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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27
RECORD PRICE ON REALTY
Demanded by St. Paul Alderman
from Company Seeking a -"
...-s, Concession.

New developments are coming to
the front almost every day In the St.
Paul municipal scandal first revealed
by .Assemblyman Schurmeier. It is
reported that George E. Lennon and
the general officers of the street rail-
way company will be summoned by
the grand jury to tell the facts regard
ing the location Of the down town
baseball park and other matters.
Thomas McDermott, formerly first as
sistant corporation attorney, is be-
lieved to be in possession of valuable
inside information as he is credited
with having secured the passage Of
the ball park ordinance, but McDer-
mott thus far has had nothing to say.
The newest story is about Alderman
Moriarity of the real estate firm of
Moriarity & Garlough, who opposed
the passage of an ordinance opening
Water. street. The American Hoist
and Derrick company, which asked for
the street opening, was then requested
to pay $4,000 for a bit of ground con-
trolled by the alderman's firm. The
lot is only 17x25 feet, and is under the
Robert street bridge. The company
declared that Alderman Moriarity was
attempting hold-up.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27
GOING TO INSPECT MEADE
General kcbbe Goes to South Dakota For
ACCOMPANIED by His oSn.

Accompanied by His oSn.
The new buildings at Fort Meade, S. D.,
will be- inspected by Brigadier General
w, A. Kobbe, commanding the departmen
of Dakota, who will leave st. Paul to-day,
accompanied by his son, Captain F. w.
Kobbe Of the Twenty-f1rst infantry. The
first squadron of the Sixth cavalry now at
Meade under command of Colonel Allen
Smith, will soon be joined by the second
squadron which has recently returned
from the Philippines
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27

Immediate action means quick re-
suits. Bring, send or phone in your
Journal want ad at once. Nothing
gained by waiting.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27
HAMLINE

Miss Mae Mile has returned to Han
cock
Miss Clara Martin left yesterday for
Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Caldwell are visiting
in Herman, MINI.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Holly are enter
tanning Charles Cobb of Aberdeen.
Mrs. Brown Of New York is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Loren H. Batchelder.
Mrs. Cameron of La Crosse is the guest
Of her niece, Mrs. Loren H. Batchelder.
Mr. and Mrs. G. II. Gilman have been
entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. Mollote Of Ia
coma
tertaining Mr.. and Mrs. McCree Of On
tario.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Buck and family
have gone to the Virginia flats for the
winter.
The Browning society Of Hamline uni
versity held it's annual meeting Saturday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Weimer Of Mime
haha street will spend the winter in Penn
sylvania. ..-
Miss Vera Putt has issued invitations
for a Halloween party to be given Sat-
urday evening.
Professor George S. Innis spoke on
Rome Friday evening before the Philo-
mathean society.
The junior class Of Hamline university
will give a reception and banquet Thurs
day evening in honor Of the freshman
class.
Miss Bessie Watson Of Merriam Park
will entertain the sophomore class Of
Hamline university at Halloween party
Saturday evening. -
The st. Paul union Of Epworth Leagues
will entertain for the Methodist pastors
of st. Paul in the parlors of the Hamline
Methodist church this evening.
The marriage Of Miss Lulu May Muir
ply and Walter S. Eldridge took place
Tuesday evening at, the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Murphy of Hewitt avenue DR.. R.. N.
Avison read the marriage service,
The Hamline Fortnightly club met last
week at the home of Mrs. William r,
Rich. Mrs. J. M. Hackney and Miss Cora
Montgomery gave the reports Of the an
nual state federation meeting Of ,women's
clubs. Mrs. Rich gave paper on ''The
Jews"
Mrs. Loren H. Batchelder gave a recep-
ton Saturday afternoon in honor of her
sister, Mrs. Brown of New York, and her
cunt, Mrs. Cameron Of La Crosse. Mrs
Helen Evans, Mrs. Norman Larson. Mrs
M Grant and Miss Montgomery assisted
the hostess.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27
CITY NEWS.
ENEMY OF "JINERS"
Rev. William Fenton, Former Bap
fist Minister, Who Was Found
Dead Yesterday.
Was Well Known as Street Preacher
and Editor of a Little
Monthly.

