ourselves, but for ali the nations of the earth. ‘The display of great ‘military ments may please the eye and, fo moment, excite the pride of the citizen, but it cannot bring to the country the brains, brawn and muscle of a single in- migrant, nor induce the investment | ere of a dollar of capital. Of course such armament as may be necessary for the security of the country and the pretec- tin of the rights of its citizens, at heme or abroad, must be maintained. Any oth- er course would be not only [aise eccn- omy, but pusillanimous. I protest, how- ever, against the feeling, now far too prevalent, that by reason of the com- manding position we have assumed in the world, we must take part in the disputes and broils of foreign countries; and that because we have grown great we should intervene in every important questien trat arises in other parts of the world. I also protest against the erection of ary such military establishments as wovld be required to maintain the antry that attitude. We should contin international activities solely to mat in which the rights of the of our citizens are directly mvolve is not a situation of isolation, but pendence. The government of the United States was organized solely for the people of the United States. While it was contem- aish- DYING AS RESULT OF WORRY. Merchant, Anonymously Menaced With Murder for Money, Passing Away. ' Pittsburg, Aug. 12.—Andrew Taplir, the merchant of this city who for sev- eral weeks has received a number of letters threatening to kill him and dynamite his house, is dying. He was in ill health at the time the anony- mous letters began to arrive and was so worried by them that he failed rap- idly and was soon compelled to take to his bed. The letters commenced to come in the middle of July and threat. | d of ht be discharge ‘the thized “with ‘the peopys of e every nation in their eter oe Struggles tor Self-government, the government was not created for a ca- ra of post or civilizing evangeliza- tion in foreign countries or among alien races. The most efficient work we can do ie uplifting the people of other countries is by the presentation of a happy, pros- perous, self-governing nation as an Yacai to be emulated, a model to be followed. 4 i general occupation of our citizens ig the arts of peace, or the absence of large military armaments, tends to im- pair neither being dane nor physical cour- age, and for/the truth of this I refer the young men of to-day to the history of the Civil war, For fifty years, with the ex- ception of the war with “Mexico, this country had been at peace, with a stand- ing army most of the time of less than ten thousand men. He who thinks that the nation had grown effeminate during that period should read the casualty rolls of the armies on either side at Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Gettys- burg, at Ston@pRiver and Chickamauga. I would be the last man to pluck a single jJaurel from the crown of any one of the military heroes to whom this country owes so much, but I insist that their most heroic deeds proceeded infinitely more from devotion to the country than from martial spirit. As Ll have already proceeded at too great length. other questions suggested in the platform must await my letter of acceptance, Mr. Chairman, in most you have reminded me of the great re- ibility, as well as the great honor of nomination bestowed upon me by the convention you represent this day. assured that both are appreciated—so keenly appreciated that I am humbled in their presence. \ I accept, gentlemen of the committee, the nomination, and if the action of th convention shall be indorsed by an elec tion by the people, I will, God helping me, give to the discharge of the duties of that exelted office the best service of which I am capable, and at the end of the term Retire to Private Lite. I shall not be a candidate for, nor shalt I accept/a renomination. Several reasons might be advanced for this position, but the controlling one with me is that I am full ersuaded that no incumbent of that office should ever be placed in a sit- uation of possible temptation to consider what the effect of action taken by him in an administrative matter of great im- portance might have upon his political fortune: Questions of momentous consequence to all of the people have been in the past and will be in the future presented to the president for determination, and in ap- proaching their consideration, as well as in weighing the facts and the arguments bearing upon them, he should be unem- barrassed by any poss ble thought of the influence his decision may have upon any- thine whatever that mav affect him per- sonally. I make this statement, not in criticism of any of our presidents from Washington down who have either