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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
Budapest Budget 6
Journal Special Service.
Another Epidemic Of Poisoning
Among the Hungarian Peasants.

Budapest, Dec. 19.-Murder by
poison used to be epidemic among
Hungarian peasant women several
years ago. then the courts stepped
in and hung a dozen or more of the
furies. Now this form of moral in
sanity has broken out again. A dis
patch from Arad says that fifteen
widows and girls in the neighboring
villages have been arrested for doing
away with their husbands, or lovers,
by mixing poison with their wine or
whisky. The women were arrested
and confessed, duplicating more than
thirty other women. A rural apothe-
cary and the coroner Of the district
worked hand in hand with the mur-
deresses. 80. j
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

life. To forestall such a calamity, the
peasants make it practice to mu-
tilate the dead in most horrible fash
ion. They tear their hearts out, be-
cause they assume the heart to be
the seat of a persons animosity. They
also cut off the dead body's lips and
tongue. The government has infor-
nation that SO per cent of the graves
in the district have been desecrated
and the commission has been ordered
to sift the matter to the bottom, even
if all the inhabitants Of the villages
must be jailed.
The vampire superstition is also
current in Prussia, POmerania and
Mecklenburg, where it survives like
many other heather beliefs.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
SCENES I'm KISHINEF
AFTER THE MASSACRE
Russian Rioters Knew How Wound Their
Ways By Voence-Sacred Destroyed
Observations taken at a. M, Sc
in last tWentY-four hoIrs

M. Winthrop of the municipal court
staff has received some photographs
showing scenes following the anti
| Jewish outrages of Kishinef, Russia.
Two of them, reproduced herewith,
particularly show the refinement of
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
State Insists Upon Licensing
ReSOrtS-WOn't Indemnify Owners

The Hamburg supreme court de-
cided that the state is justified by
moral, sanitary and police consider
alton to license houses of i'll fame in
certain localities, but that damages to
real estate or other interests on that
account are not sufficient cause for an
action against the government.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
Los Angeles and san Diego

are the favorite southern California
winter resorts. Reached quickly and
comfortably over the Sunshine
Route Chicago, Milwaukee .&s ST.
Paul railway, to Kansas City, thence
Santa Fe. Through tourist sleeper
every Tuesday. Berth only 1918. Tick
cts: 328 Nicollet avenue, Minneapo-
lis MINI.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
YYP-TO-THE-MINUTE
~ FASHIONS
A Daily Hint of Practical Value
to Journal Readers of the
...- -/rs .a..> -&r-
Fair Sex. IL: r.
Fair Sex.

The fashion pictures given daily in
this department. are eminently practi-
cal, and the garments pictured can be
reproduced easily from the paper
patterns, which may be obtained at
trifiing cost thru The Journal. The
models are all iii good style, pretty
and original in effect and not too
elaborate for the ambitious amateur
to reproduce.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
Vienna Budget
Vampire Superstition Leads
To Dissertation Of Cemeteries
Journal Special Service.

Vienna, Dec. IA government
commission has gone to the village
of Adrudbanya to stop the desecra-
ton of cemeteries by the superstitious
populace.
It seems that the people still hold
to the ancient superstition of vampires,
viz, ghosts of the dead roaming about
nights to suck the blood Of people
against whom they had a grudge in
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

Chinese orders for guns amount to
many millions, and the murderous
arms, fashioned by German workmen,
may carry death and destruction into
the lines of German soldiers sooner
or later,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST

andS
rago,1
in
tonight,
IL
the
The Ike region.
i S. NJ, Secto Director
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
City of Berlin Will Soon Have
One Hundred and One Monuments

When the monuments for Moltke
and Count Room are unveiled, Berlin
will have 1O1 monuments. William I.
has now 80 monuments in Germany,
Bismarck 3S, Emperor. FreG II
and Frederick the Great IL.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
Forty-six Millions of Marks
for Old Age Insurance

Next years contribution of the gov
ernment towards old age Insurance of
workmen, male and female, will be
100000 more than in any previous
year, mainly 46,000,O00 marks, SILL
100000. In previous years the annual
increase was between $750,OOO and
S1,OOO,OOO.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
Bucharest Budget
Journal Special Service.
The Government Stands
Accused of Foul Murder

bucharest, Dec. 19.-Court Council
Tor Parisianu, sentenced for aiding the
state to rob the Roumanian people
Of millions Of francs by fake bonds,
was found murdered in an out Of the
way place near the capital. The gov
ernment Is openly accused Of hav-
ing procured the mans murder in or
der to keep him from telling the truth
before the appellate court, to which
his case was about to be taken.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES,

