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CITY NEWS
THE WEATHER
The Predictions.
MinnesotaGenerally fair tonight
and Friday slightly colder tonight
fresh northerly winds. Upper Michi-
ganThreatening with snow flurries
1 tonight and near Lake Superior Fri
day colder tonight fresh northerly
winds. WisconsinThreatening and
slightly colder tonight with snow flur
ries in east portion Friday, partly
cloudy, brisk northerly winds. Iowa
1 Partlv cloudy tonight and Friday
slightly colder in eejst and south pdav
I tions tonight. North Dakota and Mn-
tanaFair tonight and Friday. South
Dakota.Fair tonight and Friday cold
er in southwest and east portions to
night.
Weather Conditions.
The sform over Arkansas yesterday
has moved to southern1
Michigan, with
Considerably increased energy, the bar
ometer reading below 29.30 inches. The
itorm has caused precipitation during
the past twenty-four hours in nearly
the whole Mississippi vallev, the lake
region and the states east of the Mis
sissippi. Snow was falling this moan
ing in soiithewistern Minnesota, "Wis
consin and northern and western Mich
an, and it was raininte from St. Louis
New York and as. far north as Chi
cago, Detroit and Buffalo. Higher
temperatures in the Ohio valley and
lake region have been caused the
storm's northeastward movement, and
there are higher temperatures also dn
Minnesota, Manitoba, South Dakota
and Nebraska. The weather has cleared
in the gulf states and the region w*st
of the middle Mississippi. In Saskat
chewan, Alberta and the upper Bocky
Mountain region it is cooler than it was
yesterday. Fair weather is anticipated
in. this vicinity, and slightly colder to- Ou
i night. T. S. Outram,
Section Director.
Weather Now and Then.
Today, maximum 30, minimum 27 de
grees a year ago, maximum 35 mini
mum 8 degreeB.
ABOUND THE TOWN
Is Minneapolis Man.The man
ferday
rtcked up on the street in St. Paul yes
is said to be James Finnegan of
1 Minneapolis. He is suffering from the
1 effects of knockout drops and is 'likely
to die.
Celebrate Christmas.Friday even
ing the Sunday school of Fowler M. E.
church will celebrate Christmas with a
literary and musical entertainment in
the church, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Re
freshments will be served.
Thieves Plead Guilty.F. M. Both
and Jennie Johnson, charged with
grand larceny for taking a pocketbook
1 containing $1275, were arraigned todav
before Judge Dickinsoai. Both were
1 allowed to plead guilty to a petty lar
ceny and were sentenced to serve nine
ty days in the county jail.
Not Peterson the Attorney.Former
1 County Attorney James A. Peterson
1 has been credited with writing the com
munication which appeared in last
Sunday's Journal attacking Mayor
Jones' Sunday closing order. As a
matter of fact, the letter was from an
other James Peterson, a restaurateur.
Got Fifty-two Jackies Here.In the
one month it has been open, the naval
recruiting station in the federal build
ing has enlisted and sent to the re
ceiving stations fifty-two men. These
men have been selected out of 130 ap
plicants. The percentage of fit men is
unusually high. The greater number
of the rejected were under weight.
Unsound teeth was also a very common
disqualification.
St. Barnabas Case Ends.The habeas
corpus proceedings brought by Ayers
and McDonald against the St. Barna
bas hospital were quashed by Judge
John Dav Smith toda-. There was no
further use for the proceedings as the
hospital authorities granted the desired
priviliges when proceedings were insti
tuted. The case was based on the re
fusal of a hospital attendant t3 permit
an attorney to see a patient -without a
physician's order.
NECROLOCrlO
PEEiDERICK A. ALDRICH of Min
neapolis died yesterday at Moscow,
Idaho, where he had gone some three
months ago for his health. He was 21
yeai of age and a son of the late Allen
Aldrich, who diedome years ago. Mr.
Aldrich leaves only one surviving rela
tive, a brother at Maukato. The funeral
and interment will be at Moscow.
PETER JOHNSON a resident of
Minneapolis for the past thirty-three
years died today aged 66 years Funera
1
from the residence, 2002 Riverside ave
nue Sunday at 2 p.m and from St.