After spending forty-five years in a
vain struggle against the growth of Sc
cret societies, Rev. William Fenton,
formerly a Baptist preacher, but re-
Gently a street missionary, died alone
in his rooms at "A South Robert street,
st. Paul, some time Friday. His body
was found yesterday by the police.
The old man was partly in bed and
partly out, showing that death had oc-
CURED just as he was arising. Coroner
Miller investigated and decided that
death had resulted from heart failure.
Fenton was one of the unique char
acters of st. Paul, and for many years
his figure has been a familiar one at
Rice park, where he was wont to ad-
dress the crowds that gathered sum-
mer evenings, and at Ala Jackson
street, where he took an active part in
the exercises of the mission. He never
accepted any compensation for his
services and how he lived was a mys-
terry to many. Recent sales of real
estate showed that he had a fortune
! and that his preaching was only
matter of choice.
Fenton's peculiar hobby was his en-
nifty toward secret societies, which,
he said. were enemies to religion.
Years ago, when he was Baptist
| this idea, and resigning his pastorate,
he devoted his life to a ceaseless war
fare against all secret organizations.
In his little hut on South Robert
street he kept a printing press, on
| which he printed g. little monthly de-
| voted to his cause. He had a good
! subscription list and copies of his lit
tie magazine went to every state in the
| union. At times he carried his ennity
into his street and mission addresses,
but this was only occasionally as most
Of his energies were spent in trying
to convert his hearers to a belief in
Christianity. ~
Over twenty years ago Fenton's wife
| died, and from that time he lived alone
in a little house below the grade at the
south end of the Robert street bridge.
A large sign on the roof Of this house
announced that he offered "anti-secret
society literature for SALE" He oc-
cupied four rooms Of this house. One
was his sleeping room, another his
study, which was we'll stocked with
books; another was his printing office,
where a, hand press and several fonts
of type were kept, and the fourth
was his kitchen. f.
| It is known that Fenton had prop
erty and it is believed that he boarded
considerable money about his house.
The officers will investigate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27
PROF. OFFICIALS WALK
It Shows Him St. PauFs 6eautles-HIs
Compllment to that City.

It Shows Him St. PauPs Beautles-HIs
Compliment to that City.
Professor Sven Oftedal, Of the Augsburg
Norwegian Lutheran Theological semin-
airy, Twenty-first avenue and Eighth
street, who is 60 years Of age, walked yes
terday from the seminary to St. Paul by
way of the government dams and Summit
avenue. He was accompanied by his son,
A. Oftedal. The son, despite his rs years,
was the more wearied of the two.
In tho thirty years have lived at Min
neapolis,'' said Professor Oftedal, at, the
st. Paul Commercial club, II have been
as ignorant as arc many other Minnea-
politans of the beauties Of st. Paul. You
hardly appreciate how great are the nat
ural advantages Of your city. Its pic
turesque charms surpass those of either
Prague or Vienna, which are considered
two Of the most beautiful cities in the
world" -. ----..- J. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27
MUST CONSIDER DISEASE
Rule for Appraisers In CondemnIng
Horses Which Have Chambers.

30 far as it requires that glandered
horses condemned shall be appraised with
out reference to their diseased condition.
After long deliberation, Attorney General
Douglas has ruled. He says that the
legislature has not the right to provide
for the payment of more than the actual
value of an animal condemned. This opin-
ion will in the future guide the work
of appraisers, who are appointed in each
case to fix the value Of the animal They
are only to appraise the animal at what
it is worth, and not what it would be
worth if it was free from disease. I'm
der the Krostue act the state will pay
three -fourths of that value.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27
Minneapolis Rats Dying by Thousands.

