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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-25
TO "FIRE" RUSSIANS
AngIo-Japanese Treaty Designed to
Drive Them From Manchuria.

Acknowledgements Treaty Designed to
Drive Them From Manchuria.
st. Petersburg, Saturday, March "a
According to advices from Port Arthur,
itsis believed there. that the real intent
Of The Anglo Japanesestreaty is to compel
Russia to I evacuate .Manchuria. The
Japanese have already established Japa-
nese- Chinese bank to compete with the
Russian Chinese hank, and Japanese in
stitutien haR secured scalcessions to ex-
plore for gold In Manchuria Z,
st. Petersburg, March T25.-The consen-.
sus here Is. That the effect of the declara-
tion Inn reply to the announcement of the
Anglo JaIanese alliance will be to lessen
the resistance which has lately developed
ii China agafnst: the settlement of the
Manchuria question eAsthe lines required
by Russian int crest and that China,
whose attitude of resistance became more
pronounced after the qualification of the
Anglo japanese agreement, will now be
less Inclined TO act yprejudicially to Rus
sia' sinterests. -.. -"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-25
NEELY's PUNISHMENT
With Rathbone and Reeves, He IL
Imprisoned and Fined. Il

Havana. March 25.-The court has SEN
fenced Rathbone, Nicely and Reeves, who
were found guilty Of embezzling postofiee
funds, tosfen years imprisonment each,
In additionsz Nicely was fined s56.70i;
Reeves, $35, 512F and Rathbone, $35, 324
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-25
I'm The SPRING

w hen you have that tired feeling, and
are nervous and sleepless, is a good time
to take few doses of Hostetter .Stom-
ach Bitters. 1t is an ideal spring med
icine and blood purifier. and will cure
dyspepsia, Indigestion, malaria or
liver and kidney troubles. Try it.
Our private stamp is over the neck of
the bottle. -...s-. -..- ,-.r-.-...
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
CURIOUS INSTRUMENT
MADE BY A MECHANIC.

Few men who deal in science from the
abstract standpoint ever evolve anything
practical from their theories but Professor
Ogden Rood has proved an exception An
Eastern mechanic has constructed, upon
the professors suggestion, a musical instru-
ment OF q decidedly novel description. Until
informed no one would ever recognize the
apparatus Il 10 part OF the chandelier IN
the owners d~rawlng-room- The basis OF
the affair is the so-callsd musical fame
When gas IS burned IN a cylindrical CHM
ney OF q certain length and width II pro-
duces a musical note. According to the
angle at which the vapor Is emitted from
the jet. there will be either a sound or ST.
lence. \ simple continuance enables the
owner by touching q button to change the
fame from musical to nonmusical at his
Will. There are thirty lamps in his ehande-
Her so arranged as TO make four octavsA
The keyboard Il In 4 corner OF the room.
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the sU.
For ell his lonely hsottS the scripter ws
popular In the country t~hsrsaooutR He had
. pleasant word or smile for every ona
and though he never courtsd society, he
was never known TO b moross or unctv1l
Earlier In his exile he had even bean
friendly with . few OF his neighborA
All that was svsr learned Of his reason
for living In this isolated fashion has come
down from the chance remarks he made
at this time. Those Of his ~neiEhbors who
knew him before he came TO live 30 entirely
within himself recall several pictures and
books OF a beauty unknown IN that region.
and the recollection Of them stin remains
The old sculptor was especially kind to
children. whom he used to entertain ~
showing these ~eaFurs
No ~nsighoor who has ever visited the
hsrmbips hut can recall that he sYer re-
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side OF his hut Just large enough to hold 9
bed. 1t added q narrow alcovs to the single
room OF his home It was here that his
body was found.
A small toghouse stood beside the house
There was no pretenss OF q fence or a gar
den One or two dwarf pines nearby az
forced the only shade from the binding
glare OF the sun. There was not even a
road leading to the house.
The interior OF tina hermit's house was as
barren al its exterior. A rough bed in the
alcove, & table. \ singl shelf. which held
4 lamp. and a chair; that was all. Original
~ the narrow shelf had held several books,
but the old man had long since lost all In
tereBt In thesApsrhsps Il wal because
they. too. recalled his past life, which he
was seeking &c forget
At tho time OF his death none OF these
relics remained II had been said tina he
lived clone. but that Is not 20 include his
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

