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GLORY AND HONOR IS
ALL FOR WILLIAMS
STATE LABOR COMMISSIONER
DOMINATES CONVENTION.
Radical Candidate for Mayor Has His
Declaration of Principles Lifted Al
Most Bodily into PlatformHaynes
Fares 111 and Seems Doomed to Travel
Lonesome Road.
All the prestige from the democratic
county convention yesterday acorued to
W. H. Williams, state labor commis
sioner and candidate for the mayoralty
nomination. He won both in the con
vention organization and on the plat
form, and his victory in the convention
brings him the limelight. The sup
porters of J. C. Haynes are decidedly
worried over the situation. 1
Williams has had a circular out for
two weeks, stating his position,on local
isssues. His declaration fojn' reduced
Streetcar fares, and for city ownership
of all public utilities, was lifted right
into the platform. In fact, the draft
of these planks as made by Williams
and handed to the committee was little
changed, only some of the explanation
struck out, and the ownership declara
tion toned down a little. It is a Wil
liams platform, and his rival will have
hard work to climb on it. Williams
will make an aggressive fight right
along the lines laid down in the plat
form, and will make the Haynes men
hustle to beat him.
Dismal for Haynes.
The latest trend of events indicates
that the liquor interests will throw
their votes into the republican pri
maries and endeavor to nominate Dr.
Williams, leaving Haynes to shift for
himself in the democratic contest. This
makes a stronger probability that W.
H. Williams may defeat Haynes.
The movement organized by Joseph
Kiichh to head off radical municipal
ownership resolutions hardly showed it
self in the convention. The only evi
dence was in the fight for temporary
chairman, and that was a "cinch" for
F. Winston. Tho not by habit a radi
cal, Mr. Winston recognized the
strength of the municipal ownership
propaganda among the delegates, and
gave the radical element a majority of
the resolutions committee.
Conservatives Give XTg.
The conservatives realized that there
wasn't much use fighting the Williams
resolutions It thev beat them in the
committee they would be brought out
on the floor and earned notwithstand
ing. They made no fight in the com
mittee, and raised not a voice on the
floor.
There were 405 votes cast on the roll
call for chairman, but there were not
more than 300 delegates in the conven
tion The big wards voted their full
strength, altho they had many va
cancies. Only fourteen delegates
showed up from the country towns,
representing six out of thirty voting
precincts outside Minneapolis. Not
even St. LOUIB Park and Osseo were
represented.
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LAUNDRIES SWAMPED
WITH RUSH OP WORK
Grand Army Visitors Ban Short of
Linen and Hot Weather Wilts Na
tives' Starched Clothes.
Minneapolis laundries made a big'
business reocrd last week. hTere
have been big gatherings beside the
G. A. R. encampment in Minneapolis
and there have been other hot spells
beside the one that ruled in this city
the first half of the week just passed,
but never before have the two been
combined with a more disastrous ef
fect upon clean linen and never have
the results been so strongly felt in
the local laundries.
The laundrymen of Minneapolis are
looking haggard as the result of the
strain, and altho all of the wash shops
worked overtime during the week,
there are some young men and fair
damsels who will not appear on dress
parade this afternoon, since they have
been unable to get their laundry work
done. All of the local laundries have
been crowded to the limit and an occa
sional dirty collar will be excused to
day.
"The week has been the biggest in
our history,'' said C. L. Hoffman last
night. I account for this great rush
of business by the fact that Minneapo
lis is still filled with strangers who have
been long enough in town to need as
sistance in the laundry line. This,
gether with the hot weather, has meant
a great amount of extra work for us,
but we have practically closed up the
week's business."
"Never have we had such a rush of
business," is the word that came from
the Co-operative Laundry company.
I attribute it to the fact that a great
many of our local customers held their
laundry *eor until after encampment
week. This holding of work, together
with the hot spell from which we suf
fered the first of the week, caused a
great congestion. We have worked
nearly every night and one night
worked until 4 o'clock in the morning.
We had to stop taking orders for Sat
urday night as early as Thursday morn
ing and that is, unusual. The heat also
affected our help and that also was a
handicap.''
Mr. Kevins of the Fuller laundry
said that all records had been broken,
and this, together with the fact that
a large number of the laundry girls
were disabled with the heat, made one
of the greatest rushes t^at had ever
been known this city. All of the
other laundries recount like expeir
ences.
