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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-07
RAILROAD NOTES.

Arbitrators to adjust differences between the
management and the employees of the Great
wages Of II per cent. This affects engine, yard
and trainmen.
J'int control Of the Detroit & Toledo has been
acquired by tho Grand Trunk and the Toledo st.
Louis 4 Western.
Advance COPIES Of til. Rock Islands Golden
State Limited folder have been received in the
city. The folder is something fine in the way
OF railroad advertising. but the remarkable thing
on the G foe
State' limited Is printed bold cclors on front
and back, but it is only at the top Of the list of
tais, &C., R. I. & P. Ry.' appear in small tyne,
The northwestern road has secured a tenn.
porary injunction restraining the Wisconsin
game warden from opening any of the baggage
carried by the company to search for game.
The Illinois Central will put in commission a
me-" daylight special between Chicago and st.
Louis, Nov. H.. companion to the Diamond
Special which runs at night.
James P. Cortillon. for more than two years
trafnnaster mt Milwaukee Of the Wisconsin diyi.
assistant SUPERINTENDENT of the Minnesota and
Dakota division. He will be succeeded by J. D.
Cartridge of Chicago.
Edward Dickinson, general manager Of the
Kansas City. Mexico & Orient was elected third
vice president yesterday at Kansas City.
1t is understood that the Milwaukee road is
ears and thai It is designing several trains ns o1
connection with the Union Pacific.
The Great Western has gone into the fedora
court at Omaha to ask privileges accorded Other
roads road which enter that city The Mason City
Western, has asked for an order permitting the
road to use the tracks of the Union Pacific from
Council Bluffs to South Omaha, Including. tht
Pacific from interfering with such use ofhtH ht
terminals Is also asked. 'sEi5
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voegeIi Bros. Drug Go.
PRESENT RATES TOO LOW
A. c. Bird of the Milwaukee So Tes-
titles Before the Interstate
Commerce Commission. -,

At the hearing Of the interstate COM
MERGE commission yesterday in Chicago
the first witness of Importance in regard
to the cattle and packing products be-
tween Chicago and the Missouri was A.
G. Bird, third vice president Of the Mil
waukee road.
He created surprise by stating that the
rates of his road were unreasonable. He
said:
Not only are our live stock rates I'M
reasonable, but all our freight rates to-day
are unreasonable, because they are entire
ly too low to compensate for. the service
rendered. All freight rates should be
raised and am surprised that the roads
do not make a combination of 1t and raise
rates.
Mr.. Bird said that 1t was unfair to take
the past two years as a basis on which to
fix the rates and the fairness tof the re-
Enumeration derived by the roads, for dur
ing that period the volume Of traffic had
greatly Increased, whereas before that
period railroading had not. as a general
proposition. been remunerative. 1r t,sEG.N:s7
!, ! The witness believed that the Ca title. had
+ not for years paid their just proportion
+ Of transportation. He said that rates, had
not been made on a scientific basis fol-
twenty five years and that they were all
ways based on competition, comparison
and compromise.
MIR. Bird explained that he had always
deemed 1t a wise policy to make as low
rate on the raw material as on the fin
1shed products, but that when a rate. or
the latter. which was not remunerative
was forced upon the roads, he did not be.
l1eve IN also forcing down the live stock
rates to maintain the relations. . =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-07
BACK lOIHEIR WORK
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
Society Has an Inspiring
/. Feature to Close.
Missionaries About to Go to Foreign
Fields Tell Their Plans
in Detail. -...