prominent ~sculptors. all dated FAR back. but
which showed conclusively that he was
counted one OF the prominent American
sculptorS OF that day.
Some ten years ago McnninEer dropped
suddenly out OF the artistic world, so that
even his closest friends lost sight OF him
He left tho city and built for himself the
simple little frame hut IN which he has ever
since lived and where he died. II IS diifi-
cult 20 guess what attracted him 10 the lit
tie hamlet OF Atco. unless IL was the de-
sire TO escape absolutely from every suS-
gesion OF his former life. The little JPr-
Eey settlements Of that section are very
primitive affairs at best Two or three
trains daily are their only connection with
the outside world For such a man as Men
hinge there was absolutely no society. But
the sculDtOr-hermit sought even greater
Isolation. He went out to what is termed.
th~ereabouts. the New Settlement. The New
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

the sslf-btrdtng harvester Each. In its
newer and better methodA o~hezpsning the
cost Of producing wheat During all this
time, while the methods Of harvesting the
crop were being 20 much bettersd by intro
ducinE labor-saving machinery. very little
progress has been made towards eheapenins
the cost OF preparing the and for the seed
II has remained for Doctor Calling to in
vent q motor-pIow. driven by = gasoline
engine OF sufficient power TO propel the
plows at any desired depth between one
and twelve inches. The truck Is built
similar to those trucks used with traction
engines, except that the steam boiler Is
replaced By q strong platform on which u
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

II is generally estimated that the cost or
blowing under ordinary conditions Is slD
per acre. and then the further preparation
OF the ground by narrowing and rolling 81
costs another 30 cents per acre By the
process OF blowing with the GGtling ma
chine the ground becomes thoroughly pull
veriEed and the rolling Is not required. Doc
tor Calling Is having his pillow made In st.
Louis and is going TO form a St Louis
company to carry on its manufacture Z
distribution when It Is ready for the mar
ket. As yet his plans In this latter respect
have not assumed definite shape. The sam
pie piUv IS now nearing completion uad will
soon be ready Cor inspection.
KhSz Haau ct his reaidsnca. Ne 80 Lin
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dog. OF nondsserips breed which occupied
the little doEhouss and was his mAstsrs
sole companion for yearA The dog was
found watching bezds the hut when ths
old hermit-SculptorS body was discovered.
In the early years OF his exile MinninEsr
appeared once every two weeks at the vii
lage post once for his mail Throughout
these years q registered letter containing
HIS allowance had been rent regularly every
alternate week. But OF late years the old
man tired OF this publicity. The Post
master was obliged repeatedly 10 notify him
OF the presence OF theS letters. At long
intervals. after much urging. the cid man
would appear IN the village. but recently
his mail had been carried 10 him
Pleasant Word or Smile
for Those He Met.
lie never wandered far from his llttis
hut. He would ct for hours. his dog By his
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

KITTEN o THE sUNDAI REPuBLrU
From blowing to automobiling seems q
Tar cry. yet those two extremes are oom-
bined in the latest invention OF Doctor R
J. Calling. originator OF the famous rapid
nring gun which bears his name
At the age OF 20. Doctor Calling has con-
eeived the idea Of replacing farm horses
with gasoline and changing the adornment
sf farmers hands from caIlouses to chsuf-
teurs' gloves.
In other words, blowing Is to be reTolu-
tionized, as was modern warefsre.
Many years ago the cradle took the place
u the sickle, and that was later driven out
u the field by the reaper. which. after &
hort, but useful career, was replaced By
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

