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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-24
SOME MORE ROUTES
Rural Free Delivery in the North
West-New Postmasters,

From The Journal Bureau, Room 46, Post Build
ing, Washington. "
Washington, Dec. 24.-Rural free deliv-
cry routes ave been ordered established
IN Minnesota. Feb. 3, as follows:
Boyd. Lac gu Parle county, two; Daw-
son, Lac qui Parle county, two; Lake
Benton. Lincoln county, one; Louisburg.
Lac qui Parle county, one; Madelia, Wat
onwon county, one; Marietta, Lac qui
Parle county, one; Milan, Chippewa.
county one Morgan, Redwood county,
one: Redwood Falls, Redwood county, two;
Tyler, Lincoln county one.
North Dakota-Fairmount, Richland
county, one; Hope, Steele county, one (tri-
weekly.
Postmaste-s Appointed Minnesota:
Rosen. Lac qui Pa:rle county, Frank Mud
rick, vice Philip Karles. resigned.
e Montana Broadus, Custer county,
James r. Allen: Cold Spring Jefferson
county Elizabeth A. Flaherty; Virgil
CHATEAU county, Virgil j. Blankenbaker.
North Dakota-Merle, Ramsay county,
Peter l.. Solberg.
wisconsin Alton, Rock county, John
Brinkman. w. w. Jermane.
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POLICEMAN CONVICTED
He Is Said to Have Stood Guard
While a Store Was Robbed.

Chicago, Dec 24-Policenan Patrick
;Mahoney was found guilty and Daniel
Curran, co-defendant not guilty OF
burglary by a jury which returned Its YER
dict of a locally sensational case In Judge
McEwen's court to-day The burglary
of Hannemann's jewe1ry store with which
the defendants were charged netted the
robbers $4,000, Of which $1,000 was re-
covered by the police. James Clark and
an accomplice were convicted and served
terms in the penitentiary. Upon his re-
lease Clark told a story to the states at
torney which resulted in the arrest Of
Curran, a saloon keeper, and Mahoney, o
policeman well known and respected
among his fellows. Clark testified that
Mahoney in full uniform stood guard
while the jewelry store was being looted.
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AN ATIACKON SECY.. SHAW.
Unsigned Circulars Charge Him
With Backing the National
Life and Trust Co.
Special to The Journal.

Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. 24.-Anonymous
attacks upon the secretary Of the treas
ury, Leslie M. Shaw, are being circulated
throughout Iowa in printed form. charging
him with Tending his name and influence
to delude thousands into buying the ten
year bonds Of the National Life and Trust
company
This is an insurance company organized
on the ten-year bond plan. The sub
scriber paid $50 a year and was told at
the end Of tsn years he would receive $500
and the accumulated earnings, which, It
was represented, would be very large.
Insurance Commissioner Dearth of Min
nesota recently discovered the company
could earn no more than 2 per cent, Fol-
lowing this, G. L. Dobson, who accepted
the presidency when secretary of state.
resigned and sold his stock at SO cents
on the dollar. 1is declared in the anon
ymous letter that Shaw has sold his stock
at a discount.
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A TRAGEDY OF LOVE
Caroline A. Moen, a 19-Year-Old
Girl, Shot and Killed at
Crookston.
George Bundahl Sent Two Bullets
Into His Own Head After
Doing the Murder.

Crookston, Mimi, Dec. 24.--About $50
last night George Bundahl laborer, 50
years of age, shot and instantly killed
Caroline A. Moen, aged 10, and, turning
the gun on himself, sent two bullets into
his brain, either one of which would have
proved fatal. III .@.@
The crime was discovered by Mrs. Simp-
son, at whose house the shooting took
place. She had left the house about hall
an hour before. On her return she found
the Moen girl lying on the floor and Bull
dahrs body lying beside the girl. The girl
had one bullet wound in the back of her
head. The bullet had pierced her brain
causing instant death Bundahl had two
bullet holes in his head.
The girl was dressmaker and had beer
In the employ Of the Biorge sisters. She
made her home with the Simpsons, and
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POLICE WATCH LOUISE
King George of saxony Said to Be
~. Strongly Opposed to a s.s
4. Divorce. .......s.