Paul's Lutheran church. Fifteenth ave
nue and Fourth street S, at 2:30. In
terment at Layman's cemetery.
JOHN DORAN^The funeral of
John Doran, who died yesterday at the
city hospital, aged 57 years, was held
today from Fox & Long's undertaking
rooms, 223 Central avenue. His rela
tives could not be located and he was
buried by friends.
CENTENARIAN DEAD
Felix Hackett, Aged Native of Ireland,
Passes Away in St. Paul.
Felix Hackett, said to be 100 years
old, died vesterday in St. Paul at the
home of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
I He lias lived in St. Paul thirty-two
years and has been an inmate of the
home about ten months. He was born
i in Ireland and coming to this country,
settled at Duluth, where his wife died.
I His family became scattered, but it is
believedr
that he
hasla sondinone
Duluth,
daughte in St Pau an othear
daughter whose whereabouts is un
known. Death was due to old age. His
faculties were well preserved to the
last and the physical decline was rapid.
Virginia Excursions.
Low round trip rates to points in Vir
ginia on the first and third Tuesday of
each month via Chesapeake & Ohio
railway. Write for list of farms for
sale. A. M. Nye, N. W. A., 238
S. Clark street, Chicago.
PIANOS
Select ycrar Christmas piano today. "We are closing out our
entire stock of shopworn, used and sample pianos at about half
price. The list includes the Hardman, Krakauer, McPhail,
Behning, Steinway, Sterling, Crown," and other good
makes.
Easy payments of $5, $6, $7, $8 and $10 a month. Used
and shopworn pianos for $80, $90, $100, $115, $125, $130, $140,
$160, $170, $190, $210, $220, $240, $290.
Representatives for the Knabe-Angelus Piano.
FOSTER WALDO,
36 5th St. So.. Cor. Nicollet Ave.
iJ
^Thursday Evening, 3
FROtt SCENES OF
DEATH AND RUIN
JO HN INGLIS RETURNS FROM
TOUR THRU RUSSIA.
Noted Crop Estimator Found St. Peters
burg Holding It Breath in Fear of
Some Fresh Outbreak and Was Ad*
vised by American Consul to Flee
from Odessa.
John Inglis, the noted crop estimator
and traveler, reached Minneapolis this
morning from Russia. Mr. Inglis left
here Oct. 1 last, going with all speed
to New York, Liverpool, Berlin and the
Russian frontier. At Eydtkuhnen on
the west Prussian frontier, the train,
on which were a number of diplomats
and newspaper correspondents, was held
up and sent back to Berlin. Mr. Inglis
was concerned with agricultural condi
tions, having been sent to Russia by
Watson & Co. to investigate the heavy
losses reported in wheat and other grain
crops. Eleven days after the turning
back from Eydtkuhnen he got across
the line to Weyrvalien and reached St.
Petersburg on "Nov. 12.
Loading Machine Guns.
The first thing Mr. Inglis saw was
the loading of the machine guns on the
fleet about to sail to quell the insurrec
tion at Kronstadt. The hotels of St.
Petersburg were crowded with better
class Jews. All was suppressed excite
ment. Nervous tension was in the air.
Everyone feared a massacre.
Mr. Inglis got out later for Odessa,
a forty-eight hour run, on the last train
that got thru. The strike was on. Riot-i
ing and confusion was general. In the
iron works of St. Petersburg all the
files had been stolen and ground into
knives by the workmen. Everyone was
armed. One heard of riots and slaughter
in many places.
558 Jews Buried in One Day.
Five hundred and fifty-eight Jews
were buried in Odessa the day Mr.
Inglis reached there and the English
consul told him over 3,000 were in the
hospitals. All was quiet then, but evi
dences of riot, as broken glass and
partly wrecked buildings were to be
seen and the streets were filled with
soldiers. On the advice of the Amer
ican consul Mr. Inglis got away from
Odessa, and fortunately escaped the
bloodshed that followed.' Later, a Rus
sian steamer conveyed him to Con
stantinople, whence, after four days,
he took a French boat for Marseilles,
coming thru Prance to Calais, to Lon
don, to Liperpool, to New York, to
Minneapolis.
