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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07
JAMES r. McELROY,


Retiring City Passenger and Ticket Agent
Of the Burlington.
James F. McElroy, for sixteen years
city passenger and ticket agent OF the
signed to become special agent for
Hood & Penney. He will be succeeded
by Frederick r. Thomas, for ten years
first assistant in the Burlington Office,
In point of continuous service with
one road, Mr.. Nc Elroy. is dean Of the
corps in the twin cities. He leaves
railway service in the face of the siren
for his financial betterment. Associates
in the passenger business and patrons
of the company will feel distinct loss
in the absence of Mr.. McElroy from
the joint councils and from behind the
desk at the Burlington office. The ap-
| pointment of "Fred' Thomas to the
position gives satisfaction among rail
/ city office he has become well acquaint-
ed with the travelling public.
Next May Mr. McElroy would have
completed thirty years Of railroad ser
vice. He began May |, 1875, with the
| Milwaukee road at West Salem, Wis,
assistant ticket agent at the Cameron
house station in La Crosse. The first
of December, 1885, Mr.. McElroy &C
cepted position as travelling passen-
ger agent Of a new road, the Chicago,
Burlington & Northern, which has be-
come part of the Burlington system
After two years in that position he
came to minneapolis as city passenger
and ticket agent.
Mr.. Thomas has been with the Bur
lington seventeen years: He came tc
Minneapolis from the headquarters Of
fees in St. Paul, where he was voucher
clerk in the general passenger office.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07
Soiled Handkerchief

They are a bit soiled and spotted
with water from being in a window
display during the storm; the con-
cession in price amply repays you
for laundering them. ii Il
2 51~ dozen aadies hemstitched
handkerchiefs plain and embroid-
cred, &c and Sc values, at &c each.
r Is dozen ladies hemstitched
linen handkerchiefs, plain and en-
broidered, 15e and l8c qualities,
at 1Oc each. .ss .
s. 19 dozen ladies hemstitched
linen handkerchiefs, plain or en-
broidered, our regular 25c qualities
at 17c each. ~s'..,.>; T..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07
Fall Underwear

A few hints Of warm woolly I'M
derwear for cold fall days. !:
Ladies blue tinted, jersey
ribbed, worsted plated vests and
pants, perfect fitting vests with
silk drawing tape and fancy trim
mings, pants are ankle length,
Soc garment. -
Ladies ecru jersey ribbed COM
bination suits, heavy fall weights,
buttoning down the front, fancy
trimmings around neck and down
front, in small and out sizes, an ex-
cellent value at soc suit.
Mems natural wool shirts and
drawers, heavy fall weight, shirts
have silk stitching around the
neck, drawers are well finished,
Soc garment.
Mems gray tinted, jersey ribbed
combination suits, medium weight
finished with silk stitching and
pearl buttons, extra good value at
$l.OO suit. s~-~ g.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07
For Preserving

These economical prices will ap-
peal to the housewife who is in the
midst of canning and preserving.
Mason's fruit jars, fitted with
Boyd's porcelain lined caps; pints,
SOC; quarts, Goo; half gallons, 75c
a dozen. ".-
Lightning fruit jars, the strong
est and best jar made; pints, $1.l5;
quarts, $1.29; half gallons, $l.65.
Jelly tumblers, with tin covers,
zoe a dozen. >.~-..
Fruit jar rings, SC a dozen.
Boyd's porcelain lined jar covers,
with one dozen rings, csc a dozen.
,Parafane sealing wax, lee a Id.
Stone picking jars, one gallon,
lOc; 2 gallons, zoe; 8 gallons,
500; 4 gallons, 400, :!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07

Kidney diseases cause, more deaths
than any other human affliction. This
is because they come on 80 silently, and
are, therefore, neglected. ~.
When the kidneys are well, they re-
move from the body. every day nearly
one ounce Of uric acid and other poison
Gus waste.
When the kidneys are sick, this poi
son is carried by the blood to every
part Of the body. It causes rheu1na
tisn, govt, neuralgia, sciatiea, gravel
i stone in the kidneys, heart disease, in
| digestion, diabetes and Bright s Dis
\ ease.
give complete relief, because their in
| fuence is exerted directly upon the. dis
4 eased tissues. This medicine has beer
! curing sick kidneys for ~ years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07