Berlin, Dec. 24.--The Lokalanzeiger to-
day prints a dispatch from Dresden say
ing that King George of Saxony sent sew
eral of the highest police officials to
Geneva to observe and report on the
actions of the fugitive Grown Princess
Louise. One official returned yesterday
by way Of Vienna. The others will re-
main at Geneva. A divorce Of the crown
prince and crown princess is regarded as
impossible during the lifetime of King
George who entertains stringent re-
-ligious scruples against divorce. The
Protestant clergy, however, hope that
Berlin will bring pressure for divorce.
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I0WA'S "PETRIFIED MAN.
Undertakers Charged With Exhum-
ing and Preparing Body
for Exhibition,

Des Moines. Iowa, Dec. 24.--The Rex
fmbaln1ng company. W. F.. Pettis &
Co. and w. c. Harbach. undertakers and
embalmers, have been made defendants in
a. suit for $4,000 damages brought by
Eleanor and Homer Langford, who allege
that the defendants unlawfully removed
the body of John Allen, a relative, from
tho grave In 1896. embalmed It and have
since been exhibiting it in Des Moines
and over the state as petriied man.
The plaintiffs base their claim on out
ragged feelings and the fact that they are
the sole heirs Of John Allen
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WAGES 90 UP
The Frick Coke Company Advances
Them 8 Per Cent.

Pittsburg. Dec. 24.-Notices will be
posted throughout the Connellsville coke
regions to-day granting the 10000 employ
es Of the Frick Coke company, volun-
tary advance in wages averaging eight
per cent
The increase will take effect Jan. L
and includes the miners, coke drawers.
drivers, cagers and laborers. 1t means
that the company will next year dispense
in wages to Its men 81, 500. 900 more than
1t has this year and that 1t will continue
to pay the highest wages Of any con-
Germ IN the United States employing this
kind OF labor. 5.5
The Frick Coke company is a subsidiary
company Of the United States Steel COR
lQoration.
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i i A MORMON PIONEER :
Death of George w. Thatcher, Well
r. KNOWN in Utah.

Salt Lake. Utah. Dec. 24.--George w.
Thatcher, aged 81, a Utah pioneer and
for years prominent in political and
church affairs is dead at his home In
Logan, Utah. after a long illness. Mr..
Thatcher crossed the plains with his
parents with the first band Of Mormon
pioneers. In the early days of the state
Mr.. Thatcher was one of the famous
PONY Express riders and later was
Identified with many public enterprises.
Mr.. Thatcher was a delegate to: the ma
tional democratic convention in Kansas
City In 1900.
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THE HAGUE is TOO SLOW
Why Germany Processes to Prefer this
. ~ - .H.> President. '.t

Berlin, Dec. 24.@Germany is DESTROYS to
receive President Roosevelts acceptance
Of the formal invitation from Germany
and Great Britain to act as arbitrator in
the Venezuelan controversy. The German
governments preference is decidedly in
favor Of arbitration through President
Roosevelt rather than through the Hague
tribunal, because it believes the president
will reach an early decision, whereas the
Hague court would require many months.
The officials here also insist that it is 10
the United States advantage to have the
president decide the matter
The German steamer Siberia, which
sailed from Hamburg for Venezuela yes
terday carried an expert on international
law. who will act as counsel for Commo-
dore Schneider on technical legal questions
arising in the blockade.
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NO uLTERIoR MOTIVES
English People Have a Sincere Preference
), .sr for Roosevelt IA Arbitrator,

= = Tor ROOSEVELT as NrbIUator-
London, Dec. 24.-The decision of
President Roosevelt respecting Venezuelan
arbitration has been awaited with keen
interest in England. The cogency Of the
objections urged by the leading American
journals is not denied but there has been
a sincere preference for Mr.: Roosevelt as
the arbitrator. The old Tory Morning
Post proposed the presidents name In adj
vance of even the quick-witted German
emperor. and the suggestion has been re-
ceived with a chorus Of acclamations by
the English press. There are no Interior
motives. This English preference Is
based upon respect for the president s
character and recognition of his unique flt-
ness for the duties of an arbitrator in a
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case where a guarantee for payment of an
award is urgently needed, but may be
dispensed with if he consents to act.
The English press is regaining it's so
briefly Of Judgment respecting Germany.
Mr.. kipling's outbreak is generally con-
demned, and the German emperor is be-
ginning to have something like justice
for his evident desire to maintain the
friendliest possible relations with the
United States. The British solicitude for
the maintenance anda preservation of the
Monroe doctrine seems over wroS ght
when two powerful European governments
have virtually recognized it and DELHI
erately nominated The American president
as arbitrator. 4,
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TRAFFIC IS In A IANGLE
Iowa Central Railway switchmen at
Marshalltown Are Out on
- -. -..f .~ a Strike. s&< ~.