Louis Weeklund and Hilda Lind.
Willard J. Dixon and Julia s. Anderson.
Albert Solem and Mary Myion.
ole HOrsagen and Minnie Sof1e Running.
Christ Barnes and Marie Erickson.
Peter NJ. Larson and Anna Maria Johnson.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
China Keeps Staff Officers at
Herr Krupp's Gun Fact

The Chinese empress keeps a staff
of artillery officers here to watch the
building of new tremendous cannons
for the army of the Son of Heaven.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
The City Of Vienna in Need of
a-. Governmental Meat Trust

The butchers, having put UP the
price of meat so as to bring it within
the means of very wall-to-do people
only, national economists are out with
a proposition to form meat trust
under government control At a re-
cent meeting somebody told the hun
cry Viennese what the meat trust had
done to American consumers. The
economists were nonplussed by the re-
cital of the trusts wickedness and
promised to look into the matter.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
DEATHS,

Warner. Mary NJ, 43O1 Nicollet avenue
= Campbell, Lavina. 1910 Lyndale avenue N. -
Gallagher, city hospital.
Davis. Bert. 2429 Twenty seventh avenue S.
Latham, Elizabeth. 1856 Twenty-seventh
street. y
Peruse. Charles, 116 Cedar avenue.
Wheeler, Mrs. Anne, 619 Seventeenth ave
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
Congratulates United States on
Acquisition of PanaIn

Acquisition of Panama.
Government Engineer. Riedel is at
tracing wide attention by his illus
trated lectures on the Panama canal,
in which he takes occasion to con-
graduate the United States on it's ac-
QUESTION. The engineer, who is in the
imperial service, expresses the hope
that Uncle Sam will dig down to the
bottom Of the ocean, thus making a
real highway Of the sea.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
Low Rates Via the North Western
Line"

The "North-Wes Line" will sell
holiday excursion tickets Dec. IL to %
to points named below and return at
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

Tickets will also be sold to many
other points and return at very low
rates and for full particulars call at
600 Nicollet avenue, Minneapolis,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
Pope Receives Divorce Petitions
from Two PrinceSseS.

The Austrian empress grand
daughter, Princess Elizabeth, has pc
titioned the pope to grant her a OIL
vorce from Otto Windischgratez on
grounds that would be called statutory
in the state of New York.
gs Princess Alicia, daughter Of Don
Carlos, seeks divorce from the Prince
of Schoenburg, alleging non-support
and incompatibility Of temper. She
says she has had to keep her noble
husband ever since she married MIN.
AS Princess Elizabeth expects to
be a mother soon and Princess Alicia's 8
marriage was blessed with boy
tho she says he is not her husbands 8
child-the granting of these petitions
would be against Pope Leo's ruling
in the matter of royal divorce. Short
ly before his death the late pontiff ad-
dressed a letter to all Catholic royal
families In which he warned them
that hereafter no divorces would be
granted under any circumstances in
case the quarreling parties had issue.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
Berlin Budget
Journal Special Service.
Keeps an Army of Wealthy
Relatives in His House.

Berlin, Dec. 19.-The police, who
make a business of knowing every
thing about everybody, report pecu-
liar case Of love of mother-in-law in
one of the suburbs. A well-to-do mer-
chant harbors about his fireside no less
than twelve female relatives -by-mar-
riage, namely, the three mothers of his
dead wives, his dead wives three
grandmothers, his wife No. 4 and five
grown-up daughters. The head Of
this peculiar household enjoys health
and happiness, and expects to inherit
seven family fortunes if he lives long
enough.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
Rome Budget
Journal Special Service.
Pope Plus Says He Must Have
Somebody Near Him at Night.

Rome, Dec. 19.-Speaklng to a
friend the other day, Pope Plus said:
Il have only begun to make changes
in the Vatican. You won't know the
old palace in a couple of years from
now. Mine is a hard office and L
propose to make myself as comfort
able as I possibly can. My great pre-
decessor Leo, lived in few rooms
only, his bedchamber was like a
monks cell. I must have room ana
air and insist upon being properly at
tended. 1 always have young priest
sleep in my ante-chamber. There IS
no sense in isolating oneself and
when a man is comfortable ne harolY
feels the weight of work.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19
To Obtain Infantry Officers
Kaiser Orders Prettier Uniforms

In order to fill the gap in the ranks
of officers for the infantry, the kaiser
appeals to the vanity of young men.
He gave the infantry more showy
dress, mainly a light blue coat. Here
tofore the uniform was black.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-19

coupon:
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-12-19
JOS Making In china.

