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Fate of an lnscription.

Among the Roman historical inscrip-
lions which have been broken, mutt
lated and dispersed all over Rome,
none has met with more remark
able fate than the one describing the
life and exploits of Avilius Teres, the
celebrated jockey of the time of Do
mitian. according to a London writer
It was first removed from its origi-
nal site by an unknown patrician at
the end of the third century, whose
epitaph was engraved on the back oil
the slab. Secondly, Christian named
Aurelius Romanus made Use of it fol
his own grave AMI that of his sisters.
When the Church of Sta Maria Trans
pontin was first tuilt il the eighth
century near the Castle OF st. Angelo,
part of the slab was male use OF in
laying the marble pavement. The
church was demolished in July, 1864.
ty Plus w.. to mako room for the new
Notifications of the castle; and when
Pope Urban VIII. built in 1927 the
rentagonal bastiona. two fragments OF
The inscription cane to light, one OIL
which was lost, rhe other being re-
moved to Florence where It is still
to be seen in the Galleria degli Uffizi.
In the course of = general restoration
OF the castle, with view of trans
forming it into a Museum Of Artillery,
many other frag .ncnts were found a
short time ago, of which Urban VIII
had evidently made use in his OVID
structures.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28
Rilla Paaee1l sena.c.

S3S Reukema). relating 10 letting of
printing contracts in Milwaukee County.
92S Hatten), changing the tcrma Of
court IN the Seventh Judicial District.
HIS Reukema), amending section
2433 Of the statutes Of 1898 relating to
appointment of court commissioners.
1905 (Roehrl. providing that no special
kind of asphalt shall be required or speci-
fed In specifications for paving or repair
ing Of streets in cities Of the FIRST class
and making void all contracts heretofore
made
27GA nordj reimbursiug the normal
school fund for money lost and 12DA
fcoflandi, providing for a dependent
child born in the home Of feeble minded.
253s Bird, altering the boundaries Of
acme towns in Marinette County.
1918 CWhitehead). to prevent the dock
ing Of horses.
1855 (Pillerl, validating and legalizing
in certain eases grants. privileges. etc.
10 construct and maintain street or in
ternrban railways.
1868, to authorize inspections Of State
Institutions.
44A fCommittee on Judiciary, relating
IL the revocation End annulmant Of IL
censes of attorneys to practice In courts
of record.
1884 (Johnson) authorizing the build
ing Of dam across Oconto River by
George W. yolk and others.
142A BARTLETT, repeating the act au-
thorizing Angus J. McGilliyray ct al to
build and maintain dam across Flam-
beau River.
219A (cady). relating to deposits By
minors. 80 as to allow such deposits TO
I've made In the savings department Of
any national banking association, organ
ized under the laws of the Urited States.
2GJA (verbeek). amending the laws re-
iating to discharge Of mortgages Of de-
ceased persons-
231A III. " Evans. raising the cons-
uenesfion for drainage commissioners
from 81 to $40 per diem
474A. relating to the Municipal Court
Of bayfield, County.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28
Material for "Hot stuR.''

A veracious chronicler Of the times
of Jonathan Edwards gives figures
which prove a liberal consumption OF
fuel in the household Of the great the
ologian. In the winter of 174041 the
town of Northampton supplied the Ed
wards parsonage with seyenty-flye
loads OF wood; in the next season
eighty-two loads We're delivered; for
the succeeding winter the total was
seventy eight. and year afterward
the astonishing quantity of ninety-fve
loads was supplied There was no
lack of fire at the Edwards hearth. Is
il wonderful. then. tIat he preached
burning sermons? New York Tribune.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

ings by herself. The decorations. too,
she made. The chapel is full OF curl
Gus memorials, representing the mar
riages she has performed, the death
beds she has attended, and other
events of her life.
Every day ne holds a short service
in the chapel at $40 o'clock In the az
ternoon. The bell rings it's invitation.
and there are always worshipers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28
THIS VERY UNIQUE CHAPEL
is OWNED BY A WOMAN.