Marshalltown, Iowa, Dec A.-Freight
traffic on the Iowa Central is badly tied
up at this division point because of
strike of the switchmen. The men went
out to-day because of the failure Of SUI
perintendent Sweeney to reply to their
demand for an increase of wages pre-
scented three weeks ago. ,&-3.|-l Z
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POPE IS WELL
There Is No Foundation for the
Story Of His Illness.

Rome Dec 24.There is no foundation
for the report that the pope is i'll. The.
ppntiff Is in good health and excellent
spirits He did not retire until 10 O'clock
last night, rose at Z this morning, cele-
brated mass in his private chapel and pro-
poses to celebrate Christmas eve mass at;
midnight,
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1880 B ASKEIS
full OF DINNERS.
What the Salvation Army in New
York City Proposes to
Distribute.
Five Thousand Dinners Will Be
Served BY the Public Chart
ties Department
Well-to-Do New Workers Who Are
Preparing to Remember
the Poor.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. IN = e
f New York, Dec saa4.--Wel-t TODD New
Workers have contributed generously
toward gifts for Christmas distribution,
twenty-five thousand five hundred bas-
kets Of uncooked dinners will be given
away by the Salvation Army at Grand
Central palace in the morning. At 6
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f. D. WALKER KILLED.

: New York, Dec 24.-Horsemen interested In
harness racing were shocked to learn that the
unidentified man accidentally killed by a horse
while crossing Broadway at Spring street, on
Monday evening. was e. D. Walker, trainer,
driver. starting judge and writer, who was known
to- followers of trotting all over the United
states. Mrs Walker recognized the description
of the dead man published in the newspapers,
and went at once to the morgue, where her fears
were at once connrmed, :sa,s4 sss
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Italy on Arbitration,

Rome, Dec. 24.-Italy's reply to the arbi-
tration proposal.o Venezuela through Min
lister Bowen and the government Of the
United States, among other things says
italy would be pleased if the question wa
settled by the arbitration of President
Roosevelt, and adds that If he does not
accept Italy will have no objection to
submitting the solution to the Hague tri-
bunal
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TURKEY IS SN0WB0UND
A Violent Storm RACES at Constan-
tinople-Weather Intensely
Cold.

Constantinople. Dec. PA violent snow
storm has been raging here for forty
eight hours. Communication by land and
sea is interrupted and the telegraph wires
are down. The weather is intensely cold.
There have been heavy falls Of snow in all
European provinces Of Turkey. -
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SOPHOMOREs WILL PAY
Iowa City Student Riots Will Cost
the Glass $500.

Iowa City, Iowa, Dec 24-President Nc
Lean of the Iowa state university am
inounced to-day that the Investigate into
the recent student riots had practically
closed. The sophomore class has agreed
to pay the damages, about $500, resulting.
from the riot.
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NO DECISION MADE
BY The PRESIDENT
THE PROPOSALS FROM GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY HAVE
REACHED WASHINGTON, AND THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
rs STILL CONSIDERING THEM

The Limitations Which
Not Yet KnownWhy Germany the President
Hague-Revoutionists After Castro-A Ten Days Ace Elk
res To-day and the Hoes Are Preparing March On Caracas
by Three RoadNationa Resources
Government Is Thought to Be in Bad Way.
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BURIED AT SALTWATER
Funeral Of Ex-senator Sabin Held
This Afternoon.
speoial to- The journal.

