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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
UP AGAINST THE IOWA LAW.

Sixteen Minnesota hail insurance companies
have been refused permission to do business in
Iowa because they have not sufficient assets
The Iowa law requires companies dealing in only
kind Of insurance to have $25, 600 assets The
mutual companies operating in Minnesota carry
only small surplus
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
ADMIRAL DE soL1ER DEAD.

Buenos Aires, Argentine, June 2O-Vtce Admi.
raj Daniel de solier, ranking officer of the Ar
gentine navy, is dead. Since the Chilean Argen-
tine naval disarmament he had few active duties;
and he devoted much of his time to Yachting of{
which he was fearless devotee, preferrin.
small craft; and cruising In the toughest waters
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
HE WAS ECONOMICAL
Tilted by His Sweetheart Oscar Heg
man Wears Her Clothes.

Chicago, June addressed in long
silk skirt and white shirt waist and wear
ing large black picture hat, man who
says his name is Oscar Hegman stood be-
fore Justice Caverly yesterday in the Har-
rison street police court.
Hegman confessed that he had bought
the gown for his fiancee, who was to
come from abroad and marry him. She
Tilted him, he said, and rather than have
his money go to waste, he had decided
to wear the dress himself Hegman's
features were concealed beneath a veil
and 1t was his manly stride that caught
the attention Of the policeman.
TUNNEL CAVES IN,
Boston. June 2O.--A section OF the east Boston
tunnel near the foot Of State street weakened by
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
Especial Rates East Via the Milwaukee
Road"

June II to 26th the c., M. st. P.
Ry. will sell at st. Paul and Minneapolis
excursion tickets follows:
Boston anr return, $1,000; Albany and
return, $3.50; Buffalo and return, $23. go:
Toronto and return, $3.50; Montreal and
return, $27.50; Quebec and return, 5000;
Portland, Maine and return, $4,000
Return limit, Sept LIST. Proportionate
rate to other points. For particulars adj
dress w. B. Dixon, N. w. P. A., 365 Rob-
ert ST., st. Paul, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

the action Of the compressed air used in con-
nection with the excavation, caved in during the
night One man. a Polish laborer, killed
and another injured. A third workman was re
ported missing after the accident, and it was
feared ne was buried in the tunnel. force OF
dggers put to work but found no trace OF
the missing man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
Low Rates Via the Minneapolis g. ST.
Louis r. r. on the Famous
UNnrth Star innlfAd

Buffalo and return, $3.50; Boston and
return, $1,000; Albany and return; s27.5o:
Montreal and return, $27.50; Quebec. and
return, $1,000 On sale June 1895. For
particulars call on w. L. Hathaway, City
Ticket Agent, corner Washington and
Henneptn.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
TO Boston and Return at one Fare

For the round trip from Chicago via Nickel
Plate road, for Christian Scientists meet
ing in June. Tickets on sale June 25fh
26th and 9th, with extended return limit
of August LIST. Stopover at Niagara Fails.
in either direction, without extra charge
and at New York returning on payment ~
fee of $500. No excess fare charged on
any Of our trains. Write John Y. Callahan.
General Agent, 113 Adams St., Room 29s
Chicago, for detailed information.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
End Of the Week Excursons-Low Rates

Tickets on sale every Saturday and Sur
day. via. Chicago Great Western railway.
good to return by any train the following
Monday. Round trip rates: Red Wing,
$1.52; Cannon Falls, SILT; Northfleld
s1.1e; Faribault $1.57; Morristown SIS
Waterville, $1.96; Elysian, $214; Madison
Lake, s2S5. For further information in
quire OF Z. G. Rains, Gen'l Agt, Corner
Nicollet Ave. and 9Th ST.. Minneap polls.
MINI. 80. .,.E... --..-.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
Paper, Pulp and Saw Mills.

