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THE JOURNAL
VOLUME XXVIIINO. 88.
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BEPBESENTATIVES.
memorative of the "Ordinance of
1/787," is an interesting one. A part
of the state of Minnesota was included
in the great Northwest territory created
by the act of 1787. That ordinance
guaranteed peculiar rights and privi
leges to the inhabitants of all the states
and territories which might afterward
be carved out of the section of country
covered by it. I dedicated this new
country to civil and religious liberty.
I is highly appropriate that it should
bo commemorated in the way proposed
and it will be altogether to the credit
and glory of Minnesota to have the fact
emphasized that this state was in part
carved out of that great territory. We
can conceive of no reason why the cap
itol commission should not be glad to
.have such a tablet placed in the new
'statehouse, provided the tablet offered
is appropriate and does not in any re
ispect mar the architectural beauty of
the structure, which, of course, there is
no reason to fear.
The first robin Is usually seen by an
unreliable man.
(r "The State Is Not Crippled.''
Only two Minnesota railroads, appar
ently, consider themselves in a position
to contest the 4 per cent gross earnings
tax. The Great Northern is the only
system that has taken decisive action
showing that it will refuse to pay more
than 3 per cent, but the Great Western,
which under a territorial charter pays
only 2 per cent on most of its Minneso
a mileage, is expected to follow suit.
The other railroads are paying the 4
per cent tax without a murmur, and al
ready the new law has swelled the state
revenues by about $800,000.
Opponents of the increase used to say
!that the railroads would refuse to pay,
tie up the whole tax in litigation for
years, and cripple the state financially.
[With $800,000 more received from rail
road taxes than last year, the state can
hardly be said tb be crippled. The fact
i is that there was nsver any seiious dan
S ger of a contest by the majority of the
roads. The only ones that have any
1 legal ground to stand on are those hold
ing tenitorial charters which named a
specific tax, which the roads'claim as
contracts, not to be altered without
their consent, Those roads have the
same grounds for contest how as they
had when the 4 per cent proposition
first came up By acting eight or ten
years ago the state might have had sev
eral millions in its treasury, and micht
fi have had the issue with the Great
I Northern and Great Western deter
mined. We kxow now that there was
jnever any danger of the state being
tcrippled by the roads withholding all
taxes. That argument was much like
the arguments against railroad rate
bills. The only way to find out "wheth
er the government can regulate railroad
Wednesday Evening',
The
IP
\Sunday
Journal
(Dirculatien forthe
month was as
follows:
January 7
63,155
January 14
63,750
January 21
64,182
January 28
67,501
Watch It Grow.
rates is to pass such a law, and the way
to determine the state's right to in
crease railroad taxes was to pass the
gross earnings bill.
The action of the railroad companies
will not meet with any popular sym
pathy. Beyond a question they are
paying less than their proper share of
taxes. The best estimates give 5 per
cent as a more correct rate than four.
The roads with territorial charters
should pay jjust as large1
a share of the
tax as their competitors, and in all
probability the courts will take a broad
view of the matter and uphold the
state's right to levy a just tax on cor
porations enjoying the protection of its
laws.
Mr. Garfield says all the packers are
liars just as we suspected.
Minnesota Manufactures.
Iowa is known as an agricultural
state, but so is Minnesota and probably
not many people are prepared to find
that according to the census bulletins
Minnesota is manufacturing goods of
the value of nearly double the output of
Iowa. In 1905 the number of estab
lishments is almost identical4,759 in
the case of Minnesota, 4,785 in case of
Iowa. The capital invested, however,
was $111,000,000 in Iowa and $184,000,-
000 in Minnesota the amount of money
paid to salaried officials in Iowa in
round numbers, $6,000,000, in Minneso
ta, $9,000,000 total wages in Iowa, $23,-
000,000, in Minnesota, $36,000,000 the
cost of materials used in Iowa, $103,-
000,000, in Minnesota, $210,000,000. The
value of the products of the factories
in Iowa in 1905 was $160,000,000 and in
Minnesota, $307,000,000, or nearly double
that of Iowa.
The principal industry in Iowa is
slaughtering and meat packing, the
product of that industry, centered chief
ly, at Sioux City, amounting to $30,-
000,000. Next in importance is the
dairy industry with a product of $15,-
000,000, showing a slight decrease, how
ever, during the past five years, while
the same industry in Minnesota has
grown from $8,500,000 to nearly $13,-
000,000 during the past nve years. In
fact, lumber is the only important in
dustry in this state which does not show
a handsome increase, the slaughtering
and meat packing business showing an
increase of nearly 150 per cent.
