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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
HOLT CROss-QUEsEIONED

Megaarden's Lawyers Closely In
quire as to His Fees. ..-..
The defense in the Megaarden case tried
to make it very disagreeable for Proba-
tion Officer George D. Holt, yesterday aft
ernoon. A. Y. Merrill cross examined
him very sharply as to what he did to earn
the SO fee which Sheriff Megaarden paid
him for taking children to Owatonna,
Red Wing and Faribault. He said that
he had general charge of work involving
more or less detail and that he was doing
more work in that particular line than his
salary as probation officer required of
him. Judge Steele endeavored to make
the witness admit that he had, been
promised immunity from prosecution for
charging his per diem when he did not
accompany the children, if he would tes-
tify for the state against Megaarden. Mr..
Holt denied that such was the case.
"Have you not talked with G. l.. Smith,
the attorney for the county commission
ers over these items and as to what your
evidence would be?' Judge Steele asked.
The witness admitted that he had.
'You charged So per diem for convey
ing these children to the state school, al
though you did not accompany them?"
Eyes, did,
'.Now, Mr.. Holt, did you not promise
to testify for the state in this case If
you would not be prosecuted for making
illegal charges?"
"No, sir; that is not so," the witness re-
piled, decisively.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
OBLIGlNG OFFICE BOY
GAIL Right, Hold the Line" Said
.- James.
Providence Journal.


An old gentleman came into busy
downtown Office the other day and came
up to the tables where James, the Office
boy, was reading the next to the last
chapter in one Of the Deadwood Dick nov
els. James did not know for several min
utes that anyone had called, so eager was
he to find out if Dick was really going to
kill the villain at last and save the blue
eyed Catherine. Looking up just a mo-
ment before getting ready to plunge into
the crisis, james caught sight of the gen.
tleman standing beside him. In some way
the Office boy felt that the visitor had
been there a long time, and he fastened
to make up for the neglect.
Anything I can do for you?" James
asked in tone his employer uses when
he wants to make the best impression.
The old gentleman said nothing, but he
looked at James in strange way that
made that young man feel a little
ashamed of himself.
II am very sorry, sir, that kept you
waiting. Do you wish to see someone,
sir?"
Still the visitor was silent. Then the
boy raised his voice. and a glimmer of
light came into the old gentleman's eye.
He took out of his pocket long tube.
put one end to his ear and handed the
other to James. II should like to speak
to your employer"
Certainly, SIR" said the obliging Office
boy, hold the line
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
HOME LUMBER MARKET
minneapolis Consumed Nearly Half
. the Seasons Cut.

.. the Seasons Cut.
Minneapolis consumed 270,0O0,000 feet of
lumber in 1901, nearly half OF the cut Of
the Minneapolis mills, according to es-
Inmates made to-day by the Mississippi
Valley Lumberman. These figures indi-
cate, says the Lumberman, that this city
uses a larger number of feet of lumber
per person than any other city in the
country. The reason for this is that
lumber IS one of cur chief products, and
more easily available and perhaps cheap
er here than elsewhere With these
basic figures for Minneapolis, the Lum-
herman calculates that the total amount
of lumber consumed in the country dur
ing the year was upwards OF ninety bill
lion feet.
The Minneapolis estimates were reached
by taking the entire available supply, con-
sisting of stock on hand at the begin
ming Of the year, the amount on hand cut
by the Minneapolis mills, and the, re-
ceipts, and suotracting therefrom the
amount shipped out of the city and the
stock on hand at the end of the year.
This Eecessttated the juggling Of some
prodigious figures and showed the total
amount consumed in Minneapolis to be
269, 753, 600 feet. This was nearly half OF
the total cut Of the Minneapolis mills for
the year. The Lrmber1lan predicts that
1902's record in this regard will go ahead
of this
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
LITTLE WORDS COST
When Put on Wrappers of Third
Class Mail Matter.
CHICAGO CLERK BEGINS TROUBLE
AS n Result minneapolis Folk Have
Had to Pay Letter Postage
on Books.

