2>\u25a0were sent .up. Then sail covers were takenoff the mainsails and after Captains"Barr

. and Sycamore had gauged the strength ofP the wind the crews of both yachts got outsome number two club topsails.:; "We Bhall have a good breeze all-day,"I said Captain Sycamore, "and this will be

\u25a0" more like Shamrock weather." .. '* When asked what he thought of the?** weather, Captain Barr said: :'\u25a0'•\u25a0';'\u25a0

"This Is great. I think we will sail afast race to-day." .'' -'. Columbia took a line from her tug at

8 8:60 o'clock and started out for the horse--1 thoe, Shamrock following her five minutes'later. Columbia rounded the hook ua-' der tow and started for the line, not at-, tempting to put up her mainsail, althoughs it was an easy run down before the 'wind.

Shamrock also went around under tow.When the tugs Luckenbach and Naviga-

tor, two of the comlmttee boats, passed at9:25 the wind was still holding fresh andsteady, the official gauge at Sandy Hook

> giving the velocity as twenty'four knotsl{ an hour. Should it hold, there was everyM prospect that the race would be sailed In

:• less than 3& hours.J; The racers were well out to the light-* ship before the -vanguard of the great ex-

cursion fleet started down through the' narrows, closely followed by a picturesque

fcwarm^f white yachts and miscellaneouscraft. When the steamer Victor arrivedat the Hook with the guests of Sir Thom-as 'Lipton they had an exciting time In

; being transferred in small launches from_' the transport to the yacht Erin. The sea\u0084as choppy and the small boats tossed

about in a threatening manner.Soon after 10 o'clock both Columbia and

Shamrock .hoisted their mainsails and' 1 Columbia set her club topsail. By this

time the wind had hauled to the north-northeast, and while still blowing steadilyhad apparently decreased in velocity,though not enough to cause any appre-

. hension.On both yachts every sail seemed to set

to perfection, and as the wind had slack-ened a little, both captains sent up their

• largest club topsails. Shamrock was firstto drop her tow. At half-past ten she

&broke out her jib, and, swinging away\u25a0.on the port tack, wore around with a

grand heel committee boat signals had been set for.. a triangular course, first • leg east halfI

; south; second leg southwest half south;• third leg north northwest. When the

- warning gun was fired at 10:55 both yachtswere headed into the wind a little to east-. ward of the judges' boat, killingtime.

DAILY RACES: \u25a0'\u25a0 i ... .These Are Practically Provided For

livAgreement.

New York. Oct. C—The following offi-cial statement has been given out by thesigners:

The agreement determining the conditionsand governing the races for the America's

' cup, as agreed upon by the committees of theNew York Yacht club and the Royal Ulster

Strike out clauses beginning, "The first raceshall be sailed on -Saturday, Sept. 21, 19ol,"and substitute thu following: "The races6hall be sailed on the following dates untilthe series bo completed, namely: Sept. 26,

Yacht club, are hereby modified as follows:

lowing day except Sunday; provided, how-* , ever, that immediately on the conclusion of

' the race of Oct. 3, and of each subsequentrace, -the regatta committee shall inquire ot

Sept. 28, Oct. 1 and Oct. I, 1901, and each fol-

start the next day, and should either con-testant reply in the negative, one day shallintervene before starting the day's race. TheSunday shall not count as such intervening. day."

each contestant whether he is willing to

York Yacht club by Lewis Cass Leydard,chairman, and for the Royal Ulster Yachtclub by R. G. Sharrnan-Crawford, vicechairman.

This agreement is signed for the New

Not Much Betting.New York, Oct. 3.—There is little betting in

Wall street on the yacht races. The largestwagers reported are: H. M. Pearsall bet$1,000 to $81)0 that Columbia would win the

; series, .Maurice O'Meara, Jr., being namedas the taker of the Shamrock end. F. H.. Broke bet $600 to $."nn that Columbia wouldwin to-day (Thursday). George Weaver bet$500 even that Columbia would win the nexttwo races, and W. B. Coster made a similarbet of $500.

Perhaps Another Challenger.Glasgow, Oct. 3.—A report is current that,

If .Sir Thomas Upton fails to win the Ameri-ca's cup in the present contest, a syndicateof West Scotchmen will immediately chal-lenge for it.

ARID LANDS OF THE WESTHESTOX LEADS THE DISCUSSION

OoTernment Moat Help the Individ-.." ' ual—Morton, Hoard and

. \u0084 Andrew) Speaks.

Sioux Falls, S. D.-, Oct. 3.— the!\u25a0 morning session of the Farmers' Congress

here to-day, Dr. J. W. Haston of theSouth Dakota college of agriculture, reala paper on "Farmers' Opportunity." He

: discussed the necessity of immediatereclamation of the arid lands of the west. ;He declared that private enterprise hadalready accomplished all possible to be-done and nothing further could be ex-pected until the general government cameto the aid.

