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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
PUMPING STATION FUEL
That the New Contract
5,t@" Means an Advance. =

AS the fuel contract. for the Camden
Place pumping station expires on Jan. /,
the council committee on waterworks met
this morning to prepare for the emergen-
cy. By the terms Of the contract with
the G. A. Smith Lumber company, the
city. for, the past year, has paid $3.50 for
each million gallons Of water pumped.
Whether satisfactory or not to the lum-.
Der company, the plan proved of great
advantage to the city. President c.. A.
Smith. declared this morning that the city
had saved $3.50 T. I'll ,gs,4,;
The lumber company does not find itself
able to renew the old contract, in view of
the scarcity of all kinds Of fuel and the
grea increase in prices, but offers to sup
ply all the pine wood fuel required at
$1.121s per cord. This proposal is one
that the committee can hardly consider,
as it will be dissolved on or about Jan.
s.. It offered Mr.. Smith to pay an in
crease Of SO 1-3 per cent over this years
prices. which would increase the cost of
pumping to $3.50 per million gallons. Mr..
Smith was not prepared to accept this
offer, but promised to consider it.. The
committee thinks of again using coal. At
any rate, it will probably have the bunkers
filled against an emergency.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
A DOUBLE CHRISTMAS
Chamber of Commerce Will Take
Wednesday and Thursday Off.

There will be no session of the Mime
apolis Chamber of Commerce tomorrow.
Yesterday a move to take double Christ.
mas holiday was started. Many members
like to go away for the day. and the
army of clerks and employees in the vari-
Gus offices were also anxious for an extra
days leave AT noon Today President
Marshall put the matter to a vote and ii
was carried unanimously and with d
roar =, The Chicago Board of Trade will
adjourn to-day until Friday. The New
York Stock Exchange will probably be
open tomorrow, but may adjourn the
day following Christmas. On the foreign
exchanges the close will be a long one and
there will be nothing done In London or
Liverpool from tomorrow night until
Monday next: =. ---- -->..-.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
UP COUNTRY MONEY TIGHT
Farmers Have Put Their Ready Cash
Into Lands and Have
to Borrow.

no. ~ -
M. J.. Bowling speaker Of the house was
in st. Paul to-day. He has recently en-
barked in the banking business at Olivia.
He says that money is hard to get. FARM
ers have invested largely. in land, and
those whose corn was Injured by frost
bought cattle to. feed. Instead of having
money to meet: payments, they have been
obliged to borrow, but by February they
will begin to market their cattle, and there
will then be no difficulty.
j. A. Armstrong Of lWinnebago City, a
member of thel asst house reports similar
state of things in Faribault county. He
says that many farmers in that section
have been buying cheap lands lin the Da-
kotas and northern Minnesota: These In
vestments take all their ready money. and
they have had to borrow to buy cattle for
feeding. For that reason, money is tight
er than usual but the value is there, and
will be realized on later. The banks will
have no trouble to meet conditions in
Mr.. Armstrong; view.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
BUYS HALSIEAD PLACE
A. G. Loring Adds the Hermitage to
His Estate on Upper Min
netonka.

A. c. :Loring has entered into a con-
tract with Freeman P. Lane, the execu-
tor Of the. IIalstead estate, topurchase the
Hermitage en- the upper lake, across from
Crane island. The price is Sc 500. The
acquisition of this forty arces will enlarge
Mr.. Loring's magnificent estate between
200 and 800 acres of the best land on the
upper lake. Some 500 600 have been spent
in a years time in improving the property
with which the famous Hermitage land is
now joined.
The old Hermitage which was burned
Sept. 6, 1901, with its. owner, was the: only
place to connect the Halsteads with its
history. except the grave under the old
maple containing the bodies of Captain
Frank w. Halstead and his brother, the
major. The transa ction centemplat the
preservation of the graves.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
Harmon Place
18th av. N.
I MASKED AND ARMED
An Unknown Robber Operates Sue
cessfully on Fourth Av. S.