held the office for two terms or sought to suc- ceed themselves; for strong arguments mn be advanced in support of the re-elec- of a president. : is simply my judgment that the in- lerests of this country are now so vast and the questions presented are frequent- ly of such overpowering magnitude to the neonle that it is indispensable to the maintenance of a befitting attitude before the people, not only that the chief mag rate should be independent but that in- endence should be known of all men. graceful speech Bagasse Paper. ‘The display at the meeting of the Louts- jana Sugur Planters’ association of speci- mens of paper manufactured from bagasse will offer much encouragement to men who have long believed in the de- velopment of the industry. It has been demonstrated by the New York firm, which is in possession of the secret pro- cess employed in converting bagasse in- to paper, that paper of any quality can be manufactured from this-material. The specimens displayed leave no doubt as to the possibilities of the industry, and announcement that the New York firm will soon establish a manufacturing plant in ection will be welcomed by men who have long believed that the waste of the canefields could be put to some good use. If paper of every grade and texture can be manufactured from bagasse, as an- nounced, and the specimens exhibited at the meeting of the Louisian Sugar Plant- ers’ association leave no doubt cn this point, then Louisiana shall become -the center in a short while of paper manu- facture. Dr. Drewson, the discoverer of the process by which the waste products of the canefields can be converted into paper, has «not. only mastered the in- tricacies connected with the manufacture of paper from. bagassée, but has worked out a scheme which insures a good profit to the manufacturer, an essential too often lacking in the progressive plans of the day. iscoveries are of but little value in this age unless they can stand the test of utilitarianism, or unless they apen the way to some other discovery which will offer a fair return for the jabor and money expended. Dr. Drew- son’s discovery is not only of vast prac- tical value in offering a solution of the problem which has confronted paper man- ufacturers on accoynt of the increasing searcity of spruce pine, but has the ad- litional allurement of opening up a new and profitable industry, and one ‘yhich promises much for the future. When manufacturers begin to convert the waste of the canefields into paper there need be no longer fear of a paper famine, such as has but recently threatened the coun-, ‘ew Orleans ‘Times-Democrat. Lee's Rose Bushes at Lexington, Va The older inhabitants of the quiet old town of Lexington, Va., are wrought up over what they allege to be desecration sf property which once belonged to Gen. Robert E, Lee. Soon after the close of the Civil war yen. Lee took up his post as president of “he university and was made a present of 1 home on the college campus. In the ear of the house was quite an extensive garden, and along the walks were a large umber of rose bushes set out by Gen, Lee himself. It is these rose bushes vhich still bloom brilliantly every year, hat are causing the present indignation among Lexington’s staid old population. In extending the equipment of tho Washington and Lee university the facul- ty has seen fit to order the erection of dermitories, and in the rear of Gen. Lee's old home the foundations are being laid. When the workmen began to break the dirt the flowers of the sleeping hero be- gan to fall, and a vigorous protest arose from those who knew the general when performing his duties as president of the college. Lagann. be the faculty holds ev- everything pertaining to Lee in the deep- est reverence, that body is of a practical turn of mind and looks upon the matter trom a utilitarian point of view. The dormitories and the rose bushes could not be reconciled, so the latter were dug up. Then arose the problem of their proper disposal. Having been the property of Gen. Lee, they could not be sold. Such association denied them money value. They. were after due consideration dis- tributed among the neighbors of the prea- ent incumbent of Gen. Lee's house, and in the face of the indignant ante-bellum inhabitants several ladies in the neigh- borhood proceeded to transplant the roses that have so well out-lived their famous owner.—Augusta (Ga.) Herald. His Ruling Passion. “Bixter wants to marry, but he’s afraid it wili interfere with his political wors. “What does he say about it?’ “He says he’s In 4 doubtful state.”