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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-25
BAD BLOOD
ON The RANGE
Collision Imminent Between Eveleth
and Virginia Over Issue of
School Bonds.
Virginia Carried It's Point, but Is
Charged With Frauds by
" Eveleth' s Adherents.
snecial to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
(. Eveleth, Mimi, March 25.-Eveleth citi-
zens are indignant as the result Of a So
called school meeting Of district No. %,
held at the Virginia high school last night
for the purpose of voting to bond the dis
trict for 100000 for a new high school for
Virginia. S
The district embraces both Virginia and
Eveleth and will be divided at the end
of the present school year. >On this ac-
count the Virginia people are trying to
vote to have the present district bonded
for $50, 900 for the school building. II
the bonds are declared legally voted on,
the burden Of cost will fall on Eveleth
as the cost to Virginia would be but two
ninths and Eveleth seven-ninths, or over
$4,000. ..=l,-set.g4 2.
In order for Eveleth to defeat the bonds
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TO SETTLE GRIEVANCES
The New York, New Haven & Hart
ford Road Confers With It's
Employees. -.

New Haven. Conn.,. March 25.-In re-
Spouse TO- a communication to-day from
President Hall of the New: York, New
Haven & Hartford Railway company in
viting the grievance committee of ths
trainmen and conductors of the road to
meet him; the members of that body re-
paired to Mr.. Halls office.
President Hall issued d statement au-
thorized by the board of directors. 1t
says that the board, having received from
the operating officials full reports con-
corning the. present rates Of compensa-
tons of classes affected by the conductors
schedule and the trainmen and yard
mems schedule, and also all. other classes
of employees, and having carefully consid
cred the same. found that generally the
pay of the employees already is as high,
and in some cases higher than that paid
by other roads In this locality, although
in few cases lower. .~'~
The board decided, in view of their find
ing; that wishing their employees to re-
ceive liberal treatment and wages equal
to those paid on other roads, the
committee appointed by them be author
lied to meet committees Of the employees
with view of reaching such results.
President Hall, w. D. Bishop, Vice
President Charles F. Choate, George A.
first vice president, were appointed To
meet the joint committee of the employees
to-day to inform them Of the decision OF
the board. The same committee will
meet a committee Of the conductors or
Thursday for the purpose OF granting
them a new schedule of wages or regu.
lations, and win meet. the, train and yard
men on Friday for the same purpose The
board decided that the various PROPOSE
tions presented by the president for in.
creasing the pay Of tower. men,. teleg
raphers. freight handlers, boilermakers
machinists,a .shopmen and others, b.
adopted to take effect at a date to b,
agreed upon : t.szsse IL
After stte meeting of the grievance
committee, at which the answer Of tn
board Of directors was considered, it wa
announced that the committee considere,
the proposition a fair one and that rep
resentatives Of the conductors and train
men, respectively, would meet Presiden
Hall at the times designated, If an ear
| lier consideration Of the matter could no
! be arranged. $50 ri ;5
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DEMAND FOR CLEVELAND
A Movement to Nominate Grover II.
in 1904 Starts in Penn
III.
sylvania.

Pottsvile, Pa, March 25.-A movement
to request ex-President Cleveland to be-
come a candidate for the democratic
presidential nomination has begun.
Arthur C. Jones, formerly of New York,
who is in charge, says that simultaneous
steps have been taken in western Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio and Illinois, and he pre-
diets it will soon spread all over the coun-
try. Work on securing the names Of
prominent Schuylkil democrats to the Pc
tition to Cleveland for the use of his name
was begun at once It's promoters say
they have already secured the names Of
800 public men, including judges of the
courts, ex-congressmen, former delegates
to democratic national conventions, state
senators, and representatives.
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SENATORS BY DIRECT Yo1EIClYlL SERVICE RULES
The Classified Service Is Extended
to All Positions Subject to
D.. .-.-.~ Classification.

