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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
TO KEEP BOYS BUSY
Prof. John ]. Father Recommends
the Summer School Manual
Training Department.
The Course Is Valuable to Others
Beside Those Who Would
Teach.

That ancient problem Of parents, What
shall we do with our boys?" is answered
by Professor ]. j. Flather of the state
university, SO far as concerns the public
school vacation Send your boys to the
manual training department of the uni
versity summer school,, says Professor
Flather. Let the lads pound nails and
their fingers. Let the boys saw and nam
mer and punch and Ale. Well keep them
out of mischief and they'll train their
own hands and eyes. They'll also acquire
mechanical skill that will be Of use
! life
The professor does not also ask that the
| girls be sent to his department., tho he is
prepared to entertain young ladies' Of
many ages with his nippers and his planes
He is even convinced that soma girls car
| strike a nail upon the head
The manual training course, like other
courses of the summer school, covers 8
| period Of six weeks. Students are taught
| to master the elements Of carpentry, cabl.
net making and machine shop work. The
| course is both practical and interesting
The student is not forced to plane boards
| merely for the sake of planning. lie does
not nail A to c in order to make x or Y
But from the beginning he does things
that are quickly completed into definite
useful and even ornamental object of per
sonal or household use. He makes per
| racks for himself, knife trays Tor nj!
mother. He contrives experimental chair.
| for his sisters aance.
$50 think said Professor Flather to-
| day, that we can entertain instructivel,
any school boy whose parents want tt
keep him off the street or away from un
fortunate associates. We have severa
such lads among our class of twenty fv'
Il mean boys about IA or 10. One of ou
little fellows last year was expected t
spend half a day-four hours-with us ant
the rest Of the day at play. But he insis
| ted on remaining during the eight hours
that our shops are open. And last winter
his father tells me, that boy saved a con
| siderable sum by doing all the repairing
| about the house.
Most students, Of course. are teacher
that want to learn enough of manua
| training to instruct pupils in the countr.
schools. Last year some Of these teacher
| were women. One girl came off with s.
few scars and Commissions that she is nov
q full-f1edged teacher of manual trainin,
| in northern Minnesota. Why, that gir
! could file a. saw
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
ST. JEANS DAY OBSERVED
French Societies Unite In Big Picnic
at Mlnnehaha
. Dark ~

Hundreds of merry, picnickers celebrated st.
Jean Baptiste day with an outing at Minnehaha
park yesterday. Members of the society Of st.
John the Baptist We're most In evidence. Other
societies which united In honoring the memory
of the patron saint were the Nicollet and Henne-
pin courts of Foresters, Champlin camp Of
Woodmen of the World, the Ladies' Auxiliary,
ST.. Anne's circle and the ladies' courts Of Notre
Dame and L'etoie du Nord.
The presiding officers of the day were E. J :.
L'Herault and the secretary, Joseph Faubert.
A religious service at Ste. Anne church pre-
coded the outing, high mass being read by Rev.
Father Richard.
At Minnehaha patriotic songs were sung by
A. Countryman, Joseph Forth and B. Peltier;
addresses were delivered by Rev. Father J. "A.
Andre Rev. Gabriel Andre. Edmond Peltier, e.
J. L'Herault and Rev. D. Richard. Ste Anne s
choir sang the Marsellaise, the national hymn
of France.
The athletic contests resulted as follows Boys
three legged race, George Pepin and Charles
Charlotte; ladies' lemon race, Mrs. G. Chouni-
ard; mems free-for-all race, f. A. Cloutier; race
for boys between Is and 20 years of age Albert
Page; young girls race, Eyeline Page; boys
potato race, Ed Riviere; pinning- the TALBOT
themule contest, Mrs. Pearson. 38s
"A grand ball last evening at the Republican
wigwam. Aldrich and Plymouth avenues, con.
cluded the days celebration.
Other picnics in observance Of the day were
held by the Ladies' Aid society Of st. Johns
German Lutheran church and the German Cath
Olics. 5sH
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
GIANT STARTS FIRE.
Big Firecracker's Explosion Causes
Paris Murtons Company a
s.5 Loss Of $50, 900.
Fourth Of July Stores on Eighth
Ave. N Completely Destroyed
Last Night.