All the senators will twist their necks
to see how Alger votes on pure food.
Free Alcohol.
The Farm, Stock and Home remarks
that from the tone of some letters it
has been receiving it is evident that
work of the Standard Oil company
against the Marshall denaturized alco
hol bill is having some effect. The line
of attack is to frighten the temperance
people into opposing the bill on the
ground that untaxed alcohol cannot be
safely permitted because people would
restore it and drink it and a satur
nalia of intemperance result.
The testimony of experts is that de
naturized alcohol can be recovered,
but that the cost would be more than
the original distillation and it could be
done only in a large plant equipped
with elaborate and expensive machin
ery.
Some of the temperance advocates
have seen the point and have escaped
the snare of the Standard Oil monopoly.
The New Voice, edited by John G.
Woolley, at one time prohibition candi
date for president of the United States,
has come out squarely for the Marshall
bill. It says:
"Our war is not against either alco
hol or the proper use of alcohol. We
have no quarrel with the man who
wishes alcohol to pickle snakes, to
light his house or to run his automobile.
We have no objection to any useful
thing that can be done with alcohol."
The feasibility of denaturizing alco
hol appears to be established in such a
way as to answer the objection against
putting into the hands of the people
alcohol for manufacturing purposes
which may be recovered and used for
drinking purposes.
The only other questions remaining
are those of the methods of preventing
fraud upon the revenue and the effect
upon the revenue itself. So far as the
latter is concerned it is impossible at
the present time to say what the loss
would be. The commissioner of the in
ternal revenue does not care to guess
and the rest of us do not know. So far
as the administration is concerned, Mr.
Yerkes, the commissioner, has recom
mended to the committee of the house
that a pretty comprehensive bill be
passed. He would limit the manufac
ture of alcohol which is to be denatur
ized to the distilleries which have ca
pacity of 100 barrels a day. He would
have\all alcohol manufactured immedi
ately put in bond as it is at present and
denaturized there before being*-let out
again. This is somewhat differenjt from
the idea which has been entertained by
some that when alcohol became free, its
manufacture would also be free to whoi
ever wanted to make some for his own
use. The gain to the manufacturer and
farmer would "be entirely in the reduced
cost of alcohol, which being denaturized
would be freed from the revenue tax.
This would be a tremendous gain, how
ever, since a gallon of pure alcohol now
pays a tax of from $1.98 to $2.ll ac
cording to the proof%
Iowa is considering a "sane Fourth"
law. We would hardly ^know the old
country with a sane Fourth and a &ane
football.
Greater Pittsburg Election.
The legislature of Pennsylvania hav
ing passed a bill uniting Pittsburg and
Alleghany in one municipality, to take
effect in a few weeks, the spring elec
tion in those cities assumed an un
usually important aspect. This was
still further heightened by the char
acter of the campaign waged. The
opposing candidates for mayor were Mr.
Guthrie, democrat, and a Mr. Jenkin
son republican. The former had the in
dorsement of the civic reform element
in the city, and the latter was heavily
backed by several of the Pittsburg
brand of millionaires and by the Penn
sylvania railroad. After a sharp fight
Mr. Guthrie won ^ut by a majority of
5,000. The republican candidate, who
was elected mayor of Alleghany, will
become the deputy mayor of the greater
city.
Party lines were nearly wiped out in
the contest. The democratic candidate
appealed for votes on the ground that
he was a good Roosevelt man and a re
former. The republicans tried to hold
their lines together by the cry that the
republican party, being in the majority,
should be entrusted with the first ad
ministration of the greater city. They
were unable to restrain the spirit of in
dependent voting, which was exercised
to a degree which would have made the
Minneapolis Tribune very sad and
downhearted over party prospects.
The people, however, do not seem
to feel the same weight of woe. They
seem to have considered that they would
rather give an unattached democrat
their votes than to trust a republican
who was branded with the official
stamp of the Pennsylvania railroad.
Town and Country, a New York paper,
is to write up the elegant homes of Lake
Minnetdnka. Lake Minnetonka is a fine
body of water, but it is rather remark
able that a New York newspaper should
have, discovered the f^tct.
The drydock Dewey, under the smile
of an eternal summer, ^s flitting in and
out, around and among the Canary
islands, floating between blue and blue, in
a dream that the, world has done with
warships.