Experts acting on behalf of eastern cap
italists are here looking over the Misss-
sippi water power with view to estab-
fishing paper and pulp mill with a
sawmill in connection, on the banks of the
river, seven miles from town. w. G..
Schroeder and F. N. Lang own the prop
erty and it is said that negotiations are
about complete whereby the mill company
will obtain possession Of it.
Measurements show that a strong 1900
horse power can be developed by means
of dam 240 feet long across the river
bed. A straight fall of twentysix feet
can be thus obtained, with all additional
drop Of four feet in the mill race. This
power can be increased If found neces-
sary by transferring the numerous small
lakes at the head of the river and it's
tributaries into reservoirs. and this will
probably be done it it is positively decided
to locate the mill here. The dam would
overflow about 300 acres of land and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
TO CHANGE A RIVER
Proposition to Divert the Flow Of the
Clearwater Into the Upper
Mississippi.
It Would Increase the Power Down
to Minneapolis and Drain Thou
sands of Acres.
Special to The Journal.

y e. =
Bennidji, Mimi, June 2o.-There is a
proposition on foot to change the course
of the Clearwater river, which runs thru
the northern section Of the state, and d.
vert the flow to the south into the upper
Mississippi. Its present course is north
ward thru Lost swamp. w. G. SHREDDER
and F. N. Lang of BemidjI are the pro-
motors OF the project and they will bring
1t up at the meeting of the Minnesota
Farmers institute to be held at Crook
ston, June 25, where the drainage of the
land thru which the Clearwater flows will
be the chief subject considered.
The object Of this engineering feat is
to increase the water power Of the upper
Mississippi all the way to Minneapolis, and
at the same time drain thousands of acres
of farming land In northern Minnesota.
BY keeping the water Of the Clearwater
from the swamps along it's lower course,
the swamps will be converted into val
liable farming land. 1t is asserted that
the extra water from the Clearwater di-
verified into the Mississippi would increase
the power at Bemidji 1000 horse power :,
The Clearwater runs thru level swamp
land and it Is contended that l6-foot
dam in section 80, township 14S, range
IS, across the Clearwater Just below the
mouth of Grant creek, will be sufficient
to change the course Of the river.
The increased volume of water thus OBJ
tanned in the upper Mississippi would not
only add to the water power, but it would
benefit the loggers and boatmen as we'll,
would not affect the farmers along it's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20

always one more, The Frau wouldn't let rs go
10 Police Headquarters. because she said the
girl probably didn't know anything about it and
she liked the girl.
$50 We hunted and hunted, when, Just by &C
cideut one evening little Jimmy the sculptor.
saw the man. and followed him to a swell
boarding house uptown. Jimmy would have
Jumped him then. only he's lame. But he
brought back the address, and told the Frau and
Is about il We were all keen for going I'D at
once and having little party with him on our
OWE account, but the Frau wasn't sure he meant
70 cheat her.
After we'd talked the thing over we fellows
went over 10 Headquarters for a warrant, not
telling the Frau where We were going But
somehow she suspected. And here is the strange
thing about the whole business Do you know
What that poor cheated woman did just after
We went she hustled uptown all by herself.
The shops were fun OF holiday stuff and there
was So much holly and mistletoe about that she
mus have got 10 thinking about Christmas
That started her on the subject Of forgiving peo-
rle. ana then she lost her grip completely. She
went into d flower store, squandered a weeks
profits GA some holly sprays and hang me if she
didn't take them Up TO the house Of the man
who'd passed the worthless check on her-took
tbe bunch rang his door5eI and put them into
Us hands herself, And you can bet il was no
g--nls.aud play on her part. no clever scheme
to make him pay up or feel badly. She was doing
what she thought right She had never had
& Christmas before when she hated anybody,
and she couldn't stand for il then"
How did the lad feel when she turned over
the holly 10 him" the visitor asked.
4 don't know how he felt was the answer.
-He didn't say anything How do I know
whether he did or not2 Why. We were across
the street IN the dark with the detective and saw
hin open the door No sooner had Frau COrdes
eot a bit down the street than We crossed over.
rars the bell again and We had him The de
tec-iye was keen on taking him along; said he
hld 10. that the warrant forced him 10 arrest the
nan. But We argued him out Of that, because
OF the Frau and her ideas about the young wife.
You see, the fellow soon enough voluntelA d TO
give Us the $50 in exchange Tor his prt esied
check He never showed Up al the Fraus coffee
house again
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20