No English house is doing business
in Rrfssia. Ross T. Smythe of Liverpool
and Lenders of London said they would
do nothing and have abandoned Russia.
Odessa, where there are nearly 200,000
Jews, has suffered terribly.
Ignorance of Peasantry.
It is pitiable, Mr. Inglis says, to see
the ignorance of the peasantry. They
have burned estates and destroyed mil
lions of property in their blind'groping
for the right. Many large mansions
of the nobility are reduced to ashes,
and the estates, ravaged and pillaged,
are occupied by peasants wno have
seized little plots and hold them as tho
they owned them unquestionably. The
Russian peasant is hungry for land. I
is the only form of wealth he under
stands.
Witte is unpopular. Many of the peo
ple for whom he is doing most, dis
like him. He is accused of vacillation
and lack of firmness. Yet his position
is one of the most difficult any man
could possibly be placed in, and to judge
him would be to presume. Yet ap
parently the nobles hate him, the mid
dle class fears and distrusts him and the
peasants, those at least with intelli
gence enough to know anything about
him, do not appear to like him.*
y2 Off Bathrobes, V% SmokingJackets
off sale. Friday and Saturday.2.
Hoffman's Toggery Shop. Both Stores.
ONLY MINOR DEFECTS
Armory Will Be Up to Specifications,
Declares Houghton.
Several minor flaws have been dis
covered in the new armory on Superior
boulevard, and there may be a little
delay in the completion of the building
until these have been corrected. One
of the footings appears to be weak,
seemingly thru some fault of the con
crete. This will be remedied at on*e.
The concrete brick also has created
some unfavorable comment in certain
quarters, but Building Inspector James
G. Houghton says that everyone may
rest assured that the building will not
be accepted until it is right, all thru.
There has been much gossip among
the architects and builders of the city
about the armory. I was reported that
the piling was entirely insufficient and
as a consequence it had settled in sev
eral places, and the walls were out of
plumb. There is little or no truth in
this statement. All the piles that the
ground would hold were driven, and it
was admitted that an unusually good
foundation was secured.
DRUG CLERK IS FINED
Christian Clark a clerk in the drug
store of Martin Atine, 1500 Hennepin
avenue was fined $25 in police court to
day on pleading guilty to a charge of
selling liquor without a license.
Fred McDonald, employed by the po
lice, called at the store Sunday and
after striking up a friendly conversa
tion with Clark purchased a half-pint
bottle of whiskv.
NEW INC0BP0BATIONS.
The Marais Investment company, Duluth cap
ital stock $50,000.
Swan Lake Land company, Minneapolis capi
tal stock, $100,000 George H. Warren president,
A. H. Linton vice president, Cavour S. Langdon
secretary and treasurer.
Middle West Land company, Minneapolis cap
ital stock $100,000 same officers.
Boundary Land company, MlnneapoUs capital
stock $50,000 same officers.
Pine Land company, Minneapolis capital stock
$100,000 same officers.
The Dairy Region Land company. Center Citv
capital stock, $25,000 John C. Carlson president,
Victor L. Johnson secretary and treasurer.
Harris Machinery company, Minneapolis, capi
tal stock, $100,000 Bernhard S. Harris presi
dent. Marks Marris vice president, Arthur M.
Harris secretary and treasurer.
COL. G. W. JOHNSON r#
IS NO BETTER TODAY
Colonel Charles W. Jdhns6n, county
treasurer, who is in an unconscious con
dition at Asbury hospital, is no better
today. It is impossible to forecast the
outcome, altho it is believed improbable
that he can survive the double disabil
ity of acute asthma and brain hem
orrhage, unless some radical improve
ment takes place soon.
Late this afternoon his condition was
most critical, with decreasing hope of
prolonged life. The patient lies uncon
scious.
ITODAY IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Judge D. F. SimpsonPhlMps vs.
Phillips, divorce and division of
property.
Judge F. C. BrooksMinor court mat
ters.
Judge John Day SmithJury, Juven
He court and minor chamber mat- 1
ters.
