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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
MORE FISH FOR FOOD.
Commercial Club Public Affairs Com
mittee Moves for Better Prop. =. =.
>..':. agation Of Fish,. - = -. !.
Calls Upon Outside. Bodies to Help
Movement-Large Appropria- :.
-. ton to Be Asked, -. 49,

Believing that the problem Of the sys-
tenIic and extensive stocking of Mime
sofas lakes with fish, Is mot receiving the
attention warranted by its Importance,
the Comm ercial Clubs public affairs com
1nittee has DECIDED to, ask the legislature
The Club has l1g9s s }ffaa1lienced by an in
terview upon tie s1ropa ga ton of fish
under state: supervision, recently printed
in TIL e 1JOurna1 !, with SScH. Hall,
former president Of the Commercial Club.
Mr.. Hall made strong plea for more
modern methods of keeping Minnesota's
10000 lakes we'll supplied with fish: He
suggested. among. other things. that
a thoroughly modern hatchery should be
created and that special car be provided
to facilitate the work of gathering spawn
and transporting fish, from the hatchery
to the lakes.
Realizing that the subject is one vital to
the welfare Of the people, the Commercial
Club. through the public affairs commit
tee is now undertaking to create such "a
sentiment as will bring about the desired
legislation, Corresponding organizations,
improvement societies and public bodides
GENERALLY have been asked to bring the
matter before their Representatives. =
1T must not be imagined" said W. G..
that this movement has been called into
cSAho W AAaA e1AA0ASAo i'SACD' VLiIC IiIC Law
that it will promote angling as a sport is
a consideration not to- be overlooked, there
Is back of this movement broader and
deeper purpose. The fact that good fish
ing Is to be had anywhere in. this land of
many waters is, no doubt. of great 1ue
to the state from an advertising stand
point, attracting annually. as it does,
thousands of tourists. But there is, to my
mind, a more important consideration
the food value of fish to our people In
the summer months fish constitute one of
our most important food products both
for our rural and urban population, and 1T
is. the important part they play in cheap
enfng the cost Of living alone which has
influenced the Commercial club most"
The committee will meet before the
legislature conNenes to agree on the
amount of the appropriation to be asked.
Executive Agent S.. F. Fullerton of the
state game and fish commission. will be
asked to attend. The committee will
probably be governed largely by his sug
geStionS. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
MUSIC AT COMMERCIAL CLUB
VIM. Rowland Sings There for the
Philharmonic Club, -. a.

The Philharmonic club gave the mem
bers Of the Commercial Club a delightful
musical treat this noon. Among the
holiday visitors is William Rowland. head
Of the vocal department of the University
of Michigan. The Philharmonics wanted
to hear Mr.. Rowland sing and arranged
a short musicale for the noon hour at the
club The program was made up of
dramatic and f1orid works admirably
permanent. Both tender sentiment and roll
1iowlands voice is one of much power
and flexibility and he uses it with great
intelligence. His art is highly finished.
Mr.. Rowland is pupil Of F. E. Bristol
of New York ard for. five years was his
assistant. He continues to work with Mr..
Bristol in the management of his summer
school at Martha's Vineyard and Mr.. and
Mrs Richard Percy, nee Jennings and Mr..
and Mrs. Rowland make their home to-
gether at the Vineyard. Mr.. Rowland
was for two years with the Bostonians but
has given up the stage preferring con-
cert work. is voice is especially adapted
to oratorio and this is his chosen field.
During his stay in Minneapolis he is the
quest of Mr.. and Mrs. j.. F. Barnard and
is accompanied by his family which will
remain for the month
The program included Pilgrim Song. .
Il scha ikowski: Erlking." Beethoven; Itch
liebe dich, Schultz There's a Land
Allitsen; .eiipsy John" Clay; 'F'riar
Song Bracket; ITO Anthea,' Hatton;
Danny Deever,'' Damrosch.
. Torchon lace of any pattern can now be
made by ma chine. onsingEto recent
invention In Vienna.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
TEACHERS Due Wed.
Annual Meeting Of Minnesota Edu-
cational Association Will Open
Wednesday Morning
Big General Reception Will Be Held
That Evening-Outside Speak
ers on Program.

