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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-25
JOHN n. ALLEN DIES
st. Paul Wholesale Groceryman succumbs
to Battle with Disease.

Ooill II. <AllSil, q ploHccI IcSluoHl VI
ST. Paul, died at, his home, 1886 Summit
avenue, yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Allen
was taken ill last December and COM
PEELED to go west for his health, but his
condition did not improve and he returned.
He was at the head of the John H. Allen
wholesale grocery concern. having been
in business in St. Paul since the close of
the war. He is survived by Mrs. Allen
and four children.
MICHAEL HURLEY, a resident of CO.
lumbus. Wis. for forty-f1ve years, who has
in recent years made his home in Min
neapolis. passed away this morning at his
residence, 1907 Fourth avenue s. He was
born in County Glare, Ireland, Nov %,
1921 He came to this country and set
tied in New York where he lived for sew
eral years. Then he came west and set
tied in Wisconsin. He is survived by one
daughter. Miss Genevieve Hurley, and
four grandchildren, all living in st. Paul
The remains will be taken to Wisconsin
for interment.
!; PETER HoLM-Surrounded by his
wife, children, brother and other relatives
he passed away Saturday afternoon at his
residence, 1923 Summer street NE. Mr..
Holm had for more than twelve years
been engaged in the manufacture of office
furniture in South Minneapolis. He was
an artist at the work of wood carving and
designing and has always been known as
an upright business man. Funeral at Ma
pie Hill church, Fillmore and Summer
street NE. tomorrow at $3.50 p. m. Inter-
| ment at Hillside cemetery.
ISRAEL II. RusHFoRD, for thirty
years a resident of Minneapolis, died yes
terday at his residence 10 Second street
NE. Mr.. Rushford was a member Of the
Central Baptist church and the funeral
will be held there Wednesday at 2:30 p. m.
| MRS. A. M. p. NoRToN.-The funeral
Of Mrs. Amanda NJ. Peakes Norton, wife
tof Captain Ariel Norton, will be held at
the residence. $500 Harriet avenue, to-
morrow at 2:30 p m. Interment at Vine
yard Haven, Mass.
WALDAMERE HERBsT kERsToN,
| son of Mr.. and Mrs. II. T. Kerston. aged
4 4 months, died at the family residence,
1910 Sixth street S. Funeral Tuesday az
ternoon.
/ CHARLES MAGNUSSoN died Saturday
/ evening at his residence. 1909 Sixth street
1 s. Funeral from residence wednesday
at 2 p. M Interment at Lakewood.
/ EMILY SALvIRSoN, aged II years, the
daughter of Mrs. Mary Salvirson 17o4
Fourth avenue s. died at the city hospital
this morning of typhoid fever.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-25
FINE RESIDENCE SOLD
Hal p. Watson Buys the w. e. Steel
Place on Linden Avenue.

Lester B. Elwood of the Corser Invest
ment company has sold for w. e. Steele
the property at 1404 Linden avenue, occu-
pied by Mr.. Steele. to Hal P. Watson 1t
Is understood that the price was $4,000.
This Is one Of the fine homes Of the city,
across the avenue from Hawthorn park.
1t will be thoroly overhauled for Mr.. Wat
sons occupancy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-25

Hoff's " Size 5 Ply Collars, Like
"Budds.''
3 for 81. Hoffmans Toggery Shop
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-25

Sather ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Sather. the
man who was shot by his partner on First
street S last week. is at the city hospital
and is said to be recovering. The surgeons
say that he Is practically out of danger.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-25
Used Pianos at Half Value.

Pease upright, dark case, SIS; Bush &
Gerts upright, 500; Vose & Sons up
right, SIPS; Hinze upright, $3.50;
Whitney upright, $40; Kimball up
right, $165; Marshall & Wendell up
right, ;$140; Behning upright, $165;
Steinway upright, $40; Kimball up
right, $225. Terms on any Of these
made to suit your convenience.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-25

CHARLES MAGNUSSoN died Saturday
evening at his residence. 1909 Sixth street
S. Funeral from residence Wednesday
at p. m. Interment at Lakewood.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-25