A TRIAL FREE-To prove what
Doan's Kidney Pills will do for you we
will mail trial box free on applica-
ton Address Foster-Milburn Co., Buff
fa1O N. Y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07

who feel weak and discouraged, will re-
ceive both mental and bodily vigor by
using Carter Iron Pills, which are
made for the blood, nerves and CONF
plexion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07
FIanneIs, Go,odValues

4 Striped outing flannel, in Light,
medium and dark colors, 81 in.
wide, an unusual moneys worth at
&c a yard. y. .-..---<. -
All wool snowflake fannels, 81
in. wide, for children dresses,
waists and house gowns, 35c
yard. -..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07
Smart Autumn Millinery

There fascinating showing Of autumn hats here all the
new styles Smart effects in fets and silks in strik
ing combinations very modest prices Note these:
Broad crown sailor felt bound with velvet and
with velvet and buckle in color OF oxford
with red blue black champagne with black or reseda green
red with black; very smart creations at $1.9S
styles Of trbans made Of black aeta and belt brad
at $685. ...@ ~. ...." 49,: -.:
Two STYLES Of rans made of velvet braid and chenille
the other Of silk chenille trimmed with jet ornament
ready to wear, at 9249 and $29s. ": -.
-Four styles Of large picture hats with broad or high crowns
and one rban of velvet and brim Of chenille
black brown navy and worth double the price, at
$2.49. =. ~ -."" ~E <.s.. >~.."..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07
Handsome New Silks

window display suggests todays silk sory-new silks
You yourself this splendid Of autumn silk
eavng buying Remember the stores reputation for
reliability is back Of every yard Dependable quality at low
prices-not cheapness-is our aim.
Deserving of first mention these handsome new silks for
waists and shirt waist suits in lousne and peau de cygne
eayes in the neate dots stripes figures checks and totoned
effects They 20 inches WIDE in all the popular fall
colorngs priced 5Oc 69c 76o $lOO and yd
These soft nessaines in twoone effects IN
light evening shades 81 inches wide at rs yard.
peau de oygnes plain silk that very popular in
all desirable colors, 75c a yard.
crepe essane in plain black Whlte very sheer
and CREEPY at ST. rs and 1928 yard
We are selling 3eneh black taeta regular $40 quality
at 70c yard.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07
Toilet Goods

Prices tell their own interesting
story. .~s," '.&. ~
Bath-a-Sweet, was,21c now'17c.
This is not a one-day special price,
but the price every day.
Kinks perfumed sea salt, 25cfa
bottle. ~. I,
Nonpariel fountain syringe, 8
quart size with three hard rubber
pipes, 05c;t 2-quart size, 48c.
Hilbert s fine quality bay rum,
in Bounce bottle with glass Stop
per, was 21c, for Tic.
Lithia tablets, 8 grain, a good
reliable kind that sold at SIC, at
PIC bottle. 5..-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07
Hosiery Bargains

Closing out two styles of ladies
hose at prices that mean a good
saving to you. $780,.
Ladies' black cotton hose, with
split white feet, double soles, heels
and toes, big 18c value, to hurry
out, at 1870 a pair.
Ladies imported, black gauze
Isle hose, with double soles, heels
and toes, reinforced back seam,
extra value at 35c, to close out at
CSC pair. .,zs5:
Children g extra heavy and very
elastic ribbed black cotton hose,
splendid stockings for school wear,
any size, at 1870 pair.
Misses fine ribbed black Isle
hose, with double knees, heels and
toes, all sizes, at 121ac pair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07
Linens You'May Need

36-in. damask lunch cloths. An
ished with spoke stitching, 39c
each. . --
Gin. linen damask doilies, l0c
quality that we are closing out at
Sc each. -a~
$40 pure linen table cloths, with
two rows of drawn swork hemmed
ready for use, an extraordinary
value at SLIGO.
20x45 in. unbleached Turkish
towels, made Of double twisted
yarn, 15c each. > E., @
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Comforter Materials

-. There is a large variety Of ma
terials for quilt coverings to select
from in the basement.
Cotton challies in medium, light
and dark grounds, SC yard.
Twilled cretonnes, in light and
dark grounds, Persian and floral
patterns, % in. wide, Sc a yard.
New silkolines, SO in. wide, in
light and dark grounds, fine as
sortment of patterns to choose
from and one Of the best qualities
shown, 1Oc a yard.
Japanese 3cretonnes, 80 in. wide,
in pretty styles and color combine
lions, 12Hacsa yard.
French sateens, SO in. wide, one
of the best materials for quilting,
at 18c yard.
COTTON BATS AT SC.
A roll Of good clean cotton,
especially priced, Sc.
Full assortment Of better quail.
ties, too.
E, Z u ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07
White Goods

