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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-20
A RAT DROPPED IN
An Unexpected Feature Of the Ladies'
SoclalA at the Elks'

. y
While the dance was "on," following the
ladies social at Elks' hall last eve
ming, an enormous rat proceeded to enliven
the OCCASION The rodent ran this way
and that to the accompaniment of wild
chorus of feminine screams, a hasty gath
ering OF skirts and general stampede
for the high places about the hail. Frank
Woodward was the hero of the hour and
after he had dispatched the unwelcome
guest the festivities were resumed.
A. M. Shuey gave fine organ recital
for half hour during the informal re-
ception. Mrs. Vina Avery Beckwith sang
"Auf Der Weser" and "An den Monden-
schein'' In manner which Won her gen.
erous applause. - ..
The feature Of the evening was the
reading of Professor J. F. B. Beckwith,
who gave fine interpretations of Riley's
''Old John Henry" "Old Man Jim and
That Old Sweetheart; Spalding's 1.-TWO
Shall Be Born" and scene from "Rich-
ard H. .e...
w. II. Eustis gave an interesting talk
on Hawaii which he visited recently
under governmental commission. Other
numbers were Shadow of the Palms" !"
Miss Tennie Murphy; cornet solo, G. M.
NARROW. with piano accompaniment by A.
Rudd; songs by Sullivan d'Harcelot and
Nevin, sung by John Jaeger The eve
nings entertainment concluded with an
informal hop. ..,a
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-20
See If Coffee Is Really the Cause of ALL

See If Coffee Is Really the Cause of Ais.
Some coffee drinkers think they can get
on without being sick by limiting the al
lowance to just one cup a day, and some
people can stand this all right, but others
cannot. ar ... S.. ... ~ IL.
There are many people where the poi
son of coffee is SO marked and direct that
one cup per day, if followed up steadily,
will surely and certainly put the patient
In bed, or produce chronic, fixed disease
Of one or more organs of the body.
When a. person suspects coffee to be the
cause OF his or her stomach, liver, kid
ney, bowel, heart or eye disturbance, it
is well to test the case by leaving off cof
fee for ten days and using Postum Food
Coffee in it's place. If there is in improve
ment in health, the proof Is absolute, and
common sense will naturally guide any
one who values comfort, ease, content and
ability to do things, to make the change
permanent and continue the use of Pos
tum instead of coffee, for it means that
life is worth the living when one can be
well.
Now and then will be found degener-
ate who really prefers sickness Of some
sort to the comfort of good health, and
such persons will continue to use articles
of food and drink that they know do not
agree with them.
In this land of liberty, let every one
choose his own course, but one great, star
ing, pertinent, absolute fact stands out.
that coffee does cause misery and distress
to thousands Of people who do not suspect
the cause, and the quitting of coffee and
taking on Postum Food Coffee will return
the average person to health and comfort
This fact can be proven by any coffee
dr1nker.
Don't let the cook serve Postum under
boiled Insist that directions on the pack
age be followed, then Postum is delicious
having a flavor all its own, not so sharp
as drip coffee" far better than ordinary
coffee with much the soft. mellow flavor
OF the most expensive grades Of Java.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-20
REAL ESTATE TRANsFEps

:, :, Thorpe Brothers to Lumina o. Mencier: lot a.
block s, Sibley addition, $500. O.5. ~, ~ - -
Nellie Williams and husband to William ].
1875. aA' "oui'ion'
THOMAS Lowry and wife to Henry Brockman:
lots lo II to II, block 3, etc., Second diyision
Remington Park, 81, 500. NSA
Charles E; Wenzel and wife to M. W. Lee;
lot 4. block 2, Hastings Second addition 81 600
Nels c. Hansen to Carl J. Carlson part lot
IL and lot IL. Rust's subdivision, $42o. -
lot l, block Il, Wyoming Park addition, 5000
ON Margaret arg, ret r 3, Mcleod and husband to Mary
Henry A: Harding to Anna Potter: lot s,
block 1, Gilbert & Anderson's addition, 5000.
John K. Lane to William G. Slye; south half
of lot 81, block 10, Forest Heights, 81, ,OOO
Frank Fl. Peterson (trustee) to E. August
Fitz; lot 6, block Al, Sherburne & Beebe's addi-
ton, $3.50. -,. = -s--.s-- - $3.50
John V. Sradley and wife to N. A. Wifi; lots
II: - and IS, block %, Minneapolis Center,
-Four minor deeds, $152 ....
Total, Is deeds, $1S O24.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-20
BIRTHS.