The premature explosion OF giant
firecracker In the fireworks warehouse Of
the Paris Murton company, at 248 Eighth
avenue N, last night started q fire which
destroyed nearly $4,000 worth Of Are
works and threatened for a time to de-
stroy several adjoining buildings. The
prompt work Of the fire department pre-
vented the spreadingsof the flames but
the nature Of the buildings contents pre-
vented the department from saving the
warehouse. The loss is fully covered by
insurance.
Eight men were In the building when
the fire started. One Of them said that
he heard the sizzling OF the fuse Of q
giant cracker and the next instant there
was an explosion. All the men made a
dash into the open air and few minutes
later the interior Of the building was q
mass of flame, smoke and exploding fire.
works. An alarm was promptly turned in
and little later six streams Of water
were pouring upon the burning building.
The origin Of the fire is mystery as
extra precautions were taken. 1t is
thought. however, that one of the men
may have stepped on torpedo.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
MIGHT BETTER WAIT
Minneapolis Trying to Sell Bonds at
the Worst Possible
Time.
F.. A.. Merrill Advises Strongly
Against Raising Interest Rates
on Pending Issue.

Minneapolis is trying to sell bonds on
the worst possible market and that is
doubtless the reason why there were no
bids for the bonds offered yesterday
says E. A. Merrill, president Of the Min
nesota Loan and Trust company.
Had these bonds been offered a year
ago." said Mr. Merrill this morning, ''they
would undoubtedly have been sold at a
premium or il they are held a year longer
am satisfied that the city will save a
half per cent in interest and also avoid
any possible effect upon the credit Of
the city.
eff we reduce our credit by selling 4
per cent bonds it will be a difficult mat
ter to raise our credit. We place our
selves on the level of a 4 per cent interest
city and do our city great harm.
THE people must not forget that Min
neapolis has been very prolific in bond
issues. Whenever any kind of q public
Improvement or institution has been pro-
posed there has almost instantly come
! a demand for a. bond issue b
| "a month or so ago the school board
sold bonds to the amount of 5000, 900.
Then few days ago the board Of court
| house and city hall commissioners sold
| $250,000. Now the city proposes to sell
a block Of s815.O0O, composed Of four is
| sues as follows: Revolving fund, $350,000;
permanent improvement, s150,000; water
WOThS, $lUUUUU, anu UTluSeS, 9GlOsuVu
And there is yet to come $3.50, 900 in bonds
for an armory and s150,000 for an audi
torium. This is an aggregate of $1,565, 00C
authorized for one year. For a city whose
| bonded Indebtedness is as large as Min
| neapolis that Is a big increase and while
| I do not say that investors look askance
at the city, it would not be surprising II
some Of them did.
Another significant thing-the money
Of the city has been improvidently spent
| While have not an intimate knowledge
| Of the city's finances, certain matter:
have been called to my attention. Fol
instance, understand that the new
Northeast pumping station will cos
about two and a half times as much as
! it would cost to have had the work done
by contract. A private concern which
does business in this way would soon lose
| credit. It is inevitable. The same rule
| will apply to municipalities. A city tina
| is heavily indebted must also pay a higl
i rate of interest as any heavy creditor
| must do. @
'Improvidence and recklessness will no
| help the city's credit and 1t is more thar
| possible that if there had been more bust
ness like management it might not hav,
/ been necessary to sell any bonds at thi
/ time
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
FLOUR PRICES BOOSTED
Retail Grocers Have Passed the Ad-
vance Along to the Con-
sumer.

All the retail grocers inn the city adj
vanced@ flour prices on all grades, and
grocers who have bought flour any time
since Monday found that they had to
pay more for it. The advances were
small, however, until this morning, when
the Minneapolis millers tackled on zoe
a barrel all around. The rise is due
primarily to the higher selling price Of
cash wheat, good milling wheat Of the
No. northern grade selling this morn
ing at 8Sc bushel. Milers say that
even at the higher prices for flour there
is not much In flour from SSc wheat.
The market Is unstable lind the
millers are not guaranteeing prices, yet
it is the opinion in the trade that flour
will hold up pretty well In price thru
the summer, and that prices are not likely
to go very much lower, unless wheat
should take a great fall The bad fea-
ture Of the situation from the millers'
viewpoint lies in the fact that if spring
wheat flour goes too high, the Mime
apolis mills are at a disadvantage against
the competition of winter wheat mills
But on the recent advances in spring
wheat, the winter wheat prices have fol-
lowed along closely.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
POSSIBLE BISHOP, He
President George H. Bridgman Of
Hamline Is Mentioned for
High Honors.
Friends Believe His Record at Ham.
line Entities Him to
Reward.

