(FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1901.
VERXA
yi These for v to-morrow,
Saturday:
Soda or oyster crackers, per 1b...... 5c
Spinach, full weight, per peck .......... 20c
Cranberries, per qt 7c
Strawberries, per qt .......25c
i Jelly, assorted flavors, large palls.'... .35c
t .Yellow corn meal, per 10-lb sack /...lie
Pure leaf lard, per lb . 10c
€ lbs of good Dried Peaches f0r. ..... 25c
Good California Prunes, 1b........... 3%c
Evaporated Japanese Plums, lb 5c
P«r :■:. ■'" ■• -rated Peaches, 1b......;: -7c
■..P,•:-•: -. ■US, lb .....:. 5c
C*.*: . : "Igs,* lib blocks, each..... 6c
IS aery Butter, from 22c lb up.
.sup, bottle ...... ......18c
'• lor Matches,' doz ........... 9c
d Navy Beans, quart ...... 6c
anuts, each 5c
•ions, doz ...10c
. -;. utabagas, per peck..... 6c
• ■ i Parsntos, per peck 10c
.. :, c, bottle ...........10c
- ;-' - Bslng, bottle 10c
.lied, thin-skinned, California
, -, is, 8c dozen.
rved Pearsie r HKai 9 R.
■ Jars IOC jars 4DC
miny I?™?*.*** lOe
;> Chimneys SiASZM
si Saver Kraut BCL 10c
'\» ■ ialaaa Extra standard, regular Tfl»
IflTOvS to He grade, for, can 125
Urn Potatoes are the best Full 60
--r OTBTOGS lb. bushels.
M ra y, fid no eze Sn W!r....TO« can 6t
rubbing Brushes S.S9c
<arge bar Whit© Lily Soap, sc; guaran
' - d equal to any 80 soap in the market.
.2 bars Yerxa's Corner soap for 25c.
10 bars Top Notch soap for 25c; its name
! iplies its quality.
May's new garden seeds, lc per pkg.
t Hoffman House Coffee
Its superb Java and Mocha flavor de
lights the epicure; Its price, 30c per
pound, is 15c per pound under the price
.for which any approach to its excellence
can be obtained elsewhere.
TEAS.
Of our own Importation, more than 100
kinds. We make a point of satisfying
all palates and all purses. •
Peerless Market.
Sirloin steak, ............12%c
Hamburger steak, ..,— tX)t ........ 8c
Shoulder steak, Sc
Rib roast .»» M ...10@12%c
Pot roast «......•....».. 7<§> 8c
Thick boiling beef 5# 6c
Plate boiling beet „... 3c
Pork loins and roast .................. lie
Pork shoulders B^c
Leg lamb .••♦••....«..,.... 15c
California hams, ..,...» •.... B%c
Small name, •«,».•.»•••....{...».....12^c
_ -' -. .
$4 For Cleaning: Watches.
LI For Mainsprings,
I! JOHN S. ALLEN, Agt.
I '] 110 Guaranty Loan,
■H Ground Floor.
HENRY BROS, K,tßßk.
STEAM DYE HOUSE.
General Dry Gleaners and Dyers.
TELEPHONE 3570-J2.
MINNESOTA POLITICS
Membera of the legislature who hall from
rural counties report that, eince returning
iome, they hare theard a tremendous amount
of kicking against the primary election law
among the farmers. The rural voters do
not object to the Inconvenience or expense of
the system so much, but claim that it will
give the cltlea an absolute cinch on nomina
tions and perpetuate county officers. This
is especially the cry in counties like Winona,
Goodhue, Rice, PiUmore and others having
good-sized towns. People of the towns are
well pleased with the law, and the country
j.ress indorses it almost without exception.
In this the editors are %ise, for it will doubt
less prove a good thing for the country pa
pers.
The first test of .the law 1 will .doubtless
bring out a good deal of dissatisfaction, and
may even result in an attempt to repeal the
Jaw at the next: session of the legislature;
but there Is no disputing the fact that the
law is in the right direction. In some cases
it may give the towns an advantage over tho
. country, but as a rule the town vote is \as
badly split up as that from rural precincts,
and the farmers will be able to decide be
tween city candidates where there are none
from the country. - There will be combina
tions between candidates from different parts
of the county that will result In a proper
geographical distribution of the offices nine
times out of ten. The advantages of the sys
tem will be found to compensate for its draw
backs.:,^ l:J.r
For the past twenty-seven years Minnesota
has been blessed in the attorney general's
office with men of a high order of talerii, and
no better proof of their worth can be offered
than the fact that the six attorney generals
■who have been in office during that time are
all now in public life, in at least two cases
their service being only a step to higher
preferment.
c*orge P. Wilson of Minneapolis was attor
ney general .from 1874 to ISBO. He is now
State senator from the forty-first district.
