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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
MOST WONDERFUL STREET CAR
Was to Run Without Motorman Conductor and Collect
Fares Automatically. .- .:.- .
the street and the car comes to

the street and the car comes to a
standstill. :: a., .-..''
Everything is so arranged that a
certain space Of time is allotted for
the passenger to alight, then the car
starts. If a passenger wants to get
in he presses one of the buttons which
will be located at every street corner
and the first car that comes along
will stop. Sufficient time is allowed
him to get on, and up the car starts
again. 49,.
| IF a wagon is on the track in front
of the car the horses are made to go
aside by electric force. When the car
gets within fifty feet of a wagon the
current catches the horses feet. turns
them off toward the right. and before
the driver can protest the horses are
clear Of the tracks. In case Of
blockade the cars stop themselves, ais
the electricity is SO arranged that If
another apparatus Of the same kind
is at a standstill ahead the car neces-
sarily- stops. -.r ,,
:'Who collects the fares? why,
that's the simplest part Of the new
cars. An electric arm is placed over
the step at the platform. It's easy to
lift the arm to get off, but a nickel
must be placed in groove in the arm
before one can get on. The nickel
placed in the groove, the arm con-
tracts, opening UP space for one or
I
denly and with great force, and any
one caught underneath trying to get
on without paying his nickel is given
a terrible shock and hurled back to
the street again.
But the most miraculous part Of
the new cars is-Oh, but here's Craig
street. A transfer, please" and seiz-
ing the piece Of paper he darted off
the car, leaving the conductor in such
amazement that he called out Brady
street. instead Of the street at which
the car was at standstill. ->
! When the conductor pulled himself
together the other passengers, many
Of whom had ridden past their street
to hear the end of the narrative, were
giving vent to their pent-up merri-
ment. Then the conductor said some
thing that sounded like liar" and the
! incident was closed =, b.. 81. @. -
Who was the first governor of Min
nesota? -, .. " ..=s<> ~...- 4 =, T.
Henry H. sibley-May 24,1s5s, to
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
Pittsburg Gazette.
.HE conductor started 1t, but
there were some who thought
the nendaciOuS passenger

-HE conductor started It, but
there were some who thought
the mendacious passenger
IA went a trifle too far. 1t hap
pened on Bloomsfeld car
the other night. man full Of guile
collected the fares and stopped at each
street corner to assist passengers to
alight and enter the car. The pas
senger seemed we'll versed in the art
that made Ananias a wonder, and the
entire conversation kept the passen-
gers on the rear platform in a. roar
of suppressed amusement If such a
thing is possible.
The. conductor started it. He
opened up on the mendacious one as
the car turned the switch at Fifth
avenue and High street. From the the
back platform of the retreatlng car
could be seen a man busy with a
switch iron throwing the switch for
the next car, which was going straight
out Fifth avenue. The conductor
casually remarked to Ananias' under
study: ~~ -,
"Those men will soon be thrown out
of work. The sWitchmen, I mean
They are going to use a .new-fangled
switch on the road; one that will not
need a man to open it, If the car
wants to go straight ahead. the. motor
man slows up as he approaches the
switch. If the car wants to turn the
speed and the switch opens itself. It's
great invention" ..,> ,....
The mendacious ones eyes twinkled
"A bright idea seemed to be racing ur
and down his back. But with seri-
sous face and looking the conductor
straight in the eye he replied:
wait until you see the new inven.
tion~ before you make a noise about
this. one. You'll be thrown out OF
your job, too. The wonders of this
land the just passed century are not in
lit with this one. Marconfs wireless
telegraph is made to look like chain
less dog In comparison to Edison's
new wonder. It's simply miraculous
:, "The new cars will have neither
,motormen nor conductors. 1t will be
moved by the same power, but each
passenger can stop the car at will
When a passenger wants to alight all
be has to do is to press button, prob
ably the one now used for. signaling
to the conductor to stop will be used
The button is pressed a few feet from
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