WALDAMERE HERBsT kERsToN,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. II. T. Kerston. aged
months. died at the family residence,
1910 Sixth street S. Funeral Tuesday at
ternoon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27

and throwing bricks at those who
made a noise.
Shakespeare was quite n fellow in
his day. and knew almost as much as
a spoutlng police geyser; but he
neither knew nor anticipated the late
lamented Herr Wagner of B%ayreuth.
Germany. Wagner was a man who
had a lot Of music in himself, but he
failed to keep IL in. Music worked in
his system like steam; and when it
broke out II made trouble. Wagner
tried his music on his chum, n luna.
tic and king: and II he was pleased.
II was considered a proof that the rest
of us would want Il. | am rather shy
about saying much about Wagner: ev.
cry fellow that plays a fiddle, or a
mouth organ. or a cornet, or forty.
fives, thinks it's up to him to defend
him; and you are pretty sur TO be
called names and accused of Anarchy
and beating your wife II you rouse
the Wagnerites. Under the circum.
stances, II is just as well to he ju-
dicious and speak soft and low.
oohtt pVoDl' ubu'l Sldhu NdEu'I r,
some try to understand him; some
pretend to understand him; while a
vast. vulgar, ignorant majority can
neither stand o understand him. I
suppose | am numbered among the
last lot; and. while | am willing to
concede that Wagner is great, I prefer
Sousa, Creatore and rag-time. Con.
fidertially. | think he was born too
soon and died too late.
The easiest way to distinguish a
reel Wagnerite from the imitation is
to hear them pronounce the great
mans name. The real things call
him Vogner; the Britannia metal
Wagnerites call him Wagner. or just
Waggoner, II they are lately from
Cheyenne.
When a man has a wife who can
cut frills on a pianola. or who wants
TO be In the swim, he Just naturally
has to get down in his pocket once in
a while and dig up a couple Of fives
to put the Wagner trust on Easy
street. As ! have said, ! don't really
enjoy Wagner: but In the end it is
easier and cheaper to take four hours
OF the great Germans spasms than
four weeks Of your wife's obligatos in
G sharp. Four weeks OF domestic
harmony is cheap at $40; a divorce
will cost more than that.
The last time sampled Wagner's
wares II was under domestic duress;
and the particular riot which I en-
dured was called the Valkyries. There
were several characters in 1t who re.
minded me Of certain statesmen; they
had large voices. long whiskers and
peculiar garments. These people
1idn't make much trouble, though
somewhat clamorous; and they had a
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
Fastener Complains He Purchased
Domestic Harmony at Frightful
Cost-Hereafter Will Stick
to Ragtime.
to Ragtime.

were chased of by the sccHs sh'ffnI%;
and though I was dead tired and
stone deaf, | went out and tackled
taurant and cheerfully faced night
mares. ] knew when ] got the night
mare I'd forget the Valkyries.
In my time have faced "Tannhaus-
err "IIohengrin" and other Wagncri-
an things; and Il looked as II I might
acquire the habit and stand around
like other weak sisters pretending to-
be enraptured every time a bull fiddle
fell foul OF a base drum: but. after
the Valkyrie campaign I threw up my
hands and abandoned Wagner. This
liz a shameful confession to make. and
argues a defective musical and moral
sense. am willing to admit the trou-
bic lies with me, not Wagner; ! have
not beer trained up to him; n !
have neither money. nor strength
enough to try. | was not distressed
when Boston refused to give mp It's
dividends to Herr Conried; ! was
proud to know Boston could control
Itself ever in the face of Wagner; and
I was secretly and vulgarly happy
when Conried and his Valkyries start
ed for Chicago. where they are ac-
customcd to cyclones and explosions.
outside of the music drama, J like
Germans and things German; some
day I'm going over to Germany to see
where the fra%nkfurters, hofbrau and
bull fddles grow; and I'm going to-
look up Herr Wagner's grave. II
they have IA marble monument on his
chest and his tomb cemented and
copperriveted ! shall rejoice. I'd like
to come back with the certain knowl-
edge that he cant get up and start In
again making raw material for brass
bands, hand organs and Valkyrics. !
don't want his sacred remains dis
turbed.
When the last day comes. and peO-
pie are slow in responding, | know
where Gabriel can get a first-class az.
sistant to rouse the sleepers and wake
the dead: but until that day, ! hope no
vandal hand will monkey with the
great mans tomb.-Joseph Smith In
Boston Herald.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27

Representative Richardson of Ten.
nessee tells Of an old darky living
near Nashville who, has according to
his theory. been dying for many, many
years. Notwithstanding his persistent
belief that he Is near deaths door,
this darby, Isaac Bolts by name, is
apparently as we'll and a~ble-bodied to.
day as he was forty years ago.
Recently, says Mr.. Richardson, Isaac
was seized with one OF his spells"
A week or so passed, but Isaac, ac'
cording to his own statement, grew no
better. One day a n%eighbor, in pass
ing the Bolts domicile, CHANGED to OBJ
serve Mrs. Bolts standing at the gate.
How is Ike this morning. asked
the neighbor.
only tol'able. only tol'able," replied
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
ouEGR BELIEFS OF eusnmEN.
Their Motions About Many Simple
Thinus Are VAGUE,