Judge Andrew HoltCharge to Jury
In case of E. C. Klein, indicted on I
criminal charge.
Judge H. D. DickinsonBrennafi
murder trial, state presenting evi
dence,
Judge F. V. BrownGeorge P. Gould
vs. St. Anthony Falls bank, case
Involving Interest charges.
SPENT ON THE STREETS
TOTAL FOB YEAR WILL EXCEED
$525,000, ONE FOURTH FOR
SPRINKLING. City Controller Dan C. Brown has
completed a pieliminary report on the
expenditures for street and bridge im
provements and maintenance. The total
exceeds $525,000, of which upward of
one-fourth is for street sprinkling. These
figures do not, however, include the cost
of new paving, sewers, curbing or the
cost of new watermains and mainten
ance of the system. More than $86,000
was spent for the new bridges in various
parts of the city and upward of $17,000
on good roads. More than $330,000 was
spent by the wards under the direction
of the street commissioners. The sum
mary of the disbursements is as follows:
Thirty-second avenue N bridge, $63,-
142.52 raising Nicollet avenue bridge,
$6,019.45 Dupont avenue N bridge,
$2,638.37 Cedar avenue bridge,
$2,226.33 widening Washington av
enue S bridge, $12,760.50 good roads,
$16,608.29 bridge repairs. $12,738.41:
paving repairs, $18,024.1o curb and
gutter repairs, $4,533.38 sidewalk in
spection, $4,310.35 conduit inspection,
$1,003 boulevard and sidwalk intersec
tions, $3,051.30.
Ward expenditures a?e divided as fol
lows: Repairs, dirt streets, $80,092.15
grading dirt street, $19, 298.30 remov
ing snow and ice, $7,564.02 sweeping
and cleaning streets, $68,553.33 general
expense streets, $2,918.21 street tools
and implements, $6.60 street sBrinkling,
$124,224.96 new sidewalks, $14,121.30
general expense/* sidewalks, $244.95
sidewalk repairs, $4,354.99 grading for
sidewalks, $12,614.64 sewer repairs,
$34,207.10 sewer and waterhouse con
nections, $2,955.25 sewer and water
house connections, inspection and ex
pense, $7,189.85.
REED IS RE-ELECTED
ATHLETIC MANAGER
Frank Keed has been re-elected man
ager of athletics at the university and
the coming season will mark his third
year as athletic manager. Mr. Eeed
nad no rivals for the place and he was
selected by unanimous vote of the ath
letic board of control.
The position of assistant manager
has not been filled and there are sev
eral students who will announce them
selves as candidates for the office.
Hugh E. Lesch, who has been Seed's
assistant during the last two years, will
graduate from the law school next
spring and he is not a candidate for. re
election. During the winter Leach
will coach the basketball team as his
selection for this place has been offi
cially announced by the athletic board.
The selection of "Reed as manager for
another year is highly satisfactory to
the students. The finances of the ath
letic association have prospered under
his management and he is popular not
only with students, but with downtown
"^patrons of university athletic games.
'PRODIGAL" GOING HOME
James Ryan Here on His Way to Itasca
County.
James Ryan, who is a guest at Staff
Captain Gooding's industrial home, has
a story reminiscent of that classic ditty
which recites how a certain "prod"
after doing a number of stunts out west
"started back home on the limited
freight." After four years of the
husks and swinte Ryan has decided that
it would a good idea to spend Christinas
with his people in Itasca county.
B.yan left nome about four years ago
and drifted down into Iowa, where he
fell in with a tough gang, and shortly
found himself serving time in the state
reformatory for attempted highway
robbery. From the reformatory he
went to Chicago and was leading a
hand-to-mouth existence there when
the impulse to revisit the old home
seized him.
Last night he arrived in Minneapolis
by the brakebeam route, presented him
self before Captain Gooding and asked
for a chance to earn his supper. His
intention at the time was to resume
his journey after supper, but the cap
tain succeeded in persuading him to
lay over long enough to earn his fare
to Itasca county, and go home in style,
even if he missed Christmas and had to
be content with the New Year's fes
tivities.