Another objection to the Jews in Lon
don is that wherever they settle in pre
dominating numbers the saloons have to
move out, the Jew not being so ardent in
the search for snakes as his Christian
brother.
A letter which Oliver Wendell Holmes
wrote to a correspondent whom he said
could be trusted not to let out such a
"garrulous piece of personality" has just
brought $75 at an auction sale of auto
graphs.
China has adopted for her army a dark
blue uniform, with three gold buttons on
the sleeve of the general. This is much
better than the polonaise and ruching
heretofore, affected by Chinese military
men.
Professor Lee of the chair of physiology
at Columbia university, says that candy
is good for you. If it is good for you,
your child might also be persuaded to eat
a little if you took it home to him.
O where, O where has John D. gone,
O where, O where can he ba?
With Lawson caught short
And Hi Rogers long,
O where, O where can he be.?
Mr. Heinze is gradually getting out of
his sevaral varieties of troubles. With
$25,000,000 he can face the world man
fully and perhaps break into society in
New York, via Pittsburg.
Judge Prouty of Vermont not being
the kind of an interstate commerce com
missioner the senate approves, the peo
ple will find it all the more difficult to
part with him.
Mexico has been having a severe win
ter with much suffering, due to extraor
dinary cold. That must have been where
our winter has been wintering.
Pat Crowe's record is such that if he
had done five or six years more the
country to the. west of us would be a
much safer place of residence.
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY
I One Year Ago.
Feb. 21, 1905Birmingham, Ala.
One hundred and sixteen miners en
tombed.
MinneapolisDeath of J. W. Ray
mond, president of Northwestern Na
tlonal bank, at Pasadena. Death of
M. A. Gedney, founder of the Gedney
Pickling company. Excelsior grants
franchise to Twin City Rapid Transit
company for Minnetonka line.
Ten Years Ago.
Feb. 21, 1896El Paso, Texas
Fltzsimmons knocks out Peter Ma
her in first round.
MinneapolisDeath ef R,^ P. Rus
sell, pioneer resident. Sale of West
minster church cite, Seventh and
Nicollet, to George W. Dayton for -j
$165,000. Verdict for defendant In
suit of A. J. Blethen against Thomas
Lowry to recover $100.00(1 on an al
leged contract for the sale of the
Tribune.
Feb. 21 In Other Years.
1752Nathaniel Rochester, founder
of Rochester, N. Y., born.
1805David Tod, lawyer and gov
ernor of Ohio, born.
1821Charles Scrlbner, publisher,
born.
1852James Brander Matthews, au
thor, born.
1865General Crook captured at
Cumberland, Md.
1885Washington monument dedl
cated.
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CINNEAPOMS JOURNA L.
Minnesota Politics
i'^1
\4n $**"*
Meeting of Stte Committee Before End
of March Is Antlelfc4tedi and a Conven
tion- Data Somewhat Earlier ,than
UsualStephens the Object of a Fa
vorite don Movement In the Ninth
Chief Justice Start Says He Would Be
Grateful fop Renomination.
"I believe we will hajve an early con
vention yet," said a member of the state
central committee yesterday. "It will not
be as early-as some have advocated, but
I think the committee will get together
before the end of March, which will be
much earlier than usual, and will call the
convention at least a month earlier than
two years ago, when it met June 30 I
do not believe Chairman Hamlin has been
'called off' by anybody. The date of the
convention is not going to make much
difference with its resulC but it will make
a big difference in organizing the cam
paign.
"Governor Johnson has been campaign*
ing ever since he became governor, and in
a more effective way than he could do
with a campaign on When he visits a
town he is given a non-partizan welcome
by both republicans and democrats. He
meets everybody and makes friends. Af
ter we have had a republican convention
and named a eandidate for governor,
Governor Johnson's visits will be consid
ered political and he will be received by
democrats. The republican nominee will
be making the same sort of tour and get
ting acquainted
No one has any definite idea of the
time when the committee, will meet
Milie Bunnell of Duluth. who is a mem
ber of the executive committee, has gone
to the Pacific coast, and it is understood
that the committee, will not be called un
til he returns, at any rate.
Talk of including in the call as one ob
ject of the convention, the nomination of
a candidate for United States senator, is
being indulged in, but does not create,
much interest. It has been the custom
to put an indorsement of the senators in
the platform, and that is just as binding
on members of the legislature as any
action the convention could take. Be
yond a doubt the convention will indorse
Senator Nelson for re-election. Politi
cians anticipate that action just as much
as tho it were included in the. call. It
should be stated in the call, but it will
make no real difference as to the validity
and force of the convention's action.
