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^K. UNGLE SUM CAN'T BET ENOUGH CEMENT Irrigation and Other Works Held UpGovernment May Start a Factory. Special to The Journal. Washington, April 28.Uncle Sam wants Portland cement and wants it badly. With twenty-four big irriga tion* projects under construction, re quiring hundreds of thousands of bar rels of cement, the engineers are find ing it next to impossible to obtain any thing like the quantity needed. The unprecedented demand for this commod ity all over the west has already over taxed the capacity of the mills, and almost without exception the govern ment's requests for bids are turned down. Apparently no manufacturers west of the Mississippi are able to sup ply new orders. In reply to inquiries from the government they state that, owing to the unusual demand, new or ders cannot be accepted for several months to come. Becently proposals were requested from eight manufactur ers and dealers in cement for 2,000 bar rels required on an Idaho project. Only one proposal was received and that was at a rate 50 per cent higher than the firm would have sold a few months ago. Still later invitations for bids for sev eral thousand barrels were sent to twentv-three dealers. Again but one firm submitted a bid, and this was near- ]v 60 per cent higher than the normal profitable rate of sale by this firm. Other attempts to purchase cement have been similarly unsuccessful. The reclamation service is gravely concerned It has let contracts for structures involving millions of dol lars, and a failure to secure cement as needed, entering as it does so largely in the work, will be disastrous. Owing to the inaccessibility of many of the government works, the transportation of cement is difficult and costly. This was particularly the case in Salt River valley in Arizona, where the great dis tance from existing mills and the ex pensive wagon haul, made the cost pro hibitive. After making thoro investi gation of the cost of bringing in cement for the Roosevelt dam and other structures, the government erected its own mill and for several months past has been turning out daily hundreds of barrels of first-class cement at a price far below the cost of cement, shipped in. It is known ihat materials re quired for manufacturing cement of good quality exist near several of the other projects, and private parties would do' well to embrace the oppor tunity to go into the business. From the present outlook, however, the go\- emment seems to have a choice of shipping from the far eastern seaboard or from Europe, or of manufacturing its own cement. ICE EMIATGOIFTHE GREAT LAKES AT AN ENO Giant Vessels Once More Fly the Midland SeasGrowth of Shipping.- Duluth, Minn April 28.Now that na\igation on the Great Lakes has re opened, these inland waterways are again thronged with mighty vessels. For the past four months the icy grip of winter has kept the hundreds of ships engaged in lake traffic prisoners in the harbors. This lost time must be made up in the eight months to come. A good deal of the size of the traffic on the Great Lakes during .the season of navigation may be gathered from the fact that, according to statistics com piled by government engineers in the Lake Superior district, Duluth, a port more than 1,000 miles from salt water, stands next to New York in respect to mean monthly freight movement. Last year the freight brought and shipped out of St. Louis bay amounted to 22,- 676,145 tons valued at $196,751,583, and this is exclusive of receipts of logs amounting to 34,285,000 feet. The average monthly value of this com merce was nearly $25,000,000, so that if there were open navigation all the year round and the monthly record were maintained the total would be about $300,000,000. These shipments and re ceipts lepresented an increase of 6,Q59,- 128 tons, or 36.46 per cent, over the total of 1904, and an increase in Cash value amounting to $39,518,374. Compared with 1895 last year shows how tremendouslv fast the northwest has been growing, for ten vears ago the total receipts and shipments at this end of the Great Lakes amounted to but 6,325,351 tons, with