! - % s
Brown--Mr and Mrs. John, 2s39 Grand ave-
nue., boy.
Hannon-Mr. and Mrs. John. a115 Stevens ave-
nue., girl.
Nerlein-Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig, 42oo Colfa1
avenue N, girl
sederberg-Mr. and Mrs. Carl j.. so14 stew
avenue, girl
Grund-Nfr. and Mrs. Louis, 1929 Washington
street NE, girl.
Jaeger-Mr. and Mrs. Hugo j., 25o2 e Lake
street, girl.
Anderson-Mr. and Mrs. Albert. 4os Broadway
NE, girl.
Anderson-Mr. and Mrs. John A., 2s1s Fif-
teenth avenue s, boy.
Galbraith-Mr. and Mrs. James g., 1882 Fifth
avenue s. girl.
f.ind-Mr. and Mrs Carl j.. 22oo Twenty-sev-
enth avenue s, girl.
DEATHS.
Anderson-Arthur w, 1903 Fifth avenue 8.
Fagoueta-Louis city hospital.
Wold-Haand, 1927 Fifteenth street.
Palmstrom-Ode define, 2115 Twenty-seventh ave
nue. S. -
Larson Jessie, 759 Quincy street NE.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-20
Iextend over this year and next and in some |

extend over this year and next and In some
cases beyond.
building operations are planned and
provided for full as largely by people
generally as at any time In the past. The
increased cost of materials and labor check
these to some extent, but leave enough
decided upon to absorb all output Of ma
terials and labor. The lumber industry
of the entire country Is in a very pros
porous condition. In some sections the de-
mand still greatly exceeds the supply. The
California lumber mills have offers from
sash and door men for their entire output
Of this year.
While it may be that some unforeseen
conditions will arise to disturb business
In the near future, there seems to be no
sufficient indication of it at the present
time .,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-20
Railroad Expenditures.

"The railroads have provided for larger
expenditures for equipments, extensions,
improvements and betterments than ever
before. These large developments are to
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-20
DRUGGISTS DINE
The Fifth. Annual Banquet Of the Mime
apoIis Retail Druggists AS

ISOLATION.
Seventy-five members of the Minne-
apolls Retail Druggists association sat
down to the associations fifth annual
banquet at the Commercial Club last eve
ming. A. J. Kline was POSTMASTER Re-
sponses were made by Professor F.. J.
'Wulling Of the pharmacy department of
the state university, DR.. T. F. Stark, S.
B. Melendy, Thomas Voegeli and Charles
II. Huhn. The delegates to the national
convention of drug dealers, DR.. Lauritzen,
George A. Rose, J. O Peterson and
Stewart w. Gamble, -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-20
Use the Phone.

If you are too busy to bring your want
ad to The Journal, call UP No. 8, either
line, and The Journal will ACCOMMODATES
you by taking your ad over the phone
II you will kindly call in and pay for same
at your earliest convenience it will greatly
facilitate the handling of these small
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-20
CAR EXILE BROKE

'S0 up Sereet CdF TFaHIc on WaSh1nqfon
Avenue at Busiest Hour --~...t
OF the Morning.
Traffic on street car lines running out
washington avenue s was blocked at the
busiest hour this morning by the broken
axle of a Riverside car. A car bound citv-
ward broke down at Twelfth avenue s.
and all cars on the Interurban, Minnehaha.
riverside and Cedar avenue lines were
blocked for fully an hour. TO relieve the
dlftlculty cars back Of the wreck were
backed up to Fifteenth avenue, turned on
the there and sent hack on their runs
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-20
BUILDING PERMITS.

Anna Mortenson 2e2 Sixteenth avenue S,
dwelling, 1900
Jesse 81. Williams, 1925 Colfax avenue s.
dwelling So, 800.
H. A. sodergren, 1s Western avenue, brick
store, 81, 500. &, 50
Eleven minor permits, $4,000.
Total S11 900
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-20

MARRIAGE LICENSES.
John Peterson and Annie l.. Nelson.
Abraham N. .Beurnan and Eta Zieve.
Patrick McDnough and Frances Wallace.
Orland Il. Pou1ton and Emma Berg.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-04
BRIDE OF LESS THAN A
YEAR STRANGELY MISSING

BALTIMORE. Feb. THE police have
as yet discovered no clue to the where
abouts of Mrs. Minnie Abel. who dis
appeared from her home, 1903 North
Central Avenue, last Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Abel Is but nineteen years old, and
is the wife of Charles Abel. a solicitor
The couple were married about nine
months ago. and their domestic relations
we're happy. Mr.. Abel prepared to go
10 New York Saturday afternoon, and
Mrs. AbeH was to accompany him
EarIv in the afternoon Mrs Abel left
the house without saying where she was
going. She has not been seen by ner
husband since. Before her marriage Mrs
Abeu was q Miss Bond.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-04
TWO TONS OF COAL
WENT INTO A SEWER
What Happened When Noted Banker Supern-
tended Fuel Delivery.

