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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-12
$4,000 FOR A PROMISE.
Amelia A. Armlt Says One J. c. shep.
herd Broke Was Worth That

The breach Of promise case of Amelia
A. Armit against J. c. Shepherd is on
trial before Judge Harrison and a jury.
Miss Armit was formerly stenographer
at Winnipeg, and alleges that she and Mr..
Shepherd plighted their troth at Fort
Francis, that afterward he Tilted and de-
serted her, and as compensation she de-
mands 100000: The case is likely to at
tract some attention, as the defendant is
a member of a Well-known and wealthy
st. Paul family.
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w. r. crav Not Sworn In Vet.

Willard R. Cray, who is to succeed Judge
MCGEE as judge of the district court for
Hennepin county, has not yet qualified.
He visited the courthouse this morning
and after conference with Judge MCGEE
it was announced that he would not take
the oath for day or two.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-12
Still WORSE

Ethel.What is more aggravating than
a man who tells you Of his love and never
mentions matrimony?
Edith-Oh, q man who tells you Of his
money and never mentions matrimonY.
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absence makes the heart grow fonder,' y
Who, henceforth, will dare to doubt 1t :?
On the charms Of coal we ponder,
Now that we must be without 1t.
Boston Herald 6
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La Fontaine Convicted.

Frank La Fontaine was convicted as a
horse thief yesterday. He stole horse
and buggy belonging to George Loeffert.
At a former trial before Judge Harrison
the jury isagreed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-12
ELLIOTT HOUSE SOLD
Old Landmark at Portland Avenue and
=. Fourteenth Street Bought
*t.f by Albert Johnson. --

The old Elliott estate at Fourteenth
street and Portland avenue has been sold
by Marietta M. S. Elliott through the
J. F. Conklin & Zonne company to Albert
Johnson. The old estate stands as it has
since the early days Of the city's history
The property has a frontage Of 1875 feet
on Portland and extends 16O feet from
the corner on Fourteenth street. The
purchase includes the frame dwelling.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-12

It Is states that the authorities at Scotland
Yard are now engaged in subjecting a police
electric lamp to practical tests. to ascertain
Of the service.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-12
BANKERS WILL SEE GAME
First National Presents Each OF Its En-
pIoyes Ticket to Gopher Badger

The fifty employees Of the First National
bank will attend the Saturday Mime
sofa Wisconsin football game on North
ropT field in a body. The officials Of the
bank in line with the liberal policy which
they have maintained for years toward
their employees, have presented each Of
them with reserved seat ticket. to the
game.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-12
INFANT MORTALITY
Norway and Ireland Seem to Run Nearly
Neck and Neck In Their Care
of infants.
American Medicine

American Medicine.
According to our valued contemporary,
the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal,
the deaths Of infants under / year of age
per 1000 births were rs follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-12
TO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FURNISHED ROOM, ALL MODERN, VERY
pleasant; private family; all for one small
room. PA 10th st S.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-14
Club Program m es
q n a Miscellaneous
Social affairs u ~

of printed notices on the walls of count
ing rooms and Sunday schools are still In
force, 10 be sure; they must stand for all
time-for the counting-room maxims, lib
orally expounded, are tie laws OF the uni
verse. But the art of getting rich no longer
consists solely in industry, much less in
saving, but in a better order OF things In
timeiness, in being at just the right spot:
not in boarding pennies and dollars. but IN
boarding talents and experiences. TO be
spent and applied at the proper time. Fifty
years ago a Tom Reed couldn't have started
out at sixty and made fortune. To-cay
thousands of men do IL. All men ought 10
be rich, all men ought to strive TO be rich.
And IL is one of the brightest signs OF the
times that the decrying OF wealth-getting
Is fast going out of fashion. THE press
and the pulpit remarked the sage OF
Concord long years ago. have many COM
monplaces denouncing the thirst for wealth:
but If men should take these moralists at
their word and leave eff aiming TO be rich
the moralsts would rush to rekindle at all
hazards this love of power in the people,
lest civilization should be undone" That
is a hundredfold as true to-day.
IL is the vogue 10 point TO the lives OF
great and successful men as Offering exam
pies and incentives to the young men OF
the day. Thomas Bracket Reeds, in its
closing chapters. presents a superb archie
type to the old men whom he has LEFT be-
hind. Go out, everybody. the fifty, the
sixty. and even the seventy-year-olds, and
make your everlasting fortunes!
For age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself though in another dress.
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Mrs. William r. Brown received infor-
mally Tuesday afternoon at her home on
North Meridian street. In honor of her
guest. Mrs. Harry Leonard WOODBURY.. Of
Bose City, Idaho. number OF friends
assisted in the Inequalities of the after
DON.
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me. 1t was at least three months before
they stopped coming"
GETTING A COMPETENCE.
Argument That New York Is the Best
Place for the Effort.