Washington, March 25.-Under a revi-.
sion of the civil service rules. to take ef-
feet April Is, announced to-day, the CLASH
fed service is extended to all positions
which are subject to classification under
the civil service act.
The classified service hereafter will en-
brace all places which are not mere la
borers or workmen, or are not subject
to confirmation by the senate. The num-
Der of places excepted from examination
has been reduced emitting a large num-
Der Of private secretaries and confidential
clerks, although two private secretaries
are allowed to all heads OF departments.
Shipping commissioners, various super
intendents, engineers, examiners and mis-
cellaneous positions also have been made
subject to examination. Temporary ap-
|pointments will be restricted both in nuns
Der and duration.
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Pre- nt Castro Reads Special
Message and Withdraws His
800 Resignation.
Caracas; March 25.-After reading his
special message to congress to day, Cen
eral Castro withdrew his resignation Of
the presidency Of Venezuela. =.
TORONTO OPERA HOUSE
It Went Up in $4,000 Fire To-
day-''King Of Detectives
Co. Hit.

Toronto, Ont. March 25.-The Toronto
opera house was burned to-day. The es-
TINA ted loss was $150,00O
The fire is supposed to have originated
from electric wires in the box office. Care
taker Chairman occupied rooms on the
third floor with his wife and three chill
dren. They narrowly escaped suffocation.
The flames spread to the cigar factory
OF John Trebelocock in the rear, the prem
ises being badly damaged
Sullivan, Harris & Woods, the proprie-
tors of the King of Detectives company.
lost all the scenery and costumes. They
place their loss at $4,000 to So, 900.
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HEAT WITHOUT
COMBUSTION.
One Of the Wonderful Properties Of
the New Metal .Radium-Prof.
Curie's Discovery.
This Effect Must Have a Cause and
Its Discovery Is Full of
.s..,. Promise. 80. .........
New York Sun Special Service,

London. March 25.-Radium, the mys-
terlous substance which lately occupied
the investigations Of, Professor Croolxes
and other prominent scientists. is the sub
ject of a most important and interesting
communication. just made to the French
Academy of Sciences by M. Curie a
French physicist OF high reputation and
attainments. His statement would have
been received with absolute incredulity if
it had been offered by a less unimpeach-
able authority. .,-@t .->-<f
Assisted by his clever wife In isolating
radium. M. Curie discovered that it pos
sesses the extraordinary property Of con-
tinually emitting heat without combustion,
without chemical change Of any kind, and
without any change in its molecular
structure, which remains spectroscopic-
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/ PHILOSOPHY
OF STRIKES II
President Mitchell.says They Are a
Feature of the Great Social
Evolution.
"strikes Are the sledge Hammers
That Weld the Links Of Labor
and Capital"
New York Sun specla1 Services.

Huntington, W va March 25.-
STRIKES are feature of civilization. They
are merely means to an end In the great
social evolution s! now confronting the
American people. "
ThiseSstat cement was made by President
John Mitchell of the United Mine Work
ers He was addressing an open air meet
ing here which was Composed Of 1000
coal operators, miners, laboring men, bust
ness and professional men. His remarks
were confined almost entirely to the situ-
alton in West Virginia. Continuing Mr..
Mitchell said Y: ~. , u r.
II am not an advocate of strikes, but
there are times when hey are necessary
to clinch the argument .of truth In the
interests of the labordng people Of this
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-25
! GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
findings in the Linney Murder Trial
at Pierre.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The journal. = q y W
Pierre, s.. D., March 25.-The jury in
the Linney murder trial late last night
brought in a verdict of mans)aughter in
the first degree. Sentence will be pro-
rieanced by Judge Gaffey late this after
noon. The attorneys for the defense have
filed notice Of a motion for new trial.
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vIRGINiA's SIDE
EveIeth, 1t Says, Did Things to Its School
l. r:-. - Building 81 p -

Eveleth, II says, Dio ! nin9S 20 It's school
~ Building. H. s<E
Special to The Journal AT = ~ z ;
Z Virginia, Mimi, March 25.-At 8; special
meeting of district No. %, in st. Louis
county, held in the Virginia high school
building last evening, the4voters declared
for bond issue of 100000 for new high
school building at this place by vote
Of ATS to 161.
The issue was warmly contested by the
>Eveleth contingent, which came in two
special trains and whose sole object
seemed to be the destructionof Virginia
property, smashing windows, destroying
books and breaking furniture and block
ing business while the meeting was In ses-
sion. .s
So great was the damage in the Virgin
la school building, where the election was
held, that no school can be held in it until
repairs are made.
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PLANS APPROVED
Armour's New Plant at Sioux Cit,
Will Cost a Million.