ELECTS GENERAL MANAGER
H. V. Harris Chosen to Build New
Dakota Midland.
H. V. Harris, general manager of the
Midland railway of Nova Scotia, was
elected general manager of the Dakota
Midland Railway company at a meet
ing held yesterday in the Metropolitan
Life building. L. R. Giddings, presi
dent of the Dakota Midland company,
presided at the meeting.
Mr. Harris is an experienced rail
road man, having been in the business
for more than twenty years. For the
last six years he has been manager of
the railway he is now associated with,
and previous to that he was assistant
general manager of the Louisville &
Nashville railway, showing himself a
capable man in both positions. He will
enter on" his new duties Oct. 1.
$20,000 Worth of Shoes, Oxfords and
Slippers to Be Closed Out Quick, at
BIG CUTS ON BOYS' AND GIRLS' SCHOOL SHOES.
Ladies' White Canvas Gibson Ties
and Oxfords ^few Store AO
$1.50 grades, cut to oOu
Ladies' Pink, Blue and Gray Canvas
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WHAT WING SAW AT ?HE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION
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OF SPELLING REFORM
SIMPLIFIED FORMS FIND APPROV-
AL IN MINNEAPOLIS
President Northrop "Theoretically Ad
vocates New System," aind Dr. Fol
welL Professor Maria Sanford and Dr.
Jordan Uphold Movement of N. E. A.
or Carnegie Followers.
Simplified spelling, as advocated by
the National Educational association,
has come more to the front in local in
terest since the announcement of the
indorsement by President Roosevelt of
the Carnegie spelling reform. While
not every one who has expressed an
opinion on the subiect has been will
ing to accept the 300 simplified spell
ings indorsed by the Simplified Spelling
board, headed by Brander Matthews of
Columbia university, the majority are
in favor of the movement as a whole
and none is totally opposed to it.
Dr. Northrop'B Views.
Dr. Cyrus Northrop, president of the
University of Minnesota, believes in
the simplified spelling theoretically, tho
he is not ready to adopt the entire list.
Theoretically I rather favor reform,
to some degree at least, in our English
spelling," said Dr. Northrop. "As a
matter of personal practice I should
prefer to continue spelling in the old
way. Long custom has made it diffi
cult in identifying some of the 'simpli
fied' words.
Any movement indorsed by so Schol
arly a body as the National Education
al association must certainly have its
merits. I should be glad to see some
reform, but it should be by gradual
change, such as that advocated by the
National Educational association.
"Like Ensign Kellogg of Mainef I
am in fa?vor of the law, but agin the
enforcement of it, so far as I am per
sonally concerned.' I have now pretty
thoroly mastered the old style of spell
ing and get on nicely with it, so that I
do not feel any great desire to have
my path made easier. It is plain that
it would be a great boon to some people
who are rather erratic in their spelling
to have several recognized methods of
spelling.''
Dr. Folwell on Reform.
Moderate reform by a steady im
rovement is the ideal of Dr. W. W.
'olwell, librarian of the state univer
sity. "Reform at a moderate pace is
what I hope to see," said Dr. Folwell.
"The proposition is a good one, but I
should have preferred to see a change
less sweeping than that inaugurated by
the president. A little less haste would
have been better.
"Spelling reform is nothing new. I
can remember the time when Webster's
dictionary came out with as extensive
a reform as the present. There was ft
determined and widespread opposition,
but today all, or nearly all, of Web
ster's reforms have been adopted.
"This is a step in the same direc
tion. The day is coming when the
English-speaking child will be emanci
pated from the spelling book. It will
not come in 100 years, probably not in
200 years, but it will come. Some time
the English-speaking child, as the
German-speaking children of today, will
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have only to learn the letters of the
alphabet and their sounds before it be
gins to read."
Professor Sanford Talks.
"English can never be reduced to a
system of phonetic spelling," said Pro
fessor Maria Sanford of the rhetoric
department of thp state university.
"The diverse ways in which the same
letter is pronounced in different locali
ties is a complete bar to the establish
ment of simplified spelling as a pho
netic system. Partly from that reason
and partly because I am a very old
fashioned woman and cling to the old
forms, I am not eager to take up the
new spelling. The old way looks more
familiar to me and for that reason 1
like it better
"Not all of the simplifications arp
real changes, however. The dropping
of the 'u' in 'honor' and kindred words
is well established. The use of 't for
ed' as a suffix to many words has long
been licensed in poetry, and I like its
adoption for prose as well."