Charles M. Start held the office from 18S0
to ISSI. He is now chief Justice of the su
preme court of Minnesota.
William j. Hahn held the office from ISSI
to 18ST. He is now a member of the tax com
mission.
Moses E. Cltpp was attorney general from
1887 to 1893, and last January was elected
United States senator.
Henry W. Childs served from ISB3 to 1899,
and la now on the tax commission.
W. B. Douglas took the office in 1899, and is
now serving his second term. A third term
is quite likely, and Mr. Douglas is already
spoken of as an eventual successor to Chief
Justice Start. —C. B. t.
A NEW BANK
Bora* Eu»kllda Bank of Sweden
May Have a Branch Here.
T*horcl Brandelius of the Boras Euskilda
bank. Sweden, who spent yesterday in St.
Paul talking with state and federal offi
cials on the banking laws, made the an-
nouncement before he left the city last
evening that he would establish a branch
of his institution in either Minneapolis or
St. Paul. His preference Is for this city.
If you want to rent a house look
through The Journal wants.
FIA&fOS....
BARGAINS IN USED UPRIGHTS.
1 Story & Camp Upright, 87.00 monthly ...............';;....... $135.00
J > Chickering Upright, $7.00 ? monthly .......................... 1 65.00
1 Imperial Upright, $7.00 monthly. 125.00
1 Mathushek Upright, 87.00 monthly .......... ..:.......: 135.00
4 square pianos, $5.00 monthly ;......... .. $25, $35, $40, $65
New Pianos for rent, $3.50. $4 and S5 a month. One year's rant allowed
. • ■ - - ' ':. if purchased. .:':_;. ,-/■: .■ : ■■ ■.'.;,■• ':.('"■
-"B^ffcCßl^^*^? Jiv Vs7 £<r, r'z?tl&k 40 sth streai S,
*wO X JClXif O& W JSL&A3Jfi\J) Cop . Nico!!@t.
TOWN TALK
Best sweet pea, nasturtium, aster seed, etc.
Miss White, 818 Nicollet.
11*01 bicycle snap; Tribune, $35. Northwes
tern Motor Vehicle Co., 611-18 First avenue S.
Flowers for funerals and all other pur
poses shipped to all parts of the northwest.
Mendenhall. florist. 37 Sixth street S.
Subscribe for all magazines, papers, etc.,
and get your binding done at the Century
Xewa Store, 8 Third street S, Bear Henne
pin avenue.
The Rutherford Land company of Minneap
olis has changed its name, and will "here
after be known as the E. L. Gilbert Land
company.
The plain clothes men say that the law
with reference to punishment of bicycle
thieves is too lax. The falling in the prices
of wheels has mada tae offense now only a
misdemeanor, and the maximum punishment
Is ninety days in the workhouse.
A smoker threw a lighted match into a pot
«f palms at the Golden West Hotel last even
ing, causing a blaze and scaring all the
guests of the hotel. The fire was quickly ex
tinguished, but fiie palm was totally de
stroyed.
.August Yolk, a former Minneapolis police
man, is now chief of police of Blue Earth
City, Minn. He was in Minneapolis yester
day renewing acquaintance with many of the
old officers.
A concert will be given at the Welsh
church, Franklin and Sventeenth avenues S,
Wednesday evening. Miss Clara Williams
will be the principal artist, aud will be as
sisted by Welsh musicians of St. Paul and
Minneapolis. Proceeds of the concert are to
be used to p*y for improvements on the
church.
THE WEATHER
The Predictions.
Minnesota. lowa and North and South
Dakota and Montana —Generally fair to
night and Saturday; winds mostly easter
ly. Wisconsin—Fair to-night and Satur
day; northeast winds.
For Minneapolis and Vicinity—Fair to
night and Saturday.
"Weather Condition**.