SHORTEST BAY TODAY
Long Nights the Rule from Now TJn-|
til Jan. 15.
Figures on record at the weather bu
reau show some interesting facts in
connection with this, the shortest day
in the year. While it is generally
known that this day is the shortest in
the year, that fact is demonstrated only
by close flgurin'g, for between Dec. 10
and Jan. 2 there i3 no perceptible dif
ference in the length of the time the
sun is visible, and Dec. 21 wins its dis
tinction only by a few seconds. The
days will not be Noticeably longer be
fore Jan. 15.
BIG TAX SALE
Over 10,000 Pieces to Be Offered in St.
ItOnis County.
The list of lands to be offered at the
St. .Louis county forfeited tax sale in
Duluth, Dec. 26, was received today
by the state auditor. The list is an
enormous one, containing over 10,000
descriptions, and the sale will consume
several days. Interested persons may
examine the list at the offico of the
state auditor.
St. Louis county has remitted $78,-
000 as the state's share of the Octo
ber tax collections, i&- m?*,cs*,z
Defective Page
THE' MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. w^
LOOKED FOR WORK
TILL HE DROPPED
LOUIS LA BRIE TAKEN TO HOSPI-
TAL UNCONSCIOUS.
Stranger in City, Without Friends, He
Sought Work but Could Not Secure
Food by Begging for Fear of the
PoliceHe May Not Recover.
A
Suffering from three days' starva
tion, Louis Le Brie fell uneonscious
in the corridor of the courthouse at
noon today, and the physicians at the
city hospital fear that he will not live.
Le Brie is a laborer and several days
ago Was stranded in the city. He was
giveta shelter by the Salvation Army,
and every day he tramped the-streets
looking for employment. He could find
no Work and the activity of the police
revented
him from begging a meal,
his morning he appeared at the state
free employment bureau and. asked Su
perintendent Levy for work. He -was
promised the work, and while waiting
in the hall outside .the office to hear
good news from his application he sat
down in a chair and lapsed into uncon
sciousness.
His pulse was scarcely beating when
he was noticed by passersby. Miss
Marie Jamme, nurse of the Associated
Charities, was called, and after admin
istering a stimulant, had the man taken
to the city hospital. He had not re
covered his consciousness late this af
ternoon, and it is feared that he may
not pull thru. He is 53 years old and
is a French Canadian by birth. He has
no relatives in Minneapolis.
TO REORGANIZE DAILY
Is
Plan for Change I Corporation
Agitated by Stockholders.
Beginning with the new year a change
may be made in the management of the
University Daily, and the present
close corporation may be displaced by
an association of which everv Daily
subscriber shall be a member. The
change in the organization is being agi
tated not only by subscribers, but by
stockholders in the Minnesota Daily
corporation, who believe that the paper
will never be a financial success until
it is made more representative of the
student body.
During the last three years the Daily
has been run under the corporation
plan and the editors and managers
have been chosen by the stockholders.
In some cases large blocks of stock have
been purchased by candidates for po
sitions on the Daily staff and elections
have been controlled by tho candidates
with the biggest financial resources.
Owing'to loose business methods the
Daily last year finished the season
heavily in debt, and altho the paper
has held its own this year, there is
still a d,ebt of over $200 faring the
corporation.
The board of Daily directors will call
a meeting of Daily stockholders and
students immediately after the holi
days to consider th proposed change.
HEW BANK AUTHORIZED.
Public Examiner P. k. &erst today authorized
the Union States bank of Minneapolis to open
business on a capital stock of $50,000. Andrew
Johnson is president. L. S. Swensen and Olaf
O. gearle Tice presidents, and Luth Jaeger cash
ier.
"Who can say more than this rich
praise." Pickwick*Rye is the popular
drink of particular people.
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BEWSPAPER WOMAN
FINDS REAL THING
Seeking real experiences around which
to write a newspaper storv on "The
Emotions of a Shoplifter "in a Great
Store," Miss Lillian Cherry, formerly
of Minneapolis, was arrested yesteiday
in New York. She had collected small
articles valued at $35, when the store
detective picked her up and took her
to the Jefferson Market police station.
