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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
R. A-CLUBHOUSE In SIGHT
AIINNEHAHA COUNCIL WILL PUSH
MEMBERSHIP TO 1000 AND
THEN BUILD A COUNCIL HOME.

Zone thousand members and then a
club house." is the campaign cry Of
Minnehaha council of the Royal Ar
canum, and from the way the council
is increasing, it looks as tho it would
soon gain both ends. This council is
one Of the most vigorous fraternal So
cities of the city, and It's history is one
Of rapid and consistent increase. 1t
was organized in 1889 with twenty
eight charter members. The yearly
increase until 1908 averages SO per
cent. For 1903 the increase will run
equally high, but cannot be given as
there is now a large class of sixty or
more in waiting to be initiated at the
meeting, Wednesday night, Jan. IS.
At this meeting, there will be adj
dresses by Frank M. Nye and Judge
F. G. Brooks, both Of whom are mem
bers. A general social meeting will
follow, and the total membership Of
the council will probably be in excess
of 800. When the desired thousand
members are secured, the council will
build a comfortable and well-appoint-
ed club house in central location in
the eighth ward. The degree fee will
be made $50 which will be a liberal
increase over the present cost.
The development of this council is
due to the good work of it's officers,
and the wisdom of the council has
been manifest in the selection of it's
officers. The retiring officers have
made an enviable record. The mem
bers Of the order express great appre-
citation Of the hard and enthusiastic
work done by the retiring agent, w.
H. Barber
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
THEIR SALARIES RAISED
MEMBERS OF LIBRARY STAFF
GET AN INCREASE-PRESS
NEED OF MORE ROOM.

The library board yesterday granted
several salary increases, Miss Jessie
Mcmillan, Athenaeum librarian; Miss
Josephine Cloud, superintendent of
circulation, and Miss Miriam Davis
reference librarian, being placed on
an equal basis Of 500 a month.
The question of a place for the col
lections of the Academy of Science
came up, and in view of the objections
made to the use Of space at Pillsbury
library, it was decided that they
should remain in the main building
until the new wing relieves the con-
gestion. The collection will be moved
probably into the directors room, to
permit the art department to make
the long contemplated move to the
second floor.
An informal report by Jacob Stone
showed probable surplus for the
year of over $4,000, and on Ibis
showing the building committee was
instructed to make preparations to
complete the wing, for which the
foundation has been laid.
1t was decided to celebrate the
opening of the Pillsbury library by a
reception and an Informal program
attended by the board.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
TRUE IS SORRY
But IS FINED
LITTLE FALLS ATTORNEY is AD-
JUDGED IN CONTEMPT.
He Wrote an Improper Letter to Judge
Elliott and Mailed 1t Before His
Anger Had Cooled-His Apology
Followed BY Payment of 500 Fine.

There is no doubt but that the de-
fendant is guilty. He is adjudged
guilty of contempt and it is ordered
that he pay fine of 500, in default
of which he be confined in the county
Jail for a period of not to exceed sixty
days.
With this pointed statement Judge
G. b. Elliott this morning disposed
of the case against J. N. True, an at
torney of Little Falls, cited to show
cause why he should not be punished
abusive letter on a subject under liti-
cation and now waiting decision by
Judge Elliott. The fine was paid.
Yes, I wrote that letter. admitted
the defendant. Il wrote it under cir
cumstances of vexaion, and disap-
pointment. I was wrought up and I
never was so sorry about anything in
my life. I beg the courts pardon.
That is all I can do now"
the court to task for not filing a de-
cision in the case Of True against the
Mississippi and Rum River Boom
company, he showed it to his wife,
who advised him not to send it. He
then. so-he swore this morning, took
it back to the office and put it away,
and did not know how it finally got
into the mail.
But the letter that came to me had
on it a special delivery stamp" sug-
gested Judge Elliott.
Yes replied Mr. True. 1T did,
and I do not deny that my original
purpose was to send 1t as soon as pos
sibie."
It is understood that an action has
beeen commenced at Little Falls to
disbar the offender.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
HAHA PAYILlONS
MUST GET out.
SO DECLARE THE PROPERTY
OWNERS IN THE VICINITY.
Resolutions Drafted at Mass Meet
ing Last Evening Owners All WILL
ing to Have Property Condemned
and to Pay an Assessment Rather
Than to Have Shacks Remain.