There are stormy indications this morn
ing from the east gulf states northward
to the lower lfcke region, including the
Atlantic coast, with rain reported this
morning at Jacksonville. Ch**leston aad
Pittsburg and snowing at Buffalo and
Sault Ste. Marie. The amounts of rain
during the past twenty-four hours are
3.0 linches at Montgomery. .98 at Pitts
burg, .70 at Knoxville, .48 at Jacksonville,
.44 at New Orleans. During the past 48
hours there have been 5.92 inches of rain
at New Orleans and 3.69 at Montgomery.
There are snow flurries this morning in
the Red river valley. It is much colder
than it -was yesterday morning from Lake
Ontario, in a narrow strip, southwestward
to New Orleans, the falls in temperature
in western New York and western Penn
sylvania being 24 degrees to 28 degrees.
It was below 32 this morning in Minne
sota, North Dakota and northern South
Dakota.
—T. S. Outram, Section Director,
Maximum Temperatures.
Maximum temperature for the twenty
four hours ending: at 8 a. m. to-day:
Upper Mississippi Valley-
Minneapolis ....... 40 La Crosse .~..-~. 42
Davenport ..... 46 St. Louis »...«~« 50
Lake Region— ■;
Port Arthur ~. 36 Buffalo 64
Detroit 42 Sault Ste. Marie.. 32
Marquette 34 Escanaba ..,..-..-. 38
Green Bay.... ~. 42 Milwaukee ........ 4<i
Chicago 38 Duluth .; •« 38
Houghton... 34 .
Northwest Territory-
Winnipeg... 32
Missouri Valley— !
Kansas City 54 Omaha ........... 56
Huron.. — 50 Moorhead *. —. — 38
Bismarck 62 Willlston. >...».«.» 62
Ohio Valley and Tennessee- ■
Memphis « 48 Knoxville ..»~~.-. "0
Pittsburg... 72 Cincinnati »»»~~-* 44
Atlantic Coast— Al>
Boston 42 New York ...~._r 46
Washington. ~.~~. 60 Charleston ■■> »'»
Jacksonville ...... 76 •
Gulf States— „.
Montgomery......* 62 New Orleans —»* 64
Shreveport......... 60 Galveston ...»....» 60
Rocky Mountain Slope—
Havre v;-'-- -- 58 Helena . »-•-.»• 8
Miles City........... 56 Rapid City .~«~« ( 62
Lander ...~~. 58 Modena .~.~..~— »»
North Platte. .^.~ 64 Denver ..~~~~~ ') W)
Dodge City...«.«. 70 Oklahoma ~.~.~«
Abilene «.»». 66 El Paso .^..^—« 4<«
Santa Fe 54 .-. ,"1'
Pacific Coast— . „■
Spokane ..«. 60 Portland .^^ £v
"Winnemucca....^. 68 San Francisco «•»• ob
Los Angeles M 68
PARENTS at FAULT
Senator Clapp Addre»«e» V. W. Man
ufacturers' Association.
In his address before the Northwestern
Manufacturers' association at the ; Mer
chants' hotel, St. Paul, last evening, Sen
ator Clapp, among other things, said:
I tell you, gentlemen, the trouble with our
youth lies with their parents. They are too
fond of seeing their boys wear creased
pants, stand up collars and the like, and do
not want them to soil their hands.
This country has a great and glorious des
tiny, but, in spite of ourselves, we are forced
to doubt sometimes when we see the pathway
which many, of our youth are following. You
must remember that back of all our insti
tutions there is „ a material physical force
and there Is the great manufacturing spirit
in this country. Our youth ought to think
more of what is really good and fit for them
selves and then follow their destiny with
unswerving steadiness. They ought not to
be afraid to soil their hands or to do physical
labor. If a man is a good mechanic he is
something. »v-:"- }
jj- —ir»i.iow?*!'P >< giy^*r i 7B mE*afm'i ln "nr'^v&iMT^
Other speakers were Oliver Crosby and
A. K. Pruden. • , , -
HITTMAN PARDONED
WasHievrskl'g Case Taken Under Ad
visement by Board of Pardons. .
Two pardons were granted by the state
board yesterday afternoon. Fred Hitt
man, a life convict who has been at Still
water since 1878, and is in a demented
condition, was released on condition that
his relatives in Germany send for him
and care for him during his remaining
years.
Robert Fitzgerald, sent up from Crow
Wing county in : 1895, for a twenty-year
sentence for the crime of rape, was par
doned on recommendation of the trial
Judge and county attorney, who hold that
there are grave doubts as to the man's
guilt.
