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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-19
NEW sWINDLING SCHEME
New York Collection Agents Hav,
Novel Plan

New York, May 1e.-Facts have been
laid before District Attorney Jerome con-
corning new method of swindling, which
is said to have been successful in its oper-
alton and to which the largest business
organizations in the city have fallen VIC
tins.
The plan is simple. An agent visits a
business man or the general office of a
corporation having first learned Of some
outstanding Indebtedness due to the in
dividual or company visited. He says he
has learned that the judgment debtor has
come into possession of certain property
Then the proposal is made that for rea-
sonable commission the debt will be col
1ected with interest and costs, A fee is
collected In advance and that Is the last
heard of the case by the creditor until a
request is made for a report, when the
1nvariable reply is favorable progress is
being made :.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-19
LOSER WAS GENEROUS
Drops q 800 Bill on the Sidewalk
and Gives Bootblack a $40
Reward.

Philadelphia, May 1s.-Carmine Cam
morata, a, bootblack, found a $4,000 bill
on the sidewalk at Twelfth and Market
streets He returned it to the loser and
received $40 as a reward.
A few minutes later Policeman Voter
picked up at the same corner pocket
book containing $3.50. He also restored
it to the owner and his recompense was
thank you. :"
AS no one saw Cammorata find the
900 bill he might have kept it. A mo-
ment or two after he had picked up the
bill q young man. shaking from nervous
fright, hurried U pto the bootblack's stand
and asked If the note had been found.
When it was given to him he gasped and
tainted. ss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-19
CAPITAL CULL1NGs

It is reported that on the return Of President
Roosevelt al, effort will be made to have Major
Scott relieved of his duties as Indian agent at
Leech Lake. 81 azaEs ..sss5saRg ss ssf3 81 tS4
Secretary Root has ordered court-martia1 Of
Second Lieutenant Oliver p. Robinson. Thirtieth
infantry. on charges of being short In his &C
counts of canteen money.
Secretary Hitchcock will soon approve the con,
Der company Of about 100 OOO, 600 feet Of timber
on allotments In the Lac du Flambeau reserva-
ton in Wisconsin.
nent release of the two Louisville attorneys, w
w. Waits and David A. Sachs who were com
mittted to Jail in indianapolis last February
for contempt Of court in connection with bank
ruptcy proceedings IS zs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-19
SHE HAS AND SHE HASN'T
If Mrs. Molineux Has Started Her
Suit for Divorce It Has
Been in Secret.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. 81
Sioux Falls, S. D.. May 1s.-Altho Mrs.
Roland B. Molineux has established legal
residence in Sioux Falls, she has not yet
instituted a suit for divorce, so far as
the court files show. She has, however,
relaxed her privacy and now takes daily
walks out of doors.
She seems to have taken new interest
in life, but she maintains secrecy rela-
tive to the report that she will marry
again after sher divorce ISIS secured. It is
believed however, that she will be mar
ried in this Icity. 81 Ss ST
1t is thought her divorce suit has been
started. but that it has been suppressed,
and this course is denounced by local
authorities who believe the courts should
not be swayed by powerful litigants in
| such manner.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-19

rear door. Two women fell in faint on
the floor, but the crowd was too intent
on saving themselves to pay any atten-
ton to them It was in the jam at the
door, that Murphy was crushed against
the window with such force that the glass
broke and he was shot out on to the
ground. AS he fell fragments Of glass cut
his face and hands in dozen places and
a ragged edge caught his foot. The weight
of. his falling body sent the sharp edge
thru his clothing and severed an artery
in his ankle.
Two policemen present helped the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-19
SHOT HER NE1GHBoR,

Dallas, Texas May 19.--Mrs L.. c. Lane, the
wife of farmer the village of Arlington,
fifteen miles west of Dallas late yesterday eve-
ordered him to leave the premises Soon after
Coke returned and met Mr.. Lane The two men
walked away quietly. to consider the matter,
when Mrs. Lane, finding that her TRADE was un-
needed, few into a desperate passion. Running
into the house. she seized a rife and ran after
the two men and shot Coke, firing bullets into
his body until the weapon was empty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-19
PANIC IN CAR
Fire Frightens Passengers One
Man Seriously Injured.

