THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1901.
VERXA
Very Fine Sweet Corn, d0z..... 12c
Cucumbers, each , . 1c
Spanish Onions, 1b.... .... 5c
Cabbages, head 5c
Wild Plums, 16-qt. crate $1.25
Crab Apples, peck 38c
Free Stone Peaches, fancy, crate .. 35c
Beallhall Breakfast Food, 5-lb bag. 2oc
Bealthall Floor, 10-lb bag ...... .30c
Tomato Catsup, quart bottle 12' c
Bread a^! ags. B:. 3c
Best Table SaltiS^.™ Sc
O__JJ___ \Vm. Underwood's, la in*
Oaf Qin6S mustard-large cans lUG
"We carry a very large assortment of ;
domestic and imported Sardines. Prices
range from 6c can, up.
n A 4 M An unlooked-for bargain. At the
rcuS present price of vegetables are worth
200; our price while the lot lasts, Q.
per can 96
Matches, good parlor, pkg 9c
Roll Toilet Paper, perforated, per
dozen 45c
White Clover Honey, very fancy,
comb 15c
Saner Kraut, gallon 20c
Cheese, fall cream, lb 10c
Sweet Dairy Batter, in jars, 16c, 18c, 20c
A Good Broom for 19c
Peerless Market
Salmon Steak 15c
Halibut Steak 11°
Lake Superior Trout 12c
Lake Superior White lie
Crapples 10c
Pike 12c
Bull Heads 8c
Frog Legs, Dozen 10c
Fresh Mackerel, each 25c
WINTER PRICE OF FURS
about same: as last year
Ku Appreciable Advance Although
the Catch of Seals 1m Yearly
Smaller.
There will not be any appreciable ad
vance in the price of furs in Minneapolis
this season. This is the concensus of
opinion of the fur dealers. While the sup
ply of seal skins is gradually decreasing
year by year, yet this winter a price,
ranging from $150 to $300 per garment,
will prevail the same as a year ago.
In this connection it should be noted
that dealers are of the belief that the
future of the seal Industry rests in the
hands of the joint high commission of
which the late Lord Herschell of England
and Gen. John W. Foster, of this coun
try, were the leading spirits. Since the
commission met in Quebec, Canada, in
September, 1898, to consider the matter
of pelagic scaling nothing of moment has
been accomplished. It is asserted that
unless the pelagic industry is put an end
to, It will be but a matter of a short time
until the seals are completely destroyed. I
Within the past ten years the catch has |
diminished from 100,000 to 20,000 for this
season.
This winter -will find the sea otter the
most valuable of all furs as there will in
all probability be only 1,600 caught of
which number 1,200 must be brought from
foreign countries. Next in point of value
•will be the skin of the silver fox, follow
ed by the sable fur.
Tho votaries of fashion will adopt the
plain style in furs this year and the long
haired variety will hold the lead. The ef
fect of the recent disturbance in China
will have its effect on the fur market to
the extent that the price of dog skina will
be advanced, but with this exception the
market value of furs will remain practic
ally the same as a year ago.
A FRESH AIR CAMP
Salvationists "Will Start It at LJn
wood Next Week.
A Salvation Fresh Air camp will be
opened next week at Lake Minnetonka for
providing a seasonable rest for mothers
and children whom the Salvationists
deem worthy. Mrs. Russell, of Linwood
station, has consented to the use of a
cottage which will accommodate twelve at
a time. Each patient will be allowed a
maximum stay of two weeks. Salvation
lassies will be in attendance.
The army is also planning to begin a
series of revival services Sunday evening
at the Fifth Presbyterian church. The
services will last for a week or two, and
then another church will be taken. Staff
Captain and Mrs. George D. Enger will
have charge.
IX Ton Want to Sell
iinythlng, remember a little want ad la
the Journal will get you a buyer.
Carey roofing better than metal, pitch
and gravel. W. S. Nott Co. Telephone 378.
IPATTONS
I^Sun Proof
much mor^^iC )?• £*, TV
surface; last^^jgfV? £ #^^9
twice as long m "~^^i^ \ yV»Ss3I
white lead p«lnu ; cost^^^^yV
less. Guaranteed to protect^^^^J^__?V
the house from Bun and Btorrn^^l^^Xs^
for flva years. White and forty-^^B^
eight tint*. Send for free book of paint
knowledge. Special Inducements to I
paint dealers. ||
Patton Paint Co., Milwaukee, Wls. w
nttabargh Flat* Glau Co., Dlatrlbatert, g
600 to 510 S. 3rd St. ||
MIbp?»p«IIi Mtnn. H
A full stock of Patton's Sub Proof PainU
cam be had at the following places:
Andrews ft Sullivan, 610 Ist ay S; F. C.
Sniith, 1401 Western ay; Peter Faber, 2U
Plymouth ay; F. C. Richards, 608 E 24th st;
M. Chilstrom. 2 W Lake st; Waldron & Co..
S6OO Lyndale ay S; F. Hirschneld, 243 20th
ay N; M. Rose, 113 Washington ay N; J.