Since the introduction Of Stearns'
Electric Rat and Roach Paste in this
city, thousands Of rats and mice have
been killed by it's use. 1t is sure death
to rats, mice, water bugs, cockroaches,
etc. 1t clears the house Of rats and
mice, driving them out doors to die.
Druggists and grocers generally have
this excellent article in stock. It Is
easy to use and can always be relied
upon. If you cannot get the Paste
of your dealer, order direct Of the
Stearns' Electric Paste Co., Chicago,
ILL.,, and on receipt of price they will
forward it by express prepaid. Small
size, Csc; large size, eight times the
quantity, $1.00.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27
SALVATION ARMY CRUSADE
Nine Days Effort to Build Up Religious
Interest and Membership
Arpou

The Salvation Army has begun a. spe-
cial crusade in this city. It will con-
tinue for nine days. The object is to
arouse a larger revival interest and at
the same time to add to the numbers
in the army. Brigadier Jenkins, assisted
by the provincial staff, is directing the
movement, and already much enthusiasm
has been shown. Inspiring addresses are
heard at every meeting, and many who
are tattered and weary have already been
led to show an interest in the things the
Salvation Army teaches and the good it
seeks to do.
The meetings are held every afternoon
Mt $3.50 and every evening at s o'clock.
They are always preceded by open air
services, weather permitting.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27

Only S47.SO to Hot Springs and Return
Via the old reliable (St. Louis Short
one change of cars at st. Louis Union
Denot via the famous North Star
limited" Through Pullman sleepers
aud free reclining chair car to st.
T'ouis daily. Call on or address J. G..
Rickel. City Ticket Agent,-No. 1 Wash
IN eton Ave South, Minneapolis Mimi.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27

the space of two weeks. Lack Of orders
is said to be the reason assigned The
three departments closed at South Chicago
will remain idle for two weeks, when the
plant at Bay View, Milwaukee, will be
closed for two weeks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27

STEEL PLANTS SHUT DOWN. I
Chicago. Oct. 27.-Following the closing
down of the Illinois Steel works at Chi
cago comes the report that each of the
plants of the United States Steel corpora
ton is to be closed at different periods for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27

Frankfort, On the Main. Oct. 27.-The kaiser
will so to Wiesbaden to meet the Nov.
4. The Russian emperor, with the Grand Duke
from Wollsgarten to-day and amused themselves
by shopping, going about the city afoot without
escort and scarcely noticed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27
important Change of Time.

Beginning Sunday, Oct. %, the Pho
neer Limited, famous train Of the
" or1d, for Milwaukee and Chicago,
will leave Minneapolis p. m, St.
Paul 1856 p. m.
The Fast Mail will leave Minneapo-
lis 6:45 D. M, st. Paul 1920 p. m.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
way. Ticket Office, 1928 Nicollet ave-
nue., Minneapolis. w. B. Dixon, N.
w. p. A., st. Paul.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27

If YOU are nervous or dyspeptic try
Carriers Little Nerve Pills. Dyspepsia
makes you nervous, and nervousness
makes you dyspeptic; either one rem
ders you miserable, and these little
pills cure both.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27

Carey's Magnesia Cement Roofing.
The only roofing material that grows
better with age. Try it. w. s. Mott
Company. Both phones. 376.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-27
n,,o t1o,ooua 4tNorth Star Iiimjtef1,,

via, the Minneapolis & st. Louis leaves
st. Paul 7:10 p. M and Minneapolis
7:45 p. m. daily for Chicago, Peoria
and st. Louis, carrying elegant
through Pullman impairment and
buffet sleepers and free reclining chair
cars.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-01
OF CURRENT INTEREST
How Mark Twain Proposed.

Mrs. Samuel Clemens was Miss Oil
via Langdon. For some years before
she met Mr.. Clemens, she had been
confined to her bed with what was be-
lieved to be an incurable disease; but
she was at length miracuIousfy res
tored to health. The cure was the
sensation of Elmira, n. Y, and young
Clemens, then a newspaper reporter,
was sent there to interview Miss
Langdon on her recovery. He obtain
ed the interview for his newspaper
and brought back Impressions of more
value to himself. Miss Langdon's
parents were at first strongly opposed
to the young newspaper man, and, for
his part, his timidity, so it is solemn
ly said, stood in the way of the pro-
gress Of his suit. But finally he screw
ed up courage to speak to Mr. Lang
don, and one morning timidly entered
his future father-in-law's private Of
flee, where that man was seated at
work Mr.. Langdon-have you-no-
ticed anything-between- daugh-
ter-and-me? ?" NO." shouted the OBJ
jecting parent, wheeling sharply a
round so as to get a full view of his
visitor. well" said the young man!
as he turned to he door, ready for in
slant fight. ''if you-keep-a-sharp
kout-you-WILL!"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-01
English Disda,n Peanuts.