The annual meeting of the Minnesota
Educa tional associa ton will open in st.
aul.Wednesday morning and continue for
three days. The general sessions will be
held Wednesday morning, and evening;
Thursday afternoon and evening III the
Central Presbyterian church. There will
be fewer visiting speakers than usual.
these being Or. David Starr Jordan and
d. r. Augsburg Of California. DR.. Jor
dan will speak ION Thursday evening on
"The Demand OF the Twentieth Century
for Effectiveness in sEducat ton, ." and on
Friday afternoon on "Agassiz." Mr.:
Augsburg is drawing supervisor Of the
Oakland schools and has some positive
ideas that have given him national prom
1nence. 5Fhese VIII be presented on sew
eral occasions by: an address and chalk
talks. j.. j. Hill will deliver an address
Thursday evening. r. sss:
The headquarters will be at the Hotel
Ryan. Secretary J. c.. Bryant will open
his office in the parfors tomorrow even
ing to give information and enroll mem
bers. The membership last year reached
1000, and it is expected that It will round
tlon at the Ryan Wednesday evening is
being arranged by Professor J. d. Bond Of
ST., Paul and President 8. j.. Race Of the
association. There will be music, and
readings and addresses by. Governor Van
SAINT, Senator Moses z. Clapp., and o. E.
IiOiAldll, pteSIuSHL~ Ol the 81. .Hdul -SClQOl
board. The reception committee will in
clude many prominent educators of the
state.
There will be section meetings OF coun-
ty superintendent. high school. child
study, college. graded schools and music
departments associated school boards and
business colleges at the capitol and. the
high school. Among the more interest
ing and important topics to be discussed
are Compulsory Education Laws" by D:
w. kemerer, and '"rhe Summer School,
in the county superintendent meetings.
In the high school council John Lind will
give an address and W.. G. Nye will speak
on The Importance of High Schools in
a system of Education.'' In the science
round table the place of Zoology and
physiology will be discussed =. -
The central thought of the child study
program Is There is Time to Work and
Time to Play The special ~'.play''
portion of the program will be given Fri
day afternoon, and among the! speakers
Will be Galen A. Merrill. superintendent
state school. Owatonna; c.. i. Faulkner.
superintendent WashbJrn Home; A. w.
Farmer, Rev M. D. Hardin and Dr.. C. II.
Hunter Minneapolis. III the college sec
/ ton on Thursday Professor Katherine I.
| hutchinson, Professor Margaret J. Evans
ana Frofessor Maria l. sanford, will dis
cuss Separate Education for Men and
/ Women During the Freshman and Sopho-
more Years. "'..s>-s ... 49, '-r'<- 80" :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
DENIS W ANTSKNOWNI
Minority Aldermen Demand Repre-.
sentatien on Every One Of the
Council Committees.
Especially Do They Want Places
Which Will Give Them Some
Patronage.

1t is now known what the democratic
aldermen want from President d. r.
Jones. They have demanded representa-,
ton on every one of the twenty-siH
standing council committees and especial,
~ do they insist on being recognized on
the committees on health and hospitals.
wa terworks. and taxes No one can
blame them, for of all the council COM
mittees these are the most desirable,
though no more important than the COM
mittees ON ways and means, sewers, fire
department and others. '....-'
By it's inheritance from the old water
board. the committee on waterworks is
permitted to make all the appointments
in the water department and the appoint
ing power does not always end with the
office force and the permanent employees,
but often extends to the laborers, when
places are scarce and the demand strong.
F Should q democrat secure place on this
committee, he would expect to have some
of the plums for democrats. - - =
Likewise. the three members of the
committee on health and hospitals are
eX-offcio members of the board of health
which has at its disposal about forty or
fifty places, counting the drivers of the
garbage wagons. On such committee.
smooth democrat would expect to land
q few places. e. '"
Then on the tax committee there is a
cash plum. In the summer the commit
tee on taxes sits thirty days or parts Of
days. as the city board of equalization and
compensation is IS per diem or $3.50. It's
nice little plum, especially when man
can act as equalizer and not neglect his
own business very m'lch. The reasons
why the democrats particularly specify
these three committees are thus appar-
emit = :.
The; republican aldermen are not enthu-
siastic over the. democrats program. In
fact; they are opposed to it and will use
all their influence with Alderman D. P
Jones. who is to be the president Of the
council, against allowing the democrats a
| place that will give them any share of
the appointments anything that will
advance the prestige: of the minority
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
Do THOROUGH WORK
Thieves Ransack Home Of DR.. Helix
and Get Valuables Worth
.=. Nearly $500.
They illuminate the House and
Then Turn Everything There.
in Topsy.Turvy.