The Wasiliewski case was taken under
advisement. The prison physician will be
asked for the statement as to the man's
phyeical condition.
Three pardons were denied, In the cases
of Albert Annis, Charles Emerson and
Frederick Whlttaker.
SMITH BUYS MORE LAND
Another Transfer From S. A. D. Pa
ter of Portland, Oregon,
S. A. D. Puter of Portland, Ore., who
sold to C. A. Smith of this city 30,000
acres of California lumber lands during
the winter, has been in town this week
and has made another transfer to Mr.
Smith.
Mr. Puter purchased the best pair of
matched Shetland ponies from the farm
of J. F. Elwell. He will make an over
land tri:> in his state this summer, us
ins; the ponies and a horse team, with a
specially built wagon.
TRIED TO KILL HERSELF.
Bertha Myers, 180 West Third street, St.
Paul, attempted suicide yesterday by jump-
Ing into the Mississippi river. She was res
cued.
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
THE BRONZE ROOM
Wonderful Collection in the T. B.
Walker Gallery.
MANY ARTICLES OF VERTU SHOWN
Flue Oriental Work With Pieces of
Tiffany *.lii!>n, Jade, < iimeow.
V. nil in el, lilc,
It is safe to say that the art center of
I Minneapolis is the Walker gallery at
j Eighth street and Hennepin. Although it
may not compare in size with great col
lections in other cities, nowhere can
there be found a better selected aggrega
tion of art works when the comparatively
■ short time since Mr. Walker formed the
nucleus of his present collection is con
sidered.
An assembling of articles of vertu such
as Mr. Walker has laid the foundation for
in his art building is the work of a life
time and is obtained only through the
medium of a ripe judgment, a fine dis
crimination and the lavish expenditure
of money. In the line of gradual progress
and expansion Mr. Walker has rearranged
the articles which the bronze room al
ready contained and has added new ones.
One of the pictures shown on this page
illustrates the manner of the disposition
of the bronzes. The larger pieces have
been placed on glass shelves erected along
parts of three sides of the room. The
small articles which might easily be lost
are in a rarge new glass case placed in
the center of the room. This collection of
cabinet pieces consists of the finest
bronzes, Japanese and Chinese earthen
ware vases, of Tiffany glass and jade,
purple and silver ena"mel pieces, of cameos
and facsimiles of the great diamonds of
the world. The diamond representations
in a case by themselves, are cut from pure
Jap crystals and are as near like diamonds
in apeparance as the gems themselves.
The collection in the cabinet has been
years in gathering. It has been brought
together piece* by piece.
Some of the Bronzes.
Among the bronzes are several very fine
"gold" pieces and incense burners from
the old Chinese temples, and vases of sil
ver and gold bronze finely wrought. On
the upper shelf of the compartment is
perhaps the finest lot of snuff bottles ever
gotten together. They are made from
oriental jade, oriental amber and cut
crystals of all colors and shades and
forms. The covers are chiefly of beauti
fully colored jade covers. Not content
with adorning the exterior of these bot
tles the makers have carved and painted
some of them on the inside with exquisite
figures and designs. All of these are of
very hard stones cut out co as to be used
to carry the snuff.
Amongst the bottles is a camphor glass
■■pip *"* • J #""4 jeHLJbhK. t-* tK-'^^BB^Htf* k
■ i ■ ...-.,.,■/..
with a fine crystal cover. Also a fatty
jade bottle, one from gold stone which is
very beautiful, others from chalcedony,
catchelong, and some of variegated colored
glass made in early times in China.
An Ivory Oddity.
One of the oddities in the case is an
ivory ball containing thirteen other balls
cut one inside of the other, beginning with
an exceedingly small one, scarcely larger
than a pea. This interior ball is sur
rounded by another larger on,e which in
turn is contained in a still larger one, and
these in other balls gradually larger
through to the surface. Each and all of
these balls are perforated in different
lines from the center to circumference so
that the whole number may be seen and
counted from the exterior.
The articles which might be termed
"cutest," as well as showing the greatest
ingenuity and skill, are perhaps the fin
est assortment of ivory carvings ever put
together in the United States or Europe.
Each of them represents a complicated
scene of people, animals of different kinds,
A C ORNER OP THE WALKER AT GAUL EUV.
The painting between the alabaster pillars is a comparatively recent acquisition.
A C ORNER OP THE WALKER AT GALX ERY.