Trump, Robbinsdale; O. E. Woehler * Co.,
MSI Crystal Lake at; O. S. Woehler, 41M
WMblnston ay
: Wonderful Bargains in Buggies, Carts, Sur-
X \ OuTS^J __... «a Omh!«*<w llli>i>«>a We are offering this line of rigs at
x > \aWU tpvq *c Nnrincr wacmik th«wowm* unheard^ pncS to
\ OHJM lOld « OUIHItL If U&Ulldl close out the stock. Open bugrtflei
X /QJP«iw ■ ." and road wagons worth «35 to «5> for
V—-^ffoS??. 522.50 and upward 9. Top buggies worth from »50 to $80 for
a Wonderful Bargains in Buggies, Carts, 5ur
..... -s n_ _■ _ 111-,,, —.» _ We are offering this line of rigs at
TPVQ C \ll J WHUililN the **>"owin« unheard-of prices to
IWIV m OUIIII& II QcUIIOI close out the stock. Open buggies
#"»■** ** and road wagons worth »35 to tbO for
822.50 and upwards. Top buggies worth from $60 to $80 for
i'ii^. 829.75 a;'"l upwards. Koadcartsfor (8.95. S I 0.65 and up
• ■/TTW^ MaflJ?j^V<J /X to 8 I 7.50 worth twice what wo ask. Canopy top surreys for
JTX iJBsxSSB&mSSS&BMkjQ. />\ $47.75. Extension top surreys, the same good quality and
/Wl^Wm (BBSmnnKfinrf ' I grades for $87.75 and upwards. A. complete line of spring wag
r^-^C^a^d^-I^-^C—-SfiSs=£ac!!«^- gonsto be sold at prices ranging from $29 to $48 according to
I^—-^^ J the styles. These Jobs are all standard make, finely finished and
X^/ytO^ Yvjt^/Tx 'JAN. / fully guaranteed. Write for Vehicle catalogue. Sent Free.
X/\G^ \YVAo(\V T. M. Roberts' Business Still Going Ob. *
- ,'uTi I _J*^— The T. M. Roberts' Supply House of Minneapolis is in the hands
'm ... • ■'" "^ ■ of Chas. M. Way and Frank W. Shaw at temporary receivers, pend
ing an examination of Its condition. The receivers are authorised to continue the business, and are under heavy 1
bonds to the United States Court to faithfully perform their duties. All orders sent to the receivers of T. M. Rob
erta' Supply House will be promptly filled or money refunded. If you live in toe city call at the store. If out of
town order from the catalogue. Address, ■■'.;■■" > t >-s - •• ?. •»''«"'*s ijr; -• ■
Receivers of T. M. Roberts' Supply House, Minneapolis, Minn.
THE CITY
TOWN TALK
Journal excursion on Saturday.
The American Fuel Co., 78 Seventh atreet
S, sells the best anthracite coal mined.
Fine granite monuments at mfrs. prices.
You save 40 per cent. A. P. Jones, 216 4th st S
Kerr's new department store, 701-703-TOS
Nicollet avenue, will be open on or about
Sept. 3.
A complete intercommunicating telephone
exchange connected with the Twin City's
lines, has been installed in the city hos
pital.
Fire, caused by the explosion of a lamp,
destroyed a store conducted by John Carlson,
near Deephaven, Lake Minnetonka, last even-
Ing. The loss was nearly $1,500.
Command No. 30, Spanish-American War
Veterans, will hold an election of officers
Aug. 19, at rooms 213-214 PUlsbury building.
Members in good standing are entitled to
vote.
T. Solomon Griffith, of Vtica, N. V., gen
eral treasurer of the Welch Presbyterian
mission, will give an address on missions,
at the Welch Presbyterian church. Seven
teenth avenue S and Franklin, this evening.
A horse owned by Henry Bowers, a dray
man living on Twenty-ninth avenue S, near
Twenty-sixth street, was bitten by a dog
last Tuesday and developed hydrophobia. The
horse became raving mad and had to be
shot. •
Henry Poehler will conduct the business of
the Pacific Elevator company in the luture.
E. L. Welch, vice-president, has disposed
of his Interests to Mr. Poehler. The com
pany owns twenty-five elevators on the Min
neapolis & St. Louis.
The Salvationists may decide to erect bar
racks. They were disappointed in not se
curing quarters in the rebuilt Windotn block.
It is said that the owners of the old build
ing which the Salvation Army used as head
quarters wouid be glad to secure them as
tenants when they rebuild.
Lieutenant Ben Bacon, the meteoric rise of
whose official star from the horizon of the
"beat" to the zenith of the station has been
the subject of much talk in police circles,
has been transferred from the Central sta
tion to the lucrative fifth precinct. Lieu
tenant "Gus" Plummer, formerly of the fifth,
takes Bacon's place at the Central.