a value estimated at $95,000,000. In these ten years the receipts per ton were more than doubled, while the shipments per ton increased at least four-fold. HARREYEAN'S YACHT WAS ADRIFT AT SEA Sultana, with Prominent Southern Pa cific Steamship Officials Aboard, Picked Up by Fruit Steamer. New Orleans, La., April 28.An an nouncement was made by the Southern Pacific today that the yacht Sultana, owned by E. H. Harrunan, which was towed into the mouth of the river by the United Fruit company's steamer Appomattox, having been picked up at sea with her boiler blown out on her trip back from Colon, Panama, will be towed to New York by one of the Gal veston-New York steamers of the line. It was decided not to attempt to re pair the yacht here. On board the Sultana were Vice President Julius Fruttschnift of the Southern Pacific, (general Manager C. W. Jungen of the Southern Pacific Steamship lines and others. Mr. Frutt schmtt was taken up the river on a tug to Avondale, where he boarded his special car for Chicago. Having come froi^. an infected port, he was not per -raitted to land here. WILL WED CHINAMAN Michigan Society Girl Is Determined to Marry Celestial Lover. W Journal Special Cervice. Chicago, April 28.Whether her par ents give their consent or not-to her VJ^-C marriage to Lee Joy*,a wealthy Chi cago Chinaman and bro'ther of "Lee Joy, fpP proprietor of a chop suey h&use, Miss \/Lucile Brocke, a girl well known in ti Muskegon society, is determined to wed ^ber celestial sweetheart,' according to statements made bv friends. The eeremony will take plaice* in June cording to the "plans of the joupie cago RURAL MAIL SERVICE' HELP JO GQQD ROADS ^r'&$n*Ff Requirements of Postoffice pe partment Bring Many Improve ments in Highways. .By W. VWJermansi Washington, April 28,Tfce subject of geo roads as affecting the rural delivery^ service has been revived by the- suggestion that the postoffice de partment, in view of its interest in the maintenance of good roads incident to efficient rural delivery service, take steps looking to some action by the government for the improvement of public roads. In this connection it should not be overlooked that since the year 1894 the congress has made appropriations to enable the secretary of agriculture to make inquiries in re gard to the systems of road manage ment thruout the United Stajfces, to fur nish expert advice on road building, and to make investigations in regard to the best methods of road making and the best kind of road-making materials in the several states and for preparing, publishing and distributing bulletins and reports of such work. The maintenance of good roads un obstructed by gates, with no unbridged creeks or streams not fordable at all ordinary seasons of the year, is a con dition precedent to the establishment and continuance of rural delivery ser vice. When a rural agent or a post master reports that the roads traversed by rural carriers are impassable, or in bad condition, the matter is taken up by^ the department, thru the postmaster, with the local road authorities and due notice given that unless the condition of the roads is improved it will be necessary to take steps looking to the withdrawal of the service in that vicinity. This policy has resulted in the ex penditure of thousands of dollars thru out the country in the construction of bridges and the improvement of high ways. The maintenance of good roads as required by the postoffice department does not necessarily involve any radical change in the system of roads in a given locality, but does call for a sys tem of grading that will keep the roads smooth and properly drained. The im portance of systematic effort with a view to keeping the roads in good con dition is illustrated by the experience of the department during the past six weeks, when it has been necessary to suspend service in some localities, the condition of the roads being such as to make it impossible for the carriers to traverse their routes-. This naturally results in complaint, which frequently comes from people who are themselves responsible for the condition of the roads. While in some respects the past