The painting between the alabaster pillars is a comparatively recent acquisition.
—Photo ty A. 8. Williams.
together with trees, dragons, boats and
horses and other things. None of them
is over four inches across the base. Each
is carved in the most minute and elab
orate manner. Every group has a piece
inlaid on the bottom, giving the name of
the artist and the date of the carving.
One sceno represents a Sot of harpies who
haw found a woman, a creature which
Lucy have never before laid eyes on. They
are subjecting her to various tests, one
of which is flying, an art of which they
iteniselves are masters. In another stv
tral Imps have found a large drum which
they are .esting in various inauaerß. The
most interesting, perhaps, represents a lot
of blind men who are examining an ele-
V-hant in a vain endeavor to discover wtat
It is.
< uriouw Works of Am.
A recent addition is a carving made
from a quartz crystal, "which is without a
flaw. It is carved into a bust of the late
Queen Victoria. Some magnificent old china
vases dating back 500 years and one old
»■■■ iiiu-. ii ,' ,' " '.. ' : "i' '_ ' _; '" '-'■ > ■ - "
GLASS SHELVES LADEN WITH WORKS OP ART.
These shelves hold articles of vertu gathered from the four corners of the earth.
—Photo by A. S. Williams.
giant crackle vase are put into this case
for safe keeping. Next to the giant
crackle is a beautiful brown one of line
color and tone, fashioned of petty crackle,
and three iron rust vases of very fine
crackle with dark brown bases and some
brown iron bronze ones inlaid with silver
and gold. Each of these old pieces con
tains the engraved name of the artist
who made it. Numerous fine, large ivory
carvings are in the collection, one rep
resenting a saint drifting through the
clouds, another dragons in combat. On
the same shelf is a carved and colored
ivory vase, a beautiful rhodonite vase and
a solid affaiffr carved from Spanish topaz.
Another magnificent one of cut and pol
ished sunstone from Swedestrand, Nor
way, deserves especial mention. Other
A S IGHT THAT DELIGHTS A CONNOISSE UR.
A glass cabi net filled with rare pieces of jade, bronze, jasper, ivory, etc.
—Photo by A. S. Williams.
small ones are of beautiful red Tiffany
glass, silver enamel and oxblood earthen
ware. Of the latter, two are from China,
and two very beautiful blue ones were
made by one of the finest workmen in
Japan. The same artist, has also con
tributed an ox blood vase. Other vases
are of colored flour&par and some finely
colored and formed pieces are not herein
particularly described.
Many of the articles in this case are
the best out of 500 pieces that English
government representatives collected.
Would Arouse a Collector's Envy. I
If the case whose contents have just
been described -were not taJcen into con
sideration at all, but were thrown out
of the room entirely, the glass shelves
shown in the accompanying picture are
covered with bronzes fit to set an old
collector wild. Travelers may visit the
large cities of this country and of Great
Britain and the continent and yet not
find in so small a compass a collection
equal to the one which has just been ar
ranged on these shelves in Mr. Walker's
bronze room. The Chinese and Japanese
work is said by connoisseurs to be as fine
specimens as can be found in any museum.
Mr. Walker's accumulation comes large
ly from the collections of prominent peo
ple as they are broken up through the
death of the owner or otherwise. Among
them are pieces formerly owned by Lord
Jersey, Barl of Chi cheater and Prince
Matsu. Whenever professional collectors
have access to a magnificent piece, or sev
eral of them, they are boxed up and ex
pressed to Mr. Walker, who retains them
or not, as he may wish.
Cinnabar Lacquer Vaie.
One of the finest vases in the collec
tion is of cinnabar lacquer. It was made
by band and is not equaled in the United
States. Layer after layer of cinnabar was
put in tho form wanted and then most
magnificently carved on all sides produc
ing au incomparably artistic design. One
of the pieces on these shelves is an ex
ample of Inlaid engraving. It is a vaa#
of black iron bronze, and where the lines
and points are engraved fine strips of
gold are inserted, so completely covering
the surface that it shows only the prec
ious metal. This vase was the result of
ten years' work by an exceptional artist.
Only one piece of this size is in exis
tence. It was the last work of this man,
for he ruined his eyesight in its produc
tion.