He said that the government had re-ceived a half billion dollars from the sale- of western lands since 1875 and thoughtit not unreasonable to ask that $15,000,000be expended for ten years in the reclama-tion of lands capable of supporting apopulation equal to the present popula-tion of the United States.

He declared that states could not dealwith the problem and nothing could bedone until the general government made ,an appropriation and he urged the farmers |congress to press the matter to the atten-tion of the government.' The doctor discussed the probability of

.a ;resolution (being adopted to-morrow infavor of national appropriation in aid ofthe irrigation of arid lands of the west.

••. Yesterday afternoon's session of thefarmers' national convention developed

-. the liveliest meting yet held. CharlesnKight of Illinois delivered an address on"The Truth About the OleomargarineBusiness." J. Sterling Morton, of Ne- \braska, ex-secretary of agriculture; W. j

. D. Hoard, ex-governor of Wisconsin, and [many others participated in the discus- ,sion which followed.: The feature of last night's session wasan address on "The Farmstead Beauti-bul'.'-by Dr. E. Benjamin. Andrews, chan-cellor of the University of Nebraska. :.; -:'tr

THE NIGHTLY BURGLARIES

iiiK Avenue South.Two Took Place Last Nia-ht on Irv-

In spite of the agitation over burglariesafcout Lowry Hill and Sunnyside and theconsequent increased vigilance in thosedistricts, three more houses in that partof the city have been robbed in as manynights. This morning when John W.Hughes, 1809 Irving avenue S, went downstairs he found that during the nightmarauders had ransacked every room onthe lower floor, picking out silverware,

ijewelry and clothing.The residence of F. B. Mills, 1774 Ir-

ving avenue, was al«o burglarized lastnight. The thieves secured watches andjewelry.

Early Monday morning the residence ofHenry A. Barnes, 1812 Emerson avenueS, was entered by burglars. They tooktheir time and picked out several articlesof jewelry, silverware, and other tableware, valued at about $100 and carriedthem away without molestation.

The residence of George Dearborn, 2110Girard avenue S, was broken into lastnight and about $75 in silverware wastaken. The thieves overlooked valuablesilverware lying within easy reach on thedining-room table.

INVESTIGATEEVERYBODY

roiitlmiPil From First I'age.

were preparing to withdraw from the har-bor and that Commodore Schley had com-municated the facts to the squadron. Itwas competent, he said, to prove the con-duct of the commodore under the depart-ment's precept.

Captain Lemly and Mr. Hanna contendedthat the certain effect of such questionswould be to open the gates for intermin-able inquiry, and that if one side shouldenter upon such questions, the other mustalso be allowed to do so. They did notobject except for the time involved.

: Captain Parker announced his :: willingness to "open the door :: wide." He wanted the entire :

: matter investigated, and would :: have the search-light turned :: upon every individual from the :: commander-in-chief to the low- :: est officer under him.

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Mr. Rayner was then permitted to askhis question, which he did in the follow-ing words: „; :

"Was the smoke observed on July 2 byCommodore Schley communicated to thesquadron?" The reply was;

Smoke was observed rising In the harboron July 2, and my impression now is andalways has bt^en since that night that thatinformation was conveyed to the commander-in-chief.

The witness was then requested to givea brief account of the part taken by theBrooklyn in the battle of July 5, which hedid, repeating much that he had said yes-terday.

After ' stating the preliminaries Lieu-tenant Doyle related his observations olthe 'battle in the following language:

I fired the left gun first, and Halliganshortly afterward fired the right one. Thenwe began to load the gune again. It wasnecessary, then, after loading the guns asecond time, to turn the turret directlyahead, as our ship was apparently shuttingthe enemy out by turning with a starboardhelm. Immediately after firing that left gunthe second time, the order was to man thestarboard battery. I got out of the turretthrough the roof, that being the most con-venient way of getting out, and crossed overto the starboard turret. As I was going into the starboard turret I had an opportunityto see the Spanish ships. They were thena little on our starboard bow. As soon as Ihad charge of the controller, which up tothis time had been in charge of Mr. Wood-ward, I swung the turret around on to thostarboard bow.

In the meantime some of our forward gunshad fired. The volume of smoke was so greatthat It must have oocne from one of theeight-inch guns of the forward turret, so Iwas entirely shut out from seeing the enemy.While the guns were in this position, Mr.Mason, our executive officer, passed downthe starboard gangway calling "Sharp onthe starboard quarter." The interval of timefrom the time the guns were on the star-board bow, or starboard quarter, I think musthave been two minutes. I swung the gunsaround to the starboard quarter and then wepicked up the enemy. The range at which Ifired, to the best of my memory, was about1,400 yards, and from then on it was a con-stant fire, training the guns until we finallygot them on the starbgard beam. The rangaincreased up to 2,000 yards, and during therun, after being parallel with the Spanishships, the range varied from about 2,300 toI.SOO. I think when the Viscaya went ashorethe range was about 1,800 yards. Just im-mediately before she turned in she made asheer with her starboard helm, apparentlycoming roward us, tnd then immediatelyput halm around the other way and went inshore.