season has been an unusual one, in that the weather con ditions have been such as to make the roads unusually muddy, still, if the sys tem of working the roads was conducted along more intelligent lines, it is be lieved the existence of the conditions deferred to would not be possible. It is, necessary to *epeatedl fjal to the attention of road authorities in given localities the requirements of the department in this respect. In some communities where'the oenefit of oe roads is appreciated by the business men, commercial clubs aajd other similar organizations are offering prizes- for the best mile s6f running from'the Tjarturolar* Community, which it i? believed will result jiot only in improved roads in that particular section, but in increased interest on the part of the people themselves. The indifference in some places to this important subject, so far as rural de livery service is concerned, is disclosed by the inspection of the service now being made, and it is hoped that the result of the efforts of the department during the coming summer will be such an increased interest in the improve ment of all highways traversed by rural routes that the department will be en abled to more satisfactorily complete the work of extending the service to the largest proportion of the rural popu lation thruout the .country. ELEVATOR RED TAPE Very Low Rates to Boston via Lake Shore. & One fare plus one* dollar for sound trip. Good going June 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th, return limit by extension June 30th. Write Harry W, Browne, Jf. -W, P. A., Pioneer Press* BttildingjjSt. Paul, Minn., jfor particulars. at the Auditorium hotel in this city, ac-, Igrnch', Passenger Traffic Manager, Chi- -*---JJ ^i._i-_ ^_ Foot-Schutlze,,,.H^.. PETTIGREMICKII* THEWAHAYS'BRW Former Senator, Who Is Begain Wealth, Predicts Ne- mg braskan's Nomination. By W. W Jermane. Washington, April 28.Forme* Sena tor Pettigrew of South Dakota, passed thru Washington this week on his way back to New York. He made a flying trip to Sioux Falls, his old home, and has now returned to N6w York for an other indefinite stay. In point of fact, it is straining a point to regard Mr. Pettigrew any longer as a South Da kotan, altho he himself still declares that he is a legal resident of that state. His business interests are all in the east, and he is rapidly becoming rich. On a conservative basis, it is claimed that he can now clean up several times as much as he lost in the panic of '93, a panic which had not a little toNdj with taking him into the silver repub lican party, and from there into the ranks of the discontented and disap* pointed elements of the country that always are in evidence during panic times. 'hile in Washington, Mr.-Pettigrew was asked who, in his opinion, wqjild be the democratic nominee for the presidency in 1908, and he replied, with emphasis, and without a moment's hesi tation: Will Be Conservative. "Bryan! *He will be nominated on what will then be termed a conserva tive platform, and he will represent the more conservative elements of his party.'' It requires a lively stretch of imagin ation at this moment to see Mr. Bryan as a conservative, and yet there is said here to be a good deal of founda tion for the opinion expressed by Mr. Pettigrew. With Hearst and the other ultra radicals forging to the front, Bryan may well pose as a conservative, altho as compared with any generally accepted definition of that word he will still be looked upon by many peo ple as a misfit. Some of Mr. Bryan's friends in Washington who have been hearing from him during his'trip abroad, and who knew about his general plans be fore he went away, say that his study of public ownership in Europe, which is to be made at first hands, and with as much care as possible, will bring him home an advocate of that owner ship in a limited way. He is expected to stand for government ownership or operation of railways, and hia friends expect him to modify his position as to state ownership. Will Accept Hepburn BilL He will stand for municipal owner ship of quasi-public utilities, and in a national way for government regula tion of