Masked in a muffler. an unknown man
entered E. J. Leavitt's store, 1929 Fourth
avenue s, last evening. showed revolver
in the proprietor's face and robbed the
cash drawer. Leavitt keeps a little
nieghborhood store and his place was de-
serted save for himself last evening about
9 O'clock when the strange man entered.
His face was well concealed but his mo-
tive was not suspected till he suddenly
drew a revolver with which he threat
ened the startled proprietor. Reaching
into the till, the robber took IS and backed
out.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
CITY NEWS
WEATHER NOW ANDxTHEN
Minimum Temperature To-day 1a
Degrees; a Year Ago Is Degrees.

Santa's Surprse-Fifty members of the
First Presbyterian Sunday school will give
the beautiful cantata "Santa's Surprise.
in the church at Portland avenue and
Nineteenth street Friday at 1870 p. M
For Swedish Baptist Little Foik-The
Sunday school of the First Swedish Zap
fist church will give its annual Christmas
entertainment in the church building,
Eighth street and Thirteenth avenue S.
Thursday evening. -,
Dr.. Halls Christmas-Dr. p NJ. Hall,
commissioner of health, found big biack
bear skin robe. and a handsome whale
bone whip in his office this morning. On
the robe was a brief note expressing the
kindest regards of the health department
staff. .... III III ~ e
Joke Story Didn't Go-Ole Larson, who
attempted to hold up j. W. Moore Sunday
night and who was promptly captured
and turned over to the police, had his pre-
lin1inary examination In municipal court
this morning. Although he protested that
1t was all joke, Judge Holt held him to
the grand jury under $4,000 bail.
knIqht Tempiar ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Commandery No. Z, Knights Templar, VIII
hold its customary Christmas observance
next Thursday morning at it's headquar-
ters 2O-22 University avenue Sc. En-
inent Sir knight R. T. MacAdam. Of Zion
Commandery and Sir Knight l.. H. Wells
of Minneapolis Mounted Commandery,
will represent their respective command
cries.
A Billion Dollar Proposltion-One +. of
Mayor D. P Jones correspondents writes
from Dalton. Texas. to inquire how Mime
apols would be the home for two
altruistic institutions in which he is in
terested. He is a member of the In
ternational Political Specialists School
and the worlds Diatetic Institute,
which have members in all parts of the
world and which will spend billion dol
lars "philanthropically Mayor Jones
referred the communicat ton to the Com
mercial club with the suggestion that
while it was landing the smaller concerns,
it should not overlook the billion dollar
ones. ~" '-' .,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
FOR GOOD WORK
S. T. Mcknight Sends the Union
City Mission a Most Liberal
Christmas Present.

President T. E. Hughes of the Union
City Mission received this morning q $1,000
check from S. T. Mcknight to further the
good work instituted in the St. James
hotel building. In his letter Mr.. Nc
knight says:
Il am confident that money put in your
able and enthusiastic superintendent Mr..
Stocking where it will do the most possi-
BILE good. . Il
Mr.. Meningitis Christmas gift to the
mission will, it is hoped, be the precursor
Of several similar checks. The money
came at very opportune time as extern
ssive repairs ares being made in the new
building at Second Avenue S and Wash
ington.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
QUESTION OF HONESTY
Man Charged With Theft Was Trying to
~ Returnea Draft He Had

-
Ed Williams, a colored man, will be ar
raigned in municipal court tomorrow
morning on a charge of petty larceny.
His former employer, the manager of the
Dime Museum, insists that fe has stolen
lead pipe and other small articles.
It is learned that Williams had, at
the time of his arrest a draft upon the
Northwestern National bank Of this city
for s354.55, which he had picked up on the
street and which he was trying to restore
to it's original owner. Williams. on find
ing the draft, wrote to- the bank at Red
Wing, Mimi. which had sold the draft
to G. G. Glosson. The officials of the
Northwestern National bank were asked
to get possession of the draft and clerk
was sent to see Williams, who gave up
the draft without a. moments hesitation
Williams says that he did not steal
anything from the Dime Museum but that
the proprietor still owes him for labor and
that they, cannot agree in regard to set.
tlement. + 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
ALoNzo Phillips ANSWER z