36-in. coin spot muslins, in dots
of various sizes, standard 1926.
duality at 1Oc a yard.
27-in. nainsooks, in checks and
stripes, l0c quality, at 8 1-3c a
yard.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20

were Immediately sent out from Har-
bin, and as a result, in a few months
material was coming in greater quail
tity than ever by steamer, more arti-
sans were arriving from Russia and
fiocking from the towns of Central
Manchuria, and more coolies by the
thousand We're being employed, for
two railways were now being built out
of Hardin instead of one.
In the meantime the railway admin
istrator. who had practical authority
over Harbin, though Manchuria Off
cials were in nominal control, had
solved the problem of supplying the
ever-g growing town and the railroads
builders with food stuffs.
Center of an Agricultural Country.
Harbin is situated in the heart of
the most productive part of Man
churia. A fertile plain stretches for
miles to the south, and a much larger
one, with great forests, to the north
west. Almost everything is raised on
them In abundance-wheat, rye, corn,
oats, barley, rice, grasses, vegetables
and fruits-and each plain is tapped
by navigable rivers, the southern by
the Sungari, the northern by the
Nonni, which empties into the Sum
gari at Bodune, fifty miles above Har-
bin. All this the Russians found out
as they went from Hardin to build
the railway, and soon down the rivers
came supplies in ample quantity
brought by Chinese farmers, who had
been told of the promising new market
for their products, and by Russian
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
HARDIN, RUSSIA'S "WILD WEST BOOM CITY
Romantic Story of the Town by the Cars Lieuenans
Manchuria

within thirty versts of the town of
Khunlinchen population 100000 the
line crosses the River Sungari near
the settlement of Kharbin;" so runs
the official report of the survey of the
East Chinese Railway, the Manchu-
rian branch of the Trans-Siberian
Railroad.
The survey and the subsequent re-
mort to the Gear were made in 1898. In
lust six years Harbin, Russia's Far
Eastern base in her war with Japan
has sprung from the proportions of a
fishing hamlet, with few of it's Man
churian population engaged in press
ing oil from peas and beans, and dis
tiIling a bad brand of brandy, to a
fourishing city of 125,00O. There are
$1,000 Russians, not including the SOL
dierv. and the rest are Chinese, with
a few Manchus. Each race has it's own
section of the city, the Manchus still
occupying the original portion, around
which greater Hardin has been built.
But despite these racial division Har-
bin is a representative boom town, a
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
BY IRAN VANNEKOFF.

them lay the scattered mud-house set
tlement of Hardin: twenty miles far
ther down the river was the city of
Khulinchen. An American surveying
party would have made a detour to
tap so flourishing a commercial cen
ter, but not so the Russians. Harbin
was in front of them. it was on a di-
rect line with Vladivostol0 the road
would cross the river at Harbin, and
twenty miles would be saved.
In 1854 Prince Kropotkin, the noted
Russian traveller. made an extensive
trip of exploration in Manchuria
Among other things he entered the
Sungari river where it empties into
the Amur and went up that river to
the head of navigation. at Grin, in
the first steamer ever in the river
Grin by the water route. is some 200
miles above Harbin. which Prince
Kropotkin did not even mention in his
account of the trip.
When they were rowed by coolies
across the river to Hardin, the Rus
sian surveyors had this expedition Of
their titled countrymen recalled to
them by the tales of some of the older
inhabitants about a white man, such
as they We're, who years before had
steamed past their village on his way
up the river. and who several weeks
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
AM ANT COLONY OF YOUR OWN
A Real Menagene That Anyone Can Have.
BY ]. CARTER BEARD.
Illustrated by the Author.