Bloomington, ILL.,, Cor. N. Y. Herald.
81 T is believed that central Illinois
can produce more curious char
acters than any other section of
similar extent In the United
States. A newspaper article is
inadequate to cover them all.
In Normal there resides family of
giants. -Four sons Of Mrs. V. L.
Carnes are more than feet in height.
The tallest, Robert, measures 6 feet
II inches and a fraction. Four years
ago. when 16, he was stricken with
lung fever. His illness lasted for a
long time. and it was believed several
the weeks that he lay upon the bed he
continued to increase in length. The
change was plainly noticeable. When
the lad recovered it developed that he
had grown 8 inches during his illness.
There is probably no parallel case. He
is now in good health and has not been
i'll since. Clovis Carres, another son,
is but %, yet is s feet inches in
height. George and Edward both
measure 6 feet 8 inches. The father
Of these boys was but feet in height,
while their mother was, of average
stature. - ~ : : % ,..'... =. . e.,
Urbana boasts of one man who will
never need the attentions of the HUI
name society. His name is S. F.
Wu1Le, anu lie Is PROBABLY Tie only
Illinoisan who remembered a dog in
his will. He is Is and one of the old
est lawyers at the Champaign bar.
With the exception of his dog, Trip,
he is alone in the world. He and the
canine have been inseparable compan-
ions for ten years, even in court, and
brothers could hardly think more of
each other. Mr.. White is proud of the
fact, that, in case he should die first,
a custodian would be appointed to take
care Of the dog. In addition, the will
makes provision for a first-class
funeral when the dog. dies. .A,.s.,.,.s. b.
Mason City has a unique character
in the person of George Silvernail. He
is unbalanced mentally, and almost
blind, and has become so deaf that he
can scarcely hear, but he is so we'll
liked by every resident of Mason City
that any; one would fight for him in
case he was naltreated. No one is
better known or respected. -. 49, .. .-..
- Frank Clawson is the name of. a
handless fiddler Of Atlanta. :. Many
years ago he was caught in a blizzard
and his arms were frozen so badly
that both hands were aamputated at the
wrist. For a long time the violin was
silent and he supposed his fiddIing
days were over. He decided, however,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
From The Journal Bureau, Room As, Post Build.
ing, Washington. go. y. s5.as ~ II

ing, Washington. ,,. .s..
Washington Oct. 23-This falls
returns have CONVINCED the experts of
the plant breeding division Of the de-
partment of agriculture that a new
orange has been created-a new va
riety of orange tree which will grow
further north, even as far north on
the Pacific coast as the state of Wash
ington, and the Carolinas in the
east, which will shed it's leaves in the
winter and mature In the summer
in other words, be deciduous. This
new orange creation will save the
orange growing industry in Florida
restore it to what it was before the
hard frost of ten years ago-and ex-
tend the growing area of this juicy
fruit to all parts of the United States
where the winters are not extremely
severe, like that part of Washington
between the mountains and the coast.
About a peck Of little oranges were
received last week by Albert F. Woods
Of the bureau of plant industry from
the southern experiment stations
where the young hybrid orange trees
are growing. Last year two specimens
the first fruits-were gathered and
their arrival at the department was
hailed with much interest and en-
thusiasm. They were the first indi-
cation of what would be produced by
a cross between the Florida sweet
nese hedge orange, a cross which was
obtained with the greatest difficulty
and after hundreds of futile efforts,
owing to the widely differing char
acteristlcs Of the two strains. This
year the hybrid yielded it's second
crop Of fruit. the seeds Of which have
been cherished with great care, as 1t
is from them that the most valuable
and sterling results are expected. f..
''It Is in the second generation that
the hybrid breaks up" explained Mr..
Woods, land it is in the breaking up
process. as we call it, that we will get
the great variety from which to Sc
lect What we have now in this first
hybrid is an orange which combines
quite equally the traits of both par
ents. From the Florida. orange it
gets a juicy and almost seedless in
terror; while from Its Chinese parent
1t gets its reduced size and its tart
flavor. The tree combines the char
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
BY TILE WATERS OF FoRGETFULNEss,

desolates soul, down the dark valley Of
the shadow of%death. She came at
last to .#dira river, and asked the
boatman to take, her over. ,Sf9.i
said the boatman. will YOU stoop
and drink before you cross?'':< Il =s2 IS
The woman's face frightened and
her voices was: full Of eager longing.
Yes she said, IT will drink; Twill
forget then; that my hopes failed" ~ "
t'You will forget that, you ever
hoped, replied the boatman.
The woman drew back, then she
bent forward once more. II will for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
$B. Curtis in Ladies' World.