Dr. Jordan's Attitude.
Dr. C. M. Jordan, superintendent of
schools, says: I am opposed to all
spelling. It's a lost art anyway, as
everybody knows. 'Seriously, however,
the spelling reform movement is wor
thy of attention. I have been actively
interested in the efforts of the Na
tional Educational association to place
spelling on a more logical basis. I have
not had the time to examine the list
of revised words advocated by Presi
dent Roosevelt, but in a general way I
am in sympathy with any rational
movement which will simplify spelling
of English words."
FRENCH ARE BEWILDERED
President's Order Strikes Them
Thoroly American^
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O COURSE, SATS OFFICIALDOM
Reformed Spelling Strikes Washington
Just Right.
Special to Tie Journal.
Washington, Aug. 25.Officials of
the government have been making
brave and effectual efforts to show that
they have always favored a reform in
English spelling. H. B. McFarland,
president of the board of district com
missioners, made haste to say that he
had always favored the reformation
commanded by the president.
He called attention to the fact that
he had used many of the simplified
forms in his personal correspondence,
and then added that inasmuch as such
an illustriious leader made the
first move, it was meet that the gov
ernment of the district of Columbia fol
low. If possible, he' will beat his fel
low commisssioners in moving that the
reformation be approved and inaugu
rated by the local government.
Elmer Ellsworth Brown, commission
er of education, is also in favor of re
form. There are no cabinet officers in
the city, else the. chorus of approval
would be more stronger.
NEIGHBORS SEE A JOKE
i
Oyster Bay Folk Have Spelling Reform
Laugh.
Special to The Journal.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 25.Some persons
here are disposed to view facetiously
the president's simplified spelling order
as a political move of prime astuteness.
They say that the president is gazing
far ahead and is endeavoring to insure
the popularity of the republican party
with the rising generation.
When these schoolboys whom the
president's sudden conversion to the
principles of phonetic reform has spared
the necessity
ofolearning
attain the ageL
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Ajig. 25.-President Paris* Roose
velt's order to^the*" government printin
office In xegard to the new style of
spelling receives marked attention from
the French press, largely because the
Bame sort of reform has heen dragging
along here for the last five years. The
French academy has been giving the
subject a great amount of thought, but
has taken no practical steps in the
direction of the desired reform. M.
de Beufront, president of the Esperento
society, who left this morning to at
tend the Geneva congress, says it is the
most typical performance in recent
years. The directness and promptness
of the president's action calls for a
curious outburst of general praise.
Such wholesome expedition is fairly be
wildering to the European mind.
The French see in the act the begin
ning of an attempt to supplant French
by English as the diplomatic language
thru the simplification of the features
which have made English so formidable
to foreigners. French philologists and
etymologists look with distrust on the
success of the revolution, "begun by
an executive governmental officer
flanked by a public printer." It isTrondhjem^the
agreed that this is too thoroly Amer
ican and is sure to result in deforming
rather than dignifying the new Amer
ican language. Mr. Roosevelt's
scholarly attainments are not taken
seriously in the neighborhood of the
institute of France, where many of the
wisest heads wagged dubiously when
informed that the American president
by a single fine gesture had accomp
lished what it would require a quarter
of a century to do here.
how to spell
voters they cannot
fail to support, out of gratitude, that
party during whose ascendancy the
right fof every man ^o spell as his con
science directs was recognized.
Mayor to Open Campaign,Mayor
D. P. Jones will formally open his own
campaign in his" home ward Wednesday
evening, when he will "make his first
public speech of the^jafresent campaign,
Ibefore the Fifth Ward Reunblican club
at 510 Eleventh street S. Jt^Ls
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. ^Sunday, August 26, 1906.-**-^ '***w *^^r fsg
VOn* T*S
TWIN CITY ENGINEERS
INSPECT POWER DAM
General Electric Company Invites Pro
fessional Men to Taylors Falls, Where
St. Croix River Is Being Harnessed.
