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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
CHRISTMAS MAIL HEAVY
BUT ONE DELIVERY WILL BE
MADE BY THE REGULAR CAR
RIERS TOMORROW.

.
Twenty-Five extra mail carriers
have been engaged to care for the
Christmas mail, which is larger this
year than ever before. The regular
carriers will be very busy to-day, but
will not work longer than usual, such
overwork being prohibited by law.
The regulars will make but one. de-
livery to-morrow-in the forenoon
and that IN the residence district.
The extras, however, not being re-
strained by statute, will deliver let
ters and presents as late as O'Clock
tonight. Tomorrow the extra car
riers will deliver packages, but not
letters, all day, and probably unit
8 o'clock p. M, in the residence dis
tricts. In the business district to-
morrow no deliveries will be made
persons expecting mail may call fol
it at the postoffice between 10. and
II a. m. The postoffice and the posta
stations will close at IL.
Special-delivery mail will be de,
livered as usual tomorrow.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
GOING HOME TO CHINA
Thirty Retired Cinnamon Going to Orient
to Live.

Thirty Retired Cinnamon Going to Orient
to Live.
Thirty Cinnamon that have accunlula ted
fortunes in this country passed thru Min
neapolis yesterday on their way from Chi
cago and Eastern cities to the Middle
Kingdom Each Of them, having passed
from ten to twenty years in America, was
going home to live upon the money he had
made.
The leader Of the party, Charley Lee,
the former owner of Chinese store at
Elgin, ILL.,. is said to have accumulated
several hundred thousand dollars. He
said, Eyes, we are going home, for We've
all saved enough to live on comfortably
the rest of our lives. Some Of our party
are very rich even according to American
ideas.
well be glad to see our families again.
have a wife in China that haven't seen
for eighteen years. A few of us haven't
any wives but will get married at once
and settle down.
Il like America and I'm rather sorry to
go away; my countrymen here haven't
anything to complain Of If they behave
themselves-and most of 'em do, I'm glad
to say-they can succeed very WELL
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
CITY NEWS.
TOWN TALK

Beautiful pictures for Xmas at factory
prices. Bintlir. At First avenue s.
Get our prices on perfumes, toilet sets.
hair brushes military sets. Gamble &,
Ludwig, druggists, 301 and 3o3 Hennepin.
The deed of the site of the new Trinity
pBaptist church has been filed. w. J.
Keith & Co. have drawn the plans for the
church.
One third off on Imported Bags and all
novelties tonight Saturday and Monday
at Barnum's Leather Goods Store, Tia
Nicollet.
Thieves broke into the telephone money
box at the Kenwood street car station last
night and stole good quantity OF nickels
There is no clue to the robber.
The Rathskeller Cafe Xmas Day-a So
cent table dhote dinner. 1t does not
pay you to get up a dinner at home wher
you can get such a dinner as We serve fol
this price. from II a. m. to p. m. T. r
Laly, proprietor.
At the annual election of the hardwood
furniture polishers union held last even.
ing, the following were elected as Officers
for the coming year: President, Charlie:
Johnson; vice president, John Aamott
conductor, George Jewett; warden, Gus
tavus Hager; financial secretary, John M
Johnson; recording secretary, Carl w
Darth
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
A BIG BUILDING YEAR

Home Building Is Expected to Break All
~4s Records.
Building Inspector James G. Houghton
estimates that the aggregate value of the
new buildings erected in Minneapolis this
year will be about eqaul to last year S
record. The number Of permits issued
will be greatly in excess Of last year owing
to the unusual activity in building dwell
ing houses. Last year there were issued
3,814 permits, the total cost OF the struc-
lures aggregating $6,1SS,21S. The dwell
ing house record will even surpass that OF
1889, which was the high water mark for a
great many years.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
BoARDMAN DENIES STORY
Made No Agreement with Griggs as t
Toies-The Sutherland Matter.