One of the most remarkable chapels
in the country is that owned by Mrs.
E. NJ. Bruce, II years old and or
dained as minister. The chapel ~
part of her home at Maiden, Mass,
overlooking the sea.
There are many paintings in the
chapel, all of which she made herself.
and all but three windows bear paint
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

ger sees of Jerusalem, as it Is to-day,
the more repulsive will seem to him
the constant feud existing between its
inhabitants. They quarrel about every
section of the city. every wall. the 10.
cation of ancient places. the schools,
the city gates. The spirit of envy.
of greed. of money worship. is plainly
visible everywhere.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

Dean Farrar is among those authors
who scorn the comforts Of chair and
do their work standing Re invariably
writes at a desk which rises as high as
his chest. Mark Twain finds his in
spiration in a perfectly horizontal
position. for most Of his work is done
while lying at full length.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

gradually. and sometimes abruptly. as
cends the hills. until it crosses the
mountains Of Judaea at an altitude OF
$500 feet above the level OF the sea.
Then 1t slowly begins to descend until
it reaches Jerusalem. which lies upon
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28
Nv ELIMINATION.

The wife Of lazy Nantucket YEA
man. who had been sitting by the
kitchen stove all winter, said to hirn:
John, one or the ether Of rs has got
ia go round Cape Horn. and amt
a-roin'r'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

.sThe United States Senator from
Idaho weighs 300 pounds"
4.How Idaho must culver when be
stems on -CIeyeland Plain TsaIer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

The lear" OF black pencils is now
made from coke Il is ground and
mixed with iron ore and chemicals
and subjected to pressure under great
heat
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28
Wearing Noisy Clothes.

Hurleigh- How did you ever happen
to pick out such a suit of clothes?
Burleigh just went 1t blind.
Hurleigh-And deaf?-Judge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

high-sounding name quite out Of the
question. Their uncivilized familiar
spirits are said to give some sign
when they are near and able to help
their yotaries.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

Some people are like river: the
only way they can attract attention Is
by going on a rampage.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

or the twenty-five men who have
been President or the United States
ten have today no descendants.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

The bigger the town the reriwa-ist
IL from. the greater the Distinction In
being converted By him.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

Austro Hungary bought abroad s54s.-
76e 600 worth and sold ahg1oasi $3.50.
500. 900 last year.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

the wallets of the tourists and pii-
grims. From the .me the traveller en-
tiers the city IN he leaves 1t he is
surrounded by beggars and peddlers.
and great is the number of swindlers
who sell spurious relics to the unwary.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

Chiffon finished mulls are among the
favorite sheer fabrics Of the season
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

Basiste Is the reignIng fabric Of the
season for eorsets-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-04-28

The Assembly Monday evening passed
four unimportant bills aud adjourned
with the calendar but half finished The
s@ssion of the Senate was 4 brief one.
Assembly bill 277 relating to compiling
statistics relating to the sale of liquor
was killed and so was the Roehr ped
dlers' license bill. Seven bills were
passed.
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pany. There was wood office and g
news stand there; the postoffice was COM
fortably housed once in the west end
John Sterrett's barber shop was in the
basement and a printing office was up
stairs The first home of the Pioneer
Telephone Co. was also in the building.
About twenty years ago an electric light
light mast was erected at the east end
Of the square. 1t was so tall that the
radiance from Its arc lights was almost
lost in the shadows of the square, nec-
essitating a reduction in Its height.
With one exception all Of the pioneer
merchants have Disappeared from the
square. Many of them went out OF busf-
ness and others sought other locations for
their increasing trade. T.. K. Gray the
| druggist began there in 1857 and has been
in the same location ever since.
One of the most picturesque buildings
on the square was the old city market
erected by Harlow "A. Gale, who not only
made the market famous as the gathering
place OF the farmers of the county but
also inaugurated there, in the hall over
| the market series Of literary and mu-
| steal entertainments.
Bridge square has been trodden by the
/ feet Of explorers, has been pressed BY
the moccas sins Of scores Of Indians, has
! been the thorofare for the picturesque
Red river OK carts, has echoed the rat
tie Of hundreds OF prairie schooners, has
i felt the thrill of hosts who beneath the
starry banner went forth to war, and has
throbbed with the business energies tina
redeemed it from the prairie and made
a It, In its prime, the center Of business II
1 the county. Edward A. Bromley.
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MUSIC.