O
arm v,o rdr r%j
Counties of ]y[fnnesoia where, the tim
bered and cut-over areas are found have
interests peculiarly their own, and the
special champion of that section in the
legislature at the, past two sessions has
been A. L. Cole of Walker, formerly a
retail merchant There is a good-sized
boom in northenr\Minnesota for Mr. Cole,
and he will be a factor in the governor
ship contest, as other candidates are be
ginning to realize. He has friends
other parts of the state who are working
up sentiment in his favor, and so does
not depend solely on northern Minne
sota for strength. He stands for state
development by improvement of our
cheap lands and encouragement of set
tlers, and at the last session achieved
something in that direction. Ha fathered
the bill for an immigration bureau, and
the new law restricting state land sales
to actual settlers was his pet measure
He has been prominent in the drainage,
movement, and had an important part
in shaping the highway commission law.
Mr. Cole is an aggressive, persistent sort
of man, and was an earnest, effective
speaker on the floor of the house.
A. L. Cole is 58 years old, and a native
of St. Lawrence county, New York. He
attended the common schools and St.
Lawrence university, engaged in business
and served as school commissioner He
removed to Minnesota in 1882 and has
been successful in business, but did not
come to the front in politics till 1902,
when he was elected to the house. He
took a leading part in the session of 1903,
and was re-elected in 1904, serving in the
1905 session with distinction.
Chief Justice Start has made it known
in his usual modest way that he is will
ing to accept a renomination That state
ment disposes of the possibility of any
other candidates, for the standing of the
chief justice among the bench, bar and
people of the state is so assured that
there will be no thought of opposing him
for his third term of six years. In 1900
the democrats made no nomination
against him, and In all probability they
will indorse, him this year
In a letter to the editor of the Winona
Republican and Herald, Judge Start
said:
If I am nominated again as a candidate for
the office of chief justice by the lepublican
convention it will be gratifying to me, and the
high honoi will be accepted grutefullv. I would
be glad to have my .position understood by the'
people and bar of the state.
Senator A. D. Stephens of Crookston
was in Minneapolis yesterday and met
several of his friends. He declined to
discuss seriously the proposition of bring
ing him out as a candidate for governor.
It is understood, however, that the PoJk
county delegation, and posbibly others
from the ninth district will come down
for Stephens There is little enthusiasm
in that part of the state over other candi
dates who have been mentioned. Jacob
son seems to have the most strength, but
there is hostile, feeling toward him on
the drainage proposition. The situation
is open for a favorite son candidacy, and
Stephens seems to be the man most fa
vored in the district.
Charles B. Cheney.
AMUSEMENTS
Foyer Chat.
After twenty-eight years before the
American public as a low comedian, Lew
Fields will make his debut in this city
Sunday night, as Hubert Peepfogel, in the
musical play, "It Happened in Nord-
land," a character he has "been playing in
New York steadily for a year and a half.
He brings to this city his entire original
company of 100 persons, Including a score
of well-known principles, and fourscore
singing and dancing girls-^-said to be the
handsomest chorus that ever left New
York. Certain it is that the organization,'
in its entirety, is the largest of its class
that ever visited the horthwest. "Victor *j
Herbert's music is safd,t he the most
tuneful he ever has written. There are
an even fifteen numbers, and numerous
dancing and marching ensembles*^ ^ij,^|
Bertha Galland appears Monday even-,
ing at the Auditorium in the first presen
tation in Minneapolis of David Belasco's
play, "Sweet Kitty Bellairs." Everybody
who has read Egerton Castle's book,
"The Bath Comedy," will be especially
interested in Mr. Belasco's adaptation oi
it, and Miss Galland's appearance and
personality are fitted exactly to the role.
It is said that she has never had a play
before that has given her half the chance.
In "Sweet Kitty Bellairs" Mr. Belasco
found a plot, a series of scenes and a con
course of characters after his own heart.
The production is claimed to possess
many wonderful effects in lighting and a
scenic investment of great splendor and
completeness In detail. In fact, this play
has been the subject of columns from the
greatest critics of this country.
The engagement is for an entire week,
with matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
The boys and girls from the orphan
asylums of the city were the guests of
"Bust&r Brown" at the Bijou yesterday
afternoon, and young as they were, all
seemed to catch the proper spirit of the
fun-making, and hugely enjoyed the mis
chievous pranks of "Buster" and his fa
mous dog, "Tige." Master Rice is a cap
tivating little, fellow, and makes an ideal
"Buster On account of the great pop
ularity of this play with the children, a
matinee will be given every day except
Friday.