Made Mo Agreement with Griggs as to
Toies-The Sutherland Matter.
In answer to the charges preferred by a
local paper that he did not keep his word
with Franklin II. Griggs in the. matter Of
H. T. Toles' sentence, and was derelict
in his duty in not putting Alderman o. P.
Sutherland under bonds, County Attorney
Boardman denies that he ever agreed with
Griggs to get Toles off with a fine. He
also insists that it is an unheard-o thing
to put voluntary grand jury witness
under bonds, as it is to be presumed that
the witness will stay and see the case
thru. ...l' =ta,:
Toles was given forty days in Jail fol
completely in the assault case on ColfaS
avenue. for which J. F.. Weismiller is serv-
ing a term in Saltwater. A secret meet
ing Of the board of pardons released Toles
before he had served two weeks of his
sentence. So.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24

shown by the records, 10 cents.
One Of the young fee hunters saw a
chance, however, and had tackled onto this
section the following:
For each marriage license, So
Probably he didn't know that the gem
eral statutes provide for this, but his
work has put marriage in bad light and
opens the possibility that none Of the dis
! trict Judges except the one presiding over
the criminal calendar may unite loving
couples.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
BRICKLAYERs INSTRUCTED

of 1905.
The delegates who will attend the ma
tional convention of bricklayers to be held
at Trenton, NJ J., were instructed at a
meeting last night. These delegates will
try to get the 1906 convention for Mime
apolis. The question of affiliating with
the national organization of building
trades unions formed at Indianapolis was
considered, but no vote was taken, altho
the plan was favored.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
ITS MORTGAGE BURNED
ST. Luke's Norwegian Lutheran Church
Celebrates Event.

st. Luke's Norwegian Lutheran church
burned its mortgage Monday evening with
appropriate ceremonies. The church was
organized Dec. 90, 1891, from mission
started in 1887 by students of Augsburg
seminary When it was decided to build
a church there was SIS cents in the treas
ury. Particularly helpful was the aid OF
the Ladies society, which gave $50 at the
very beginning. A lot was bought on
Seventeenth avenue S between Lake and
Thirty first streets and the cornerstone
was laid June 25, 1892. The first regular
pastor was Rev. Peter Nilsen. The pres
ent pastor is S. r. Tollefson, who has
served since 1899.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
, THE STRANGER WELCOME
MinneapoIitans Who Will Keep Open
House Tomorrow.

House Tomorrow
The plan announced by a clergyman in
a Canadian city, who told that he was go
ing to keep open house at his home Christ
mas evening for all strangers. has aroused
emulation in Minneapolis. Several fam
lilies here have said that they will welcome
strangers tomorrow afternoon and even
ing. These hospitable hosts will be:
i Mr. and Mrs. George r. Merrill, Como
Park
Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Burton. 1920 Lyn-
dale avenue S.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Rosholt, 1925 Penn ave-
nue. S. II. fAa
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Haynes, Hote
! Berkeley.
Mr. and Mrs Bergren, As Spruce place
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
BEEF WAS TAINTED
/ Made Insane Patients at Fergus Falls

Sick.
Corned beef which caused the illness
of ninety inmates, of the Fergus Falls
hospital for the insane was not poisoned
by COPPER, zinc or other metal in cooking
vessels, but was tainted before it was
cooked. After thoro inquiry, State
Chemist Hortvet has SO reported to the
state board of control. AS the meat was
from animals killed on the grounds. and
corned by employees of the institution, DR..
5Welch did not believe it could have been
spoiled.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
MARRIAGE AS A CRIME
A Legislative BIunder Gives Hymen Sc
we're Jolt.

One of the young attorneys who went
down to the legislature with the Henne-
pin county delegation last winter has
achieved unwonted fame by adding mat
rimoEy to the list of crimes which may
be committed in this state.
When a law regulating fees was pre-
pared by an expert and submitted to the
legislature it read, in Sec. 10, as follows:
In all criminal proceedings in said court, un-
less otherwise ordered by said court, the clerk
shall demand and receive the following fees:
For certified copies of files and records, the
same as are provided in civil matters.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
BELIEVED TO BE a FoRGER
c. w. Fricke Arrested by Detectives Last
Night.

Night.
c. w. Friclze, who is said to be con-
nected with the family Of a prominent
grain dealer CT Minneapolis. was arrested
last night by Detectives Balm and Gala :
CHER on a charge Of forgery. The police
of the twin cities have been looking for
him for several months and have charged
him with a number of forgeries. When
arrested he had on his person a check for
$685. ostensibly signed by c. A. Quist. Sew
eral other bank checks were found in his
pocket All of these will be examined to
see if they are genuine.
Fricke is believed to be the man who
tried to pass one of these Quist checks
upon A. E. Paegel. the Third street jew
eler. Mr.. Paegel suggested that he leave
the check for verifcation, but the man
demurred.
Fricke waived examination this
morning and was, bound over to the
grand jury, bail fixed at $1,000
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
Still the Most Popular.