Chasing: the ColoiV. . >\u25a0 ,From then on it was a chase after tt-e

Colon. At the time the Viscaya went ashorethe Colon, by working up inside of the otHerSpanish ships, had secured a very long lead.I should say she was at least five or sixmiles, perhaps more, on our starbard bow,well in shore. The order was given to ceasefiring, and to come out of the turrets andtake a "spell" during the chase of the Colon.The Oregon, during that chase and while wewere on the top of the turret, was directed totry her thirteen -inch guns on the enemy, andthe shots all fell short. In a little whilethey were tried again and came a littlecloser. ''!'J''^P~! \u25a0'\u25a0' - -\u25a0Admiral Dewey—Directed by whom?

Witness —By Commodore Schley, sir, bywigwag signal, as I remember it.

Admiral Dewey—You saw that signal?Witness—Yes, sir; I saw the signal being

made.Admiral Bcnham—Did you read the signal?Witness —I did not, but I understood what

It was, and if I am not. mistaken it was Mc-Cauley, an ensign we had on board, whomade the signal himself. Shortly after thisthe forward turret and starboard turret ofthe Brooklyn were directed to load the gun*with armor-piercing shells. The forwardturret was directed to flre first two shots,

| which it did. The shots rfell short. Then Ii was directed to flre, and I fired at a range,ias I now recall, of 6,iJ00 yards. We triedi both guns at that range. This shot fell I'\u25a0 short. We loaded again in the starboardturret, and I increased the range to 6,700yards and fired the right gun It went a lit-tle to the right of the Colon, but the rangewas ntj good. The Colon very shortlyafter that went ashore.

Captain Leirly began his cross examina-tion by asking the witness whether he -wasas sure of the position of the actions ofthe Brooklyn as he had 'been of the way

i the Brooklyn bad been turned on the dayof the Santiago battle.

The witness replied that he was morecertain. He repeated his statement madeyesterday that he had made the entry inthe log that the vessel had been turnedwith a starboard helm, -when in fact it hadturned with a port helm. He said he hadnot consulted with anyone except Com-mander Sharp before he changed the en-try.

The questions were then asked by Mr.Hanna and -.raversed much of the sameground gone over yesterday by Captain

jLemly In the examination-in-chief."(iimine Right Toward Us."

In response to Mr. Hanna's questionsLieutenant Doyle said that upon ap-proaching Santiago on the evening of May

1 28 the squadron lay to for the night aboutseven miles off Santiago, but he thoughtthat the Marblehead and the Vixen were' placed on picket duty. The log, however,

j showed no record of the latter fact.Mr. Hanna cross-examined the witness

I regarding his testimony bearing upon thebattle of Santiago, asking him first as tothe direction in which the Spanish shipswere headed as they came out of themouth of the harbor.

"They were coming right toward us,"tbe witness replied, "in column of vessel,almost in line, a little on our starboardt>ow. They had not then begun to turn."

"Were they firing at you?" asked Mr.Hanna.

"They were certainly firing in our di-rection," "was the response.

The witness said after that the firingwas from both sides of the bows of theenemy's vessels.

"How sure," asked Mr. Hanna, "do youfeel of your recollection as to the waythey were headed at that time?"

"That is one of the things that mostfirmly impressed themselves on my mind,'replied the witness.

At the afternoon session, testifying con-cerning the events of July 3, lieutenantDoyle stated that at 9:30 a. m. of thatdate the Brooklyn had been 6,300 yardefrom the Moro, 300 yards farther out thanthe position assigned. H« thought thatthe Brooklyn's first shot had been fired.four or five minutes after she began tomove Into action.

Captain Lemly asked what efforts hadbeen made by the flying squadron to de-termine the whereabouts of the Spanishfleet while the squadron lay off Clenfue-gos before the arrival of Captain Mc-Calla. The witness replied there hadbeen no effort except in making inquiries

of the captain of the British vessel,Adula.

Judge Advocate: "Do you mean that thecourse of the Brooklyn took her acrossthe Spanish 'line and that she necessarilymanoeuvered so as to make a turn toavoid that?"

"That is what I mean."Captain William C. Dawsoa of the

United States marine corps, signal officeron the Indiana during the 'battle, hadnoticed the nrooklyn when that vesselturned to the southward. He had sup-posed the ship was injured and gone outof action.

SA.HPBOM STA'Yftt OUTNo Farther Effort to IlrinX Him Into

the ('me.Washington, Oct. 3.—Attorney Rayner

said yesterday that Admiral Schley hadsummoned 47 witnesses, but he feltthat it would not be necessary to examinemore than half -of these. He said at therate the department was proceeding now,the case would come to a close about thefirst week in November.