railways, express companies, telegraph companies and telephone companies. In a general way, it is expected that he will indorse the Roose-, velt position as to railways and accept the Hepburn bill, should it go thru the, enate without amendment. Jn the ailway question, it is claimed that he will not be as much of a radical as Senator La Follette. Ianys i n'qt yetwill knowneiust if roadK o\ ajny rural route An- As It Binds in Washington, and noys with Its Binding. Washington, April 28.The tribula tions of the conductors on the elevators in the state, war and navy building are many. There is as much etiquette on one of these cars on a busy day as one would find at one of the big dinners at the White House. The approach of the secretary of state, of war or of the navy in the di rection of one of these "lifts" is sig naled by a peculiar clapping of the hands by all the messengers or veter ans who guard the approaches to the building. So, at the sound of "three bells" on the push button (a secretary call), no matter who is on the elevator, be he an admiial or a general, the lever is reversed, down or up it goes, as the indicator reads, and the secretary is carried at once to the floor of his des tination, for there is no stopping at the floors to take on or let off any body else. Now comes the time when the keen discretion of the conductorhis lemem brance of faces and his knowledge of ranks of army and navy officers and their precedenceis brought into play. For instanceon the day of the fu neral of General Schofield, the building was alive with officers in full dress uniform on their way to St. John's church to attend the ceremonies. A ma jor of cavalry from Fort Myer, Vir ginia, having business at the quarter master's department, was on the eleva tor and was being shot up to the third floor, when "three bells" announced the secretary of war at the ground floor. Down went the elevator. The secretary and the major saluted, and before the salutation was over "two bells" rang, meaning .that an officer of high rank wished to ride in a jiffy. The secretary, of course, was "it," and was first ushered out at the second floor. Then up flew the elevator to the fourth floor to answer the two bells,'' to take on a brigadier general who de sired to descend^ to 4he street floor. More saluting by the^ major. Down shot the elevator. The brigadier de parted, and .the major, who had been carried past his destination twice, now breathed a sigh of relief, but just then "two bells" rang again on the second floor, and this time the chief of staff, with the rank of lieutenant general, got aboard, and down the major went again, salute and all. After the chief of staff went, the ever-polite conductor, turning to the junior officer, and observing his railk and insignia, said: "Major, what floor, please?" "The third, pleasg,'*'replied the be lated officer, "but the next time I want it, I'll walk." what part, Bra tak in the coming congressipnal campaign, or whether his views will be fully formulated in time for an announcement ahead of ^he fall elections. Some think that he wfll de fer stating his position specifically un til the elections are over, thus enabling him to make his declaration harmonize with public sentiment as it will be then expressed. SCORES REPUBLICANS Williams Takes Issue' with' Hep burn and Calls Latter's Par tisans Humbugs.'' Washington, April 28.Mr. Foss (El.) in the house today, reported the naval appropriation bill for the fiscal year, 1907. The house then went into committee of the whole fuither to consider the agricultural appropriation bill, Mr. Williams (Miss.) concluding his speech on the tariff begun yesterday, again discussed the speech made by'Mr. Hepv burn (Iowa). He tools: exception to Mr. Hepburn's "dumping'* theory THE MINKEAFQttS JOURNAL. ii fa word, he said, that has come into use much like the "surplus" used in the disposition of goods abroad. He said that the spelling was neith er a "dumping" process, nor a ""sur- plus" process, but was an "exploita tion" price. Cites Steel Trust. He said the American steel trust had been dumping its goods in foreign mar kets for ten years and