Sioux City, Iowa, March 25-The plans
forsthe new plant here Of Armour & Cons
pany have been approved by j. Ogden
Armour, and construction work will be
started within a month. The plans call
for: an expenditure Of oyer 81 D00, 900
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IRISH LAND BILL
IS INTRODUCED
The Long Anticipated Measure Of the Govern
ment Is Read in the House Of
Commons To-day.

wyndham Thinks That Could Safely Advanced
Irish Land but Says the Scheme Will
100000 ooo-To Enable the
2A to Be Unre-
Thirty Years-In Addition Proposes
Grant Of $780, 000-A Great Measure Ireland
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COMPARISONS.

Girl with the Clara Morris Eyes--It is true
your chin is little MORE shapely than my chin.
a Girl With the Viola Allen yoice-Oh, then
your nose Is celluloid, Is It 8 ss
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repayment, and there was high, moral So
curity besides which was the security OF
the land itself. - j.. - = ?. ~ .z2-.s
~ Mr.. Wyndham also said that the number
of anomalies which had to be dealt with
rendered the work most embarra ssinpxs
complicated and, difficult to present to
the house in an zintelligible manner. The
state Of things in some parts of Ireland
was such as could scarcely be believed in
England. H.. - >s.s ss.-e:
/ -, The New Commission. ....
He instanced one village in which a
landlord was in the workhouse during the
greater part Of the year while the tenants
Of the Kaffirs of Africa What the Cow
eminent proposed to do to remedy this
state Of affairs was briefly that while
SW1thdraW awning no existing rights, it con-
templated that the purchase Of land in the
future should proceed by the sale of es-
tates, under three commissioners. Michael
Finucane, under secretary in the statis-
tical department, Frederick Brant and w.
F. Bayley. .sgst. -sa.e
The commissioners, who will be known
as estate commissioners, will be under
the general control of the lord lieutenant
of Ireland. They are empowered to de-
eide what constitutes an estate which
does not necessarily mean the entire prop
erty owned by the vender, as consider
able portion thereof. may remain in his
hands,. The commissioners may refuse to
sanction the sale of poor holdings unless
there are. reasonable facilities for their
enlargement, where necessary. and for
adequate access to turf as fuel.
Period Of Repayment.
Mr.. Wyndham proceeded, saying that in
view Of the strong recommendation of the
recent land conference the government
| had provided that the landlords might
lSn thoi1 ,a,t. rr,ifl1 he
| tenants if they tailed with the policy Of
| the present bill which instead of expat-l
Rating the landlords, as stated in some
| quarters. would, he hoped. enable them to
| remain in the country. The government
| thought the period for repa ymert of Til
loaEs should be 6S1k years. There were
| provisions against sub dividing mort
/ mortgages on holdings.
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NO WASTE.

Detroit Free Press .4s
ei.'It seems to me. - remarked the customer as
she watched the man at the market trim the
good deal of that NEST. g =
Not at all, madam he said seuially, 81
weighed u 6este.
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AWAY UP.

: : - Z :
Church-There's man who is away
up as a church worker. 3. s,.5
Gothan--Not that little fellow with the.
hard face? Re - Il IS IS 80
...The same. That's steepie, Jack. Z NJ u.
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In conclusion Mr. Wyndham said he
Was sure the landlords and tenants
! would continue to act in the reason /
able spirit Which actuated the con-
ference. There were two alternatives
before the country. They could pro-
long for another $50 years the pres
ent tragedy in Ireland or they could
now initiate and henceforth prose-
cute a business transaction occupy
ing some fifteen years, based on self
esteem. probity and mutual good will
| Of all concerned. .. $780, +
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POPE PULLS ONT
Black River Falls Attorney viii Not Be
Candidate for Circuit
- 81 ssss sz.E~s giidoe s$GEf5 E58 II

Special to The Journal
Madison, Wis, March 25.--Carl G. Pope
of Black River Falls, whose nomination
as candidate for circuit judge in the
seventeenth circuit has been filed with
the secretary of state. to-day sent notice
to the secretary resigning the nominal
ton 80 5<zfr#ss
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4 London, March 25.--Mr. Wyndham fin :
ished speaking at 4:10 p. m. Later the
Irish land bill passed its first reading.
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1T DOESN'T COST MONEY.