sitting IN front Of the Cafe Turc. on the main
street OF Nladivostok, which is called The
"orIcs Street" and watching the current of
strange humanity which goes dashtng bv one
has a distinct feeling that he is on the outar-
most limit OF Europe, not only geographically
but IN social and a fashionable sense. A few
squares away there is a railway station where
one >an take the train to Paris-a pleasant
thought and an impressive one, too, for the
truth has at last come about that the Okhotsk
Sea and Kamchatka and other regions hitherto
unbelieYed in save by a few creduIous school
boys are actually within reach by rail of the
Champs Elysees. But there are ten thousand
miles OF travel between them, and many weary
Gays sixteen OF them) must be passed in ST.
oerla' with It's eternally fiat and monotonous
plains, before the splendid oddities Of Moscow
burst upon one with the force Of great contrast.
From Moscow to the cities Of Europe is a mere
step. and thus it happens that there is a trace
OF the boulevaTts Of Berlin and Vienna and
Paris in the bonnets and gowns and coats upon
this remote Asiatic highway, The Worlds
Street, street which runs close to and paral-
! lei with the shores OF the Sea of japan You
surely cannot get much further from Europe
than this, but just as surely you cannot get
away from Europe on this street
II IS e1asperating nowadays to find yourself
in modern and busting city where hardly a
soul can speak z word Of English or French or
German or japanese. One after another I tried
these languages with the coachmen and the po-
Heemen Of VIadivostok, only to see the stolid
Russian faces look at me more stoHdIy. Mean
while the sun was shining, the droskies were
tearing by. the army officers in them were sa-
lutins, the tail horses were speaking to each
other. the belted coachnen. with scarlet sleeves
and women's dresses on them. were making re-
oF+
was exchanging thoughts or words, while L
in the midst OF this busy scene and in the mid
day sun, was benighted-shUt IN from all the
life about me as If by a high wall It was dis
agreeable and uncanny situation. and one from
which no yellow bearded coachman was con-
cerned to relieve me The proprietor OF the
Cafe Turc observed my helpIessness, and spoke
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20

The colors that dot the street seem like Q
remonstrance to the general monochrome Of
mud which threatens to absorb their briuancy.
There is no brighter scarlet than the shirtwaists
on the coachmen, or brighter rnagentas and
plnks than the women Of the poorer classes
wear. The white dresses of the nurses trimmed
with gay embroideries. are as gay as butterflies
Inc streets are at all times dotted with the uni
forms Of the army and navy, including the pct-
uresque costumes which belong to the Cossack
cavalry and the Siberian troops. There is quick
movement in the streets. which adds to the
gayety The army officers are generally driving
and always driving fast. Their lives are said 10
be Of a like pace. and the familiar tales of ex-
traVasance. official corruption. debt and dis
slpatlon which are whispered in every Russian
city are heard in this remote spot of the realm
Inc officers look just they do the Neysky
Prospect of st. Petersburg. There is a fine
carelessness in the manner of Russians OF
distinction both men and women, and here it
Is on The Worlds Street one wonders If
1t has its root in some Slavonic strain of meIan-
choly or some Asiatic trait of mind which feeds
on the idea Of the lack Of Importance of all
human life. To the Russian temperament the
idea of suicide is not so abhorrent as to US and
1t did not seem extraordinary in VIadivostok to
near every week or two of some army officer
VINO had deliberately taken his own life. after
having Win equal QeIDeratlOn enjoyed career
Of gaming dissipation and debt to the point Of
insolvency But one would call these people
melancholy people who could see them on 4
holiday. of which they have a great many. The
drinking of vodka is prodigiOus, the hllarity
general. The harsh word intOxication should
then be translated into merriment. Even the
stoLd lschYostchiks Will get down off their
droskies and waltz with one another in ths
mud. There are theatres and clubs and much
music in this small rude town. Like all mill
tary towns far from home, the people do whs
they can to make life the reverse of dull
Nothing Is on small scale whether in amuse-
ment or serious business. and in Russia this ap-
Plies even TO the appearance of things Ths
men, the women, the horses are big Comma
as did, from Japan, the land of mincing step
and little people and of jiErikishas il was star
Ting to find myself amid this tail and swirl
crowd where the stride of the horses as they
tore up and down hill was in strong contrast to
the ambIing Of the Japanese coolies. The krowL-
edge Of the vastness OF his empire makes ths
Russian accept with patience the long and
weary ton Of travel through IT. The wonder is
that in this little city. so many thousand miles
from the great capital he should appear so much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20