Long before a human footprint had
pressed this soil we call our country's,
while as yet mankind, where men ex-
listed at ALL lived in natural caves and
burrows more rude than the under
ground habitations of many animals,
the earth was peopled by Liliputians
who built wonderful edifices, made
roads, dug tunnels, cultivated farms,
stored the produce in granaries, carried
on manufactures, raised f1ocks and
herds of cattle, and domesticated house
animals as we Keep dogs and cats.
These races still exist. They are only
insects; they do not at all resemble
man in outward form; but there is a
great deal in common between our
selves and these tiny animals, and
entomologists are discovering new
points of resemblance continually.
Ants are really nearer to the genus
man in point of intelligence and
achievement than are the great apes,
for they possess a method of commu-
mcating intelligently with each other.
and they have an elaborate social or
ganization. They possess a system OF
intelligent cooperation, and they
practice true industries.
These things make them in some
respects actually superior to many saw
age races of mankind to-day Indeed,
entOmologists are now inclined to be-
Aeve that ants constitute the head and
brains of one of the two great divisions
Of animal life, the invertebrates, as
man does of the other, the vertebrates.
Especial attention by scientific OBJ
servers is now being paid to them,
and new facts of great interest and
Importance are just beginning to de-
velop.
Now there is possibly no form Of
animal life that is so easy to study
and observe as this wonderful insect.
little colony can be established with
practically no trouble.
There is no difficulty in finding ants.
They are everywhere and can be caught
any season of the year, either In the
city or in the country, by turning over
any object that has been in one spot on
me ground for any considerable tiine
and digging beneath it.
colony can be confined within
bounds easily and kept in any conven-
lent places to study, where you may
see the wonderful little insects busy
about their housekeeping and nursing
ana food storing and toilette making
al any desirable moment.
-ou may, II you choose. see them
milk their little cows, feed their queen
oaress their household pets, and bury
lheir dead: in fact, do all the wonder
lu things that trained observers have
oitan described.
The apparatus necessary to do this
need cost you little or nothing.
To begin, provide yourself with the
IolloWinR articles:
Flrst.-A piece of well seasoned
poard about Is inches wide, % inches
Iong and ~ inches thick. This board
must have a good, deep groove all
aiound n about one-half inch from the
,lge This groove can be cut easily
lth n ROuge
he board should be thoroughly sized
ilh rhcllac then and covered with
'Nfre or four coats Of paint.
ar'ond.-An iron or tin pan, square
~ i'cianguiar in shape, and as nearly
" ~ ~ Inches long and WIDE az you
ah procure; an old, wcrnout pan VIII
-'Haef your purpose as well az new
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20

land was Henry Fowler. One branch
of the family settled in Virginia; and
for military services in the Revolu-
ton, William Fowler. of that state, re-
ceived a grant of 1000 acres Of land.
Noah Webster, the well-known lexi-
cographer. had Fowler blood in his
veins. A scion of the family whose
muscle brought him fame, was Ser
geant Jonathan Fowler, OF Connecti-
cut. He was seven feet TALL and Won
derful are the stories told of his con-
tests with beasts of the forest and
with wrestlers from different parts Of
the country who tested his strength,
always to their discontinue.
Jonathan pitched one man over a
stone wall and then tunrbled the horse
he rode over after him. His fame
spread abroad, and so pleased was
George H., that one Of his subjects
performed so many feats of valor that
he had a painting made of him in the
act of killing a bear with a club. This
painting, the skin of the animal and
the pine knot with which the bear
was slain, are said to be preserved in
the British Museum.
Whether this is a fact or pretty
tale, stories Of Jonathan's wonderful
feats Of valor are still told in the Con-
necticut valley.
His son, Israel, inherited great
strength, and once, when standing
guard at picket post--this was in the
Revolutionary War--he was surprised
by two British soldiers. He grasped
the two about the waist, one with
each hand, and lifting them from their
feet, carried them to Gen. Putnam's
headquarters.
"They scratched and bit and pulled
my hair" he said, "but they had to
come"
The Fowlers, as a race, are tall and
erect, with an easy carriage. Their
eyes, II gray, are mild; IL dark, they
are keen and full of fire. Their voices
are powerful and often musical. With
a fondness for study ard the best
books, and a love of honesty, truth
and all things good and noble, they
have many faults-this on the word
of a Fowler-to offset some of the
finest virtues. VERY human and very
everyday folk" is the verdict of an
other of the family.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
THE FOWLER FAMILY