The most important decision of the daywas the announcement of Admiral Deweythat the court would permit the asking ofno questions which tended to bring theblockade established by Schley in compari-son with the blockade established bySampson. This has been the policy of thecourt from the beginning, but there hasexisted up until this time a determina-tion on the part of the lawyers of Schleyto bring Sampson into the case. The lastwords Jere M. Wilson uttered before thecourt voiced this intention.

After the decision of the courtMr. Rayner privately announced that-nomore effort would be made to bring Ad-miral Sampson into the ease.

NAILED HIM NEATLYABox Car Merchant Caught by tha

Dairy and Food Commissioner.

HE SOLD ALUM BAKING POWDER

After Two. Heavy Fine* He PackedUp and Quietly Flew

by Nijtlil.

P. Monaghan, of Kirn, lowa, had an ex-citing day's experience at Kasson yester-day, as the result of a visit from W. W.P. McConnell, state dairy and food com-missioner.

Mr. Monaghan is one of the fraternityof "box car merchants" who have beenmaking life miserable for the merchantsof southern Minnesota. Their practice isto send agents through a community,selling groceries and other supplies at cutprices, until a car load is contracted for.The car load is then sent out from Chi-cago and unloaded into some vacant build-ing, from which deliveries are made. The.railroad companies will not allow them tosell from the car.

These merchants stir up all sorts oftrouble, forcing people to take goods theynever ordered, and unloading cheap,trashy goods on the consumers. In re-sponse to numerous complaints, Mr. Mc-Connell decided to get after them, andtimed his visit to Kasson so as to meetMonaghan's car.

He hired detectives, who purchased bak-ing powder improperly labeled, and J. J.McCaughey, county attorney, hauled Mon-aghan before Justice August Anderson,who fined him $50 and costs. He was im-mediately arested on a simlar charge andgiven another |50, which he paid with loudprotests. His victims wrere correspond-ingly rejoiced.

The baking powder was a cheap alumproduct and sold at 30 cents a pound, be-ing worth about one-third of that amount.

Mr. MeConnell had arranged to followMonaghan up and catch him at the nextstop, but he loaded up some wagons andleft Kasson last night by the countryroad.

Plans are being laid to catch other"fly-by-nights." Their business is legalexcept where they transgress the purefood laws and by that method the dairyand food department intends to run themout of business.

WELL WORTH WHILEMinneapolis Going After the N, E.

Convention in Earnest.

'TWOULD BRING THOUSANDS HERE

Guarantees Are Kot Onerous and ArePractically Provided for

Already.

Minneapolis confidently expects to se-cure the next meeting of the NationalEducational association. A committee willprobably be named to present the in-vitation and claims of the city to theexecutive committee of the associationwhich meets in Chicago next week to de-termine the next convention city. Busi-ness men and the Commercial Club com-mittee have been at work on the proposi-tion ofr several days, and it is said thisafternoon that the guarantees required bythe association will be made without adoubt. Business men are thoroughly in-terested in this convention, and whileMinneapolis has some strong opposition,it is believed the claims of the city willbe recognized by the committee as su-perior. New applicants for the conven-tion have entered the field within the pastfew days. It was demonstrated at theDetroit meeting that Minneapolis wasthe big favorite for the next meeting.

A Desirable Convention.

This convention is regarde das one ofthe most desirable gatherings from everypoint of view of all the conventions heldin the nUited States. A conservative es-timate places the number who will at-tend at 10,000 and the amount of moneythey will leave in the city at $250,000. Thetotal cost of the convention to the citywill be between $2,500 and $3,000. Thevisitors wil be in session at least fourdays and these meetings may be continueda week. Most of the visitors will remainhere a week and many of them ten days.The convention is held during vacationtime and a large number, following theirusual practice, will make a protractedstay here, as it is their vacation trip.This means a large amount of money spentwith Minneapolis business men.

STILL HUNG UPCapitol Mechanical Equipment Is

Proving a Hard Problem.The state capitol commisison spent another

two hours in executive session this morningwithout reaching a conclusion on the me-chanical equipment contract. Thq discussionwas resumed at 2 o'clock.

W. I. Gray, O. P. Briggs of the Twin CityIron Works, and Mr. Chalmers of the Elec-tric Machinery company, all of whom areinterested in the bid of W. I. Gray & Co.,were called in this morning and aalwd "cer-tain questions." They asked until this aft-ernoon to consider their repiiea.

Indications are that the commission Is try-ing to split the contract between W. I. Gray& Co. and Allan BlacM & Co., so as to useMinnesota-made machinery and still achievethe greatest economy.

Damages for a Shock.The case of Bernard Wandersee against the

Minneapolis Street Railway company is ontrial before Judge Simpson and a jury. Wan-dersee claims to have been permanently In-jured by an electric shock while in the em-ploy of the company. He sues to recover120.Q00. At a former trial, the plaintiff se-cured a verdict of $5,000.

