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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
SOME SUFFERING i.
CAUSED Fl: BY COLD
POOR PEOPLE FORCED TO ASK
CHARITY oF CITY. 81
They Tell Pitiful Stories of Sad, I'm
:. fortunate Lives and Gratefully Ac-
cept the Small Aid Offered-Some
Fraudulent Beggars Appear-De-
pendent Family Shipped into the
CITY.

The promise of cold weather caused
"a rush this morning at the poor depart
ment, the Associated Charities and the
other charitable associations. At an
early hour application%for fuel and food
began to come in. 3,.-.r Z
Many pitiful tales were related:
Wives were there whose husbands had
men whose lives of dissipation: had so
undermined their strength as to leave
them easy prey to disease; old men and
women who had raised families but
whose childrena: and heart1essly left
them to a city 3 charity, and even boys
and girls who were unable TO support
themselves. - aZ.l1 20 rr.}.t .IHgE@ So =
K. One by ones these unfo rtdnate mem
beers aof the Ss6thesf ehRH ''twere looked
after by che si!dispensers of charity
Many were knSHa5 to qthee agents and
their wants were supplied, while others
were told5Ttos wait until agents could
be- sent to make Investigation. f'sye.
8Ihere are SO many frauds, you
know" explained one of the agents
"that we have to be careful. There are
hun dreds Of professionals who do their
best to live on charity and we do oul
best to ferret. them OUT -. =. ~.
One Of the saddest cases today was
that of family Of several children
found living with an invalid father
near Fifth avenue S and Fourth street
The poor department. found that the
family had been sent in from a. village
fftv miles. northwest. Superintendent
Barton refused aid, but offered to senc
tns 1amily back home. .: =. y
In the vicinity Of Bridge square
much suffering was reported today
Many harvest hands who have been il
the city for several week have squand
cred their money. :. The weather made
overcoats unnecessary and money wa!
spent without reck. f, When the colo
coats or money and stood shiverins
about stoves in saloons and employ
ment offices. Every profered job in .
warmer climate was snapped up AM
many went south on the evening trains
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
NEWSB0Y ARRESTED
AS WINDOW. SMASHER

William Schrayman, 16 years old, a
by Detectives Helm. and Hicks, who
declare that he is the much-wanted
sc win dow -smasher.'
When the lad was taken to the Gen.
trail police station he wore a, suit OF
clothes bearing Malmstedt,s marks,
and they were identified as those taken
from the show window about three
In the boys room the detectives
found other wearing apparel-caps,
cravats, etc.-all bearing the marks
of stores whose windows had been
smashed in the past month.
TT didn't, do it, said .Schrayman,
when arrested. ri bought these clothes
with money T made selling papers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
GRAIN TRADE IS
~. WATCHING COURT
DECISION AT GRAND FORKS
r. AWAITED WITH INTEREST.
Case Grows Out Of the Loan Of Money
by Minneapolis Grain Firm to a
North Dakota Elevator Concern In
volving the Asst gnment Of Insurance
Policies as Security. -

The grain trade of Minneapolis and
Duluth is watching the United States
court at Grand Forks today, where
most important case is up for trial:
~ The Edwards-Wood Co. Of Mime
apolis, st. Paul and Duluth is the plain
tiff and the defendants are the Pennsyl-
s as G Ga
Of North America, and Liverpool &
London &: Globe Insurance Co. The
case grew out Of the loan of consid-
cradle sum by the Edwards Wood Co.
to the Farmers Independent Elevator
Co. of Denbigh, N. D.
This company operated country
receiving house and had grain in it.
The plant and contents were insured,
and, as security for a loan from Ed
I wards-Wooda Co. the policies were made
over to that firm, being Endorsed in the
regularly prescribed form. The eleva-
F! tor burned about year ago. The Ed
| wardsWood Co. have, been unable to-
collect from! the, insurance companies.
The case involves the right of the in
insurance companies, when any dispute
or difference exists between the COM
panies and the original insurer, or any
charge of irregularity is made against
him. On this question hangs, the in
decision rendered hinges their future at
titude in the matter Of advancing money
| in the country. This business Of adj
vancing money to country correspond,
Gnts IS done On big SCALE and LOCAL
grain. operations in Minnesota. North
and South Dakota. Individual firms
have had close to 100000 outstand-
ing at times, and it is estimated that
in crop.moving times in an ordinary
year not less than $10,000,000 is 50 out.
standing, advanced by Minneapolis and
Duluth grain firms. s.s.s@.. r. 49, 49,.
The taking over of Endorsed fire in
mon practice. The loaning firms have
always taken them readily, and beyond
satisfying themselves of the correctness
of the face Of the policies have thought
no mere about it. -.
The question now up is whether
these are good security, even in case of
a fire loss, or whether an insurance
company may refuse payment and COM
pei the holder to bring suit, in case of
dispute or disagreement between them
adm the original applicant for the in
surance. Sentiment at the chamber is
Endorsed over to him by borrower
should have his rights protected, that
in case Of loss he should be able to
1 collect, and that if the insurance com.
pany has any grievance against the
them to take up with him. A decision
to the contrary, it is said, will react
upon the country with bad effect, fol
once such a decision is rendered firms
holding assigned policies as security fol
4 loans are likely to ask for other col
lateral, and new and, less liberal rules
4 with reference to the loaning of money
on such security will follow.
4 Twice before the courts have acted
in cases closely akin to that Of the Ed
]; wards-Wood Co., but it is felt or
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
CALHOUN BOULEVARD
UNDER WATER AGAIN