Minneapolis and St. Paul engineers,
members of the Engineers' club, the
American Institute of Electrical Engi
neers, and others, visited Taylors Falls
yesterday as the guests of the Minneap
olis General Electric company. The
party, consisting of seventy-five engi
neers and other guests, made the trip
in a special private car.
The trip was made for the purpose
of inspecting the mammoth power de
velopment in progress at Taylors Falls
for the Minneapolis General Electric
company. The work is rapidly neanng
completioin and is now at a utage where
the inspection is of more than usual in
terest to engineers. Most of the con
crete power dam, 700 feet long, is in
place and work is in progress on the last
section. Machinery is being installed
the power house and other details of
the completion are in progress. The
party was in charge of W. R. Sweaney,
contract agent of the Minneapolis Gen
eral Electric company, and Mt E. Sea
vey and engineer of the company.
The work would have been completed
some time ago, but the springfloodsandeye
continued high water caused consider
able damage and delay. When com
pleted the development will be one of
the finest in the country in every way.
The plant is capable of a full develop
ment of 25,000 horsepower, which will
be available for manufacturing and
commercial use in Minneapolis.
NORSEMEN RETURNING
PROM MOTHER COUNTRY
Dr. Herman Fjelde Reaches Minneap
olis After Enjoying Trip to Nor
way.
Dr. Herman Fjelde of Abercrombie,
N. D., reached Minneapolis yesterday
direct from Norway, bubbling over with
enthusiasm. It has been an eventful
summer for him. He was the leader
of the "Normanna faerd" or Norse
men's expedition to Norway on the
steamship United States of the Scand
inavian-American line. There were
500 in the party and altho the liner
did not reach Christiania until 11 p.m.
there were fully 10,000 people at the
dock to greet them. The next day the
Americans gathered at the statue of
Henrik Wergeland, the poet and artist,
decorated the pedestal with Old Glory,
sang American and Norwegian national
Airs, made speeches and glorified the
memory of Henrik Wergeland.
Dr. Fjelde was present at the corona
tion ceremonies in the cathedral of
great American reunion
at which William J. Bryan was the
principal speaker, and many other
gatherings. Then he went to Aale
sund, his native place. The town is
rapidly rising from its ashes and will
be a much handsomer place than its
inhabitants had ever hoped for. Ho
was in Aalesund during the visits of
King Haakon, the St. Olaf College band
and Emperor William, each one a gala
event.
The St. Olaf boys were cordially re
ceived there, as elsewhere in Norway,
and without exception had a most en
joyable and interesting as well as suc
cessful tour.
MINNEAPOLIS:
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Nicollet Ave.
ST. PAUL:*
Seventh and
Robert Streets.
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1 Extraordinary
Clothing Opportunity...,-,
Utes, Who Became Dissatisfied with
Proximity of White Settlers, Search
for Isolated Spot.
Washington, Aug. 25.The wandering
Ute Indians, who recently became dis
satisfied with the proximity of white
setttlers on the Unita reservation in
Utah, which was opened to the public
nearly a year ago, will be permitted to
contine their search for more isolated
homes without being kept under the
of government agents.
Captain Hall, the agent in charge of
the Ute reservation, was instructed to
day to return to Utah. For five days
he has been in conference with the Ute
band, trying to get them to return.
The Indians said they wanted to go
to the Black Hills or to the Rosebud
agency in South Dakota. They were
unable to understand that the could
not obtain lands there nor would they
listen the warning of Captain Hall that
their ignorance of white men's laws
would probably lead them into trouble.
According to the dispatches received
today the Utes had reached Douglas,
Wyo. Thus far, they have behaved
themselves.
MUNSON IS GUILTY
Load of Booze Inspires Him to Tackle
Five Policemen.
Five of the largest policemen en
gaged in a fierce running battle before
an excited crowd of pedestrians at
Hennepin avenue and Sixth street last
night with Frank Munson, who became
intoxicated and tried to clear the
street.
Munson quarreled with a man who
accompanied him and finally struck
him and put him to flight. Anxious
for more trouble, he stood on the cor
ner threatening every passerby with a
thrashing until the police came into
view.
He then gave them his entire atten
tion, and it was several minutes before
he could be surrounded and overpow
erad. When he was finally manacled it
took two of the policemen to hold him
while the others dusted their clothes
fnd straightened their helmets. The
fight was witnessed by hundreds of
Saturday night shoppers, who cheered
the lone pugilist.