Already much interest is being evi
denced in the coming engagement of the
versatile character actftr, Thomas E
Shea, at the iBijou next week, when he
wilKbe seen in "The Bells," "Dr Jekyli
and Mr. Hyde," "Cardinal Richelieu,"
"Othello," and "Napoleon 'the Great."
For the opening Sunday matinee and
night he will present the famous play,
"The Bells," in which he will play his
great characterization of the. conscience
stricken "wretoh "Mathias-," the beloved
of the village. Mr. Shea's portraa of
this great character is said to be full of
power.
There will be a special school-'children's
matinee at the Lyceum tomorrow, Thurs-
cYy afternoon. The. theater has been
bvatifully decorated in honor of the
hotiday. and every one will find the pret
ty family theater most inviting. The play
Ralph Stuart and his excellent company
will present is "All the Comforts of
Homa," Gillette's screaming farce.
The Unique has an excellent bill this
week, in whic the Buckeye State quar
tet is leatured as headliners These
Clever musicians were for years the fore-
$ most entertainers of Cleveland, Ohio,
where they rank among the leaders in
musical circles. The Julians, experts on
the flying rings and physical cultunsts,
Mary Madden, the pre.tty girl monologist,
and Mills and Sanford in a bright sketch,
are other meritorious features.
Those, patrons of the Bernhardt per
formances who will use carriages are re
quested to instruct their drivers to pro
ceed in the direction of First avenue S
I after delivering their party at the. Audi
torium pnor to the performance, and fol
lowing the same course after the play Is
I over A word of instruction In this re
spect will help materially in avoiding
blockades and prove a great help in
checking out the vast number of vehicles
that will be lined up In the vicinity of the
big playhouse.
Bert Coote's portraiture of Tapsley
Framingham, the seeing lamb, in "A
Lamb Wall Straet," at the Orpheum
this week, affords a study in quiet and
light comedy effects such as is seldom
seen on the vaudeville stage and the more
serious situations are made to appear
perfectly natural thru the close relations
between quiet rumor and the preservation
of mental coolness under stress of im
pending dangfc-. Tapsley's quarrels and
reconciliations with his betrothed are
brimful of quaint humor that keeps the
risibles of the audience in constant
action, atod the sketch is Kiplingesque in
forcefulness and brevity.
The sisters and brothers Ford, whose
dancing act is one of the. features of the
Orpheum Road show, which plays its an
nual engagement at the Orpheum next
week, are indisputably the greatest quar
tet of clog dancers now before the public.
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK~|
When Two Hearts Beat as One.
To the Editor of The Journal.
NoW that talk is reviving of the union
of Minneapolis and St. Paul, I desire to
submit a name for the new municipality
which is sure to be adopted when the
two cities become one, and for which I
hereby claim sole and exclusive credit
and originality. The new name will be
formed by dropping the word "Saint"
from St. Paul, to which nobody can ob
ject, because anything imputing saintli
ness to St. Paul is a misnomer. St.
Paul's position in the alliance will be in
dicated by merely changing the spelling
of one syllable in Minneapolis and broad
ening its pronunciation.
Her.e
it"Mmneapaulis1"
Februaryr^1,^1906.
you have
Isn't the idea bright
and the name daisy? The small town
absorbed by the big one-and the identity
of the small one preserved for all time,
while the change in the big one. is only
orthographical, which is about the only
effect so small an incident as absorbing
the down-river burg would have on the
great and progressive city of Minneapo
lis. Plea&e send marked copies of
Journal containing this crackerjack
idea to your St. Paul exchanges
Burt W. Day.
Hutchinson, Feb. 15.
Protest from the Stonecutters.
To the Editor of Tho Journal.
We hear much about the prosperity of
our city being due to loyalty and public
spirit of our business men, and other
civic bodies formed for the purpose of
fostering and encouraging the honfe in
dustries of our fair city.
It is a pleasant thing for the mechanic.
And w/Drkingman in a community to feel
assured that his fellow citizens who move
in a higher plane than himself have his
interest at heart, that at all times he will
receive not only kindness and considera
tion, but a true sympathy and support,
which will smooth h's path thru life and
will go far towards making him a useful
and self-respecting member in the com
munity where his home life is. centered
Promises kept to the ear are often
broken to the hope. The experience of
the workingmen of this city has often
proven the truth of this quotation.