Lake Calhoun boulevard, from Thir-
ty-fourth street around to Interlachen,
is again flooded and the waves are beat
ing over the embankment, washing
thru the hedge and doing damage gen.
orally. The present, conditions are due
to the strong wind from the northwest,
Which has piled the water along the
southeastern shore. IT,
HIt,s a shame and a disgrace to the
city of Minneapolis to permit this de-
struction of improvements on which sc
much money has been expended sale
William NJ. Berry, superintendent Of
parks, this morning. IF the water Is
permitted to remain at the present stage
all winte the ice will complete the ruin
wasted" . A. ;,
Ostensibly the matter Of lake levels
is in the hands of special committee
Of the council, which may or may not
meet next week. ....,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29

change that the matter will not be
settled until a decision is rendered in
the present suit. The McCaull-Webster
company had suit of similar ma
ture about three years ago and won
it in Judge Ponds court in Minneapo-
lis. The John Miller Co. of Minneapo-
lis and Duluth held assigned policies
some time ago covering an elevator de;
were unable. to collect, but won the
case finally in court at Willmar.
A member of one Chamber Of Com
merce firm doing receiving business
principally, says his house has $425,OO0
outstanding in the northwest today, and
holds a number Of assigned policies
covering loans in North Dakota. Should
an adverse decision be rendered in the
Edwards-Wo case, he will, he says
work out Of such security as quietly and
speedily as possible and will exercise
the greatest caution with reference to
acceptance Of insurance policies as Sc
curitV -> s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
ROBBED A HORSE
TO GET HIS FOOD
JOSEPH sITKA LIVED THREE
DAYS ON RAW OATS
He Had Eaten and Slept With Horse
Because the Barn Was Warm and the
Oats We're Good = The Man Is
Thought to Be Partially Demented.

Joseph Sitka has lived for three days
on a diet consisting only Of oats that
he was able to purloin from the feed
box of family nag in South Mime
apolis. But Joseph IS stomach WASH It
constructed on the rolling mill plan
and rebelled. This morning Sergeant
Rankin found him unconscious from hun
ger and exposure in a barn at Sl3
Eighteenth avenue s.
Sitka was seen hanging about the
place three days ago, but he did not act
in a suspicious manner and no one mo-
Tested him. He, went in and out as
tho he belonged there and yesterday
one of the neighbors asked Mrs. And
erson, who owns the barn, if he was
working there. Mrs. Anderson knew
nothing Of the matter and went imme-
diately to the barn, where she found the
man sitting on the feedbox. She
ordered him out and he obeyed
without protest. .-..s ..s-.
Some time last night he returned, for
he was asleep in the. hayloft early this
morning. Police Sergeant Rankin was
called, and after spending some time in
awaking the man and rubbing him to
restore consciousness, called the patrol
As soon as he arrived at the central
station Sitka began begging piteousiy
for something to eat. Wnen IO0Q Was
brought he frightened up and told his
story, or as much Of it as he could re-
member.
Except for the past few days his
mind is a complete blank and he could
not tell where he came from nor how
he came to be living in the barn with
the horse. He said the barn was warm
but fear kept him from going fa1
enough away to ask for food. He had
alive, ana Void have been all right had
The police left him alone.
"Was it rolled oats you ateY" asked
a policeman. 49,
"Why, yes; the horse may have
rolled on them. They were good any
way,'' said Sitka, innocent1y;
The police believe that Sitka has es
caped from some state institution and II
insane. He win be examined before the
probate court tomorrow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
DEFIES LAW AND
RUNS WIDE OPEN
NOBODY TO CLOSE THE MOTTO
RIoUs EMPIRE "THEATER."
The Council Has Revoked It's License,
but the Police Don't Seem to Mind
That-No Interference With the Per-
formances-What Will the Admins
,tration Do About It2 =: -.