Charles J. Bell is minus two good
solid tons of hard coal, and all on ae-
count Of hole in the ground. The loss
of the 1880 pounds Of treasure is the
chief topic of conversation in the West
End. and it is even rumored that an
author dwelling north of Dupont Circle
VIII shortly write drama on the sub
ject, entitled. BLACK Rock a Case OF
Arbitration"
A day OF two ago Mr.. Bell was in
formed that his coal supply was run
ming low, and. being q man Of bust
ness. a man Of forethOught. he straight
away. ordered a supply. and retired that
evening dreaming of warm houses and
hot places 81 general
When 1t is said that LIZ. Bell is a
man Of business. that hardly expresses
the wonderful executive ability OF this
gentleman. The truth is Mr. Bell IS
president of this. secretary Of that, and
treasurer OF the other. So when early
one morning q cart was seen rambling
up Connecticut Avenue and it was
whispered around that It was fuel for
No. 1927 It was natural to suspect that
Mr. Bell would he on hand to manage
things.
So he was. Mr.. Bell waved the butler
aside and demanded the right Of way
Mr.. Bell would see himself that his coal
was stored away-and properly. too.
The butler waxed indignant.
Mr.. Bell. It is hardly the place
for he began to explain.
Yes, yes; I know. It is hardly the
place for you 10 interfere. Go back.
shall see that the coal is put away my
self"
And It came to pass that the dusky
denizen Of the dump delivered the ''dia-
rnonds'' on the driveway.
Here it is. professor said the den
izen.
But I'm rot the professor" pleaded
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-04
EGG NOT FOUND IN
THE SPECIFIED HEN
Woman Gets Judgment
Against ShreWd Trader.

DANBURY. Conn. Feb. 4-"Remem-
Der. now. Abncr.' said Miss Sophia
Banks last Friday. remember. Z there's
an egg in tibet braown Cochin hIny hen
yeou pay me tew cents over an above
the L cents a paound you're givin' fer
the dozen lot"
"AII right, S'phiar. seem it's yeou. -
replied Abner Banks. who is noted all
the way from Daubury to Kent as the
shrewdest chicken dealer in the bust
ness. Abner and Sophia are not re-
lated. They met again on Saturday
Tell yc trewly. uaow, S'phiaT." said
Abuer. "th' WIZ an egg in one o. them
Dominfcber puIlets. but nuthin' tall In
the braown Cochin-Chiny hen"
We'll. III take the tew cents eItTy
Just the same" cried Sophia Eggs IS
eggs all the world over. an bargain &
q bargain"
'Twan't a bargain fer the Dominick-
ct but unly fer the COChiD-Chiny. pro-
tested 2buer- u tell ye, is joke avn
veW'
Pay up OF I'll sue ye,' cried Sophia.
And sue she did today before Justice
of the Peace Abijah Howes- The trial
was 5n equity, and il lasted four hours.
Miss Sophia proved the contract BY
which she should receive pay for the
egg. Abner dcmurred, pleaded lack OF
jurisdiction and misprision Of the egg.
argued that It was in altera gallina
and therefore ultra yires-
Il agree with yc" decided MS honor
at last. but the judgment Of this court
IS that yeou pay S'phia the tew cents;
and furthermore. This court taxes yeou
with tho costs Of the suit-$l2-makin'
q total Of S12.02 Abner-"
IA, ha, What'd I tell ye2' laughed
Sophia. as she left court. Abner is at
work on a plan to get even.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-04