The letting of the contract of the First
National bank is an example of the. pub
lic spirit and disinterested loyalty of the
business element of our city.
After the local cut stone contractors
had figured the work, it was let to a Arm
in Bedford, Ind. The Minneapolis branch
of journeymen stonecutters, before the
contract was let, appointed several com
mitjtees to wait on the bank officials, di
rectors and others, requesting them to
have the work done in the city by local
stonecutters. Their success may be
measured by the fact that not a dollar of
the amount paid for the stonecutfhg of
the First National bank will reach the
pockets of working stonecutters or oth
ers engaged in that industry in this city,
nor the business men they deal with. The
general contractor may swell his bank
account a thousand or two, but the busi
ness interests and the wage earner of this
city will suffer to the extent of $20,000,
more or less.
James S. Mexrlfield, President,
Fred Juno, Secretary,
Stonecutters Union.
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City News'
"DEMON RDM" IS FLAYED
PROHIBITION ORATORS BRAND
PRESIDENT, OLD PASTIES AND
CHURCHES AS SALOON PARTI-
ZANS. President Roosevelt, the republican '^L^Tlr.K t21.Th.e in
and democratic parties, the churches
COUNCIL COMMITTEE AUTHOR-
IZES PROFESSOR SHEPARDSON
TO EXPERIMENT WITH -WATER
PURIFIER.
The council committee on water
works, at its meeting yesterday, voted
$100 to assist Professor George D.
Shepardson of the state university in
making experiments for purifying wa
ter by electrolysis, acording to the
system invented by Joseph Johnson of
this city.
Professor Shepardson is thoroly satis
fied that Mr. Johnson is on the right
track, but thinks that his method may
have to be developed somewhat in or
der to be made of practical use. At
least, further experiments must be
conducted in order to determine its ef
ficiency. The inventor maintains that
electricity will not only entirely de
stroy all bacteria, but will remove all
dangerous chemical impurities and
precipitate all foreign matter held in
suspense, making river water practical
ly as pure as distilled water.
The experiments will be conducted
at the Northeast pumping station by
Professor Shepardson and'his diss in
electrical engineering.
The committee announces that it will
pass on all petitions for water mains
at its ^meeting on March 6. The re
quests already on hand call for 41, 11
feet of new mains, which will cost
$72,693.
WARNS BURGLARS
Buys
Mrs. S. J. Williams, Bobbed,
Bulldog and "Eight^shooter.*'
Eobbed of all her jewelry last
Wednesday night and despairing of
adequate police protection in the fu
ture, Mrs. S. J. Williams, 3001 Portland
avenue, has asked The Journal, by
telephone, to warn burglars to remain
away from her home. Mrs. Williams
,ays that she has purchased an "eight-,,
shooter'' and a bulldog and is ready
for any marauders who chance her way.
She serves further notice that the burg
lars of Wednesday got all her valu
ables and it will avail nothing for
others to ransack her place.
Mrs. Williams was visiting her son
on the night of the robbery. She re
turned to find her home topsy-turvy and
all articles of value gone. She esti
mates her loss at $40. She notified the
police, but for some reason, the matter
was supressed by the authorities and
the robbery did not become public until
Mrs. Williams informed The Jour
nal.
LAWSON GETS PROXIES
Blanks Sent by Insurance Company
Altered to Favor Him.
There is evidence to "the effect that
Thomas W. Lawson is securing proxies
of Minneapolis policy holders of the
New York Life Insurance company. Cir
culars are being received by the Min
neapolis policy holders announcing that
the annual meeting of the company is
to be held in the home office in New
York, April 11. Proxy blanks are en
closed to be filled out by the policy
holder, transferring his voting power
to .representatives of the company. In
several cases Minneapolis policy hold
ers liave filled out the proxy blanks,
but scratched out the line containing
the names of the men who represent
the company as proxy holders, and fill
ing in the name of Lawson, have for
warded the proxies to that gentleman.
WILL "SUGAR OFF"
Vermonters Get Bid of Business Prepar
atory to Banquet.
The Vermont society of Minneapolis
held its annual mqpting last night at
the Nicollet hotel, hearing reports of
officers and committees and electing of
ficers for the coming year.
As a celebration of the successful
year just passed a banquet will be held
in the near future at which a real Ver
mont time is promised.
The officers elected are: President,
Bome 6. Brown first vice president,
Dr. Isaac D. Alger second vice presi
dent, Judge Crosby of Hastings secre
tary, C. M. Drew treasurer. A. C. Dau
enbaum executive board, F. G. McMil
lan, F. B. Wright, P. C. Deming, H. B.