2 A.8:B. Curtis in LADIES' World.
4 There was once. q poor woman
that she wanted herr memory taken
away He to whom she had given the
love Of her young heart had not full
filled: the. promises Of his youth; his
Weaknesses had developed crimes so
that he was comDelled to flee for his
life; and the sons and daughters she
had borne and broughtsup had repaid
had wandered far from her freside.
So the heart of the poor woman was
broken, and she passed, a sad ana
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

ing in my past to be thankful for?
Never say it again. Have you ever
wished that you might drink of the
waters Of forgetfulness? Never wish
it again, &~- '---. g.:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

Patience-What is the rush over
there at that shoe store? I,
Patricia marked-down sale; all
the No. shoes are marked down to
No. 8. - -.s,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23

1.-MR. E. e. hate to employ plumb
ers, they are such beats. | have little job
to be done-probabIy not worth more than
five doIlars-and I'll b.t fifty dollars I'll be
charged three times that amount at least.
Mr.. OUTERT OWN-That's all bosh,
Mark. III bet you fifty that can send you
a plumber who will charge you honestly.
Mr.. E. Z-PIl go you, outertown. Send
I'm volIr nIrnher go 81, 49,. s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-23
QUIPS FROM YONK-ERS
The !. Yonkers Gazette.

Bacon To what family; Of vege-
tables does the onion belong?
Egbert-I don't think it belongs to
any family. i. I think it's a rank out
slider. 49, = s--@ : +=--A..2a :, =. 4:
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THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE ''BEsT."
.s.> (Copyrite, 1903.)
This is the day Of adjectives,
Is Superlatives run wild;
Z People think that words gain strength :
The higher they are piled;
Everything we see described 5.
: IL Is greater than the rest; =
!: But everyone should stop and think
= There can only be one best!' -
Some things may rank as pretty good, r-
3 And 'tfair'' some other kinds;
~ Such terms sas these are understood
, By even simple minds;
u. IT'S better to present a thing
~ In modest language drest;.. T.. IL =.
These words with honest candor ring: -
~, There can only be one best!" 80 ~
9 All newspaper ads are good" :.
- And some are more than .fair"; ~
But Journal Want Ads stand alone
**13ie.t They're far beyond compare;
>'Tis of Journal Want Ads said: o.. ,.
There can only be one BEST
Because the fact they've always led ~~~. G
BY everyone's confess'd d. 80 = '~*~'*-ss
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3.-MR. x. Z.-Well outertown ! admit
I was mistaken In. plumbers. That man you
sent did dandy Job and made a very
reasonable charge ! thank you for the say
ing: The bet? BY Jeve, yes! ! nearly for
got It. -; tost,s didn't l Here's your fifty
.(Aside) '5sdon't appear to have come out
very much ahead on this deal.
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POEMS YOU OUGHT TO READ

your occupation may be- and however crowded
with affairs fail at
getting inspiration the affairs Of day life from bit Of
poetry .#4s=@
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nesota? " ~" -. ~....- 4 F., !.
Henry H. Sibley-May "a, 1858, to
Jan. 2, 1860. =. - -
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ILL.,, Cor. N. z. Herald.
II II is believed that central Illinois
can produce more curious char
acters than any other section of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20
POETS SIDE BY SIDE.
brakes Body Rests Near That
of Fitz-Greene HaIbeck.