theie wasTndub itable proof that the steel people did sell their product lower in foreign markets than in the home markets. He had no sympathy with the statement that lower prices were obtained7 abroad because of the over-production in tr^s country. The fact remains, he said, that prices were greater at home than abroad. Calls Republicans "Humbugs." Mr. Williams after discussing sev eral points, thet "humbugs,7'said republicans were and tha they were throw ing dust in the eyes of the people. Passing to the "proof" which Mr. Hepburn demanded that American steel rails were sold to foreign countries cheaper than to railroads in the United States, he quoted from Mr. Schwab of the steel corporation and from Mr. Eaoul, president of the Mexican Cen tral R. R., who testified to that effe'ct before a committee of the senate, charged "with invstigating trusts. CHOP SITEY FOiR CITIZENS Chicago Ordinance May Drive Chinese and Greeks Out of Business., ~ij, Journal Special Service. Chicago, April 28.Chinese restau rant keepers, who invented chop suey,** and most of the Greeks and Italians, the originators of the fruit store with the ice cream parlor attachment, will be driven out of business in Chicago if the ordinance recommended by the license committee yesterday is found ,to be legal and passed by the council. The ordinance provides that such licenses shall be issued only to citizens of the United States of good nibral character. As Chinese are barred from citizenship and most of the Greeks and Italians are not 'citizens, many of these places will be forced to change owner ship or go out of business, or Warren J.'- "Good "old-fashioned honesfy^ *and new-fashione styles in Glove rubbers, leading shoe dealers. WHITNEY." Cash, or 50c Per Week. DAILY AUTOMOBILE LAKE DELIVERIES. On Tuesday, May 1st, we inaugurate our New Daily Automobile De- livery Service to an Lak$ Minnetonka Points, making Direct Deliveries to all Hotels and Oottages, We have added to our Delivery Equipment the Latest Model, Swiftest and Mos# Powerful Express Automobile Ob- tainable, Enabling us to make Begulair Daily Deliveries of all Orders from Lake Residents with which we may 'be favored. Opening Sale Summer Furniture fer City Home, Ver- anda, Lawn, Lake Cottage and Hotel. Our Assortment was never so Large and Compete, including the Popular "Bungalow" and tannine "Old Hickory" Shapes and Construction, in both Open and Closed Cane Effects, in Unique Frames of the Beautiful New Butternut Finish, also Grass Green and Natural. CHATBS, BOOKERS, COUCHES, SETTEES, PORCH TABLES, SWINGS AND NOVELTIES GENERALLY. FOR THE VERANDA.AS W E GUARANTEE THAT EVERY ORIENTAL BUG AND CARPET PURCHASED FROM US SHALL BE 1ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DIS EASE GERMS. 2ABSOLUTELY FRE E FROM MOTHS AND EGGS. 3ABSOLUTELY AS REPRESENT- ED IN- EVERY WAY. v. -1 IF SOLD AS "IMPERFECTS," THE NATURE OF THE IMPERFECTION^ WILL, BE CLEARLY STATED. IN ORDER TO "MEMORANDUM" DISCOURAGE AND "APPRO- WILL REFUND AT ANY TIME IF DESIRED. VAL" SALES. WE PURCHASE PRICE W4THIMn3p PAYS, W E SOLICIT THE CO-OPERATION 6 OU'R CUSTOMERS IN MAIN- TAINING A GOOD UNDERSTAND- ING, AN ONLY ASK THAT THEY ADVISE. US PROMPTLY OF ANY DISSATISFACTION. Defective Page A SPECIAL BABGAIN FOR THIS OPENING SALE WE MEN- TION 60 SOLID OAK WEATH- ERED FINISH VERANDA SWINGS LIKE PICTURE, 47 Inches long, including Tested Chains Guaranteed to Sustain 1000 Pounds, attached to Seats with Malleable Iron Hooks an Altogether Com fortable, Convenient and Artistic Proposition. Regularly QM Af" $7.50 Monday ytitJO Gash, or $1 Down and 50c Per Week. "OLD HICKORY 100 GENUINE "OLD HICKORY" ARM CHAIRS AND ROCKERS LIKE PICTURE Seats of Solid Double Meshing A Very Com fortable and Practically Indestructible Chair. Regularly $2.75 Monday $1.70 fOO "WHITNEY" 1906 MODEL RECLIN- ING AND FOLDING GO CARTS like Pic ture Full Steel Frames 10 Inch Wheels with Solid Rubber Tires and Patent Fasten ers All Metal Parts Enameled Green Bodies and Dashes of Hard Wood, Varnished and Weatherproof Upholstered with* Soft Loose Cushions covered in Fine Reps and Derby Cloths Pretty Ruffled Silesia Parasols sus pended on Heavily Nickeled Qm |*jg Rod: Regularly $6.50 Monday...,$|iDO Cash, or $1.00 Down and 60c Per Week. 100 DITTO, PARASOLS Monday WITHOUT CUSHIONS Regularly $4.75 Same Terms. Scores of other Beautiful Carriages and Qo Carts, comprising the Cream of Up-to-Dative ness in Babies' Vehicles. Popular Prices on Each and Every OneI Special Offering Oriental Rugs. Our Oriental Rug Guaranty. Anatolian' Mats $1.50 and $2.00 'Bokhara' Saddle Bags $8.75 aid! 410.00 SIMM Aitiqnei for 19.75 DAY'S SPECIALBARGAINS AND $3.45 100 ANATOLIAN MATS Strict Value, $3 to $4 CHOICE. *1-50 and J?