To Care a Cold In One Day-Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Alldruggists refund money if It falls to cur*.E. W.Grove's signature is on each box. 25c.

EVOLUTION OFGRAIN TRADE

Continued Kruin Fir«t Fn«e.

of the warehouse; later it was reaaeked andcarted to a Missouri river steamboat andshipped to Omaha, the then nearest railroadpoint.

The small volume of business; uncertaintyas-to time of delivery; the necessity of usingmuscle In place of machinery; the lack ofbeing able to hedge, all contributed to forcethe merchant to buy on a very wide margin,or to gamble that wheat would advance inpri'.e. The large majority of those who pur-

, sued th« latter course died poor or are to-dayi without money or Influence.

With the advent of the railroad came par-titioned warehouses, aad those among youold in the business will recall how we foughtfor hill or knoll locations high enough tospout to ears without rehandling. Latercame the balloon elevator driven by oneblind horse, with a fanning mill in the base-meut. Some of you will remember alternat-ing between the mill and the horse, usingthe same stick for both.

What are now known as line elevator com-panies had their origin in the early seven-ties, and one of the first was located on theDakota Southern railroad from Sioux Cityto Yankton, a distance of sixty-five miles.

With the advent of the St. Paul & Pacificrailroad -.now known as the Great Northern)and the Northern Pacific, and the tremen-dous immigration following, the line elevatorman became p. necessity. Material was cart-ed miles in advance of the railroad, and atheavy expense elevators were completed bythe time the tracks reached there. Businesswas commenced with no banking facilitiesand in many cases with no other building insight; wheat receipts were heavy; steampower was used; currency was shipped fromMinneapolis to the nearest express point,and then sent by special messenger to theside-track elevator man, whose life waslonely and whose pistol was ready to protectthe money and property in his charge.

About the came period the St. Paul &Sioux City railroad (now known as the Oma-ha) was completed and established an ele-vator line of its own, all charges being in-cluded in the freight, thus preventing compe-

tition. Their houses would handle 6,000 to8,000 bushels of wheat a day and were oper-ated by steam with two unloading places. Ihave know farmers at Sibley and later at

Luverne, Minn., to wait twenty-four hoursand even longer to be unloaded. A linewould be formed, horses or oxen unhitched,and farmers would attend to their otherwants, about once an ho-ur or so all those 'nline would return with their horse*, hitch

and draw up, and this process would be con-tinued until each team arrived at the eleva-tor and was unloaded.

This method of handling elevators did notprove successful to the railroad company,who sold or leased their buildings and con-fined themselves to their legitimate business

The Line Elevator Man.

of transportation.To-day, through the agricultural districts,

the grain buyer is usually located in ad-vance of the railway agent, bis elevator be-ing completed before the statiou-house iaready. As the country becomes more dense-ly populated new towns Bpring up and newside tracks are put in, and heuce we have aeteady Increase in country elevators, and in jir.ost cases the new houses are built of crib-bing and operated by gasolene power.Through the older states the houses areowned by the independent buyer; in thenorthwest the line elevator men predomi-nars

The Terminal Elevator.While the increase in the number of coun-

try nlevators has been very rapid, the growthof the terminal elevator is still more mar-velous. Terminal elevators are a necessity

to transportation and commerce; they arethe reservoirs which carry the product of thecountry until the grain is wanted for home

or foreign consumption. Large terminals arenow contemplated, er are under construc-tion, in New Yorft, Boston and New Orleans

in the United State*, and in Quebec, Mont-real and Port Arthur in the dominion ofCanada.

You will pardon me for being somewhatpersonal, but I have always aimed to keepabreast of elevator improvements, and tenyears ago my firm became interested in thebuilding of a system of three elevators inWest Superior, Wis., of a total storage ca-pacity of 5,000,000 bushels. The workinghouse of 1,000,000 bushels capacity was lo-cated on the dock, and the other two houses,running lengthwise, were connected by steelgalleries, the three houses being placed 150feet apart. We had previously lost heavilythrough fire by the use of wooden galleriesand were at the mercy of the insurance com-

\u25a0panics—rates having become oppressive, andin addition ,there was not enough insurance intbe country to go around when wheat washigh-priced, and with the transfer rates cutfrom 1% cents to half a rent a bushel, it be-came imperative to adopt such Improvementsas would reduce the rates of insurance ongrain. James J. Hill built in Buffalo thefirst eteel elevator, and it proved a success;he later built one in West Superior. Minne-apolis has two and Chicago one.