New York Commercial.
1t is popularity understood that Mr.. Reed
died "well-off'' in this worlds goods; not
rich, perhaps. as wealth is reckoned in
these days and in this town, but possessed
OF more than comfortable fortune. This
must have been chiefly, IL not close to
wholly, the accumulation of his three years
or effort outside of Congress. His great
aplllty as lawyer is unquestioned. and his
great reputation, of course, served directly
10 add 10 the size of the fees that his tall
ents could command; and, If he was more
IMAM merely fortunate i'm whatever in
vestments he may have made or in specu-
iatlon, IL must be borne in mind that so
long as he was in Congress his strict no.
lions or the proprieties had shut him out
from vast number of opportunities that
must have been tempting.
we make reference to these matters only
Tor the purpose of emphasizing these two
Iacts: That New York city is unquestion-
aDly the best spot on the globe in which to
make fortune in legitimate channels and
In the shortest space of time, and that the
more or less prevalent notion that a man
must maize his pile before the age of fif-
~, or not at all, is a delusion and a snare.
II Is perhaps the exception where fortune
is made after fifty, but ii is Increasingly
so-decreasing, too, at rapid rate, in our
observation.
The ways and the means of getting rich
are multiplying every year, every month,
every minute. Certain old fashioned rules
and maxims that used TO hang in the form
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-14
Personal and Social Notes.

Mr.. Fred Francke will return from
Princeton Tuesday.
Mr. William E. Day has returned from
a two weeks trip in the East.
Mrs. Winfield T. Durbin has discontinued
her day at home until after the holidays.
Misses Florence and Pearl Randall have
returned from a six weeks trip to New
York.
Mrs j. Richard Francis is spending
few days in Muncie with Miss Clarissa
Rooms.
Mrs. Burton PARROT will give small
dance the evening of Dec. q for her daugh-
ter Mary.
Mrs. Clarence Zener has gone to Vim
cennes to remain until after the holidays
with relatives.
Miss j. Anna Carpenter, of Chicago. will
arrive after Christmas TO attend Butler
College at 1rvington.
Mrs. Evelyn Segun will return from Chi
cago tomorrow after a fortnight's visit
there with relatives.
Judge and Mrs. Guthrie. of Topeka. Kan.
are the guests of their niece, Mrs Robert
Heaton, of Morton Place.
Mrs Sarah Wallace will return in few
days from short visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Orville Peckham in Geneva.
Miss Roma Kahn, of Evansville. is the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. NJ. Brunswick, at
Miss Charlotte Scott will return home
to-day from Alabama. where she has been
visiting school friends for several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Aufderheide have
issued invitations for a dance on Monday
evening. Dec. %, for their daughter May.
Miss Ruth Pratt has returned from New
York. and Is with her sister, Miss Lois
Pratt, and Mrs. Elnora Smith. at the De-
lano.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Dorsey will give
party for young people Wednesday even
ing, Dec 81, for their daughter, Miss Ethel
Dorsey.
Miss Helen Day will return Thursday
from school at Pennington. Conn.,. and Mr..
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-14
THINK HARD
IL Pays to Think About Food.