1t Takes Advantage. Of the Statute Of
'--~Limitations.-- ~
Former Sheriff Alonzo Phillips has filed
an answer to the suit begun against him
by the county to recover three times the
amount of certain fees which he collected
while in office and which are claimed to
have been illegal The answer is brief
and does not go into the merits of the
case, simply setting up the tute of
limitations as bar to the proceedings.
The case has been in court about a. year.
but will now be tried some time during
the January term. Mr.. Phillips, on his
part. explains that the fees claimed to be
illegal were collected and retained by his
predecessor in office and that he merely
followed the custom. The county attor-
ney will maintain that the statute of limi-
tations can not be applied in such cases.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
A SPLENDID DISPLAY
Palace Windows Have Attracted Much At.
tentlon Durino Past Week

tention During Past Week.
One of the most brilliant window dis
plays on Nicollet avenue this holiday
season is that of the Palace Clothing COM
pany. ~ ~ - :
In every one of the great plate win
dows is an individual and beautiful dis
play, the various classes of goods sold in
the Palace company's big store, being
grouped and treated with a decorative
skill that gives the window artist an
irdisputable right to his title. OrA would
hardly believe that clothing and furnish
ing goods could be so artistically arranged
These windows fairly breathe the Yue-
tide spirit, and have created much interest
for passers by. They have attracted the
attention of thousands of pedestrians dur,
ing zthe past week. and have mutely
demonstrated the wealth of fine goods in
the big Palace store. The window deco
rator for this clothing store has proved
himself a master OF his art and has done
much for. the attractiveness of the pa
latial clothing house.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
NOT THE WASHBURN FIELDS
The Reported North Dakota Ignite Com
binaton Does Not Include
These PronerfIes, s s-s

/: The Dakota Fuel company of New Jer-
sey, organized tos combine the Ignite in
terests of North Dakota, may prove with
out the alliance of the Washburn interests.
as reported by telegraph a: play without
plot. It is we'll known that the Wash
burn collieries turn out more Ignite than
all the rest of the mines put together and
that the Geographic estimate Of $4,000 tons
a day is at least a cipher: too small.
Although the company is reported to be
capitalized at $5,00O,000, instead of $500, 900
Misunderstood here. and although the COM
bination is imposed to be headed by lead
ing financiers, it is. understood that the
price at which the Washburn- Wilton prop
critics may be purchased is not forthcom-
ing and therefore the biggest coal fields Of
the state are not yet secured.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
v. OF A. CHRISTMAS
Tree for Little Folk Who Have No
Home Christmas.

At the Century hal Christmas evening,
Wednesday Dec. "a. at a7:30 p. M, the
Volunteers of america will give a lit
erary program Mayor-elect J. G. Haynes
will preside and music. will be furnished
by the Journal News Boys band Every
child in the city not having Christmas
tree at home is invited and at the close
of the program a large bag of candy will
be given each child. Santa Clause viii
also be present with hundreds of hand
apparel for each woman and child need
Ing winter clothing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
FOR A JOINT COMMITTEE
Congressman Tawney Outlines the
Program Of Those Who Would
Revise the Tariff.
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal. : ~ ..-a, ~ G~
Winona, Mimi, Dec 2S.-Congressman
TaWney arrived from Washington this
morning, He says those who are working
to, secure some modification of the tariff
are trying to get the two houses to, au-
horize the appointment of a joint COM
mittee to inquire carefully into present
industrial conditions and conditions sur
rounding the production here and abroad,
and what change, If any, from the present
tariff should be made and report. at the be-
ginning of the first session of the next
congress. - '- = ,s--a''"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-23
NUMBER 116.
INVESTORS LAND AND SAVINGS co

INVESTORS LAND AND SAVINGS CO.,
1924 New York Life Building.
Minneapolis. Mimi, Dec. Is. 1902.
The Journal Publishing Company:
Gentlemen-We have a standing bust
ness chance ad in your paper. and the re-
turns are coming N so thick and fast that
we shall either have to stop advertising
or increase our office help: think We'll do
the latter and continue to advertise.
=. Yours truly, '~
INVESTORS LAND & SAVINGS co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

No profession has advanced more
rapidly of late than surgery, but If
should not be used except where alb
solutely necessary. In cases of piles,
for example, it is seldom needed. De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve cures quick
ly and permanently. Unequalled for
cuts, burns, bruises, wounds, skin dis
eases. Accept no counterfeits. 81
was so troubled with bleeding piles
that 1 lost much blood and
strength" says ]. c. Phillips, Paris,
Ill. "DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cur
ed me in a short ime." Soothes and
heals. All druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