"Bill" Clemenson, under sentence of sixty
days for selling liquor illegally, and' who
broke jail at Forest City, lowa, July 25, was
captured Monday at Glenwood, where he was
working on a farm. \}e had been made a
"trusty" at the For 4f City jail and had
abused the privilege. Sheriff A. J. Ander
son, of Foreat City, took the prisoner back
last night.
Nearly $2,000 damage was done by two flres
on Stevens avenue last night. A barn at
the rear of an unoccupied house at 2434
Stevens was totally destroyed and the dwell
ing partially burned. The damage to the
house was about $1,000 and to the barn,
JoiX). The adjoining residence, also unoc
cupied, and the barn In the rear, were also
partially burned.
The Turn-again Mining company has ac
quired several claims adjoining the Califor
nia mine, at Baker City, Oregon. Joseph L.
Michaels, the president of the company, has
just returned after closing the transaction.
The principal properties of the Turn-again
company are at Sunrise City. The gold
ledge was located iv 1873, before railroads
had been built in eastern Oregon.
The "jubilee" celebrated at the beginning
and close of each century is a custom of
Roman Catholics to visit four churches a day
for fifteen consecutive days. This must be
done between the present date and the middle
of September, except where the bishops' rule
modify the rule to one visit a day, which
may be done in cases where it is manifestly
impossible for the original regulation to be
carried out.
For Rent —Within one block of the
Chamber of Commerce you can rent room 7,
McMillan building, 3d ay S and 3d st. Room
is 55x19 feet, steam heated, well lighted, sec
ond floor front. Just the room for grain
commission firm; blackboard, 35x9, ruled for
stocks and grain. Western Union cable in.
Price of $25 per month and location cannot
be duplicated. O. M. Laraway & Sons, 100
Bank of Commerce.
Alderman Lars M. Rand, in an interview
in a morning paper, indorses strongly the
proposition of the Commercial Club to do
something to conserve the water flow at
Minnehaha falls, and In this connection takes
common ground with C. M. Loring in the
scheme of including Lake Amelia in the city's
park system. Alderman Rand owns property
in that section and has always showed a
lively official interest in its development.
The Journal offers one last and only
chance to visit the interesting state prison
at Stlllwater, on Saturday. If you have
never made the glorious, six-hour, scenic sail
down the Mississippi and up the St. Croix,
here is your chance. Round trip only 95
cents. Tiokets on sale at Journal counter.
Plenty of room on train and steamer. Music
by Journal Newsboys' Band; lunches on
steamer at reasonable rates. Better go and
enjoy this beautiful trip.
THE WEATHER
Minnesota, North and South Dakota and
Montana—Fair to-night and Friday;
variable winds. Wisconsin—Fair to
night and probably Friday; slightly cool
er to-night; fresh northerly winds. lowa
—Fair to-night and Friday; northerly
winds.
For Minneapolis and Vicinity—Fair to
night and Friday.
Weather Conditions.
It is cooler than it was yesterday
morning in Minnesota, Manitoba and
North Dakota; elsewhere the tempera
ture changes are small. There have been
showers during the past 24 hours at St.
Paul, Milwaukee and in northern Michi
gan, and general rains from southern
Texas northwestward into Pennsylvania,
with rain falling this morning at Pitts
burg, Cincinnati and Knoxville. There is
a severe storm on the middle Gulf coast,
with a barometer reading of 29.44 inches
at New Orleans, and a wind velocity of
32 miles per hour at 7 a. m.
—T. S. Outram, Section Director.
Maximum Temperatures.
Maximum temperature for the 24 hours
ending at 8 a. m. to-day:
Upper Mississippi Valley—
Minneapolis :.. 88 La Crosse 86
Davenport 92 St. Louts 90
Lake Region—
Buffalo 88 Port Arthur 80
Detroit 88 Saalt Ste. Marie 82
Marquette 74 Escanaba 78
Milwaukee 86 Green Bay 88
Chicago 86 Duluth 84
Houghton 80
Northwest Territory—
Winnipeg go
Missouri Valley—
Omaha 88 Kansas City 90
Huron 86 Moorhead 84
Bismarck 84 Williston 84
Ohio Valley and Tennessee-
Memphis 80 Knoxville 76
Pittsburg 84 Cincinnati 86
Atlantic Coast—
Boston 76 New York ... 76
Washington 78 Charleston 86
Jacksonville 90
Gulf States—
Montgomery 90 New Orleans ... 84
Shreveport 94 Galveston 92
Rocky Mountain Slope—
Havre 88 Helena 88
Modena 88 North Platte 86
Denver 86 Dodge City 90
Oklahoma 94 El Paso 94
Santa Fe 82
Pacific Coast—
Spokane 96 San Francisco .. 60
Portland 94 Los Angeles 78
PREHISTORIC SEWERS IN ST. PAUL.
■ The sandrock undernenth the new jail site,
Third and St. Peter streets, St. Paul, has
been found to be honeycombed with a net
work of abandoned sewers, most of them con
structed by private owners years ago, before
the city had a public sewer system. In some
cases these tunnels are within a few feet of
the cellar excavation, and all of them must
be filled with masonry to insure the safety
of the new building. The extent of the pas
sages is not yet known, but ihe work of
filling may be quite expensive.