The unthinking life some people lead
often causes trouble and sickness, as Illus
trated in the experience OF a lady who re-
sides In Fond Du Lac, Wis
About four years ago / suffered dread
FULLY from indigestion, always having eaten
whatever / liked. not thinking of the d.
gestible qualities. This indigestion caused
paipitation OF the heart so badly / could
not walk up flight of stairs without sit
ting down once or twice TO regain breath
and strength.
Il became alarmed and tried dieting
wore my clothes very loose, and many
other remedies. but found no relief
Hearing OF the virtues of Grapefruit
and Postum Food Coffee, / commenced
using them In place of my usual breakfast
OF Coffee. cakes. or hot biscuit and i'm one
weeks time i was relieved OF sour stomach
and other Ills attending indigestion In a
months time my heart was performing IT'S
functions naturally, and | could climb
stairs and hills and walk long distances
Il gained ten pounds in this short time
and my skin became clear and / complete
Is regained nv health and strength / con-
tfnue TO use Grape-Nuts and Postum, for
feel that l owe my good health entirely 10
their use. 4 like the delicious flavor of
0fape-Nuts. and by making Postum ac-
ccrding TO directions IL cannot be distin-
2uished from the highest grade OF coffee. :"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich
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Society Events.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.

4>cW OIledIS 1lHeS-DeInOCrdt.
Probably the most thoroughly abused
department of any newspaper is that which
Is devoted exclusively to happenings of a
social nature said a newspaper man.
Broader latitude, for some reason, by a
sort of common consent among newspaper
men, is given to this department, and al
most anything, from a finished essay to a
plain old unfrilled personal is supposed to
be allowable in columns devoted to social
happenings. What is a social event? Can
the definition be confined to balls recep-
tons, parties, marriages, meetings arri-
walls, departures and things of that sort?
IL IL can be thus confined it isn't The fact
supposed to be properly placed when 1t is
put into the society columns of newspa-
per. This is particularly true of the little
news patches which come in from out of
town places. There are a few questions
would like to ask while on the subject and
they seem to me to be pertinent at this
time. is death society event? Is il
proper TO record the details of funeral in
the society columns of newspaper? Is a
birth social event? would answer these
things negatively. Dirges should be kept
away from the giddy whirl of things in the
social world. The sad faces of the funeral
cortege do not set well with that lighter
gayety of the ballroom, the banquet and
the reception hall. And births-well that
Is a private matter which would be better
If kept out of print altogether, and, at any
rate, they should have no place in the So
ciety columns of a newspaper. All matters
or this sort should be kept separate and
distinct from society events. They have to
do with human society. They must be fun
damentals. There are births and deaths
every day. Deaths, of course, have a news
value. Newspapers should take notice of
these happenings. But why should they be
crowded into the society columns? News
papers might well put industrial and
commercial stories in the society depart
ment as events Of this sort-and, by the
way, 1T is no uncommon thing for out-of-
town correspondents TO do this very thing
| would like TO see some definite line drawn
between the strictly social event in its
lighter society meaning, and those deeper
fundamental social happenings which are
at the basis of the fabric and have nothing
of that airy fairy Lillian sort of tinge
which we find in the gayer circles"
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PHILADELPHIA Record.

1.-THE family physician can always SYM
pathize with the country editor who has
his subscriptions paid in pumpkins and
similar garden truck" said doctor yes
terday. 81 remember passing through
a siege of mince pie last year until 1
actually became ashamed to look a pie in
the face. / had attended a woman who
is in poor circumstances through a severe
attack of illness, anc when / presented
my bill, which / had moderated as |
thought to conform to her means. she was
greatly distressed because she didn't have
the money with which TO meet IT, Let
me pay you in some other way, she sug-
gested. i am famous for making mince
pies, and about the holiday season 1 re-
ceive a great many commissions to make
them. Let me pay you in mince pies.
protested that she might take her own
time and that ! could really manage 10
get along even though her bill was never
paid But she insisted upon the mince
pie arrangement. and for several months
she fairly flooded me with them. / never
eat pastry of any kind. and what to do
with her pies was a problem that nearly
fioored me. 1 repeatedly requested ner
not to send any more. but her invariable
reply was that there were stu q few due
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-14
Social Events of the Week.