81 want all the world to know
writes Rev. c. J. Budlong, of Asha-
way, r. l., what n thoroughly good
and reliable medicine 1 found in
Electric Bitters. They cured me of
jaundice and liver troubles that had
caused me great suffering for many
years. For a genuine, all-around
cure they excel anything l ever saw.
Electric Bitters are the surprise of
all for their wonderful work in liver,
kidney and stomach troubles. Don't
fail to try them. Only so cents. Sat
isfaction is guaranteed by Hartz &
UIlemeYer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

to the recent Investigation of that in
stitution. Along with the admissions
are apologies for the shortcomings
of officials and employees, PROMISE
that the evils complained of will not
arise again, and recommendations for
reforms of various kinds. The board
discovered that per cent assess
ments had been levied upon employees
for the benefit of the campaign fund,
but condoned the fact with the eX-
cuse that the contributions were
voluntary"
The board satisfied itself of the
truth of the charges that two chill
dren had been born to patients i'm
the hospital, and gives the assurance
that there will, if possible, be more
strict surveillance in the future of
paroled female patients, although the
management thought every precau-
ton had been taken to guard against
such Incidents
1t is acknowledged that political
work has been performed at the hos
pital by employees, but declares that
the extent of ii has been greatly eN-
aggerated.'
1t is admitted by the board that the
work in the pathological laboratory
is not of so high a standard as in for
mer years. but the management is
relieved of blame on the ground that
the state has failed to make sufIi-
cient appropriation.
The employment of ineXperience. !!
nurses is admitted by the board. but
this is declared to be n necessity in
order to give them experience. In
this connection the board recon-
mends an increase in the salaries of
all women nurses employed in state
institutions. One of the supervisors
is declared to have been intoxicated
upon at least one occasion, and to
have collected money from attend
ants while in that condition for the
purpose of buying liquor. Yet after
scoring Supervisor Wagner the board
efficient official. and recommends his
retention.
The charges OF cruelty toward pa
tients are denied by the board in gen
eral. the exception being the ease of
an attendant named Mills. who was
accused of having kicked patient
three times in the stomach. This at
tendant. according to the report. was
discharged from the hospital as soon
as il was known that he had been
guilty of using violence.
The fact that employees have been
selected ON the strength of political
fitness rather than qualification for
t he position and that throughout the
Institution a system of Dplitic1l as
scssment for the maintenance of the
state machine has prevailed, is not
denied.
Meanwhile the wards of the state
have been misused. Notwithstanding
that the money has come from the
taxpayers for their proper care.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

the business men of the city, the Mu-
uicipal Voters league and practically
all of the republican and independent
as well as democratic newspapers.
Mr. Duddletson was one of the strong
men of Chicago's city council. He
served on the school commission with
President Harper, of the Chicago uni
versity, which revised the local school
management, fought the cement trust
to a finish when it tried to grab q
monopoly of intercepting sew
err construction and for His work
in behalf of labor was made an hon
orary member of the Bricklayers
union; served on the Bridewell com
mittee and forced the restriction of
bids. when coal was bought, to Hi
nois coal. He is always for Illinois
against the world and for honest ana
economical administration of pub
lie offices.
Arson l.. Bliss, of Mount Vernon,
democratic nominee for state super
intendent of public instruction, is an
unusual type of the self-made man.
That term ''self-made man" is ordin-
arily associated with one who has
money. Mr.. Bliss. unlike most men
who start in the world with moth
ing, had n passion for knowledge and
regarded money only as means for
gratifying that appetite He has
made himself one of the ripest scho.-
ars and one of the best educators in
the west and has earned and paid his
own way along every inch of the roa1
to his success.
Mr.. Bliss was born in jefferson
county on a farm. His father died
when he was years old. AS thu
eldest of the family he had to work
summer and winter on the farm tn
help his mother until his second
brother was old enough to take his
place. He worked his way through
Ewing college and the Southern Hi
noiS Normal at Carbondale, was
graduated from the normal and
then from Austin college three
years later. Later he took post grad
uate course in the state university at
Champaign and at Chicago university.
He has had practical experience rs
a school teacher for sixteen years,
earning money in that way to pay for
his education. He has been Superin-
tendent of schools of Eldorado, Car
tervilIe. Golden and Anna. When
Superintendent at Golden and Anna
for three years respectively. the grad
mates of those schools were accred-
tied to the University of Illinois. He
assisted in organizing the Egyptiar
High School league, was its first
president and served two years as
its secretary. and is a member of the
executive committee of the Southern
Illinois Teachers association. com
prising thirty-five counties. He is 4
Methodist. a Knight of Pythias and a
Royal Arch Mason.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20
Some State Candidates.