The jealous care with which the
Norman kings guarded their deer and
other game gave rise to the office oil
fowler for the name designates an
Office rather than a trade or calling;
and fowler to the king" was consid-
cred an Office of great honor.
Fugelere is the Ang 1xon word;
the German is Vogeler orally trans
lated, the meaning is bird-catcher.
The name is spelled variously-
Fowlere, Foweler, lie Fowlere, Fowl
lar, Fowlar, Foweler and Fowler.
Fowler has been the usual form since
about the middle of the seventeenth
century.
The first ancestor of whom there is
any authentic record was Sir Rychard
Fowlere, who accompanied Richard
Coeur de Lion to the Holy Land
Henry Fowlere de Foxley fought in
the retinue of Henry v, at Agincourt,
daughter of the CLERK of the green
cloth" of one of the English kings.
Edward Fowlere, who was gentle
man of the bed chamber of Edward
VI, entertained Queen Katherine of
Arragon at his manor, and the wife of
Roger Fowlere--Cecilia Lee-was sis
ter to Rowland Lee, that chaplain to
Henry VIII. who performed the mar
riage ceremony between the King and
Anne Boleyn.
It would seem from this that the
Fowlers were much in evidence with
royalty. The coat of arms would
prove this, for the chevron--"two raft
ers Of a house Joined together in
chief and descending like a pair Of
compasses to the extremities of the
shield"-betokens the achievement of
important affairs, and is given to those
who have served king and country.
The azure or blue of the shield is
emblematic of loyalty and justice. The
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20

The groove in the painted board is
now filled with water and must be kept
full. Thus it will form a moat, and
no ant will dare to cross it, This will
prevent them from straying.
That completes your ant nest or for
micary, as scientists would call it.
The ants with which you stock 1t
are to live between the two panes of
glass. These being so close together
the ants are forced to build all their
passages and chambers with the lower
glass for floors and the upper one
for ceilings. All their work is thus
opened to inspection in every part OF
the nest.
If you want to see them act natur-
ally, as they do in their closed nests,
do not let the light in too suddenly,
and do not let it be too brilliant nor
last too long.
They can enter and leave the nest
as they like through the opening that
is left for them by the corner that is
cut off the upper pane of glass, but
they cannot leave the formicary alto
gether because of the groove full Of
water.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20

this port the American rails and
other supplies for the new line were to
be shipped. Nothing would be easier
than to send large quantities OF the
supplies over the Ussuri Railway to
Khabarovsk, load them on steamers
there, ship them up the Amur and the
Sungari to Harbin, and there start
building the line both toward Vladi-
vostok eastward and through Manchu-
ria westward straight for the Trans
Baikal link of the Siberian road. So
the initial step in the booming of Har-
bin was taken; in the language of the
official report, it was made the head
quarters of the Central Department
for the construction of the East Chi
nese Railway"
Was Border Town.
After that history was made at a
rapid rate in Hardin. River steamer
after river steamer dumped its cargo
of rails, bridge work and other mate
rails along the river banks; bridge
builders, engineers, blacksmiths, lock-
smiths, carpeiters, linemen, railway
doctors and surgeons, clerk and ac-
countants, arrived in great numbers
from Russia; and hundreds of coolies
Chinese, Manchus, Koreans, Solons,
Colds, Buriats and who not-attract-
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20

follows:
First set the pan in the middle Of
the nainted board. Fill up the pan
10 within one-half inch OF the top with
sand. Lay the pane Of glass that has
no corner cut fiat on the sand, being
careful that the bed Of sand upon
which Il rests is quite level
Lay your four strips OF wood along
the edges Of the glass. Cover TINS
glass with layer of hne SOIL free
from Jumps and stones, OF the same
thickness as the strips of wood Upon
this lay the other pane of glass thtt
has had the corner cut on.
Cover the upper pane of glass "lih
~ hif ~ haze on flannel. or anything
thst nlii Keen 0ui thC light
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20
Harbin's Boom.

Russia had not then made the first
of the series of her promises to get
out of Manchuria and Immediately fol-
lowing the report of the Russian start
egists to st. Petersburg, Harbin ex-
perienced a boom of such proportions
as to make her first one seem insig-
nificant Where one Russian artisan
had come from his native land before
fifty now came, and they and the Chi
nese workmen, who literally hocked to
Hardin i'm droves, not only erected
great railroad shops and terminals but
rushed uD scores of administrative
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-20

In collecting a colony with which
TO stock your formicary be careful "a
get the queen with the rest She ID
much larger than the others and can-
not be mistaken.
Dump the ants and their eggs TO-
gether with the soil you have collect
ed upon the upper pane Of glass and
leave n there for twenty-fOuF hours
II you fnd BY that time that the
ants have not begun 10 build inside oi
the formicaTy. but are staying Ia the
coil on top ~ the glass, carefully take
most Of the dirt away, thus forcing ths
ants 10 look for better shelter. and
they viii soon seek the seclusion that
is afforded By tit nest you have pre-
pared for them.