The closing exercises yesterday of the
general executive committee of the
Methodist Womans Foreign Missionary
society were very impressive. The TWEEN
ty-one missionaries under appointment
for foreign fields expecting to go out be-
fore the next meeting Of the committee
We're grouped on the platform. All Of
these except Miss Beard are returning to
work in which they have had experience.
Each told when she was going and to
what point. All expressed JOY at their
return and 1t was, evident that to many
their missionary fields have become their
real homes and in them are the strongest
attachments Of their lives. Their return
is In the nature of homegoing and sew
eral expressed the hope that when they
went back it might be for twenty gears
instead of a short term. Miss Lebeus
said she was just on her way home to
China and that it was her dearest hope
that she might be permitted to pass the
rest of her life there. Miss Lilly told
how unwilling she had been, to leave her
work at Singapore even to come home
for furlough and she had consented only
In Difference to the judgment Of her as
sociates. Some will not stay the year to
which they are entitled In the home land.
SO eager are they to return to their be"
loved charges in the orient. Miss Davis
sails. for Bombay Nov. 10 to take up the
work of Mrs. Thoburn. Miss Frances
Craig also sails for Calcutta at the same
time. The remainder Of those going out
are Misses Mabel STA, Lydia Trimble.
Clara Merrill, Beard, Isabella Longstreet.
Martha Lebeus. China; Anna Bling and
Frances Wilson. Japan; Lily D. Green,
Fannie S. Fisher. Anna Budden, Elizabeth
Hoge Lillian Marks, May Wilson, Laura
Wright. Alice Means and Alma Jaconsen,
India; May B. Lilly, Singapore, and Fanny
Perkins, Burmah
Mother Mind. the close and sympathetic
| friend Of all the missionaries, conducted
the service and after each had spoken
| gave them few words Of homely advice
| In regard to their health She prescribed
eight hours sleep and a siesta each day,
| a daily constitutional and simple gymnas"
| tics, with a plain but nourishing diet.
| The delegates gave the missionaries words
Of counsel and encouragement IN verses
| of scripture.
! The closing item Of business and the
| one to which all of the other labors
| tended was the announcement by the H.
! nance committee made up OF the branch
secretaries Of the amount of work as
s,,med for the year. These amounts were:
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DUNN ON AMENDMENTS
Their Failure, He Says, Is Not an
Endorsement for the Ref
erendum.

THAT was a great Endorsement for the
referendum" said State Auditor Dunn to-
day. referring to the failure of the constt-
tutional amendments.
1--WE fought for two sessions of the leg
islature for the gross earnings bill,' Mr..
Dunn continued. THE people fairly rose
up and demanded It, and finally it was
passed. There was such indignation
against members who voted against the
bill that many Of them were turned down
Then when the measure came before the
people, ISIS than half Of thin voted at all
and thousands of them voted against it.
After all our uproar about tax reform
and the extra session, we are right where
we started; because the people failed tc
vot on the income tax amendment. The
same old problem is before the new legis-
lature. I am working on my biennial re-
port, but I don't see what is the use OF
making recommendations to the legisla-
ture If the people refuse to carry them out
II am not so sure. that it would be q
good thing, either, to go back to the Ole
plan, and require only a majority Of the
votes cast on a proposition to, carry it
Any kind Of an amendment could pass
then, If it got a few hundred votes. II
seems to me that If the people are no,
enough interested in measure for% hall
of them to vote for it, then they ought not
to have it, -,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-07

Total appropriations for this year, 1929,
60s25.
These appropriations are based on the
available receipts and do not include the
thank offerings which cannot be estl'
mated.
Minneapolis branch has made an ad-
vance Of s5,59S. as last years approprla-
ton amounted only to $4,000.
Reports of the strength Of the organlza-
ton were given, showing b,o6S auxlllarles
with a membership Of 40, 10; 568 young
women's societies, with a membership OF
1851; GAS children's societies with 1s,l4C
members; -3,7os Light Bearers and ll,os7
Standard Bearers.
The next meeting will be held In Balti-
more, The main body Of the delegates
left this morning by a special car to Chi
caeo, Mrs Crandon left last night In
her private car, taking with her MINES
Stevens, Skidmore, Cornell, Alderman
Cowen and Keane. .....:
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III ~
AN INGENIOUS MESSAGE.