Over in England they call the pea
nut "ground-nut" and ground beam"
says Tip in the New York Press. In
British eyes it is only for pigs. It is
met with occasionally in fruiterers'
shops, but never in push carts, as in
New York. A British encyclopa edia
says: I'm the Southern states of North
American the seeds, or nuts, as they
are called, are roasted and used as
chocolate. They are a favorite article
of food with the negroes" Georgians
are called 'goober grabblers' 4"
throughout the South. Many a farm
er has grown hich on the humble pea
nut, the annual product being worth
OOO0,O 900. Some persons try to be-
little the goober. A lawyer. examin-
ing a witness in an important case,
one whose testimony was conclusive,
undertook to ridicule him. you are a
business man, 1 believe?"t Yes"
What is your business?" 'I deal in
peanuts" The lawyer smiled know
ng1y at the jury. "a peanut vender,
Ell? How many pints did you sell Ia st
az hardly know. A million,
What, A million?" "I
handle about half million bushels a
year. I am a wholesale dealer" The
awyer sat down with the laugh turn
ID on him.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-01
THE MIDDLE WEST FLOOD.

II such floods as are devastating the
country about Topeka and Kansas City
were common, there would be need of a
levee system for the Kaw and Missouri
rivers like that which measurably
safeguards the Mississippi. But many
years intervene between the greater
freshets, and the inhabitants. like those
along the main rivers of China, take
their chances of escape when the floods
come. 1t is cheaper to do that, they
think, than it is to construct dykes.
1t would be interesting TO know
whether these river foundations are in
greater volume now than they were in
the old days before men cut away for
ests about their head waters. The
chances are that there is not much diff
ference because, apparently, the floods
only happen along the lower prairie
stretches. hundreds of miles from the
mountains, and in a region where no
forests ever grew. Long rains fill the
prairie soil with water down to hard
pan and the river beds are not wide
and deep enough to take care of the
surplus which seeps into them.
2 Water makes havoc enough when 1t
goes beyond bounds, but it usually
works other disasters. Houses are un-
dermined and toppled over, catching
fire from their own stoves and setting
river towns or floating houses in flames.
Fright, hardship and privation among
an inundated people, make sickness or
contagion. All these unhappy circum-
stances have combined in the cases of
the Kansas and Missouri valley dwell
lers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-01
whistIing Language of Malabar.

The aborigines of the Malabar islands
employ a perfect whistling language by
means of which they can communicate
with each other over long distances. a
stranger wandering over the islands is
frequently surprised to hear from a
hilltop the sound of loud whistling,
which is quickly repeated on the next
hill, and so is carried from summit to
summit until it dies away in the dis
lance. But perhaps the most curious
means of communication in the world
is the drum language of a Kongo tribe.
These queer people can talk to each
other with large drums made of bam-
boo hoops, over which the skin of some
animal is stretched. The drum, how
ever, is used only on important occa-
sions.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-01
Historic Silver Spike.

A memento which in coming years
will be an interesting one more in
teresting by far than it is at present
when the construction of the subway
is so familiar to New Workers, and is
looked upon as such a necessary nuis-
ance, is the silver spike which was
driven into the first rail laid on the
subway tracks. The spike is the one
which Mayor Low used some weeks
ago when the first rail was laid with
appropriate ceremonies. 1t is inscrib-
ed: Presented to the Hon. Seth Low
by John B. Mcdonald, contractor. This
was the first spike driven in the Rapid
Transit railroad at Columbus circle by
the Hon. Seth Low, mayor of New
York, on Saturday, March IA, 1908. "
The spike is inclosed in a box made
from the timber of the first tie to be
laid.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-01

The Roman Catholics are not fair
weather worshippers. Yesterday at the
festival of the Holy Ghost the attend
ance was no less under torrents OF rain
than it had been at previous times I'M
der fair skies. Devout men and women
spent almost the day in the open air,
suffering the discomforts of the storm
rather than to neglect their religious
duties. 1t is the complete devotion OF
such communicates which, in this age
of skepticism and change, makes the
Roman Catholic church such a formid-
able power in the world.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-01
ISLAND MARKET GARDENING.