A bold robbery was committed last night
by thieves who entered the residence Of
DR.. Fl. I'll. Helix, 1920 Eleventh avenue S,
and. after lighting the gas in every room
from garnet to cellar. ransacked the house
and stole over $500 wertR of diamonds and
jewelry. ; besides $6J in cash. Although
the house is in q th1ckly- settled nsighoor-
hood. they We're not disturbed and their
presence was not known until the family
returned from church. 80. ~
The thieves opened the door with a
skeleton key. Knowing that a light NOV
ing from room to room would attract at
tention, they lighted the gas, and al
though the neighbors noticed the lights,
they thought the forms they saw moving
about were members of the family.
The thieves went about their work with
care and thoroughness. Every room was
searched drawers were emptied, and even
the covers torn from the beds.
An officer detailed to investigate found
two Or three skeleton keys on the floor in
the basement but no other clue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
WILL BOOM Ignite
A 100000 Company, Including the
Washburn Interests, Is Formed
in Minneapolis.
Gen. Washburn Says It Will Aid
Materially in Solving the North
western Fuel Problem

With the Incorporation just accom-
plished of the Washburn Ignite Coal
company which plans. to mine ignite on a
big scale hereafter, General W. D.. Wash
burn forsees the emancipation Of the
northwest from the yoke now imposed
upon it by eastern coal barons
I The company, which, VIII commence bus
mess Jan. Lis to engage in working coal
lands in North Dakota and elsewhere. 1t
is capitalized for $500, 900. the shares be-
ing 800 each. The limit of Indebtedness
is $3.50. 600 - -. (.
The officers are: President, w. D. Wash
burn; vice president, Alfred F. Pillsbury;
secretary and trea surer, w. H. Kellar.
Other incorpora tors are Judge M. 3. Koon,
Henry l.. Little, Caleb 6. Crane and Ed
win G. Washburn. a. Vi. <.-o ., ,..a
| IT confidently believe, :, said General
| Washburrl this forenoon. ''.that the min
| ing of Ignite on. the scale contemplated
Will solve the problem of the northwest 5
future fuel supply. and will place US on
| such an Independent basis that we will no
| longer be at the mercy of the coal inter-
! ests Of the east. Certainly, in the event
of any such labor disturbances as have
now curtailed the, supply Of anthracite,
we will have at our doors good substi-
! tute for hard COAL: ,
1--WE are now mining from 700 to 500
tons of Ignite a day. BY next year we
| expect to increase our output to between
1000 and 5000 tons. fLignite, in it's crude
form, possess about 66 per cent Of the
heat units or volatile combustibility Of
| anthracite. I am now having experiments
made. particularly in Germany, through
which I expect to be able so to improve
| upon the raw material by~briquetting it,
that the finished article will be the equal
of<hard coal in every particular, both with
respect to bulk and heating quality We
are now disposing of 800 tons a day In
Minneapolis. most of it for domestic pur-
poses, but ultimate it will be used largely
for manufacturing purposes The present
| demand for Ignite greatly exceeds the out
put Of our, mines. and that is one reason
why we have effected organza ton at this
| time'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
NERVE FAILED HIM
Robber Whose Courage 0ozed Away
While He Waited for Victim
to "shell Out" - -
Thinking Delay Meant Coming Re-
sistance He Promptly Took 'ss.
to His Heels. .--

Lack of nerve on the part of a modern
Dick Turpin prevented the successful
holding up of the night clerk at the Sara
toga Hotel, log Hennepin avenue, at an
early hour this morning. AS it was, the
highwayman was more scared than his
victim. and fled precipitately, although no
immediate danger threatened him.
About 5 a. M. a man stepped into the Of
ice, armed with a large revolver, the low
err part of his face covered with red
handkerchief. " The, brim Of a SLOUGH hat
left just his eyes visible. He advanced
to the deck and, pointing the revolver at
the head of George Stintzer, the night
clerk. ordered him to turn over his eash. {
Sti,rtzer had been asleep. and the. rude
break in his dreaming startIedS hinn SO
that he was unable TO obey atAonce:a4s He
hestated, and the bandit, 5evidentlylnew
at the business, taking this hesitancy as
a sign of resistance. turned and fed.
:: Just as: he. reached the: hall he turned
and fired at random, and then fed down
the stairs and out into the street. Mean
while Stintzer notified police headquarters
of the attempted hold-up. Officers were
unable TO find tho. Iran.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
A. MINIMUM SCALE
Bill to Fix One for Fraternal< Life
Societies to Come Before ':'. y,
" Legislature, '~
Strong Sentiment in Fraterna1 Cir.
cles Is Hostile-Mr. Dearth's
- =, -.s. Views. ,. 49, ::