&c me in French Had 1 been a little holder,
ana addressed of the tall military men.
they' too, would have answered me in French.
Later an acquaintance with them and bold at
tack on the Russian language of the streets
made me able to get an inkIng OF what the peo-
pie about me were thinking of. But this grow
ing Intelligence on my part did not extend to
the Chinese and Coreans who lnfest the water
front of Vladvostok. or to the queer Siberians
from Saghalien-ex-cOnviCts thrown on the
mercies Of the town. All these ragged and I'M
kempt swarms remained riddles to me very
dirty riddles, too so far as my powers OF COM
municating with them were concerned
Subtracting the Chinese and Corean elements
from the streets of VIadivostok, and also the
large number of those white men I speak Of
with a look of the submerged tenth" about
them, the town remains in appearance a squalid
Imitation of St Petersburg. There is dirt every
where and upon every one, too, except the army
and navy officers in their uniforms, and the
Russian ladies. A close scrutiny of the latter's
sisters in the lower classes reveals an indif-
ference to untidness which is rather appalling
As for the men one meets on the streets they
appear 10 enjoy dirt. The ischvostchiks are
caked with dirt; their large and furious yellow
boards are full of It Their tall horses are rusty
with it; their vehicles have never been washed
of it. Yet there is some excuse for all this for
Fladivostok during half the year. when it
is not frozen up, is a lake. a Venice OF mud
The Russians are too careless and too anxious
to spend money on more snowy things than
street pavements, such as buildings, dockyards
tall horses furs and uniforms to pay any at
tention to the cleanliness of the city.
Their footgear deserves a chapter by itself
Tall boots are generally worn, and they use
variety Of leather overshoes, some Of them
reaching half way up the calf, for wading across
the streets. The big Russian military men have
in reality slender and well shaped feet, but no
would guess 1t IN Vladivostok The only
exception TO the universal unconcern as to the
size and ungainIiness in footgear is the Russian
lady who takes pretty pleasure IN picking her
way through this muddiest Of towns with her
feet clad in Partisan sIpperA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20
LILLI4N RUSSELL,S DOG.

LILLIAN Russell likes dogs. Some Of her friends
ar even inclined 10 intimate that as between
eoEs md men the Coincidence prefers the four
legEa- friends. However that may be. at her
ooultrs home she has "a huge St Bernard. Of
Wh..a she is very fond She also houses her col
ore5 r.1 al the same house Recently a
man z.ls hy the Russell house and MOTTO
hs a.-- maid and dog. paused TO inquire who
ow--- .-a dos
% .=.0ass TO my missus, Miss Russell" the
mad replied
'.H-- are y7l rot afraid OF him." he asked
'La--g. ra. He won't harm nobody. He's Just
eh-.k r-. " fun all the time"
"Tlat kind of a dog is he?"
81 dunno 1-l-t klnd--ry naissus calls him =
IN ...1-e5 San Eeruard."-(Rider and D-j,ar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20
INSIDE NFORM4TION.

IT, whale had swallowed Jonah two davs
befo-- and appeared TO be uneasy.
Observing which. a dolphin that happened
along about that time playfully asked:
What is The matter, neighbour Undigested
secUritlesP''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-20
HEB CHRISTMAS GIFT.

Continued from second page.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15
NEW SHORT STORIES
senator Hanna,s Power.

A good story was told OF Senator
Haonas power by well known mem
Der of congress who accompanied him
from Cleveland to Washington. Sey
eral senators and representatives, were
on the train, and in the same sleeping
ear were several members OF the Bond
ed Warehouse association. The whole
party got out ut Pittsburg for an airing,
and while they were walking up and
down the station platform their train
pulled out and away. When ii finally
dawned upon them that their sleeping
car had really gone, the members OF
the Bonded Warehouse association be-
came exceedingly anxious and hurried
to the Office of the division superintend-
ent OF the Pullman company.
II am sorry, gentlemen" said the SUI
have left you, but all that can do is
to give you accommodations in chair
car from here to Altoona. There you
will be able TO get sleeping car
through to Washington"
what time can we get to bed?' was
asked.
zone o'clock"
THAT will never do" said one of the
party. Our tickets call for sleeping
ear accommodations from Cleveland to
Washington. and we must have them"
Cant be done gentlemen" said the
superintendent. Very sorry, but it is
absolutely impossible"
tfpnf CanatpY IIannan
"What! Senator Hanna. Is he left?"
"IIe is"
Gentlemen, be seated. | will see
what can be done"
In five minutes one of the best sleep
ing cars in the Pullman service was
ready, and the party came on to
Washington rejoicing.
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The remnant o. a remarkable and
hitherto l-st tr'ho oe Eskimos has re-
Gently been disco> rld ON southampton
island, at the extreme north end Of
Hudson bay. II is said that until re-
Gently these people have never had an
o"N0"1 unity of seeing n white man.
TIeir huts are built of the great jaws
of whales. covered with skins In the
middle is an elevation, on which is a
stone lamp used for lighting. heating,
cooking, melting snow and drying
clothes. The lamp is only dish of
whale oil, in which is a wick of dry
moss. Indeed the whale is the chief
means by which these people live. the
bones being utilized for making plates,
cups and sledges, but they also use
sledges of walrus tuskS. with deer an
tiers for crosspieces. The tribe is nj
most extinct. as only some sixteen are
left. They Speak a dialect peculiar to
themselves and are very daring hunt
ers.
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The Careful stenographer.