Rev. DR.. George H. Bridgman, president
of Hamline univ ersity for many years, is
said to be q possibility as bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal church
DIR. Bridgman is not understood to have
formally announced that he is a candidate
for this high honor, but among the people
of the suburb in which Hamline university
is situated it Is currently reported that he
would not only accept the honor should it
be rendered him, but that he has allowed
his friends to exert themselves toward Sc
curing the high position for him. These
friends, with many who have known the
doctor thru his successful presidency Of
Hamline, see In him the material for an
able bishop, a man worthy so distin-
guished a place at the hands of so great
a church.
There has been talk for some time that
DR.. Bridgman was a possibility for some
thing different from the presidency Of
Hanline, in whose interests he has labored
long and successfully. Rumor has con-
nected his name with various positions in
the church, but it was not until this
spring that it named him as a candidate
for the episcopacy. At the close of
school at Hanline early this month it was
understood, that Pr. sRnldsnan would go
abroad, all his plans having been made
with such trip In view? y Indeed COM
mencement at Hamline was held some
what carrier IMAM usual. tNdC-DT. BTlQS-
man and others of the faculty might get
away for a trip in Europe. Then came
the report that the doctors trip had been
delayed, because he had been detained in
the east in connection with matters relat-
ing to his possible candidacy. It is pos
sible that rumor may have connected DR..
Bridgman's candidacy for a high position
on a general conference board with the
episcopacy, and that. instead of episcopal
honors he is really to receive some other
form Of promotion. However. there seems
to be no doubt whatever that Hamline
may lose its president to some high posi-
ton in the Methodist church's broader
work
DR.. Bridgman has been for many years
president Of Hamline university. He has
seen it grow and has been largely instru-
mental in making it what it is to-day in
it's influence in educational circles in the
northwest. The student body has in
creased greatly in the past few years, the
faculty has been enlarged, the equipment
improved, and the institution has been
well endowed. The record is one Of which
Dr. Bridgmans friends feel proud, and
they would now feel that the church would
be reWarding merit should it place DR.,
Bridgman in some high position; If not in
that of bishop, then in some other place
commensurate with his abilities.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
STRIKE MAY SPREAD
Chicago Freight Handlers President Sees
Dancer OF 1t.

Chicago freight handlers may follow the
calling out of the Alton men yesterday
According to President Curran Of the
Freight Handlers union, unless the man
agement of the. Alton road recedes from
the stand TAKEN it will be necessary tc
extend the strike to the other lines to en-
force the demands Of the union.
The freight handlers employed by the
Alton road quit work because two union
men had been discharged. There is nc
question Of wages in the controversy, a:
less than, month ago all the roads signed
a new wage scale granting the freigh
handlers substantial increase in wages
The railroad management declares thu
men were discharged for neglect Of duty
and cannot be taken back.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
MERGER EARNINGS
they VIII Come close to s15o,ooo,ooo Es-

They VIII Come close to s15o,ooo, 900 Es-
innate OF J. j.. Hill.
The Burlington will have to show an
increase in gross earnings Of only $780,
600 to make the gross earnings Of the
Northern Securities, reach President j. j.
Hill's prediction, $50, 100000. It is only
week until the returns will be in.
For the first eleven months the Great
Northern earned s3s,131,454. Estimating
the June earnings at So, 100000, the years
business will amount to $41 .631, 451. This
allows for "a 100000 increase for June.
The Northern Pacific's gross earnings
for eleven months have been $42,9s9, 900.
Estimating the June earnings at $780,
900, the years business will aggregate
$46, 789, 900.
This aggregates $8s, 431, 900 for the two
Pacific coast lines, and leaves approx
nateIy $61,5oo,ooo for the Burlington TIC
earn in order to fulfill the prophecy OF
$3.50, 100000 gross.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
RAILROADS.
PLACES ALL FILLED
Strike Of the Freight Handlers No
Longer Bothers the
Alton.
Work Is Fully Resumed and Officials
Regard the. Incident
Closed.