Joss making is very simple. The man
ufacturer's chief stock In trade consists
of wooden or metal molds. In these the
wet clay is put into shape and allowed
TO dry. 1t is then touched up, dipped In
molten glaze and allowed to cool. The
average workman can turn out 100 a
day. The clay is kaolin, running from
red and gray to snow white, and costs
about a cent per pound The glaze is
melted in small charcoal furnace.
The wages of good artist vary from
20 to 40 cents per day, The cost of a
fair sized image IS about cents. He
sells it for about cents to native and
for as high as So to the credulous Eu-
ropean or American tourist. The mold
ing, touching and retouching are the
same in all shops. The glazing varies
indefinitely. 1t may be Opaque, Of any
color: transparent, but tinted with any
shade desired, or clear and colorless.
The best work is made by painting the
clay with heavy white paint and dip
ping In the glaze last described In an
other kind of good work the clay is col
ored in caustic colors, kept in the heat
until they have set and then glazed as
usual. The Chinese are very skillful In
this field of labor and with fine brushes
will turn out josses that at first sight
might be taken for cloisonne.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-12-19
Cnrrier pigeons In oIden pays.

From the earliest dawn of history the
dove or pigeon has been associated with
messages, and its employment in that
capacity has been developed successive
ly by Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Mus
sulmans and Christians. Diodorus ST.
culus mentions the carriage of letters
by them; so do Anacreon and Pliny.
Tradition says that victor at the
Olympian games used pigeon to car
ny the tidings TO his home. The pigeons
of Aleppo were the couriers at Alexan-
dretta and Bagdad
Perhaps the most interesting and GER
tain evidence of their use in old times is
a piece of sculpture shown in .Wilkin-
sons ancient Egyptians" TheRing is
represented as having assumed the dou-
bic crown of upper and lower Egypt,
while a priest is letting loose four pi-
geons with messages concerning the
coronation of King Rameses Ill to 20
north, south, east and west Of the king
dom.
In the fifteenth century pigeons were
employed successfully as messengers In
times OF war.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-12-19

departure. After three Of these bewil-
derlng facial displays she admitted TO
herself that Sam was not bad looking
man.
Their social status was about on a
par. Lura Belle worked out. Sam
worked round. The distinction was
practically invisible, the odds If any
being in favor of Miss Wilcox.
Sentiment had never troubled the
healthy makeup of Samuel He simply
craved universal liking without regard
TO sex. Nothing was ever any trouble,
and it is unnecessary to state that he
was kept busy.
Lura Belle had a dream book and
when Sam let fall his load I'm the wood
box was consulting it studiously In the
twilight by the window.
"Ye'H spoil them black eyes Of
yourn," growled the man humorously,
brushing bits OF bark from HIS arm.
what yer got tharT
"a dream book" replied Miss Wilcox
coyly, putting the volume behind her.
''NOthin' ter Interest ye guess"
whats Il fer2 Ter cure night
maresY gam shifted over TO the win
dow IN curiosity,
"0racious, no. II tells WHAT'S goiD'
Ter happen from the dreams q person
has. an all about signs"
sGeel Tibet amt a bad dee, Any
thing IN II about cures FER mean feel
iD's9 I'm alo0kin' Ter somethip OF
thet sort"
II guess So hesiteted The GIRL
EWbat sort " feelip'sf fainsT
Wal, not exactly pains its n kilidei
goneness comes over me lately about ~
the pu u ny stomach. Iaip'f really
unpleasant, bui sorter Yeakeplp' I'm
b notiolu' Of u now"
tIu look u upN faN Mis- WILCOX
yiil \ comprehensive glance '7o w
nslouf yer choos N ye ofv pey pp}
dleaml ru iell ~ tner piepplpf
DHfy eu fyfg lasli most sl'pne'
seu, gong opf 'ppi ~ bppf " pr
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-12-19
A cynis.. Analysis OF Woman