Altho the Empire "theater'' has been
without a license for more than a
month, it has not missed a single per-
fofmance.: Whether it will Be per-
mitted to continue without license
and IN defiance, Of the law is a question
which only the administration can
answer. - ! .~ '"'
The Empire Management argues that
the license ordinance does not apply, as
no admission fee is charged. : Big pla
cards over the box office window and in
other conspicuous places bear the in.
scription %tt Free Show This would
be no defense in the event Of prosecu
tion,. as the law explicitly directs that
no theateng sbe; run Until Y q License has
or may cost 81, 1000, and the SHOWS may
be free or the admission fee may be ST
a seat, without in anywise affecting the
requirement for license. The Empire
is amenable to the ordinance and has
been openly: violating the law for 9
month or more. Both facts are well
knfT Sg f to th fSa RoSs s owner finds it profit
able to give free theatrical perform
ances twice every day, tends to prove
the oft-repeated charge that the the
alter was simply a blind to cover the
illegal sale of liquor. The empire per
formers do not draw munifcent salar
les, but they draw something and ever
if the performances are free staff Of
employees e is necessary ea Then hen there arr
Without question the expense for main
tanning the place in the course Of {
month must amount to several hundred
dollars. There must be a source Of
profit somewhere and common sense
points to the Empire saloon.
It is reported, however, that the per
formances are not entirely free. While
no charge is made for entering, it il
reported that all who do so are urget
to make use Of the boxes for which
privilege charge is made. -
Whether this is true or not, the the
alter is as vicious and demoralizing a.
ever and if the council was justified il
revoking it's license, the duty is imposed
on the police to continue the work AM
close the place. ~i ~
It is understood that J. G. Sodini AM
Emil Schaeffer, the latest applicant 70
license, declare that the theater i
run in it's present form with the know]
edge and consent of a citizen high il
the councils Of the Home Protection
league. This is authoritatively denie'
by officers of the league. ...... =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
WOES OF QUARTERMAsTER
Brooklyn Eagle

l .
In time Of war the chief quartermaste1
is the busiest man in the army. When
our troops were about to embark for Cuba
in 1898 Lieutenant Colonel Bellinger, the
chief quartermaster Of Tampa, was pes
tered almost out of his wits by officers
who wanted this and that and the other
thing for the journey.
Among the worst of them was a certain
chief surgeon, who kept continually run
ming to the quartemaster for all sorts OF
supplies for his department. At last
when Colonel Bellinger was at his very
busiest the surgeon came in, saying he
wanted a needle and thread with which
to sew the red cross on the hospital flag.
Very we'll major" said the quarter
master, with a touch Of impatience, you
can have all the needles and thread in
Tampa. Is that all you want 2"
II believe that is ALL said the surgeon.
Sure you don't want anything else?
Il can think of aothing more. !"
Then, major, if you are quite sure that
you are all thru + will proceed to move
the Fifth army torps.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
Weather Conditions.

Snow has fallen during the past twenty
\ four hours in the northern parts of M1ch1-
y gan, Wisconsin and Minnesota ana IN
8 parts of the British possessions, also IN
y northern New England, and snow was
8 still falling this morning at Mortified, Vt,
q Port Arthur, Houghton. Duluth and VIII
iliston. Rain was falling this morning at
Galveston and Shreveport. The elongated
How pressure area of yesterday morning
which extended from eastern Saskatche-
Awan to eastern Nebraska, has become
imore compact in shape and moved raP1aly
5ea stward to the region north Of Lake HUI
3ron, the movement being accompanied by
high winds from the, lake region to the
gsDakotas, and rapidly falling temperatures
Yin Minnesota. and thence westward ana
into the Rocky mountain
region. The lowest temperatures TINS
sssmorning were degrees at Prince Albert
s4and Qu'Appelle and degrees at Batue-
4ford and winnipeg. 1t is warmer In the
mississippi valley and thence eastward
IT. S. Outram, Local Forecaster.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
CITY NE VS.
THE WEATHER
The Predictions.