plsosd he gasoline enigma n = connected
with the traction gearing By . series Of
wheels; TO this truck Is attached = set
OF disc plowa.
With this machins Il Is estimated that
one man can pillow from thirty 10 thirty
FIVE acres In q day. To pIow this num-
Der OF acres In one day with the ordinary
plow would require fifteen men and thirty
horses.
All that Is required to operate the Cat
ling pillow Is for the farmer to sit upon
the cushioned seat OF the truck and work
the controller. which Is not unlike those
attached TO automobiles. II he happens to
b indspossA Ills WifS can take his plasA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
Voluntary Exile Ended by His Suicide Last Week in a Mean Hut of Boards,
His Only Possession of Interest Being a Picture of a Beautiful Girl

ferrei to his past life He would talk OF
anything else and seemed at all times
anxious 70 please. but the past was evil
Gently with him a sealed book.
The touch OF luxury IN the little hut
which caught every eve on entering. was a
picture, hung conspicuously beside the shelf.
whose brightness dominated the entire
room.
The picture was executed and framed in a
style never sean before in this New Jersey
settlement. II vas a portrait Of a young
woman. q face OF great sweetness and
beauty. with i certain air OF wistfulness-
The books and pictures with which Men
ninger had AZ FIRST surrounded himself dis
appeared. until the little hut was barren
OF all decoration. but the portrait alone re-
NAMED II became dimmed and stained by
time.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
A Seaside Episode.

Hand IN hand they walked along
Beside the sunlit sea-
They heard the wGvelsrs GUNNER song
A wondrous melody.
~OhI how I love you, love" he said;
How dear you are to msr~
The maiden dropped her pretty head,
But not . word said shA
wit thou b mine. my lover said he
While rasptnE her soft handi
eOhI don't make low Just now said NE
MY shoes are fun OF sand
Boston Courisn
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where Il occupies but little space and might
easily be taken for q convenient shelf On
the wall. The music produced by the flames
Is very pleasant. II L. not as loud nor as
vibrant as that from either wood or brass
wind instruments. but - fuller and more
sonorous h q whistle or q fute.
An odd feature OF the instrument IL that
playing on the flames does not vary the
amount Of light produced. the musical
being in-disttnSuishabls from the nom
musical fans. All that the spectator no.
tIces In q delightful melody OF unusual
timbrS coming 20 him from the chande-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
Board Sides Offered Only
Protection From the Elements.

There is little or no P~retenes at farming.
In such a group and removed a good mile
from tho nearest n~eighboring Fhanty the
once famous sculptor spent the remainder
OF his life.
The hermits home was only a shade more
hahitable than those OF his ~EeiEhbors. Tho
board sides had been fitted more carefully.
Offering q trife better protection from the
rain and snow. As an added luxury. the
sculptor has built a small 'lean-to" at one
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
Heroic Figures VIII Be
Initiated Generations Hence.

To be chosen among many competitors to
perform SO important q part In decorating
It was, indeed, a great honor. The heroic
figures about the portals OF the city Hall
Will doubtless be admired and Initiated gen.
e~rations hence. when the name OF their
sculptor has long been forgotten
When this work was done Menninger was
Btil comparatively a young man; his future
was Btiu before him With such a success
already accomplished, the promise for his
future was certainly brilliant Among the
scanty effects found in A~snninger's little
hut after his death were many letters from
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

dell boulevard. he requested that nothing
be published about his invention until after
the model has been completed. lie declined
to talk about the wonderful mechanism OF
the pillow. fearing that the publication OF
his statements would bring numerous in
quirsA which he said he would ave no
time to answer Just cow.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20

Settlement cannot be diSniaed by the name
OF a village.
A few natives have built rough one-roon
shanties for themselves out among Nhs
scrub oak. which covers the sand dunes
and here they subsist by picking Wild ber-
-Fa= - l.aaa-
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for her e~oolness In the trying situation there
would have been q panic IN ne hall
'Frightenedy" said she when questonsdI
mot in the least I didn't have time to Be-
But I conquered the hoodoo, and I am sat-
gafad.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
Neighbor Beat Down Door
and Quenched the Flames.