To rid Minnehaha of pavilion shacks
at any cost. That is the unanimous
desire of the residents of that dis
tr1ct, and their determination was
freely expressed last night at we'll
attended mass meeting called to con-
slider ways and means.
After long discussion, resolutions
were adopted in which the residents
and property owners of the park
suburb pledge themselves to use ev-
cry effort to have the condemnation
proceedings instituted by the park
board contaminated and the pavilion
encountered strip of ground along the
railroad track, between Forty eighth
and Fiftieth streets, cleaned up. The
resolution sets forth the great i'm
provement and benefit this step will
be to the park and to the whole city,
but states that the residents in that
vicinity are willing, rather than not
to have the land condemned and the
paviltons removed, to- have the
cost, about $4,000, assessed against
the abutting property. The resolu-
tions will be presented to the park
board at it's meeting on Feb. 1, and
action will be. urged by a strong dele
cation of residents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
LIKE BEING A STATUE
MISS JEANETTE BAIER DE-
SCRIBES HER FEELINGS WHILE
POSING AT THE "SHAPE Show
IN NEW YORK.

II felt like statue" explained Miss
Jeanette Baier yesterday, protesting
against the local criticisms against
her recent appearance in tights and a
graceful sash at the "shape show" in
Madison Square Garden, New York
city. The exact psychological nature
Of her feelings the young university
student couldn't make clear, but she
was sure the other statues felt just
as she did. She believes, too, that she
looked like a statue, ''and there's no
harm in gazing at a beautiful statue,
is there?" added Miss Baier, convinc-
ingly.
II wore white tights with a sash or
drapery around the waist We were
up on a stage fifteen or twenty feet
high and thirty or forty feet from the
audience. L went down among the
audience to watch the New York girls
pose and they looked to me exactly
like statues.
mo doubt we all looked like sta
tues to the ladies and gentlemen pres
ent," continued Miss Baier, who de-
c1ares that the press reports were in
accurate in their description of the
shape show patrons. mo, indeed );
it was real society affair, with many
society people and artists in the
boxes
Miss Baier had already posed twice,
she says, before she received her
mothers telegraphed protest against
appearing. e
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
NORBECK WANTS FREEDOM
PARDON BOARD - WEISSMIL.
I.E:R, SENT UP FOR ASSAULT,
ALSO PETITIONS.

There are thirty-three applications
for pardon to be considered Monday
by the state board. Among them are
several cases from Hennepin county.
G. G. Norbeck and Norm King, the
former detectives, are petitioners for
pardon. 1t is Norbeck's first time,
but King has been turned down by
the board before.
John Frank Weissmiller, convicted
of an assault last November after a
sensational trial, asks for pardon.
Other cases from Hennepin are:
Erick Rask, assault in the second
degree; Thomas F. Armstrong, for
gerry in the second degree; John Bit
tikoffer, grand larceny in the first
degree; James Davidson, burglary in
the third degree; Guy Au1tman, grand
larceny in the second degree; Frank
LOTUS, grand larceny in the second
degree;. John Harris, robbery in the
third degree; John w. Stengelt and
Edward Bond
The most important case is that of
Charles and Henry Nelson, the Owa-
tonna murderers under sentence to
hang Feb. 10, who ask a commuta-
ton to life imprisonment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
TO DISCUSS SANITATION
MINNESOTA STATE SANITARY AS
ISOLATION WILL CONVENE IN
MINNEAPOLIS NEXT TUESDAY
MORNING.