Female lives are 100 per cent bet
ter risks than male lives" says the Chi
cagO health department why don't
insurance agents take advantage OF
this factT
II woman Is willing 70 take out IN
suraDee there Is strong probability
that she knows that her healh Il IN
danger
II meD who knew that bis health
was in danger should apply for insur-
sDce bis conscience would burt BIN, A
w0maD's conscience, however ie sci
DON as vigorous as bier Intuition. HeF
intuition n tle proud guiding star VI
her e4isfence And When Der intuition
begins 10 operaie ip , hfld Vbiob y ~
unfamilar W Aer ee Insurance lif man
aaies are Irresistible.
The conclusion aeems ~ pf Aflf
fQre, ilai NJ general tle Women Fha
don't gei lnsufed sn goo llpke apf w
Homfu VINO M ~ Insured Afe pAe
Nhhl Clicaso lnlpne
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-12-19
SENSATIONS
OF SAM
BY EIIiof ~ aIker
~ rvaiker
corw1oAt, Ig0s. ou d. 3. aeolurs

To the casual observer the personal
appearance of Sam was far from pre-
possessing. He was too long, too thin,
TOO red OF hair, countenance and neck.
From beneath bristling eyebrows of q
sandy hue cleaned pair of small
eyes, unnaturally blue and bright.
There was a significance about Sans
expression. He impressed a stranger
as one who would get mad easily and,
worse, strike violently If irritated. This
was an error, as Sam was as mild as
milk. His voice, too, was against him.
1t held low, thunderous quality, most
alarming when taken In connection
with other apparent attributes of tenn
per.
IL John Simpson, ON whose farm
Sam assiduously labored, told his men
ial that a man was fishing in the
posted brook in the meadow, Sam went
over right away and made what to him
seemed a polite and gentlemanly re-
quest to depart from forbidden ground
One invitation always sufficed, unless
the angler appeared to know Sam. In
that case parley ensued and the belli-
cose looking guardian returned to his
master with one inyariable report:
"Ain't ketchin' ncthin' Won't do no
harm, guess"
II Mr. Simpson, little man whose
lower teeth overlapped what was left
Of the upper ones, thought differently
he would sometimes interview the
trespasser with a horsewhip. 1t de-
pended upon mood and careful cal
culation of the offenders. probable
physical activity; but this has nothing
to do with Lura Belle Wilcox.
Miss Wilcox, who was short, dark
times week and assisted Mrs. Simp-
kins, who a month before had unfortu-
nately sprained her thumb in an effort
to use that member as staff to her
1877 pounds when she fell down the
back stairs. The thumb after proving
its incapacity in the sustaining relation
Immediately swelled to twice its natu
raj size.
Sam at the first introduction bent his
eyes upon the piquant features Of Miss
Wilcox in glare of admiration. Lura
shrank. Then he spoke. Lura visibly
shuddered. 1t was not until Sam smiled
that she recovered her equanimity and
appetite, both unquestionably good.
The smile of Sam was remarkable
for good nature and extension. 1t came
quickly and quiyered away just this
side of his ears, TRANSFERRING his repel
lent aspect to one of unbounded amity
and good will.
Before this transformation steadied
the nerves Of Lura she mentally decid
ed that it would take just fifteen min
utes for unalterable arrangements o.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-12-19

ncler fer this feelin' thet's botherin'
me. 1t kinder ketches my BREATH
Lrra Belle gazed after him serenely.
Amt he a foolf' she thought with q
rapturous smile. II see what was all
In him ten days ago. Dear mel I'm
afraid I've ketched the same trouble.
Wall I'm the one fet him. He hadn't
orter be playih' fetch an carry fer
Simpson-a smart man like him. With
my S4O0 In the bank an me he'd hev a
farm of his own purity soon. Jest wait
till tomorrer night"
"Hev any dreams?' she inquired CO
Iuettishly the following evening set
down. The old folks is upstairs"
WAL, did" returned Sam, smiling,
AN good one. Twas about calf
runnin' round a lot an buntin' his
head. Did We look up tibet other thing 2
It's worried me bad terday."
Lura peeked in her book. Here It's"
she announced solemnly. "Oneasy SEN
sation; unexpected sighin'; warm an
cold creepin'sp-
"Thet's the articlew cried Sam, pull
ing his chair nearer. we've got it,
Lura Belle. Kin ye'read by tibet lightr'
"Oh. yes. Lemme see-sign OF a dis
tressed heart"
"Goshw CALCULATED the startled suf-
ferer. my gran'the died of heart dis
ease"
you won't. guess consoled his
adviser. "Lemme take yer hand min
ute. Thar running her fingers across
the great red palm. Life lines good
fer forty years, barrin' accidents. Fee
any wuss?"
by cracky, dol" exclaimed Sam
anxlously. "My heart is a-beatin' now
tell We. I'm goin' ter see doctor
right away"
Hold onw expostulated Miss VII
cox, retaining the formidable hand
Eye dreamed of calf runnin' an
huntin'. Here It's. Thets sign-oh
myr' bending her e$Tes on the page
what queer-waal, s'pose I'll hey
ter read it. 1t says-it says
go ahead" cried Samuel 81 mus
be goin'."
1T says, went CT tae exponent OF
mysticism in trancelike tone, the
the dreamer weds maiden short
plump an of iovin' disposition, darl
hair an eyes, pug nose, red cheeks an
ana leetle mole on the left corner
of her chin"
"Lura Belle, thet's yev gasped tn,
man in an illumination of joy and as
constituent.
He reached out a long arm and drew
her to him.
Miss Wilcox nestled her head on tht
big, bony shoulder.
"Thet's me, Samw she whispered
happily and dropped the dream book
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-12-19