An English paper records the following in.
stance OF the ingenuity of Colonel Frank Rhodes
when the relief column was making its wav n
Mafeking, and Plumer and Baden Powell had
sent messages asking for details as to numbers
guns and supplies
answer to the risks Of the road, and 80 the ma
tive runners were supplied with this ingenious
reply:
"Onr numbers are the naval and military null
tiplied by ten: guns are the number of sont
In the Ward family; our supplies the o. G.. Ninth
Lancers." 1t would have puzzled the Boer intel
ligence department to find out that the nava
and military club is at No. o. Piccadilly; tina
the house of Dudley has SIX sons. and that thu
officer commanding the Ninth Lancers is Colo
mel Small. Little. :,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-07

nerve ut sight of the robbers, but now. when
he them bending over his precious treasure,
that he snatched a revolver from beneath his
pillow and fired three shots in quick succession
at the marauders.
OF course he woke himself up, and incidentally
woke up all the rest Of the dodgers. He man.
aged, too, to call the attention of three large
policemen who escorted him to the nearest po-
lice station house. where. to the credit OF the
captain in charge, be it said, he was promptly
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-07
A DEMAND ON THE, WEST,

A Jersey city Judge saved a fee yesterday
by marrying himself After the lady had ex-
pressed her willingness the justice said: ''And
do you. Henry Bundy take this woman to be your
lawful Wife," yes" he replied, and con-
tinued: Then I. MS justice OF the peace.
Henry Bundy: by the power vested in me BY the
statutes of the state Of New Jersey, do hereby
pronounce you. Henry Bundy (myself), and you.
Mary Becker, husband md wife," Bundy kissed
the bride, once as Justice of the peace and again
as hire husband. VIII the west supply us with
a case Of judge who married and then divorced
himself? That would round out the combination
of functions. .t& ~ t
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HOW ENGLISH WAS SPOKEN.

An American girl who recently returned after
visit of some friends in the French capital,
where she was studying art. tells of. the clever
way in which the proprietor of little restar-
rant where she took her meals explained the
English spoken here She was bright
French woman and Miss Columbia had never
heard her use any. but her native tongue. When
the Americans command of French warranted
the question: she asked her hostess If she really
spoke English. "Oh. no; it is the people who
come here who speak English was the naive
reD1y. .syts T..=zH - ~, .is.-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-07
RET IA OFF

To the Sporting Editor Of The Journal:
At recent game of football between Red
Lake Falls and Crookston party made the
man rens 20 to viii bet
that bet" Neither side scored in the game and
the second man claimed the money on the
ground that the other party bet that Crookston
would win. whereas neither side won. VIII you
render decision upon the question:
Red Lake Falls, MINI. Nov. 8. 4
Unless it ID. specifically stated that one
party to q wager wins in case OF tie, the
stakes should be returned to the bettors. ms
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-07
MISS CLEVELAND A FARMER

Miss Rose Cleveland the sister Of ex-President
Cleveland, Is a successful farmer. She now owns
about one-half of a 7O0-acre island near Isles
boro, Me-, having within a few days acquired an
additional tract of land. Miss Cleveland has
about 800 chickens. a large herd of cows and
big vegetable garden her land. where she
raises prize pumpkins and fat chickens and makes
prime dairy butter. She handles her affairs her
self, it is said. but employs large force of
men. There is but one other cottage on the
island.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-07
A COAL CHUTE.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Here is another extraordinary episode that may
be traced to the big coal strike. New York
man bought busheI Of coal and Juggling it up
to his room dumped it into a closet That night
he had a frightful dream In this dream he
saw two burglars steal into his room. He saw
them tiptoe to the coal closet and force the lock.
Then they stopped and began to pack up the
COAL The unfortunate man had quite lost his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-07
The (. =.
Problem Of a
Tired Mother

One of tho marvels of our time
is the way in which the. average
mother carries all the burdens of
social. benevolent, church and
family life. ,. :.55, >% d
It's no wonder that nerve
troubles attack the mother--how
can she help being nervous, es-
pecially while the little ones are
so troublesome?
No woman can endure the
strain Of her housework and two
or three little ones unless her
digestive powers are unusually
good. She can't manufacture force
enough to stand the strain.
We can suggest one thing that
will surely help her, and it isn't a
drug poison either. It is Vinol,
made by a new process from that
wonderful remedy, cod liver oil;
it's a true tonic.
Vinol is pleasant to taste, "goes
right to tho spot" nourishes and
helps the food to nourish. is splen-
did for nursing mothers and all
tired out home helpers. I have
found it safe and good for ailing
children. With Vinlax to correct
the constipation, it has put whole
families in this place on the road
to health. Used in time, it saves
nervous breakdown. Your money
back if you don't find this true.
voegeIi Bros. Drug Go.
Minneapolis, MlNN. -
Mail Orders Supplied; 81 per bottle.
ExDress Paid
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HELM MAY HAVE IT
c. A. PIdeeon VIII Retain Present Dep.