^ A $2 OO 75 ANTIQUE "BOK HARA" SADDLE BAGS Averaging about 4x2 Feet SPE SJL^ir MONDAY, $8 75 and $10 OO BO ASSORTED AN- TIQUE "DAGHAS- TAN "MOSSOUL," AND "SHIRVA N" RUGS. Any Rug fn This Lot would be Cheap at $15.00. CHOICE MONDAY. a* *9.75 50 ASSORTED AN' TIQUE "BALOO- CHESTAN" "KA- ZAK," "MOSSOUL," "IRAN," "KURDES- TAN," "SHIRVAM" AND "DAGHE8TAN"' RUGSNot a Rug In the Lot which would not be Cheap at $25.00 CHOICE MON DAY ...,....$15 OO I25J0O Antiques (15.00 Oriental Rug Cleaning and Repairing.. The Cleaning and Repairing' of Oriental Rugs has become a Fixed' Industry with us. Our Native Ar menian Expert Weaver's Work Sives Complete Satisfaction Prices Astonishingly Moderate! Mondays Drapery Depart ment Special Bargains. ^S-- Here's a Big Dinner Set Bargain. "MEAKIN'S." 100 PIECES^gl2 50. Cash, or $1.00 fer Week. FOR MONDAY'S BUSINESS W E OFFER THIS BEAUTtPUL SET I N "MEAKIN'S" ENGLISH PORCELAIN, In Handsome Green an.fl-Gold Decora* tlon, AT ONE-THIRp,,,OFF REGU- LAR PRICESeject wna.t you Please, or, for Complete Set of 100 Regularly $18.75. MONDAY r. ?r Pieces 100 Pieces:'.. $12.50 Cash, or $2 Down an( $1 Per Week, 100 PIECES, $11 38 Cash, or $1.00 Per Week. ABOVE IS ONE OF OUR VERY BEST SELLING PATTERNS. There remains from Last Week's Sale only enough for a Few Sets, Which we will close out at HALF PRICE. QUICK RESPONSE IS NECESSARY! Special Sale "Detroit Gas Ranges. The One-l?rice Complete Housefurntshers. Rfth Street, Sixth,Street and First Avenue 6/ pwp Jewel' FOR PRACTICAL AND ECONOM- ICAL COOKING THERE IS NOTH- ING LIKE AN ORIGINAL "DE- TROIT JEWEL" GAS RANGE. $13 50 $15 OO $1800 $2000 Up Ready Delivered and Connected for Instant Use. THE AFTERMATH OF HOUSE CLEANING p The Aftermath of House Cleaning Is the Rehabilitation (a long word that) of the Home and. In th's Pro Cess of Rejuvenation (another long word) Your Old Draperies should. In many instances, be Discarded. We can furnish New Window Treat ments In many Instances at Less than the Cost of Laundering the Old, 45 INCJfl SCOTCH MADRAS* Rich Reds and Greens, in Leaded Glass Designs ^Spe slal MONDAY, PER YARD .,.i^ *45o Speolal Salt Imported Madras, 45c, 75c and SMS BEAUTIFUL SCOTCH MADRA8 In Soft, Harmonious Colorings Regularly $1.00 MON DAY, PER YARD 75 50 INCH MADRAS In Exclusive designs and ColoringsThe Latter Absolutely Fast. Reg ularly $1.35 and $1.50 MOW DAY, PER YARD $1.15* Fine Coffee Caps and Saucers, Half Price. f^ESSAkt^.HI COPFEE,CUP$ AND SAlK?gft& I FHENCM CHINA, ENGUSk*ANO DOMESTIC PORCE LAIN, ASSORTED ''DECORATIONS MONDAY TO CLOSE A HALF PRICE. Spatial Half Price "Homer-LanghlirT Dlnnerware. 'HOMER-LAUGHLIN." REGULAR $9.50 COF FEE CUPS AND SAUCERS, MONDAY, f*ER pOZEN..$4 7 5 REGOIAR $6.75 DITTO, MONDAY, PER DOZEN..S3 3 8 E^G IS A $4.25 DITTO, .MONDAY, PER DOZEN S2 1 3 REGULAR $3.00 DITTO, MONDAY, PER DOZEN..*1 5 0 J* E GUITAR $2.50 PJTTO, MONDAY, PER DOZEN S I 2 5 "ROSE GARLAND." FULL BORDER DE SIGN, WITH GOLD HANDLES 100. PIECE SETS Regu larly $22.75 MON DAY $11 3 8 Cash, or $2.60 Down and $1.00 Per Week. REGULAR $3.00 DIN- NER PLATESf MON DAY, DOZ ..$1 8 0 REGULAR $2 60 TEA PLATES, MONDAY, PER DOZEN $ 1 3 0 REGULAR $3.70 TEA CUPS AND SAU- CERS, MONDAY, PER DOZEN..$1.85 REGULAR $1.60 COV- ERED DISHE& MONDAY, PER DOZEN 80e ALSO MANY PIECES NOT ENUMERATED ALL AT HALF PRICE. Special Sale "Jewel" Setters. $10 arid $12 Per Week. Jl IH ssl Water Match, Light a and within Few Minutes can draw eaough Hot Water for. a Bath and all With out Heating up the Kitchen, and with out Waste of Fuel. Two Sizes. 'Spe cial, -Monday-t- a Ver? you $10 aid- *Msf Per Week "4m