Mrs. H. c. Martin entertained a few
friends Wednesday afternoon at her home
In the Blacherne In honor Of her guest,
Miss Jennie Cummings, of Lynn. Mass.
Mrs Harry Gilbert. of st. Louis, who Is
the guest of Mrs Frank Van Camp, was
the guest of honor at small card COM
pany. given Monday afternoon by Mrs. Ed
ward Daugherty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-14
Visit Pouder studio.

A photograph may show all the marks
of high-grade work and be killed by poor
mounting. We show the only original Ideas
worthy of their exclusive settings Pou-
der's Studio. 90 Mass. ave. and loo Z.
Ohio st.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-14

pretty home wedding of Wednesday
evening was that of Miss Edith Mcfarland,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Mcfarland
and Mr.. Otto Edward Anthony, which was
solemnized at the residence of the brides
parents on Fletcher avenue. The ceremony
was pronounced at o'clock by the Rev.
G. l.. Lawton in the presence of the imme-
date relatives and closest friends. There
were no attendants. A harpist played 20
Promise Me" while the service was being
read. The bride was daintily gowned in
white crepe de chine fashioned with a sheer
yoke OF chiffon and embellished with rose
point lace and pearls. The skirt was
trimmed with folds of chiffon topped with
the same lace. The bridal bouquet was of
Bride roses. At o'clock reception was
given TO about two hundred of the friends
OF the two families. The guests were re-
ceived by Mr.. and Mrs Mcfarland, Mr..
and Mrs Anthony and Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
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"A small. company was given Wednesday
by Mrs Theodore A. Wagner. and Mrs.
Charles Wittenberg entertained small
number of friends Friday afternoon in
honor Of Mrs. Broegelman and Mrs. Bier
baum. who are guests Of Mrs. Augusta
S1-c-in.
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Miss Julia Hollweg was the hostess for
delightful high tea Tuesday afternoon, en-
Pertaining a few of her friends for her
guest, Miss Rassieur. Of st. Louis. Miss
Alice Albright, of Louisville, with the
Nisses.Fahnley. was among the guests.
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SOLUTION OF THE RAPID TRANSIT PROBLEM

by the surface cars plunges under the
Common with but slight disturbance TO
the sacred dust of the early Bostonians
who lie buried close 10 it's inner wall for
a portion OF its route. passes over a
"sub-subway" used by the elevated
trains and connects with the main sub
way, which continues in a northerly di-
rection under streets and squares for
nearly a mile TO the North Union sta
tion, near the Charles river. at the
northern boundary OF the old city. Sur
face cars entering from either direction
make a loop and return. the through
tracks being used only by the elevated
trains. Short as IL is, the subway.
which is ventilated by frequent though
unobtrusive openings and is well light
ed, day and night, by incandescent
electric lamps, shows various sorts OF
construction. In some places itsis mere
ly q round tube and al others just a
rectangular passageway built OF steel
and brick. AT the stations. however.
the walls are lined with white tiles,
which reflect the light OF many lamps
and help give the underground waiting
rooms their cheerful appearance.
AS electricity is the sole motive power
throughout the system, the service in
the subway and on the elevated track
alike is smokeless and dustless. The
entrances TO the subway stations--five
in all-are generally through small
granite buildings with glass roofs, the
Park street station. for example, hav-
ing four OF these little houses for its
separate entrances and exits. The
treatment OF each station is entirely
different. At the Boylston street sta
tion, for instance, besides the sub-sub-
way for trains there is a subpassage-
way connecting the northbound and
southbound platforms. Curiously
enough, the Park street station, busy as
| II is at almost every hour of the day or
evening, is one of the smallest OF all In
platform capacity. having only l5,197
square feet of available space. Every
possible device, OF course, is used Ia
make IL convenient and 10 handle with
as little friction as possible the great
throngs crowding into IL. During the
busiest hours. for example, electric in
dlcators are used to designate by means
OF illuminated figures at which berth
the next car for certain route will
stop, making IL unnecessary for pas
sengers to crowd TO the edge OF the
platform TO watch for a particular car.
! The system thus operated by the Bos-
! ton Elevated railroad is one of the lon-
gest under one management In the
country, the elevated, subway and sur
face lines aggregating more than 400
miles. There are 5000 uniformed car
service men on the pay rolls. besides
| 5000 other employees. and the average
number Of passengers carried in day
| is 500. 900. According to the last report
( the gross earnings In one year were
nearly s11 100000, and the payment fol
! franchises, taxes and rent of the sub
i way was a little more than $1.100. 600
that Is TO say. more than 10 per cent ol
It's total receipts.
THOMAS l.. WINCHESTER.
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lie progress made during the
last decade In the methods OF
local transportation for great
x.,aa1Ag ~ NaA4la L.