- uty Clerk. = 4
c.: A. Pidgeon, the newly elected clerk
of the supreme court was at the state cap
itol to-day, receiving Congratulations. He
said he had no announcement to make as
to the personnel of his office, except that
J. L. Helm would probably continue as
deputy - 4. s 49,. $500.
eff Mr. Helm wants to remain should
geon. II have not promised any position.
I was very fortunate in being able to go
through the campaign without binding
myself to any course Of acti6ni!: The mem
bers, Of the bar of = the: state generally
want Mr.. Helm in the office, and shall
be very glad to have him myself
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-07
The c. p. r. and Milwaukee,

Thomas shaughnessy, president of the
Canadian Pacific, said in Milwaukee yes
terday: Yes, we may get into Milwau-
kee sometime. but when I get plan for
accomplishing this I shall be ready to
talk about it. At present am not going
to say anything about the matter"
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VERY APPROPRIATE

-. q Ch1caROi News. 49,.
Caller-WhatH colored tape are your going to
trim that little girls dress with
Modiste-Red tape She Is the daughter of a
politician, 4you know. ..is:-ss-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-07
Mo canxoss. Now.

The official vote of the state will not be
canvassed for over a month. The state
canvassing board meets the third Tues
day in December. which will tbes Dec, 10.
Returns will be forwarded to the secretary
Of state by the county caflvassing boards
within a few days.. Two copies are sent,
several days apart, lin orderet to insure the
receipt Of one copy. One must remain
sealed but If both are ,reeeiyed the Sec
ond may be opened. -. ! e,l..la%s3 Il. -ry
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discharged and told to 90 home and take good
care of his black treasure.
MRS. BABAs VIEW.
New York Sun.
Ali Bahia had just told his wife the secret Of
the cave.
"How lovely" she calculated, ''now can get
Ali money without divorce
And Morganna had to be called to help to re-
vive him,
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nEwARE HER oLAws,

Fond Mother-Don't carry the kitty By the tail
Willie.e z
Z Willie cts the only safe way NAV.
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Fl New JeWelrY.

Oxidized Silver Cupids. &c
SOC Cuff Buttons. 25c
SOC Handsome Brooches. .25c
SOC Scarf Pins. ........ Csc
zoe Sash Pins, .........-....... Csc
SOC Turquoise Necklace. Csc
SOC Pearl Bead Necklaces ..25o
SOC Coral Necklaces ..........25e
. SOC Pendant Lockets Csc
Gold Filled Rings warranted
three years. ........25c and Soc
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-05-07
A MANS GREATEST HELP.
The Best Thing In All the World is to
Have Had a Good Mother.

Noting the tendency of mothers to es-
cape the care and responsibility Of train
ing OF their own children, resorting to
nurses, governesses, photographers, etc,
Edward w. Box, In Ladies' Home Jour
nal, vigorously contends that woman
should consider her God-given "duties"
to her children vastly paramount to every
"ciaim" that can be made upon her time.
ut is one OF the most baletul tepdsn-
cies of the times" writes Mr. Box, "thst
young children are placed so much and so
entirely in the hands OF nurses, and so
far away from their mothers. do not
think that women exactly realize what
the early teachings and influences OF
mother mean to a man when he reaches
years OF maturity.
"The time which a boy spends at his
man. Our morality is learned there. Our
characters are formed there. We are
most impressionabie when we are in
stage OF absolute dependence upon others.
What sort of a recollection Is 1t for man
to look back to line of nurses or govern
essesa What moral stimulus does he
receive from the recollection OF mother
inevitably reading some novel and resting
in languid stupor with fan and smelling
bottle?
"What moral fibre Is installed into a
child who sees his mother only as she
fits before him between morning calls,
luncbeons, meetings, teas, drives, dinners
and theatre parties? What does a boy
learn at the knee OF nurse? Good?
Perhaps. But just as often he learns that
which Is not good.
"Mauy man has stood at the forks OF
the road In his life, broken hearted and
perplexed, only to have his mothers
words, uttered to him when child, come
before him and point him the way. 1t is
then that he realizes that the best thing
In the world to man is to have had
good mother, watchful, tender and
anxious, as only mother can be where
her child Is concerned.
"IH those supreme moments the lesson
tsught-not by the nurse, not by a
stranger, not at the Kindergarten, but at
the mothers knee-becomes a precious
ItSoiitCtiOh huu pSueOiStipb. ~ ibcuho
then mans salvation. And in that
quiet moment man thinks of good
mother as be never thinks Of any other
woman. A look Of tenderness comes into
his eyes, a feeling OF softness creeps into
his heart, and the attitude Of his earliest
infancy comes to him as, uncousciously,
he looks upward and breathes to himself
T,xtt,
It remains for the mothers of to-day to
determine how much that word will mean
to the men of tomorrow"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-05-07
uo,v 70 Form the Reading Habit.