New FORK; May BIN wild rush Of
frightened passengers to escape from a
burning street car, near Cypress Hills.
Long Island, Michael Murphy Of Jamaica,
was pushed thru window and SO badly
cut by the glass that his condition is
critical.
when flash Of flames shot from the
trucks and the motorman brought the
car to a, halt. Before the passengers were
aware Of the danger fire worked thru the
floor and caught the trimming on the
seats. The twenty-five passengers i,lmp-
cd to their feet and started toward the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-19
PUDD'NHEAD'S PLAN
Record Of Criminals Thumb Prints
ts& Will Be Preserved.

Auburn, N Y, May 19-Imprints Of
the thumbs. fingers and palms Of all the
prisoners. now in the state prison here
and Of all those hereafter received are
to be made and kept on record.
Each prisoner will first place his thumb
on a sheet of paper covered with printers
ink The imprint of the linked thumb
will then be made on a clean sheet of
paper. Each finger will be separately
taken and then the impression OF both
hands laid fat will be made.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-19

| REASON
| FOR THESE SALES
On and after next Monday
May 25, this business will be-
named the Dayton Dry
Goods Company, and 50
"Dayton's" for short, instead
of GoodfelloW's.
The change is one of name.
II not of fairness in dealing,
nor of good service, nor of
progressiveness, nor of any
thing that helped to make
the name Goodfellow known
II in the same thought with
Il honesty Of purpose.
It is going on two years since
II the founder of the Goodfel-
II low business became dis
II associated from this store.
Il But the name Goodfellow
II was continued in the spirit
of it's high repute, to show
II you that it would be lived
II mp to,
This has been done TO your
II satisfaction The business
has prospered beyond all
expectation. You have re-
sponded to the efforts to
build up a business by hon.
est progressiveness. You
Il have learned that square
methods prevail here.
The business no longer needs
anameIother than that of
those VI o have guided 1t so
i deeply into your confidence
wit h in the last fifteen
months.
/ And now let ''Dayton's" be
II the staff upon which you
Il will lean when buying per-
Il plexities present tn M
/ selves. L ct "Dayton's"
stand I'd you for everything
that is straightforward in
modern merchandising.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-19
sCUFFLE CAUSED "A DEATH
Eckland Ruptured Blood Vessel
His Dying Request.

Special to The Journal. ~ s
b Grand Forks, N. D.. May 1s. Frank
E;ckland is dead at the Deaconess hospital
as the result of a ruptured blood vessel
caused by a scuffle in East Grand Forks
the day before. He leaves q; wife and one
child. He made a dying request that the
man he was scuffling with be not prose
cuted. 5.sI
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20
legally Dead, Really Alive.

\ queer question of law arises IN nm
Alabama county. Two weeks ago. runs
the story. Il negro was hanged for muir
der in due process The body was cut
down and pronounced dead by the ply
stefan attending. and was then turned
over to the relatives who took il away.
They observed signs If life il it. where
upon physician was called in. who ap-
piled restoratives. ana the man came
back to ais former existence. IN which
lie now ahides in health and strength.
The question is whether the law can
again lay hands upon him for that crime,
since officially he has paid the full pen
atty. and stands rs dead ia the legal
records Of the ease. At any rate. uoth-
ing has been done looking to his re-
arrest
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20
{:Al$s::s;e g
The News ~
N~~~-~~~~~~~~

The Chicago laundry strike took the
starch ont % everything.
Caleb Powers is 10 be tried the third
time for the murder of Goebei 1t seems
Ike the thirtieth time.
Al all events the Cleveland boom
seems to have had the effect Of erowdiBg
several other booms of the track
1t isn't because he is particularly stuck
up that every kentuckian has a grave
yard Of his own, but as a matter of econ
omy.
From the way the Macedonians are
acting the Sultar would be almost iusti-
fed in thinking that they disapproye f
his government.
After suffering fer several days with
the toothacbe Mark Hanna decided that
there WAS nothing TO arbtrate, 80 he
went to the dentist.
Perhaps TIE turkey stuffed with dol
lar bills that the New Jersey woman re
ceiyed was some relation to the goose
that laid the golden egg.
Il may be- different iu.the South. but in
Chicago the cSlored preachers appear to
be able to give their white brothers a
few lessons in fighting vice.
TX Mayor Ames Of Minneapolis 5as a
most converts nt memory However, a
man with such a past should be the hap
pier the more be could forget
Ii is said that the pretender Of Moroc-
co has been slain. He should be care
full for pretenders have only nine lives
and be has lost AZ least five II his.
A dispatch from Morocco announces
that the prefcBder 20 the throne has so
far recovered from his recent suicide
that he was able 20 be assassnated in a
new aad sensational manner.
Having O new batch 81 powerful war
ships well under construction. Great
Britain feels that there j. no reason why
i; should not devote itself again TO the
glorious cause Of universal disarmament
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20
MONTHLY CROP BULLETIN.
Wheat Area May Is 964, 600 Acres
Less than Sown Last Fall.