Sun spot bronzes are numerous in the
collection which Mr. Walker has assem
bled. One of the particular stars is a
temple vase for incense burning. It was
made during the Chinese dynasty begin
ning 1414 and ending in 1436. The cover
is of inlaid Jade. Jade is a mineral much
used in China for art work. It is very
tough and hard to cut. Instruments
pointed wkn diamonds and the best emery
are necessary to make any impression on
it at all. In addition to this it comes
in small pieces and is not found in large
quantities. Consequently jade articles
are of high value. Tiffany In New York
has a case of jades containing $100,000
worth of pieces.
Sun. Spot Vases.
Mr. Walker has six other sun spot vases,
gathered from various ancient temples in
China, coming through different collec
tors. One of the pieces around which
mystery clings is a light green and red
bronze vase, in which the red and green
are put together in some manner not yet
discovered by modern artists. The red
runs through from the center to the sur
face. The material is too hard to have
been hammered together and it could not
have been made as a casting. It is said
by experts that no vase of its kind is to
be found in the world. Some of these
Chinese and Japanese pieces have finer
color and tones than any painting. la
this room standß an earthenware hand-
Immense Quantities of Meats
AT PRICES THAT WILL MOVE THEM AT
THE PROVISION CO i££
Elegant Spring Lambs, Choicest of Mutton.
Slrloius, Rib Roists, Batf, Pork and Mutton Cuts of all kinds.
TRY OUR New Mild Cure Hams, Bacon and Picnics.
Choice Lot of FRESH DRESSED POULTRY.
mac\g dish covered with lace work of gold
wire placed by band diagonally around it
in the moat perfect and uniform manner.
Owing to the variations of the surface the
hand work is much more perfect than if
done by a dividing engine. No flaw can
be found in the delicate tracery.
All of these bronzes are intended to
represent the finest colors and form that
the artists can produce. Color and form
are the highest ideals that the Japanese
and Chinese have, and particularly is this
true of the Japanese, who get the finest
colors that have ever been composed.
■ Three Fine Brume*.
Mr. Walker has three large, valuable
bronz«|t in tbis room; one of them a large
life-like lioo by Delabrierre, and the other
two are Barye bronzes of smaller size,
representing a lion and lioness. Mr.
Walker also owns Lord Jersey's "Old Man
of the Sea." He was formed from the
foam of the ocean, and the great dragon
set him in charge to watch the sea. He is
represented by the artist as standing with j
wind-blown garments holding the ocean
in his hand with the dragon over his head
keeping watch. The colors and tones are
unequaled.
A Costly Accident.
The second photograph on tbis page j
shows two hand carved alabaster columns
on either side of a painting which Mr.
Walker acquired about a year ago. It is
Jean Guilliaume Roster's "King Charles
I. After the Battle of Marston Moor."
This work has been described at length in
the press. The two fluted pillars, how
ever, are new and have and have addi
tional interest because of an accident
which happened to one of them on Easter
Sunday at the Hennepin Avenue Metho
dist church. The pillars and the vases
which properly surmount them were made
by an Italian artist living in Xew York
City. Mr. Walker originally made the
purchase with the view of presenting them
to some church in the city. A member of
the committee having in preparation the
decoration of the church for Easter was
permitted to place the columns about the
altar of the church as one of the central
features of its adornment. The vases
which belong to them stood high above
the columns. Unfortunately the alabaster
rims were cut off the pillars before they I
were taken from the gallery, so the only \
support to the vases was the socket sunk |
in the top "of each pillar. During the ser- !
vices one vase toppled, fell and was
crashed into pieces. It is said by those
present that the face that betrayed the
least emotion at the destruction of this
valuable piece was that of its owner.
If it is possible to have the vase re
paired the two columns will be given com
plete to the Hennepin Avenue church of
which Mr. Walker and family are attend
ants.
A BLACK HILLS LINE
George D. Dayton Thinks It's Time
Minneapolis Had One.
THE MONEY TO BE HAD EASILY
The Trade From the Hllli Would
Be a. Biff Thins tor
the City.
Minneapolis capital and enterprise
should build or stimulate the building of
a line to the Black Hills. That is the
opinion of George D. Dayton of Worthing
ton, Minn. Mr. Dayton has recently in
vested heavily in Minneapolis real estate,
and as a large property owner he is in
terested in the future development of the
city. He says:
Why not let Minneapolis capital and Min
neapolis brains build the long-needed rail
road from Minneapolis to the Black Hills?
There is Be doubt but that the money can
be secured if the right men take hold of it.