'''s N'be~
The bushmen of Africa have a
quaint belief, according % a recent
book, that the world was made by a
spirit with his left hand-so unsatis.
factory a piece Of work Is Il. The no.
tons about astronomy are many and
curious, including the familiar one
that the old moons are cut up into
stars, but as an old man told MIR.
Kidd, the author. I'VE are only black
men, and know very little about these
things" The natives are very re-.
spectacle TO snakes. which they be.
lieve to be q reviviied form Of their
ancestors backbones. They are afraid
to- look into deep pools lest a monster
should lay hold OF their shadows aud
drag them into the water: and they
dread being photographed, on the
medieval ground that II any enemy
gets hold OF your portrait he can work
you all sorts Of harm through its
agency. OF course there are witch
doctors and rain doctors-most oi
whom. by the way, come to violent
ends at the hands of a disappointed
populace-and in Zululand the women
sometimes bury their children up ia
their necks in the ground in the ex'
%pcctation that the heavens will melt
with tenderness at the noise the,
make.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
DESERVED TO SELL SAFE.
Story in Itself Was Well Worth an
Order.

Story in Itself Was Well Worth an
Order.
Robert NJ. McL.ane. the mayor Of
Baltimore, said the other day:
Naturally, since our devastating
fire, the statesmen of safes have been
doing a rushing business here.
Il am told that two safe statesmen,
representing rival firms, called stimuli.
~taneously on a business man one
morning last week. The first sales
man said:
ITO demonstrate the quality of M
safes, it is our custom tn put a cat in
one of them, to lock II, to build a
great fire around It, and to leave il in
the flames for t%wenty-four hours. At
the end of the twenty-four hours we
open the safe and the cat leaps out,
unframed
"'Wonderful!' said the merchant.
Wonderful
THE second salesman spoke up.
1--WE once put a cat in a safe OF
ours he said, and kept 1t surrounded
with fire for a week. AT the end Of
the week what condition do you sup
pose the cat was in?'
"'Dead?' said the merchant.
"'Yes, dead said the salesman.
But do you know how it died?'
mo. How
1T froZe to DEATH"
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
Worth Living For.

The late Or. Butler of Hartford,
Conn. gave as an illustration OF the
necessity of giving ~restoratives even
to those apparently almost dead this
leaf from his experience:
"Old Aunt Sally was dying and had
been talking about her hopes of
heaven. At the same time | was ad.
ministering a few drops Of brandy
and water in a teaspoon. In a sooth'
ing voice referring to her crossing
the river) | said: And how does II
seem. Aunt Sally?'
The old woman slowly opened one
eye, and ~winking at me. replied:
Its lickin' good, doctor
II gave her the contents of the
glass, and she lived several years.
New York Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27

the fddles and bassoOns until the roof
%quivered. AS | understand u, the Val
kyrics were the Carrie Nations of
ancient Germany, who were trained
to hover owe ~battlefelds, keeping
tabs on the patriots who went to the
front too much; and when these he
roe were knocked out by the hated
foemcn, the Valkyries swooped down
on them and hustled them on to a
sort of ~post-mortem reservation.
called Nalhalla, where the departed
patriots sat around drinking beer and
Dragging about their val records. A
patriot and hero would have to be
very dead to enjoy the company OF
these shrinking young ladies: for, as
they fioated around in the atmosphere
on brOncoes waiting for a chance TO
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
WOULD NOT BE LIONizED.
British Admiral Cared Little for New
York Society.

There was some disappointment
among the younger members Of the
Aston set in New York when Admiral
Sir Cyprian Bridge, X. G. b.. refused
to permit himself to be lionized in a
social way. The admiral belongs to
that type of naval martinez which
believes exclusively in a gunpowder
diet as a necessity and combing bull
let's out of the hair after a battle as a
diversion. He is a Chesterfield in po-
likeness, but has a rather cynical man
ner with women. His detestation of the
American who apes English manner
isms is so marked that he becomes al.
most rude in rebuke. He made the
usual conventional call at the British
embassy when he was in Washington,
but in his brief stay in New York he
could not be persuaded to make more
than one or two calls.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
HUMBLE CRITIC
WRITES OF
WAGNER'S MUSIC