ABBOT GOES TO SEATTLE.
Lieutenant A. F. Abbot, wno recently re
tired from the faculty of Shattuck school,
Faribault, after many years as military in
spector, has been assigned to the University
of Washington, Seattle.
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOUKNAL.
ALL PULL TOGETHER
Real Estate Dealers Discuss Plans
for Common Good.
LOAN COMMISSIONS ARE REVISED
Permanent Board Headquarter* and
Auction Roonu Are Soon to
Be Considered.
The Minneapolis Real Estate Board at
its meeting yesterday afternoon passed the
following recommendations of the special
loans committee.
Commission on loans of ?3,000 or less, 2
per cent for three years; 3 per cent for flvo
years; the minimum charge for any loan bc
hig $15.
On loans over $3,000 and not exceeding
$10,000, 2 per cent for three years; 2% per
cent for five years.
On loans in excess of $10,000 and not ex
ceeding 150,000, 2 per ceut for a term not
exceeding five years.
On all loans over ?50,000. 1% per cent, with
no limit as to term of loan.
On building loans (a building loan being
described as a loan upon property where the
building thereon is In process of construc
tion), one-half of 1 per cent shall be added
to the above and foregoing schedule of rates.
In addition to the above charges the hor
rower shall pay the expenses of the loau,
viz: the attorney's fees for examination of
abstract, the recording of necessary papers,
and shall furnish or pay for an abstract of
title continued to date, showing the recor-i
of the mortgage deed.
The executive committee has done some
very hard work since the last meeting.
The results of their investigations were
embodied in a report to the board which
was adopted.
It was recommended that a committee
prepare and submit official forms for earn
est money contracts and such other
blanks as can be used by the members for
contracts and conveyancing. This com
mittee was named from the floor: S. S.
Thorpe, J. U, Barnes and Walter L. Bad
ger.
A committee to meet with one from' the
Minneapolis rental board was suggested.
Measures for mutual benefit will be con
sidered. President David P. Jones will
appoint this committee.
The executive committee advised fur
ther a delegation on taxes and one on
the Torrens law to meet with a similar
body from the St. Paul board. The tax
commission which is in sessoin will re
ceive a visit from the combined delega
tion in reference to matters interesting
to the real estate men. The president will
announce these committees later.
It was recommended that the board
members send in copies of blanks, station
ery and advertising matter used in their
offices.
The discussion of the following sub
jects will be taken up at the suggestion of
the executive committee:
The securing of a room suitable for real
estate headquarters, which could also be used
for public auctions and for such other pur
poses as might be required.
Also that a weekly bulletin of bargain
offerings be compiled and exchanged between
members of the board.
The advisability of a trip to Duluth and
Superior, at the expense of the members at
tending, to meet the real estate mon of s.aid
cities, in which the St. Paul board will be
asked to join.
The discussion as to the adoption of a
corrected map of Minneapolis was spirited.
A motion that the executive committee be
allowed to order 15,000 city maps on the
best terms obtainable was passed. One
agent ordered 2,000 and others announced
their intention of taking several hundred
each. The Higbee map used in the Minne
apolis city directory corrected up to date,
with three colors, representing the park
ways and boulevards, the street railways
and the ward lines was recommended.
These maps will be ready for distribution
at a cost to agents of 1% cents each in
100 lots before Oct. 1.
Horace B. Hudson was present at the
meeting by request, and made a propo
sition to furnish the board copies of the
"Dictionary of Minneapolis" for use
among their correspondents in the east
and for mailing to inquirers regarding
Minneapolis interests. On motion of I.
C. Seeley it was resolved by the board to
indorse the "Dictionary of Minneapolis"
as a valuable publication for the purpose
proposed, and to advise its members to
avail themselves ot^he offer to obtain cop
ies for use in connection with their busi
ness. Several subscriptions under the of
fer were made In the meeting.
MAY AND JANUARY
A Young St. Paul Actor Has an Oc
togenarian Wife.
St. Paul matinee girls are disconsolate
over the tidings brought to them yester
| terday that Willard H. Hutchinson, a
I young actor of the Criterion company,
I now playing at the St. Paul Metropolitan,
I has become reconciled with his 80-year
old wife. Mr. Hutchinson himself claims
to be only 23 years of age. He and his
octogenerlan spouse lived together less
than half a year, and then decided to
separate, the husband Joining George W.
■ Clarke in "When W re Were Twenty-One,"
a play in which he was seen in this city.
Later he became a member of the Cri
terion company.
Recently, however, Mrs. Hutchinson de
cided that it was not good to live alone,
and overtures of peace were extended and
accepted. The old lady is said to be im
mensely wealthy, a gentleman named
Egan who acts as chairman of the St.
Paul Metropolitan publicity committee,
being authority for the statement that her
income is not less than $10,000 a month.