With less Of expense than OF profit
every sugar plantation on Maui could
experiment in the culture OF vegetables
and fruits for plantation use, and such
experiments could BE- extended to the
cultivation of all productions OF the
Islands which IT would pay to export
The time, land and labor required for
such experimental farms would be
nominal. and the experience secured,
as well as the immediate results OBJ
tanned would more than repay the out
lay. and would prove an opening wedge
to future success in many lines Of in
dustry which now lie dormant, simply
for lack OF initiatory encouragement
Maui News.
The growing OF vegetables is easy
enough in this Territory If one knows
how But it involves something more
than putting the seed in the ground
and waiting for the harvest. Whatever
the secret may be in market gardening
ii has been discovered by the local Chi
nese and these industrious people are
making small fortunes by supplying
the market with sweet potatoes, cab
bages. lettuce, watercress, carrots,
Tadishes, string beans, summer squash,
cucumbers, green peas and okra. All
these things could be raised on planta-
tions: most of them could be produced !
in any back yard of Honolulu where
there is room and not too much shade. |
In the past TOO many white people ,
have surrendered to the first pest that |,
came along. Something appeared which
ate the leaf or sucked its juice and the
plant was given up. That is why the
kitchen garden languishes now. Back
East they have more pluck. When the
potato bug appears they dose him with
paris green and save the crop; here
they would let the crop go. The cab
bage worm is not given way and room
in the great cabbage belts of the coun-
try; it is fought off. Tt can be easily
1eaIt with here, where certain prepara-
ions may be had which, sprinkled on
he growing vine or plant, kills the (
or sucking pest. The agri- I
Experiment Station knows (
What to prescribe and can be freely I
onsulted by any one. IF
As to the plantations they can, If t
hey choose, produce all tie vegetables i
nd fruit they need if they have the f
and to spare from sugar. +
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-01
How Tolssoi "s.rung" an American.

An old friend of Count Leo Tolstoi,
writing to the Novoe Vremya, relates
an amusing incident which occurred in
the novelist's recent visit to the
Crimea. y rich American arrived in
his yacht, accompanied by a party of
friends. and asked permission to see the
great Russian, who was ill., promising
that they would be content with a
glimpse and would not trouble him with
talk. Leave was granted. ToIstoi sat
upon his balcony, like a Buddhist
idol" as he said, and the whole party
of Americans defiled slowly and silent
~ before him, taking their gaze as they
passed. One lady, however, refused to
be bound by the contract. She stood
still for a minute. and shouted, LEO
Tolstoi Leo Tolstoi, all your noble
writings have had a profound influence
upon my life. but the one which has
taught me the most is your Here
she forgot the name of the work. The
SICK author leaned over the rail of the
balcony, and whispered. with a smile.
The Dead Souls?" Yes. yes" she
replied. THAT book" said ToIstoi.
was written by Gogol. not by me-"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-01

Evening Post and Springfield Repub-
lican that Gen. Leonard Wood inspired
and edited a calumnious attack on his
predecessor in Cuba, General Brooke,
in the North American Review, has
been formally withdrawn by those pa
pers with apologies to Gen. Wood The
Evening Posts Havana correspondent,
over whose name the story was print
ed. has been discharged. He, however
denies that he sent the information to
his paper and charges forgery.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-01

There is various talk about the "sit-
uation in the Philippines" but it re-
solves itself to the fact that the
United States has acquired nine mil
lians of people who will rebel and set
up for themselves in case this country
goes to war with an European power.
They are no more likely TO become good
Americans than the Indians ever were.
In case Of international trouble the
Philippines viii be a weakness to their
owners; and in any event a source of
worry and expense.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-06-01
Champion Circulation Liar

The champion circulation liar has
been discovered His liar is in Japan.
where he is acting as editor-in-chief of
the laundering Dawn, a Buddhist or
gan just started in Toxic. Here is his
greeting to the public"
This paper has come from eternity.
1t starts its circulation with millions
and millions OF numbers. The rays Of
the SUM- the beams of the stars. the
leaves Of the trees, the blades Of grass
the grains Of sand, the hearts of tigers
eiephants' lions. ants, men and women
are its subscribers. This journal will
henceforth flow in the universe as the
rivers flow and the oceans surge"