The musical season is to have glori-
GUS close In the long-expected song re-
cital by Nine. Schumann- Helnk. May llr
Nnder the auspices of the Teachers CLUB
The recital will be given In the FIRST
Baptist church. This great musical treat
will not be In the club course ana at the
seat sale which will open Thursday, all the
seats in the house will be offered. Those
who have been unable to secure such tick
cts for musical events in the course Wlli
have an equal chance for this concert
AItho Nine. Schumann- Heink is a young
woman, just in the fullness OF her pow
ers she has been on the stage Tor over
twenty years Her musical gifts mani
tested themselves at an early age, and she
was only 13 when she began her muslcal
studies Four years later, when she
heard that contralto was wanted at the
Court theater in Dresden, she presented
herself along with other experienced
singers as a candidate for the place.
After singing the Fides Aria from LIE
Prophetic" and the famous "Brindisi' from
.'Lucrezia Borgia," she was Immediately
engaged and made her debut In October,
1878, as Azucena in III Trovatore." From
Dresden Schumann-Heink went TO ham
burg, where she remained for eight years
at the Stadt theater. She also made sew
eral successful appearances in Berlin, but
It was when Frau Cosima Wagner en-
gagged her for the Bayreuth festival IL
1896 that Schumann-Heink' ks reputation
extended beyond the borders of her oWr
country. In the Ring performances she
sang Erda, one of the NOrns, and Wal.
traute. Two years following she made he1
first appearance in London and her sing
ing created unusual comment. She Il
now engaged to the Royal theater in Ber
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02

Lieutenant Zebulon N. Pike, Luke School
craft and other explorers followed this
route on their return from their trips
to the headwaters Of the Mississippi river.
The same influence that made the trail
around the falls on the west side OF the
river, had a like influence on the traffic
to the east side. AS soon as improvements
began to be made at the falls; it natur
ally followed that a ferry was established
across the west channel of the river ter
minating at Bridge Square.
Franklin Steele in 1851 realized the value
of this primitive ferry and obtained a
charter from the Legislature, giving him
the right to maintain it there for ten
years. The east channel was easily
spanned by a temporary bridge and an
other, consisting of a few planks, was
put out to Hennepin island from the st.
Anthony side. William sDubay and Edgar
Folsom, the first ferrymen; were succeed
ed by Captain John Taper, who is still
living.
A Split Ia the Trail.
1t was also natural that two trails
should lead from Bridge Square. one to
the north and one to the south. South
ward lay Fort Smelling, northwerd were
the frontier forts, the fur traders and q
few settlers who came in the earliest
days.
Bridge Square, even subsequent to its
Improvement as a business center, was
thanked on one side, toward the Nicollet
| house, by an elevation sufficient to make
| quite a harriet to vehicles going in thai
| direction. Where the city hall nov
stands or at least where the eastsend d
! Center block now Is, there was q pond
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
NINE. ScHUMANN-HEINk.

Paul Miss Alberta Fisher Minneapolis. At the
piano. Franklin Krieger, st. Paul. "a
Piano, ''Song Without Words Mare D. LON
bard. MI. Lombard .Wtnona.
gass As f0%s NsaF wizard fssn
the piano. Mrs. A. P. Thomes, Minneapolis.
Saturday morning the OFFICERS VIII pc
elected and Miss Sans Souci, Milton p
Griffith and Marx E. Oberndorfer Of Du-
luth will contribute the program. Miss
Frances Dinsmore of Red Wing will give
a lecture recital, Music of the Ameri-
can Indian"
| Saturday afternoon and evening the
GROWING feature of the convention will
take place, when the celebrated Boston
Festival orchestra will give two con-
certs under the direction Of Emil Molten
hauer. In the afternoon a symphony con-
cert will be given with Mrs. w. ~ Por-
Eteous, Mrs. Maud Timer Jones and Miss
Ella Richards of st. Paul, soloists. The
program will be follows:
| Overture, 'Cockaigne" .................. Elgal
1gr H ssas at Ts Sweet
! ..a- Samson and Delilah'' ....... Saint Saens
| . Mrs. Porteous.
Symphony in B minor. unfinished Schubert
| Allegro. Moderate, Andante, Con Moto.
: Piano concert In Hut MINOR No: l
Andante,, nor. troppo ct Motto haesoso, .Andan
ti,m, simplice, Motto Allegro, Allegro cor
/ Fuoe l.. .-,.-,s
Miss Ella Richards. st. Paul. and orchestra
| Jewel scene from "i'aust" .Gounot
| Mrs. Jones.
Overture, "Ienore,,' No. Beethoven
In the evening the soloists will be Mis-:
Anita Rio, soprano; Nine. Bouton, con
tralto; William M. 'Wegener tenor; Emilio
de Gogorza, barytone; Frederick Martin
basso. The following is the program:
Symphony No. 6, In c Minor, First Move
ment ...7.......... Glazouno1
Adagto, Allegro appassioneta passionate.
Andante from Quartet In B fat. !. TschaikoWsk
String Orchestra.
Siegmund's Love Song, Die Walkuerie. y. Wayne
Mr., Wegener.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02