When Shakespeare wrote The man
that hath no music in himself. nor is
moved with concord Of sweet sounds.
Is nj for t%reasons, strategems and
spoils," he lived in an age that knew
only flutes and lutes Of that inoffen-
sive sort; an age when people who
sang only carolled and trolled about
flowers and love and shepherdesscs.
Shakespeare never heard a piano, nor
a German brass band; nobody had in.
vented operas. comic or explosive; IL
was not considered bad form to ad-
mire a b, llad and no one was expell.
ed from society or considered ipnor.
ant and uncouth for liking a melody
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
Tired of the Delay

Mr.. Bolts better half, a weary express
sion coming into her face.
That's too bad" responded the
%neighbor, sympathetically; Il had
hoped he would be well by this time.
He is no worse?"
mo, he amt no worse" went on the
wife, dejectedly, an at de same time
he amt no better. It's allus dis way.
Fust he's worse an den he's better.
Den he's worse agin. Allus dis way!
POI nah soul, honey, ole Bolts been
doin' dis way eversince ] kin remem-
her"
Then, after a long pause, as IL In
deep reflection, the darky's wife add.
ed, in a p~laintive tone:
Honey, do wish ole Bolts 'ud do
somethin' d%efnite!"-- New York
Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
SCOTT LOVED BY ANIMALS.
Dumb Pets Particular Fondness for
Great Author.

TSs'S'
Somewhat akin to the story of the
pony and the pig in the Spectator of
March IL is the following narrative
in the life of Sir Walter Scott. illus
trating his fondness for animals and
their attachment To him. ] find IL in
a volume entitled Stories OF Remark
able Persons by the late DIR. William
Chambers, who gives Sir Walters
son.in.law, lockhart, as voucher for
he authenticity of the story:
AT Abbotsford, in the autumn of
1920, when a large party, including Sir
Humphrey Davy. DIR. Wollaston and
Henry Mackenzie were sallying out
Scott on his pony, with Mazda gam
boiling about him-there was some
commotion and laughter when il vas
discovered that a little black pig vas
frisking about and apparently resolved
TO be one of the party for the day.
Scott tried to look stern. and cracked
his whip at the creature, but was in a
moment obliged to join in the gener-
al cheers. Poor piggy was sem home.
This pig says lOckhart, had taken,
nobody could tell how, a most senti.
mental attachment to Scott. and was
constantly urging his ~pretensions to
be admitted a regular member of his
tail along with the ~greyhounds and
terriers: but. indeed, | remember him
suffering another summer under the
same sort of pertinacity on the part Of
an affectiOnate hen. ! leave the ex.
PLANTATION for philosophers-but such
were the acts."-lOndon Spectator.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
Words for Ordinary Purposes.

The small number OF words actu-
ally necessary for ordinary purposes
in our everyday life is surprising, and
nothing illustrates this better than
the limited vocabulary OF a little
child" Or. NJ. Harris said. Il have
a daughter 6 years old. She is able to
make all her wants known, to talk
freely and easily. II an adult knew
Just the number OF words In a for
eign tongue that she knows in her
own he would be able 10 get along
nicely in a conversations way with
people who spoke nothing but that
language. What the child's vocabu.
larry comprises, how many words and
of what classes ] recently made ii my
business 10 ascertain In a series of
Investigations extending over a con-
siderable period Of time. ! found that
the total number of words she knew
and used was just 1862, emitting proper
ufRes, and that "a per cent of these
were nouns. Is per cent verbs and II
per cent adjectives, the remainder be-
ing made up Of ~conjunctions. preposi.
tions and p~ronouns.'--St, Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
The Difference In Mankind.

There's men and men," said Tonr
my the Tout, when he got back to
Broadway from Jamaica the other
day. Just to show you, take Bill
DAILY and Bud May. Pa wins two
races with DAILY and Amberjack, and
I'm broke. l know him and need %
dollar. Thinking he ought to stand
for a touch ! asks him for a PUNK.
81 amt got a dollar In change
says he. but here's a dime ! al let
you have
II needed money bad, and when ]
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27

drag out a battered patriot they made
noise enough to make a ID. A. r. con
%vention seem like a prayer meeting in
comparison.
The night ! sat %shuddering at this
%shrieking sisterhOod FRITZ Schef was
one of the Valkyries; but as she
eloped from Wagner shortly afterward
and went into comic opera and brief
clothes, | imagine she was clOyed by
Wagner as much as ] al The dif-
ference between us was she was paid
to yell at me; and ! paid TO hear her
yell. Men are dead easy.
was glad when IL was over. when
these shrieking Sutherland sisters
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27

rather easy time trying not to fall in
love with a stout. elderly and shop
u princess or prophecies, who was
lovely enough to stop a clock in any
climate, or drive the east wind out of
Boston.
The real things in this music drama
-Wagner's things are not OPP
eras or opuses- were a lot
Of strong. strenuous young won
en arrayed In nighties and cam
paign helmets and armed with OK
soads. who butted In periodically with
gosticulations and shrieks, while the
conductor out in front threw fits,
fought with his baton and worked up
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
II Was Wished On.