WINSTED, Conn, Sept. 10. = Over
thirty years ago, when Gen. James
Grant Wilson, the we'll known warrior
and literary man, and the late Fitz-
Greene Halleck, the poet, visited the
grave of Joseph Rodman Drake, author
of that stirring national poem, "The
American Flag" in the Bronx, New
York, Mr.. Halleck expressed the wish
to Gen. Wilson that, should anything
at any time happen to the grave of his
friend Drake, Wilson would see that
brakes body was laid at rest beside
his. At this late date and after Mr..
brakes body has rested in the Bronx
cemetery for eighty-three years, Hal
leck's wish will be realized, thanks to
Gen. Wilson, Mayor Low and Eugene
D. Fish, a wealthy citizen of Guilford,
Conn.
When it was decided to cut a road
way through the Bronx cemetery May
or Low wrote Gen. Wilson. at his sum-
mer home in Norfolk, asking what dis
position should be made of his friend
brakes body. Remembering Hallecks S
wish and having charge of his burial
lot in Alderbrook cemetery, Guilford
Gen. Wilson concluded to have brakes
remains placed in the same grave with
Halleck's.
Yesterday Mr.. Fisk, who owns the lot
adjoining the Halleck plot in Alder
brook, went to Guilford and asked Gen.
Wilson If he had any objection to
Brakes body occupying his lot, next
to Halleck's. The general very willing
ly consented to Mr.. Fisk'S proposition
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20
MARRIED FOR MONEY WE'D IN QUARANTINE
So Did Iowa Girl, and Now She
Seeks Divorce.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
DES MONIES. Iowa, Sept. IA
phase of romantic American life such
as would furnish dainty mersel for a
modern Balzac to weave a flowery tale
about and draw a meaning moral is
furnished in a district court litigation
which has been opened and waged in
Polk county until the tenderest Sc
crets Of young and old minds have
been laid bare.
That love does not remain In it's
simplest form and that webs are woven
without Cupid's aid to ensnare those
with beauty and wealth as their re-
deeming features is one of the infer
ences left in the mind of him who
wades through the stages Of divorce
proceeding commenced by Lille Long
against Nelson Long and subsequent
law action against the son of the de-
fendant
Lille Long was a resident of Polk
county, as was her aged admirer, who
gave her his name, but so far has re-
fused to give her his money. The divorce
proceeding has been hanging fire in
court for some months, but not till
both sides commenced to ply each
other with interrogatories did the
story of the courtship and the we'd
ding come to light.
Henry Farrell, who is said to be liv-
ing in Douglas county, Neb., has been
asked to answer if he wrote and re-
cefved the following letters which tell
a meaning tale:.
San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 6, 1902.
Dear Lille: Your to hand as 1 was
leaving Fenlon last Saturday. I am
just here for a few days and am real
sorry you do not approve of my COM
ing. l left Fenlon much sooner than
l expected when / last wrote you.
Now, cheer up, dear girl. know am
long time coming. but what is a few
months? You knoWsI am never going
to leave you again. A friend of mine
is with me here and / am writing these
lines in our room. Would Just give a
million to see you tonight for / know
you must be lonesome. I just thought
your letter never would reach me.
Don't marry that fellow Lille, unless
you think he will drop off in a year.
Say. do you know had two nice let
ters from Dave since / last wrote you
and he gave me all the news from the
city of Boone, but did not say anything
about c. SO I presume the play is
played out. Will write you again in a
few days. Kindest love as ever, yours,
Henry"
Polk City, Iowa, Oct. IA, 1902.
Dear Henry: Your letter of the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20
IDNIAN INQUIRY
WILL BE A FARCE
There Are Strong Objections to
the investigation Methods
Adopted by Hitchcock.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 19-As
result Of differences of opinion among
officials of the interior department, it
is generally understood in government
circles that Secretary Hitchcock has
not received the support of his subor-
dinates in his programme of investiga-
ton into the alleged Indian land frauds,
and the prediction is freely made that
the inquiry will be a farce.
Many of the department officials were
strongly in favor of the selection of an
army officer to conduct the investiga-
tion.
1t was pointed out that he could en-
ter upon the work with absolutely no
bias, with nothing to gain or lose, and
that the public would know that what
ever the findings might be they would
be based entirely upon the facts OBJ
tained.
1t was suggested that Capt ]. ].
Pershing, who recently returned from
most successful conduct of affairs in
Mindanao in the Philippines, would be
just the man to undertake such an in
vestigation. 1t was explained that
Capt. Pershing had obtained the conf
dence of the people of the country by
his service against the Moros, and that
in the past he had the confidence of the
Indians while serving in the West.
This proposition did not meet with
the approval of Secretary Hitchcock,
who felt that whatever investigation
was made should be largely in the
hands of officers of the interior depart
ment. The suggestion that Frank
Churchill, an officer of the Indian bu-
reau, should be among the assistants to
Charles j. Bonaparte, who was chosen
by Secretary Hitchcock and President
Roosevelt to direct the investigation,
was made in accordance with the gen
eral idea that the inquiry should not
go outside of the interior department.
The disappointed officials insist that
personal rather than a special exam
ination should be made into the
charges. 1t is also pointed out that
Mr.. Bonaparte can never hope to do
justice to the interior department in
vestigation while at the same time
looking after the prosecution of the Of
tenders connected with the postal
frauds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20
PROSPERITY WILL
GO ON, SAYS HANNA
Ohio Senator Rebukes Clarke
for Prophesyina a Finan-
cial Panic.