In order to organize odd minutes into
fruitful hours one must have consistent
scheme and keep the means OF carrying
il out within reach. Too many people
read the books which come in their way
t,stead Of putting themselves in the way
Of getting the right books. They buy and
borrow without thought or plan because
thew do NOT understand that reading
ought to be a resource as well as recrea-
ton. IN,
Decide in advance what books you will
read and do not take up with those which
drift In your direction. Do not burden
Yourself with a scheme so extensive that
il discourages you; do not, at the start,
plan courses Of reading so vast that you
Begin In a quiet and easy way by plan
ming to read consecutively few books 10
some field which interests you.-Hdmn'
ton w. Mabie, in Ladies' Home journal.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1902-05-07
STRANGE BIRD, THE LOON.
Its Enormous Appetite for Little
Fishes-Hard to XIII.

Four kinds OF people shoot looms:
Those who want specimens OF this
strange and beautiful bird, taxidermists
who dress and sell the skins those who
wish merely to see whether or not they
can centre an exceedingly difficult target,
and those who realize that the loon is the
the greatest OF feathered fish -destroyers.
The looms appetite causes it to be re-
gsrded with disfavor by all anglers sc-
quainted with its habits. The bird will
eat It's own weight in fish two or three
times a week, and it's warfare against the
filmed ones Is incesssnt through daylight
hours, as it needs to be in order to keep
pace with its steady hunger.
Many Of the bass frs qoented lakes OF
the county are little more than large
ponds, occupying from fifty toa hundred
acres II three pairs OF looms make
pond of this sort their summer home they
will pretty nearly depopuiate 1t OF sma
fishes before going south in the autumn.
They do not attack the larger fl b, either
because they caunot catch them or because
they cannot handle them but they will
take care OF any bass not more than
half pound in weight.
The fish are captured either in open
water when they are careless, or by
driving them into the shadows. The
speed of the loon under the surface is
very remarkable, and 1t Is bic to remain
submerged for an unconscionable time,
having great lung capacity.
On the surface 1t Is much faster than
strong duck, but In swimming below the
surface it has no winged equal. Its neck
is far extended, acting like PROV, its
wings are pressed close to its body and its
powerful legs and broad feet drive 1t
almost like an arrow.
A loon that has been wing-tipped and
realizes that 1t cannot fly will dive, and
for awhile easily outstrip pair Dared
boat. Sometimes in clear water, there are
exciting chases OF this kind.
The bird as it darts along is easily in
view, and it is caught up with only when
it Is tired, and 1t takes considerable chas-
ing to tire loon. Often 1t will dive and
reaupear at distance of quarter OF
mile. and it can swim even further under
water without coming up for more air.
The loon as target for 22-caiibre
rifle requires the greatest exactness on
the mart of the marksman. 1t is not
often shot at inside Of seventy five yards,
and it exposes to view only its slender
neck and black head.
This head at that distance is not only
of bad color when contrasted with the
sheen OF the dark water, but 1t is not
in appearance any larger than a nickel
and is almost constantly In motion. To
centre such target under those condi-
lions is feat.
One loon killed for every $50 shots Is
about the average. A man may shoot at
one with small rife all the morning, as
it will not leave the lake, and that Is
good way to get rid OF surplus cartridges.