"A clerk in the Chicago postoffice has
made trouble for Minneapolis as we'll as
other cities by enforcing rule regarding
mails which has long been dead. Nothing
can be done with the man, as he displays
his authority in these words:
Handwritten or typewriter inscriptions on
wrapper or cover of third class matter, except
such as may be necessary for the proper
forwarding Of the articles, or it's return If
Unbelievable, are not permissible and sub
ject the article to first class or letter post
age.
The general public believes it does the
postoffice department a favor by writing
such explanatory words as Book Only"
'Mdse,' photographs on packages.
This is just where the trouble comes. AL
though generally understood that it is
necessary to write such information the
act is really violation of a law which
has been winked at for years. The mail
ing clerk at Chicago took it upon himself
to enforce the rulings and that is why
packages sent out from that city with
unnecessary inscriptions are covered with
due stamps when they reach Minneapolis,
compelling the recipients to pay letter
rates for books, etc.
The situation is rather alarming. Some
Chicago firm is likely to bankrupt Mime
apolis customers. before discovering it's
error Many firms on their printed ad-
dress ferns, after the words, This pack
age contains -" leave space for a de-
scription Of the contents in ink. The post
office officials say that this is of no use,
because it is necessary to examine the
packages for contraband put in perhaps
unwittingly or 20 avoid higher rates.
The only Office that has taken the cue
is Boston. Postmaster Hubbard is not so
severe. however. For the first offense he
gets around the law by allowing the
clerks to erase the offending words. A
letter with the above extract from the
rules is then sent to the firm mailing the
goods. Afterwards the full letter rate
is collected.
+ The Minneapolis office will wait for in
structions from Assistant Postmaster
General Madden.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
NO SCATTERED GARBAGE
Health Commissioner Hall Gets After
Careless Scavengers.

SaTe1cSS SCHVenSeTSs
Health Commissioner Hall will go the
limit in the matter Of garbage collection
under the direct management of the de-
partment of health. Ten days ago he
found that the men hauling away the COM
mission house garbage were dumping the
less valuable material in out of-the-way
places in the city, instead Of hauling it
into the country for feeding purposes, and
he promptly stopped their operations by
assuming the work Of removing the COM
mission house refuse himself. He now
finds that some of the eighty licensed gar
bage collectors in the city who are col
lecting from hotels and restaurants are
pursuing exactly the same tactics, and to-
day he sent notices to all of them that
after Feb. 10 they would be required to
haul all of the garbage they collect direct
to the crematory. This means, in effect.
that feeding operations must stop, and
that after that date the health department
will do all the work of garbage removal
in the city except where parties have
contracts that will give them a profit out
side Of the sale of the garbage for feed
ing purposes.
This order Of the health commissioner
will put upon the department the addi-
tional burden of about twenty loads of
garbage per day, all from the down town
business district. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
ANOTHER BILL IN
Megaarden's Charges for Taking
Kern Children to ,Owatonna.
THEY AMOUNT IN ALL TO $s5.12
Evidence offered to Show That the
Real Expense Was Only
1892.

Sheriff Phil T. Megaarden's bill sub
mitted to the county commissioner for
services in January, 1900 was admitted as
evidence in Mr.. Megaardens trial this
morning, notwithstanding the protests OF
the defense that it was incompetent and
immaterial in that it did not have any
relation with the facts or circumstances
alleged In the indictment under which
Sheriff Megaarden was supposed to be
tried ..
From evidence introduced to provide for
the Introduction of the bill, it appeared
that Mrs. Kern took Harry and Freddie
Kern, two boys, aged at that time, 8 and
IL years, to the state school at Owatonna,
Jan. 10, 1900. Mrs Kern testified that Mr..
Holt had bought her return ticket and
two half fare tickets to Owatonna for the
boys. She herself, she said, had paid the
street car fare to the Milwaukee depot,
and there had been no expenses for hacks
at either end OF the journey, nor had
she stopped at any hotel in Owatonna.
The total expenses of the trip, according
to Mr.. Holt. were 1892, as follows: At
tendance, So; telegram, 26 cents; one fare
and return for Mrs. Kern, $4.04; two half
fares, $2.02. In the sheriffs bill charge
is made against the county in the case
of each child of $780, which included
two days attendance, hack at both ends
of the journey and hotel bills at Owa-
tonna. *.
Some time before that BENJAMIN Har-
per, a helpless fellow 43 years old, was
taken to the school for the feeble minded
at Faribault by NJ. V. Mcdowell. The
sheriff charged the county $12.21, although
1t appears that no sheriff's officer accom-
panied the man as represented, no car
riage was supplied in Minneapolis, and no
hotel accommodations were needed at
Faribault, as represented. AS a matter
of "a 81
for attendance, appears to have been
$8.46.
Hard After Geo. ID. Holt.
The principal incident of the morning
was the savage attack on Probation Officer
George D. Holt by Judge Steele.
This was along the same lines as that
Of yesterday, reported below.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
WHO GOT QUOTATIONS
Western Union Supplies milwaukee
G.. of G. With a. List,