The monthly crop bulletin, issued by
the Agricultural Department is fol
lows; Returns to the statistician of the
Department of Agriculture made up to
May l show the area under winter wheat
in cultivation on that date to have been
about IS, 10T. 600 acres. This is 964 600
acres, or % per cent, less than the area
sown last fall. and 4, 525 900 acres, or
los per cent, in excess of the area of
winter wheat harvested last var. The
percentage of abandoned acreage in all
the important winter wheat growing
States is unusually small. abandonment
including the area TO be cut for hay,
reaching 100000 acres only in Kansas,
Texas and California.
For the area remaining under cultiya-
ton the average condition on May
was 92,6, against condition of 97.3 for
the total area sown reported on April j.
1908, and 1874 on May l. 1902 "a. l mt
the corresponding date in 1901, and So,
the mean of the averages OF the last ten
years. for the areas remaining under cut
tiyati0u On May /. While there has
manifestly been some deterioration Of
condition during the month, special field
agents dispatched to the principal win
ter wheat States on the occurrence of the
frost of April 80 and May / report the
wheat crop as practically uninjared by
the cold snap.
The following table shows fer the prn-
cipal STATES the averages of condition on
May /, the corresponding averages one
month. one year, and two years ago, and
the mean Of the corresponding averages
for the last ten years:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

REsshn police discovered a religious
sect the belief of whose members is that
they saoud bury themselves alive if they
do no die before they reach the age Of
30 years.
The official building Of Great Britain
at the ~. Louis exposition is Il be re-
production of the Kensington palace or.
ganery, the choice of Sir Christopher
Wren as an example Of English garden
architecture.
a committee from the War Depart
ment at Washington witnessed test OF
the McClean guns in Cleveland. The
result. are said TO have been satisfae-
tory. The one FOUNDER machine gun
showed a firing speed Of over 500 shots
per minute.
James f. Mooney, president of the
American OAK Leathe2 Co, the Cineip-
natl Coffin Co. IT, Queen City Silver
Co. the American Starch Co, and other
concerns. fell down g stairway al the
Grand Hotel at Cincinnati, fractur ~
several ribs.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20
PLEADS FOR EXPANSION.
Roosevelt Rouses Enthusiasm by In
dorsement of the Policy

dorse ment of the Policy
President Roosevelt spoke to a mon
ster gathering at Mechanics Hall in San
Francisco, arousing great enthusiasm by
his plea for American expansion. He
said:
In the century that is opening the
commerce and the progress Of the Pacific
will be factors of incaleulaule moment
ia the history of the world. Now, in our
day. the greatest of all the seas and the
last to be used ON a large scale by civil
lied man, bids fair to become the first
in Importance. Before | saw the Pacific
slope | was an expansi0nist. and after
having seen it. | fail to understand how
any man confident Of his country's great
ness. and glad that his country should
challenge with proud confidence our
mighty future, can be anything but an
eXpansion:st.'
The President declared that Americas
geographical position on the Pacific is
such as to insure peaceful domination of
its waters in future referred to the nrov-
idential acquisition Of tie Philippines.
the isthmian canal. Pacific cables and
steamship lines, and continued
Unless We show ourselves weak and
degenerate sons of the sires from whose
lnins we sprang, we must 20 on with the
work We have begun"
Only by bidding and maintaining a
thoroughly eff cient navy. said Mr.. Roose-
welt. could tits high destiny be accom-
plished
During the Presidents speech on Nc
kinley he us ID the characteristic phrase,
in speaking of our dealings with other
nations: Learn never to hit if il can be
helped, but lever to hit soft "
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20
.Flye years. 'FThree years.