The Northern Pacifc's Lake SUI
perior Limited train, with its obser-
vation- buffet and parolr cars, leavingg
Minneapolis at p. M, after the lunch
hour and arriving at destination in
time for dinner, is still, deservedly,
the most popular train to Duluth.
Nothing more beautiful or more
comfortable, in the way of sleeping
car, can be found than those attached
to the Night Express leaving Min
neapolis at 1O:3G p. m. These sleepers
are in the Union depot after 9 p. M,
ticket office is at 10 Nicollet house
block.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
JEWELS CAME NOT BACK

Reward Of $500 Falls to Restore Property
Of Mrs. Hull.
Louis K Hull whose residence was
robbed Nov II, offered reward of 500
for the return of the $4,000 worth of jew
elry taken Advertisements were inserted
in all Of the twin city papers, but no an
swer came and Mr.. Hull decided that the
robber had other means Of disposing of the
stolen property.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
The DETROIT
MUELLERS LOSE
FAMOUS LEGAL BATTLE OF
MUELLER HEIRS SETTLED.
Supreme Court Hands Down De-
scision Affirming the Judgment of
the Lower Courts - Ferdinand
Steinert's Widow Gets Funeral
Benefit from Carpenters.

. ~ !. /. . s. s. r
The famous controversy of the heirs
of Johann Mueller is settled and the
Detroit claimants lose. The supreme
court decided to-day that the burden
of proof was on them to show that the
Detroit Mueller and the Duluth
Mueller were the same person. Tho a
strong similarity was shown, the iden-
tity of the two men was not conclu-
sively shown. The full title Of the
case is:
E. s. Kosmerl, Joseph F. Buh, Nettie L.
Geistand, Ellen C. Sullivan, plaintiffs, VS..
Andreas Mueller, Anton Mueller, ct al.
Mueller, ct al, defendants, appellants.
Order and judgment are affirmed.
A decision of Judge Holt is affirmed
giving the widow Of Ferdinand Stei-
merit a Judgment of $205 against the
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners. ,rhis was funeral ben
eft to which Steinert was entitled as
member of the brotherhood, but il
was contested because Steiner hao
violated the rules by going into the
saloon business.
+ .e1 Other Decisions.
S. Strong & Co., corporation, respondent
VS.. John D. Knutson and X. n. Newton
appellants. Order affirmed.
Elmagine Bowlby, appellant, VS.. Charles
| b. Bowlby, respondent. Judgment ant
order affirmed
| William F. Baier, appellant, VS.. Florenc
| Baier, respondent. Order affirmed.
State ex rel District No. 81, in the Count.
| of Wabasha, relator-appellant, VS.
Charles II. Bailer, as county auditor 0
the county of Waseca, respondent
Judgment reversed.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
GIVEN STAY OF ONE HOUR.


Result OF the Eloquent Appeal OF Vag'
rant.
Aaron Kuff. a vagrant, pleaded elo-
quently for his freedom before Judge Holt
in police court this morning and sue
ceeded in getting stay of sentence for
one hour. He told of six serious injuries
he had received in the past few months
and promised to do better if given a
chance. The court sentenced him to ninety
days straight in the workhouse and grant
ed a stay Of one hour to allow him to
leave the city.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
A WoMAN's COURAGE

The Means Of ThwartIng a Bold, Bad
Burglar.
y Miss Edith Rowe 665 Central Park
place. st. Paul drove burglar out OF
the house last night simply by an exhibi-
tion of nerve. The man rang the door
bell and forced his way into the hall hold
ing w. G. Worthington, who was there
at bay with a revolver. Miss Rowe I'M
mediately started up stairs for a revolver,
which she brought back to Worthington.
On seeing that his victim was armed the
robber l1astened to escape.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
Manhattan Billiard Tables.

Latest and Newest game. An ele-
giant Christmas present for whole fam
ily. See them at Gardner Hardware Co.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24

More. cases of sick headache, bill
1iousness. constipation, can be cured in
less time with less medicine, and for
less money by using Carter's Little
Liver Pills, than by any other means.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
win Make You Feel Younc..

Electric Bitters are marvellous
rundown system. Try them. Only soc.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
KILLED ON THE ROAD
Roy Foster Meets Death at an H.
ID. Way Station.