"a bill will be introduced at the coming
session Of the legislature to regulate fra
ternal Insurance societies. It's principal
feature will be a section compelling all
such organizations doing business in Min
nesota to. adopt a minimum table OF rates.
Such a bill Is being drawn BY a commit
tee selected at the last, meeting of the Ma
tional Association of Insurance Commits
SiDIIers. = |SE~i> =
+ News Of this move has spread among
the fraterna1 orders. and many Of the
members are UP in arms, asserting that it
is all a scheme Of the old line insurance
companies to check the competition Of fra
terna1 societies, by increasing the cost OF
the poor mans Insurance"
insurance. Commissioner Dearth saws
this is far from the truth.
1T would be impossible.s he said this
morning, ito PASS bill opposed to the
interests OF the fraternal insurance socie-
ties. Their held ie too strong. In fact
the measure proposed is entirely in the in
terests Of these orders I favor such leg
1sIation as will meet the approval of the
representatives Of fraternal orders who
favor a change i'll the assessment rates
that will provide. for an ADEQUATE reserve
fund. The need for this is recognized by
tie leading men, and some orders are al
ready upon a proper basis, but the rank
and file. are slow to agree to any increas
when an order Is young and it's mortality
rate is low, hut, When the average age in
crea'ses~ and the mortality rate multiplie.
an order without all adequate reserve fund
goes OF: the rocks leaving the survivors in
their old age without provision for their
families: ~z u
There have beer conferences between
the committee OF insurance conrnissioners
and representatives Or the Fraternal Con
gtess. 1t Is 1nldei sioo,i that the commits
sion'ers take rncrc advanced ground than
the representatives Of fraternal orders.
but that the Minnesota bill will not ~be OBJ
iectionabse to the leaders, It will not re
| quire anything like as high a minimum
rate as the old mortality tables REQUIRE.
Experience has shown that on these tables
there is a margin Of from Is to 20 per
cent, and the fraternaI societies could take
| au even lower rate with safety. The min
| ir,I1o is ret likely to exceed the rate now
used BY some societies. -, @.sH7. 49, .
Commissioner Dearth has always been
in favor Of abolishing the assessment plan
companies. which operate on a cheap basis
with small CT no reserve funds It IS
probable that a bill to prevent the organ
| cation of such companies will. be intro
| duced. or Incorporated in the other meas
! ure.
MIR. Dearth is strongly in favor of a fire
marshal law, which would give a state Of
| fetal authority to inquire into the causes
Of suspicious fires. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
NUT FOR EXP. CLERKS
Shall They Organize a Union as
80 Planned or Abandon 90
s-:..* the Idea? 49,
Shorter Hours and More Pay Offered
as Inducements to Give Up
...... Their Purpose. -: -.

The railway express clerks Of Mime
apolis believed week ago that they could
greatly better their condition. by. organ
izing,, a union. To-day a. majority seem
convinced that it will be more to- their
interests not to ASK the. American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor for a charter. ..:..-. ~
When the superintendent Of the differ
ent express companies heard that union
was about to be formed, they took prompt
steps to head 1t Off. They did not resort
to threats, but. interviewed the leaders
and informed them that it would be
waste Of time and money to organize, be
cause the COMPANIES were willing to grant
all Of their derna nds, and more too: -,
Complaints having been made that the
men, were forced to. work, overtime, the
companies voluntarily agreed to restrict
the days work to ten hours. the rule to
out also that salaries would be increased
from S45. $50 and $50 to $50, $55 and $50
per month for different grades of work.
After that each employe was asked If he
intended to join the union, and his name
was taken down for reference, each being
urged, as a matter of selfinterest, not to
favor organiZa ton. ,f., - :. ; ~
!. AS result, sentiment among the clerks
is divided. A joint meeting Of employers
and employees will be held a Labor Tenn
pie within week, and one of the leaders
of the movement to-day expressed the
belief that the: organization proposal would
then be voted: down. = -. .-.*..-.s. =
ThIrtytwo Had Signed. =. g..
Thirty two clerks had already signed
articles or expressed their intention of
joining the union, as follows: Northern
Pacific, .; Great Northern; s; United
States, 9; Adams g.: American, 7; United
States messengers, 5. The three officers
elected at the preliminary meeting were:
President, w. J. Roach of the Northern
Pacific company; secretary, Tom Quealey
of the Great Northern; recording secreta
ry E. Marchant of the American; treas
urer, M. Rooney of the United States COM
pany.
Those who insist on organization de-
clare that if the companies can defeat
the movement they will give the men "the
worst Of it afterward but the majority
of the employees seem to- think that the
companies can be depended upon to keep
| their word. z''r
| II think the best thing we can do said
one of the men sis to do the companies
bidding now, and if they fail to keep faith
| with us, we can organize later. believe
they will do the right thing by us, and
| that 1t will actually be better for. us to
pass up the union for the present at least
Drivers VIII Organize. -
1 . The Exuress Drivers union. which is
affiliated with the international. Team
4 Drivers association, decided yesterday. to
act Independently of the express clerks,
by securing charter from the American
Federation of Labor. This union numbers
forty four members. Ernest o. sGetcheil
1 OF the United States Express company
4 was elected president
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
A SALE ON TENTH STREET
A. F. Smith Sells 100 Feet Frontage
Which Will Accommodate an
Apartment House. 49,.