The Minnesota State Sanitary asso-
citation will convene in Minneapolis
Tuesday, at IL a. M, for it's third an
nual meeting, in the library of the
Hennepin County Medical society in
the Andrus building. The morning
business, the reports of the committees
and the election of a. nominating COM
mittee. !
The program of papers will begin
in the afternoon at 2 o'clock and will
include many of, vital interest and i'm
portance. The afternoon program
especially will threat o ftopic Of timely
local application. Sewage Disposal y
will be treated by Professor j. F.
Flather; Water Supplies M. o.
Leighton, United States Geological
survey; Milk Supplies" DR.. T. S.
Roberts; Sanitation in Public Con-
veyances,' DR.. H. M. Bracken.
The presidents address will be CIV
en- in the evening at 8@o'clock by DIR.
Burnside Foster of st. Paul, followed
the Public Schools by DR.. r. O.
Beard; "a Brief Experience in the
Medical Inspection of Schools DR..
j. M. Robinson, Duluth; and
'Trachoma in the Schools and It's Re-
latfon to the Commonwealth" DR.. Cor
neius Williams, st. Paul.
wednesday morning the session will
open with a business session and the
election of officers. The last group
of papers on preventable diseases will
be by DR.. H. I. Taylor Of ST. Paul
on "Tuberculosis''; DR.. E. H. Bayley
of Lake City, Scarlet Fever; Dr.. F.
r. Huxley of Faribault, Smallpox
Report of Twenty-one Cases Of Vario-
la and Varioloid.''
The present officers of the associa-
ton are: President. DR.. Burnside
Foster, st. Paul; first vice president
DR.. w. B. Patton, Duluth; second vice
president, DR.. E.. d. Keyes, Winona;
secretary, DR.. e. H. Bayley. Lake City:
treasurer, DR.. Frank Corbett, Mime
apolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
TO ENRICH PRAIRIE SOIL
The First Trainload Shipment of Sue
cess Manure Spreaders Received by
the Deere-Webber Company.

A bank that pays larger interest
than any other is the farmers manure
pile. Fortunate, indeed, are the farm
ers Of the great northwest that they
have learned this lesson before dire
experience forced it upon them.
The best evidence that this is true
is the arrival in Minneapolis to-day of
a trainload of machines built for
spreading manure. Time was when
the western farmer vainly supposed
that his soil was inexhaustible. He
little knew that the humus, the nitro
gen, phosphates, and potash so essen
tial to the growth Of food plants would
gradually diminish unless supplied.
Science and the experience Of the
farmers of the eastern states and of
Europe have all helped to teach him
his lesson in time.
The farmers Of the northwest are
going into diversification, including
dairying and stock raising, which is
the first step in the preservation of the
soil, and the next step is the purchase
of the machinery which spreads the
manure upon the soil in the manner
which experience has taught is best.
1t is fitting that the leaders in this
work should be the great John
Deere Vehicle and Farm Implement
company, which is represented in
Minneapolis by the Deere & Weber
company. This concern has come to
be known as the "trainload house. .
because it's purchases and shipments
from the east have been in trainloads,
including, as it will be remembered,
a trainload of vehicles at one time,
and previously a trainload of Sharples
Cream Separators.
This last train load was hammered
Success Manure Spreaders," from
Kemp & Burpee Manufacturing Co.,
Syracuse, N. Y. AS may be inferred,
it is the first train load of implements
of this kind ever shipped to the west,
or. in fact, shipped anywhere The
machine is a four-wheeled device,
which carries its own load OF manure,
and by ingenious machinery spreads
it in passing. It is adjustable, so that
the driver can spread it thin, medium,
thick or very thick, as desired, with
out stopping the spreader.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
he GAVE LIQUOR T0.GIRLS.
HERMAN OLSON GETS STRAIGHT
SENTENCE OF FORTY DAYS
FOR DOING SO. A

Herman Olson, a young man living
in South Minneapolis, was sentenced
to forty days in the workhouses this
morning for furnishing liquor to
minors. Olson met three young girls,
aged, respectively, 13, IA and Is
years, at q, residence in South Mime
apolls, and went out to saloon for
liquor. The girls became intoxicated
and Olson took them down town to
get supper. A police officer saw them
and locked them up at central sta
ton. Olson was charged with drunk
enness, and before court this morn
ing S. L. Van Etten of the Humane
society investigated the affair. In
court Olson was fined $40 for being
drunk and given the straight SEN
tence for giving the liquor to the
girls.
Mr.. Van Etten says that several
complaints have come to him trcSa
citizens OF South Minneapolis, that
young Girls are allowed to go to pri-
waite residences where they can drink
under cover. A more thoro investiga-
ton will be made to-day, and other
arrests many follow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
QUEER FIGHTING DRESS
WORkHOUSE GUARD RUSHES
DOWN IN HIS NIGHTSHIRT TO
QUELL A SUPPOSED RIOT.