— Cleveland Plain Dealer. ened that unless he deposited $1,000 at the place designated he would be filled with bullets and his house blown up. 2a SeeD Maka ae cceeree a Must Stand Trial. Clarksville, Iowa, Aug. 12. — Hugh Wheeler, who has been charged with the attempt to ruin, disfigure and in- jure, by throwing lye in Mrs. Parnie Ramsey’s face, waived the preliminary hearing before Justice Ulgenfritz and was remanded back to jail to await the action of the grand jury in default of $1,000 bail. ‘that prior to the occupation of Dakota FIRE EATS UP FOREST. Western Montana Is Being Devastated by Flame: Missoula, Mont., Aug. 16. — Forest fires aru blazing with renewed fury in the densely wooded sections in West- ern Montana and the smoke is so thick in the heavens as to almost ob- scure the color of the sun, which has resembled a great red ball. The smoky atmosphere imparts blue color to the grass and verdure. The largest fire is raging in the vicinity of Lolo Hot Springs near the Bitter timber re- serve. The line of fire creeping up the mountain side can be seen for miles. At Lodge Pole the fire is fierce- ly leaping from tree to tree. Millions of feet of timber have been de- stroyed. According to the rangers nothing but heavy rains will ex- tinguish the fires and their efforts are being confined in a measure to direct- ing the course of the fire. Great num- bers of deer, elk, bear and small game are being driven before the flames. KILLS BOY WITH BRICK. Picnic Row Results in Death of Five- Year-Old Lad. Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 16. — Ed Brown has been arrested charged with the murder of William Goff, the five- year-old son of his friend, Nathan Goff. Goff and Brown, with their families, had gone to a picnic, where they indulged too freely in liquor. Brown, after an altercation with Goff, swore that he would get even later in the evening. When the party was pre- paring to return home and Goff had his five-year-old boy in his arms start- ing for the picnic wagon Brown threw a brick, intending to hit the father. Goff dodged and the brick struck the son squarely in the head, inflicting a terrible wound from which the boy died in an hour. Brown es- caped from the picnic party to the city. The police were called and a lynching was narrowly averted. BONES OF MONSTER BISONS. Ditch Digger in South Dakota Un- earths Skeletons. Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 16. — While engaged in constructing a huge ditch near some springs on his land for the purpose of draining quite an area and bringing it under cultivation, William Lindsey, a Deuel county farmer, un- earthed the skeletons of three mon- ster buffaloes. Everything indicated by the whites buffalo were accustomed to drink at the springs, and that those whose skeletons have just been found got mired in the mud and sank be- neath the surface of the ground. ONE KILLED AND THREE INJURED Smash-Up Occurs in the Union Depot Yards at St. Paul. St. Paul, Aug. 16.—Thomas Garvin, a switchman, was crushed to death last night in a wreck in the union depot yards under the Third street bridge. He was hurled from the top of a Northern Pacific caboose, which was struck by an engine and crushed between the caboose and a car on an adjoining track. William Quinn, a brakeman, and Larry Madden and P. J. Garrity, switchmen, who were on top of the caboose with Garvin, were knocked from the car and were pain- fully bruised by striking the rails. PEBBLE MAY COST HIS LEG: Small Bruise Causes Blood Poisoning at Howard, S. D. Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 16.—By the lodging of a little pebble in one of his shoes, James Murray, a young man residing at Howard, will probably lose his leg. The pebble bruised his foot slightly, but nothing was thought of the injury until the foot swelled to an enormous size and blood poisoning de- veloped. Several operations have been necessary to save the young man’s life, and it is feared the affected foot and leg will have to be ampu- tated. ANTI-SALOON FIGHT FAILS. Circuit Court Judge McGee Dismisses Case at Sturgis. Sturgis, S. D., Aug. 16—A demurrer to the petition for a peremptory man- damus to compel the state’s attorney and the sheriff of Meade county to re- move all screens from the windows of saloons and to enforce the Sunday closing law was sustained by Judge McGee of the circuit court and the case was dismissed. CARBERRY’S BIG BLAZE. One of the Largest Blocks in Town Is Completely Destroyed. Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 16. — Fire at Carberry early yesterday completely destroyed the Stickle block, one of the largest buildings in town. The total loss will be nearly $40,000, and Young Women Rescue a Man. Fond du Lac, Wis., Aug. 16.