Smith, Fred Cutler, G. C. Pritchard and
D. C. Warden.
Mardi Gras FestivitiesNew Orleans,
Mobile and Pensacola.
For the above occasion the Chicago
Great Western railway will sell round
trip tickets to the above points at oily
one fare plus $2 for the round trip.
Tickets on sale Feb. 21st to 25th, in
clusive. Return limit March 3d with
privilege of extension. For full in
formation apply to R. H. Heard, G. A..
Nicollet avenue and Fifth street.
Leading dealers are glad to show Glove
rubbers., "Foot-Schulze" on the sole.
'.~a**tf rah ^Htt* *_
Railroads
AGREE O N ARBITRATION
EASTERN AND WESTERN OFFI-
CIALS GIVE TRYING TO DI-
VIDE EXPORT GRAIN RATE.
cl
ca
and the saloons, all came in for their the division of freight rates on .export
share of condemnation at the closing
session of the Hennepin county prohi
bitionist convention in Richmond halls
yesterday afternoon. In addition to
giving expression to their opinions, the
convention elected sixty-eight dele
gates to the state convention to be
held in the Auditorium March 7.
Rev. Joseph Hogg, the speaker of the
afternoon, handled the saloon question
without gloves. He blamed the apa
thy of the church people for the con
tinued existence of the saloon and its
attendant lawlessness.
County Chairman J. D. Engle an
nounced that the Commercial club had
offered the Auditorium for the state
convention, which meant a saving of
several hundred dollars for the cam
paign fund.
The Eev. Donald McKenzie of Ex
celsior was talked of as a legislative
possibility, and the name of H. H. Hag
gard was mentioned in connection with
an office high on the state ticket.
The following are the delegates
named to attend the state convention:
Thirty-eighth DistrictJ. D. Huston, Charles
G*rt/an
Thirty-ninth DistrictC. W Dorsett. J. D.
Engle, W. Graj, W. A. Shannon, F. F.
Llndbey. A. E Haynes. H. E. Butler. W. G.
Caldeiwood. \\illiam McMillen. T. J. McCroasan,
John Fote, O. It. Wilkinson.
Fortieth DistrictDr. B. F. Barley. Dr. A.
8. Whitson. Dr. E. Phillips. M. Birma. Rer.
B. Collins, M. H. Haugen, W. J. Dean,
W. O Thompson.
Foitv-first DistrictJohn Bjorkman. A. P.
Sampson, Lllleber. Robert McCurdy. Dr.
W. D. Lawrence, James Leek, S. Potts.
Foity-second DistrictDonald McKenzie. D.
W. McCall, Arthur Layman, Elliott Aandahl.
Frank Whitley, Gustave Eide, M. Witmer,
J. Skordalbvald, F. A. Walker, W. Percy,
Haggard
Forty-third DistrictC. P. Cooper. Peter Stef
fenson, N Jesperson. M. H. Towner, J. W.
Earl, W. C. Crane. J. W Patten, M. N. Dean.
F. H. Mellen, Stanley B. Roberts, J. B. Ruther
ford, A E. Mayor. R. W. Leach. T. W. Stout,
E Bend/W. G. Benton. R. W. Johnson, Mrs.
A. E. Mager, Mrs L. Lara-way
Forty fourth DistrictGeorge W. Higgins. L.
A. Willsey. J. Hutchins, J. Farnham,
Harry Van Norman, H. Morton, C. H. Hooper,
W. A. Stromer, A. Drake, O. E. Lee.
OTTA/M7 /^TTIWC f*A TVPITTT petition of the Burlington and Milwau-
SHOdK llhRraS 1 0 DKAlH tee-roads in establishing a tourist
OUV/UA. UHUUJ I 1/LfAlU
Feb question of
grain from Missouri river points to the
Atlantic seaboard, which has long been
a point of contention between the east
ern and western lines, will be arbi
trated, if the officials of the western
lines accept the proposition made yes
terday by officials of the eastern lines.
Tnt proposition is now under considera
tion and an answer soon will be re
turced.
Representatives of various lines held
an adjourned meeting in the western
trunk lines rooms yesterday and re
newed the negotiations at the point
where they had been dropped last Fri
day. The easterners declared that they
would make no further concessions
than anneunced at the former confer
ence and sis these were not acceptable
to the western committee, agreed to
leave the matter to arbitration. The
western committee took the proposition
umler pl\ieement
At the last conference it was an
nounced that the roads had come within
one-half cnt per 100 pounds in agree
ing on the basis of division. It was
thought that this small difference
would soon be wiped out and that a
contract would be made under which
export grain would move from Missouri
rivei points to the Atlantic seaboard
thru Chicago. But such was not the
ca?f.