departure. After three of these bewil-
derlng facial displays she admitted TO
herself that Sam was not a bad looking
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-01
TRUST COMPANY WANTS
TO CLEAR ITS SKIRTS
fEr Associated press.) III

fEy Associated Prcss.l 'I5a'Il3. n
NEW YORK, Nov. so.-Formal an
.nouncemer,t Of the intention OF the Com
nonwealth- Trust Company, formerly the
Trust Company Of the Republic, to start.
an investigation into the connection OF
tho company with the formation and
notation OF the United States Shipbuild-
Justified by tho results Of the investiga-
ton as viii tend to clear the name OF the
company was made to-day by President
EcaIrItt. OF tho Commonwealt tn Trust
Company. It is not stated what form
the action will take, but It is said the
purpose Is first to show If possible that
the company was victmized and second
to rccoup the company Tor any losses
sustained by the transaction. ~
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-01

legislation which will permit of sutn-
mary dealing With stc1i Offenders
"Howevcr. tho prime need Is not new
slcgislntion bit the punishment OF those
who offend existing laws Tho Post
ofTlco Department is making certain
changes In tho methods Of administers
ton, notably In the method Of inspec-
ton, by which tho service will DO I'M
proved and the chance OF corruption ex-
listing without discovery be iliinimtzed
but tho only way to meet tho real owl is
to punish tho Offenders, by removal IN
amy event, and whnro possible by prose-
cutlon undcr tho criminal statutes.
..sif},'rn any great business, public or prl-
vntc, wronydolng Is certain at times TO
occur. rho way to guard against 1t is
vigorously to scrutinize tho character OF
those appointed. carefully to supervise
their actions after appointment and
finally, to punish with relentless severity
those who go wrong. All this Is being
done. ~.
service by the turning out Of tho
Offenders Is not in, itself enough 10
meet tho demands OF Justice. rho cases
against both those within and those
without Tho Postonlce Department, who
By their actions tavo brought themselves
within tho grasp Of the law, Will be
pushed with the utmost vigor."
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-01

disposed OF additional orders were given,
until 527 machines had been purchased.
Eli OF which were shipped to postmnsters
without rcquIsitIon. or the J27 machines
purchased, 173 arc idle; many Of them
have never been taken from the cases
In which they were shipped.
'.1climinating from consideration all IN
dicatons OF fraud and passing upon tho
case wholly as Il question Of ndministra-
tive Judgment, 1t appears to mo that this
transaction would have justified the
summary removal from office or FIRST
Assistant Postmaster-Gc neral Heath and
George w Beavers.
"But tho element Of fraud cannot be
eliminated Men OF ordinary Intelligence
rarely waste the public revenues in such
Il manner without Il personal motive. a
bride of $1,000 was paid Congressman
Edmund II. Digs to secure tho order
for $50 machines. A part OF this money
Beavers"
Tho typewriter and cnncelling machine
scandals arc also described. Mr.. 13ris-
tow says:
HEATH EVIDENCE NOT SUFFICIENT
1.-THE Hampton pmachincs proved worth
less. or the 100 machines purchased there
are at present only II OF them in use,
and there is evidence that their WORTH
less character was we'll known to both
Heath and Beavers before they were or
dcred
"The evidence against Heath was also
submitted TO the district attorney, who
decided that 1t was not sufficient to war
rant his Indictment
THE administration of Beavers was,
II possible. moro demoralIzing upon the
Integrity OF tho service than that OF
AIachen."
IN conclusion. Mr. Bristow. says:
.1he total amount that the perpctra-
tors OF these frauds themselves received.
cannot be definitely learned. but It Will
aggregate between 100000 and s,G0.GOO.
while tho loss to the government. con-
sldcring the unnecessary supplies that
have been purchased and the inferior
quality Of those furnished by frnudu-
lent contractors cannot be estimated
with any degree of accuracy