He died as he had lived. alone. without
human eompsnionship, or sympathy HIS
nsarest neighbor. Christian Bchrengruber.
noticed a dense black smoke issuing from
the old sculptors hut He hurried to the
spot and found the place on FIRE. There was
no sign OF ths old nan The door, which
was locked. vas beaten down and the Ere
auenched-
The single room OF the hut appeared 60 b
Empty untl the Rlcove was searched, md
here the body Of the cid Sculptor WAS found
lying acrcss bis rude bed. q pistol grazpsd
firmly In enc hand. while q bullet hole N
the temple told the sad story.
Il was evident that the old man has sae.
urated the place with coal oil before nrtne
Il. He had then locked tbs dor from tie
inside, and. lying on the couch whsrs he
had slept alone for % years. bad
calmly ended his life He left no messsgO
behind. verbal or written He dad a. hs
lad lived, silent and alouA
The local physician was called and notde
the scclptors relatives. HIS family, 10 wal
found. lived In New York In the winter,
pending the summer at their country place,
AZ Hastings or Hudson They responded
quickly. directing that the body Be prepared
for burial. and q few hours later several OK
tie family reached the little settlement
Tbs New Settlement had never had such
visitors The natives looked on IN wonder
while the ladies. IN silks and Jewels, walked
about the crude hut and vept over ths fsv
rslics Of the Old sculptor.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
Past So Long Buried
Seemed to Haunt Him.

LonE ago II became the talk OF the Ilttls
community that the sweet. sad face OK tho
picture. to which the sculptor never re-
ferred. must be closely connected with the
old mans strange exile In time this ex-
PLANTATION came to he reguarly accepted. II
was said by come that tire girl had posed
for MenninEerS best st7Gues and had IN
spired his best work A resemblance has
been traced between the face and that OF
the figures executed by Menninger on tie
City Hall In Philadelphia
Il has been thought that the original OF
the picture had died and that, in the sOr-
row which this-lOng ago-brought 20 the
sculptor he lost all interest In life and
buried himself In the Jersey forests to seek
relief IN unfamiliar scenes and e~nvirCn-
ments- Certain II IS that the picture alone
remained IN the little hut during long years,
when every other relic OF the past was out
worn or discarded. and after HIS death the
portrait still remained. The truth Of this
strange matter. the mysterious romance
with It's last trag 4 chapter. dies with him
That the sculptor should have lived go
long II surroundings which would have
crazed most people Is remarkable But tho
loneliness OF ssch an existence. inevitably
told upon him With his l~onelinesss he grew
respondent and the past so long buried
seemed to haunt him. To add to his roubles
toward the end. he suffered acutsly from an
old complaint In his limbs The neighbors
diagnosed IL as rheumatism. As a matter
OF fact. IL was govt. acquired long years
before By very different habits OF living.
Fer several weeks before his death he had
not been seen by any one. His remittance
remained at the Post Ofice uncalled for.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-07-20
DR.. GATLINGS AUTO-PLOW MAY REVOLUTIONIZE FARMING.

Implement for Turning the
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lie never wandered far from his llttls
but. Ho would ct for hours. his dog By his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-02
SWALLOWED DIAMOND BROOCH

Iullduelpuld NOrLu american.
In the stomach of a steer slaughtered in
the packing-hous of Nelson Morris & Co., St.
Joseph, Mo-. recently, was found diamond
brooch worth $500 that was lost in a peculiar
manner by Miss Margaret Carroll of Balti-
more, Md, two years ago last fall.
The steer in which the jewel was found was
grown on the plains near Dodge City, Kan,
and was received from there by the packing
house one day this week. Miss Carroll hap
pened to be delayed for a few hours at Kns-
ley; Kan. thirty miles distant from Dodge
City. She was travelling with party of
friends in private car. and near Kinsley
there was circus. Miss Carroll had taken a
fancy to a beautiful baby travelling with its
mother in the forward sleeper, and she had it
with her in the observation end Of her car
watching the pageant 4
A fakir came near and she bought the child
little toy balloon. In Ia few minutes the
child had playfully fastened the string of the
balloon to the ladys diamond pin in her col
lar, It was a windy day, and a gust of wind
| caused the balloon to wrench the pin from its
fastening, and it was carried off, disappearing
in the western sky.
| A reward was offered for the recovery Of the
jewel, but there was no trace Of it until the
identical brooch was taken from the stomach
! of steer at st. Joseph.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-02
POWER FOR CONGRESS
Democrats Expect He Will Mako
Another Strong Run.