John Parker, a workhouse guard.
rushed into the cellroom this morning
to quell a riot clad only in a night
shirt pair of carpet slippers and a
revolver. -,
He was surprised to hear no noise
except the snoring of the Weary
Willies.' He now claims that his
sudden appearance was the result of
conspiracy among the other guards.
y new signal system was installed
yesterday which will enable the night
watch to arouse all the guards by
simply touching a button in any part
of the building.
This morning the Waterman to try
the apparatus sent in an alarm at
o'clock oget the men up for break
fast The other guards were down
stairs before the alarm was turned in
and Parker, thinking they had gone to
the fray, armed himself and started
to the front.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
BEGIN WORK ON NEW ROAD
MINNESOTA CENTRAL LINE HAS
BEEN SUCCESSFULLY FINANCED
AND WILL SOON BE A REALITY.

Hector B. Cady of Minneapolis and
G. H: Mackenzie Of Gaylord, Mimi,
promoters Of the proposed Minnesota
Central railroad, spent to-day in con-
sultation with twin city contractors
and bridge builders preliminary to be-
ginning work on the line, April l.
The promoters have just received
reports indicating that, altho they are
the seventh concern which has at
tempted to build this proposed Man
kato, ST. Cloud & Duluth line, they
have succeeded in financing the COM
pany where others have failed. The
bonds per cent wenty-year-haYe
been marketed mostly in Philadel-
phia and New York, altho small
blocks have been sold here. The pro-
motors consider this great achieve
ment in view Of the present condi-
ton of the money market.
1t is proposed to begin work on the
Mankato bridge across the Minnesota
river March 1, and to work north
from that point. In the meanwhile
Messrs. Cady and Mackenzie have orr
ganized a syndicate to purchase large
marble quarries in Norway. They
will go there to take over, the property
about Feb. 1.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
FRESHMEN WIN DEBATE
PEAVEY PRIZES GO TO THE LOW
Err CLASSMEN IN THE ANNUAL
CONTEST AT THE "U.'

The observation-disclosures debate for
the Frank H. Peavey prizes was held
last night in the University chapel be-
fore large and very appropriate audi
ence.
The proposition, Resolved, That the
scab is not justified in taking the place
of the striking union laborer,'' was
supported by the sophomores, Messrs
Stroud, Aygarn and Christianson, and
opposed by the freshmen, Messrs
Badger, McManigal and Arndtson.
The contest was very close. Wit and
logic enlivened and strengthened both
sides. The contest was one O fthe best
ever held by underclassmen. The
speakers showed wide reading and
close thought, which enabled them to
meet squarely on the issues of the de-
bate.
The main contention of the aff1rma-
tive was that the union has been the
er to a higher plane of living; that all
men are better clothed, fed, housed
and educated; better socially, morally
and from the standpoint of efficiency
because of the struggles of the union.
The scab aims blow at the union
when he fills the place of the striking
union laborer during a strike and
hence he is not justified.
On the other hand, the negative did
not deny the services of the union to
labor but urged that in the "synpa-
thetic strike" and a large number of
similar cases the non-union man pro-
tects the public from unjust and I'M
reasonable demands-from extortion.
| The negative also made much Of the
personal liberty argument-urging the
right of every man to reasonable free
| dom Of action.
Mr.. Christianson was easily the best
speaker for the affirmative. His con-
,ofi vyA nhoh f1,o
best speech of the evening, but his re-
buttal was not quite so strong. Mr..
Mechanical did the best work for the
negative. He thought on his feet and
was strong in both constructive and
rebuttal speeches. The work of Mr..
Badger was very pointed and vigorous
in rebuttal but not so clear. He was
speech. The other speakers did
creditably.
Senator Fred B. Snyder, Senator
Stockwell and George w. Armstrong
were the judges. BY a vote Of two to
one they awarded the decision to the
number of good judges Of debate were
present who thought that the decision
should have been in favor of the af-
frmative on the ground of better team
work and broader, fairer and simpler
construction Of the question. They
| thought the negative begged the ques-
| ton by forcing a narrower construc-
ton and proving their case by ex-
ceptions-which really prove nothing
rather than by broad propositions
and principles, but these judges did
not have a chance to vote.
| This is the last meeting between
representatives of the freshman and
sophomore classes this year, except
! the oratorical contest which will occur
| in February-and 50 far the freshmen
have an unbroken record of victories
over their opponents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
PHONE MEN WILL
KEEP UP FIGHT
INDEPENDENTS THINK THEM.
SELVES UNFAIRLY TREATED.
Barring of Independent Phones from
ST. Paul Postoffice Said to Be Only
One Incident of Several Showing
Departments Attitude-St. Paul Of
flee Has Never Phoned to Chicago.