Western Union Supplies milwaukee,
G. of G. With a List.
+ The manager of the Western Union at MIL
waukee has turned over to the secretary of
the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce list
OF all firms or individuals to whom the quota
tons of the Milwaukee Chamber are trans
mtted. This is gratifying to the officers of
the Minneapolis chamber, who feel that it
will be an important aid in the local fight
on bucket shops. Lying between Chicago and
Minneapolis and closely rejecting the quo
tations Of the former market, Milwaukee has
been used to some extent by the bucket shop
men. In order to help in the general fight
Secretary Langson recently wrote on behalf
of the Milwaukee Chamber, demanding from
the telegraph companies complete lists of cor
respondents for the approval Of the Cham
ber The Postal Telegraph company and Chi
cago- Milwaukee company responded, but the
Western Union held off. It was feared that
this company would resist, and that fight
might follow
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
"BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS"
Northern and Central Portions of tRs
H= State Chief Sufferers at
Present.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Milwaukee, Feb. 1.-Health Commits
sioner Schlitz is fearful that smallpox
has secured such foothold in Wisconsin
that Milwaukee must be put on the defen-
sive against the disease. He would have
no fear Of a serious epidemic here if he
were confident the people would do their
plain duty in the way of making reports
and give the department an opportunity
to challenge the malady face to face and
on equal terms.
The sole danger lies in cases being
secreted. Five hidden cases would do
more to spread the disease than 500 under
the surveillance of the health depart
ment.
The spread of smallpox throughout the
northern and central parts Of the state
grows more alarming daily. Milwaukee
has not only failed to produce one case
traceable to a local source, but the health
department has hurried away the afflicted
visitors with such haste that not one OF
the victims impaired the disease to any
one else
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
WILL GO TO WASHINGTON
the National Capitol.
the National CauitoI.

Commander-in- Chief Judge Ell Torrance of
the G. A. R. will leave for Washington early
next week. He will meet the committee on
pensions and confer with the WASHINGTON
authorities on arrangements for the national
encampment in that city, the date Of which
has not yet been announced
+ There has been some delay in perfecting
arrangements at Washington said Judge
Torrance this morning, ''but recent kilograms
received from Washington indicate that the
necessary guarantee fund will be raised and
that the national capital will meet all re-
quirements for the proper entertainment of
the Grand Army Of the Republic.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
THE WEATHER FOR A YEAR
The Annual Summary of Section Di
rector II. S. Outram.


Thomas S. Outram, director Of the Min
neapolis branch Of the weather bureau.
has to-day issued the annual summary of
the Minnesota climate and crop reports
for 1901. 1t is in the form of twelve
page pamphlet. Three charts show the
mean annual isotnerms and prevailing
winds for the year, the total precipitation,
and location of observation and voluntary
display stations. The summary also con-
tains tables which show for each station
the Theological data, the monthly and
annual mean temperatures with depart
ures from normal, the monthly maximum
temperatures with dates, the monthly
mean temperatures, and the monthly and
annual precipitation for the year.
The weather account is given in para
praphs by months. MI. Outram gives in
addition the date of the last killing frost
OF the spring and the first In the autumn
for each station. The climatic summary
in short is as follows:
TEMPERATURE
The annual mean was 42.8 degrees, which
is about 1 degree above the normal Of AZ
stations having records of five years or more.
The highest annual mean was 1872 degrees
at Pleasant Mounds and Red Wing.
The lowest annual mean was 1854 degrees
at Pokegama Falls.
The highest temperature recorded during
the year was ITO degrees at New London on
July "a.
The lowest temperature recorded was 4S de-
grees below zero at Detroit City, Dec. IA
The absolute range Of temperture was 1853
degrees.
PRECIPITATION.
The annual average was 24.26 inches, which
is about 2 inches below the normal Of Is sta
lions having records of Eve years or more.
The greatest annual amount was 3s.O5
inches at Caledonia.
The least annual amount was 1886 inches
at New London.
The greatest monthly amount was 1927
inches at Leech Lake dam in June
Only trace occurred ct Moorhead and
Crookston in November, atA .eech Lake dam
in january, and at St Cloud in February,
The greatest M-hour rainfall was GA inches
at New Folden on July 2.
Z The prevailing direction OF the wind was
from the northwest
The maximum velocity for the year was 66
miles per hour from the northwest. recorded
at st. Paul on June 49, and at Duluth on
Nov. IA.
MISCELLANEOUS DATA.
The average number Of clear days was 159.
partly cloudy, 100; cloudy, 81; days with 0.01
OF an inch or more OF rain or melted snow. N.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
ALMONDBURY BELL RINGERS
VIII Give Concert at Y. NJ. G.. A
Hall TO-nisht