CHILLICOTHE, Ohio, Sept. 17.-The
Republican campaign in Ohio was
opened here today with an unusually
large parade, followed by meeting in
Yocatange park, at which Gov. Nash
presided, and speecheS were made by
Senators F'orak erV and Hanna, Myron
T. Herrick, Candidate for governor;
Warren G. Harding, candidate for lieu
tenant governor, and others. Senator
Hanna said:
"Mr. Clark, in public ntterance
said: I believe the country is on the
verge of an industrial and financial
panic Why he sounded that note of
alarm God only knows, but to my mind
it was criminal act, because it is not
true. AS far as the financial and in
dustrial accounts of the zeeuntry are
concerned, they have never been in any
better shape than they are today
There is nothing to interfere in the de-
Velopment of this country except one
thing, and that one thing is to shake
the confidence of the people in the
principles and policies exercised by the
party in power.
But if it be true that such notes of
warning are necessary to alarm the
people in order that they will change
their ideas as to the continuance of the
Republican party in power, l want to
words, uttered apparently in all seri-
BUSINESS, at a public meeting. which was
supposed to be the initial one of the
Democratic party in this campaign and
to sound the keynote of the party, they
flung out the red flag and announced to
the public that the country was on the
verge of collapse. Either Mr.. Clark
knows nothing about business affairs,
or else that single utterance, standing
alone, as affecting the results of this
campaign, should condemn him and the
party he represents to oblivion for
ever. 1t is worse than criminal. The
conditions in this country are normal.
There is no reason why we should not
have long and contiued periods of pros
perity, because our natural resources
are greater than those of any nation
in the world
"That element that leads and domi-
mates the Democratic party today
stands not for tariff for sevenue only,
but for absolute free trade. Absolute
free trade would shut UP rs per cent
Continued on Fourteenth Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-20
SERIOUS AT THE 500
Shutdown of Consolidated VIII
Cause Much Distress.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. Sent 10
The shut down of the Consolidated Lake
Superior company. throwing $500 men ont
OF employment, has caused a panic in the
Canadian 500 which is in a worse condi-
ton than ever before in it's history.
MANY people are preparing to leave that
Clty dt once, While merchants are curtail-
ing their stocks and preparing I'm every
way to. get through the winter in the
pest possible manner at the least ex-
pense The action of the police DEPART
ment in swearing In large number OF
dePuues including all the conductors
ana motormen of the street railway has
served to stir up the aXiety of the peo-
pie. A special train left last nieht nm tha
Algoma Central railway for the purpose of
bringing In the 1000 or more men en-
ployed in the woods and mines They
are expected tonight and tomorrow and
not man of them will have a penny
with which to buy food or lodging. The
company will pay the men in checks,
which Will be good for nothing until
money has been raised and deposited. The
feenng OF the people is that with so large
a number Of men turned loose in the
city, hungry and with no money the sit
uation will be dangerous.
"A guard has been placed around the Of
fee of the paymaSter of the companY and
people are making desperate efforts to ar
range means for feeding and housing the
men until they can be taken out of town
The company has fitted up the car barns
and the men may be housed there after
fashion while the company and town are
making arrangements to feed them.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. he. II.
Sanborn, vice president of the Consoli-
dated Lake Superior company said today
that he had no knowledge of a call having
been made by Speyer &S Co. for their loan
A foreclosure, he said, must be antici-
pated by the usual legal preliminaries,
and he was not aware of any proceedings
of the kind.