Minnesota Partly cloudy and colder to-
!, night. with snow flurries near Lake SUI
Ttpertor, "Wednesday fair, with warmer ir,
v the afternoon; brisk northwest winds. be-
looming variable Wednesday.
i Wisconsin-Partly cloudy tonight and
Il "wednesday, with snow flurries near Lake
! Superior; colder tonight; brisk northwest
q winds. s,-f
Upper Michigan--Snow furries tonight
and Wednesday; cooler tonight; brisk to
1 high northwest winds.
Iowa-Fair tonight and Wednesday;
u colder tonight; fresh northwest winds.
North Dakota - Fair tonight and
Il "wednesday; colder in northwest PARTON
3 tonight; warmer Wednesday; northwest
4 winds. becoming variable. 81. -
2 South Dakota - Fair tonight and
4 "Wednesday; colder tonight; fresh north
L west winds, becoming variable.
\ Montana-Fair tonight and Wednesday.
Il except probably rain or snow IN extreme
Il northwest portion Wednesdays; variable
s winds fl. SO E" l.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
STORK TAKES A RIDE
IN POLICE AMBULANCE

The stork rode in the st. Paul police
ambulance this morning. When it drew
up at the city hospital, the matron,
rushing down the steps, heard the faint
cry Of a baby voice and discovered
that Mrs. A. e; BALDWIN was the motner
u Mrs. & anG BALDWIN ' vas ' Immediately car;
ried to the maternity ward and cared
for. The mother is reported, to be, 40
ing we'll and The nurses say that liner
baby was never seen in the hospital:
Mrs. Baldwin was on her way from
St, Charles to Walker and was taken
sick at the st. Paul union station. Ihe
was born before it reached the hos
pital.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29

1t was Representative Gunder Kros-
tue who caused the sensation of today
In the senatorial fight at the Merchants
hotel in st. Paul. Fully half if not
more of the ninth district house dele
cation which the Clapp men have been
claiming as solid for their man, was
declared by Krostue to be in favor Of
Glifllan for the next United States
senator. Mr.. Krostue authorized T b g
ournal to publish the above state
ment. He refused to give names, or
even to say on which, side he stands
himself. He has been claimed hither-
to by the Clapp men, but his statement
Of split in the ninth district delegal
ton would tend to list him as an anti
1T would not be fair for me to give
are opposed to Clapp,O' said Mr.. Kros-
true.'
The Clapp men are finding that altho
Gilfllan's plans have been carried out
silently, they have been none the less
effective. They. are finding Gilfllan
strength cropping out where it hay been
A candidate for house office, who
desired not ito have his name used, as
serted that in his canvass of the state
ne mas D6on aSGOn1Sl6O at Jn0: CIllu1ldu
strength silently developed. He stated
that the Otter Tail delegation, claimed
entire by the Clapp managers, is in
fact really for Gilfllan.
Gunmshoe Work.
To great extent, the senatorial con
test has become a campaign OF the
gumshoe'. order, but little OF the
real work that is going on is being seen
in the open. The Merchants hote! at
st. Paul continues to be headquarters
not as many Legislators in evidence
there today as yesterday.
W. w. Rich continues in charge OF
,Clapp's affairs at the Merchants, his
private apartment in the hotel being
used as headquarters.
Joel P. Heatwole was in St. Paul fol
a flying visit: yesterday afterneon, re-
an early evening train. He denied that
his trip had any political significance
but it is certain that his brief visit tc
the Merchants hotel and to the Min
nesota club boded no good for the pres
lieutenants at the Merchants, and there
is little doing in the senatorial contest
that he fails to hear about. : 2. -
| Kellogg Is Silent. p" e.
F. B. Kellogg, who is looked upon al
the Ramsey dark horse, declines to make
any statement To one reporter he as
serted that he was for Clapp, but de
clined to say. lin public statement
on the ground that he &1thad said Sc
before, and there was no need'1of re
peating it, -.
| Sherman S. Smith was the only mem
Der of the Hennepin house delegation il
st. Paul today, and he spent all hi!
time at the Merchants. He declares
he was not pledged to anybody. Pri
vate business. to meet q party connect
till next May,'' was his excuse for be
ing in st. Paul.
Clapp has not vet received even Thu
Endorsement of his home district dele
cation, and this Endorsement still seem
distant. Said one of the Ramsey dele
Thomas G. Fulton, our chairman, i
in the east. John Zelch is also out O.
the eitX There Is 10 70 CAUCUS nte' in Sigh
return, and I'm sure I don't kno1
when that III be-"
John L. Oleson, also of the fourth dis
trict, is now ill and will be unable
attend any caucus for some days. T..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
= A PRETTY SPINSTER
King Edwards Unmarried Daughter
Victoria a Favorite.
Chicago Journal.