Chicago, June 25-The strike of freight
handlers in the houses of the Chicago
& Alton railroad is regarded by the Off
Gals as a closed incident. Work was re-
sumed to-day and vacancies caused by
the walk Of IS per cent Of the men
have been filled.
eve are suffering no inconvenience to-
day. said General Superintendent j. H
Barrett, land anticipate no trouble al
other points on our system. We have
freight handlers only at Kansas City and
st. Louis outside Of Chicago, and at the
former point our men did not go out in
the general strike andsI do not believe
they will do SO now
President Curran of the freight
handlers union declined to state to-day
what, his next step would be.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
WOODMEN's NEW RATES
The Revised Schedule Is Not Ap-
proved bv All.

Agitation in Woodmen circles for a re-
vision of the insurance rates, or for some
scheme Of putting the assessment plan on
a new basis, eliminated at the Indian
apolis convention. At the st. Paul con-
vention committee was appointed to
report at this convention When the re-
port was made public in advance con
siderable dissatisfaction with it resulted
and some of the grand officers cam
paigned the country on the question.
The rates. which formerly were from 4O
to 30 cents, are reported now to be on
the following basis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
REALTY MEN GUESSING
An Industry Locator Who Secures Small
Favors the Subject Of
SPECULATION

Real estate agents in the city think they are
being worked. = A portly gentleman has been
in several Offices with a story that he could To-
cate IN certain Iowa firm which
intimates that, of course. he would like to
''stand in on the commission. It is suggested,
also, that some money can be used probably in
carriage hire for taking the prospectors to the
land to be Investigated. In one place so cents
was secured, in another So, in a third $40, and
SO on. None Of the agents who have taken up
with the offer believes any fraud has been COM
mitted, but several remember to have read of
scheme similar In several respects to the plan
used in the present case, which proved later to
be a real game
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
BOTH GAS AND OIL
Word from Kansas Makes Several Min.
neapoIis Men Feel Like
RoctSefeIIer.

According to word received to-day from Cha
mute. Kan, the Minneapolis men who have ex-
tensive oil interests at that point appear to
have struck 1t rich. No. 8 and No. wells have
Just been brought in, and one of them is a
..gasser'' with a daily capacity Of 100000
cubic feet, The other wells have PANIED out SO
block Of stock at 35 cents share. and as high
as so cents is now being asked for individual
holdings.
The members of the company in Minneapolis,
some of whom are now at Chanute, are: W. J.
Won der Weyer, Z. F. Allen, II. >. Nice, A. w.
Armatage James Pye and John M. Sweet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25

The AIinikahda golf team will play match on
winnipeg team. Winnipeg is said to be repre-
scented by strong lot of players, and the match
promises to be full of interest.
The Bryn Mawr players Will take part in a
Mawr grounds There will be contests in driv-
ing. putting and approaching, for men, and a
putting contest for women Prizes are offered
In each event. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
Live Stock Rates I'm.

Chicago June 25.-Arguments were heard yes
terday@ by the interstate commerce commission in
the case OF the Chicago Live Stock Exchange
against various railroads, in which it is alleged
that. discrimination Is practiced against Chicago
in the matter of live stock rates.
T.. w. Tomlinson, for the Live Stock Exchange
declared that present rates were calculated to
cause the shipping OF cattle and hogs to Omaha,
Kansas City and other western points, rather
than Chicago. He quoted from evidence OBJ
tanned at the hearing last fall.
Ira B.. Mills, of the railway commission OF
Minnesota, argued in favor of present rates in
cago and F. B. Kellogg, general counsel for the
Great Western, closed the arguments for the
railways.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
The Finest Spring suits Tor Men,

In accordance with the straightforward
policy upon which our entire business is
conducted, we make this general reduc-
ton: -
$15 suits at 20 per cent discount, are $1,000
$1s suits at 20 per cent discount, are $14.4O
$40 suits at 20 per cent discount, are $1,000
$25 suits at 20 per cent discount, are $40 90
$50 suits at 20 per cent discount, are $24.oo
$35 suits at 20 per cent discount, are $28 90
THE PLYMOUTH CLOTHING HOUSE,
Plymouth Corner, Sixth and Nicollet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
CIGAR MAKERS MEET
William Stacey Is Chosen President-Th
Election Of the Trustees
.'-r--. nnferrod "Asf ,.l