Hutchinson is her fourth husband, she
having divorced Dr. Frederick A. Cald
well, Colonel William Tomkins and Cor
nelius B. Marco.
A CHANCE FOR "HOSS DOCTORS."
Seventeen veterinarians are wanted by thf
United States government at once to sail foi
the Philippines from San Francisco Sept. 1
The chief quartermaster at Waahington has
telegraphed Colonel Pond at St. Paul to report
names of applicants at once. The winners
will receive transportation to the islands ani
return and a salary beginning the moment
the journey Is begun.
CONDITION OF COUNTY REVENUE FUNDS, AUGUST 1, 1901.
' ' ■ "'E"X!HXBIX A ■ ' ' " ~~*~ - - ' ■ ■
Total valuation of Hennepin county for 1901, showing totafapproprlations to coun- „,. . , EXHIBIT B, ... ; *
$110,209,379. ■ : • ty revenue funds nd total disbnrse- Showing total cash collections from all sources to credit
Tax rate for county revenue fund, 3.17 mills. meuts to July 31, 1901. V of county revenue.
Tax levy for county revenue fund. .$349,363.73 ~~~ H .... , H :■> • >■ ™ • > >■ ■ ~ - H - O - . H
EsUmated fees from county offices, 40.000.00 |21l ■ |11l HI If I p| SoS 1 ill i
etc.. 40,000.00 g.£o& :,;::|P3p.;-:, v/i|ai ■§§.■§■ §§ I^-- ?i* - *■
Balance in county revenue, Jan. 7, • 2*e» •'2 "" „« o- ™ •2. 5.2 g. «» M , . I*"- :
1901 41,196.48 I' SB ; -->S oe? =?§ go. ?= g . -^1 • :
November and December, -1900, tax : c?« § • -hsS- ■ «•"'_, : *~a »-«> Es g g«i9»
collection '. 9.352.91 •"ft§ ■ 85T§. £&* : « 3 \ • 3 ■ "g -5g :
'•■ aeH** : J*s>c-«. * (dp : o «ts. o ? c : g. :Jo :
- Total ■ • $439,913.12 : |g» j g §;v ill i-fll i-lg:" -lg& ;Io : ;
Salaries ) $145,378.33 $78,061.09 $62,119.09 $90,170.65 $15,152.30 $105,322.95 $7,008.39 $112,331.34
Extra help ............;....:....:.? 5,198.15 J ................:..:......" :. ...
Sheriff's fees / 27,314.57 12.745.40 ( 13,137.88 17,119.69 2,876.80 19,996.49 . 1,136.13 21,132.62
Coroner's fees ) .....". 1,431.29 ) 1..........:. ........'..".. ........... ........
District court 38,772.32 16,721.12 22,051.20 18,678.39 3,138.72 21,817.11 10,052.22 31,869.33
Municipal court 2,637.30 1,737,80 ' 899.50 1,610.65 .270.66 1,881.31 165.25 2,046.56
Justice court r... 686.18 368.62 317.56 .124.70 ' 20.96 145.65 482.45 . 628.10
Insane ........... 6,833.75 3,015.99 3,817.76 309142 519.48 3,610.90 . 2,087.15 5,698.05
Coroner's inquests 3,078.04 1,538.48 1,539.56 1,220.98 205.17 . 1,426.15 1,191.91 2,618.06
Births and deaths 280.26 172.25 108.01 124.70 20.95 145.65 88.88 234.53
Incidentals .....r... ....;.....; 10,760.66 3,454.07 7,306.59 6,234.79 1,047.70 7,282.49 1,167.14 8,449.63
Stationery and postage .' ....i.,\ 2,988.19 1,537.26) 804.05 1,558.70 261.92 1,820.62 606.74 2,427.36
Office supplies ..C ......:....- 646.88 ) ....:...... ...........
Blank books ....T.... i .. ..... 4,074.92 ........... I ........... ...
Printed b1ank5".......*........ V 19,357.06 2,639.17 >■ 1,885.86 . 13,108.47 1,970.68 15,079.15
Newspaper publications 'i 6,344.20 ) .6,298.76 11.222.62 .*.
Courthouse .........'..:......:................ 7,218.78 1 ... ....
Jail V 17,574.31 561.21 > 9,047.84 9,352.18 1,571.55 10,923.73 3,104.54 14,028.27
Morgue .......746.48) ....