Ever since her arrest three influen
tial friends have interested themselves
in her behalf. Chi^f among those that
are behind Miss Cherrv are Eev. Dr.
Pleasant Hunter of the'Fourth Presby
terian church, Mnety-fonrth street and
Riverside drive Rev. David James Bur*
rell, and Rev. Dr. Otto Mohn of the
Marble Collegiate church, Fifth ave
nue and Twentv-ninth ntreet, and E. R.
Rand of 15 Bond street, who is
said to have been a private secretary
to Russell Sage at one time.
They engaged William Scheck, Jr.,
to defend Miss Cherry and every effort
is being put to secure bail.
Miss Cherrv was formerly a Minne
apolis teacher and did some illustrated
newspaper work on botanical subiects.
HUMANE SOCIETY HAS
DODBLEI) YEAR'S WORK
Rough notes of the annual report of
the Humane society, soon to be issued,
show a marked increase in all branches
of the work. Tne total number of
cases has increased from 2,015 in 1904
to 2,500 or more for the year now draw
ing to a close. In the special branches
of
thel worke
CLUBS AND CHARITIES
Club Calendar.
FRIDAYFrances'Neal W. C. T. P.
Mrs. Fortier, 2901 East Lake street)
3 p.m.
Beautiful Patent
Colt Boots
December 21, 1905.
the increase shown will
be stil mor marked the figures in
many cases being doubled. The work
among children has almost doubled
Last year 1,100 children received care
or protection from the society. This
year's report will show that 2,000 or
more have passed thru its hands. Where
last year thirty-two children were
placed in institutions of various kinds,
forty-five were placed this year.
In the matter of delinquent and
abused children, the statistics for 1900'
will show a falling off. This is due" to
the fact that such cases now come be
fore the juvenile court, which has au
thority to commit delinquents to the
state schools and to take ill-treated
children from their parents. The num
ber of girls sheltered and cared for
will appear as about four hundred, the
exact figures arc not available at pres
ent. Last year the number was 252.
Lj regard to the care of dumb animals,
the forthcoming report will show that
the number cared for in 1904, 1,300.
has been nearly, if not quite, doubled.
THIEF VISITS Y. M. 0. A.
James Smith Said to Have Confessed to
Bobbery.
James Smith, a well-dressed young
man was arrested early this morning by
Detective Crummy and Brundage on a
charge of burglary. I is alleged that
he entered the Y. M. C. A. last Satur
day night and broke into one of the
lockers, taking $20 in cash. The offi
cers say he has admitted his guilt.
Smith will be arraigned in police
court tomorrow.
EMBLEMS OF HONOR
FOB U" ATHLETES
THE "M'S" AWABDED AFTER
CHAPEL EXERCISES TODAY.
Strong Boys Who Hav Battled on the
Gridiron Appear in Public on the
Stage and "Proxy" Hands Out the
Trophies Kjellman Is Signally
Honored.
In the university chapel this morning
seventeen husky football warriors re
ceived tokens of membership on the
1905 team, the hard-earned varsity
"M's." The announcement that
"M's" were to be conferred by Presi
dent Northrop brought throngs of un
dergraduates to ehapel- and the event
was in the nature of a football mass
meeting.
Immediately after *he regular re
ligious exercises, Captain Earl Current
and the other successful "M" candi
dates, filed onto the platform to receive
an enthusiastic recaption. When they
were seated, President Northrop offi
cially presented the trophies. The list
of "M" men, as read by the president,
contained the names of Current, Mar
shall, Vita, Brush, Ittner, Burgan, Cut
ting, Smith, Kremer, Bandelm, Kiel
land, Larkia, Sanbocrn, Weisel and Saf
ford.
As the men filed across the platform
to receive the varsity emblem they were
cheered vigorously by the student root
ers. The receptions given Earl Current,
the popular captain of the team, "Bad
Bill" Ittner and Joe Cutting, the hero
of the Wisconsin "ame, were especially
enthusiastic. Marshall, all-western end,
was the only absentee, and the rooters
called vigorously for him.
At the conclusion of the presentation
ceremony, President Xorthrop congrat
ulated the members of the team on the
work of the year, and the meeting came
to an end with a rousing "Ski-TJ-
Mah."