About two years ago the hollow-tile tatiksystem for storage was successfully adoptedby some elevator companies. My firm werenot entirely satisfied with either plan. Wesought a material for elevator constructionthat would be absolutely fireproof, one thatwould grow stronger with age, would not re-quire paint or repairs, and we derided uponthe use of cement, and are now just about,completing a plant in Duluth costing between$750,000 and $1,000,000, that I believe to bethe most complete and up-to-date elevator Inthe world. Men have come from Liverpool,Montreal, New York and elsewhere to inves-tigate this system of .construction, and wjhave had letters of inquiry from BuenosAires.

In adopting the cement system of construc-tion, we did not act hastily, but made an ex-haustive and intelligent investigation. Wefirst noticed that the railway companies wereusing cement instead of stone for bridgework, and three years ago we quietly erecteda circular tank, 114 feet high and 25 feetin diameter, having an average thickness of8 inches, as a test, and had it full of wheatfrom early fall until late epring, when thewheat Came out dry and sweet.

The following fall one of my partners, ac-companied by an expert, spent three monthsin Europe, visiting Denmark, Germany andFrance, and went as far north as Russia,noting and investigating all structures builtwholly or partly of cement. At Braila, inRoumanta, a large elevator, owned and suc-cessfully operated by the government, andbuilt wholly of cement, was found. Anothormember of my firm visited Italy and exam-ined the cement used in the Collosseums inNaples and Rome over two thousand yearsago. I give you these details that you mayknow we spent time and money before ar-riving at a conclusion. Our Duluth planthas a capacity of 6,000,000 bushels—l,ooo,oooin the wooden working house and 4,000,000 incement cylindrical tanks, each 104 feet highend 33 feet in diameter, these tanks beinglocated 50 feet -from the working house andconnected by five conveyors, each capable ofcarrying 20,000 bushels per hour. About one-third of the cement part of thus plant wascompleted last fall, and in thar j part we car-'ried 1,000,000 bushels of wheat all winter andspring without insurance, and we shall notcarry any insurance on building or contents.We are Justly proud of our undertaking, be-lieving it to be in advance of any knownelevator construction.

Phenomenal Growth.The moat phenomenal growth, of the grain

business has taken place In the northwest,with Minneapolis and Duluth as terminals.When we commenced doing buiness throughDuluth, the elevator capacity of that citywas 350.000 bushels; to-day it has a capacityof 32.0U0.000 bushels. Minneapolis, in IBiO.had an elevator capacity of 1,000,000; in 1901its elevator capacity is 33,000,000 bushels.

Diverging a little, it may interest you tonote the Immense growth of the grain optionor speculative business in .the northwest.Citing Minneapolis alone, the first pit wasput in on the floor about fourteen years ago;afterward it was taken out on account of nobusiness. Two years later it was again triedand succeeded, and since that tim» has grownto large proportions. Last year the tradesaveragod nearly 8,000,000 bushels a day ofwheat alone. The largest trade of any oneday was 24,000,000 bushels of wheat—dizzy

THE MINNEAPO \ JOURNAL.

Mow Rateo Have Been (a(.

BUT ONE TICKET

figures and practically the growth of tenyears.

In the old times we have paid 20 cents abushel freight charge!" on wheat from Du-luth to Buffalo; to-day we regard a 2-centrate excessive, und have shipped wheat forthree-fourths of a cent. In 1885 the all-railrate from Fargo to the seaboard on wheat

\u25a0was 39 cents a bushul, and this fall the rat?has been 21 cents a bushel. In other word^,the producer at Fargo can ship his grain tothe seaboard and sell H for 18 cents less thanhe did in 1885 and etill realize- as mucnmoney.

In the old days the capacity of a freightcar was 20,000 pounds; to-day it is 80,000pounds. Twenty years ago the ship on tlu-great lakes carrying 30,000 bushels of wheatwas regarded of large capacity; ships of to-day will carry 250,000 to 275,000 bushels each.In those old times it took all day to load asmall vessel with wheat; to-day ther ar \u25a0•elevators at Duluth that can load 150,000bushels per hour into a steamship. Twenty-five years ago there was little or no cornraised north of Sioux City; to-day, in thestate of Minnesota, the corn crop amountsto 40,000.000 bushels. In 1876 the receipts ofgrain at Minneapolis were 5,155,000; in IS3Sthey were 1U;,090,160.

HIRSCH'S COLONIESThe New Jersey Ventures Are a

Success.

PERSECUTED RUSSIAN JEWS

They Develop Into Thrifty Peopleun«l Are Quickly and Kaaily

Americuuiicd.

Trenton, N. J., Oct. 3.—The most suc-cessful industrial colonies which of lateyears have been established in the UnitedStates are those which are supported bythe Baron Hirsch fund in the southernpart of New Jersey, the most importantof which are Woodbine, in Cape Maycounty, and Carmel and Rosenhayn, inCumberland county. A little more thanten years ago this fund, which was estab-lished by Maurice de Hirsch and whichwas fostered after his death by his wife,who died within the last two years, hasbeen the means of porviding small framehouses for more than 4,000 persecutedRussian Jews, who have come mostly fromsouthern Russia to escape the hardshipsplaced upon that race there.