Mr. Bell. 4 am not the inventor OF
the flying machine. I am a practical
man. I am a realist"
Good for YOU. said the boy
L doubt g. said the butler.
Il am retorted Mr. Bell
Prove IT, challenged the boy
Yes" added the butler.
I SHALL asserted Mr.. Bell.
And Mr.. Bell. thus challenged. looked
at the heap Of coal. looked at the coal
trap, and looked at the boy.
Shove away" said he, and into the
hole. too"
Mr. Bell smiled. Not a practical
man. Ell? shall see that you lose not
a single lump Of those two tons, and
moreover, that you lose not a minute
about it. either"
Five minutes passed. then twenty and
thirty, The boy took the last piece OF
the ebony. coIored stun and hurled 1t
dcwu the hole.
Good, - said Mr. Bell. that will dos
rs that ALP" asked the boy
"A.I?" inquired Mr.. Bell yes, un-
less you want TO toss 1t out again"
IF you say so, III do it." meekly
answered the boy
But I don't say so" said Mr.. Bell
''BeSone.
Boss" said the boy. zone word.
You told me that was the hole-the
little one-didn't your
Yes, yes" said Mr. Bell. but
enough Of this. Away"
Wei, boss. you see that hole over
there-the one I didn't put the coal in?
If I amt mistaken that's the coal pit.
and this one here, where the coal isis
the sewer trap"
Mr.. Bell mopped his forehead The
boy gently whistied Now, Amt It
shame?" and the butler held his hand
over his mouth. shook with emotion and
locked unutterabIe things
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-04
VERMONT VOTES FOR
LOCAL OPTION LAW
Majority of 1900 Favor Re-
peal of Prohibition.

WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. Vt, Feb
Vermont. for more than fifty years
prohibition State. declared today in
favor of the high license local option
law passed by the Legislature. With but
Il out of 2f6 cities and towns in the
State to hear from the vote stands.
Yes. 30.35S; no, 2s,869; majority Tor Ii
ccnsc, ,4S9. 1t is believed this cannot
be reduced below 1,090 on the complete
returns
With the eleven towns missing, the
total vote Is 1927, as compared with
55,2lG for President in 1900. and 69,92I for
governor last year, when the license
question was the principal issue
The new law is modelled pretty close
~ after the local option liquor statutes
Of Massachusetts. 1t gives every city,
town and village entitled TO q repre-
sentative in the State Legislature he
privilege of saying whether liquor shall
be sold in that town. Where license IS
voted the number Of liquor dealers Is
decided BIZ the number Of inhabitants.
The restrictions are even more rigid
than in Massachusetts. though the Ii
ccnses. which viii be issued in six
grades, will be somewhat higher.
The purpose Of the law is to do aWay
with the bIacEuail resulting from pro-
hfbition and to so regulate the traffic
in intoxicating liquors that it will be
possible to fully control it. Under the
ed system great quantities Of liquor are
disposed OF by all sorts Of bribery OF
officials, and the quality is so poor that
bad stomachs are the rule in Vermont
The result Of the voting is q victory
for the lnti-machioe Republicans led
by PzrcfvaI w Clement. who has been
fighting the prohibition Law for fifteen
years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-04
HANGS HERSELF WHEN
SCIENCE HEALER FAILS
Vain Quest Of Neuralgia Vic
tim for Relief.

NEW YORK. Feb. 4.-3Iiss Ella NJ.
Fisk. fifty years old. a sufferer from
acute neuralgia. recently abandoned
advice and remedies and be
came a convert to Cbristian Science.
placing herself under the treatment OF
q professional healer.
Despairing Of being cured by the faith
and half crazed by pain. she hanged
herself. yesterday, from the door of q
room in her boarding house, 152 West
Ninety-seventh Street.
Miss Fisk was an expert needIewomaa,
and supported herself by selling her en-
broideries TO wealthy families. She has
made her home in the boarding house
for the last nine months
Fer q weel, or so, after she placed her
self under the care of a professional
healer" she seemed to improve. and
she was delighted The neuralgia pains
REQUIRED at intervals. however. The at
taclls each time becoming more painful
Mrs. E. NJ Gale. Miss Fisk's sister-in-
law. who lives at 295 Fifth Avenue,
Brooklyn, visited her yesterday and tried
70 persuade her TO go out walking. When
Miss Fisk objected. Mrs Gale left, say
ing she would be back By s O'Clock
2Irs. Gale did return last night. but when
she Knocked on Miss risks door there
was no response. although she heard
the teapot boiling over on the gas stove
Becoming alarmed. she tried to open
the door. but could nOr.s A policeman
and a doctor were summoned and IT
was found that Miss Fisk had hanged
herself from a hcmpen cord attached to
an upper hinge Of the door.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-04
KILLED ON ERRAND
FOR DYING DAUGHTER
Hurled From 4 Horse While Summoning
Physician, Schroeder Dies.