Those who have fondness for something
unusual In music will take great delight in
the concert OF the Almondbury Handbell
Ringers to be given in the Y. M G. A. pop
ular entertainment course, at the association
nall this evening. The six members
of the organization in the American tour will
ring chime Of 1852 bells as none in their
audiences have ever heard handbells rung
before. The Almondburys are beyond doubt
the champion bell ringers Of England, and
England Is the great country OF bell ringing.
The north OF England is especially given over
to bell ringing. The annual tournaments
held at Manchester draw large crowds and
arouse much interest
Miss Eva Bartlett Macy and Walter David.
the well-known impersonator, will add va
riety to the program. Seats may be obtained
Of the Metropolitan music store 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
RECEPTION FOR DR.. VINCENT
To Follow His Lecture This Even
ing.

ing.
DR.. George E. Vincent, who is to deliver
the next lecture in the Teachers club course
this evening at the Lyceum theater,
is one of a brilliant group OF progressive young
men who form an important part of the
faculty Of the University of Chicago. 1t is,
however, through his connection the famous
Lake Chautauqua assemblies that DR.. Vim
cent is best known. In his position as man
ager Of the assembly he has had occasion to
study the question Of program making care
fully and the results shown in the Chautau-
qua programs probably mark tho highest de-
velopment of this modern art. These pro-
grams are the models for countless smaller
and newer assemblies all over the country
and the ideas embodied at Chautauqua have
a far-reaching influence. DR.. Vincent's idea
is that miscellaneous assortment of un-
related things cannot be valuable or even
entertaining, although the units may each be
good. He insists upon proportion. ''Knowl-
edge VS.. Wisdom is the subject of DR.. Vim
cents lecture. Following the lecture re-
ception will be rendered DR.. Vincent by the
Teachers club in the Apollo club rooms.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
A SATURDAY MUSICALE
Group of ''Thursday'' Musicians s
First Baptist Church

The annual open meeting of the Ladies
Thursday Musicale will be given to-mor-
row night at the First Baptist church. A
group OF the best musicians Of the Musi-
Gale will be heard in typical program
Among those participating will be Misses
Amalia Ripe, Mabel Runge, Mynn Stod-
dard, Helen Hall, Alberta Fisher, Clara
Williams and Mrs. w. N. Porteous, vocal
lists; Mrs. Benjamin w. Milford and Miss
Verna Golden, violinists; Mrs. John Har-
tbs Chick, organist; Misses Mamie Swan
berg, Constance Osborn, Blanche D.
Strong and Laura jacob, pianists
The members are entitled to two tick
cts each for guests which may be obtained
at the studio in the morning. Others may
be purchased for a small fee at the door
by any who desire them,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
FEED PRICES LOWER

They Took Another Drop To-day
Feeders Have Chance to Buy.
Still another decline in feed stuff prices
occurred to-day. The feeders of cattle
who have to buy, and especially local
dairymen and ltverymen, are finding it
possible now to obtain supplies at rea-
sonable prices.
Lately there has been less of demand
from the southwest, owing to the mild
weather. This started the decline Prices
to-day are S. to $3.50 a ton less than at
the recent high figures. Millers are
quoting little higher than outsiders, as
they have facilities for carrying their
stocks - --
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
REMOVING THE CAUSE.
Salt Lake Herald.