In the town of Woodbine ten years agothere stood but three bouses, one of whichwas a postoffice and another a railroadstation. No business whatever was donethere, and the only evidence of life wasthe passing through of the trains whichrun between Philadelphia and Cape May.

Early in the spring of 1891 the Ameri-can trustees of the Hirsch fund closednegotiations and purchased 5,100 acres ofland in and around Woodbine for $39,000.In Aprilof that year work was begun inthis colony. A number of small dwell-ing houses were erected for the accom-modation of the men who came to theplace to clear the land and build thehouses. A survey was made ofthe land and sixty-two farmsof thirty acres each were laidout. These farms are now occupied byas many families. They were sold to thesettlers on terms which were extremelyliberal, and yet not calculated to makethe buyers entirely dependent. By theterms of the purchase the refugees, upontheir arrival in this country, were broughtto Woodbine and placed on their farms,which were thirty acres each In extent.To every family was allotted a neat house,barn, and all necessary outbuildings, onecow, twenty-five chickens, farming im-plements, and seeds. Ten acres of thethirty were cleared and plowed and sowedwith rye and wheat. For the farm com-plete the trustees asked $1,200, the costprice. Every settler has ten years' timein which to pay for hie purchase, and inorder to give him a start the fund onlyrequires the interest on the principal tobe paid during the first three years.

The colony now has a population ofnearly 2,000 souls, and those who do notwork on farms are employed in the cloth-ing, tool, and other factories which havebeen started there by prominent NewYork firms. They have developed intoa thriftypeople, and have become Ameri-canized to such an extent that they aremaking one of the best class of citizenswhich that section of New Jersey has*There has not been any tendency on theirpart to put a pack_on their back and goout peddling, but they are content to re- jmain at home and work their farms andfind employment in the factories.

The homes of the refugees are neat two-story structures of frame, with solidbrick foundations. Each house has twolarge rooms on the ground floor, three onthe eecond floor, and a large attic. Near-ly all the settlers display taste in arrang-ing the interior decorations, and many of

their homes are more cozily furnishedthan that of the average American me-chanic. There are two new school build-ings in the colony, each in the charge ofa competent teacher. The average atten-dance of the scholars is 125.

About eight years before Woodbine wasestablished the colonies of Carmel andRosenliayn were founded. Nearly one-half million dollars was invested in thevillages, and the payments of the col-onists were made in such a way that fortho small sum of $8 a month the Hirschfund receives the interest on this invest-ment and the colonists quickly pay fortheir small homes. On the farms thewhole family works, the children takingan equal share with the father.

Aside from these, an industrial and ag-ricultural school has been started atWoodbine, at which about 500 studentsare in attendance each winter. The fac-ulty is composed of some of the brightestminds in the branches of studies, andwhen a boy graduates from the school heis capable of taking charge of any formof mechanical industry. Many of thegraduates have already become instructorsin other state colleges throughout thiscountry. They are a class of people whoseem to hold tenaciously to all that theyundertake, and they make a success ofeverything.

When the colonist enters on the prem-ises which he purchased he only makesa payment of 10 per cent down in cash,the Hirsch •fund takes a mortgage of GOper cent at 4 per cent a year, and the'builders take a mortgage of 30 per cent.Each of the cottages is worth about$1,100. and by paying $8 a monthhe will own tls land in ten years' time.

The local superintendent of the colonies1b Prof. H. L. Sabsovitch, who has been aprofessor in tbe Russian AgriculturalSchool at Moscow. He is one of the mostpolished men of his race, and has beenhonred since becoming a citizen of NewJersey by being made an honorary mem-ber of a great many societies.

The total outlay in New Jersey for allthe colonies, schools, and improvementshas reached a grand total of $3,000,000,which is financed by ex-Judge Meyer S.Isaacs, of New Jersey, and Judge MayerSultsberger, of Philadelphia.

< hamlirr of Commerce Re-electsPreii't John Wanhbnrn.

The annual election of the MlnneapolitChamber of Commerce is being held to-day. As there is only one ticket in thefield the result Is already known.

Up to noon there had been no riotingand the ticket that will go through is asfollows;

Pr&sident, John Washburn; vice-presi-dent, F. W. Commons; board of directors.James Marshall. S. D. Cargill, SamuelMorse, A. M. Woodward, W. A. Freemire;

board of arbitration, G. F. Ewe, G. P.Harding, Alex McGregor; board of ap-peals, (two years), Thomas N. Taylor, J.H. Riheldaffer, George Duvignaud; (oneyear), E. N. Osborne.

BELGIAN COAL STRIKE EXTENDING.

THE ST. ANN RELIC!

Liege, Belgium, Oct. 3.—The coal strike \arapidly extending to all the coal pits on theleft bank of the Meuse and has Involved tenthousand strikers.

Stories of Some of the Cures in New

York City.