The action Of the postoffice depart.
ment in taking the Twin City tele-
phones out of the st. Paul postoffice
will become more than a local issue
and will develop into a fight not only
between the Bell and the Twin City
telephone companies, but between al
the independent companies and the
postoffice department..
The explanation made by the post
office department is to the effect that
the Twin City telephones have been
ordered out Of the st. Paul postoffice
because that exchange offers no di-
rect connections with Chicago OF
Washington. 1t is fact, however, that
the Northwestern phone lines in the
st. Paul postoffice are tagged
against toll connections and there has
never been any business by telephone
between the st. Paul office and Chi.
cago or. Washington.
1t Is not at all probable that the in
dependent companies will drop the st
Paul matter as the incident is re-
garded as only one Of many, showing
apparently, a fixed policy on the part
OF the postoffice department to dis.
crlmlnate against the independent
companies.
At recent independent meeting OF
the companies in Chicago, before the
st. Paul incident, this subject was dis.
cussed and representatives from Min
nesota, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and other
states united in criticising Postmaster
General Payne for what they termed q
deliberate policy of favoritism, to the
Bell system.
Mr.. Presson of Iowa City gave ar
instance, coming under his observa.
ton, where the independent tele.
phones were ordered out of the lowe
City postoffice, altho the Independent
company had $50 phones on it's line
and the Bell but nine.
q The independent operators are Ger.
tain that the postoffice department i!
looking for an opportunity to deliver
the business entirely into the hands Of
the Bell company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-09
CITY NEWS.

Chamber Bowlers Win-The Chamber
of Commerce bowlers took two out of
three from the courthouse quintet last
evening at the Cooperative alleys. In
three we'll played games. Totals S4a-2s1,
SsS-s55, SAD 1903.
Confirmation by Bishop-A class will
be confirmed by Bishop S. G. Edsall at
the st. Ansgarius Swedish Episcopal
church, Nineteenth avenue and Fifth
street S, Sunday evening.
Game Postponed-The game between
the Gamma Sigma and the Y. M. G. A.
basket ball teams. which was scheduled
for Saturday night, has been postponed
until later date. The reason given is
that the fraternity men were unable to
obtain their registration tickets in tho
Amateur Athletic union IN time for the
game
Sisters Vote PrevaiIed-It transpires
that the refusal of ST. Johns English Luz
theran church. to accept the resignation
of Rev. Alfred Ramsey was due to the
fact that the sisters outwitted the breth-
rem. The men Of the congregation while
holding Mr.. Ramsey's spiritual and pas
tora qualifications in high regard. did
not feel that he had handled the financial
phases Of church work as successfully as
might be desired.
MeIodrama by Mnnesotans-Gustav
Adolph Weber Of Duluth has written a
meodrama in five acts entitled "All In q
Lifetime" He has also provided it with
song of the same title. Mr.. Weber Is
now in Minneapolis consulting with local
managers as to its early production here.
The scene Of action Is in Kentucky and
Turkey.