Salt Lake Herald
The colored prisoner was hustled before the
bar OF Justice.
What is the charger demanded the judge.
"Inciting riot, your honor said the officer.
what did he do?"3
ut was this way, your honor: Colonel Ju-
lepson's silver-mounted corkscrew mysteri-
ously disappeared from its accustomed place
on his sideboard This niger had been seen
hanging around the place and suspicion nat
urally fell upon him. A crowd Of indignant
citizens got rope and started to hunt for
him, but before they found the niger Colonel
Julepson discovered that the corkscrew was In
his hip pocket
lone hundred days at hard labor, This
Call the next caaA. x .s.A 10
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
a ROBERTS DIVIDEND
Creditors Are Now Being Paid 80 Ia

Per Cent.
A S31-s per cent dividend has been de-
clared in the T. M. Roberts bankruptcy
case. Checks are now being drawn for
the proper amounts. Claims numbering
about /, 900 to the amount Of SAL, 691. 81
have been allowed The dividend Is STAT.
z30.46. 1t is expected that another divi-
dend will be declared, which will probably
bring the total up to something like 40
per cent. The fling Of claims has not
ceased, but those whose claims were not
allowed on Jan. % or before, will receive
their two dividends ct one time
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
BROWN GETS LICENSE
Will Run Saloon Next Door to the
Columbia Theater.

VIII Run Saloon Next Door to the
Columbia Theater.
Captain w. w. Brown, we'll known as
the proprietor Of the old Theater Comique
and at present manager of j. G. Sodini's
places in Minneapolis. was this morning
granted license for the operation of a.
saloon at 206 Washington avenue S. Cap
tain Browns application for this license
was filed several weeks ago but was held
I'D by the license committee of the coun-
Gil pending Investigation. Inasmuch as
the new place was next door to Sodini's
notorious Columbia "theater," and Brown
was the manager the committee thought
it possible that the combination would be
detrimental to public morals.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
TIT FOR TAT.

WaSn1ngtOn Slar. 4
II don't see why you keep proposing to
me.c says Miss Cayenne. II have never
given you any reason to suspect that would
ever change my mind
That's just II, - answered Willie Wish
ington seriously. I know your mind is made
up. Therefore 7 feel perfectly safe In paying
you the highest tribute Of esteem which II Is
possible % offer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
FRAUD ORDER
Issued Against St. Paul Man Who
Had Il House to Sell.

Washington advices say that Postmaster
General Payne has issued a fraud order
against Sam bearing, 251 West George street,
st. Paul, for the alleged violation of the lot
terry laws, declaring that he advertised to sell
the house named above for $50, 900 in shares
OF 81 each, the sale 70 be conducted in pub
lie hall in St. Paul by committee of share
holders, blindfolded boy to draw one share
from the whole number sold the owner OF
that share to receive a deed for the house
In reporting the case to the postmaster gen.
eral, Judge Tyner, assistant postmaster gen.
eral for the postoffice department, said: THE
scheme thus started is, Of course, a lottery,
and it's promotion or operation through the
mails is in plain violation OF a criminal
statute
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
R. R. RATE PROBLEM
Will BE Debated by Minnesota and
Wisconsin Teams.

Minnesota university has submitted to the
Wisconsin debating board the question to be
debated by the two universities at Madison
in March. The question reads: Resolved,
That railway rates in the United States
should be fixed by governmental authority. .
Wisconsin has the choice of sides. Minnesota
Will be represented by Ralph Wedge. J. B.
Ladd and A. Kane.
e. r. Cotton, International secretary Of the
College Young Mems Christian Association,
who is making a tour Of the large universe
ties, comes TO the University Of Minnesota
Feb. 6. At chat time he will address the stu
DENTS taking as his subject, Student Temp
tatioua. the Battle Ground Of College Life"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01
A Juror Made Defendant.

VIM A. Kennafick, who is on the present
jury venire, asked this morning to be excused
from jury duty for time in order to defend
an action. Judge McGee thought that wheth-
er Mr.. Kennafck was legally exempt or not,
he was certainly entitled to be present when
his case was on trial, and SO excused him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-01

ONLY CASE ON RECORD.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
II have friend who has kept a cook for
nearly a year.
''1s it possible?"
eyes; he's a jailer."