ID. Way Station.
Roy Foster, a brakeman on the H.
& d. division of. the Milwaukee rail-
road, was run over and killed by a
train near Clone, Mimi, late last
night. His body was brought to Min
neapolis on freight train at IL last
night. He stumbled in the switch
yards and was run over before he
could get up. Foster has a brother In
the Minneapolis fire department.
The funeral will be held Saturday
from his brothers. residence, 1910 E
Twenty-fifth street.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24
KINDERGARTEN CHRISTMAS
ST. PauI's School Has Tree Decorated with
Work of the Little

The kindergarten Of ST. Pauls Episco
pal church had it's Christmas celebration
yesterday at the church. About sixty were
present to witness the exercises of the
twenty-five children of the school. There
was a Christmas tree decorated with the
work of the little folk for their parents
and friends. Songs and games added to
the enjoyment of the occasion. Mrs. John
Ogden is principal Of the school and Miss
Clara Joslin, director.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24

The Pioneer Limited.
A lovely complexion commands ad-
miration. Improve yours using magi-
cal Satin-Skin Cream and Satin-Slsin
Complexion Powder. 25c.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-24

Rogers Pocket knives
At Gardner Hardware Co.. 3O4 Hen. av
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

advent of the new Chinese minister last year the Legation has been a place in which it has been easy to imagine ghosts Indeed, it was more dif1cult not to inl- agine them. One who knew the legation well in the time of the late Sir Chin Chen Lofengluh writes: When you called to see the minister or a member of his staff you were shown into an apartment, shabby and huge. smelling of soot and dust, and garnished with a worn carpet and a rusty grate. Now and then, as you looked up. you would be surprised to see a dark Chinese face vanish from the doorway, and without sound the owner of the face would pass down the passage or up the stairs.
 Last year, while sitting there, I lock- ed suddenly up from my paper, and a soI- itary Chinaman. in soft shoes. with soles two inches thick, passed noiselessly out of the room, of which until that moment l had believed myself to be the sole occu- pant. Now and then I caught by side glance the swing of a 'pigtail' at the doorway or as l passed out pair of al- mond-shaped eyes would look round from the corner shadows and @ man with a sphinx-Iike face and wearing a long black gown would move silently away. There was something eerie about the stealthy coming and going of mute Chi namen, and it was always silence. There was certainly nothing to indicate wheth- CT they were men or ghosts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

liam. L. Yancey than any man he had ever heard since the days of the latter. The Doctor has been the most talked of man in Alabama in the past few weeks, having announced his candidacy for Gov ernor. position which it is recognized he will horror and adorns and for which he will make most formidable candidate.
 He was elected Lieutenant Governor on the ticket with Governor Jelks and pre- sided over the last Senate with ability, dignity and impartiality, He Is now in Europe, engaged in studying and further equipping himself fin his chosen profess sion in the leading medical institutions of Europe and it ig commendable that he wants to know all that Is to be learned.
 Just before leaving on shis foreign tour he admitted at q meeting in his home at Birmingham, speeding the departing guest and getting the good wishes of his neigh bors for aT'safe Journey and prosperous. satisfactory errand,. that he would be c candidate for Governor three years hence to eafanneA GoxeRaeE. aJeltks. It was not a surtise for he told that In his brilliant canvass of the State last year. for he admitted that 1t was the highest place he wanted and only took the second place to be in line, regarding it as a sort of stepping stone. He has strong and in. huentiafa political and personal friends ali over the State and he ia very strong, even this early in the political game.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
FISH SHOWER.

Rain of Black Bass Susceptible to a
 Very Plausible Explanation.
 New Orleans Tlmes-Democrat.
 Have I ever seen it rain fish? I have. I have seen it rain frogs and tadpolcs, too. Why, only the other day was standing out in front of a certain mans residence uptown. when I suddenly glanc- ed over into the gutter. I was surprised to find A fish about three inches long swimming around in the gutter. The day before that the gutter was perfectly dry, and tho heat of the sun left great cracks in tha mud. How did the fish get there {? You may think the rain washed ft in from some other place. That is impossi- hle because of the peculiar topography of that section. It fell from the clouds if was rained in the gutter. it came down with the water. When l told my friend that this was what had happened ne Iau0bed of course at what he thought to bc an absurd idea. But the little in- cident mi me in a reminiscent mood. and I recalled a thing or two of other days. when I witnessed more forcible exam nles of the same principle. And told the storias Some years ago I was at pop ,,Ior Dlace on the Gulf coast, a place ,,hio,, had become famous for the fine sshinc and particularly for the big catch of black bass, which have marked the snort in that region. There is a fine sween of clear tableland at that place. and it stretched out from the house oc- cunIed toward the coastline, and seemed to airnost lose Itself in the blue waters of fine big gulf Often the clouds of that section seemed to grow right out of the sea and waterspouts of the smaller kind are by no means uncommon. As will hereinafter appear. these conditions will
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