It is understood that in the negotia
tion the westerners failed to agree
among themselves and that while some
of them were willing to accept the con
cessions made by the eastern lines,
others held out for better terms.
NOW TO ELMER
Great Western Man Watched by Other
Passenger Officials.
Journal Special Service.
Chicago, Feb. 21.Passenger traffic
officials of Chicago-twin city lines are
anxiously awaiting the next move of
J. P. Elmer, general passenger agent of
the Great Western, to meet the com-
sleepe
DEMAND NEW STATION
St. Paul Newspapers Begin Agitation
for Improvement.
Newspapers in St. Paul started a
boom vesterday for a new union sta
tion. It is said that the additions and
improvements lately completed do not
suffice to take care of the capacity tax
ation.
The baggage department seems to
need expansion most. The business has
grown steadily yearly and it is expected
to gain in 1906. About 275 trains are
now handled every day, and this the
dull season.
The tracks are operated by a nana
system, as the yards are not big enough
to put in a block system.
Adopt Uniform Size Blocks.
Uniform blocking of switches and
frogs was considered yesterday at a
meeting of railroad men with the state
railroad commission. The state _law re
quires the blocking to save switchmen
from getting caught the angles.
Methods of blocking have been found
to varv much with different roads. It
was agreed that the size of the blocks
should be 3 by 5 inches and the con
struction representatives promised to
use that size for all blocks.
Quote New Export Bate.
Journal Special Service.
Chicago, Feb. 21.Lines from the
twin cities to Chicago in connection
with eastern lines have announced a
new export rate on oats and barley
from Minneapolis to the Atlantic sea
board. The tariff becomes effective
Saturday. The rates Rioted are as fol
lows: Boston. 24 :New "iork, Zf.o.
Philadelphia, 21.5, and Baltimore 19.5
cents.
KAILBOAD SOXES.
nheC
t*&?
&
service between Chicago and the
twin cities.
His proposal to reduce the basing
rate on all business from $11.50 to
$10.50 met adverse action in the West
ern Passenger association yesterday,
and it is now up to him to cut rates
individually if he cares to open the war.
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the^WeSi 'Passenger tatjftr todaj
thfchTnesi imperial cpmmMX^Grtat Kort
raST- is" familiar with the speech and
customs of the people-
NEW FIBE INSUBANCE COMPANY
S&HfflM&SSJIeInsuranceFirlMutualNationaeTh with even greater success than the
Sieimted The general agent at St.
Paul ^busily engaged in placing.agen
cies thruout the above named statea.
Those who have secured the agency
for tMs company are enthusiastic witE
the success they have met a. they are
selling the company's policies like hot
cakes? The company has been well re
ceived in all the States into which it
has been admitted, and the secret of
its success lies in the fact that it
a purelv mutual insurance company,
with a cash guaranty fund, and has no
ccntingent liability in short, a profit
sharing company organized along the
most approved lines. Those who are
interested in securing eheaper and bet
ter insurance will do well to look this
company up. Those desiring to secure
agencies *be quick in making ap
glication,should
as these agencies are rapidly
eing taken up. Address all communi
cations to
E. A. TYLER, General Agent,
716-717-718 Germania Life Bldg.,
St. Paul, Minn.
$25- to the Pacific Coast Via the Soo
Pacific I jne.
The best of service via the ''True
Scenic Route" through the Canadian
Rocky mountains. Tickets on sale
every day. For further information
and tickets, inquire at Ticket Office,
119 Third street S.
Thirty-Day Tour
Through Old Mexico.
Personally Conducted tour, including
all expenses, will leave Minneapolis
March 6th and return April 6th. Ad
dress or call on Mrs. J. W. Fleu, 3613
2nd Ave So., Minneapolis, Minn. TeL,
N. W., South 1947-J.
A woman who is weak, nervous and
sleepless, and who has cold hands and
feet, cannot feel and act like a well
person. Carter's Iron Pills equalise
the circulation, remove nervousness,
and give strength and rest.
ii" t
Git- La Grippe, contains no quinine
cures a cold in one day. At all drug
gists'. 25 cents.
Hoodwinks the Oculist. Madden Eye
Medicin cures eyes. (Don't smart.) 25c.
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