Johnny's sister has q ring that
Johnny is very fond of. He is allowed
to wear 1t sometimes for an hour or SO,
when he has been very good, or has
promised to be. One day he sud
denly found that he wanted to wear
that beautiful little gold band, and
so he informed his sister. She wasn't
just In the mood. 70 she told him, AZ
he insisted, that she couldn't take IL
on because II was wished on" John
ny said little and thought much, and
the x afternoon. when his sister
q callers he rushed in and pumped
down on an ottoman in the middle
OF the room.
johnny reminded his sister.
your cap, dear"
Oh returned the boy, ~innocently.
II can't take 1t OF, Sis; it's wished
on"
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
Costly Railroad Tunnel.

One million dollars a mile is the
estimated cost OF constructing a tun-
mel, -four miles in length, on the line
OF the new Moffat railroad, from Dem
yer, Colo, to Salt Lake City, Utah.
Contractors hesitate about bidding for
the work. because of the hardness OF
the granite through which the tunnel
must be bored. Sticks Of dynamite
make little impression on the rock,
and the railroad itself, may
have to build the tunnel.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
Death Of Famous Coniurer.

Herr Dobbler, the famous conjuror,
died in Aberdeen recently. He was
on the stage forty years. II was he
who, in 1864 exposed the Davenport
Brothers, who had pretended that
their tricks were supernatural mani.
feStatiOns.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27

butts into May ! makes up my mind
to try him. but Major Pelham had
been beaten out and ! didn't want to-
make II too strong, so all ! asks for is
a quarter.
81 haven't got a quarter. Tom
says he, but here's 81, II it's all the
same to you New York Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
BeIoium and French Coal.

The output Of coal in both France
and Belgium last year was greater
than ever before, that of France be
ing $4,000. 900 tons and that Of bel.
GUM %, 900 900 tons.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
AGED London Actor.

Herman Vein of the Court Theater
London, is as years of age. and still
playing. He is a graduate Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, although Eng
lish born.
The Red Cloud chief., 1904-05-27
Prize for Cactus Esterminator.

Prize for Cactus ESterminator.
The government of Queensland Of
fers a prize OF $4,000 for a method OF
discriminating the opuntia. a species
OF cactus imported from America.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1904-02-04

arrived here yesterday, and put up
ut the Seamen's home"
Three children were drowned in
Eidangerfjord Jan. 2. Their mother
had gone out to fetch some milk, and
during her absence they went out on
the ice, broke through and were
drowned. These were the last chill.
,dren in the family, fourth one hav.
ing died year ago. The despair OF
their mother is heartrending, Her
husband, who is sailor, has been
working in America.
As soon as the news of the fire in
the Iroquis theater, Chicago, reached
Kristiania, Verdens Gang wired to
Skandinaven, Chicago, asking for the
names of the Norwegians that per-
ished in the fire. The cablegram
giving the names was soon received,
printed as an. extra issue and dis,
tributed. Both the Norwegians and
the Swedes claimed Miss Antonette
Peterson, the principal of the high
school at Fargo, N. D.. AS a matter OF
fact she was born in Fillmore county,
Mimi, and her parents were Norwe-
gians.
Considerable quantities of herring
were caught in the early part of Jan
uary. The whole catch of STAT her
ring amounts to 100000 barrels. The
prospects are bright for an early ap-
proach of the '.spring herring" signs
of shoals of these fish having been
observed off the southwest coast.
Kristiania, Jan. 15.-The lagtinp. by
81 almost unanimous vote, has passed
a bill granting women the right to
practice law in the courts of Nor
way.
Harstad, the youngest city in Nor
way has been enjoying that dignity
since JAM l.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1904-02-04
NORWAY.

was announced that the saloons
lss lag) were voted in at Fredriks-
ats st the October election by ma
&. NV OF $50. But the anti-saloon
pso,tle cried fraud, and q recount
was made. 1T was found that 800
voters had sent their ballots with
others, and such votes are void, plac-
ing that many votes against the sa-
looms. The result seems to be an an
ti-ss oon majority Of about $40. n
TIC loss Of Norwegian ships Is SO
co4n non that the following news item
wa crowded into the corner OF 9
4 liania daily for Jan. s: The
aFews Of six wrecked Norwegian ships