Roads and bridges .". 36,064.06 23,722.01 4,769.65 22,393.29 3,762.97 26,156.26 1,001.18 28,147.44
Lake improvements 3,267.23 1,319.02 373.21 1,870.44 314,31 2,184.75 373.27 2,558.02
Poor farm, running expense ■......:........... 7,131.22 4,264.86' , 2,876.36 4,052.61 681.00 4,733.61 864.48 5,598.09
Poor farm, permanent improvements, repairs. 6,074.07 2,767.48 , 1,106.59 4,052.61 681.00 4,733.61 /...... 4,733.61
Interest on bonds .................I 87,208.26 52,442.50 34,765.76 52,891.801 • 8,887.95 61,779.75 5,927.60 67,707.35
' Emergency fund 5,109.48.... ... 6,109.48 ■ 3,117.40 523.85 3,641.25 323.00 3,964.25
Sinking fun ..- 19,397.84 .;.. 19,397.84 10,895.30 1,830.85 : 12,726.15 2,655.47 15,381.62
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Total* .......;.... $439,913.12 $232,719.03 $195,846.69 t5259,782.92 ,*543,653.98 ' $303,436.90 $41,196.48) $344,633.38
•This amount includes $6,900.86 penalties and interest on lax collections which cannot be expended until 1902 and was not included in the
estimate. ,
fThiß amount includes $9,352.91 oollecUd in November and December, 1900, and not distributed until March, 1901, according to law.
GREAT RUN OF "THE CRISIS"
Winston Churchill's Latest Book Bids Fair to
Distance the Library Record Made
by "David Harum."
The public library is the crucible In Min
neapolis wherein is tested the merits of
the various literary productions of the day.
Those in charge there can tell without a
moment's hesitation the books that meet
with popular favor in the city.
Just now lovers of novelty in literature
here, according to the statements of the
library officials, are anxiously striving to
obtain the privilege of having temporary
possession of the work entitled "The
Crisis" by the author of "Richard Carvel,"
which has been pronounced a Buccess.
This book promises to be a record
breaker and the library attendents are be
wildered by the constant demands made
upon them for it. The usual rule is to
have five copies of each work for distribu
tion. These are distributed without cost
but when an extraordinary demand or a
"run" as it were is made upon a certain
book then additional copies are purchased
by the management out of a separate fund
and a fee of 5 cents per week is charged
for the use of the book.
He Never Cares to Wander Now
A family which lives on Third avenue
south, between Eighth and Ninth streets,
has hit upon a novel expedient for curbing
the tendency of one of Its younger mem
bers to go on exploring expeditions, un
accompanied and regardless of anything
save his own pleasure.
The youngster is not yet three years old
but on more than one occasion has run
away from home, leaving his mother al
most distracted at his loss. Whipping him
on his return seemed to be of no avail,
and it was not always possible to watch
the child every minute of the time he
JOHN DIDN'T DANCE
How Judge Simpson Got the Laugh
on Judge Steele
WHO HAD LAUGHED FIRST
A Pair of Interesting Incidents at
the White Earth Res
ervation.
Judge David F. Simpson, his brother Dr.
John D. Simpson, and Judge John H.
Steele and his wife, who have just re
turned to Minneapolis after a vacation
spent at the White Earth Indian reserva
tion as the guest of Indian Agent Simon
Michelet, had a somewhat novel experi
ence during their stay among the abori
gines.
As the story runs—and it was related
by one of the party in question—Judge
Simpson failed to impress at least two o
the Indians on the reservation with a just
conception of his legfel acumen.
It appears that while the Minneapolitans
were enjoying themselves on the reserva
tion after a manner that they maintain
the utmost silence about, two Indians ob
tained a quantity of "firewater" and be
came intoxicated.
This was not only contrary to the peace
and dignity of the commonwealth but ex
ceedingly annoying to Simon Michelet,
agent. He resolved that a court of in
quiry should be held. Dr. Simpson con
sented to act as judge of the extraordi
nary court, Attorney Steele was to prose
cute and Judge Simpson was to defend the
culprits. In a far off corner of the large
wigwam in which the court sat Agent
Michelet constituted himself a court of
last resort.
The prisoners were brought in under
guard and the proceedings explained to
them. To the utter disgust of Judge
Simpson, his clients after many deep ut
tered "waughs" announced their inten
tion to plead guilty rather than to face
trial.
Among those who laughed the loudest at
the judge's chagrin was Judge Steele. But
retribution followed fast. In the evening
Mr. Michele>t arranged a dance for the
entertainment of his guests. Judge Steele
was asked to join in the amusement. He
then confidentially told his host that he
had not danced in ten years. But he was
finally induced to make the attempt under
the tutelage of a Norwegian girl employed
on the reservation. Just as he was lead
ing his partner out on the floor, a big In
dian approached and calmly taking the
young woman's arm, turned to the attor
ney and said, "She my girl, you no dance."
It is recorded as a fact that John Steele
did not dance hat night and it Is a matter
of record also x at Judge Simpson laughed
long and loud . vay into the small hours
of the night. v\' ; g
Go to Prlsoi * | Next Saturday.
Not to serve a seL >nee but to visit the
model state prison «. the United States
at Stillwater. . Journal xcursion on Sat
urday is the last, only chance of season.
Better go.
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Chicago. .;.,.. : :
HUGH K. SCOTT, County Auditor.
This method had to be resorted to short
ly after "The Crisis" was placed
en the library shelves in the
latter part of May of this
year. The demand steadily increased until
there are now 37 copies of the work in the
library. Five of these are issued free and
the other thirty-two are known as "C. D.
books," the privilege of reading them be- >.
ing paid for as stated.