John l.. Pickering. democratic
nominee for clerk of the supreme
court. is man of the people who
has won success with no other tools
than his own strong hands and clear
brain. There is no keener student
of public affairs. not one better post
ed. in all Illinois. and he has proba-
ably wider personal acquaintance
than any other man in the state.
Mr.. Pickering was born on a farm
in Cumberland county, of Virginia
stock. His father died in 1865, and
when. four years later, the family
moved to ArcOla, he had to- lend a
hand at helping the family eXchequer.
He chose to learn the printers trade.
attending the public schools in spare
time. In 1877 Mr.. Pickering struck
out for himself and settled in Pc
oria. He set type in Col. w. T. Dow
dalTs Daily National Democrat of
flee and at the same time attended the
Peoria high school.
Mr.. Pickering removed to Spring
field in 1883 and then commenced his
first work as n political correspon-
dent by reporting the sessions of the
Since then he has been continuously
connected with various Chicago news
papers and the St. Louis Republic as
travelling correspondent. traversing
the state from end to end every cam
pa6gn year. Probably nobody in
Illinois has such an intimate acquain-
tance with political conditions by
counties. cities and townships. Mr.
Pickering established the Evening
Telegram at Springfield in 1898. made
it the best evening paper ever printed
in that city and two years later sold
| it at profit. He is a member of
the First Presbyterian church of
Springfield, is a Knight Templar and
Red Man, and is on the honorary
membership list of the Springfield
Typographical union.
George Duddletson, democratic
nominee for state treasurer, repre-
SCENTS the best there is in the democ-
racy of the great democratic city of
Chicago. AS a business man, demo
crat and a public official, he has been
indorsed over and over again by pub
lie opinion backed with votes.
Mr.. Duddletson is a native of Cam
bridgeshire, England, but has lived in
this country for more than third
of Il century, most of the time in
Chicago where he is a wholesaler
and retail dealer in dressed meats.
Mr.. Duddletson never sought any
office until n nomination of alderman
in the old Eleventh ward of Chicago
was thrust upon him in 1897, in the
second wear of the movement in that
city to purify the council and put
reputable business men into it in
stead of professional ward politicians.
In that ward, one of the banner silk
stocking republican wards of the
city, Mr.. Duddletson was elected by
$50 majority and two years later was
reelected by LOO. After the city
was redistricted and this ward was
converted into one with about 1000
republican majority on normal
vote, Mr.. Duddletson lost only by 100.
Every time he ran he was Endorsed by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

With the appointment by Gov. Yates
of Judge Layman. Of Jacksonville. t.
place on the state board of pardons
all three of these good political jobs
are centered in two adjoining coun-
ties which constitute one senatorial
district. Two of the board live in
Morgan county. namely. y. j. Russell
and Judge Layman, and the other, +.
y. Snively. lives in Springfield. The
position pays $500. Therefore $1O,-
500 in salaries of one of the most inn
poTtant boards in the state are dis
tributed in one senatorial district
which consists of only two counties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-09-20

The particular tariff plank in the
Iowa republican platform to which
Congressman Henderson makes OBJ
lection declares as follows: Eve ia
vor any modification of the tariff
schedules that may be required to
prevent their affording shelter for
monopoly" The speaker denies that
the tariff had aught to do with the
creation of trusts and insists that
the tariff be left untouched. He is in
accord with the administration at
Washington but not with the senti-
mcnt of Iowa republicans. Chairman
Babcock of the republican congress
sional committee has also been whip
ped into line by the administration.
\ year ago he was himself n cham
pion of tariff revision but now he is
as dumb as an oyster. There is no
denying that his real opinions are in
accord with the sentiment of Wis
consin voters. but Congressman Bah
cock may no longer express them
and keep in touch with the powers
that be in Washington.