—W. W. Leake of New Orleans was rescued from drowning in Lake Denevue by a party of eight) young society women, who saw his sailboat capsize and who promptly took boats and went to his 'SALOONKEEPERS ROUNDED UP. Dver Half a Hundred in Minneapolis Are Arrested. ‘ Minneapolis, Aug. 17, — Between fifty and sixty down town saloon- keepers were arrested last night, charged witb violating the Sunday closing law. The warrants were is- sued at the instance of a man named Hill, who is supposed to be working for the home Protective league. This league, which was formed some time ago, is composed of a committee of twenty representative men, and this committee has been at work for some time to find a way to enforce the wine room ordinance. They are not willing to make a test case of the wine room ordinance at this time, but they are going to try the case on the state law which provides that all sa- loons shall be closed on Sunday. Practically every down town saloon- keeper who allows women in his place will appear in court to-day. The saloon men will have the liquor deal- ers’ association behind them, and several of them last night stated that they would fight the case to the end. OVERLOADED HIS BOAT. Duluth Board Revokes License of Capt. Mann. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 17. — After in- vestigating the charges preferred by Collector of Customs Willcuts that on three different trips to Zenith Park the steamer Mary Mann carried more passengers than the inspection certifi- cate allowed, the local board, con- sisting of Capt. John Monaghan and Michael F. Chalk, decided to revoke the pilot license of Jacob W. Mann, master. By this action Capt. Mann cannot operate his boat himself until Aug. 23, 1907, when his present li- cense expires. BABY TIPS OVER COFFEE POT. Is Terristy Burned by Hot Contents. Winona, Minn., Aug. 17.—The eight- months-old son ef Albert Cysewski will probably dite from injuries re- ceived from tipping over a pot full of scalding coffee which ran over his body, arms and legs. The family was at dinner and the girl, after pour ing out the coffee, set the pot on the floor. The mother, not knowing this, placed the child down and it crawled to the pot and pulled it over. So se verely was it burned that the flesh is dropping from its hands. Gaya eR asa POSSIBLY FATAL ASSAULT. Infant Saloon Proprietor Fractures a Man’s Skull in Row. Two Harbors, Minn., Aug. 17.—In a saloon row at the Stevenson irop mine Mike Kelley, proprietor of the place, struck Isaac Maki, a Finlander, on the head with a club, inflicting an injury that may result in death. Upon investigation it was found that the skull was fractured. Kelley was arrested and is being held to await the result of his victim’s injuries. LIFE SNUFFED OUT. Michael Ritter Takes Hold of a Live Electric Wire. Sparta, Wis., Aug. 17. — Michael Ritter, a prominent business man of this city, was killed by an electric wire while on his way to his place of business. He slipped, and in falling, caught hold of a guy wire crossed with’an electric light wire.’ He called for help but before aid reached him life was extinct. BODY OF GIRL IN WELL. Think She Committed Suicide Though Case Is Mysterious. Prospect, Wis., Aug. 17—The body of Miss Lizzie Kamaraden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Kamraden, was found in a well on the family premises yesterday. The general sup position is that the girl committed suicide, though the case is mysterious from the fact that she was not known to have a care in the world. HAIL HURTS FRUIT TREES. Stones an Inch in Diameter Fall in the Vicinity of La Crosse. La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 17.—A hail storm during which stones an inch in diameter fell thickly, did great dam age to fruit trees in this vicinity. Hundreds of panes of glass in green houses were broken. . . Rich Vein of Ore. Deadwood, S. D., Aug. 17—The Safe Investment company is developing a very large vertical vein of free-mill ing ore on a property south of this city. The outcropping shows that the vein is at least 400 feet wide, and the assays run high enough to make it a commercial proposition. The vein is cross-cut at the 175-foot level and in the center of the ledge recent discov. eries have been made of very ricb ore. BAD NOTES FOR $207,000 Grinnell, Iowa, Aug. 17.—Bank Ex aminer Shaw, who was appointed temporary receiver of the First Na- tional bank, has finished his work, and Mr. Work of Iowa City has been rescue. | Cholera Is eFared. St. Petersburg, Aug. 16.—The Offi- cial Messenger announces the closing of the land frontier of Transcaspian territory owing to the prevalence of cholera in Persia and Afghanistan. made permanent receiver. There was found $207,000 of fraudulent notes. From all that can be learned, and that is little, there are enough, or nearly enough assets to pay the de positors, but it is generally believed that if they get 75 cents on a dollar it will be all that will be realized. Se