Still it was found that the demand out- '
classed the supply and so to-night fifteen i
additional copies of the work will be added j
making a total of fifty-two. But then, as i
one of the attendents "Stated this morning, |
they will only help a little as there are I
twenty applications on file for them, so |
it would seem that this work will finally •
distance "David Harum," in point of popu- j
larity in Minneapolis as it is evident from \
the interest awakened in the city by its '
appearance that many additional copies
of it will still have to be added to the
library in order to accommodate those de
siring to lead Winston Churchill's ro
mance of the civil war.
was out of doors, while to lock him up
indoors was too cruel a punishment.
Consequently his father had a harness
made, and now when the younster goes
out for his airing a heavy horse weight is
attached to a ring, so contrived that he is
powerless to unfasten it. At first the
child was very indignant at such treat
ment, but he is something of a philosopher
in a small way—perhaps a direct descend
ent of one of the old Greek peripatetics
who were also noted for their fondness of
walking about during their meditations —
and now he may be seen almost any after
noon playing contentedly around the yard,
and dragging the weight with him.
SAYS 'TWAS FORGED
Minneapolis Attorney Attacks a
Texas Deed Given in 1844.
BIG TRACT OF OIL LAND AT STAKE
G. M. B. Hawley Banes His Claim on
an Alleged Fraud by Le Grand
Sixty Years Ago.
Depositions are being taken in Minne
apolis in a rather unusual case involving |
title to 4,428 acres of land in the oil dis- i
trict of Texas. If G. M. B. Hawley, the j
Minneapolis attorney who is plaintiff in :
the action, can prove that a deed executed j
neariy sixty years ago is a forgery, his
fortune appears to be made.
The main party at interest in the de
fense is H. L. Wood worth, of Chicago.
Early during the oil excitement in Texas
he purchased the tract in dispute, divided
it into five acre parcels and was selling it
out to * prospecting companies. A few S
| sales had been made when Mr. Hawley
; appeared and put a stop to the proceedings J
by serving notice that title to the land i
was vested in his family. The suit in i
which depositions are now being taken be- ]
fore Commissioner F. B. Chute, in Mm- |
neapolis, is the result. ....'•.
Mr. Hawley contends that a deed of the !
tract ostensibly given by Joel Edwin
Hawley—his grandfather's brother—in
1844, was a forgery and the work of one
Edwin O. Le Grand. This Le Grand, ac
cording to Mr. Hawley, was one of a dar
ing group of land swindlers who made a
practice of forging deeds, selling the prop
erty described and filing the papers In
some other county of Texas.
The lands in question were granted to
Joel Edwin Hawley by the Mexican gov
ernment in 1835. They lie close to Sour
Lake near the famous oil city of Beau
mont and are within six or seven miles
of proven oil lands. Under valuations
which prevailed during the height of the
oil excitement, the tract would be worth
nearly $250,000.
The principal witness examined here was
Joel E. Hawley's widow, who is now near
j ly ninety years of age.
VACATION SCHOOL WORK
Will Be Shown at the Closing Ex-
hibits Next Week.
The vacation schools will be closed next
week and an exhibition of what has been
done will be shown. The exhibition of
the Franklin school will be held Wednes
day afternoon, and the girls will show the
baskets and rugs they have woven, the
paper hats they have made and the aprons
they have hemmed. The boys have been
busy in the manual training room and, in
addition to many other useful articles,
have made the needles which the girls
use in their weaving. The Clay school
exhibition will be held Friday afternoon,
Aug. 23, and only the work of the girls
will be seen, as there has been no manual
training at the Clay. While the classes
have not been large at either school the
children have been delighted with their
work, and the results will be of more than
ordinary interest. Mrs. Mary D. La Rue,
principal of the Pierce school, has taken
Miss Knowlton's place at the Franklin
school playground this last month. The
vacation schools and playgrounds have
been in operation two months and both
will be discontinued next week.
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ALL DOUBT DISPELLED
ROOSEVELT IS SURELY COMING
For a Time Some Ambiguity Existed,
Owing to Hln Reported
,111 Health.
j From a statement made by Vice Presi
dent Roosevelt in Kansas City yesterday,
it is evident that he has no intention of
canceling his' proposed visit to the twin
cities next month. He declined an invi
tation to make fan address in Kansas City
on Sept. 2 for the reason that he was to
speak at the Minnesota fair on that date.
This, in addition to the report that the
vice president is on the mend physically;
is reassuring to the state fair manage- |
ment and Minneapolis people who arc
making arrangements for his entertain
ment on that date. , _ ;
The Commercial Club committee met
yesterday to begin preparation for the
reception to be given the vice president
here. It is believed. that many prominent
men from various sections of the state
will, take advantage of the club's invita
tion to meet the vice president.
Senator Nelson May Come. .• .