One of the interesting features of the
ceremony this morning was the pres
entation of the varsity emblem to Jo
seph K.ielland, who is the first varsity
student to win an "M"by participation
in only one big-nine game. It has been
an ironclad rule in university athletic
circles that a man must participate in
two of the big games of the vear to en
title him to an "M," and the excep
tion made in the ease of Kjelland, who
played only in the Wisconsin game, is
the first in the history of university
athletics.
LA FOLLETTE AS OHATOH.
Senator R. M. La Follette of Wisconsin has
been asked by the Lincoln club of St. Paul
to deliver the address at the club's annual ban
quet on Lincoln hurthday, Feb 12.
Jerome K. Jerome, author of "Three
Men in a Boat," "Idle Thoughts of an
Idle Fellow," the English novelist and
humorist now lecturing in this country,
contributes an interesting chapter, en
titled "An Analysis of Humor," in
The Journal's magazine next Sun
day. The real humor of the world,
Mr. Jerome maintains, is not manufac
tured to order, or projected on the
wings of ether. All that is good and
harmless and cheerful anni healthful
of whatever country, sooner or later
will be wafted on the wings of appre
ciation around this little globe we call
the world, and every nation will take to
itself what it deems best. But he says
if we attempt to imprison humordis
sect it, analyze it, placard it, poor
humor will soon give up this life.
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SHOOTS HERSELF IN"?
i I FIT OF INSANITY
In a fit of temporary insanity, Mrs.
Edith L. Rebie, 33 years old, shot her
self with a revolver at 4 o'clock this
morning at her home on Stryker ave
nue, just outside the city limits of St.
Paul.
For several years Mrs. Rebie had
suffered from mental trouble, which at
times caused temporary fits of insanity.
Between these spells she was sane and
able to perform her household duties.,
Her conditions was not sjnch that re
moval to an asylum was necessary, and
her husband, John Rebie, a carpenter,
preferred to keep her at home, pro-j,
viding a caretaker when the insane fits
came upon her.
Last night Mrs. Rebie became very
nervous, but Mr. Rebie and his adopted,
son did not anticipate anything serious, i
Early this morning the woman arose'
a"nd secured a revolver and lying down
upon a couch, shot herself in the right
ear.
Governor John A. Johnson seems to
hold a high place in the confidence of
at least one Minneapolis woman. She i
is poor and friendless .and feared that
she would be passed by in the distribu
tion of Christmas cneer. Rather then i
apply to any of the local charities she
wrote to the governor stating her case, i
She did not ask for relief, but begged
that her case be investigated and that
she be given a Christmas basket if:
found worthy. i
The governor communicated with tho-.
Associated Charities today and they
promptly investigated. They found
that the woman was fully deserving of
help and have placed her name on their
Christmas list. A her request the of
ficers of the society have kept her name
a secret an*d will disclose no more about!
her than that she lives in North Minne-1
apolis.
When the officers informed her that
she would be given a share of the good
things to be distributed thru the Asso-j
ciation she was deiighted and expressedi
a wish that she were a man so that she I
could vote for Governor Johnson at
the next election.
GEOLOGIST DOUBTS IT
Eastern Reports of Minnesota Coal Dis-'
covery Viewed with Suspicion.
"It's evidently the same old storv,"j
was the wearied response of Professor*
C. W. Hall, the state universitv geolo
gist today when questioned regarding at
clipping from the Wall Street Journal,
announcing that, at last, deposits or!
valuable coal had been discovered in
Minnesota.
"No intelligence of the discoverv of
coal has reached us recently,'' said Pro-.
fessor Hall. "This, evidentlv, is but,,j
another revival of a rumor that bobs
up every few years. I do not know that]
there is any coal in this state, but I do,
.know that none has been discovered
yet.''
The Wall Street Journal item has it
that the reported coal field is near Du
luth. It qualifies the statement with
the sentence that if it is "graphite" as.
reported, "it is too valuable to be used"
as fuel for engines. If it is only lig-:
nite it will not be of much value ex-,
cept for consumption in the immediate
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