Chicago Journal.
The only unmarried daughter of King
Edward and Queen Alexandra came in
for congratulations on her 56th birth.
day recently. She spent the day midst
the romantic wilds Of Alt-na-guisach,
far enough from the roar Of Bond street
and Belgravia.
Londoners have always had warm
corner in their hearts for the sweet
faced, rather serious princess, who has
been her mothers constant companion
for so many years.
There is no truth in some reports that
have been circulated as to the supposed
ill health or delicate condition Of the
kings second daughter. Her royal
highness, altho not constitutionally ro-
bust, is very we'll at present, and has
been enjoying a thoroly active outdoor
life in her beloved Highlands, spending
several hours every day salmon fishing
in the river Muck, in company with
her friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Derek Keep
pei.
Princess Victoria, like a good many
other sensible women, prefers country
life and sports, and even such out-of-
date pursuits as reading and embroid-
cry, to the distractions and gayety of
London life. Books and photography,
tennis, golf, cycling and angling, and
the society of few close and chosen
friends-it' is in these that Princess
g 'Toria CAS- she lis affectionately
called in her family circle) finds occu-
patton and happiness.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
Custom Tailors, $50. Shirt Tailors, So.
Hats So, SIS. Hoff's Toggery Shop.
UGLY RUM0RS AFL0AT
CHARGES MAY BE
MADE IN THE CASE OF JIM MOE,
NOW ON TRIAL. = = :,

Sensational charges are not improba.
BILE in the hearing Of Jim Moe, the sec
ond Chinaman to be brought to trial in
the chop: -sueY house scandals. An at.
tempttw be made, it is said, to show
a political motive behind the prosecu-
tions.
The defense will attempt to prove
that the complainant girls had trouble
with the defendant, that he ordered
them out of his place, and that they and
an unknown man who was with them
sWOre vengeance.
The state s star witness was on the
stand nearly all Of this morning. Upon
cross examination by Mr. Hutchinson,
the witness contradicted her own state.
ments in many details.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
NOONAN GOES UP
Local Railroad Man to Superintend an
Eastern Road.

W., T. Noonan has been appointed
general superintendent of the Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburg railway, effective
Dec. /. Minneapolis railroad men are
much interested in the rapid advance
left Minneapolis Jan. l, to take posi-
tion with the Lackawanna road and
then, within the year, went into the
transportation department Of the Erie
He was superinte ndent of the Mime
apolis & St. Louis road in Minneapolis
when he resigned to 20 with the Lack
awanna. The Buffalo line is 472 miles
long and traverses the western end of
New York and Pennsylvania. It is a
coal carrying line, and has a heavy traf-
fc, employing - 900 cars. ;:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
WILLIAMS PECULIAR WAYS
Denies Candidacy and Then Sends Let.
tiers Asking Support.

The contest, if such it may be called,
for chief clerk Of the house, seems to be
going one way, and in favor Of Julius
A. Schmahl Of Redwood Falls. w. W.
Williams, the St. Paul candidate, seems
some members he yesterday unhesitat-
ingly denied he was candidate. . This
NOR ming members of the Hennepin dele.
cation received letters from him ask
ing support. ~ ".i~ r
WThis seems peculiar action on
Williams part,'' said one Hennepin
member today "He should know that
Hennepin, is already openly pledged to
Schmahl. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
WHAT HURTS MOST.
PHILADELPHIA Public Ledger.

:: Philadelphia Public Ledger.
.'What rascally paper it is to tell ma
licious lies about you that way said
Councilman Crookit's sympathetic friend
2 ''Oh,'' replied the councilman, "it isn't
as bad as some Of the other papers that
tell the malicious truth"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29

Joseph Daneski, at Bloomfield, n. j.,
has candy Easter egg which he uses
for a savings bank. 1t contained 500
the other night when a burglar went
thru Daneski's house, but the prowler,
not expecting to find money in such a
place, missed 1t.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many friends
for their sympathy and kindness to us in
our recent bereavement.
q Mrs. mogene Ingersoll and Family.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-29

John Bolton, a handloom weaver, has
died in Blackburn work house at the are
! of 1O5. he was an inYeterate smok er
and snufftaker, and was fond of a
glass Of beer.