You cannot have harmony without noise.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

a former attache haunts the broad cham bers and quiet stalrways of the Chinese Legation. Sir Halliday Mccartney. the English secretary, when questioned about the ghost. said he had never seen one in the legation. and had never heard of one there. The learned authority who has discovered the legation ghost states that the Chinese apparitions never go outside Chinese territory, and, of course, the embassies and legations of foreign powers are technically portions of the countries they represent. Possibly the
 dozen or so of Chinese secretaries. at tachee, and others who do duty at the Legation in Portland place have refrained from speaking of their visions outside circles that are strictly Chinese. Until the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

explain the phenomena am about to describe. One day--it was along in the afternoon. toward sunset-a sudden show CT came, and heard fearful tumbling and fluttertng around the house. It seem- ed as if cloud had fallen toward the earth and had wrapped itself around the little shanty was occupying. As soon as the clattering had ceased ventured out in the open. never was more as- tonished in my life tha at the sight that met my gaze. The ground was simply covered with noundering black bass, and I hurried out with a basket and picked up enough fish for fine fish suppef, and it was as fine lot of fish as I ever be- held. You see, the spawn had been thrown out by a waterspout. and the wind had blown and shifted it about with the clouds. which had hovered over that sec ton. the temperature had been favorable to the growth and development of the fish, and there was, for some reason. a sudden precipitation which covered the land area near my place with fish. That was the whole explanation of the thing"
 
 You cannot have harmony without
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

They produce plumpnsas, and give great
 strength and vitality.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

inc tAs four years that Captain Johnston wAa Governor
 When asked what he regarded tho main wpFk oS hia administration, Governoy Johnston said:
 "Hszst~The progress made in securing Co the people financial iegiaiAtion to i'm. pose the burden of taxation equally upon the shoulders Ok an, ana fidelity in ilscai RffAtfn1 and this by the passage of the back tax commission law, the conception and en8oru1n9 of the law Co hold pubic oH- NciAls to prompt and full account oi tho public n1ouAyR
 "9econ0-The pFu8Feaw uaaAe in secur- ing better eohooas and teeehers and mors money Ger the cause ef education.
 sThira~4he parola lAw. Az has been said, Governor Cobb la Mytng ae Woodlawns Governor Jones is a United esaAes Jndga; Governor Oates h practlnlng law in Montgomery and Gov. ernoe Johnston is in business in Riruing. ham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
ILABAMIANS IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

near the carriage and the Governor ask ed:
 What did you dor?
 Divided it."' he said, and not waiting for anything else the Governor called out. Drive on. driyer," and he.carriage nov. ed or as the others came out. none ci the Governor. He was 30 disgusted thai he did not care to see any of them just then.
 That action lost half ths county and gave Kolb half the delegation to the State Convention. The Jones men were outeen- eralled that day. although the Governol was on the outside endeavpring Co giys his followers backbone and never coun.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13

first acts being to advise . sinking fund for the purpose; he strongly urged bet ter schools and advised all public aid pos- sible; he tried to do his duty honestly and fearlessiy and none have been so uneharitable to deny that he did so.
 when asked about his administration ana what he regarded as his most fm- portsnt acts. he said with characteristic candor:
 .sThsrs were no important issues dur. ing my incumbency of the Governors . chair, end just endeavored to make the people the very best Governor that could"
 But there did great deal of good come out of it and much wese accomplished dur
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-13
Continued from Page Nine.

Templar and was the President of the
 State Senate in 1898. in which position he displayed wonderful faculties for leader
 ship. and proved himself wise and safe party counsellor. Dr. Cunningham's last public services were in the Constitu- tional Convention and he made himself felt in the framing of that document. He speeches were all able and powerful and especially so on the most absorbing and important question of suffrage, his ad- dress on that subject attracting wide att tention. A gentleman who heard him remarked afterwards that he came nearer up to the eloquence and briliiancy of Wil-