NFiVe years. SFIhree years.
The average condition of winter rye
on May / was 93.3. as compared with
97.9 on April /, 1903; S3.4 on May ],
1902; 946 Mt the corresponding date in
1901. and SS.4 the mean of the May nv
erages of the last ten years. New York
reports ~ and Pennsylvania and Michi-
gan each 81. these three States containing
Sc per cent Of the total winter rye
acreage of the country.
The conditions that. in all but a few
States. have been favorable to meadow
moving lands and spring pastures have,
with almost equal uniformity. been I'm
favorable to spring blowing. and the pro-
portion 90 per cent Of the amount re-
ported as )ntempated that was actu-
ally done TO May ! was the lowest
with one exception in twenty years. The
area plowed up to the corresponding date
last year was 72.3 per CONT Of the total
amount intended. and was within one
half of per cent Of the sen-year aver
age.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20
NLn.NIGfeSgk,o;,!e
~~--<-D~-~~~

Tie Crown Prince Of Germaey IS 4
skilled violinst.
Habibullah. Amir IF .Afgbanistan. daily
reads d eslts of the Psalms.
The visit t. London If President Lou
bet Of France has been hEed for JBIy.
Lord Couyagham COMES Of age next
year. WHEN he viii have control If near
ly 100000 acres.
Leading English physicians alTer a. to
the cause Of The chronic I'D heath If
Charles Darwin.
If President LUubet returns King FL
wards sis.. 81 ail} DO Ihe FIRST act If this
kind By the chief Of state ia France
since Napoleon III. visited the QneeE
a. Windsor "a 1855.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20
WEST MAY LEND EAST.
Money More Plentiful There than in
New England.

\ significant feature Of the financial
situation is that money Is higher in New
England than 10 the interior Of the mid
die West. The prairie States. which for
merry were heavy borrowers from the
East and paid high rates for money. re
able 10 furnish money cheaper than It is
lent in the East.
The loan agents Of eastern savings
bank end capitalists are having slow
time just now. said leading financial
Kansas correspondent the other day Il
leud great deal IF money for Vermont
T.. ogle. They write me that they can
get 6 per cent for their money at home.
From central and eastern Kansas they
can net bat > yer cent. The result t.
that they are not anxious 10 make vest
srn iOAHs-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20
Britain sun Leae. in Trade.

- per cent Of the total trade If the uni
verse. No other nation has yet come
within half of this remarkable percent
age, Nearest is GERMANY. with nearly
IL per cent. France claims about . per
cent; the United States secures rather
more than per cent. If we add the
output Of the colonies the British EN-
pir shows a record If about onr-third
Of the trade Of the whole world.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

Labor, il a son Of
the former Presi
dent of the United
States who was as
sassinated by Gni-
teau. Since last
May Mr.. Garfield
has been one Of tile
three United States
civil service csrmis
sioners. He Is about
30 years old. Mr.
Garfield was mar
ried in 1895 10 Miss
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

Tyner has been in JANIS n. TYNEk.
the postal service forty years. He was
born in Indiana sevenfy-six years ago
and went to Washington as member
of Congress in 1869. He was Postmaster
General from 1876 to 1852. III health is
given as the cause of his resignation.
-
p. C. Hanna Bey is generally regard
ed as the Machiavelli of Turkey for eae
reason that when any important mission
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

erai Horace y. Ell
lretige. and " a s
born in Salt Lake
City. General FL
dredge was a sec
0nd cousin to Pres
ident Lincoln. on his
mothers side. The
Eilredge and Smnot
families have long
been wealthy and
influential factors in
the State. Mr..
and Mrs. = III y o t
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

ropolitan Opera
Houge, New York,
and has thus be-
come the leading fig
ure il grand opera
10 tais country. Is
a native Or B.ehtz.
Austria. end rec civ
ed a classical { iu-
catioh. He came 10
this country in IS Z.
and ever since his
been one Of the
leading men in the
operate profession
b America.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20
na soto afaelon