1T was an hour after midnight when
there came furious ringing at my
doorbell,' said Abe Gruber delivering
his latest TO a number OF friends.
THE next minute poked my head out
Of an upper window and inquired as to
what the visitor wanted.
This is where Mr.. Gruber liyesT
Yes; | am Mr. Gruber What is
it,?
You delivered a speech this even
ing in which YOU mentioned Corliss
McGibncyE
- did.
WAS he a Protestant or a Roman
Catholc%
lie was "A Protestant. But what
Thanks. That's ali wanted to
know. I'm the shorthand reporter that
took down the speech. and couldn't
tell from my notes whether you said
he entered the ministry or the munas.
terry. G'uight' - New York Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-01-15
CHOICE MISCELLANY


The Lost sixteenth OF "a second.
Ii one grain of sand ON the shore of
the ocean We're lost and scientists were
to spend years in trying to find II, they
would be attempting task resembling
that 10 which leading astronomers OF
England and France are now dcyoting
themselves. 0ne-sixteenth of second
Is missing. and no one can tell where
Il has gone. Between the suns time
as recorded at Greenwich and as un-
derstood at Paris there is that brief
and seemingly nnimportant discrep-
ancy. No expense is being spared to
trace the missing fraction. A special
building has been erected at Paris,
costly instruments installed, corps OF
mathematicians engaged and a process
that may take years To complete has
been commenced. The inaccuracy is
more important than will appear to
the lay mind Longitude Is calculated
on the basis of Greenwich time. 1t de-
termines the boundaries of many coun-
tries. A slight variation of time may
change the nationality Of thousands OF
people The pursuit OF the missing
fraction of n second Is therefore OF
worldwide Importance. We shall all be
much relieved VIII N il has been found,
for then not a grain of the sands Of
time will be mi ssng.-Toronto Mail
and Empire.
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and forth on the platform his great
height and massive build naturally at.
tracted the attention of the station
loungers, and within ten minutes some
report had spread through the town
which drew half the inhabitants down
to the tracks, where they stood in
groups staring at the judge, who was
quite at loss to understand their curl
osity. Fifteen minutes later it was ex-
planned, when gaunt and gawky
countryman approached him and ask
ed:
BE you really John Sullivan, the
scrapperf'
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Easy to Polish
a Stove,
Easily Applied-No 0dor-No Dirt.

To polish stove like peppering beefsteab
may seem odd to those who have never used
Sitter Stove Polish, but nevertheless, 1t Is the
newest, easiest and most convenient method
known. Sitter Stove Polish IS put up In a large,
round box with a perforated top similar to a
pepper box. The polish never dries out and does
not require soaking in water before using.
There Is never any waste. 1t is good to the last
pinch. 1t is gently sifted on the stove. brushed
with damp cloth and lightly rubbed with q dry
cloth. A brilliant. jet black lustre is obtained.
There is no odor, no dirty saueers or pans, no
rusty boxes to cover. The Sitter box is always
clean. Sitter Stove Polish Is cheap. 1t costs Z
cents box, will polish more stoves than three
times its cost in any other polish. All dealers.
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PEOPLE OF THE DAY
Goyeruor BaiIey,. Romance.

Governor Elect Willis j. Bailey Is q
bachelor AS he is man of pleasing
personality and unusually well en-.
bowed with this worlds goods there
have been many surmises concerning
his evident unwillingness TO enter the
ranks Of the welded. A story has re-
Gently come to light which purports to
explain why Mr.. Bailey is not mar
ried or marrying man. II is told that
In the days of his young manhood he
had sweetheart to whom he was de-
voted They were fellow students at