It is being planned to have Senator
! Knute Nelson head the Minneapolis re
ception committee on the occasion of the
visit of Vice President Roosevelt., The
invitation has been extended Senator Nel
son, ' and a reply is expected from him
within a few days. Thomas Lowry, Con
gressman Loren Fletcher, Thomas Shev
! lin, republican national committeeman,
and E. C. Best, president of the Commer
cial Club, will probably compose the re
mainder of the committee. Senator Clapp
j will head- the St. Paul committee, and the
| plan of having Senator Nelson at the head
i of the Minneapolis committee meets with
; much favor)
j Thomas Shevlin, who will entertain
| Vice President Roosevelt during his stay
j here, said to-day that he had heard noth
i ing from Mr. Roosevelt since the latter
| had decided to curtail his western trip,
1 but he does not believe that there is any
probability of his present illness inter
, fering with his visit here. . .':-. - •
BAPTISTS AT MOUND
| Their Summer Assembly Will Be
Opened To-morrow Morning.
*The Baptist summer assembly, j which
! begins to-morrow at Mound, Lake Mm!
-! netonka, is designed to give Christian
' people an inexpensive outing with spir
■ itual and intellectual benefits, at a low
• price for the I accommodations of the
grounds. On Sundays prominent clergy
i men will preach, beginning Sunday with
Rev. G. L. Morrill.
The daily program will be divided thus:
In the morning, from 8:30 to 9:00, devo
tional services will be held; these will be
followed by three periods of fifty minutes
each for lectures, Bible study or confer
ence. The afternoon will be devoted to
rest and recreation, and the evenings will
be given over to popular lectures, con
certs and campflres.
During the session five lectures on Sun
day school work will be given by Rev. E.
M. Stephenson, secretary of the Ameri
can Baptist Publication society; five lec
tures on "Studies in Galatians and
Jesus in the Light of His Times," by Dr.
Shaler Matthews, University of Chicago;
two lectures on "Educational Progress
During the Past Century and the Re
lation of Education to Denominational
Progress," by Dr. J. W. Ford; a course
I of lectures by E. Y. Mullins, president of
the Southern Baptist Theological
seminary. , ' '\' ' '
DID KENNAN EXAGGERATE ?
No Such Siberian Conditions Ob
served by Samuel Hill.
Samuel Hill, who has Just visited Rus
sia, says in regard to the eviction of the
correspondent, George Kennan:
Mr. Kennan, energetic man and clever
writer as he is, has unquestionably done more
to create prejudice among the American peo
ple against the Russian government and peo
ple than any other man living. From what
I saw of the prison system in Siberia, I am
convinced Mr. Kennan's very thrilling and
interesting naratives about the treatment, of
the exiles were gross exaggerations. I cot
only believe they were exaggerations of the
conditions existing a dozen years ago, when
he wrote his most sensational things, but I
doubt if ever the conditions in Siberia would
warrant such statements.
I have visited Siberian prisons, and found
the sleeping quarters good and the food
wholesome. The Russians are a kindly and
humane people. They are not visiting cruelty
upon men whom they can control without it.
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Out-of-town orders filled as long .
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_ AMUSEMENTS
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Scenes QitPHJlllO CAST.
Evenings at 8; matinees at 2 p. m. Matinee*
25 cents. Nights, 25 and 50 cents.
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FOR STATE_FAIR GUESTS
. Banda Russa Concert* at the Expo
an Attractive Feature.
• ■ . ■ - ■ ■ - -
It has been finally decided to hold th«
Banda Rossa concerts during fair week
in the exposition building. The Lake
Harriet pavilion is considered too small
to accommodate the crowds that will want
to hear the famous Red Band. Final ar
rangements for the re-appearance of the
band were completed but a few days ago.
i The committee having the arrangements
I in hand has met with excellent success in
the sale of tickets.
There is no doubt but that to the thous
and of visitors attending the fair the
band will be an attraction greatly appre
ciated. In addition to that the price of
admission is fixed at a reasonable rate.
Merchants have bought the tickets in
large blocks and will use them in the
entertainment of their visiting customers.
THOUSANDS ARE COMING
Railroads Expecting Reoo-rd Break
ing- Immigration From Southwest.
Railroad officials are predicting that
the immigration from the southwest this
fall will be the greatest in the history of
the northwest. They also predict that the
total immigration into the northwest will
eclipse, by a big margin, the record of any
previous fall.
Industrial Agent Cassiday of the Soo
road says that the Soo is receiving thou
sands of inquiries regarding this coun
try and is preparing to take care of
large number of land seekers. Many of
these come from Kansas and Nebraska,
and many of the correspondents say that
if they can get located satisfactorily they
will move this fall. The short crop in the
southwest has had its effect in sending
many of the farmers who settled there in
later years toward the northwestera
states.
CONTRACTS FOR TWIN CITY FIRMS.
Special to The Journal.
Park River, X. D., Aug. 15.—The contract
for waterworks and electric lights wai
awarded to the Allen Black company, St.
Paul, and Edmund T. Sykes, Minneapolis.
The Electric Machinery company of Minne
apolis will furnish the dynamo. The amount
of the contract is 121,000.
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