1t doesn't cost money, as many su ppose.
To have a good time on earth
The best Of it, pleasures are free to all
those
Who know how to value their worth.
The sweetest of music the birds to US
ring,
The loveIiest flowers grow wild,
The finest Of drinks gushes out Ut the
spring.
All free to man, woman and child.
No money can purchase, no artist csn
paint,
Such pictures Is nature supplies
Forever, all oyer, to sinner and saint,
Who use to advantage their eyes.
Kind words ard glad looks aud smiles
CHEEKY and brave
Cost nothirg-no, hcthlnx at all;
And vet all ,be wealth Monte Cris:o
coEld cave
Can make no such pleasures beiall.
To bask in the sunshine, to breathe the
pure air
Honest toll, the enjoy ment o' nealtn'
Sweet slumber refreshing-the pleas
ures we share
Without any portion OF wealth.
Communion with friends that are tried,
true and strong,
To love and be loved for loves sake
In fact, all that makes lie happy and
long
Are free to whoever will take.
-So1acfed
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Mrs. NJ. J. Danley, Treasurer Of tho
Rebecca Lodge, I. O. o. F., writes from
l24 First street, n, Minneapolis, Mimi:
"I was afflicted for several years with
kidney trouble which became quite ser.
ious and caused me considerable anxiety.
I spenf hundreds Of dollars trying to
6e cured, but nothing gave E7e any
Vermanent relief until tried Peruna.
h took less than three months and
only ten bottles to effect permanent
care, but they were worth more than ne
many hundred dollars to me. I am fully
restored to health, know neither ache
nor pain and enjoy life."-Mrs. NJ. J.
Danley.
This experience has been repeated
many times. We hear Of such casea
nearly every day. !
Mrs. Danley had catarrh Of the kid
neys. As soon as she took the right
remedy she made . quick recovery.
A Prominsnt Southern Lady's Letter.
Miss Laura Hopkins, of Washington.
d. c., niece Of Hon. E. o. Hopkins, one
Of the largest iron manufacturers OF
Birmingham, Ala, writes the following
letter commencing Peruna. She says:
"l can cheerfuLy recommend Peru.
m for INDIGESTION and stomach trouble
and AZ 4 rood tonic. "-Laura Hopkins.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever located.
Peruna is a specific for the catarrhal
derangements Of women. Address The
Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio,
for free book ON catarrh written BY DE-.
s. B. Hartman.
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Same Elsewhere.
Greenville Reflector.

Greenville Reflector.
One of the first things a stranger In
Greenville notices is the lack OF man.
ners-or rather the prese nce OF bad
manners, OF a great many people who
frequent public places The stranger
sees a group OF girls just home from
college, perhaps, gathered at a soda
fountain or walking on the street. He
observes with painful disgust that thew
talk loudly, laugh immoderately and
walk and stand In anything but dig
nified manner. 1t is also noticed that
Miss and Mr.. are rarely used among
tho younger men and women. "Hayo,
Bill" the girl says between a snicker
and q giggle; "Hayo, Mary" the
youngling answers.
We do not worship "the good old
times" but We would like to see the
present generation oi 1S aud 20 year.
olds acquire some Of the gentil'ty,
grace and dignity OF other days.
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health as a Duty.

Woman's Home Companion.
A wise man who chose to pose AZ a
tool once said that sshealth is the pri-
mary duty of life." Yet the majority
OF us do not consider health duty.
It is gift from God, piece of good
luck, what you will, anything but a
requirement laid on mankind. We
exact of man that he be kind, that he
be honest. If he is not either Of these
the more shame to him; but it he is
unhealthy We count him unfortunate,
and let It go. It would be better to
regard health as duty. We inherit
some of our trouble, to be sure, but
Nature is on our side, fighting for
health, and most of our illness is
brought about by our own indlscretlon.
Let US shoulder the new responsibility.
We should live wisely and temperately
in all things, neither overeat nor over.
drink we should keep away from in
toxicants, and above all, we should not
allow ourselves to worry about any
thing, because that harms us physical
| " rs we'll as mentally. We should re-
gard an act that is likely to interfere
with our well-being with as much alb
horrence as We would lie or. theft,
which is q blow at character. This Il
the part OF wisdom it ls also the part
Of morals. II man 10 sick he will
more easily yield to temptation !; all tht
moral and mental rest inevitably or
the physical, and With good health K
his aid one il able to face with forti
i tude all the various problems Of life.
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Powder and Guns.
Cassier's Magazine.