HANOVER, Pa. Feb l.-Cbristopher
Schroeder. ffty-eight years old, Of
Shrewsbury township, is dead from in
jurIes received by a fail from horse.
Schroeder was riding on horseback TO
Shrewsbury to summon a physician for
his daughter, when his horse fell. huri-
ing Schroeder, who ruptured an internal
organ.
Schroeder was widely known, having
frequently represented the county in
Republican State conventions
The daughter IS also dead due pToba-
bly, to the delay caused by her fathers
fatal accident.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-04
CRUSADE ORDERED AGAINST
BALTIMORE'S MANY BBGGARS

BALTIMORE. Feb. 4--The increase IN
the number OF beggars on the streets
in the business section OF the city has
caused Marshal Farnen 10 issue an order
20 the police to break up the practice
Of begging. The order closes with the
warning that policemen viii be held
strictly accountable for failure TO sup
press the evil on their respective posts.
This latter clause Is added because the
average officer dIslikes to arrest a Grip
pie who may be begging on the street.
The law is a stringent one, and provides
a penalty Of from one weeks 10 two
months imprisonment in the house Of
correction or aImshouse for the first
offence
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-04
DIED IN BED AFTER
ATTENDING FUNERAL
Philadelphia Engineer Retired to Sleep
at GiTardville and Never Awoke.

Granville. Pa. Feb. At the
home Of his brother. in this city. Mi
chaeI Burke. fifty years old, a veteran
Philadelphia and Reading locomotive
engineer. was found dead in bed this
morning
Burke came to this city yesterday 20
attend the funeral Of his mother-in-law,
Mrs. John Flaherty- He retired last
evening apparently in good health.
Nothing was known of his death until
this morning when. having failed 10 re-
spond to several calls. his brother found
him dead. Heart disease had caused the
death
This is he third death in this famiI2
within two weeks.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-04
MINISTER TO KOREA
HAS BAD QUARTERS

The drawing room is j by is feet. and
twelve people make it crowded, The
kitchens are, unfortunately, at the front
Of the house and very dfsagreeabIe. The
four bedrooms are satisfactory, except
that they are right down on the ground
and most unheaIthfuI in the summer
rainy season. Having barely escaped
with my life after three months run
of severe malariaI fever, was com
PEELED TO build myself a summer house
in the country. 1 DO not stay at the
legation at night during the summer
any more
In this connection may add that the
two ministers. after suffering greatly
from malaria while residing in this
house. died in America from what the
physicians pronounced TO be he effects
Of malaria contracted in Korea.
The Offices are in a building similar
to the above The main Office and court
room Is - by y feet, 651 f-eJ high IN
der the main beam Ny own Office IS
s by u, with a ceiling feet 6 inches
high an E feet . inches tall without
my hat IN this Office. in little an
tiquated safe and in wooden cupboards,
are stored all the records covering the
extensive American gold mines in Korea,
and of the American Electric Company,
which conducts the largest single cleo
trio plant in Asia, and is about 10 con
st-uct waterwOrks for Seoul. The or
records of the property purchase ana
transfers Of the three hundred A-eri-
cans in Korea are kept in the record
books in this Office, together with rec
ords of their marriages, births, and
deaths. Should the building burn down
in the night. as did the imperial library.
these records would probably all be lost,
and they could not be replaced.
A Story Of Contrast.
Every other legation and consulate
In Seoul IS housed in fine foreign built
structures. Ever the German and Jap
anese consulates are in handsome brick
buildings that have cost not less than
/ S25. GOO each. The japanese are now re
placing their present fine legation build
/ fngg by. one of much greater pretensions
that viii probably cost 100000 The
+ French legation is imposing, and the
I French government purchased a chateau
in France just 10 get its Louis NV
/ furniture for this house The Russian
! legation IS very extensive and imposing.
/ Sixty people can easily be accommodated
/ in those houses for dinner. The British
/ legation is not so large as the Russian
and French, but it is more massive
/ Our own legation is really g disgrace
10 the United States When I stand on
/ the front step my silk hat reaches to
the caves. This property had to be puT-
( chased ny the first minister, as there
vas no system of rentals in Korea. II
we did not own it We could have a good
legation erected for Us on long con
tract. 20 pay monthly rental Of 500 or
$500"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-02-04
EVANGELIST CONVERTS
An ENTIRE VILLAGE
Religious Revival Sweeps Blakeslee and
the Surrounding Community.

STROUDSBURG. Pa, Feb. AT
Blakesiee. a village on the Pocono
mountain. IN Monroe county, there is a
great religious revival.
There is scarcely . resident Of that
place OF the immediate vicinity who has
not professed religion. The revival is
under the direction Of Lewis speIhorn,
an evangelist, and the Rev. George
Creigh. a Methodist minister.
over 100 members have been taken in
the church on probation. The services
have been remarkable. and it is not IN
common to see men weeping violently.
Just as many men as women have been
converted. Persons have driven and
walled many miles TO attend the meet
ings. which continue with undated in
teresJ.