Asa :F. Smith of the Smith Costume
company has sold sixty feet frontage OF
the Karker property on Tenth street, just
north of Nicollet. adjoining his home
stead, to AZ: E. Mathews a Milwa ukee
lun1berman and capitalist. Mr.. Mathews has
Just gone to California to complete tim
Der lane deal, but will return in June,
when he contemplates the erection of a
modern apartment house. This plan may
require the purchase Of more property
> Mr.. Smiths homestead, with fifty feet
frontage, begins 100 feet north of Nicol-
let on the west side Of Tenth Next
north Of this property Is the property
sold to Mr.. Mathews. The price was
$500 a front foot, or $4,000. The deal
was made by A. B. Coe as agent.
The Karker property with a depth of
16S feet is considered one of the best in
side sites for apartm ent house or family
hotel purposes. When Mr.. Smith bought
itsin August 1891, he paid $685. a. front
foot. The price was considered a fairly
good one. but in eighteen months the
market value has appreciated $65 foot.
The present improvements cut no special
figure in either transaction.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
GOES TO CHICAGO
Arthur H. Hopkins Of the Glass
Block Shoe Department..

Arthur H. Hopkins, for thirteen years
manager of the shoe department OF the
Glass Block. left last evening to take the
management Of the shoe DEPART OF
The Hub in Chicago.
Saturday evening Mr.. Hopkins was
summoned by telephone to the Glass
Block. He found assembled a group OF
buyers for William Donaldson & Co., who
have been associated for years as mem
bers of the official family of the big estab-l
lishment. After exchange Of mutual re-
grets that this circle was about to be
broken again. Mr. Hopkins was presented
with d beautiful scarf pin set with a f1eur
de lis of diamonds. Congra tulations were
expressed over the fact that Mr.. Hopkins
enters an even larger field.
NJ Hopkins was a director and active
member Of the Commercial club. Mrs.
Hopkins and the two boys will remain in
Minneapolis for a month.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
A NEW TARIFF ON FLOUR
Eastern and Western Roads Said
to Have Reached an !
Agreement.
Special to The Journal.

New York. Dec. 2?.-The eastern and
western railroads have reached an agres-
ment regarding freight rates on -four. and
the statement is made positively that thP
new tariff will go into effect Jan. /. The
threatened delay of eastbourd shipments
out Of Chicago. therefore, will be averted.
New rates TO tidewater will be % cents
per 100 pounds on flour for export, and
271s cents per 100 for domestic use. West
ern railroad men say they conceded every
point the eastern lines because they
did not want to tic up flour in Chicago
and thereby cause the millers great finan-
cal loss. The contracts between eastern
roads and certain millers which clash with
the new agreement, it is asserted, will be
abrogated by due notice Or ignored alto
gether.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
PARTNERS DISAGREE

Austin F. Kelley Charged with InJurIna
Parker Kelley Business. s..
Suit has been begun in the district court
for an accounting and dissolution of the
Pa Kelley partnership. The firm has
been engaged in the manufacture and sale
Of certain machinery used by steam laun-
dries and the complaint filed this morn
ing relates that Austin F. Kelley, one OF
the partners. has been doing his utmost
to destroy the firms business. It is
charged that Kelley neglected to fill Or
ders entering them upon the company
books as having been filled; that he sup
pressed and disregarded kilograms and let
tiers sent to the firm, and that he has sue
ceeded in getting the business into such
a snarl that an accounting and dissolu-
ton i'm pera tive.