Casters Magazine.
There is abundant evidence that the
origin of sunpowder sid artillery goes
far back in the dim ages OF the past.
The Hindoo code, compiled long be-
fore the Christian era, prohibited the
making OF war with caEnors aud guns
or any kind Of firearms. Quintus Cur
thus informs US that Alexander the
Great met with fire weapons in Asia.
and Philostratus SAYS that Alexander's
conquests were arrested by the use OF
Runpowder. It is also written that
those wise men who lived in the cities
of the Ganges "overthrew their enc
mics with tempests and thunderbolts
shot from the wallis" Julius Africanus
mentions shooting powder in the year
275. 1t was used in the siege Of Con-
stantlnople in 668, by the Arabs in $50,
at Thesealonica IN 9O4, at the siege Of
Belgrade in 1918, by the Greeks in ma
val battle in 1OOS, by the Arabs against
the Iberians in 1l47 and at Toulouse
In 1918. It appears to have been geC-
orally known throughout civilized Eu-
rope as early as 1900, aud soon there
after it made its way into England,
where it was manufactured during the
reign of Elizabeth, and we learn that a
few arms were possessed by the Eog-
llsh in 1910 and that they were used at
the battle of Crsc, 10 1916.
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you KNOW WHAT you ARE

Taking when you take Groves Taste
less Chill Tonic because the formula
IL plainly printed on every bottle show
ing that it Is simply Iron and QuiDine
In tasteless form. No Cure, No Pay.
Soc.
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The Greatest Compliment.

Selected.
One wet, foggy, muddy day. a little
girl was standing on one side OF street
in London. waiting Tor an opportunity
to cross over. Those who have seen
London streets on s1ch Gay, With
their darkness. wet and mud, and have
watched the rush Of cabe, hansoms,
omnibuees and carriages, will not won
der that a little girl should be afraid
to make her way through such babel
as that.
Some OF the pas ers-by looked care
less, some were in haste, and che did
not find the one she sought, until at
length an aged man, rather tall and
spare, and Of grave sepect, came walk
ing down the street. Looking In his
face she seemed to see in him the one
for whom she had been waiting, and
she went ur To him and whispered
timl5ly:
"Plesse, sir, will you help me over?''
The Old man raw the little girl safely
across the street. When be afterwards
told the story, he said.
"That little girl'e trust was the great
est compliment ever bad In my life.' >
That man was Lord SALISBURY.
He received honors at the bands OF 1
mighty nation he was complimentet
with the freedom Of the greatest city
on the globe he received the honor
conferred by royalty but the creates
compliment he ever had In his life wa
when that little unknown girl singled
him out in the ]ostllng London crowt
and dared to trust him, . strange
though he was, to protect and assist
| har
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Words Of Wisdom.

The earnestness of life ls the only
passport to the satisfaction Of life.-
Parker.
One thorn of experience is worth y
wilderness of warning.-James Russell,
Lowell.
Let us cherish sober mind and take
for granted that in our best perform
ances there are latent many errors
which in their own time will come to
light.-Gladstone.
The comfortable and comforting peo-
pie are those who look on the bright
side of lie, gathering its roses and sun
shine and making most that happens
seem the best Dorothy Dix.
Demand of every common thing of
life, whether it be your body or your
money or your daily experience, that
1t shall bloom into fine results in your
own soul and In your influence on the
| worId.-Phllip Brooke.
The truest lives are cut rose diamond
fashion, with the many faces adhering
to the many planed aspects OF the
world about them and society is al
ways trying in-some way or another to
grind us down to single flat surface.
oliver Wendell Homes.
In our higher and happier moods,
think we all have visions Of the truth
that we never are nor can be paid for
our best save only In the doing OF it.
Our finest devotion Is never recon.
pensed in terms Of the market. I,
never can be. We give ourselves and
find In return our larger life.-Freder
lex l.. Hosmer.
The man who spends his years on
learth in shallow enjoyment or selfist
lease, careless Of the worlds sorrow and
Indifferent OF Its sins, blind to its fines
beauties and most thrilling tragedies
moved by no great love, actuated b,
lno high hope, stirred by no holy en-
Ithusiasm, is IGNORANT Of all true life.-
@. J. Perry.