Nicollet avenues, as far as Washington
avenue, were occupied by business houses,
more or less pretentious.
There the first banking in the citywas
done, by s. P. Snyder, later Snyder &
McFarlane. Peter Wolford, another
banker, not only 'did business on the
SQUARE but lived there.
First Suspension Bridge.
The completion of the first suspension
bridge in 1855 established the early day
supremacy Of Bridge Square as business
center and the location of the union sta
tion many years later fixed it's status as a
railroad center. It became naturally the
principal avenue thru which the great
volume Of traffic flowed between the two
sides of the river. As natural se-
quence, two Of the finest retail business
avenues in the great west lead out OF It. S
The city fathers, after having moved
several times, located for some time in the
& old Pence opera house and moved out OF
that to occupy the city hall in 1873.
! Fire Company Headquarters.
Bridge square was selected by the lire
companies Of the early days as the ter
minal point of their parades and on two
memorable occasions the fiercest fires thai
! they ever encountered in business dis.
| trict occurred there.
] The first one was Of incendiary origin
and occurred June 10, 1850. Among the
4 sufferers were Martin Ferrant, W. r
johnson, John Z. Black, Ford Wheeler
4 Side & Wolford, .. Y, Jones, Amos Clark
fChalmers Bros, C. Stuart Webster, j. II
i Green, G. A. Petit, J. H. Thompson, I.
4 Hidden, Vromat Sc Crockett, Thoma.
4 Hale Williams, pr. Leonard. 3. f.. Baker
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Hn,s with the privilege of long vacation
each year. It is this condition Of her
contract that enables her to appear IN this
country. -r~E sevf -%a. ~ &S
So much has been written of the mar
yelous quality and wonderful facility OF
expression of the vocal cords of the bird
throated contralto that it would be dill
cult to add to what has already been SAID
Said a prominent New York critic after
hearing heS sing: "Schumann-Heink has
two voices~a deep, sonorous contralto,
and a powerful ringing mezzo soprano,
both of quality unsurpassed and a sweet
ness unequaled." Her Interpretation Is OF
such a character that her auditors may.
be ignorant alike of the beauties of class
ical composition or the tongue in which
it is sung, yet still be impressed and
thrilled when the art of Schumann- Heink
interprets the grand and eternal themes.
To those familiar with the works Of the
: great masters she is an inspiration.
Considerable interest has been reused in
the meetings of the State Music Teachers
association to be held In this city Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. The associa7
ton offers a series Of remarkably inter-
esting programs at a nominal price. Az
the opening program Thursday morning
Russell Paterson Jacob Iauritz Hort,
Miss Jean Wakenan and Miss Mildred
MacGeorge Of Red Wing will give mus
ical program and there will be an adj
dress OF welcome by the mayor, the presi-
dents annual address and reports. In
the afternoon a matinee will be given in
Plymouth church by William Leonard
Gray Of Carleton college, Northfield; Miss
Jennie Hughes, Mrs. May Brett Taylor,
4 Mankato; the Riedelsberger string quar-
tet, Miss Mildred Beventedt Of Winona
Miss Gertrude Dobyns and the Treble Cle1
quartet Of Mankato. At 4:15 O'Clock Miss
Helen Trask will preside over the public
school music section and papers will be
i given by A. L. Skoog, Misses Freda Welt
Eel, Gertrude Barcel and Elizabeth Sui
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-02
SATURDAY EVENING, /.