A HERETIC IS BADLY USED

A Doctor Who Trie* to Get Some

AdvertiMinK Almost Cauitei

a Riot.

New York, Oct. 3.—"Kill him! killthe heretic!" shouted a crowd at Seventy-sixth street and Third avenue, as theyclosed about a colored man carrying a bigplacard on whicn was tnis inscription:

|100 REWARD.

To the Church of St. Jean Baptiste, EastSeventy-sixth street, I will pay the abovesum for every case proved to me irrefutablyby its synodus that the relic of St. Anno,

! now enshrined in said church, has cured per-sons afflicted with bodily shortcomings.

—Dr. I. Custar,No. 150 Sixth avenue. New York.

A woman, rushing at the standard bear-er, struck out wildly with both fists athis head. Turning on her he struck back,using the placard as a weapon. A man

I leaped from the crowd and began to poundthe banner bearer, who was old. When

j his hat rolled off the sparse gray wool: glistened on his black head. But he wasI courageous, and, with the men, women; and children pulling at him, he went halfj a block up the street, still grasping the| obnoxious banner. A woman with Ama-

zonian aspect beat him on the head withher umbrella, to the joy of the onlookers.

Again he made effective use of hisstandard and beat his way through thejeering mob. But at every step progressbecame more ifflcult, and finally, actingon the principle that "he who fights andruns away lives to fight another day," heleaped upon a car and was borne from theclutches of the crowd.

Policeman ran up from the church intime to see him escape and to see anotherman with a similar placard appear. Thecrowd saw him, too, and was after himwith a howl, but the policemen rescuedhim and gave friendly advice to him onthe superiority of discretion to valor.Therefore he fled, leaving the placard inthe hands of the big roundsman, whotrailed it up the street, while streeturchins united in reviling it.

The man responsible for the oetbreak,Dr. I. Custar, is an orthopedist. He sayshe has no hostility towards the priestsof the Church of St. Jean Baptiste, wherecures by means of the relic of St. Annehave been freely reported, but that hewishes to emphasize the fact that therelic does not cure and that he does. Hewants the priests to measure the successof the relic as a healing medium with histreatment of the cripple and maimed.

He says he is a Roman Catholic. Whenhis first emissary returned to him, bat-tered and beaten, the doctor said: "Oh,you haven't any sand." The other col-ored man said that all that saved hislife was the fact that he wore a G. A. R.button.

A man with handbills bearing the doc-tor's challenge tried to pass them aroundin front of the church earlier in the after-noon, but was chased away by the police-men.

The disturbance occurred at the close ofa day remarkable for its demonstration offaith and religious exaltation. From thefirst gray of early morning until almostmidnight a long line of human suffererefiled through the portals of the littlechurch of St. Jean Baptiste eager to wor-ship the relic of St. Anne and to regainhealth and strength thereby. It was thelast day -of the novena and the saintsfeast day. Masses were said every hour inthe forenoon in the church, and the vener-ation of the relic in the crypt was unin-terrupted. The relic was passed swiftlyfrom one kneeling suppliant to another.

"Pray!" the priests would cry as thewaiting crowd shifted uneasily and theweaker ones groaned in pain.

The heap of braces, surgical boots andall sorts of appliances for supportingweak and distorted bodies mounted higherand higher as the day wore on, and oneafter another declared that he or she couldwalk unsupported.

"My child can walk without that dread-ful brace!" cried a mother, breaking intosobs of joy. The little one looked upwonderingly at her mother and then downat the freed little leg and stepped brayely

iforth.I There are three pieces of the bone ofSt. Anne's arm for which miraculous pow-ers are claimed. Two of these were usedby priests in the crypt in the greaterpart of the day, and when the crowd grewto insistent proportions another priestueed the third relic in the yard outßide.

There was no time through the daywhen the waiting crowd could be housedentirely. It surged into the street, madeits way along the outside of the build-ing, where a view of the interior could behad through the windows, and filled thecourts and steps in the rear.

A large proportion of the petitionerswere children, and the cures announcedwere mostly from that class.

A baby with spinal trouble, strappedto a board, after being touched by therelic tried to raise himself from the sup-port. He was David Hayes of Greenpoint,Brooklyn.

Little Helen Nelson of East Ninety-eighth street, was presented by hermother to be cured, and when the bracewas taken from her leg she was able towalk from the church.

John F. Leahy of West 114th street, whohad been violently Insane, was reportedas much improved mentally.

Irene Coveny, 8 years old, who hadspinal trouble of several years' standing,was pronounced cured. She lives at No.229 Bast 117th street.

Mrs. P. M. Blegen of No. 578 Mott av-enue, who was about to have a cancerremoved when the novena began, said shehad been cured by the relic.

The priests were too busy to make upa complete list of the cures, but will doso later.

England now has seven admirals of thefleet and nine field marshals.

THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1901.

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