Leave St. p. Exp. except SundayI T:0g Ea
Going| La Crosse Exp. ex. Sunday, IA D Ea
North Accommodation lex, sum ssbS . "a
Leave (Ohi& Sc. Louis Exp. ex. sun.l 1:oe 70.
south Accommodation Tex Sunday $50 N
Ew-F For tickets, rates, maps, etc. apply se,
Local agents at above stations.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

in strength in the
municipal council,
and the Liberals
have seen their hope
OF ever capturing
the IN Il N i c ipality
ow less a Il d
less. So it came
about that when. q
few months ago.
the Socialists nom
mat e d Mailer ].
Jensen. the m a n
who has been for
several years the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

MAILER J. JENSEN. chief official of the
Central Council of the Trade Urions and
one of the foremost Socialists of Dem
mark. the Liberals decided to support
him, and the result was that Copsnhagen
now has Socialist Mayor, with the
prospect of strong Socialist majority
in the Council within few months.
-
With some of his assistants under
charges of protecting get rich quick"
men. General Tyner. Attorney General
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20


the movement. The
object Of the league
Is TO perpetuate the
memory of the late
President Mckinley
by wearing his ia
vorite flower, the
carnation. The orig
inator of the league
was Lewis q. Rey-
nolds of Dayton, O.
Millions already are
wearing the EN-
blem, and many Of
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

r g q u i n & the
shrewdest diploma
cy is to be attended
to Hanna Bey Is
nearly always se-
lected. He is a
thoroughly genial
man in the ordinary
affairs of life, but
when Il comes to
talking politics, es-
pecially Turk j S b
politics, a clam is
communicative com
- s4E lt,.. H.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

of the pos;oifice De
partment. is rel art
ed as about 10 re
sign his office. Sew
eral of his assist
ants are accused Of
collision with the
attorneys for invest
ment concerns 70
give immunity TO
men violating the
postal laws. and
with practi c ! ng
blackmail. General
~
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

+ = HA1F-NA BIZ pAFtN VIII HIIlF. TIE
most pleasant assignments are trips TO
various foreign countries for the purpose
of studying the conditions.
-
The Carnation League of America
seems destined to become so ''idespread
that the whole nation will thke part in
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

L. nch, who is fa-
miliarly known as
udge'' Lyn c b,
first joined I h g
Union in Decatur,
Ill. in 1879. and
las held continu-
Gus III e m b c rship
since. He has trav-
eled all around the
country as an or
eauizer for the In
ternational Union,
and did some eff
faetj,p work lobby.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20
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RAILROAD TIME TABLES.
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Going La Crosse Exp. lex. sunday s;fs n,a
North Accommodation Tex. Sum- s:I2 n
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Going Dubuque Exp. tex. Sunday 7:02 Is
south Accommodations. sunday s:bA ? FL
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Genoa station.

Leave ST. P. EXP (exceps Sunday 7;29 = m
Going La Crosse Exp Tex. sunday ssol . Il
North Accommodationtex. Sunday $40 III
Leave Chi. & ST Louis Exp VI. SUM- 1897 m
Going Dubuque Exp. except SUM- 7:R > ~
South Aceommodatton(ex. Sunday s:93 -.
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Victory station

Leave St. P. Exp except sunday 7,ie y nss
Going La Crosse Exp. tex. Sunday $50 -
North Accommodation lex Sunday sslS . n
Leave Obi. st.Louis Expex. SUM- n:ss r ,
G0ing3 Dubuque Exp, texceps Sum- 7:32 rs
South Accommodat tex. sunday s!As ~,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20
CHICAGO POLICY MAD
GAMBLING CLIQUE TAKING IN
$40, 900 EVERY DAY.

Most of This Sum, 1T Is Said, Comes
from the Pockets of the Poor-SchooI
Children Playing Betting on the
Preachers Texts.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

Newell. daughter OF Jas. q. DAKFIELD,
the former president Of the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Railroad
-
Mrs. Alpha May lsidrcdge Smont. the
wife Of the much-talked-o Utah Sen
ator. Is the daughter of the late Gen
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

James r. Garfield, who has been APP
pointed commissioner of corporations in
the new Department Of Commerce and
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1903-05-20

ing in Washington. He ha been in bust
ness for himself for several years, but
stili keeps Up his membership in the
union.