Ivan Thursday evening there will he a
reception at the Commercial Club for
which the Ladies' Thursday Musicale will
make the arrangements
Friday morning J. Victor Bergduist
and Alfred r. Wiley with Mrs. II. w. Rus
sell, at the piano will give a recital, fol-
lowed by papers by e. G. Murdock OF st.
Paul and Miss Mary b, Dillingham;. The
afternoon matinee will have on the pro-
gram Nuss Elsie Jache of Mankato, Mrs,
Lucia Judd McAulifIe and Miss Therese
b. Lynn of Duluth, Miss Eulalie Chene-
vert, Carlo Fischer, Harry Il. Phillips
FRANKLIN Krieger. Mrs. Marie w. Graves
G. H. Fairclough, st. Paul; Max II.
| Oberndorfer, Duluth. At 4:I6 William l.,
Tomlins will speak on Music; It's Rela-
ton to Life" Mr. Tomlins is we'll known
| for his public school work in Chicago, and
his talk is one of the features Of the con-
vention. Friday evening the program on
Minnesota composers will be given as
| follows:
thur ' Bers 81, St. Paul Miss Minnie Bersh, St.
Violin Senate in major, Moderate tolerate A.sai
Energco Claude MADDEN st. Ps Miss
Songs "a "Ihe Years First onecus''; lb)
Of Sire Roses, ~ ."Twas in a World OF Living
Mam ieRp pss hsss
Violin 1ntermezzo, Carlyle Scott, Minneapolis
Mrs CARLYLE Scott Minneapolis AZ the piano
Songs (a) when Song Is Sweet" 90 q!
SMci Minneapolis Mrs. w. N. Porteous, Min
neapolis At the piano, Miss Sans souci
Violin. I'm Venice Suite Moderne; Morn
ing in the Old Palace" Mnuet. Gerard Ton
. ming Duluth. "Gondoliero CarniEal." Car
Riedelsberser, Minneapolis. At the piano MT
, Tonning. !,
Songs, (a) ..The Arrow and the CULVER o.
IAN Autumn Song" (c) by the Splendor O.
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j. E. Bell & Co., and Nutting Wheeler 6:
Co.
The square was the rallying ground for
open air political meetings and Fourth of
July demonstrations. It also served the
purpose, even after the erection Of the
city hall, as a hay market. In fact for
many years it was the center of COM
merce and the rallying point of the citi-
zens of Minneapolis.
The first merchant, who dared erect a
business house farther up Nicollet or Hen
nepin avenue than Washington, was re-
garded by his less venturesorne competi-
tors as tempting Providence and was look
ed upon as an explorer rather than con-
sentative member of the little business
community.
The Old Town Well.
The drinking fountain now in the square
close to the city hall marked the location
Of the old-time town well, which sup
piled water to residents of the vicinity
until, in consequence of the prevalence
Of typhoid fever, it was condemned. AT
first It was surrounded by a copse Of hazel
brush, but this was later removed, and
when the picture shown with this article
was taken it was. enclosed by a fence
In the, ante-bellum days. Bridge square
speeches and some of the most notable
gatherings that resulted in the enlistmen
of Minnesota's sons for the civil war were
! held there. =, -.t: ,t;r4
After the city. hall was finished tn,
| authorities rented parts Of it. to corpora
| tions and Individuals Several newspa
pers made their homes there, the boar,
of trade once occupied part of the space
as did the Western Union telegraph com
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THE OLD CITY HALL
AND BRIDGE SQUARE
Passing Former Down, Incidents
Early Days What Was Once the Heart the Cy-What
Fixed Directions Of Hennepin and Nicolet Avenues

which was known by the old settlers as
the goose pond, and it's presence naturally
drove pedestrians and teams to the right
and left. It would seem as tho both
Nicollet and Hennepin avenues have re-
suited from that divergence a!245 +
~. s.s First store on the SQUARE. "a.
The first store on Bridge Square was
opened by Thomas Chambers In October,
1853 Prior to this, however, Colonel
John H. Stevens had built his home on the
present site Of the union station, and
a few other daring spirits. who did not
fear the wrath of the commanding officer
at Fort Smelling, had settled near him.
In 1876, when that part Of the military
reservation lying west of the Mississippi
which constitutes a large part of Min.
neapolis, was thrown open to settlement
Bridge Square began to assume a metro
politan air. Ere many years had passed
both sides of the square and Hennepin ant
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!.
The old city hall is to disappear, from
Bridge Square. Thee destruction of this
building doesii not leremove& one Of the
Oldest landmarks in the city. but itsneVer-
theless takesi awayt one with which the
early history of the sfty, after it's youthful
period, was connected: One. who has ,stuil-
led the course of the Mississippi river ana
who appreciates the fact; that nearly all
of the early traffic inathe great northwest,
during the open2Water season,Iwas done by
river, will understand why on: Bridge
Square were located the first business
houses in Minneapolis. + -.
tt was the nearest point that could be
reached safely by canoeists in close prox-
unity to the falls of ST.. Anthony. It was
at the place now Bridge Square that ca
noeists left the stream and made a, por.
tage around the falls, beginning their
journey again near the point now occu-
pied by the -four mills. Father Hennepin