Special to The Journal. .+"~ a. g..
Saltwater, Mimi. Dec. 24.-The remains
Of ex-senator D. M. Sabin arrived this
forenoon from Chicago. and funeral exer-
cises were held this afternoon from As
eension Episcopal church. Despite the ILL
clement weather there was large at
tendance Of the old friends and neigh
bors Of Mr.. Sabin. The 1nterment was
in Fairview cemetery. The body was &C
conapanied here by Mrs. Sabin and
daughter. :" .t. ~, T.. .s ~ Et
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MATos TURNED DOWN

The BritIsh Commander REFUSES to Meet
~. the RevoiutIonist.
London, Dec. PA dispatch from La
Guaira says that General Mates, the
Venezuelan revolutionary leader. recently
asked for an interview with Commodore
Schneider, the German naval commander
for the purpose Of discussing Venezuelan
affairs. Commodore Scheder referred him
to Commodore Montgomerie, the British
commander, as being the senior COM
mander, but the latter refused to meet
him. >'=.s -. 49,. -.- .5-, - ~ = 81
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no trains to or from the west UP to noon
to-day. The wind Is. still blowing forty
miles an hour. s-. ssr .-1
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ONCE LIVED AT LA CROSSE
Death Of George 2. Stitch Who Was
Politician Of Prominence Along
s5 in the sos.
Special to The journal.

s La Crosse, Wis, Dec. 24.-Word has
been received here of the death of George
r Stitch at Chicago, former resident of
this city. He came here many years ago
when the Bell Telephone company started
a system in La Crosse. He was promi-
nent republican politician for years and
ran against J.. il Hogan for the assembly
in 1855. He moved to Chicago several
years ago. 55s
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Worth its Weight in Gold.

Mr.. TIC. Sirom, who donnedlthe
Confederate gray and served his
country faithfully from the firing
OF The first gun OF The Civil war
till the Confederate flag was furl-
ed al Appomattox, has shown US a
Mimic ball which wounded him
as he charged the Yankee batter
les at Charlottesville on May 3D.,
1863. thirty-nine years ago. The
ball entered Mr.. Strom's neck just
below the right ear, ranging up
ward severing the tongue and shat
tering and lodging in the lower
left jaw. The surgeon extracted
the ball and it has been in Mr..
Strorn's possesston ever sinoe.
This ball which spilled his blood
in a gallant charge and not in re-
treat will be a valued legacy to
Mr.. Strom's children and his chill
dren's children. We have often
heard battle-scarred veterans ex-
press longing desire to be in pos
session of the cnemy's bullet which
SCARED or manned them for life.
To them it would be worth its
weight in gold.
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Address and Banquet.

The local lodge I. O. 0. f. cele-
brated the S3rd anniversary of the
founding of the order on last Sat
urday evening. The Rev. Geo:
w. Davis, who is a very loyal and
jealous Odd Fellow, delivered an
address. Rev. Mr.. Davis, in ap-
propriate and well-chosen words,
set forth the purpose for which the
order was founded. He said that
the three links, the emblem of the
order, symbolic Truth, Love and
Friendship interlinked in the
work of bringing about the brotE-
erhood of the human race.
After this rare intellectual feast
the mem bers of the lodge and their
invited guests repaired to the Ben,
net building a n d reassembled
around the festive board on which
was spread tempting vianda, all of
which were so we'll prepared as to
please the most fastidious epicure.
To the lasting credit of the mem
bers of the lodge 10 beverage
stronger than delightful! coffee was
in evidence. The Odd Fellows are
charming hosts.
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Obituary..