TYPOGRAPHER HILLS SELF.
Special to The Journal.
Minnewaukan, N. D., Aug. 25.Ira
Jones, a typographer of merit con
nected for years with the Minnewaukan
Sittings, committed suicide by shoot
ing himeslf. He had been despondent.
N cause is assigned.
Efficient Help Wanted
IN DEPARTMENTS OF
Men's Clothing Boys' Clothing
Men's Hats Men's Furnishings
Men's Shoes Men's Trousers
Prospects indicate immense increase in our business.
WE ARE READY TO ENGAGE
36 More Salespeople.
Only experienced, well recommended workers, deserving of good salaries and
steady positions need apply.
Continuing Monday, Aug. 27, we will sell
our entire line of Me&'s Medium Weight
Suits at the following ridiculously low prices
Only Two Lotsso they
are Easy to Remember:
worsteds and cassimeres carried over, regardless of price. Beauti
ful patterns,fitand workmanship superior
to any other line carried in the city,
will be closed out at
This is a bona fide sale, meant to clear our store for new fall
goods arriving daily. Our many patrons can see for themselves
that we need more room.
fiATS, $1.45
Third St. and Nicollet Av
WANDERING INDIANS
SEEK THE WILD LIFE
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All our 2-piece Suits, from
$10.00 to $20.00, will go in
Lot 2,
at per
suit
Lot 3 consists of a large
lot of pure wool blue serge
and worsted suits, beautiful
ly trimmed and tailored,
usually sold at $18 and $20.
A fine assortment of black
worsted, unfinished worsted,
cheviots and Thibet suits of
the celebrated Miller made
clothing, values $15 to
$22.50, and all of our fancy
Total 188 $233,064
Saturday 11 $16,375
Saturday 1 1 $16,375
Monday 2 6 31,415
Tuesday 17 82,835
"Wednesday 25 46,925
Thursday 5 9 525
rrid-y 2 0 34,575
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PREACHERS' PAY FALLS
AS ALL OTHERS' RISES
Connecticut inister Declares That
Wave of Prosperity Has No Effect
On Congregational Ministers' Salaries
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 25.A circu
lar was sent out recently by Rev. W.
E. English of East Windsor, Conn., to
about fifty Congregational college and
seminary presidents and pastods who,
were thought to be conversant with)
the situation concerning candidates for
the ministry and the deductions from
their replies are made with special ref
erence to the ministry of the Congrega
tional denominations, in the Hartford
seminary record for August. Dr. Eng
lish says:
During the past ten years, in every &$
other trade and occupation salaries and
wages have en-joyed substantial in
crease, but during this period the sal
aries of Congregational minsters have $f*
been actually reduced 10 per cent, al
tho the wealth of the country has in- *i
creased enormously and the cost of liv
ing has greatly advanced.
"The number of ministers without
charges is steadily increasing, and about
one-fourth of the 2,000 without charge
are able and willing to render goo^
service to the churches."
Saturflny 2 2
Moiiday 4 2
Tuesday 31
Wednesday 2 2
Thxirsday 32
l'rlday 39
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FIGURES ABE COMPARED
Tables Show Comparative Range ofgj
Real Estate Transactions. i**^
Comparative tables showing the
amount of real estate transfers and
building permits for the week ending^
Friday, Aug. 24, and the corresponding^
week of last year have been prepared f\
by the Daily Legal News, and are asfji
Pnllnwfl. ?*j
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REAL ESTATE.
1906
No. Amount.
$22,801
35 645
5,
l* f1
1905 ?J
No. Amount^
20 $40,807*1^
46f74S$f
t0 1
29
44 33 36
49
a
40.2TT4
88,44l*|
57,675
46*224
54 881
3T677 56,149
211 $268,169 i
BUILDING PERMITS.
1906 1905 \l$
11 $10,600** $10,600%
20.135
32,930 11,190 22,055 13,870
11
13 33 12 10 17
Total 104 $171,650 96 $110,780
ELEVATOR IS BURNED.
Special to The Journal.
Altura, Minn., Aug. 25.An earlyT
morning fire destroyed the elevator of
J. H. Hans, causing a loss estimated^,
at $7,000. o-*^
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CHICAGO STORE
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Rothschild.'*-#
y| Money Cheerfully
Refunded.
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