-
last decade In the methods OF
local transportation for great
masses OF people In perhaps
better illustrated I'm Boston than in any
other American city. Yankee energy
has brought together underground. sur
face and elevated tracks In a single sys-
tenn accommodating the most diverse
needs Of a large urban and suburban
territory containing population of
over a million souls, for all OF whom,
directly or indirectly. the business dis
trict Of Boston. which still centers near
the historic Old South Meeting House. IS
more or less directly the daily objective
point. Something OF the difficulties
arising from the great congestion OF
people In this special section may be
imagined when one learns that the
number Of passengers accommodated
annually by single down town station.
comparatively small In area, is exceed
ed by only two other stations OF any
kind anywhere In the world Today,
however, I'm spite OF changes, extensions
and improvements that are always
being demanded by the growth of the
populatio comparative order has been
evolved by the skillful combination OF
modern means and methods from a sit
uation that few years ago the pessi-
mists predicted could never be much
better than kind OF modified chaos"
Boston. to be sure. had the electric
trolley car earlier than any other large
city. but ten years ago even the old
fashioned omnibus lines had only Just
been discontinued, and horse cars were
still largely used. with extra horses at
the street corners to pull the load up
over frequent grades. Furthermore, the
few electrics then In operation could
not be run at any considerable speed In
the crooked down town streets-the
'"cowpaths" OF the old peninsula on
which Boston was originally built--and
were compelled to crawl through the
greater part OF the business section
more slowly than the horse cars them
selves. A controversy over a proposal
TO cut street through the Common
which lies right across one side of the
shopping district. resulted In a com
promise and the building OF the Boston
subway, which was then looked on as
something OF a marvel In it's way and
has served as basis for Improvement
II not as the direct model, for later
work OF the kind all over the world.
From the subway within the last three
years has resulted, although the combi-
nation sounds something like a contra
diction In terms, the present so called
elevated system. under the control OF
the Boston Elevated road, which unites
under a single management practically
all local lines above. below or on the
surface and running In every direction
through and out of the city.
The elevated structure which has
thus given It's name to the whole sys-
TEN traverses the business section from
north to south and comprises about fif-
teen and a half miles OF track. includ-
ing q loop around the congested dis
trict. For a distance OF a little over a
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mile In the congested district the ele-
waited trains are run underground on
the tracks OF the subway. somewhat
bewildering state OF affairs which is
summed up in the frequent advice TO
visiting strangers Ito go down into tho
subway and take the elevated" Ex-
cept for this comparatively short
stretch. however. the elevated runs
above the open streets. At the termi-
nails OF the elevated line direct connec-
ton is made with surface cars for
the suburban districts, the elevated
trains. which have run comparatively
express through the business section.
turning over their passengers TO the
surface lines for distribution TO their
homes without extra fare.
This distribution is facilitated by a
liberal system Of transfers. which In
limited only in direction-that is. the
road gives free transfer privileges for
everything except return trips. The
change OF cars at the northern and
southern terminals is made without the
use OF transfer checks, even the sur
face cars being brought up on inclines
TO the level of the elevated cars. and the
passengers passing freely from one line
TO another.
II man gets on surface car nve
miles south OF city hall. he can go
about a dozen miles in a generally
northerly direction for one Ave cent
fare. changing TO the elevated line at
the Dudley street. or southern. ter
minal. entering the subway at Pleasant
street, emerging from underground at
the North Union railroad station. cross
ing the Charles river on the upper deck
surface car again at the Sullivan
onnara otosfon pnrtbars,