Mss Josie Whitlock was born en-
the 3Oth of April, 1880, and died Of
pneumonia at the South Carolina Co.
Educational Institute, Edgetield, S. G..
on Feb. IA, 1902. She leaves devoted
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs J c
Whitlock, two sisters and eight BROTH
ers and other near relatives and a host
of friends who mourn her departure.
She united herself with the Mount
Zion Baptist church of Christ in July,
1896, and was devout Chi istlan work
pr. In her life and work the light Of
Christ, her blessed Savior and Re-
deemer, was plainly visible, giving
through her inspiration to her pastor
and to her church, her example both in
church and in social circles. was Wor-
thy of emulation. She was as sun
shine in her home, especially to her
invalid sister, who has been SO sadly
under the bonds of great Affections for
about IL long weary years. AS the
writer heard from this afflicted sister
words which told OF the mutual love
between them, "we were inseparable,
] know her very heart"
As a student she was bright and per-
servering, capable Of attaining the
highest intellectual culture. Her ei.
am pie to her associates IN school will
greatly aid them both Intellectually
and morally.
Death is always sad, but when it
tales from us the young, the tender
and those Of a we'll rounded and beau
tiful Christian character, it seems
doubly sad. When a tiny baby is
hushed to sleep in its mothers arms,
we say it is lonely flower only trans
planted into the garden of paradise
where it will bloom in eternal beauty.
When the old, after long and busy
life, draw their robes around them and
go to their death as to their slumbers.
we say it is well, for their work is
ended. We know their eyes are dim
with the lights and shadows of this
world and their feet are weary with
treading the pathway of life, and we
are consoled by the thought Il at they
"are only gone to z fairer and happier
land"
But when death takes from US 8
strong young man, or lovely Chris.
tian young lady. like Miss Josie Whit
lock. in the midst of bright and use.
full career; "When the leaf falls in
| its green" we cannot tell why it is, SO
We can only bow in sorrow and joir
| the Psalmist in his faithful eXclama'
Ition, "Be still and know that | an
God"
So. while this lovely and lovablt
daughter, sister and friend has gone
down to death "to rise on.some faire
Shore there willlinger in our heart!
tender thoughts and loving recollec
tions which will burn as fragrant In
cense at the shrine Of her memory
Her PASTOR,
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Wednesdays Prayer-Meeting.

There is an unusual degree OF
interest manifested in the We'd
nesday evening praycr-meetings at
the Baptist church. The attend
ance though large is not what 1T
should be. So lar as we know this
is the only regular weekly prayer
meeting that is held in our town.
All people OF a Christian COM
mu u;-certainly all of the pro,
Tossing Christiaps-.should attend
a prayer.meeting at least once a
week. The bell which announces
the services of the Baptist church,
like the bells of the other churches
in Edge6eld, extends a very cor
dial invitation to the entire COM
munity. We would say to the
Christian peop,e at la ge-not to
those of any particular sect or
creed-forsake not the assembling
yourselves together for the pur-
pose of public prayer.
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Pension Checks.

1t will be of interest to the old
soldiers who have patiently wait
ed for their pension to know that
the State board has completed lis
work and the clerk is making up
the s. atements for each county.
AS soon as this has been complet-
ed, wh ich will be some days yet,
checks will be sent to each county
for disbursement. While $50 pei
sionera have died since last year
then increase for this year is
1iS5,
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lorG' regular .pp .lntinent at BE-
rea. The day has been set apar'
for ordination of deacons. The
Rev. Mr.. Burton will assist or par
ticipate in the ordination service.
Dinner will be served and there
will be services both morning and
afterucun. The exercises OF the
day will be q source of pleasure
and profit to all who a"e present.
All who can should attend.
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1SO2-19O2.

1SO2-19O2.
The Salem Female Academy, of
Winston-Salem, N. c., for many
years the Vassar Of the South, will
celebrate it's centennial anniver-
sary at the commencement, May
23-29. A great number of Edge
fields daughters in years gone by
were matriculates of this school.
Many q scene that was enacted in
the halcyon davs of happy girl
hood is suggested to their minds
at the mention IF the wcrd Salem.
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Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the Post
Office at Edgefeld G. H., April 2sth.
1902:
Ellen Hafner, Irene Dosier, Annie
Lee Conway, Lou Gary, Josie Wise,
Phaliex Walks, Pick Stulkey, II S
Cadey, Henry Holmes.
When asking for letters On this list
say "advertised."
Very respectfully.
w. H. BRuNsoN, P. NJ.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
$500 CASH IN ADV ANCE.
FOR TREASURER

respectfully announce myself as a
candidate for the office Of County
Treasurer. vii! abide by the results
of the democratic primary and sup
port the nominees of the same. I say,
an have said before, rope my friends
will remember me in this election. If
not 1 will love them just the same.
J. TRAPP McMANUs.
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EDGEFIELD HUSSARS

You are hereby ordered to meet
at your drill grounds (the Gary
farm on Saturday, the 3rd day OF
May, at 10 o'clock. Dinner will be
served to the company.
N. G. EVANS, J. P. SULLIVAN,
Captain. Sergeant.
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To the Public,

II you want first-class meal and
hominy bring your corn to my
mill. 1 grind every Saturday
morning. Come once and you will
come again. Satisfaction guar
anteed. S. A. HOLSTEIN.