MARQUETTE. MICH.-The indica tons
are that John Power Of Escanaba will be
nominated by the democrats Of the twelfth
Michigan congressional district, which
embraces the entire upper peninsula, at
their convention called to meet at Me-
nominee on Saturday, the 10th. Mr..
Power is one Of the best known lawyers
of the northern section of the state, was
United States attorney under Cleveland
and some years ago when a candidate for
congress made a phenomenally strong
run, carrying the peninsula for the first
and only time in democratic history and
being defeated only by the two lower
Michigan counties then attached TO the
district. He Is a staunch supporter of
Judge Durand, democratic nominee for
governor, and will take the stump for him
this fall.
Mr. Power. is not an active candidate for
congress-, but the suggestion of his name
has been received with such marked favor
in the various counties his nomination Is
being predicted as a foresone conclusion.
Booker T. Washington has been invited,
| to address the annual convention Of the
Upper Peninsula Educational association,
which meets here in October, and has re-
piled that in al probability he can ar
range to do so. Practically all the
! teachers in the fifteen counties north Of
! the straits are members Of the association
| and an attendance of 500 is looked for. q
E'eter White of this city has launched a
movement to the end that upper peninsula
| agricultural fairs, like the state fairs in
! lower Michigan, be held annually. He
| will contribute $4,000 toward the first
premium list and suggests Marquette, be-
cause of it's central location and other
| advantages, as the place at which the
| fairs be held. The action Of Mr.. White
is due to the wonderful progress in agri-
| culture in this northern section and the
| great possibilities of the future.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-02
RAILROADS ON TOP
This Is Turner's 0pinion-Defeat fo1
Mcbride Predicted. >.

SPOKANE, WASH.-Senator George
Turner, who has just returned from trip
to Seattle and Tacoma expresses the be-
lief that Governor Mcbride and his friends
will be defeated in their efforts to have
railroad commission plank inserted in the
republican state platform. In an inter-
view Senator Turner said:
Il believe the opposition to the govern
or's policy is strong enough to turn him
down in the republican state convention.
Whether they will do SO in an open and
pronounced manner I am not prepared to
say. Our republican friends are pretty
good politicians and will avoid stirring up
any more snakes than they can avoid, but
II the proceedings of their coming state
convention are carefully scrutinized, it will
be found that they have substantially
turned the governor down.
Il base this opinion upon what has
| transpired in the several republican coun-
| ty conventions, as we'll as upon my
knowledge of the feelings of the leaders of
the republican party. They are joined to
their idols. The only feeling in the repub-
lican party for regulative railroad legis-
lation Is that entertained by the governor
and his immediate friends. The great bulk
OF republican leaders are against it,
| This state has never yet elected a re-
publican legislature that made any at
tempt to carry out the mandates Of the
constitution. and until the republicans are
| olSclpllned by severe defeat we never will
get any relief from them. The hope of re-
lief now lies with the democratic party
From the best information can obtain
the delegates to the republican state con-
Vent1on already selected are about evenly
divided on the question of pronouncing al
all on the railroad question. Those who
are IN favor Of adopting any utteranct
on the subject appear to be divided on the
question of whether commission should
be elected or appointed. That, imagine
is the rock upon which they are going
to split; and it was placed there that they
might split on it,
1.-THE talk about an elective commission
is being made for the direct purpose O.
raising an issue upon which any commits.
sion whatever may be defeated. The rea.
sons for an appointive commission are Sc
manifest as to lead irresistibly to that con.
clusion.
I'm addition to the many other reason!
for an appointive commission, there Is
the all important one that such commits
sion could be put in operation imm ediatel,
following the passage Of the law. TIL,
elective commission, unless the people
were put to the trouble and expense of {
special election, would mean that any re
lief for our people would have to be de
ferred until after the general election O
1904 The people are clamoring for i'm
mediate relief, especially the people o
eastern Washington"