Money is cheap and easy to get. In fact, the
line could be bonded for all that the road
would cost. Men who know say that such
a line could be built most of the way for leas
then railroads are bonded for per mile.
When Minneapolis has a Black Hills air
line constructed other roads would be ready
to buy it.
A direct line would insure the success of
the road, as other lines would be unable to
compete in the items of time and mileage.
Minneapolis has the brains and the money to
build this line. All that is necessary is
the requisite amount of public spirit. The
city has the location and surroundings to
make it a great center. Let us get together
and do it.
O. C. Wyman, of Wyman, Partridge ft
Co., says:
I believe that if Minneapolis people realised
what a great benefit a railway line direct to
the Black Hills would be to this city it
would have been built long ago. The busi
ness done In the Hills is immense. Its peo
ple are good buyers and that section of the
country is developing rapidly. Minneapolis
capital should have taken hold of this propo
sition long ago, but for years we were led to
believe that some of the lines in South Da
kota, especially the North-Westeai and Mil
waukee, would furnish us with the needed
communication with the Hills. Tbe Milwau
kee broke its spell of inactivity in railway
extension along that line a year ago when
it extended from Bowdle to the liver. From
what I can learn the prospects of an exten
sion to the Hills are better than they have
been for years—enough so that Minneapolis
people can accomplish more by co-operating
with the Milwaukee in an effort to obtain
an extension of the Hastings & Dakota
branch beyond Evarts than, they cm. in an
independent movement. The extension of the
Hastings & Dakota branch to the Hills would
give us almost an ideal line.
A Deep Uueuiiou.
Senator Washburn said that a Black
Hills line was one Minneapolis had long
been in need of. As to Minneapolis build
in* a direct line or any kind of a fine to
the Hills, that, he said, was a deep ques
tion. Capital was employed in so many
avenues now that a railroad proposition
of that kind might not attract enough
money to make it go. It would be no
great thing to start the enterprise, how
ever, as a grade from Pierre to Aber
deen already existed. Such a porposition
would probably meet with opposition from
the other roads pointed for the Hills. The
Black Hills trade would be a big thing
for Minneapolis.
B. P. Nelson was of the opinion that
if Minneapolis capital was to engage in
euch an enterprise it would have to do
co in conjunction with some other road.
The territory from Minneapolis west into
South Dakota was already well ironed.
The Minneapolis & St. Louis with a ter
minal at Watertown, would be the best
line, in his judgment, that Minneapolis
could work with. He did not believe that
an independent line from Minneapolis to
the Hills could be made attractive to local
capital.
DECAPITATED
Paul Mark* Meets a Frightful Death
, Xear St. Paul.
: Paul Marks, , a waiter, • waa ■ killed while
beating his way to Chicago on a Milwau
kee train. His : head and body > were ; found
on "1 the : tracks, ; but widely I separated. ; He
was 20 years old and a native;of St. Paul.
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CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY
Figure* Showing; the "Work of the
Organization. >
The report of the Children's Home
society for the eleven months ending
April 1 shows 212 cared for, 125 placed in
homes, 57 returned to their homes* or
otherwise provided for and 30 remaining
in charge of the society. The majority
of the children are of American paren
tage, a few are of Irish and Scotch des
cent. Fifty cases of cruelty were Investi
gated by the society. About $8,000 ha»
been raised for the new building of the
society to be erected on the Dooley ay- :
enue site, St. Paul, which was donated.
The annual expense has been 10,236.87,
and the receipts from all sources $9,398.53,
an average of $48.28 for each child.
SECOND STROKE WAS FATAL
Montana Manager of the New York
Life I» Dead.
Special to The Journal.
Helena, Mont., April 19.—Ebeneezer
Sharpe. manager in Montana for
the New York Life Insurance company,
died in Helena last night from the effects
of a second paralytic stroke.- He was
stricken with paralysis in - the Helena
postoffice about a year ago and recovered
partially, but was never really well. Early
yesterday morning he suffered a second
and fatal stroke, and never regained con
sciousness. His body was taken to In
dianapolis this afternoon by his family,
where he will be burled in Crown Hill
cemetery.
The dead man had lived in Montana
since 1880, coming here as cashier of the
Montana National bank. Eleven years ago .
he became connected with the New York
Life. He was prominent in Presbyterian
church ciroles and stood (high in the com
munity. His wife ad four children survive
him. He was born in Indianapolis in 1840.
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