The Semiannual meeting OF the Cigar Makers
Union was held in Alexander's hall last night
and the following officers We're elected: Presi-
dent William Stacey; vice president, Otto
Pahle; financial and corresponding secretary, e..
G. Hall; recording secretary, Charles Koenig
treasurer, August F. Siebert; sergeant-at- arms,
William Eh1en finance committee A. Goth
burg, Oscar Miller and Mike Lang.
The office of custodian of the label was com
bined with that Of financial secretary, and the
election of trustees and delegates to the Trades
and Labor Council was deferred until the next
meeting International Organizer George
French, Of Louisville, Ky, was present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
THE WEATHER PREDICTIONS

Enthusiastically fair tonight and
Friday, except possibly showers in south
portion. Variable winds. Wisconsin and
Upper Enthusiastically fair tonight
and Friday, variable winds. Iowa-Prob-
ably showers tonight or Friday, variable
winds. North Enthusiastically fair to-
night and Friday, southerly winds. South
Dakota-Partly cloudy tonight and Fri
day, with possibly showers In east portion
tonight; variable winds. Montana
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, with
possibly showers in west portion this aft
ernoon or tonight; warmer In east por-
ton tonight, variable winds.
The Great Plymouth Clothing House.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
Low Rates for Homeseekersz.

Another effect Of the Wisconsin centrals de-
cision to base excursion rates on the Chicago IS
rate Is to reduce the homeseekers' tariff to
southern and southwestern points. This rate is
in effect the first and third Tuesdays OF each
month. IS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25

Mrs. L. r. TInsley Goes to Knoxville as
Instructor In University Sum-
.r1er School.
Mrs. L. F. Tinsley left Saturday for Knox
v1lle Tenn, where she will have charge of the
industrial instruction in the summer school Of
the University of Tennessee Her work will
include sewing, basketry and weaving as adapted
to public school work. Mrs Tinsley a had
wide experience in the public schools and is in
addition an expert teacher of Industrial work.
Her plans for industrial work in the schools
have been adopted by the st. Paul schools The
Tennessee school is large one, having an en-.
rollment of 1000 last year from twenty six
states. It's session lasts six weeks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
A MASONIC JUBILEE
Hennepin Lodge A. F.. and A. M. CeIe-
brates the Golden Anniversary OF
Re NrnsnIzatIo, E

The golden Jubilee of the Hennepin lodge Of
Masons was celebrated at Masonic Temple last
evening. w. P. Roberts gave interesting
history of the lodge, telling of its organization
by the late Colonel John H. Stevens and A. E.
Ames. T. B. Moreau delivered the address Of
welcome and prayer was offered by Rev A. r.
Tillinghast.
Only one of the ten charter members of the
lodge is living The charter members were: d.
NJ. Boolbaugh, ]. NJ. Barber. E. A. Hodsdon Ed
ward Murphy. Arson Northrup, A. L. Cum
mings. Rev. Alfred c. Godfrey, Chessman Gould,
| Isaac Brown and Emanuel Case. The lodge
| now has 396 members Grand Master Henry R.
Adams also addressed the gathering.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
REDUCED ON SKIM M1LK.

Just to knock off few pounds of superfuous
flesh, Colonel Charles J. Monfort, of the Windsor
Hotel. St. Paul. ordinarily light eater, put
Limiting himself to one gallon Of milk a day.
the colonel has managed to get rid of twenty
one pounds of adipose tissue
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25

These different rates are t1at-that is,
upon entrance the rate is as given above
for the different ages. That rate con-
tinues in force during membership in the
order or during life 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-25
T. M. BOHAN PRESIDENT
The Minneapolis Man Is Elected b,
Catholic Total Abstalners
of Mime -

The Catholic Total Abstinence Union, which
has been holding a state convention for the last
two days at st. Paul, adjourned yesterday after
electing the following officers: President, T.
NJ. Bohan, Minneapolis; first vice president, S.
A. Hill, st. Paul; second vice president Edward
German. Belle Greek; third vice president, Mrs.
NJ. J. Mulvehill, Minneapolis; secretary Mary
I. Cramse, st. Paul; treasurer, f. A. Barth
WATERFOWL; national delegates Rev. j. Rearden,
st. Paul; Mrs. P. L. Collins, Minneapolis; James
Fahey, Green Island, MINI. The officers were
installed at the conclusion of the session by
Rev. Father ;Egan spiritual director Of the
union.